RIP: Philantees

[-Totenkopf-]

To the shoutouts.

I guess I can start with the easy ones!

Those who killed Philantees. I am just going by memory here, so if I've forgotten someone, please let me know.

Some dk/ninja combo whilst I was at 30, don't remember names, I think the DK was sandbox's though

Masokant - What a beast that character was. HUGE damage output and lagging ability. I didn't often manage to escape. Three times I fell to Masokant, a couple in quick succession. I managed to pull one back on you in the end!

Salith - Most powerful monk I'd fought. Didn't encounter problems with most, infact, they ended up quite a cakewalk. Died two or three times to you as well! Due to my own stupidity really on all three occassions. Fighting someone who can easily dirt kick you at their guard is stupid. I'd often be worn down to half HP before I even got to land a hit on you. Your wicked damage output if your phantom dragon landed, coupled with the offensive abilities of your tattoo means things could very quickly go downhill from that point. A chakera and chii bolt later, I could very easily be dead with little I could do! Fights away from your cabal weren't quite a cakewalk though, I never did managed to pull one back on you though, before you deleted.

Enarth - Captured me once, I messed up bad that fight with sanctuary!

Nyra - Got captured twice or three times I believe? Executed once or twice, freed the other times. Every time though I lost 100% of my loot - love being a OUTLAW! The damage you could lay out was impressive for a cleric. It'd only take one or two lag durations from Minister to be dead and it used to land pretty much without fail. It was because of this I ended up stacking quite a number of mental saves to help protect myself. After that though, it seemed to just become a stalemate.

Faye - Unreal strike of luck for you that time! Lag locked by a non-lagging class for 12 rounds! Thunderstormed to oblivion! Never did get to kill Faye, in the start I seemed to knock you up quite bad, at the end, it seemed like you had become an almost untouchable monster.

Grum - I'd love to inflate your ego for you and say you are the reason that I ended Philantees, however, you weren't. It was just the nail in the coffin for one who has lost motivation and drive. I am sure it was evident that it wasn't a rage delete, as... there was no rage to be seen. However, I will say, damn, what a titan. You were pretty much outdamaging me with ripostes alone there. I knew you had that other weapon that I despise, however, you, unlike many others I have fought in the past, knew wiser then to know it. A vuln weapon I don't know is a much better choice if you can keep me still, which you didn't seem to have any problem doing. To think I wasn't dirt kicked the whole time sends me into utter amazement. I do not usually get so destroyed without being blind I knew you were going to be trouble after the fight where you gave me a decent run in very basic gear. Then, when I did manage to take you earlier last night due to your mistake you had taken out insurance, well, thats not how I roll - enjoy the loot!

If there is anyone else in this category, let me know, I could well have forgotten.

Other shoutouts:

Kaylia - Well damn, spent a long time serving by your side and it was an honour. I wish you good luck in my absence, and I think you guys (Well, just YOU) may need it! You really helped Philantees over the years and were always there to talk to. Lately appears you don't get around too much, or at least not at the same time as me. Good luck with your plot, I hope all works out well for you in the end.

Kurvikhel - Never got to fight you, thank god, however, it was good to interact with you in the brief period in which you were still around, certainly showed me another side of Kurvikhel I had not yet seen. Quite funny actually as I'd always thought of you as a cold blooded killer with not much, if anything, to say. This same perception from others had a helping hand in Philantees' end.

Mephisoleer - Hey old timer, our interactions were great. From war, to peace, to you killing my little pet and being outcast from the undead, and then after some time being granted your gift once more. I know how your feeling lately, not too much unlike me, just a bit 'over it'. Good luck with whatever you choose to do! You are a beast!

Caesendara - Sorry nothing could come from our previous discussions. Hopefully you can make something of that which is rather dormant at current.

Svenik - We ended up with some form of pseudo friendship going on there. Well, not really a friendship, but a gentlemens agreement. You always took it like a man, no whining or bitching from you. I am pretty sure you've moved onto bigger and better things in your life now. I haven't seen you around on the forum for a long time. If you see this buddy, I hope your doing alright!

Dagoneto and Scholin - You guys were some strong Warmasters and challenging opponents. I never really felt at risk of death to you, but the battles were certainly a challenge. Glad to see Scholin saw the character through to condeath. This is something I've always wanted to do, and have failed with again.

Imseik - Battles with you were fun, and quite a struggle up until a certain point in time. I found it humoring the first time you attacked me, believing I was a dark-knight. I bet that sure turned out a shock for you!

Arvelo - Monster, how I never died to you I don't know. I remember having to recheck protection every time I fought you. Your damage output was just unreal.

Anister - You punk *** little bastard. You and your Tribunal powers were quite annoying at the end! I am probably lucky you never had me in.

Oppressant - I know we never saw eye to eye. Philantees thought of your character as an abomination, and not in a good demony way After you tried to have her cut from the Syndicate in some form of weird deal, she didn't have much time for you, which is probably why things were as they were. I am sure if you'd ever tried to talk to her previously, as you had just recently, you would have found the situation similar.

Everyone I interacted and fought, I would like to thank you all for your time. Some interactions were good, some not so good.

To the pointy end of the stick, final words.

Did I accomplish everything I had hoped to of accomplished with Philantees? Nope, not a chance, nowhere near. There were a few things I had hoped to accomplish that I never did. I will not get into specifics. Kaylia was the only other to have an inkling on what one of these was. I had also hoped to condeath a character, well, I don't think Philantees was ever going to be this character. As was noted, I was at a few cuts and bruises, I don't know exactly how many deaths total, 15 or 16 I think. So, to condeath at that rate would have taken around 3000hrs (or another 3 years at my current pace). I also wanted to double Kaylias bounty count, only reason is because she was always sprouting about how she'd just taken a few more heads to keep her count above half of mine *snicker* I think my last bounty count was as below:

Syndicate Bounty Rankings:

1 . Philantees 138

Why stop playing now? (please, lets not allow this to decend into a slag fest) Well, the reasons are numerous really. First and foremost, I don't really have huge wads of spare time, however, I feel compelled to log onto FL just to make an appearance an get some time up so I dont get purged yet again! This stops me from doing other things I should be doing. There are alot of things I want to do around my house, alot of landscaping I want to get done. I don't spend enough time with my dog. I have other hobbies I don't get time to partake in. Namely flying RC planes and screwing around with my project car (which has been severely deserted for almost a year now, wow, look at that, coincides with when I started mudding again!)

Add to this the fact I feel I am wasting my time, that my character is going nowhere, infact, that I feel they are going backwards. This creates a lethal concoction in which you realise there are probably much better things you should be spending your time doing. I was growing tired of all the abuse I was coping both in and out of game. Sick of claims that vampires are overpowered (maybe against an ill armored foe perhaps, against everyone else I personally consider, for all the down sides and weaknesses, they are marginally underpowered). In alot of cases, I was heavily reliant on cabal skills, without them I was mince meat - this shouldn't be the case, however, it is a topic for discussion elsewhere. Over the last fortnight I've copped some extremely offensivee comments from some characters. These are absolutely unncessary. I have always copped this flak on occassion, but not so often. There were also factors relating to discussions with the immortal staff, which I still, do not completely agree with them on.

In short, I basically consider that there are more valuable and worthwhile things I could be spending my time doing at this stage in my life and so intend to see to them, which means giving up the bug again. My death to Grum just presented a prime opportunity. I do not think Philantees has been denied yet. I have considered just leaving them inactive, in case I get the time and motivation once more in the future. I will leave there ultimate fate to the immortal staff. My end was open ended. My coffin has been nailed shut in the temple of darkness to the north east of Miruvhor, the need for a banshee passed for now.

With this farewell for now, I would also like to bring one final thing to light. That is the current ruling and procedure over discussion of qclass/race and cabal skills and abilities. Now sure, some things should be sacred, however, I have been forum banned twice recently for what I consider minor infringements, if not crossing the line at all. My opinion on this matter is this. 90-95% of the players here well full well anything that I might be willing to tell them about, for example, vampires. The other 5-10% are newbies, who, quite frankly, would be getting trod all over by standard classes that they have ready access to, let alone quest classes/races. I am almost certain this would be rather disheartening for them. Sure, they could spend the time in working all this out, which, I can tell you know, will take thousands of hours. Herein lies the problem. The generation of people that play games like this are now aging. They are no longer at school, most are now finishing college studies or are beyond. Young people would rather go play wow, or some other graphical game. The generation that found enjoyment in muds now have alot less time on their hands. They cant spend thousands of hours learning a mud, working out how to be competitive in PK. This I think is why we still see the same old people. Very few new people come and stay. You might say 'but, the moderate tier, it is the answer'. No, it is not. It does not hasten this process at all. Learning everything will still take thousands of hours. I would suggest that perhaps these rules be looked at and perhaps overhauled. I do not mean revealing the inner workings of every skill, however, discussion of skills and well known means to help combat them, I feel, should not be outlawed. Discussions of armor, what areas certain things can be found in, which armors are good against which classes (even ID's of armors wouldn't be out of the question, imho, telling someone exact directions where to find a mob with the armor, yes, now that is probably going too far. Half the enjoyment is in getting a group together and exploring these unknown places) etc etc also shouldn't be taboo topics. These suggestions are of absolutely no benefit to me, so I am not suggesting them for personal gain. I think they would be in the interest of the MUD. IF I return one day, I do not wish for there to be even less player base then there is at current.

SHE had it all indeed.

I've argued with others who say that she is all about PK. She wasn't, too bad people's hate and egos are so big sometimes.

As Eshaine said, when you play a char so long you don't get attached to your character. You BECOME the character. You are no longer you, you ARE Philantees. That is why when you delete it you feel like part of yourself is dying.

Not even mentioning the amazing RP and PK, having a character for so long is an achievement by itself.

Thanks for the correction, yes, Philantees was a SHE. Thanks for your defense Foxx. I also had these arguments, which is part of the reason I've thrown in the towel - I am sick of arguing, both with other players, and the immortals. You are correct. When I jumped on the mud, I DID become Philantees. It was like a complete other personality, I guess in the medical world that'd be called skitzophrenia or something. I can tell you right now, yes, when you delete, it feels like a part of you is dying. I was rather distraught last night. Today at work I have sort of been half way disconnected from reality. When you are an electrician this isn't the best state of mind! Now, I've a long weekend to look forward to, and alot of things that need doing, so hopefully, I will remain distracted!

Peace, Tot.

[-Totenkopf-]

Hrmm, and now night has fallen (in real life) and I sit at my PC with nothing to do.

Wonderful Oh, and it appears a possible bug attributed to Philantees final death

[Nomak]

Play a gnome warrior my friend and you would easily condeath.

[f0xx]

Hrmm' date=' and now night has fallen (in real life) and I sit at my PC with nothing to do.[/quote']

Haha, that's why I failed my attempts of quitting

We just ain't used to going to bed early

[Imoutgoodbye]

I would like to point out in my post that's above Foxx's that I refer to the player (You) as He. I refer to the character (Philantees) as she.

I'm allowed to separate the character and the player.

[Mindflayer]

Great PK/RP with Philantees