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Sorry for not updating this thing for a while. Anyway...
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Quote:To be honest, Jello Shooters isn't being advertised anymore. We are basically the veterans and old farts of Protector. All of the new blood are being diverted to (as far as I can tell) two other channels. One of those channels is set to private (I find that behavior pretty telling). And before the conversion to vBulletin, Protector's forum was extremely active. I wonder if some of the newer folks even know if there's a forum these days. So yeah, there's a playerbase and a community to be find on this server. But I don't think it's accurate to use Jello Shooters as the "pulse" of Protector anymore. Among us older players, people are gonna move on to other things (RL, other games, work, etc), or just not have as much time as we used to to be in game. It happens. That and we're in the midst of what some of us call the mid-issue blues. Things are gonna seem a little dead.Originally Posted by Mr_Grey
My biggest problem with Jello Shooters was the fact that everything suddenly went all Ghost Town in there. Aside from a few people, the conversations that could be anything from vulgar and entertaining to serious and thought provoking suddenly dried up.
I stated this in another thread, it's like we all of a sudden don't want to meet each other's metaphorical gaze anymore. Is it really so hard to just say "Hello?"
Our conversations have dried up and we only seem to look to each other for a few minutes of quiet teaming. Those teams aren't as cathartic as I would hope, either. We gather together, we engage in a strategy that has been rehearsed to the point of nauseum, but we're not doing this for any kind of conversation, oh no. Anytime you're typing is time away from focusing buffs, debuffs or damage. You're standing still if you're trying to carry on a conversation and you're hurting the bottom line!
Granted, I'm lamenting only a select few TF teams I've been on, but those were the types I could expect to get out of Jello Shooters more often than not before I left (if I was getting any help from there at all anymore). I'm sick and tired of Speed TFs. They're not social, they're not friendly, and I wonder why I even bothered showing up for a lot of them. Oftentimes, I find myself faceplanting more often than not due to the "team cohesion" that's so "prevalent" in a Speed TF.
I once saw a player get berated for asking for help in jello Shooters. She was told that maybe she should "drop by when she has more to say than just to ask for help." There wasn't really much of anything else being said in the channel at the time, and plenty of other channels with a conversational tone tend not to snap at a player when they ask for help. Heck, I met most of the people in Jello Shooters BECAUSE I was asking for help! Now, it doesn't seem so easy a place to do that anymore.
I can understand having a cadre of friends you regularly turn to for help. I can understand wanting to be a soloist. What I don't understand is cutting yourself off completely from everybody. What I don't understand is the inferred echo as I call out to what was once a friendly, welcoming and supportive channel my own "Hello." It got to a point where I half-expected somebody to go "Shut up! We're enjoying the quiet!"
If your playing style doesn't seem to fit speed TFs, see about starting TFs of your own. And with regards to the player being berated for asking for help, Sooner's rebuttal aside, did you do anything about it while it was happening? When was the last time you tried starting a conversation? My point is, and it goes for everyone, that we must take responsibility for the state things are in. If we want to see something changed, it is up to us to start seeding those changes. If you want to see more conversations in JS, for Christ's sake, start some. If you want to see more social TF runs, for Christ's sake, start some. If you want to see more people in JS, go out and tell people about the channel. -
Definitely one of our more interesting raids. Good job everyone!
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Quote:Or smoke less. j/kOriginally Posted by St0ner
44secs is my stoners record. I need SS or something to beat that.
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Happy Birthday!
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Looks like it should run CoH alright. Biggest question is probably going to be your loading/zoning time.
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Might go for 2 raids if we get a full Abyss. We'll see.
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If you're interested, we can drag you around for some runs. Though, we're not exactly a VG.
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You'll be missed. That's for sure. I hope things go well for ya wherever you're going.
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Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and stuff.
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Quote:I believe the pie is 3.14 billion inf.Originally Posted by Jessie
Ya.. but its my pie to buy.. back off ms. kult
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That reminds me. We couldn't fulfill your order from last week for sharks with laser beams mounted on their heads because they're on the endangered species list. That and Captain Mako threatened to sue for villain trademark infringement. However we do have some ill tempered mutated sea basses that might interest you.
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If there's enough demand to run one, I would be willing to lead and/or help. But with the lack of any drop from most mobs and the end reward being what it is, I feel it's strictly a badger event at this point.
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Thank you! It's like an early Christmas or something. Didn't make the deadline on a few 50s of mine and my wife's. This will give us the opportunity to get those toons setup as well.
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Quote:One of the ones I got yesterday was there for a full 14 minutes before I got to it. So to those that are still grabbing codes, keep trying!Originally Posted by Leandro
The very last one I had left to try (HC6P4-JWL9D-NTD7V-UH2W7, above the guy's hat in black) worked. Funny, I didn't try that one first because it was too clear and unflipped, so I figured everybody would go for that one first. I guess everybody thought the same thing and went for the flipped/rotated ones!
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Keep in mind too, that a lot of PVPers are pretty starved for action on this server and will use any activity in PVP zones as an opportunity to get some PVP action. I don't agree with this, but I can't fault them either.
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Quote:Sounds good. Friday night Rikti Raid and then another hami raid Sunday perhaps? T, would you do the honor?Originally Posted by Rastafari_Man
Yes. A Friday evenng Rikti Raid would be delightful. In fact I'd even lead that sucker!
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Quote:I think Crator's got something planned that day, but it shouldn't interfere with our raid schedule. Someone should contact him to make sure that he doesn't plan on going over an hour (He's starting at 2pm) with his event and knows that there is a scheduled raid for 3pm Pacific.Originally Posted by Riverdancer
And what about New Year's Day?
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With I19 live, do we want to run more raids? I'm not just talking about hami raids. But I would also be willing to lead CoPs and Rikti raids. What I need to know is what everyone wants and when would be a good day for this. Input please.
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Quote:Best I can come up with is that the weather has global effects on players and mobs on the map that give modifiers to everyone's perception, movement speed, acc/tohit, fire/cold resistance, etc.. Not that I'm for the idea. I think the cost (in development and server resource) vs. benefit is not favorable. But just tossing it out there in case I'm wrong.Originally Posted by Noble Savage
Hey, folks. Here's the actual quote:
"Ive never been a huge fan of weather for the sake of weather and Ive said not on my watch in the past, but if there is a compelling gameplay reason to do it, not just because its cool, Id reconsider. So far, no ones come up with one, but Im open to ideas."
Note that this is a far cry from "solid no." As with all things, we'll look at the priorities of the project at hand and introduce new tricks when they make sense. Cheers. -
Quote:If I have to guess, I would say early December. They are not launching the issue during Thanksgiving week for perfectly sane reasons. It doesn't mean that they're completely off that week though. I was hearing that there are people in the office until 11pm. So I think it's safe to say that they want this issue out ASAP every bit as much as we do.Originally Posted by Cyber_naut
It's good to see the company listening to criticism and improving communication with customers. Now work on hitting release dates (or announce dates later than expected and actually hit on some early...). Going by trends, could someone clarify what 'after the thanksgiving holiday' means, are we looking at mid december now?
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Thanks for the update. Communication is always good. I imagine you guys are every bit as disappointed as we are, likely more so, that launch's not happening this week. Best thing we can do now as players is to stay off your back about it and keep feeding you guys info about the bugs to give you guys the best chance of squashing them quickly. Best of luck and have a good Thanksgiving.
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Quote:He's the wool that's been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.Originally Posted by Hot_Head_Mike
I know he isn't some random CoH player cause his face/avatar is pasted all over the Praetorian Underground. And he has no red name. So my question is what is he?
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20 bucks. I've gotten it on all my accounts already or I would jump on this.
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