Ok, first of all, what the hell?

Do I look like some noob running around saying "I'm gonna shove my sword up your ass and I'm gonna like it because I'm evil?" No. I just like to put a bit of backstory in my description, while also providing some first-glance opinions. If the person reading my description is truly worthy to play an RP game, he/she would take the backstory in mind, but not express the fact that his/her character knows it. All the character would know is that "Kaibane looks shifty, with bloodshot eyes and sometimes plays with a small, black flame that flickers on and off in his hand. He offers you a cold stare in return for yours." And no, that's not my description.

The same does NOT apply to evil chars, because last time I checked, there simply weren't enough of those around to be considered "overused." Most of the good RPers tend to drift over to the side of "good" and "justice." The new RPers are stuck, so if they go "evil" they tend to say "I'm bent on world domination" in the description. After learning a bit more about RP, they switch to the side of good because it is far easier to RP as a law-abiding citizen knight if the game is set in a world that is stuffed full of prancing good people.

Where do I download? I looked at the main download page and couldn't find it. And the stupid updater is crap.

Planeshift needs to make it either:

1) cost nothing to level up
2) bring back the Gug mining spot
3) rework their entire gameplay

I would recommend #3

Things I remember about the Good Ole Days (pre-0.5)

-Not as much lag as now
-Game didn't take 15 minutes to start up
-Hydlaa doesn't take 4 minutes to load
-Dueling was skill-based, not on what your axe level is
-I could actually kill monsters besides Arangmas, rats, and sewer mobs, and the occasional unskilled rogue, and my friends and I would go ulber-hunting often.
-There was a nicer community (not slamming on anyone in particular, but I've noticed the players have gotten more sour as of late)

Now, in non-technical terms, my best planeshift memory was definitely falling to the bottom of the Bronze Doors and having it glitch up so that I didn't die. I was such a noob lol. I thought I did something special and that there was unreleased stuff down in that chasm and that I got super lucky, and announced so in the chat (I was mislead by some of the pictures of stuff that actually wasn't in-game that was on the main website). I explored around there for 2 hours before realizing how stupid I was.

First of all, hi Planeshift. Some of you might know me as Kaibane, because I changed my character name. I have been playing for around 3 years, but the activation email for the forums never worked. Finally, I tried again, and it did. I have been wanting to post this for a while, ever since I got my name changed:

The point of this topic is discussion of "evil" characters. As some of my friends know, I changed my name for roleplay purposes: Avathius was his name as a noble leader of the Legacy guild (it had a different name, but it's conterversial), but then his best friend was killed in a war and he turned to darkness and chaos. He was banished from the guild (which he later "killed." Actually, everyone just left lol, but whatever) and then, in his anger, completely annihilated the guild that slew his friend (actually, the guild war made the enemy guild break up, so this is almost partly true). Avathius then delved into the darkness of his past and his Black Flame name, Kaibane (pronounced "kaibayne," for those in-game who were wondering. It's not "kaibanay") he changed to be his real name. Now he is feared and hated by all, wanted by law, and his only true home is the death realm among the death mages who seek shelter there. When he travels through Hydlaa he is forced to walk in the shadows, blade drawn, lest a guard or citizen see him.

People read my description (which isn't entirely like that, but it's close) and then decide that they want to hate my character. Now, I'm ok with that. An evil character should be hated. But then, they start insulting ME as a person, because of what I say in my character description. Some of the comments were:

"Noob!" (of course, *ugh*-are there even noobs in PS?)
"Don't talk about how powerful you are! I can get my guild to gang up on you and kill you any time!"
"You suck. Characters aren't supposed to be evil." (no joke here. Someone actually said that. A character can be whatever you want it to be, jeez)
"I could kill you in a duel. Don't threaten me."

People don't understand: I don't duel anymore. I used to have killer stats, but because of 0.5 my character now sucks (at least he can wear heavy armor and has some half-decent gear). My "threats" are for RP purposes only.

The overall point of this thread is that there are too many character descriptions that go like this:

"He always has a twinkle in his eye and a good story to tell"
"She is always willing to party or have a keg of beer in Gugrontid"
"An old, crusty warrior who is always telling stories of past battles"
"A friendly blacksmith who likes to start conversation"
"A tricksy and humorous prankster who loves to laugh"
"The proud leader (or officer) of his guild, who is skilled in combat"
"A fine warrior, he is always for justice!"

No offense to people who's descriptions are like this: I'm fine with a few of these in PS. But when 90% of PS's population has a description that resembles one listed above, that's when I can't take it anymore. I remember a year ago, there was some guy named Xul or something, who would wander around to people asking if they were "the One." Anyone else remember him? Personally, I think that is a great and original RP idea. Just saying that you are a champion of good, or that you like to party, or that you're friendly, is honestly kind of boring if overused.

But really, the point of this topic is that I think it is ok for PS to have evil characters. I don't think everybody should be an evil character. I don't think MOST people should be evil. In fact, I think only around 25% at max should be evil or lawbreakers. But that's not my point. My point is that people need to stop hating the evil characters. Evil is a part of PS rather you like it or not. Deal with it. It's hard enough to play an evil character without haters breathing down my neck, telling me that I suck.

Those few who have evil characters, let's raise our RP chalices and have a toast to pretend hatred! Just remember to keep that hatred in-game only =D