Best Server Community Sin--Wait, Nevermind

[Messianic]

I fail to see how one instance of pseudo-camp stealing is worth "taking it all back."

If all it takes is one bad event to ruin a good community, no good communities exist at all.

[Phragmar]

Originally Posted by Messianic [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I fail to see how one instance of pseudo-camp stealing is worth "taking it all back."

If all it takes is one bad event to ruin a good community, no good communities exist at all.

Ruin the whole community? no, but motivate me to withdraw my heaping praise? sure. My misunderstanding came because I made the mistake of believing this community was special because everyone here--so I thought--understood the fact that this server is unusually fragile, and everyone here had a common goal of preserving it. My bad.

I guess it just hit me so hard because it's classic EQ. If this were WOW, he'd have leveled to 40ish in a couple weeks and been camping for--well he wouldn't be camping at all, because most of the new games got rid of this stuff because of instances like this. Then I could shrug it off, just pixels, etc. After all, no real investment.

But EQ--well, old EQ--is grindy and punishing, and that's part of what makes it rewarding. At the same time, though, that's why it turns my stomach to see people treat each other this way in this environment. You're stealing the man's rations who is alive and hungry in the trench beside you. Frankly the whole thing has made me question if it's worth my time to level up a toon here. They replaced EQ with games like WOW--with all of the loathsome, miserable, world-limiting, vision-shattering restrictions--because they realized that people will innately be asshats to each other. And maybe they had a point.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/3/19/

I guess it was easy for me, having been away from EQ for so long and idealizing the good memories, to forget that human nature doesn't make an exception just because the human in question is depending on only 600 other people at a given time to allow his recreation experience to be entertaining.

Finally, @ wall-of-text complaints, I promise I will not come to your house, climb in your window, and twist your arm to make you read my posts.

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

Originally Posted by Messianic [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I fail to see how one instance of pseudo-camp stealing is worth "taking it all back."

If all it takes is one bad event to ruin a good community, no good communities exist at all.

Character is made by many acts, it can be ruined by a single one.

Good points in this thread. From all sides.

Charity is not a bone shared with the dog, charity is the bone shared with the dog when you are just as hungry as the dog.

Have fun in game guys, loot comes, and loot goes. If you play this game long enough,you realize this. One day your bronze is no longer 'uber'. Then your crafted. Then your oracle robe, planar armor, sky loot...loot comes and loot goes. When you look back on this game, it will be of experiences. Shared experiences being the best. Not of loot, or plat. What seems so important one moment isn't really, the things that are the most enjoyable aren't tangible. Just enjoy the game. And help others to enjoy it.

[feste]

Originally Posted by h0tr0d (shaere) [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

One day your bronze is no longer 'uber'. Then your crafted.

my crafted will aways be uber!!!