cain wrote:there is absolutely no telling who would be in power. But I can guarantee that it would be someone with real RP experience with Illarion, not a relative newbie, or even one with mild experience
I am left to assume this was a referral to me as of course any one else with actual power in game are indeed old and respected players. Yet contraire to what one might expect I am left remarkably un-offended or even phased.
Those who know me either IC or personally are aware it is not really a role Pendar or the PO relishes, how ever in the months since the wipe no one has gone to lengths to create a character that is politically minded. very few have come to me with IC ideas for running town or made any challenge on Pendar's rule.
Basically I have long maintained that the guard serves one purpose to stop random Pking in town. Trollsbane remains a relatively new player friendly space and a place people can and apparently are magnetically drawn to congregate with out fear of death.
I am now going to take this one further, what kind of game do we actually want. A rpg based free for all akin to UO pk shards with many ownerless buildings the losest ties to any history and a graphic chat with ctrl-click function.
What has brought me back to illarion over numerous games I play is simply this a player run political system that breeds, wars ,feuds revolutions and general chaos.
This is what sets illarion apart that players can touch the game world and change it irreversibly.
I am still not seeing what you actually want?
How ever most of the towns laws serve a direct purpose and no more.
Trees, don’t cut then don’t plant them or else soon it we will have a complete mess of tress so you can move. When some one thinks out side eliza's shop would make an awesome orchid.
Don’t kill people....well duh?
Beyond that i really dont see this massive restriction, absolutely some of the guard’s rp characters who are complete A holes. Point of fact that should breathe some rp some conflict one thing we do not do is PK. often to a point of completely ridiculous scenes playing out as "we" won’t cut X down.
If one is tossed from town, make something of it. Logg a new character or appeal and lets have a trial.
returner wrote:So in essence you say to someone entirely confused, as there is no real tutorial for illarion, nor is their a truely accesable map and rules saying which buildings they can and cannot enter, to give you money or get out? I believe the whole point of this post is that, when someone doesen't know the lame "House rules" its just a little bit intimidating to say "MINE GIMME MONEY OLOLOLOLZ"
Well it is meant to be intimidating this is a "hard core" rp game it is about experimenting and experiencing roles as a character. The world is harsh and that’s the charm of Illarion. I really don’t see the problem with this rp exchange and still question who would enter a castle wander around, beggin working and then be shocked to be thrown out. I for one would not. Again i say there are forges all over and trollsbane's remains open to all.
tetraxas wrote:5. The Hard-Headed Role-play has become such an abused word that whenever anything that the OLD players dont like or not in favor, They use the word, " it is Roleplay, dont like it, LEAVE ''.
No you really have i feel misunderstood the principal the game runs on. It is indeed a game with a character hierarchy how ever the point is not to turn you away from the game or ruin peoples fun. Your character could adapt to this in so many ways, your tale of woe if you brought it town would get you into so many role-play exchanges with various characters.
You got an "experience" with Lennier who was perhaps rp his character was moody or short tempered that day. Work with it could have been an orc and you would have got pked.
3. The game is not a game for everyone, its a game where People who wants to join HAS to accept the Domination of the OLD players or LEAVE.
Absolutely would you like a link to some free form rpgs where you can instantly rp yourself as the queen of "where ever? No old player wishes to hound a new player from the game, no old player wishes to spoil a new player’s game fun. How ever we rp by a strict code of remaining IC, as such in character you just learnt not to go into the castle. Basically illarion you start off with a clean slate and advance your character in what ever direction you wish, including there social circle and as such standing. This is a charm i would hate to lose in game as then indeed my time playing it would be over. We build it, we run it, we live it how ever briefly for a few hours when we logg on.
This entire post is full of so many issues that I cant help to cover them all.
So in closing the only thing lost at the wipe was some amazing players stopped playing and the fabric of the game unraveled itself entirely. We no longer had opposition simply a "trollsbane". No one aside from a very few admirable people have attempted to change this but everyone is fast to bemoan it.
I am lucky I have time to play Illarion intensively perhaps that is the only qualification for the level of entirely imaginary power my completely fictional pixel has obtained in an entirely make believe world. Perhaps those so discontent with the way this game has moved on a non technical level need to find new ways to interact with it or right it off as a now lost treasure.
Which ever but at base we have a forum with a very vocal 20% of the player base all with very different ideas hammering out a situation that is not about to find an ooc resolution....
Is it?
Brian
Im sure i'll still woop ya
