why is competition good?

[fan D]

i can imagine wanting to play everquest in velious and all. but would I sit at a spawn point coth ducking for 16 hours per dragon? For fuckin, Ikatar and shit? thats a yeaaaaaaNOOOO

at some point when youre in Aftermath or Awakened, and you're sitting at the zone for the 16hour window, it hits you, you realize, what the fuck am i doing with my life? What a waste of time, no one in my guild needs these items.

[mattydef]

Competition is supposed to be where people compete in something specific to see how they match up skillfully. So shouldn't judging your skill on Everquest be based on whether or not you can kill certain high end mobs? Unfortunately on p99 skill has come down to who can sit on their ass and do absolutely nothing for long periods of time. With 16 hour windows it's literally "hey man, I bet I can watch this paint dry longer than you". If you guys actually wanted competition the windows would be lowered to something any reasonable adult with responsibilities could compete in, like say 4 hours. I guarantee you if that was the case you'd have tons of guilds lining up to compete, because they actually know they will get a shot at something instead of just wasting their free time staring at a screen doing nothing.

[Dolalin]

^^

Kittens killed Vulak last week. So everyone can pretty much kill everything at this point. Racing only determines who has the fastest batphone.

[kaev]

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

good means that you don't base your life responding to batphones

empty quoting this

[Ravager]

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

no one needs any items. the game was cleared with kunark gear.

I think everyone should just stand back and watch ALS clear the game with pre-planar classic gear.

[Check12345]

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

coth ducking

thankfully this is no longer A Thing

[skarlorn]

yes she was.

[Pokesan]

bristlebane defeated tunare in norraths infancy, prior to classic

such is the power of mischief

[Videri]

I get more joy from sharing than I do from winning or taking.

However, imagine if there were only one guild, and therefore no guild-vs-guild competition. There would be much less incentive for the guild's leadership to lead effectively and abstain from corruption If the guild were afraid of losing members to competing guilds, its leadership would be more incentivized to lead well and behave well. Is this a useful answer to your question, Pokesan?

[Pokesan]

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

I get more joy from sharing than I do from winning or taking.

However, imagine if there were only one guild, and therefore no guild-vs-guild competition. There would be much less incentive for the guild's leadership to lead effectively and abstain from corruption If the guild were afraid of losing members to competing guilds, its leadership would be more incentivized to lead well and behave well. Is this a useful answer to your question, Pokesan?

no, because your belts are overpriced.