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The Hydlaa Plaza /
« on: November 11, 2005, 07:48:16 pm »
I have only two issues with OOo,
1. speed, we all noticed this one
2. bullets.  OOo can\'t seem to handle MS bullets in lists correctly.  Don\'t know why.

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The Hydlaa Plaza /
« on: November 11, 2005, 04:30:41 pm »
Wait, now you want to give up WoW for EQ2?  Have you learned nothing? :)

Go be amongst people.  There is a world out there with actual, 3D human beings in it!  You can talk to them and they will take back.  Sure, no emoticons, and they have to use their faces to express how they feel, but with a little time you\'ll get those, too.

Okay, I\'ll shut up now.

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The Hydlaa Plaza /
« on: November 11, 2005, 04:08:15 pm »
When I was in H.S., I would play D&D, read the great philosophers, write dreadful poetry, go on 4-6 hour urban hikes (just walk the city), do historical recreation and I learned to play 12 instruments, then started performing rather regularly.

Yeah, start a band.  That\'s the best use of your time.  It will actually get you girls.  And it\'s social.

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The Hydlaa Plaza /
« on: November 11, 2005, 07:56:08 am »
I personally love OpenOffice.  I have a mac and use the mac version: NeoOffice/J (for Java).

Though it\'s slow some times, it works very very well.

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Guilds Forum /
« on: November 10, 2005, 03:46:56 am »
Then it\'s settled, who\'s going to make the first street gang?

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Guilds Forum /
« on: November 10, 2005, 01:58:49 am »
Yes, that is something I find very frustrating.  I mean, there are annoying and harassing people in this world.  As long as you are IC, why do people get banned?  I find that, well, annoying and harassing.

EDIT: This seems to come down to the ideal that everyone is a hero or a villain.  Trying to play something else is frowned upon.  For a while, if you went to the tavern, people sat around trying to be the \"coolest\" by not talking or only threatening those about them.  B-O-R-I-N-G.  Where is the local color?

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Guilds Forum /
« on: November 10, 2005, 01:35:08 am »
It\'s true that I possess only the most anemic sense of reason when it comes to role-playing.

I disagree that you can\'t collect taxes or take over an area without PvP.  Being annoying and harassing can be very effective.  It\'s true you can\'t enforce it, but if you insist on following people or challenging them to duels, you will make your presence felt.  With this, any guild could claim a territory.

As for only having a few soldiers, this is a problem.  But, death is pretty cheap right now.  If you have the funding to get good stuff for your soldiers, you could probably do fine for a while.

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Guilds Forum /
« on: November 09, 2005, 05:53:42 pm »
I have had some experiences where people cannot divorce thier IC identity from their OOC identity.  I mean, if I was the head of a large evil guild (like the Dark Empire) I would instantly try to OOC contact the head of the good guild and try to get things started.  Agreements to be at war with each other help everyone out, but I don\'t think this is happening.  I think that is one of the major differences between a \"n00b\" and good role-player, but so often people take these things so seriously.

Sangwa, are their rumblings of a good war coming?  Is that what you mean?

On the other hand, just deciding that Guilds A and B are at war will only sustain for so long.  I mean, they really have to inflict damage on each other somehow in order to get the juices flowing.  PKing is not so effective, as everyone respawns in a few moments.  If mining is still profitable, maybe we can get a war started over who gets to mine.  The winner actually makes money.  People not in a guild are mostly unaffected, but those involved in the war get to actually duke it out.

Hell, even if a gang of ruffians decided to harass the people near the mine, we\'d get something going...

EDIT:  Here\'s another idea: start to harass the newbies.  Now, before anyone says this is OOC, I beg to differ.  Grifters have existed in every society, playing on the naive.  Start standing at the city gates and claim there is a tax to leave the city.  You\'ll make some money and you\'ll piss off the \"good\" guilds enough to actually organize and mobilize.

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Mac OSX Specific Issues /
« on: November 09, 2005, 03:41:32 am »
I\'ll just say that I normally hate locked threads, but I haven\'t seen one you\'ve locked that seemed unjust.  I mean, you\'re no Moogie, but that\'s because you\'re not really trying.

I\'m a big First Amendment guy, so you\'ll hear me call you names the moment I think you\'re being unfair.

Don\'t take this as praise, take as factual statement.  This is praise: you have a cool icon and signature.

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Guilds Forum /
« on: November 09, 2005, 03:25:46 am »
I, personally, do not play an evil character.  I would like to play an opportunist, but that requires actual strife in the game to capitalise on.  That, to my knowledge, does not currently exist.  There is no good vs. evil drama really playing out that I see.  A lot of PKing, but that\'s kind of boring.

Hopefully, there will be a good way to be evil soon, so that people like me can make some money. At that point, I will likely try to resurrect the Beggar\'s Guild, which never got off the ground.

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Guilds Forum /
« on: November 07, 2005, 05:51:59 pm »
Sep, I completely agree with you on a general level.  However, I\'m interested to know how this is playing out in the game.  Can you really be evil in game?  Can you really be good?  That\'s why I asked for examples.

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Mac OSX Specific Issues /
« on: November 07, 2005, 04:35:12 pm »
Cha0s, baby, you rock, BUT I tried using the updated Updater.jar, the one you pointed to.  When I changed the mirrors to the ones dfryer recommended, it started to work perfectly.  (Much better than the updater.app)

Thanks for all your work, you jam.

b

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Guilds Forum /
« on: November 07, 2005, 04:31:03 pm »
Hey Sep,

now THAT\'S the kind of evil I\'m interested in.  I know everyone wants to be mysterious about their \"evilness\", but the actual outlets in the game are fairly limited.  You can\'t assassinate, you can\'t steal, you can\'t strongarm, none of the classic mafioso techniques.  There aren\'t even any laws to break.  This limits it to political action which cause strife amongst other players.  However, I haven\'t seen must evidence of this happening.

But the idea of playing several characters and using that information against various guilds is cheating.  What sort of wickedness can you commit completely within the physics of the world?  I mean, calling yourself \"evil\" because you duel is kind of lame.  People have to agree to duel.

For that matter, what kind of heroism can you commit within the physics of this world?

Ligh:  Your English is correct.  The term \"baddest of the bad\" is colloquial.

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Guilds Forum / Baddest of the Bad?
« on: November 07, 2005, 07:35:01 am »
So who is it?  We have several guilds that claim to be evil.

Does anyone have any actual, in-game experience with an evil guild?  I mean, really. What is the most evil act anyone has ever seen, heard of, or committed in PS?

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Mac OSX Specific Issues /
« on: November 07, 2005, 06:31:31 am »
A note, unless you update the mirros as per dfryer\'s suggestions, Cha0s\'s updater will still hang.

Hi all, the obnoxious one is back.  Missed you.  Missed me?

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