random pk's - does that happen often?

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random pk's - does that happen often?

Post by Sebi »

Hi everybody: i just got killed by 2 chars i don't even know for no obvious reason.
I wouldn't complain if they had some reason (or at least did a little rp), but the only thing i heard from them is "hehe". :(
Now i want to know if that happens often on Illarion because if it does i guess i'm going to leave. I really like Illarion (the idea and concept beind it) but if the Playercommunity is slowly getting like Tibia i guess this game is not the right one for me.


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Post by Aragon »

I can't say, how often it will happen. I think, there are sometimes phases in which it happens very often, sometimes it won't happen for days, that a person is killed for no reason ...

The only way to avoid it, is to write a mail to gods@illarion.de with the name, number, date, time of the pking, and perhaps some words or a small screenshot, so that Bror can verify in the logs, if the person has broken the rules and take the needed actions against the player.

It would be sad, if you will go. Most of the people, who play Illarion for longer, like to roleplay and prefer this style ... there are mostly the new ones, who didn't know, what it is and how to do it, which behave like PKs. But how should they know, when most of the games are hack'n slash games, where it is important to get in short time more and more powerful to beat the others out of the way. It is a process of learning this way of playing.
And for this, we need players, who will show them, how toplay a roleplaygame, another reason for you, not to leave ...
And with the next version will come an email-announcement, so that it will be more difficult to get in, if you won't play a role.
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Post by Sebi »

I'm glad to hear that.
I guess I'll stay around for some time - after all Illarion is far to much fun to leave it behind :)
and if PKing doesn't happen too often i guess i can live with that quite good
(i don't even seem to loose anything by dying anyways)

#me bows to all the roleplayers of Illarion
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Post by Damien »

Illarion will have an email based account system in some months or so. With it, it will be necessary to "ask" for an account to play with. The applying persons will have to prove that they can roleplay, are willing to, and have read and understood the server rules.
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Post by Roke »

Hopefully the e-mail application is soon completed.  Anyways... We went through a faze(spelling) when there were one or two people killing everyone in sight but they are no longer capable of playing.  From my experiences most days are very peaceful and you can really roleplay but two people name Drahken Vorkisomething (I don't know exactly) and Askatuul attack the town summoning monsters.  When that happens everyone from orc to dwarfs (who are willing to face death) fight them to save town.
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Post by Erdrick »

Could someone explain in detail on the Main board about E-mail system?
I am a little confused, do we need to e-mail for permission on account?
And do old players (such as I) have a good chance of playing then?
By what I've heard I am all up for it, except it's not that clear...
#me is :confused:
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Post by Damien »

Old players will, if it works right with the new server, keep their characters, but they will have to ask some questions about roleplay, write a little text and such, to be allowed to play.

One possibility of such a system would be (just an Example ! ) :
  • Everyone who wants to play, needs an account. He applies for the account by writing some stuff about roleplay and server rules. If he did not get the idea of roleplay, he will not be able to make an account, or his account will be deleted.

    Then, when he has an account, he still cannot play. He needs to write chracter stories that fit into the game background. This story should fit into a "normal" person's (character !) life too. A Character story of being a half-god, dragon, mightiest-warrior-or-wizard-ever or other "powered" things won't be a good idea too. A story of being a well-known Character from another tale, like LOTR or so, is nonsense too. So you must make a Char Background that fits into the world background of the world "illarion". The story will be read by the GMs who then accept it or reject.

    Old characters will be "put" into the old players account (he must name them all). He will have to write stories for them. Players who do not apply for their characters for some period of time after the email account thing has been started, will loose these characters.
As i said, just an example on how it could be done.

(Edited by Damien at 11:25 am on Feb. 21, 2002)
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Post by Ishans Schatten »

what mean "a little text" is it like "Siebenwinde" where you must write a complete A4 site for you charackter story + 4 sides of other questions. Or is a shorter story enaugh ( like  seans introduction on the mainboard)? . Not everybody is a so good story teller and only a few Chars have a backgroundstory at this time.
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Post by Damien »

As i said, the above mentioned thing is an EXAMPLE.

Of course, the GMs don't want pages and pages of boring texts to read. Somehow, a way must be found, that ensures that the player can and is willing to roleplay, but also minimizes the work for the GMs, so they may be able to work through the signup's and stories fast and effective.

How the thing will look and work later, must still be decided by the GMs. But be sure, Tibia-like random killers and powergamers as well as non-roleplayers will not enter illarion anymore. People who use too much and loud OOC talk can easily be "taken care of" by for example simply banning the character or whole account for a while.

(Edited by Damien at 1:25 pm on Feb. 21, 2002)
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Post by Dunja »

another question on this backgroundstory thing:

would it be necessary to invent a story with a certain amount of spectacularity?
i.e: parents died when player was a child, player was abused by some cracy mage.....

i don't really like the idea of a world full of traumatic players, only because everyboby has to write some minimum length player-CV.

so too much of background and life before can make such a game a bit too far off reality.
I want players with normal (growing up happily, becoming heir of father's shop...) childhood too!

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Post by Damien »

Of course, a normal, happy childhood SHOULD be the standard hehe...
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Post by Zorain »

i have already made a really big backround story for my char but the place you write the backround story is too small so i writed the rest on microsoft word do i need too make a new one:angry:
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Post by Damien »

Before any char stories are demanded, the world and race history background should stand, so you have a common world base you can build your character story upon.
Please look at the background story (under game principles), the page will be updated during the next weeks, and will develop further.

(Edited by Damien at 3:38 pm on Feb. 28, 2002)
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Post by Korwin »

what if your childhood is so boring the people reading it fall asleep!
and spill their soda on the keyboard! and set their dwelling on fire!
Anywho i just hope we won't have hoards of players who had their parents
murdered by a cruel monarch whom they defeated and secured the throne.
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Post by Akilles »

Damn pk! I almost died! Did 2/3 of my hp in one hit! His number is 13552! I dont dare loggin in until hes dead! Btw what do u loose if u die?
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Post by Sharag »

@Damien: I really like this idea of being forced to write a whole story for the person you are. ((ingame, of course))

I support it, because I really like thinking up original stories and am always disappointed, when nobody cares about them. :(


I would like to support this idea. Did you post it in the Proposal Board?
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Post by Bathory Aria »

@Akilles
your life perhaps?

@Anyone who knows about the email system

about where to write the character backround....

-Is it in a form of a "form"?
something that would look like the description box from where you create your new character?

-Or would players need to email their char description to god@illarion.de?

I am talking here especially about old players who forgot or did not care to fill in in their char description back then when they were not as expirienced roleplayer as they are now

so anyways if the second option is the right one as I have speculated, where you have to personally mail your char description, then I would be happy to send my character(s) history right away.. right now!

I have them prepared.. not so long, not so great and not so boring histories, but interesting enough.. I hope!

please clarify, anyone?
maybe I did not understand what has been said before,
my brain must be in the state of decaying


thank you,
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Post by Dyluck »

The email application system is not ready yet. If you didn't fill in your character description at character creation, save it for when the email application system is implemented.
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Post by Roke »

Information about the e-mail system is on the main board!!!
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