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Post by jkarr on Apr 17, 2015 13:26:50 GMT -5
Your dude was so cool! PCs that are painted in vibrant and living color are very rare, and I always tried to hire them when I was playing leaders, which was often (the three PCs of mine I mentioned at the beginning of this thread combined for a total of over 10 RL years played). Also as a bonus, your dude had a BOLD MUSTACHE if I recall. I had a weakness for mustached PCs and dwarven women (but NOT mustached dwarven women). I recall that you PM'd me about the screwing you received, but I don't recall that I was much help, and how could I be? Unfortunately, being targeted and harassed by a super powerful NPC for picayune stuff isn't rare on Armageddon. From what Jeshin posted, it sounds like what should have happened to your non-Circle bard was he should have been forced to pay some coins at most. Each time players are targeted to be squashed by untouchable NPCs it's just another brick in the wall between the staff and the playerbase, between immersion and the need to metagame to get by. As yet another example among many, I think I'll eventually get around to sharing the story here of how a Red Robed NPC templar teleported into a player run RPT to save a Kadian merchant trainee from my templar Htaniya who was about to execute the peon publicly. lol i think i heard about that shit if its the same thing "u threaten my mortal pet?! festivals OVER!" |
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Post by RogueRougeRanger on Apr 17, 2015 13:32:32 GMT -5
Sometimes the sense your characters pushed only applied to yourself. I guess I'm sorry you didn't like my RP? I'd be very interested in hearing what rubbed you the wrong way, but I understand if you can't share for fear of outing yourself. |
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Post by RogueRougeRanger on Apr 17, 2015 13:37:44 GMT -5
Oh man, Sargax was one of the best characters ever. Glad you decided to post here. Folks over staff side try to write me off because hurr hurr drugs, but yeah, that sort of dismissiveness is a little harder to swing when it's an MD putting out something similar. Anyway, thank you. I don't think that asking for more transparency and niceness in dealings with the staff is much to ask. When it's one or several people who can be dismissed as "pfffttt, troublemakers" then such demands are just swept under the rug... It's a little different when people who don't have long standing beef with Nyr do the same thing. When it's people who can't be brushed off as "ohhh, nevermind so and so, they're just having a hard time." Bullshit, if you ask me. At any rate, Cat Rambo made a post on her Facebook yesterday about how ugly it is for people to vocalize displeasure publicly, which she maybe ironically did by voicing her displeasure publicly, but here's the thing: Nothing will change unless people vocalize displeasure publicly. So again, thank you. Thanks for the kind words! As I mentioned before, you paved the way for me to come out here, so thank you as well. Now, do you recall that we've met in person before... I think, at one of the Dragoncon APMs? |
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Post by forarm on Apr 17, 2015 13:38:27 GMT -5
Welcome to the shadowboards.
What are your feelings about mindbending northern templars and Qoriya in general? You might have had more insight on their actions over the years. Do you feel they hindered plots/character or did you see them doing more good then harm?
With tuluk gone it would be great to analyze the mistakes that lead to the down fall of tuluk in even more detail so that we can better see signs of it occurring again in staff infested Allanak.
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Post by RogueRougeRanger on Apr 17, 2015 13:40:42 GMT -5
i'm glad that this place can serve as a space where veterans can share their history and experiences. welcome to the board. Thanks for the welcome, and thanks for running this board. It's a unique and useful place, and it's certainly nice to have a forum to share. |
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jkarr
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Post by jkarr on Apr 17, 2015 13:41:21 GMT -5
Welcome to the shadowboards. What are your feelings about mindbending northern templars and Qoriya in general? You might have had more insight on their actions over the years. Do you feel they hindered plots/character or did you see them doing more good then harm? With tuluk gone it would be great to analyze the mistakes that lead to the down fall of tuluk in even more detail so that we can better see signs of it occurring again in staff infested Allanak. lets hope nak doesnt go the way of tuluk and die from a staph infection |
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Post by RogueRougeRanger on Apr 17, 2015 13:52:28 GMT -5
The Red Hunt was a good idea. However, it was being implemented by super-genius HGs. The problem I think was that the south could dispatch so much more dangerous individuals. The south can dispatch gemmers, Super HGs, and gemmer HGs, etc to go and squash the northern PCs and it wouldn't be hard. You'd need to let them build up quite a few people instead of instantly squashing any little party that went outside with overwhelming force. It's valid to be concerned that Nak would hold an overwhelming PC advantage because of mages. Either city can have HGs however, well played ones or not. In practice, though, it's really hard to send PCs up around Tuluk to bring back tattoos, whether or not they're mages. Also, I think you underestimate the advantage that Tuluk codedly had in cultivating rangers. A couple trained up, prepared, and patient rangers could have clobbered any Naki raiders or they could have raided around Nak and caused fits. Regardless, I would have much preferred if the players were allowed to play so we could see what would happen. In my experience imbalances can often be self correcting when some players see one side has an advantage so they go and make motivated PCs to help the one side that seems to be temporarily on the losing end. This whole discussion is purely academic now of course, because very soon there will be zero Tuluki PCs for Naki PCs to potentially have an unbalanced upper hand over. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2015 13:54:53 GMT -5
@roguerogueranger: I do, both you and your wife! I think it would be great to have one of those again. It's been nearly ten years since, if I'm remembering correctly.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2015 13:56:15 GMT -5
Heh heh... Died from a staph infection.
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Post by RogueRougeRanger on Apr 17, 2015 13:57:42 GMT -5
@roguerogueranger: I do, both you and your wife! I think it would be great to have one of those again. It's been nearly ten years since, if I'm remembering correctly.  I still have fond memories of that APM. I think you're right that it was 10 years ago or so. I'm getting old! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2015 14:00:52 GMT -5
I turn 30 this year :/
If you're ever out in Colorado, be sure to hit me up. I live around Vail. The same goes for any other Armers who may be reading this.
When I am not so screwed over IRL, I really would like to help organize another APM, maybe for current players and/or shadowboard folks alike... I can't see it as being anything other than enormously entertaining, heh.
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Post by RogueRougeRanger on Apr 17, 2015 14:15:48 GMT -5
Your dude was so cool! PCs that are painted in vibrant and living color are very rare, and I always tried to hire them when I was playing leaders, which was often (the three PCs of mine I mentioned at the beginning of this thread combined for a total of over 10 RL years played). Also as a bonus, your dude had a BOLD MUSTACHE if I recall. I had a weakness for mustached PCs and dwarven women (but NOT mustached dwarven women). I recall that you PM'd me about the screwing you received, but I don't recall that I was much help, and how could I be? Unfortunately, being targeted and harassed by a super powerful NPC for picayune stuff isn't rare on Armageddon. From what Jeshin posted, it sounds like what should have happened to your non-Circle bard was he should have been forced to pay some coins at most. Each time players are targeted to be squashed by untouchable NPCs it's just another brick in the wall between the staff and the playerbase, between immersion and the need to metagame to get by. As yet another example among many, I think I'll eventually get around to sharing the story here of how a Red Robed NPC templar teleported into a player run RPT to save a Kadian merchant trainee from my templar Htaniya who was about to execute the peon publicly. lol i think i heard about that shit if its the same thing "u threaten my mortal pet?! festivals OVER!" I was nonplussed to say the least! In front of a big crowd of PCs, an all powerful and untouchable Red Robed NPC showed up literally in a magickal puff of smoke to save a Kadian peon and to ruin a big RPT that I didn't even arrange. Then the Red Robed NPC teleported my templar Htaniya back to a dragon temple (which she called The Lair). I'd never seen quite anything like it. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2015 14:43:10 GMT -5
Yeah, good for that PC and the people who liked them and all, but really? A Red Robe?
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Post by alphabet on Apr 17, 2015 15:13:04 GMT -5
You don't seem to know as much about that situation with the Red Robe as you seem to think you do.
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Post by RogueRougeRanger on Apr 17, 2015 15:17:15 GMT -5
You don't seem to know as much about that situation with the Red Robe as you seem to think you do. I probably know more about it than you think. You're welcome to defend the unprecedented and literally magickal appearance of a Red Robe NPC at the event, though. I'm very interested to hear another point of view on it. |
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