Dun dun dun dunnnnnn! (*whispers* Should we clear?)

[Arf]

WHAT THE ...?

Kid, you've got some serious problems. There is absolutely no enjoyment in playing a game if you're not even there to enjoy it. Using a supergod char takes away from the fun of playing, too, since there's no point in going on. You're already able to survive absolutely anything the server throws at you, due to your healing level. That includes other supergods using things like rapiers and D-Rift on you -- You'd heal 100% before getting hit again. I'm not jealous or envious of the supergods... As a matter of fact, I pity them because they don't get any enjoyment out of the game. It's not that I wish to destroy what they've created, I wish to give them a chance to create it once again, and enjoy the process of getting there. And Arf, what do you mean by "effort" anyway? All you do is get an AFK script and sit in Tenebrous Cavern, Mino, or Uber zone all week long. I'd hardly call that "Work"

ok first of all "kid"  ...  why all of a sudden you wanna start throwing around insults?  You wanna make this personal ? That is the whole problem with this entire thread now anyway... personal attacks, insults, immature behavior...  You call me kid?  You dont even know me...  How old are you any way?  I have serious problems?  ok when was the last time you actually made an appearance on the game or are you one of those people who hide on the forums behind anonymity cause you don't have the nads to be honest with everybody else as well as yourself?  I use the same name on the forums as i do in the game so people will know i am honest and for real ...  not some petty little cyberspace thug with an issue up his arse...

And as far as the character "Arf" is concerned...  i dont afk level...  if my character is on and in a zone somewhere it is because i am currently working on a new script / bot / quest or zone...  that is what "Arf" is doing...  sounds like work to me...  at least I am trying to do something to make the current situation better...  as i have said in the past...  clear or not i will still be here creating new challenges and new quests to entertain the masses that do show up... what are you doing besides whining and complaining like some petty little cyberthug with an issue up his arse...?

I'm not suggesting that players take the same path. I'm suggesting that the path a player takes is entirely dependant upon how they choose to play. Swing a weapon, get stronger. Cast a spell or read a book, get smarter. Skills and attributes would be based on how the players played, rather than a set thing. It would be even less individualistic than it is now, as the possibilities would be almost endless for how people play the game.

So what you propose is to do a complete mod overhaul...  that is not what this thread was about...   Particle had said from the beginning that it was about whether or not a clear would revitalize the server... if you want to scrap the current map and game mechanics in favor of a new game entirely then you should have made your suggestions in the development thread instead of jumping in here like a little know it all cyberthug with an issue up his arse...

As for updating my perspective about the game and server, Well... I believe I have, beyond anything your puny mind could come up with. If you think that the server is simply there to AFK in, then you don't need to be there. If you're so lazy that you can't even work for something in a god damn video game, then you really need to get off your fat ass and do some work. You're beyond pathetic if you've sunk that far.

I will reiterate my previous point ( reiterate means to reemphasize and restate in case your too stupid to know what it means and don't know how to express yourself without being profane and vulgar)... as far as the character "Arf" is concerned...  i don't afk level...  if my character is on and in a zone somewhere it is because i am currently working on a new script / bot / quest or zone...  that is what "Arf" is doing...  sounds like work to me...  or i am working on a new Character like Butknukl, Cosmo, NoNoNo, Arrf, Pooka, kaibosh,  and using those characters to help the newer players to find their way around and have some fun...  I leveled every one of those characters the hard way... at least I am trying to do something to make the current situation better...  as i have said in the past...  clear or not i will still be here creating new challenges and new quests to entertain the masses that do show up... what are you doing besides whining and complaining like some petty little cyberthug with an issue up his arse...

and as far as my fat backside is concerned and doing work?  I have two jobs,  several hobbies , a wife and several kids...  8 cats, a dog, i Play in a Classic Rock / Christian Contemporary Rock Band...  and my retired USMC worn out backside does more before 8 am in one day that you probably do all week long...  My 3 servers and seven pc's are remote controllable so i can be available to those COMMITMENTS almost 24 / 7 do you know what commitment means? or does your dichotomous brain not understand that concept...  what... did i use a word to big for your limited understanding and education...  and besides  what i do with my fat arse is my business... not the business of some whining immature petty little cyberthug with an issue up his arse...

ok particle you can fire me now i have had my ...

[Fwee]

I'm 15 years old, though I know that there are idiots out there who tend to be less mature than a squirrel with a birth defect. I should probably rethink a few things, since I tend to think there are more of them than there really are. I also tend to get quite a bit more easily irritated when I'm tired. I'ma edit that post so it's not insulting to those who're actually doing something.

So what you propose is to do a complete mod overhaul... that is not what this thread was about... Particle had said from the beginning that it was about whether or not a clear would revitalize the server... if you want to scrap the current map and game mechanics in favor of a new game entirely then you should have made your suggestions in the development thread instead of jumping in here like a little know it all cyberthug with an issue up his arse...

Complete mod overhaul? All I'd have to do is kick around a few of the skill use functions and change five or six names. Pretty basic, really. As for scrapping the game mechanics, it would help give players a reason to play PCRPG instead of the other seven RPG servers out there. All of them are the same.

As for anonymity, I be Russian/Agron. I don't use the same name on the forum as I do on the server for various reasons. I'm a name hopper, and I tend to use whatever suits me best at any given time. Besides, I lost my players.cs a long time ago, and the character Fwee with it. Can't remember the password, so I've been making use of other chars.


SORRY IF I OFFENDED ANYONE IN MY PREVIOUS (now edited) POST

[Arf]

My main problem with AFK play is quite simple, it punishes the low level players.  Is it really ridiculous for me to think that a player should actually be playing?  I think it's a complete joke that people would actually have a problem with the idea.  Of course, I've known people that have "played" project quest for a month straight.  I'm one of the guys that let it run for a day, laughed at the idea, and never started it up again.

Dyre...  please don't take my previous post about antiafk as a personal attack... we have been friends to long for such a misunderstanding...i understand your ideas about the afk players and as admin i move them for the lower rls or just kick out right when they are ridiculously over leveled for a zone...  i feel exactly the same way  you do about the boredom and the lack of a challenge...  
When I am approaching a point in the game that i am being challenged to maintain interest... i start a new character, or design a new quest or worse i turn it off for awhile...  but not for long... i take my admin responsibilities seriously and feel like if i am not available i am letting the guys down...  maybe i will get over it...  probably not...  that is my commitment to the server and the community..

I understand that it would take a bit of coding to implement what I suggested.  I'm not even saying that it will, or should be done.  I was simply pointing out that it's quite possible to prevent the AFK play that goes on, with changes that would actually be quite minor.

The reason why you'll see me disappear for a month at a time is because I get bored.  I feel like I've done everything there is to do in the game now that I've hit god status, and playing even more feels too tedius and redundant.  I'd still be poking my head in now and then, but I've already said why I'm not around right now.

Look, if the majority of players want to be able to AFK everything, then let's make them happy, but allow players that want to actually play to be able to.  It wouldn't even require much coding.  Just toss in a zone that awards any player above RL 40 in it 100 xp every ten seconds.  It would be less stupid than what's going on now.  You'll be able to "play" exactly the same way as you do now, but allow the real players to actually play.

I have mentioned it several times to Particle about zone adjustments...  raising the rl cap on the n00bzone to atleast 25...  changing the Teneb to a 25 - 100 rl zone... Making it a minimum of 100 rls for the Uberzone... changing the DZ to make it more hosptiable to the Supergods...  like having a minimum of rl 200 or greater to get in...  the mines, yolanda, crypt should remain the same...  elven outpost should be more than crypt and less than the noobzone to make another lair type zone for leveling that gives eight zones that the lower rls to have to work and levl in until they reach rl 100...  then the gods are limited to grankar, ubers dz and cent that coupled with the changes in the economic structure of the world that i have mentioned in my previous posts... it will lead to a virtual elimination of the afk problem... let the gods have the grankar ruins, ubers, cent and DZ ...  let the lower rls have the rest... no more afk problem...  

I apologize if i offended anyone... especially you Dyre

[Kyrie]

I have mentioned it several times to Particle about zone adjustments...  raising the rl cap on the n00bzone to atleast 25...changing the DZ to make it more hosptiable to the Supergods...  like having a minimum of rl 200 or greater to get in...

You have to talk to Corona about those, he runs them. Though, I'd support it.

elven outpost should be more than crypt and less than the noobzone

Exactly the opposite. Elven should be the easier zone, Crypt the harder zone. Like how it is now.

[RedneckNoob]

Yes, if the mod is updated with new content (Conditional)
KoRo (Caboose)
HUBBA
Xenos
slorge_gridlock
Paradox666 (Paradox)
Dyre

If you would look back and read BOTH of my posts I have clearly said that I am only saying yes if there are changes made to the server.

Leveling right now isn't hard.  I was extremely bored one night and couldn't sleep.  I got on and did mino for maybe 30 minutes.  I went from level 60 to in the 90s (I think, this was a week or two ago).  I want a clear only if there is new content added.  More than wanting a clear, I just want new things to do.

[Arf]

Finally something positive we can do in the first steps of revitalizing the server...

I have mentioned it several times to Particle about zone adjustments...  raising the rl cap on the n00bzone to atleast 25...changing the DZ to make it more hosptiable to the Supergods...  like having a minimum of rl 200 or greater to get in...

You have to talk to Corona about those, he runs them. Though, I'd support it.

I did not know this... I will talk to Corona about the changes and see if he is favorable to them...

elven outpost should be more than crypt and less than the noobzone

Exactly the opposite. Elven should be the easier zone, Crypt the harder zone. Like how it is now.

I only mentioned making the elven outpost more difficult as barely no one uses it as it is... it could be the new teneb...   two zones like teneb that would spread out the joy for the non-gods and lesser gods...  but this is WONDERFUL...  i shall work up the details and submit them to you guys for approval and implementation...  this is a good first step...

[JayJay]

Don't you guys think it's time to move on to a new game?  Lol....

[Kyrie]

I play games for the purpose of relaxation and pleasure. If I still find Tribes fun to play...why should I stop playing it?
I play my fair share of new games (Wii games, HL2 and mods, BF2, ect), but Tribes is number 1 on my list of greatest games ever.

[JayJay]

What's your bf2 handle, I'd love to play bf2 with some tribes pals

[KoRo]

I play BF2 as well, but like tribes, I don't find it very relaxing. Though it is entertaining (so long as I don't break my keyboard out of frustration for EA Games and stupid players online). I go by Izzy_DS

[kharandhil]

I play games for the purpose of relaxation and pleasure. If I still find Tribes fun to play...why should I stop playing it?
I play my fair share of new games (Wii games, HL2 and mods, BF2, ect), but Tribes is number 1 on my list of greatest games ever.

I kinda play the same(dont play HL2 though) and I also think tribes is just an unique fun game.
Somehow the simplicity makes it the best game i've ever played.
It took me quite some time to understand everything about the game completely, but when I did I discovered the game still had tons of possibilities and reasons to be played.

[Dyre]

Well, personally, I'm extremely excited about the possibility of an update to the TRPG mod.  Or if you prefer, a modified version of the TRPG mod.

There's a few things that I really love about RPG's:

The most obvious part, is getting stronger and learning new abilities.  I mean, even though that has absolutely nothing to do with the actual term "RPG", that's exactly what defines the genre.  I'd think it'd be great to have new abilities thrown in that will become available at various points for players.  I mean, it would be awesome if there were still spells to learn that no one knew yet.  Of course, it would also be kinda pointless to add new skills right now, unless you wanted to stick them on RL 10,000 or something.

I love finding new treasures and rare items.  The idea that something newer and better might be lurking around the next corner.  Unfortunately, there's not much potential in TRPG for that it seems.  Unless I'm wrong about a cap to the number of items in the game.

I love the multiple classes, and the way (good) RPG's bring players together with them.  I like the rules set forth for me, along with some freedom in how I build a particular class.  That probably also explains why I've hated many of the newer Final Fantasy games, but loved the older ones.

The strange thing about it all, is that TRPG doesn't really do any of these particularly well.  But I still really enjoy(ed?) playing it.  I'll find myself hunting for other online RPG's more and more now.  Maybe it's just time for me to move on, and forget about any possibilities of a new and improved TRPG.  My friend plays WoW, and I'm enjoying that with a character on his account.  I'll probably go nab a copy of that when I finally get a new computer.

[Corona]

Correct/edit me if I'm wrong, but this is what I'm seeing so far

YES: 8 explained votes
NO: 14 explained votes
CONDITIONAL: 7 explained votes
APATHETIC: Artorius



Yes (I would continue/start playing again)
bungle
Xanth
Vorter_X_
Lidge Farkley
Kingpin (Kingpin_Strife)
JayJay
Fwee (Agron)


Yes (But I will be leaving)
Achromatos


No (But I will start over and play)
Corona (Taurik)
Astal
EVIL_INC
dead_elite_killr
JaiLHouSe
Widow
Arf


No (And I will leave if cleared)
NiGhTmArE
kharandhil (bored)
villman420 (Silverstein)
-ShaNNaRa-
Sako
Kyrie (Rose)
FoD_Melkor (Melkore)


Yes, if the mod is updated with new content (Conditional)
KoRo (Caboose)
HUBBA
Xenos
slorge_gridlock
Paradox666 (Paradox)
Dyre
RedneckNoob


I don't care
Artorius



*edited* Lidge Farkley:Yes, EVIL_INC:No

*edited* Kingpin: Conditional/Maybe. JaiLHouSe, -ShaNNaRa-, & dead_elite_killr: No

*edited* Sako: No

*edited* Kyrie (Rose): No

*edited* Achromatos: Yes, Widow: No

*edited* Kingpin: Yes (fixed)

*edited* Kyrie (Rose): No (2nd option)

*edited* Paradox666 (Paradox): Yes

*edited* JayJay: Yes (1st option). Paradox666 (Paradox): Conditional/Maybe. Artorius: I don't care

*edited* Dyre: Conditional/Maybe. Arf: No.

*edited* RedneckNoob: Conditional/Maybe.

*edited* Fwee (Agron): Yes.

*edited* FoD_Melkor (Melkore): No.

[Corona]

Posted for Melkore (FoD_Melkor):

[08:36AM] <Tokath> [GLBL] Melkore "Dude Corona u got my vote to keep my char"
[08:37AM] <Tokath> [GLBL] Melkore "tell Particle not to clear"

[-ShaNNaRa-]