Why are GMs so soft these days??

[Pokesan]

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

And awakened has been suspended for 47 days? Seems like the GMs are getting a little based.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

Originally Posted by Spyder73 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

We are like 90 days into the year 2017 and Aftermath has been banned for a good 30 of those, seems like GMs are going hard in the paint if you ask me.

You can't go by that kind of measure. Most members of all these guilds are spoofed accounts that are run out of Seoul internet cafes, where I am currently stationed, and when one guild gets banned, the cafe just switches its boxes to another account/guild, and carry on. On any given day I have to check which guild/char I am logging in to, but that is SOP here.

On the central downtown block I am currently on, there are 4 internet cafes dedicated to various internet games -- you pay by the hour, and you earn login time by winning shit in game -- ranging from WoW to Hexen 2.

This is basically the only game in town, so to speak, when your base does not have wifi. It's basically, "What cafe has what?" and we log on, lots of us just to play enough to earn enough login time to skype with our families back home.

Cheers
Sadre

[Sancta]

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

you pay by the hour, and you earn login time by winning shit in game

Hand over your Staff of Elemental Mastery:Earth to the employees for 10 hours free internet game time at the Everquest Cafe

[Whirled]

I guess they just dont make cars like they used to. GM, Chevy, etc..

[Bones]

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[Sadre Spinegnawer]

Basically, p99 players are disadvantaged kids just trying to get a second chance at life. The raid scene is Jerry Sandusky. The gm's are Joe Paterno who sometimes tells Jerry to cut it out, but they never actually change the game, and so shit keeps happening. And then it all blows up and the gm's are like, well, no one was forcing you to hang around with Sandusky, so tough bananas.

[Swish]

You never hear about Omni/Rustle getting suspended tho...what are they doing that A/A aren't?

[Troxx]

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

You never hear about Omni/Rustle getting suspended tho...what are they doing that A/A aren't?

The question is what are Omni/Rustle not doing? Clearly by not operating like A/A they don't get in trouble.

There is an established track record of Sirken and Rog being quite irritated by the behavior of the cutthroat raiding establishment, whatever guild(s) are occupying the niche at any moment in time. They want to see a healthier game at the end but the rabid competition for end game content has always driven the hardcore to play this game in a manner that effectively locks out the rest of the server. It's like a bunch of stingy toddlers hitting each other and throwing rocks at each other in the community daycare sandbox (Rog's box) when the rules are simply that people should behave like adults, not large man-children.

If A/A approached raiding in a more sane manner, they wouldn't have found themselves suspended for 33-50% of the potential raid days. The harder they compete the fewer pixels they get.

[Dolalin]

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

If A/A approached raiding in a more sane manner, they wouldn't have found themselves suspended for 33-50% of the potential raid days. The harder they compete the fewer pixels they get.

You can't expect guilds based around a 24/7 raid availability and racing to ever behave like adults. The entire premise draws people with mental illness. It's not an environment that encourages people to play the game healthily. These sorts of guilds will attract the socially maladjusted now and in the future. They historically always have.

They also operate with a locker room mentality that glorifies childishness.

[Victorio]

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

The question is what are Omni/Rustle not doing? Clearly by not operating like A/A they don't get in trouble.

There is an established track record of Sirken and Rog being quite irritated by the behavior of the cutthroat raiding establishment, whatever guild(s) are occupying the niche at any moment in time. They want to see a healthier game at the end but the rabid competition for end game content has always driven the hardcore to play this game in a manner that effectively locks out the rest of the server. It's like a bunch of stingy toddlers hitting each other and throwing rocks at each other in the community daycare sandbox (Rog's box) when the rules are simply that people should behave like adults, not large man-children.

If A/A approached raiding in a more sane manner, they wouldn't have found themselves suspended for 33-50% of the potential raid days. The harder they compete the fewer pixels they get.

If the development staff actually didn't want the hardcore players around, they wouldn't be choking off loot just to retain those players longer, and they'd have enforced a rotation long ago. They'd also do more weekend repops rather than the 4am weekday ones.

From the available evidence I'd say they like a player base that's positively ravenous.