split-off from nyr's greatest hits

So yeah give people what they want. If they suck ass don't let them play it anymore. Pretty simple way of doing it in my opinion.

when did u decide that being a pain in the ass means u cant demonstrate being responsible enough or have the rping capacity to handle lesser, or in this case bigger, roles? talk to x-d or synth if u think im bullshitting, genius

theyre both begrudgingly accepted in spite of their admittedly twinkish (prior and/or current) attitudes because they are able to do both of the above in spite of it. (presumedly) u've decided in ur spite that their assessment of responsible playability and/or roleplaying capacity is somehow diametrically opposed to qualities u think should be more heavily weighted w/regards to being afforded sponsored roles. try sharing with us what those qualities are if they aren't the above two

well its supposed to be but like all systems if u got ppl doing stuff and not getting karma because they were a. overlooked b. already on their shitlist for whatever reason c. doing stupid shit that put them on the shitlist, then ur gonna have ppl screaming about how its not a meritocracy because the staff cant be everywhere everytime and karma isnt something u should 'expect' because u did shit

delegation of karma has always been in staff hands and its stupid for players to try to plug in a consistent equation for when they should expect karma. itll only get u disappointed when it doesnt turn out the way u want it based on what u feel warrants u getting it. its always been up to them to decide and i think its plain dumb to suggest it isnt based on merit just because brownnosing can help influence it also

BTW: I never got that karma back, after six months of "being good" and thats why Ive been perusing again.

if by being good u meant ur own interpretation (sharing ic info) versus their words (active involvement) then yeah, but uve posted in that time frame. also usually u have to request for the karma back urself, especially when they say ur karma 'can be regained' provided no other issues

coming crawling back on ur knees is what they want, tho, for u to beg for it back (cuz im pretty sure they wont remember to add ur karma unless u make a point of reminding and asking them), so either way i dont blame u for keeping what u have and playing how u want while posting here

the cat's already out of the bag. the trio of sites (main, wiki, and forums) have been up for what, nearly 2 years now? if one goes down i can just post up a new link on any of them to the next. they're self-sufficient and manage themselves. the main site itself gets 20-40 visitors per day. the boards have 200+ unique visitors. the sites are in the top 5 results on google for 'armageddon mud'. current and former staff members alike have posted on these boards.

what happens here is nothing new. once upon a time you had to be part of the Kewl Kids Klub on IRC and trade stuff through IMs and private messages. that still happens now, likely through PMs on this site, but information is out there and more accessible to new players who now don't need to spend 2+ years playing a game to get a good understanding of it.

punishing players for posting on sight imo shows the nyr's true colors. it's a pathetic thirst for power and control. he's not asking users to just stop posting ICly or being like hey man what you posted here wasn't cool and hurts the game because [reason]. i have PMs from users with the emails from nyr where he demands they stop posting here immediately. not stop posting IC info, but just completely stop posting entirely (on threat of being banned) and he docks karma to show that ~~~he means business~~~.

i think he started easing up when i started posting about how shameful it is that a grown-ass man spends significant amounts of time trawling through an internet message board to see who might be discussing valuable information about his video game, and suggested that maybe the time would be better spent actually improving things for existing players and adding features to the game.