delerak
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"When you want to fool the world, tell the truth." - Otto Von Bismarck
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Post by delerak on Feb 11, 2015 20:01:52 GMT -5
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Elves should have never been "separated" into two coded races. There should only be one race of elves and whether they choose to live in the city or in the wastes (or both, if you've read any Darksun material the Sun Runners lived in a city-state and outside) is their tribes choice.
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Post by BitterFlashback on Feb 11, 2015 20:09:43 GMT -5
it probably would have been btter to have "elf" as a race and then a "city" or "desert" flag that could be applied to them. For applyng appropriate bonuses/weaknesses. that kind of system would support more flags or flags on more races, allowng for some degree of future customzation to easily expand peoples options without doing more than an hour of work and testing.
But that kind of thing requires foresight.
Or vision.
Or planning.
or just long-term game design.
or just not wanting to keep repeating the same mistaks. And being able to admt mistakes.
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Post by lulz on Feb 11, 2015 20:47:50 GMT -5
I say that because the documentation [referencing elves being the second most populous race in Zalanthas] may say something about the world without it matching what PCs do in the world. Interesting. If that's the case, then isn't the onus on you to ensure players adhere to said documentation? |
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Patuk
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Post by Patuk on Feb 11, 2015 20:52:18 GMT -5
Ensuring the gameworld matches the documentation could mean great effort in the sense of coming up with good buffs and such.
Ensuring the documentation matches the gameworld is as simple as adding a 'lol no kidding elves are a dying breed' line t the blurb on the site.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2015 18:07:03 GMT -5
Kill all the elves off, make half-elves 8 karma because they are rare.
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Post by jcarter on Feb 13, 2015 8:30:28 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2015 14:52:04 GMT -5
Dick for the Dick God! (aka choice quotes for nyrbot sampling, @princehyacinthus ):
"According to something that is not in the documentation. This is why I feel it is important to review such things because players are basing their opinions about how elves should be roleplayed based something posted on the GDB."
"regardless of the end result, the documentation will reinforce itself." < like always, amirite, just like with elves now, magickers, and half giant intellect. *raucous laughter*
"I've brought it up before in a thread that evolved very similarly to this one, so I did not think it would be a surprise to see"
variables for the above:
"that I was going to take it on as a project when I had time."
"that our stance has not changed."
"me reiterate myself."
"the same link that's already been posted."
"that we don't currently think it is worth the time it would take to fix it."
"that it's a bandwidth issue."
"me say, again, put in a staff complaint."
"the response that complaints should be put through the request tool, not posted publicly."
"I've provided exact responses to this before and linked them in the thread so that they can be found without much extra effort."
"That is a perfect example of"
variables for the above:
"a situation where you should BE the change you want to see."
"a scenario where you should lead by example."
"something you should find out IC."
"something you should be filing with the request tool as a complaint."
"how NOT to play <a tuluki|a gypsy|an elf|a bard|a sponsored role|any karma guild|a half-giant>."
"why we can't have nice things, like discussion. Locking the thread."
"how to demoralize your clan staff."
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Post by BitterFlashback on Feb 13, 2015 15:24:38 GMT -5
This one is a Nyr edit i grabbd from @anaiah in the SB.
gdb.armageddon.org/index.php/topic,34963.msg438949.html#msg438949 "Only You Can Prevent..."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2015 17:34:55 GMT -5
Cracking up, anaiah; that stuff is going in for sure.
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Post by BitterFlashback on Feb 19, 2015 23:33:06 GMT -5
How to delf - gdb.armageddon.org/index.php/topic,48634.msg868716.html#msg868716 (thanks Jeshin) Nyr combines contrarianism with self-contradction in this beauty of a post. i wonder if he has ADD. because he seriously seems to lose track of what he is talkng about and proves the original poster was right. so for those of you who (like nyr) tl;dr-ed... HavokBlue: We went from having full autonomy to go wherver to having to get advance approval from staff. Nyr: Thats mostly incorrect. you have to get staff approval because staff need to know things because staff. Whch doesn't contradict any thing you said. At all. Readers with an attntion span: so which thing that he said was incorrect? All you did was tried to justify the staff action your response's opening line implied was summarized incorrectly. Not one single thing he said was contradicted at any pont in your reply. Nyr: unf. this is better than mudsex. Fuck yeah. Unf. take it, btches. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2015 23:51:05 GMT -5
Imagine if staff did try to communicate... they don't got time for that.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2015 23:52:39 GMT -5
Also, it's hard to communicate while being wrong and demanding you're right. It's called confusion.
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Post by BitterFlashback on Jun 11, 2015 0:04:36 GMT -5
gdb.armageddon.org/index.php/topic,49543.25.html
Fun Fact: This describes subjective decision making. You may be surprised to learn that "subjective" is the exact opposite of "objective".
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Post by aread on Jun 11, 2015 0:23:59 GMT -5
For real tho, that standard for resurrections would be FINE if it wasn't Nyr and his Goblin Crew calling the shots.
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Post by grumble on Jul 7, 2015 9:24:32 GMT -5
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