Good luck folks....

[Imoutgoodbye]

I have quite a bit on my mind right now. But I'm not going to spit it all out. I'm sure everyone can just point at my lack of PK ability and say "His frustrations stems from there."

But it's just the catalyst for my frustrations. I've been clawing a long time at some of my deeper frustrations that nothing can be done about. I'll always hate people that use AIM. There's so many days I just want to go on there and start asking for equipment lists, identify files....maybe get me some of them OOC connections.

Atebos, my man, I'm sorry I jumped down your throat in the prayer forum. I know you just want to encourage people to have better descriptions. Fact just was I didn't care to put anymore time in than to get my ten lines. Never heard of that ten sentence thing before and I have no desire to argue with an IMM. It's always been a fight I've lost.

It's your mud folks, not my place. Enjoy. I don't.

[Mali]

Valek, you should still play the game when you can play for fun. I see you post on the forums alot and you have been around for awhile. You sound like you are suffering from classic burnout or possibly TDP syndrome. As with any game, you should not play if it is not fun for you or there is nothing you can learn and grow from. However, I know that you like something about this game or you wouldn't be so frustrated in the above post. My suggestion is to play moderately, purely for joy and fun, and do not take it so seriously when you do. Also, don't post so much on the forum, since you are very attached to the community and it seems to be adding to your frustration. You should find some things in your real life to spend most of your time on, like your wife and kids, and log on when you can spend an hour messing about in a fantasy world. No more, no less. See you around and good luck.

[Anume]

Valek, you've already improved in pk quite a bit since you tried seriously at 50. Your logs on prayer got quite the response and tips from the staff, so if you just stick with it you will surely improve further.

[f0xx]

Mali said it quite well, I also think you are suffering from a burnout.

You are one of the best characters this community has and it would be a great loss for us if you decide to go...

[mya]

Just ask for help. Don't take the world on your shoulders.

Friends are for that. Something you have difficulties with, ask help.

People will give you a hand.

For example, you can asks me about most things. But it's bad idea to ask me for meele advices.

[f0xx]

Mya is such a cutie

[Nomak]

Mya is such a cutie

still liking little innocent girls eh?

[Ex-D&Der]

What Mali said.

[-Totenkopf-]

Aim is only a problem if you make it a problem. I have a couple of people in AIM. I don't OFTEN log in though (I dont even have it installed on my pc) but sometimes I log in through ebuddy just to see how some blokes I played with many years ago are going. I don't organise EQ chip, I'd lists, gang bangs, etc. I've even fought and killed people I have on instant messenger programs. It doesn't affect my ingame actions. I guess this could not be said for everyone. Fact of the matter is IM programs are not going to disappear off the face of the earth, so it is in OUR hands to control its use. Sounds like you are man enough to hold your own there though.

On descriptions, dont make so many characters and you wouldn't have to write so many descs Its not one of my favour tasks either. At the same time, I've had 2 characters since I started playing again about 9 months ago.

[The-Nameless]

I used to fall into the "OOC" category. But quite honestly I found that it was more of a competition between friends than a collaboration of conspirators. Granted a few people showed their eq/id/char trading/logon schemes, but those people where quickly weeded out when I would roll a char, not tell them, then kill them

As far as descriptions go. I LOVE the site www.drakonis.org the site has literally thousands of pictures of nearly any race you could want, and many poses of each race in rich fantasy art styles. It is an amazerful site and I highly recommend it for anyone who looks for desc inspiration.

[mya]

Did not notice the part about descriptions.

This is a huge wall for me. Having to delete characters because IMM did not approve the description/asked to heavy changes.

Some of us just want the dam thing approved, because writing such a descriptive text is a true nightmare. I always go for the min line possible.

And i save all old description so that i do not have to write them all again.

So i recycle them.

I do not even read other people descriptions. It's just not functional. Most of the descriptions are so big that i lose interest.

People who do Restrings, please please, state at the first line of the desc:

You so and so look at a Large Mummy like creature.

You so and so look at a egg shaped Beholder like creature.

This saves so much grief for me.

If your RP is that good. RPing actual description attributes like a green dress, a scar, we will end up reading it out of curiosity. But just don't think people will read a wall of text out of nothing.

[Mali]

I read descriptions.

[Aulian]

Me too.

[Mattamue]

Take care Valek.

Also, I read descriptions.

[EyeSeeU]

Valek, you will be missed, but you know you will be back.

P.S. I read descriptions like a champ, sometimes I will read every single persons bio that is on with me on the (who list).

[H&R]

I check descriptions sometimes. They can tell you something about the person. If it's long, it's probably a roleplayer who isn't very good at PK. If it's short and has many mistakes, it's likely a newbie, etc.

That's how you know who to level your malform on, he he. Kidding

[KRins]

More like if it's long, it's someone willing to put forth the effort to keep the game as RP ENFORCED as it is a PK fest...

[H&R]

The best descriptions are usually not the longest ones, mind you

[KRins]

Agreed...but the worst are never long enough.

[mya]

More like if it's long' date=' it's someone willing to put forth the effort to keep the game as RP ENFORCED as it is a PK fest...[/quote']

I personally believe that us FLers, are better served with dynamic RP than descriptions. (Example, the emote says. Those are lovely.)

"Agreed...but the worst are never long enough."

I think you mean "not short enough".

Hey Valek, you think to much. Just have fun. It's a mentality problem.

[Croyvern]

Man I could smell this from outside, and here I am going to step in it anyway. I should question my own wisdom. But here goes. I have b een here since 01 or 02, I really do not remember. I can count my pks on my fingers alone. Almost everyone of them I have logged and studied and proven to be the fault of my opponents overconfidence rather than my own skill at fighting. I have died aproximately five thousand times. More than a dozen imes by more than one character. In the beginning I felt horrible and thought maybe mudding was not for me, then I came to realize there are two types of avid mudders, the passive roleplay at heart tyoes, and the savage pk types. Am I saying some of you are not both, no. I have a lot of respect for many of you. Who do little more than kill for the sake of proving your the best killer. There is not only cabals dedicated to it, lets face it most cabals are in one fasion or another dedicated to it. I digress, my apologies, but my point is, some are the wolves, some have to be lambs. I am a very short person, I came to realize some time ago I would never be tall. But I accepted it, just as I have accepted that here in Aabahran I am most likely always to be the food than the hunter. Valek, respectfully, consider the nature of your own hesrt and come to terms with the angelic soul you posess. Just one mans opinion.

[f0xx]

just as I have accepted that here in Aabahran I am most likely always to be the food than the hunter.

And that is the problem here. Accepting that is the biggest defeat you can suffer. If you need advices, tactic-wise, PM people who have played your desired combo successfully before. Ask for advices and you will recieve them. A lot of people cannot overcome their own ego and don't ask for help and advices, but only when you realise that you need help and ask for it, only then you will improve.

Before, I was starting to shake at the sole thought of PK, nowadays I can almost fall asleep while fighting, and thats fighting some of the strongest characters out there. If you want to improve in PK, poeple have given advices before and as trivial as it sounds, log your fights, study your opponents, have a tactics for each situation, be prepared.

Do not get depressed when you get stomped by a strong character. Use whatever advantage the code and rules allow you to. Talk to people - everyone here will respond to your questions and help if they can. I've tested that first hand.

[The-Nameless]

You know. I remember looking up to Festy, and Despiser, and Behrens in the PK dept. Some of my fondest memories where getting completely OWNED by Narnokles, Iyorvin, Tylith, Marti. But I also remember FINALLY getting that kill. That feeling trumps most things I have experienced in game besides overcoming gangs and getting all parties involved. Thats always great as well.

My suggestion Reverend. Stick to it. You can only fire off so many shots before you finally hit something. On the alternate side of this, if your playing a game, you should be having fun. Remember why this is a game, not a chore.

[ajwetton]

Never heard of that ten sentence thing before and I have no desire to argue with an IMM. It's always been a fight I've lost.

Yea i hadn't heard of it in my being here since i was a soph or jr, in HS so like 2000-2001, and yea... when i had an IMM make me do like 3 more lines to do it i did the lines got it approved and said F*** it forcing me to do this made me resent the character because having to think more about equipment on him for the desc because the basics had been covered made me lose interest it was fluff that didn't need to be there, and he got shelved at level 17 i think because it just made me not care, I'm with valek though, I keep comin back and rollin up a toon, rolled up a Race/class/cabal i wanted to check out for some time my last toon back and he's shelved and gonna cabal leave soon because she's a savant and i've decided a cleric should never really join savant to face magic resist neutral classes taht are hard to fight anyway as a cleric. its just to frustrating and i've moved on to better and more enjoyable things then cussin at this, I'm puttin in a farewell as well, for those of you who knew Melia for the time she was on she's shelved and i won't be comin back to her enjoyed gettin to pinn a non dwarf cleric. ( my last one was when festorvian was around as his cleric) and i just wanted to give it ago but fightin neutral WM's with magic resist because its what they ALL seem to go when they go WM just doesn't interest me. Have fun everyone maybe i'll come back again and roll up a healer since its what i really enjoy. Bye Folks.

[ajwetton]

More like if it's long' date=' it's someone willing to put forth the effort to keep the game as RP ENFORCED as it is a PK fest...[/quote'] Just saw this, and had to respond, Mine are descriptive enough to teach someone the general outlook and Identifying marks, I don't need to know where every dang freckle or bump bruise or cut is to visualize the character, its text so people are going to form their own mental image, I give a basic Description (which is what this is supposed to be not a life history) of features etc, I HATE including clothes to get 10 lines because if they're wearing a blue robe, then they better get there ***es over to one IG and through it on or its a conflict, of visualization, i know gear changes all the time but you should see what their wearing as well as what they look like and what they're wearing SHOULD be the gear they have on, unless its like a medallion with some RP signifigance or something of that nature but to have to put it in to fill line requirements? nah thats just silly.