nile
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Post by nile on Apr 2, 2020 1:56:42 GMT -5
If people can learn a MUD but struggle to create an account and open a page on their browser for Discord, well, wtf.
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vex
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Post by vex on Apr 2, 2020 23:25:44 GMT -5
I think its less "struggle", and more total lack of interest in being associated with Discord, or that brand of chatroom culture.
Some people, simply prefer to have NO ooc connection to a gaming community, especially in the RP scene.
Which, imo, is completely reasonable, given the RP mud community is toxic AF, on the whole.
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nile
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Post by nile on Apr 3, 2020 1:09:08 GMT -5
I think its less "struggle", and more total lack of interest in being associated with Discord, or that brand of chatroom culture. Some people, simply prefer to have NO ooc connection to a gaming community, especially in the RP scene. Which, imo, is completely reasonable, given the RP mud community is toxic AF, on the whole. That's fair. But it's not like you have an obligation to use the actual chat. The bulk of players don't. Still don't quite see the issue.
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Post by psyxypher on Apr 3, 2020 12:54:27 GMT -5
Eh. Too much discord required, and the idea of a ripped off arm game also running off of karma when it's such a shitshow on arm is a hard pass from me. Now, if I could app in a whiran and not need to download an outside program to do it? Bitch yes please. As is... *headshake* I can 'not' play a whiran on regular arm, too. The psionic stuff sounds interesting but if people think and feel as little on that game as on arm, I can't imagine the flavor aspect of a mindbender over whatever code heavy other skills there might be, would be enough to be interesting enough to keep me engaged. My god, normal arm players too: think and feel more. Ya'll's internal emptiness is fuckin' boring. In my defense, that emptiness is a part of who I am, and would exist regardless of the existence of RPIs. Also why does everyone dislike Discord? Serious question. EDIT: Just read the rest of the replies and I get it. You don't /need/ to actually be on the server, technically. Just have an account. Being on the server is helpful because you can instantly get confirmation of approvals.
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Post by jcarter on Apr 3, 2020 13:04:31 GMT -5
I don't like discord because I don't want to use the same name/account with every room I'm in and making an account for separate ones is a pain.
as a whole, i also don't care about it because it seems to be inappropriately replacing forums capacity. having to join a chatroom and ask where a guide is posted or parse through it is annoying, whereas with a forum things like that are typically pinned to the top.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2020 14:11:48 GMT -5
I liked think, feel, and bios, right up until I lost a few characters to Qoriya. Now, screw it. I dont play to entertain psions. I might be more inclined to if I could put my finger on one scene where I could identify them improving the rp and narrative around them.
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mehtastic
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Post by mehtastic on Apr 7, 2020 13:24:38 GMT -5
I'm glad Apocalypse is still doing well. I regret not having the time to help make it better. Maybe when the 'rona passes.
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Post by psyxypher on Apr 7, 2020 15:02:13 GMT -5
I'm glad Apocalypse is still doing well. I regret not having the time to help make it better. Maybe when the 'rona passes. If you can devote as little as a few hours a day to playing, you should be good. All the most influential players do that.
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Post by Demiurge on Apr 16, 2020 1:17:32 GMT -5
From what's been said on discord there's going to be a new starting area (not keredat) opening to players in the near future which I'm excited for.
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pinkerdlu
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Post by pinkerdlu on Apr 16, 2020 19:17:11 GMT -5
The discord community is pretty cancerous. Updates/announcements have been few and far between for the past 2 months and it's rare that the game breaks 10 players.
That being said, I hope it picks up at some point.
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delerak
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Post by delerak on Apr 16, 2020 19:30:04 GMT -5
The discord community is pretty cancerous. Updates/announcements have been few and far between for the past 2 months and it's rare that the game breaks 10 players. That being said, I hope it picks up at some point. Still a piece of shit I see.
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pinkerdlu
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Post by pinkerdlu on Apr 16, 2020 20:48:33 GMT -5
The discord community is pretty cancerous. Updates/announcements have been few and far between for the past 2 months and it's rare that the game breaks 10 players. That being said, I hope it picks up at some point. Still a piece of shit I see. Shrug. Just giving my opinion and stating what I've seen but thanks for the input.
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rm51
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Post by rm51 on Apr 16, 2020 23:55:26 GMT -5
The discord community is pretty cancerous. Updates/announcements have been few and far between for the past 2 months and it's rare that the game breaks 10 players. That being said, I hope it picks up at some point. I feel like part of the low player count is players who peek that aren't disillusioned enough with Arm (or aren't banned there) tend to stick with it after giving Apoc a try. That being said, story is there, despite the limited number of PCs.
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pinkerdlu
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Post by pinkerdlu on Apr 17, 2020 10:29:09 GMT -5
The discord community is pretty cancerous. Updates/announcements have been few and far between for the past 2 months and it's rare that the game breaks 10 players. That being said, I hope it picks up at some point. I feel like part of the low player count is players who peek that aren't disillusioned enough with Arm (or aren't banned there) tend to stick with it after giving Apoc a try. That being said, story is there, despite the limited number of PCs. The first month, there were one or two cool plotlines that I was aware of. The cultist plotline stands out to me - it was exciting, creative and something that you would never see in Armageddon. But it lasted a few days. Since then, I've been totally unimpressed. Maybe it's only me. But I just see a handful of shitty filler plots that remind me of poor Armageddon storytelling. - Uh oh, GITH! The classic Armageddon antagonist that's easy to fall back on when you have no real story to tell. There's a gith warband claiming all of the land outside of Shetno. REALLY adds a lot to the storytelling with how uber buff they are. The NPCs will easily gank you if you're not careful, or staff will just animate a hunting party on you when you're in the middle of nowhere with an exhausted mount. Great. Oh, and they have a half-giant sized Chieftan type gith that can cut carru in half with one blow, and loves showing up to taunt characters into attacking him. Really? This shit is silly.
- The Elven Nation's premier raiding tribe has also randomly claimed all of the land outside Shetno. Why? Who cares. Hehe, tainted arrows and scalps. Would the rest of the Elven Nation like the fact that they're waging total war on Shetno and destroying any possibility of trade? Probably not, but can't get in a way of those epic animations. Apparently this is being reinforced by two or three delf PCs? It's stupid.
- Salt giants? Magick? High fantasy?
Not my type of plots. Senseless antagonists with little backing and then a bunch of HIGH fantasy shit which has never really interested me. It's clear that some of the staff members got all of their storytelling lessons from playing Armageddon and it's sad to see. And yes, I understand that this is a very small part of the game while they're finishing Keredet and the rest of the game world. But some of the behavior that we're seeing (among the current playerbase and staff) does not bode well for a full release. Something that I've realized is that when you more or less take all of your playerbase from Armageddon, and take all of your staffers from Armageddon, you're going to see the exact behavior that you see in Armageddon. For better or for worse, regardless of the gameworld.
Most of the shadowboard posters that I know and talk with regularly have never given Apocalypse a genuine try. Kinda sad. But I've also seen RPIs that were very new, barebones and in Alpha, and they would rack up 20-40 active players. While Apoc sits at more around 3-5 throughout the day and sometimes hits 8-10 around peak. I think on one of the days after launch, it peaked around 17. It seems like Ikthe is one of those 'slow and steady' guys so the game will likely gradually get built up, grow, and then maybe the playerbase will take off at some point. Or maybe the progress will be so slow that people just forget about it. All things considered, they haven't even begun advertising. But word of mouth spreads fast in the RPI community and let's be honest, that's their main source of players. But like I said in my original post - I hope it picks up at some point and finds success.
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Post by psyxypher on Apr 17, 2020 10:48:33 GMT -5
I can agree with you on one thing, Pinkerdlu, and that is that the gith are WAAAAY too powerful.
Seriously, they could stand to be a bit weaker.
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