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Post by Prime Minister Sinister on Dec 9, 2016 8:41:30 GMT -5
These are all very good points. Clearly we have a staff team who (in the majority, especially Nergal) are incapable of synthesizing an adequate "world reaction" that benefits a narrative as opposed to destroying it — better off to yank their teeth and prevent them from having the gay urge to ruin someone else's effort in a text game. Imagine The Iliad, but all of Agamemnon's soldiers blood-thirstily swarm Achilles and beat him to death the moment he raises an issue about the Apollonian slave. That's what Nergal and co. think a "world reaction" is, which tells me they've never constructed a valid narrative in their life or much less been adequately taught about one. Image The Three Musketeers, with D'Artagnan being beaten to death with a cooking pot at the beginning because "this is a grim, realistic setting". Imagine Oliver Twist!, but one chapter near the beginning of the story the King's Billie-cops rush into Fagin's place, beat the Artful Dodger to death, execute Fagin on the spot, and leave. WHAT A VALID WORLD REACTION, BRAVO BRAVO NERGAL. Your "fiction" has the pace of a quadriplegic in a marathon. It is utterly insulting that you have any artistic license over other persons' creations in any medium or metric, let alone this text game where the entire basis is the story. The players are the Hand that Feeds this game, and if staff continue to bite them the immediate moment they deviate from the decade-old mold, the game is going to die and it will be a well-deserved death. That's probably the best set of analogies I've ever seen used to describe the current state of Armageddon. wp Purg |
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Post by alleys on Dec 9, 2016 9:19:32 GMT -5
There are very good points. I hope this gives some ideas to staff.
Probably this is a good place to let out a few words about how I feel about staff and player interactions. To critize staff is great but throwing shit for no real gain, but self satisfaction is.. simply.. (My English is not good enough for a decent word). Like almost everybody using internet, I hate attention whores. From what I experience this game attracts many. There are always players dying for some staff interaction. When staff offers some, then it creates some inbalances, and time to time foolish results. Then people begin to take everything personally, blah, blah.. You know the story. I think where game stands is amazing and staff is doing a very good job. Much better then it was 10 or 15 years ago. Game changes weekly, and additions are thrilling. If nothing else, there is some real change. I really have almost no time for anything, but I can not stop myself logging in and spend an hour or two when there are at most 20 players online.
Desertman's post is great in another way which I really like to see in any matter. They are positive and constructive. Thank you Desertman.
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Post by desertman on Dec 9, 2016 9:56:23 GMT -5
Desertman's post is great in another way which I really like to see in any matter. They are positive and constructive. Thank you Desertman.  |
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