Mr_Grey
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Quote:I don't know about my "unique" brand of advertising...Originally Posted by kidengineer
If you're offering to help us advertise whenever there are raids hero or villain. I think I can speak for the entire group of raid leaders when I say that we'd welcome any help we can get on the matter.
My method usually involves berrating players until they're so riled up they try to prove me wrong
"COME ON, YOU LAZY BUMS! SHOW LUSCA HOW WE FIGHT!"
I suppose next time it'll be "What's the matter, you pansies!? Redside Hamidon too tough for ya!?"
Really, I kid, but since I'm so riled up about the "Screw it, leave it" mentality I've been seeing in other avenues, I'll do whatever I can to help. -
Quote:Not everybody uses their access to the board.Originally Posted by Riverdancer
There's a post made every week, well in advance of the raid, which points players to references to learn how to do a Hami Raid, and the pros/cons, and rewards thereof. It's announced on Jello Shooters periodically. And Kid actually sends tells to people to let them know about the upcoming raid.
The board is the one constant that everyone has access to, so at what point do you assign some personal responsibility to the regular player to find out what's going on on their server?
Not everybody "in the know" is available at a time when the individual player is out and about and asking for information.
Obviously, the old method of "Hey, it's out there..." isn't working. It's time for organizers and enthusiasts to take a more aggressive stance on this and start working with a new approach to the situation (we used to run these things at 8 P.M. Eastern, what the Hell happened to that?). If we need to make new schedules or start working on getting teams going on Redside to help players get characters they want involved up to level, then we need to get doing that.
Protector's considered the "small town" server, and lately we're adhering to the worst elements of that mentality for some odd reason. We treat newcomers like outsiders, we follow the lead of only a select few people... It's time we changed that. It's time we get back to being the friendly server I fell in love with. -
Quote:See, this is what I'm talking about, the problem is RIGHT THERE!Originally Posted by Jerikko
there is a villian Hami?
Nobody KNOWS about this stuff! This is what the NPWN and Praesidium (R.I.P.) were MEANT FOR, but everybody gets the wrong ideas about them. They weren't meant to be handouts or "elitist," they were meant to help encourage teamwork and educate players about the game because, let's face it, the game's in-system education is sorely lacking and players seem to dislike going to third-party sources like Paragonwiki because of the stigma that third-party information probably isn't correct information (though Paragonwiki is a GREAT source of information).
Now, for the question...
YES! There's a Villain Hamidon, a monster sitting in the middle of a giant pit below sea level. For those of you familiar with the Lady Grey TF, THIS is the Hamidon in the LGTF. Or rather, it's a bigger, tougher version of the LGTF Hamidon.
You can locate the Villain Hamidon's location, The Abyss, in Grandville, near the Ferry. There's also access to the Peregrine Island Monster Islands (a special instanced version, not connected to the normal Monster Islands) on the other side of Grandville, not near the Network, but on the north side of the main island of Grandville. -
Protector TFs is a new one, popped up in prominence shortly after that last failed raid everybody's still sore about, too. It's got a lot of people who don't frequent a lot of the other typical "Protector" channels, and might be a good pool for some new talent.
Protector Vigilance saw a little bit of advertisement during that last one, too, but it was only on the day it happened. Nothing before, and very little during. It also has a rather large population, with a more diverse collection of players.
Protector Watch is an oldie-but-goodie. Something's odd about it, though. There's like this feeling that you can't really get anything off the ground in that channel. This may be my perception, though, as I see the same messages advertised in the Watch that I see advertised in Jello Shooters and Protector Vigilance.
Every little bit helps.
These are the ones I feel have the widest pools of the most diverse people. I'm certain all of them have plenty of players who would be willing to set aside some time to do this if they're given more prior notice than "Remember, folks, Hami Raid tomorrow! I advertised on the forums!" -
I see it as a lack of advertisement. We have a strong group of knowledgeable individuals who don't like looking outside their personal purview for more raiders. At the same token, people who might be interested don't know that one's coming up because the advertisement usually winds up on this forum and maybe (MAYBE) one channel in-game.
That's a lot of players on the server who aren't getting the message. -
Quote:According to the conversations we were having last night, largely me saying we should advertise more, across different avenues, Blaze brought up the idea of advertising the Redside Raid on Protector TFs. So, he did... Possibly under the now-mistaken impression that there would be some Jello Shooter support for it as well.
Maybe he's tryting to organize a redside Hami of his own..........Maybe
I would have submitted the correction to Blaze myself, tonight, but I'm not currently in-game, nor do I intend to be until sometime late tomorrow afternoon.
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Alright, then. Good to know. Somebody inform Blaze Rocker and the Protector TFs channel. I'm fairly certain they believe it's Redside.
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So, this is really what we're doing? We're abandoning Villain Raids from here on out?
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D'aw... This is a sad addition.
They need to talk. Good and evil need not enter the equation. -
Through an aggravating process of elimination, I got all three different types of nukes on Randall Grey.
This'll be my first time providing tanking for the Hamidon Raid. -
Yeah, Hell of a story, there, Bungee.
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Alright. I can agree with that.
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I don't know. I thought it was a cool idea. A good send-off for the issue, you know?
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So... Will this special Hamidon Raid be happening?
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Welcome back, Eldritch. Watch your step...
Ooh...
Too late. You stepped in it. -
While I admit that T has been a good friend for a lot of players on the server, I think you guys are letting this whole thing get way out of hand.
I hope this "All T Hamidon Raid" idea is as far as it goes, because all of this really is just a painful reminder to me of having to watch two groups of friends butt heads over what I'm certain is a complete misunderstanding for the parties involved. -
I'm sick of it all.
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The only things I regret are my arguments with the PvPers.
I make my points, and they make theirs. The last time I argued with a batch of them, they made it clear that they're not playing the same game I am. Sure, the engine is the same, but the mentality they're employing is twisted and alien to me (that's not an insult, PvPers, just a declaration of how divergent our points of view are). -
Welcome aboard. Protector's a bit of a low-population server, but the people we have here tend to know what they're doing and are easy-going, cool folks.
For build advice, there are few things you can do to REALLY hamstring your character, and even those tend to be deliberate bad decisions (which usually denotes the player is looking for a challenge)... So you can generally feel your way through your character's build as you go, find what works best for you and still wind up being helpful for a team.
As for SGs, I would recommend Teamsters if you don't mind some roleplaying thrown into your gaming. They're very active, have a decent population and are usually up for a good time. -
Quote:Ooh... You shouldn't do that... You need to be more careful of what you're licking.Originally Posted by Ice9_
Uh, I only lick strippers and stamps, since I don't think you are either Kult, I'll just wish you a very happy birthday.
Stamps have all those chemicals in them... You should get the stamps that are pretty much stickers.
Instead of licking stamps, might I recommend you lick Kultie! Like this!
*licks Kultie's wrist*
Should be safe... -
*Slobber Kultie*
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Happy birthday, Sooner.
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Certainly an interesting story, Hulkers.
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I personally feel Skyway City is largely abandoned by the playerbase. They go in for Synapse runs, and maybe drop by once the Synapse TF has spawned Babbage, but otherwise, the "heroes" let the Supa Trolls have the run of the place. Anybody else remember when the Supas would just STACK UP? It's pretty much a way-station as players push their characters to a higher level, usually to 15 so they can go to Faultline and get arcs that have a bigger bang for their buck (which they can go to Hollows to get to 15 quickly, too) or they'll start up a Synapse TF and wind up consuming enough XP from all those kill-all missions that they hit 20 and move on to Talos Island.
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Happy birthday, Taalan.