Player Killing and Permadeath.

[Mast3rMind]

Now now, Delirium, save it so Kiana can come back IG and beat some frickin' sense into Andrew... that would be satisfying. *nods sagely*


Andrew walks into a bedroom.
Andrew sees Kiana and a young toddler sitting on a bed.
Andrew blinks.
Andrew says, "Well now, what are -you- doing here, eh?"
Kiana takes a cavalry spear from a backpack.
Kiana wields a cavalry spear in both hands.
Kiana says, "I've heard stories. You've been a very. bad. boy."
Kiana sweeps the butt of her speer in a downwards arc towards Andrews' feet, knocking him down!
Andrew blinks.
Andrew says, "Uh."
Kiana says, "The discipline starts now."
Andrew stands up.
Kiana sweeps the butt of her spear in a dowards arc towards Andrews' feet, knocking him down!
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10 minutes pass.
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Andrew falls unconscious.
Kiana swears.
Kiana sighs.
Kiana says to Andrew, "Damnit, you got blood all over me and Amarande!"
Kiana slaps Andrew.

*eyeshift*

[Delirium]

... Uh.

Anyways, Kiana's gone for good. I might return as someone new. I wouldn't be holding my breath though.

Back to your regularly scheduled thread now.

[Mast3rMind]

*chuckle* Alrighty then. One can dream, can't they?

[Drage713]

Originally Posted by Mast3rMind

Why does being a hero constitute the only good roleplay? Calgar's character was designed specifically to be the -best- gladiator swordsman around. Which he is. That doesn't require him to be 'good.'

Adroytus is a constable. A damned good one at that. Sometimes those ranks are needed to beat down the disgruntled folks who go 'rogue.' Being a constable makes him good, IMHO.

I totally agree with you. I've not noticed Adroytus to be unfair. I've been arrested by him once, and to tell you the truth, he took the time to investigate the situation and get both sides of the story before he asked for a submission...Wait...What was that? Yes, he didn't just take the word of the person calling for the constable and start swinging his stave with little to no warning, he came, he listened, he took his time, and he made a just decision which I respect him for.

And Calgar...well...He's a gladiator. He's good at what he does.

[Ravan]

Originally posted by Mast3rMind
Everyone is trying to screw over everyone else

Yup. Thats called "Life".

Know when someone says, "Oh, we have excelent customer service!"? Know what that means? That means, "We can reem you over so bad you won't even KNOW you got ass-raped!"

Whoever coined the phraze "Let the buyer beware" was brobably bleeding from the asshole.

[Jolee]

Originally posted by Lomelis
I don't agree with any PK system limiting the number of PK requests or kills a player/character can commit in a certain amount of time, it just doesnt seem realistic enough.

Neither does a massive amount murders. At least it seems to be a good compromise.

[Roadkill]

Originally posted by Drimacus
PKill ain't really good. You'd see Calgar running around town and killing everyone. Adroytus would rebel against the constables and kill all of them and killing the whole nation of Iridine.

With all the powertrainers, PKilling is not an option. Powertraining should be taken care of before PKilling.

Would you please stop using my characters name unless ya come out with something usful, im sure Adros player would feel the same way. Also stop talking out ya arse.

SAFE'!

[Roadkill]

Originally posted by Drimacus
Ohh so being a bad guy isn't RP? You're an idiot.

They have no investment in the world? Tell me if Calgar ever saved anyone or would need to be called 'hero'. Those two characters have nothing else than ranks.

Calgar isnt a bad guy. I would also suggest you get to know him ig, if he is ever about rather then coming out with the BS you do.

SAFE'!

[blister]

Originally posted by Mast3rMind

Kiana takes a cavalry spear from a backpack.
Kiana wields a cavalry spear in both hands.
Kiana says, "I've heard stories. You've been a very. bad. boy."

Eef zees is torture, chain meh to da' waaaaaall.

[Mast3rMind]

*cackles*

[Mackrels]

First of all just because a warrior has uber ranks, doesn't make him or her invincible. The arguement isn't even reasonable. Does that mean we should lock up every athlete or martial arts expert in the country because they have a greater physical ablity to kill then the average person? Even your average person could probably grab a butcher knife walk outside and kill three or four other people before they got killed themselves, maybe everyone should be locked up? There are law enforcement mechanisms IG, allow them to work.

Second, it's probably true that if PK comes back a good number of characters will be murdered, that's only because of a number of characters needing to be killed haven't been killed due to the ban.

[Khaja]

What would you do if one day Skotos crashed and lost all your characters? Keep playing? Or Quit? Those that quit I would be willing to bet don't want to invest the time [Training] anymore. It's not fun. This is a roleplaying game, and it would be nice if it wasn't required that your grandmaster legend of the dragoon to garner some appreciation from half the playerbase. I know that some of the older players won't even interact with new characters because of the simple fact that they have nothing to gain from it.

[Ultimatius]

First of all, no one is invincible. Understand that. Trident throwers, archers, and enough unblockable moves exist that nullifies everyone.

Secondly, in my honest opinion, Calgar and Adroytus are excellent rpers. whether or not their type of rp is as complimenting as Tug's, or Mordheim's, or Facilitus's... no. But their own type of rping *is* still considered rping. Roleplaying is the act and the art of portraying what you want to be.

Some constables, like Leo, can portray being a constable, without having the unquenchable desire of being 'the best' constable. Different story with Adroytus however, and to a lesser extent Dalos.

Some people, like Iraetus, Seriahn, and a few others, can portray being a gladiator without having the unquenchable desire of being the 'the best' gladiator. Different story with Calgar.

Both these people were willing to spend hours upon hours, days upon days, to train up these 'uber' characters to be precisely what THEY want them to be... The Best. Now everyone is all shocked and shaken at how far they went, and everyone is complaining about how impossible it is to catch up. Make no mistake, they all trained. Just because they have the grit and the perserverance to train all those hours, does not make them any more or any less an rper.

If you would subsitute skills, for RL money. Adroytus and Calgar would be the equivalent of lets say Bill Gates and Paul Allen. People bitch at how unfair it is that they're so immensely rich, but no one is going to say they don't deserve it, nor are they going to say that 'the system is stacked'. I just think there is a lot of anger, hate, jealousy in regards to the *two* people (in a playerbase of about 200+) that just blow the curve away.

They did earn their ranks, by hitting a rat an umpteenth time. Whether or not you're willing to invest that amount of time to be 'equal' to them, is not, in my honest opinion, their problem.

[Arthus]

As TEC is right now, permadeath would help improve the enjoyment of some people, but screw quite a few over. A select few would probably leave Skotos, as well. Plus, you can't forget that there's always those fatal freak-accidents that would really ruin you. How would you feel if you'd been working a good plot through with your character for 2 years and been getting a decent amount of training in the process, but by some uncontrollable circumstance, something that you'd normal handle without a problem ends up killing you... That wouldn't fix auto-5s, it'd just be a replacement for them. And as for PKing, it'd be a difficult thing to balance out. A few years ago, it was fairly well-balanced. But no matter how you look at it now, someone's either going to get the advantage or get the shaft, probably against their own will, too. PKing should be RP-based like it is now (I assume the GMs demand a proper reason when you make a request; never made one myself).

[Drimacus]

Originally posted by Roadkill
Would you please stop using my characters name unless ya come out with something usful, im sure Adros player would feel the same way. Also stop talking out ya arse.

SAFE'!

Ever heard of fiction? It was nothing else than fiction. That statement didn't say anything against your char nor Adro's. It was pure fiction.

'Stop talking out ya arse' Wow. Even a child could come out with a better phrase to try to insult.