Author Topic: The "Power Levelers"  (Read 6446 times)

Monketh

  • Veteran
  • *
  • Posts: 1674
  • aka GovernmentAgent, CorporateAgent
    • View Profile
    • Niihama.ws
(No subject)
« Reply #45 on: January 23, 2005, 01:29:15 am »
I see someone requested an easy definition for the thread\'s readers.
*steps in*

OOC is out-of-character chat, such as discussing Monday Night\'s Football game.
1337 is the use of numbers or abbreviations as replacements for letters or words.  It is difficult to read and aggravating to us \"Use Proper English, Darnit!\" types.

OOC: Have you seen Bitney Spears\' latest album?
1337: n0 i havnt c@n u plz give free stuf 2 me!?

Others may consider 1337 to be only it\'s higher-level form, originated by hackers and nearly impossible to read.

*steps out*
The key to manipulative bargaining is to ask for something twice as big as what you want, then smile and nod when you are talked down to your original wish. You are still young, my apprentice, and have much to learn in the ways of the force. -UtM

Icefalcon

  • Veteran
  • *
  • Posts: 1610
    • View Profile
(No subject)
« Reply #46 on: January 23, 2005, 01:30:57 am »
Quote
Originally posted by Chewy gumbal
My definition of a power leveler is someone who train alot, therefore has high skills.

Well, anyone who roleplays that he is strong must be a powerleveler. Hmm... Yeah. This topic has gotten real old real fast...

Chewy gumbal

  • Traveller
  • *
  • Posts: 41
    • View Profile
(No subject)
« Reply #47 on: January 23, 2005, 01:57:40 am »
You did wonderfully Monketh.

Never said that someone who power levels can\'t roleplay, or vice versa. Nor did I say that people who have high skills are power levelers, only that if you power level you will probably have high skills.
Good day to you sir.
(or madame as the case might be)

Efflixi Aduro

  • Veteran
  • *
  • Posts: 1871
  • O_o
    • View Profile
(No subject)
« Reply #48 on: January 23, 2005, 03:06:27 am »
Well after going around ingame IC I found one guy who thought I was nuts because I used the word Realm. Another just ignored me. Anyone who I mentioned that their guild needed a site just ran away or didnt respond. Somone ran into the tavern and said random unrelated things and was actually refusing to RP though he claimed he could. Countless people wouldn\'t respond at all to any question I asked. Not a single person answerd my newb questions which i was asking IC. And the list goes on...
The one place I found to be full of RPers is the tavern though. Seems the OOC and 1337 stay away from there.

I saw many GM\'s who did nothing to stop this eighther.  Like that one guy who ran around asking where to buy the biggest sheild.
Lol Internet

Chewy gumbal

  • Traveller
  • *
  • Posts: 41
    • View Profile
(No subject)
« Reply #49 on: January 23, 2005, 03:11:11 am »
Hehe, I see you did your research well.  I do think that having to have a site if you want to start a guild may be a little bit much, but encouraging that isn\'t. What if you don\'t know how to make a web site?
Good day to you sir.
(or madame as the case might be)

Monketh

  • Veteran
  • *
  • Posts: 1674
  • aka GovernmentAgent, CorporateAgent
    • View Profile
    • Niihama.ws
(No subject)
« Reply #50 on: January 23, 2005, 04:15:20 am »
I had a similar experience to Fes\'s, sadly.  I found one or two people who were in character (Moorlocke, Avriel), but the general situation was bad.
I got challenged and tried to get rid of the darn pop-up, but it thought I said yes...  The guy got a lecture.

For me, the Tavern only had gamblers, lots of them.

This is becoming a problem as it is agravatingly hard to find someone IC.
The key to manipulative bargaining is to ask for something twice as big as what you want, then smile and nod when you are talked down to your original wish. You are still young, my apprentice, and have much to learn in the ways of the force. -UtM

Kwip

  • Hydlaa Citizen
  • *
  • Posts: 347
    • View Profile
(No subject)
« Reply #51 on: January 23, 2005, 06:12:30 am »
So we have OOCers, gamblers, and people going around doing surveys to see who RPs... hahaha, just can not help but laugh at the situation :D

First of all if someone wants to do something to encourage RPing they should do it ingame in character, not on the forums (Moogie\'s speech is exempted from this because its purpose and format).  Like I stated somewhere in another thread these things should be delt with by RPing rather than otherwise.

This should also be the way to deal with the gamblers (that is if anyone is really upset enough over this to do anything).  Now clogging up the tavern with gamblers so that regular customers cant get in or cant get a seat is just mean.  Now if they rented the tavern by paying Kada a small percentage of the pot ;)
Lurking in that space between -             \The\____
 trying to see what is off both ends -        -----\Mad\_____
  but the confusion and chaos looks so fun -     ------\Bard\
   that I must now jump down twixt them both and dance the dance

Cirque

  • Hydlaa Citizen
  • *
  • Posts: 301
    • View Profile
(No subject)
« Reply #52 on: January 23, 2005, 07:26:03 am »
Id just like a HARDCORE true RPer to explain EXACTLY what it is about \"power levelling\" that they dont like. Id like examples and situations to illustrate this hate.

From what I can gather, if all power levellers RPed as hermit, mutes (ie: they never say a word in chat and rarely visit highly populated areas) there should be no problem.

Exaero_Fiero

  • Hydlaa Resident
  • *
  • Posts: 189
    • View Profile
(No subject)
« Reply #53 on: January 23, 2005, 07:35:15 am »
Let\'s see... With overwhelming amount of both \"L337 gamers\" and threads \"How I hate L337 gamers\", I feel like finally stating my own opinion about the late atmosphere around the PS. Sorry, but my ideas follow in random order.

It will be impossible to keep d00ds out of PS. Simply because hundreds of them appear on the PS main page every hour, following the link given by the search of \"free MMORPG\". It is possible, however, to segregate RP\'ers and PL\'s by simply dividing chat or creating special areas. The more complicated, but rather ideal way would be the creation of two realms, or a server divided in half, as far as PS can\'t afford two servers yet.

To people, who say, that all d00ds should be banned. Maybe it is just my wild imagination, but that\'s how I see the game if the \"d00d-b@n\" will be implemented:
Example of an \"after-CB\" tale:
\"Many have waited for this change, however not that many survived the wind of war created by the gods. The curse has fallen upon the sometime glorious lands of Yliakum, the evil semi-gods - Developers started a bloody conflict between the gentle 58 of the bravest knights of the Mods Orden and the dreadful horde of countless Dood scourge...\"

RP\'ers and PL\'ers cannot exist together. They have the same, yet different purposes of playing the game - people usually have just about enough of the RL and want to bring few moments of enjoyment to their life, but both groups do it differently. RP\'ers way is usually transforming to a medival knight/mage/rogue/..., while gentle d00ds way is to become the best and prove him/herself the super L33t in the community.
\"What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate that word as I hate hell...\" The Mercenary Guild

Efflixi Aduro

  • Veteran
  • *
  • Posts: 1871
  • O_o
    • View Profile
(No subject)
« Reply #54 on: January 23, 2005, 07:46:10 am »
Quote
Originally posted by Monketh
For me, the Tavern only had gamblers, lots of them.

This is becoming a problem as it is agravatingly hard to find someone IC.
[/QUOTE

I actually don\'t mind the gamling. Ots one of the most creative plaer made things I have seen. And it fits the place. I mean, it IS a bar after all.

When I went I was actually met by many RPers who where glad to listen to the situation. Tey listend kindly and where very helpful to someone OOC and very lost.
Lol Internet

Karyuu

  • Forum Legend
  • *
  • Posts: 9341
    • View Profile
(No subject)
« Reply #55 on: January 23, 2005, 07:47:50 am »
Quote
Originally posted by Exaero_Fiero
It is possible, however, to segregate RP\'ers and PL\'s by simply dividing chat or creating special areas. The more complicated, but rather ideal way would be the creation of two realms, or a server divided in half, as far as PS can\'t afford two servers yet.


Please read. Please. Please please please. There will be no division of servers for different kinds of players. There will be no division of servers/worlds period.

Quote
Originally posted by Exaero_Fiero
RP\'ers and PL\'ers cannot exist together.


That\'s false. Extremes of each kind will have a hard time coexisting, but not everyone fits into black and white boxes.
Judge: Are you trying to show contempt for this court, Mr Smith?
Smith: No, My Lord. I am attempting to conceal it.

Exaero_Fiero

  • Hydlaa Resident
  • *
  • Posts: 189
    • View Profile
(No subject)
« Reply #56 on: January 23, 2005, 07:54:39 am »
Quote
Originally posted by Karyuu
That\'s false. Extremes of each kind will have a hard time coexisting, but not everyone fits into black and white boxes.


Ahhh....There we go. Let\'s see what is beyond those solid groups... A L33t-speaking roleplayer or a roleplaying mega-d00d, who wonders around the sewers stealing all the kills and challenging all the players (it?) meets?
\"What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate that word as I hate hell...\" The Mercenary Guild

DarkOne

  • Wayfarer
  • *
  • Posts: 1
    • View Profile
(No subject)
« Reply #57 on: January 23, 2005, 08:21:14 am »
Quote
Originally posted by Exaero_Fiero
It will be impossible to keep d00ds out of PS. Simply because hundreds of them appear on the PS main page every hour, following the link given by the search of \"free MMORPG\". It is possible, however, to segregate RP\'ers and PL\'s by simply dividing chat or creating special areas. The more complicated, but rather ideal way would be the creation of two realms, or a server divided in half, as far as PS can\'t afford two servers yet.

Well I do have P4 2.8 Ghz, 512 MB (or 1 GB), with large HDs machine doing nothing at the moment sitting on the gaming LAN, which is directly connected to the country\'s main backbone and country\'s main gateway, thus plenty FREE bandwidth available. As I have seen PS definitely uses far less bandwidth than a single NWN server.

But it does not seem like Luca Pancallo (Talad) seems to be interested in making use of free servers and free bandwidth.

Thus I doubt we be able to solve the PLers and RPers issue any time soon.

Harkin

  • Hydlaa Citizen
  • *
  • Posts: 466
    • View Profile
(No subject)
« Reply #58 on: January 23, 2005, 09:01:09 am »
Sheesh.. the last few days have killed many of the aspects i thought PS was, you release a free game with good 3d graphics and every little kid will download it, hoping to find a better RS... and thus PS gains popularity while loosing standing with some of the most devoted players.. you know, you people who have been here for what 2 years? just waiting for it to come this far? i cant say much cause ive only been following PS for maybe 8 months... but people are just gonna have to face it, as long as PS continues to develop into a great game, a different type of player is gonna come along, and when we have 5000+ people on the server, some GM\'s arent gonna be able to stop the bad ones, look right now the server averages around 100 people from what ive seen, ive seen numbers for 125 to as low as 43... for all the accounts created, not many people play, it seems...

well its 3:00AM here, i dont know why im awake... so ill leave now and maybe go sleep... :)
« Last Edit: January 23, 2005, 09:01:57 am by Harkin »
I am just a figment of you imagination and a byproduct of the worse accident ever... ... or so my mommy says!
Imagine your life ripped to hundreds of shreds, then think about how you just stepped in poo, welcome to my world.

-Scott

Ikarsik

  • Hydlaa Resident
  • *
  • Posts: 121
    • View Profile
(No subject)
« Reply #59 on: January 23, 2005, 09:20:17 am »
yep

anyway to nearly end this thread

so powerlevelers are mostly hated when they l33t speak

and anyone that l33t speaks in a planeshift is generally not liked very much by the people that dont like l33t speak, being the not newer people

and not rping in planeshift corrupts the fabricatility of the metamorpha-ility of the telepropulsionility of planeshifts atmosphere right?