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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2015 10:10:19 GMT -5
They forced you to store because you were going to die anyways and you wanted me to help you OOCly :3 Get it straight, and yes you did dictate too me how I should play my character. Try to make a good argument when you have the facts instead of forcing what you want on other people. Also good job on -revealing- people which you -aren't- supposed to do on this forum. BTW this is for you:  =-The End-= |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2015 10:23:37 GMT -5
wtf is all this
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Post by mesuinu on Feb 16, 2015 10:37:11 GMT -5
I believe it is a trolling instructional guide |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2015 10:38:15 GMT -5
Haven has the potential for good roleplay, and some of its players are really good at characterization. However, the community is an awful clique mob and their forum culture is so frigid and toxic that almost nobody posts there except to soapbox about the right way to roleplay. There are like two or three posts per day, and one new thread every three days or so, on a game with as many players as Arm. About 75% of threads consist of some moron on a soapbox PSAing about how you should roleplay.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2015 11:00:22 GMT -5
I played some last year, but at the time, it was nearly impossible to get anything done if you weren't part of the in-crowd. Basically, if you weren't in one of the two or three cliques dominating the game, nobody trusted you to participate in any significant roleplay. You'd get passed over, ignored, and generally wouldn't have opportunities to apply your character to anything more serious than chatting over tea in one of the Haven's fifteen coffee shops. If you tried to do something more meaningful, it would usually go completely unacknowledged and lead to nothing. This isn't just my personal experience, this was something I witnessed repeatedly and have heard others talk about numerous times.
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Post by Jeshin on Feb 16, 2015 11:37:51 GMT -5
So you believe and/or agree with statements made about Haven regarding OOC cliques, isolation of viable characters, and bad forum culture... But you then proceed to try and champion Haven because you personally haven't had these problems? That's like saying, I don't mind a racist cop because he isn't racist against me and then you encourage people to call him for help.
If you enjoy Haven that's great. The moment you try and promote Haven though there are plenty of people willing to point out its considerable litany of failings. Why? Because your experience is atypical to the experience someone else is most likely going to have.
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Post by Jeshin on Feb 16, 2015 12:13:10 GMT -5
Providing positive anecdotal evidence without acknowledge any of the flaws which you agree are either believable or true is championing it or promoting it depending on how finicky you want to be about definitions.
Example - ARM is great, the RP is gritty, and I have a lot of fun exploring the world. vs I have a lot of fun on ARM, I get a decent amount of gritty RP and enjoy exploring the wilderness. If you avoid the staff and enjoy small group RP, it can be a great time. --- One of these is misleading because it doesn't address the known problems of the game, which we presume the poster knows exist. The other at least says hey avoid staff because the staff are a big complaint with ARM. This would lead a reader with no knowledge of the game to realize there is a problem with staff.
TLDR - For everytime you provide positive feedback while knowingly not addressing the crappy parts of the game, someone will jump up to remind others about the crappy part. Cheerios must be pissed in.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2015 13:22:32 GMT -5
Basically, Haven has the same problem that Atonement did: when a game is set up with premade clans that are designed to be enemies, it'll breed a culture of mistrust between players. You *know* that people are going to be your enemy, so you don't trust anyone until you feel confident that they're on your side. This leads to exclusion and OOC comraderie, both of which plagued both games. People start to form OOC cliques in order to ensure that they won't get backstabbed or have to play with someone whose last character was their enemy, and unknown characters are shunned unless they stick around for an unreasonably long time and are finally allowed to be part of the real game.
Some players won't even realize this is going on. There'll always be a portion of the playerbase who is content to sit in bars and talk, go out and kill NPCs, look for romantic roleplay and whatever other casual stuff people get up to. Players who exist in that region of the game might never find out about the aforementioned obstacles because their habits don't lead them in that direction. They'll claim the game is fine and they've never heard of any of those problems.
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Post by Kronibas 2.0 on Feb 16, 2015 14:41:19 GMT -5
Raven you're literally autistic
basically the haven version of protoman
also, girls have coodies
stop using gay smilies before i report you to nyr
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2015 14:51:19 GMT -5
I don't want coodies  |
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Post by Kronibas 2.0 on Feb 16, 2015 14:51:43 GMT -5
and unknown characters are shunned unless they stick around for an unreasonably long time and are finally allowed to be part of the real game. Not in Atonement. You should know better to compare apples to oranges, in that regard. The commentary on the pre-built factions in Atonement beta is interesting, though. And I agree, you definitely saw that in mid-Beta when everyone started getting comfy and organized. But I don't think it was major downfall or that it limited progression of conflicts. Shit, you saw it bolster and -create- interesting conflicts. For example, the Anaxios vs. everyone war had strong OOC vibes. However, I don't think many people took it to heart. Now, those pre-built OOC relationships had a big impact on Beta 2.0 on the Atlas. Don't know if you were around for that, but basically, the ooc cliques continued beyond the construct of the factions in original Beta. The downfalls of Beta 2.0 on the Atlas are numerous, though, and could have amplified those past rivalries and cliques. /rant |
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Post by Kronibas 2.0 on Feb 16, 2015 14:54:15 GMT -5
You're autistic.
And, I was targeting your girlfriend nym, in regards to the smileys. But keep rolling, tard.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2015 14:57:13 GMT -5
I'm not his girlfriend, Raven's a dick.
He ends up praising shitty games and talking about how great they are. Than the shit of the game comes down on him he'll turn his back on them even after he's been warned.
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Post by Kronibas 2.0 on Feb 16, 2015 15:01:14 GMT -5
so you're single?
alright shoot me a pm
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2015 15:03:01 GMT -5
You come here often baby?
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