Speak Truth to Power

[Macken]

On one hand i feel the people in charge are so talented and i am jealous a little of their ability to program. I look up to them in that regard.

But, on the other hand, i wonder just how ignorant you would have to be to not understand that awards and recognition are paramount in life.

Did you not get a ceremony and diploma for graduating kindergarten? Did you not get a ceremony for High School or college. Did you never get any badges rewards or recognition for any group you have been a part of? Ever heard of the Academy Awards? Grammy's? People's Choice? Yearly meetings where those of a group who were outstanding were recognized? Ever won a trophy? Ever made the cut for a sports team? Ever won a sports league and went to the awards ceremony?

Have any of you ever been recognized for anything ever in your life and experienced the emotion and feeling of satisfaction of your accomplishments?

How can you be so talented in one highly specialized area yet be so ignorant about simple life lessons?

You can continue to make the colossal mistake of catering to those who won't play long anyway, or you can recognize that catering to those who are weak encourages apathy and amateurism and that fact that they whine and cry means they will just whine and cry about something else after you pacify them.

Keep catering to those crybabies and you will look ignorant to more than just those of us who are wise.


Believe it.

[Kope]

No Macken, you're just wrong.

PvP in itself is the reward. Your reputation is your reward in the community. People get to know you for your actual skill as a player, not how many times you can gank someone.

[Macken]

No Screenshot

No YT

No leaderboard

Never happened.

[Kope]

So basically Macken you're telling me the only thing that's important to you is ganking, not the actual pvp or reputation for being a skilled player?

It's only the YT of a gank that you care about?

If that's the case we will never really have anything to talk about, ever :P

[Bardalicious]

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

So basically Macken you're telling me the only thing that's important to you is ganking, not the actual pvp or reputation for being a skilled player?

It's only the YT of a gank that you care about?

If that's the case we will never really have anything to talk about, ever :P

Yes Kope, that is exactly what he's talking about. Macken is the perfect representation of why leaderboards and yellow text don't work. He's perfectly happy convincing himself and others that the guy he engaged and killed at 23% hp is a result of his elite PVP skills. Yellow text nor leaderboards give any context to fights, thus someone like Macken prefers it over actually having to earn an honest reputation.

When you implement a system that does not discriminate against the man that goes 12-6 K/D in a week of regular old PVP combat, and the guy that went 12-1 because he ganked at every turn and plugged 15 of his deaths away, which direction do you think every day PVP will take?

Of course someone like Macken is going to take the easy way out and then spend the entirety of his time trying to convince you that he's got mad skills, when in reality he's doing nothing but deterring actual PVP from taking place while he hides behind the visage of promoting it.

First to gank, first to plug. Those are the mottoes of most people that support YT and LB.

[Macken]

The pain and fear of being on the wrong side of YT is palpable in both of your posts.

Speaking of repution...i believe i'm known for solo pvp. Me vs. 6. Me vs 12. Me vs 18 and so on. Look at the dozens of screenshots i post. I am almost ALWAYS pvping solo, because i need the challenge to stay interested for 10 years.

After you two pass the pupa stage, you will understand. Until then, you can continue to be confused.

Anyone who is against yt or a board, you will find is scared and on the wrong side of a fight most times.

[Humerox]

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

Anyone who is against yt or a board, you will find is scared and on the wrong side of a fight most times.

Bull%$^#.

and that's all i have to say about that.

[Macken]

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

So basically Macken you're telling me the only thing that's important to you is ganking, not the actual pvp or reputation for being a skilled player?

It's only the YT of a gank that you care about?

If that's the case we will never really have anything to talk about, ever :P

I thought about making fun of you and embarassing you like i do bardalicious all the time, but then i realized this is no different than when my 4 yr old nephew tells me that icecream and cookies are good for you.

He really believes it is good for you, he's just too inexperienced to know better yet. But i know one day he will get it.

So i must pat you on the head and smile and change the subject.

How's your dolls today? are they behaving?

[Macken]

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

I can't stand for people to know i'm not as good as i pretend.

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

they whipped mine...they know it, I know it, and that's the extent of people i want to know.

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

1) On SZ live everyone knew who the good pvpers were, because of the leaderboard.

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

and that's all i have to say about that.

Stupid is as stupid does.

[Bardalicious]

Don't gotta cry over the fact Rogean isn't implementing YT and Leaderboard bro. He pretty much outright stated it in one of his posts.

You can continue lying to yourself in that you think YT and LB systems promote anything but ganking and plugging, of which you are a grand testament.

I look forward to our encounters on Red99 pal.