The "Power Levelers"

[Lhun Duum]

I have the solution !

update planeshift and use the new /ignore command

[hitancrias]

Originally posted by Icefalcon
This topic has gotten real old real fast...

Yeah.. maybe this little summary (in my opinion) helps.

acceptable:

• players who role play a barely interacting character, for example an individually operating ranger.
• players who maximize their skills. The game is about developing your character in a fantasy world. If you want to play a character who is a great fighter you have to train. So fighting monsters whole day is legitimate.

not acceptable:

• players who use of numbers or strange abbreviations in public channels (the /say and the /shout mode)
  Enforcing/prevention: The use of numbers in those channels can easily be prevented. The use of abbreviations too by using a list of not accepted words, but since people who want to use OOC abbreviations usually find substitute abbreviations who aren?t on the list, is it doubtful if that will work.
  
  
• players who are OOC in public channels, for they bother role playing.
  Enforcing/prevention: This cannot be enforced by formal rules. All we can do is kindly ask them to stop it or report them to a GM who can give him a warning or in the worst case will remove him.
  
  
• players who don?t interact with others in a RP way at all. It?s a multiplayer role playing game after all
  Enforcing/prevention: There not much we can do about this. If people don?t want to respond at all it?s a pitty. But as long as they don?t disturb the role playing of others they won?t cause much inconvenience too.

The best way to prevent those things however still is being a good example yourselves. A short explanation (when creating a new account) of the RP character of the world of Planeshift and what is and what is not acceptable, might also work.

Every step PS makes towards a complete game will also attract more non-roleplaying players. Therefore the devs and the players should pay a serious amount of attention to this problem.

[Chewy gumbal]

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

Very true my friend.

People who don\'t interact are better than people who start spouting random abbreviations like \"an thn il mak a nw srd\". I think that having a little screen right after the player creates their character is a good idea, that way you have been told that RPing is an important aspect that people want to have in this game. I don\'t think that having a GM remove people because they aren\'t RPing is a very good solution because technicaly they aren\'t breaking any rules. Unless of course they are harrasing other players, in which case they should be removed anyways.

[Sulatorc]

Originally posted by Chewy gumbal
Very true my friend.
People who don\'t interact are better than people who start spouting random abbreviations like \"an thn il mak a nw srd\". I think that having a little screen right after the player creates their character is a good idea, that way you have been told that RPing is an important aspect that people want to have in this game.

Agreed. I feel as long as that person is not annoying which is really just relative then they should be allowed to stay.

Originally posted by Chewy gumbal
I don\'t think that having a GM remove people because they aren\'t RPing is a very good solution because technicaly they aren\'t breaking any rules. Unless of course they are harrasing other players, in which case they should be removed anyways.

What rules? I have yet to see any rules on how one should act on the server. I see strict rules on how to make a guild. I even see rules on how one should act on this forum. Where are the rules for playing this game? Am i the only one that can not find at the very least baseline rules?

I have played several games where even the rules were up to interpretation. Not having any rules makes that infinate worse. For example just look at Moogies\' and Karyuu\'s response to the same question (no offense to either one). Both of whom i believe are GMs. Both of whom have completely different answers. HAHA! Imagine in real life if a police department was implemented before any laws were made. This situation will get much more messy before it is resolved as long as there are no official rules in place. Even if they are baseline.

Anyways, I am going to try to recompile the CVS. If it doesn\'t work then so be it. I am not going to spend too much time on it. Especially considering the rules probably change as each GM signs on and off.  I doubt this is a game i really want to play as long as that happens.

People who want to stay and see a change whether it is for or against non rpers really need to start putting pressure on the people at the top to put in Official server rules. You can then have at the very least have a baseline rules to go by. Right now you have are a bunch of people saying what they think is the rules but nothing official. Nothing is really getting done.

Have a nice day

[sekhmet]

Strange I see nobody mentioning this, but the thing most anti-rpg behavior I\'ve seen so far. Is from some of the guilds, I\'ve received several invitions from guilds, without any interaction with the other person. Surely the guilds should be better moderated if PS is rpg enforced. This kinda behavior sickens me.

But I do agree that some powerleveling should be acceptable to build up your character.

And finally I think their will be plenty of space for the more hard core rpg\'ers. The tavern is getting more popular among the rpg\'ers for one.

[Exaero_Fiero]

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

OOC: Mini-gratz! You have just made check the dictionary! Is it actually a joke? If not, could you define the highlighted words for me, plz...?

Originally posted by Lhun Duum
update planeshift and use the new /ignore command

You will soon get tired of entering the \"ignore\" command...

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

I may be wrong, but if I was a devs., I would not want the PS world expand until I have unbugged at least the current server and tested all the implemented in-game features, because then, I won\'t have to face the same problem twice.

[Chewy gumbal]

Yes it was a joke Exaero. I think it was. What if it wasn\'t? Think of the possibilities!

[Black_rose]

@hitancrias,
i am willing to let l337 into the game, however i am not willing to let beggers here, beggers suck, l337 is an internet language and this is a interney game

[Monketh]

Originally posted by Black_rose
@hitancrias,
i am willing to let l337 into the game, however i am not willing to let beggers here, beggers suck, l337 is an internet language and this is a interney game

1337 is a massacre of the english language and it is not acceptable.  ...and what about all the foreigners who have trouble with english to begin with?
No, 1337 R t3h 5UXX0RZ.  It breaks rp\'ing, it contributes to the bastardization of the english language, it\'s hard for foreigners to read, and it shows a deep lack of respect for forcing people to read it.

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

Yup.  Then everybody dies because there\'s no air left.  

Oh, I didn\'t mean the gamblers are making it hard to find someone IC.  Some of them are IC.

[edit: removed] Nvm, let\'s not drag that discussion into here, too.

[Ikarsik]

Exaero_Fiero

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

if you change telepropulsionility to teleprojectionility then it kinda means that it corrupts the realness of the image of an active world that is put across by planeshift

[Exaero_Fiero]

Originally posted by Chewy gumbal
Yes it was a joke Exaero. I think it was. What if it wasn\'t? Think of the possibilities!

The whole point! I just thought of the possibilities!

[Eplanet]

omg, im near middle aged b4 i started reading this. prob. only a few will read this and it\'ll be in the middle.

so...i like to lvl some stats. rp is fun too. wait, when u get to certain lvl\'s, its all about rp and ur friends, well, wait,  *sigh*

sometimes a hardcore rp\'er will want to lvl, for hours, and hours. ppl do this irl !! i exercise, by myself, for hours a day, few days a week. i have played hack-n-slash rpg\'s off and on for, well, years.  i was very much into non-combat skills on rs. ppl go to work and school full-time irl !! u put ur nose to the grind ( or whatever wherever) for sometime so u can have more time to \"spend with the fence and work on the wife\"

about the roleplaying posts...some ppl say its not in handbook, etc.; dunno, but dont GM\'s sorta have in game say-so around here? sometimes some ppl will want to be strict or lax with their rp\'ing (those that can be a serious rp\'er vs. a \"mom, im sick. stay home?\" type)
ppl will buddy up with their \"keeeeeewwwwwwwwlllllll\" friends either way.  (btw, wipe any1 that types that in game ok? i vote plz)(or maybe ps jail. that is an obscene word to me; sorta harassment really)
well, there\'s an option for u, ps jail. and how about if the republicans and democrats had their own counties irl? different towns for different styles. ppl in \"southern states\" go ya\'ll for \"you all\"

plz plz plz, according to venge typing like a 13yo girl is an accomplishment. omfg if i havta start typin out everything for every sentence. and i know how to type for years and am not slow, but some ppl are. i\'d rather have short words vs, hello, waiting for ur answer. and um, have u ever noticed that u can think faster than u can type. omg.
omg, i do want a rp enviro. i dont think britney spears is good for more than 1 thing, but y get all harvard about it.

and some sorta intro-style-helpguide-keyword-thing would be very nice for those (somewhat/very) serious rp\'ers that prefer a dose of combat/magic w/rp and just started.


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

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Exaero_Fiero:
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?
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i believe im the first of those 2 exaero, and i super hate the latter. met lots on rs. ha.

[Cirque]

Go man! You rock!

Your so kkkkeeewwwlllll!!!!....... J/K.

That was one of the funniest posts ive ever read on these forums.

[Icefalcon]

I couldn\'t understand it... He must be one of those... alians.

[Mezasa]

Personally, I think you guys need to get over it.  If I choose to fight and level up, that\'s my LIFE in the game.  There were a lot of narrowminded battle d00ds back in medieval times.  The strongest Knight was the best.  No doubt about it.  If I want my proffession to be a Knight, then shouldn\'t I be able to power-level?  Also, 1337 speak and power-leveling are very differn\'t things.  I could probably be considered a power-leveler, although I join groups and we fight monsters in character, that is, if anyone is in the area or wants to.  I have no problem talking while fighting.  While talking properly is an issue power-leveling is not.  

Also, for the guy who said all the \"kids\" coming from, um, \"that game\", you are very mistaken.  That game is GROWING in numbers, and vastly growing.  I play that game, and PS.  I\'m not a 1337 |-|@><0r either.  I play that game for the economy.  I will do so in PS too.  If there is a demand, I will be the supply.  Right now that isn\'t possible, but merchanting will be MY job.