Realise that this is probably the best of reads, so read it and hear my words!!
There is no Rise, or Wild, or Tarsis Shriners. The two defining characteristics of the big clans are their love for eq and domination. In this endeavour everyone has cheated, everyone has botted, everyone has fumed, everyone has flamed, and everyone has sworn at other players, their families and wished people dead. You know who you are. And to see some of you play the self-righteous card or say if you get pkilled, you don't care about your eq is at least laughable. You care when you lose your gear to the point of paranoia and you have probably rage quit (a number of times) over it.
Maza Nostra expresses it's unequivocal disdain towards all these players who cannot hold it together and who lose perspective over the fact that this is just a game. I ask for Jorquin to open up a thread with the title 'I'm sorry', where all of you will apologise to this mud for being such lowlifes and promise to do better in the future.
To Jorquin: To attack Rise as you did was a completely uninspired idea and plainly wrong. You and other immortals single-handledly put a dent to your efforts so far and contribute to the idea of immortals cheating for their friends. You have no reason to assist experienced players in pk, or exact revenge or showing anyone a taste of their own medicine. You are doing a great job as an immortal and the thread that you now opened is a step towards the right direction. But, I am sad to say it, you owe an apology to Rise, if you want to contribute in mending this Arctic community. Noone will think less of you because this is a game and not a power struggle. And by the way, fighting fire with fire only works in movies...with Stalone so go figure.
To RISE: It is true that by and large you have left most people on their own this wipe and probably the last wipe too. It is also true that in your efforts to be dominating and put text based eq in your text based heads, legs and hands, you have often being the utmost jerks. Understand that chasing people 24/7 has had an effect in the community and people have quit over it. You are responsible for this, don't believe anyone that says otherwise. And you did that by botting most of the time. But so have others before you, that now pretend to forget about it, because they are losing. Point is do not whine over why people treat you in a specific way. It will take some more time for people to understand the new you, if such thing exists. However, you have every right to whine for when others are breaking the rules to chase you. I say whine, because with the exception of Tim, that is the level of your writing and arguments. English classes for the lot of you.
PK of course has been at the heart of this controversy over a number of wipes and over a number of wrong and uninspired immortal interventions. It is still a valid aspect of the game but with a diminishing player base it is a double edged sword. Most people love pk when they win or when they win after they have lost. And most people hate pk when they lose..consistently. Yes, you got it right. They are the same people.
You have to give the option to people with some coding (I can bring back my slave Adepali for this, he owes me!) to allow players to choose a PK FLAG upon creation. This would make a char free of pk and it would not be able to change. Allow them to legend as much as they can but restrict them on eq they can use/and or getting items that are important to gain access to important gear. Have them group only with other non pk characters. I don't know, just brainstorm on how it would work.
I would definitely choose this option because I suck at pk, there are dts around and unless I fight against one person, I cannot read all that shit so I really have no idea what is going on. AND, I know some of you think that this bruising is mad, but as Maza, we always bruised our opponents. I would only support pk if there are breads involved. Go and see how Maza and the Horsemen destroyed the other eq freaks, the Shriners in a fight that stayed in the ages. The logs are still online.
So these are my two cents. Make Arctic fun again, stop the bitching, and realise that Maza is the best clan. Then it is KoS. And then it is Maza again.
Nostramazos, Dark Adept of Little Pony
