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Well, that sure shows me not to try and have any fun again.
I've been insulted far too much over this. It's ruined my enjoyment of the game.
I'll be back at some point.
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Now we've people demanding things, Insulting Stasis and other stuff.
Honestly, some of you make me sick.
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From what I can gather, the people who carried out the joke, which sprialed out of control, have been personally insulted. This is not on. Nobody was hurt, threatening and abusive behavour was not called for. I do not know all the parties involved, only what has been voiced on the boards, so I apologise if my comments seem out of line.
Weasal and Stasis, please consider that for an outrage to happen a person first has to be outraged. If you take the number of people outraged at this joke, they will only make up a small % of the player base. If you then take the numbers even further and consider the amount of people who actually sent you abuse the % will actually get even smaller.
It would be a great shame if you allow the actions of a few to spoil your enjoyment of the game. There are many, many nice people out there still to meet. You know the people who have insulted you, it is very easy to ignore people both in-game and on these boards. Please try not to let these people's actions spoil your enjoyment of the game. Even though your joke may have been out of line personal abuse should not happen. I'm not here to say whether or not the joke was right or wrong; but I can say that insults and abuse most certainly is!
It is a great shame that factions appear to be surfacing, and that there may be a percieved dislike between these factions. Speaking as someone who has never RP'd before and dabbles in PvP from time to time, I can honestly say that before last night I wasn't aware a rift even existed.
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Oh my god you guys are gullible. Did it not occur to you that this was completely ridiculous? Something like this will NEVER happen, but it goes to show how easy it is to convince so many people that it is! I haven't laughed harder at a videogame in months. It got even better when it spread to Defiant too! Evidently both servers are as gullible as each other!
I'd like to extend special thanks to Jumanji who played along to the end, and even started this thread for me. Special mention also goes to Siru Jim who played along fantastically as well.
We got you guys good.
Edit: Just to clarify, my character on Union was Sumiyaka, a soon to be PvP specced Illusion/Empathy controller.
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Okay, a few things here.
First, I understand that in the spreading of this rumour, it was claimed that the information came from me. This is stepping perilously close to violating the EULA rules against impersonating NCsoft and/or Cryptic staff, which is a serious offence that can result in account suspensions or even permanent bans.
It's also the in-game equivalent of trolling (deliberately posting inflammatory comments in order to bait other users).
The post above implies that the original poster of this thread was 'in' on the scam. If true, that would make his post trolling, which is a serious violation of the Message Board Rules and Guidelines.
Winding up your fellow players serves no useful or constructive purpose. It also creates a great deal of unnecessary work for myself - and while I'm sorting out this kind of mess, I can't be doing anything useful or constructive for the community as a whole. Likewise, while our GMs are dealing with /petitions about it, they can't be helping players who have a valid problem.
Basically, it's not big and it's not clever - please don't do it.
As to the rumour itself, as far as I know, that is all it is - a rumour. I know of no plans to convert Siren's Call into a PvE and/or RP zone, whether temporarily or permanently.
To the best of my knowledge, we couldn't even do it if we wanted to, at least not without Cryptic making some fairly major code changes. And even if we could, why make Siren's Call an RP zone? The entire history and set-up of the zone is geared towards PvP. Making it PvE makes absolutely no sense in terms of the game world.
Finally, to all of you who actually listened to this rumour, if you don't see a 'red name' post here or on the US boards that even mentions the subject, and there's nothing on the official sites here or in the US, then anything you hear is just a rumour and should be treated as such (ie, with a large pinch of salt and some extra salt on the side).
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. Hopefully, though, Bridger will be along soon with his bar of Vanish and we can get back to normal.
(trying to lighten the atmosphere)
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Good of you
Or have a Monopoly tournament!