"Fair and legitimate chance at a target" (cont)

[Vallanor]

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

I am shocked, SHOCKED I tell you, that Redwiz, the biggest fucktard left on the server, talks and acts like a refugee from /r/redpill. How that douchenozzle managed to avoid the Chardok RMT purges is beyond me. "Beta males", lol.

I think he's trolling at this point. He can't possibly believe wall-staring longer and more intently than your competition so you can win a dragon foot race in an 18 year old non-racing game is an indication of alpha male status.

[Whirled]

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

It's worth repeating: these people don't give a shit about competition. If they wanted competition, they'd play on the server where direct competition is the entire point. They say they get a rush from yellow text, but what they get a rush from is akin to a slot machine win. If it was a rush from competition they got, they'd go to red and savor the rush of defeating 50 opponents and a dragon simultaneously. For a competitive mind, that'd be far more satisfying than having a two step lead in a fixed speed race. These people want to "win". They think by making an artificial contest where they make up the rules and the conditions for "winning" they've accomplished something noteworthy. But it's a farce. They are certainly not winners by any cognitively healthy person's definition.

well said^

[Lhancelot]

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

It's worth repeating: these people don't give a shit about competition. If they wanted competition, they'd play on the server where direct competition is the entire point. They say they get a rush from yellow text, but what they get a rush from is akin to a slot machine win. If it was a rush from competition they got, they'd go to red and savor the rush of defeating 50 opponents and a dragon simultaneously. For a competitive mind, that'd be far more satisfying than having a two step lead in a fixed speed race. These people want to "win". They think by making an artificial contest where they make up the rules and the conditions for "winning" they've accomplished something noteworthy. But it's a farce. They are certainly not winners by any cognitively healthy person's definition.

It doesn't help when supporters of this system and even worse, some of the admin refer to it as "putting in the work."

In actuality the primary focus and time spent isn't on work at all, it's dumping tons of time into watching for a mob to pop.

It just seems sad this is how the guides decided to deal with it, and the top raiders here, the smallest minority of players are fine with it too seeing this system fits their lifestyles best.

No sense of community whatsoever, and then to have the nerve to call themselves being competitive. Even likening themselves to Olympic athletes. Come on man.

Let's be honest.

The top raid guilds aren't getting pixels because of uber skills and awesome organization, they get the pixels because they have more dedicated sockers.

[Mistle]

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

It doesn't help when supporters of this system and even worse, some of the admin refer to it as "putting in the work."

Like Sirken would even know, he's never put in a second of socking under these rules. Totally dissociated from what is really going on, that got SOE into no end of trouble back in the day.

How many of the people who think they are the elite of the server even put in a real amount of FTE effort (you know, all the required clickies, having their alt-tab framerate destroying setup ready, etc)? Like TMO and the rest of the snotbeards through the server history, there is literally no difference between 90% of Awakened or Aftermath and anyone else in the server's endgame. Zilch. They aren't better or more organized at all. They don't put in any more effort at all.

[Maner]

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

Like Sirken would even know, he's never put in a second of socking under these rules. Totally dissociated from what is really going on, that got SOE into no end of trouble back in the day.

How many of the people who think they are the elite of the server even put in a real amount of FTE effort (you know, all the required clickies, having their alt-tab framerate destroying setup ready, etc)? Like TMO and the rest of the snotbeards through the server history, there is literally no difference between 90% of Awakened or Aftermath and anyone else in the server's endgame. Zilch. They aren't better or more organized at all. They don't put in any more effort at all.

How did SoE get into "trouble"? The PnP wasn't even enforced over all of their servers lol

[Dreenk317]

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

How did SoE get into "trouble"? The PnP wasn't even enforced over all of their servers lol

That's what he means I think. Not "trouble" in any legal sense of the word. But "trouble" from being disconnected and not enforcing the pnp in all cases (because they did enforce it, there was even a "jail" that was doorless room they would port you too for time outs, I've been there, it sucked). Being disconnected and making up rules that didn't really work is the "trouble" they got into.

[Ciroco]

These threads really test my troll radar

[dafier]

P99 needs to reform their donation part of the website. Make it look like Vegas with flashing colors and cool stuff and some sort of 'bonus' to players who donate.

Then, stand up new servers with the 'donated' money to help support it. Warmane is a great example. =)

[Dreenk317]

Make every raid mob in velious rooted in place at spawn.

[Nexii]

It's a tragedy of the commons. Everyone's fighting for scraps rather than together to make the endgame more enjoyable. The server rules are not well thought out, but if I had to pick I'd say overpopulation is the bigger problem on P99.