Vindication
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I have noticed that your server numbers are way, way low. I told you all this was going to happen. I play mainly on two other servers and the amount of people flocking to them from here is amazing, and they all share one common thought. They are sick, as I was, of the dm team playing favorites and being assholes. just last winter there was 20 people on at any given time. Now…3 or 4 lol.
I would just like to say thanks to myself for getting away from the bullshit while I could. I was very clear in an earlier post where I said if you kept up your antics you would drive away all your players. Well, low and behold my predictions came true.
From a new player that loved your server, please heed my advice. Other servers and other dms find ways to incorporate all players, not just your hand picked favorites. Unless you are content with the 5 active players you have, I would suggest putting aside your ego, and opening your arms to everyone. Its meant to be played for fun, not have your player base ruled like a dictatorship, slinging names and insults everytime someone disagrees with you.
I have talked to atleast 15 people and they all agree your dm team are assholes. If you wish for arable to flourish again, I suggest a public apology coupled with a promise not to be dicks again.
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Oh man. I don't even know where to start.
Can you provide any examples of this favoritism and asshattery you speak of? I was thinking about coming back but gee, I just don't know, now.
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Yeah, stay away, petey. 15 hypothetical banned people can't be wrong.
@ziamesias:If you wish for arable to flourish again, I suggest a public apology coupled with a promise not to be dicks again.
I really wish for arable to flourish again. I'm just curious, in a hypothetical situation where DMs do apologize, what's your next step?
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Oh man, this is good. Almost double fuck wallop good.
Sorry that you felt like you were a victim princess, but frankly, I doubt you will be missed.
Actually, I know you wont. Who were you again?
Toodles
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Uh, who are you?
The terrible DMing and shitty attitudes you cite as the catalyst for the final demise of our server have been unchanged since the server started up 10 years ago, and it somehow managed to be the single highest population PW Server. Gotta imagine you're mistaken about players "finally" getting fed up after a decade.
There's a number of reasons that the server is floundering at the moment, possibly dying. And as much as I'd love to list them here, I'll just avoid sounding negative.
But even still, who are you again? Random guy who logged in once, didn't like it, and has held onto a vendetta of hate all these years over a community that provides you with a free game and free entertainment? He mad.
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I rly rly understand why some ppl think dms are assholes.. but I also understand why dms think flamers are morons or worse.
First off those flaming players find dms repulsive as they don't get the attention they believe they deserve.
On the other hand we have the dm-team who don't get those flamers as they do try to help but as it's the more experienced veterans on the server who takes the attention on player-driven events and stuff. Those that don't incorperate their own rp into that or make their own will have a hard time getting attention. And so they feel mistreated
As I see it there's a big difference between players' lvl of rp and plot-progressing. Some are masters at it while others are scrubs. The problem is the scrubs need more time dedicated by the dm-team to learn how to progress plots cause you can't do it as you want and need to know more specifically how dms want it but there are always basics that will help you a ton.
Ex. Read the topics about plot progressing on the forums. Follow some experienced plot-progressers. Ask dms (I asked a lot, both dms and players). Don't whine when it gets hard (will only make it seem hopeless to yourself, won't do you no good) instead think what could I change? Ask ppl if you can't find the answer yourself.
Due to few dms online it's hard for them to make events that incorperate everyone (shadovar-war and orc-invasion etc.) so the plots are much more player-driven and it's no different from EFU where they have tons. It's just that they probably have more experienced players over there atm. who shake things up a bit making things move for everyone on the server.So, if you have troubles ask us on irc, here or ig. Ppl help, and don't expect much to happen when you don't know the right away around it at first. I remember you when you played and you were very inexperienced just like I was.
So for all the flamers or mistreated out there. If you want to discuss something you don't find right make it constructive and not pure emotions and doublewallopfuckup destructive content. I'm sure you'll get further by that then continuing the bad steam.EDIT: the flaming goes back to those who try to defend the server as well. It's rly bad manners even though OP flames one shouldn't return it like that, even though it's the internet.
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Oh man, this is good. Almost double fuck wallop good.
Sorry that you felt like you were a victim princess, but frankly, I doubt you will be missed.
Toodles
I give it 8/10 on the Double Fuck Wallop meter.
In all honesty, the server may be dying, but that is due to alot of other reasons, not the ones listed here.
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Sounds to me like he didn't do his homework.
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Considering that the actual ACTIVE DM team keeps changing, your argument is INVALID. Our main problem in CoA is that we don't have a jobless coder who has no life and therefore willingly invests 18+ hours a day making CoA into his life validation project. Someone needs to get fired, fall into depression, and lean on Arabel as their dependence mechanism for feel-good.
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all i see in this post, is players, bashing other players, and dms alike…
having myself a hard time fitting in, ''hearing'' reading what is said here, accentuate my feeling of giving up.
i like arabel a lot, for his immersion into the game is easy, with it s rich and vast areas, but there is ... somesort of ''innergang'' like hang with us or else... do as we say or else... that i did feel much about, but i do also see the occasional , giving a hand to someone to includ them once in a while.. but ... anyway... DM SHOULD BLOCK THIS POST -
no, ask the majorty of the players that have left this server and they all tell you….bullshit egotictical dms coupled with brown nosing on your knees players. Period. Not only my views but like I said close to 15 other people agree with me. This isn't a public server. its a private server with the keys being how well you conform the the dms weak ass attempt at immersion. besides, I only made this post to piss on zool and his ego. so suck it.
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Zool is one of the least egotistical people I've met in CoA. I'm glad you're having fun on other servers, do please continue to do so. Sorry you don't seem to be having fun on ours, but hey, it's not for everyone.
Hope you have fun in your online gaming experience.
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Of all DMs you chose Zool as the ultimate egomaniac? Now you completely lost me. :D
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Of all DMs you chose Zool as the ultimate egomaniac? Now you completely lost me. :D
+1. As a player, the least CLiquish (is it a word?) of all probably always spreading IG knowledge for characters to act on, even if IG enemies. As a DM I think he's one of the easiest to approach. I cannot imagine how one can have a problem with him.
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-I- am an egotistical bastard; Zool, Melancholia, Matriarch, and the rest are some of the nicest people in the history of Arabel.
Weird.
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Of all DMs you chose Zool as the ultimate egomaniac? Now you completely lost me. :D
+1. As a player, the least CLiquish (is it a word?) of all probably always spreading IG knowledge for characters to act on, even if IG enemies. As a DM I think he's one of the easiest to approach. I cannot imagine how one can have a problem with him.
Word. I actually had a whole conversation about the problem of cliques with him. Ironic.
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Zool is a sweet summer rain, the smell of cut grass, the scent of a freshly baked loaf of bread.
He's a lovely little bear, you leave him alone mean Mr OP.
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I find that Darlene's Rav is a horrible Powergamer and should stop pvping so much. Also someone needs to tell Matriarch to watch her language and stop being so damn mean to everyone.
Also it'd be great if Moloch and Gurb could stop being such frigging Carebears.
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Hello there.
If you would like some help and pointers on how to progress your story ideas feel free to PM me, I'm not hugely active at the moment as I'm on a long trip around the world, please also pass on this message to the 15 other players you spoke of, I'll be happy to help. It took me a good while to figure out how to "make things happen" and "get things done" and I also at one point felt a little like I was being ignored, then Moloch made this brilliant post, and I followed some really awesome players around the server seeing how they did things. I advise reading that post, and then finding a few of the players you feel are given favoritism on the server and either joining them as a 'minion' or just asking them for a few tips on how to get your plans/goals/story-line moving (you'll need some ideas first though!)
Good luck with it, and as I said, feel free to PM me directly and I'll try to help out.
Zool