8 hours ago, CloneTrooperSimp said:
I don’t mean to fuel any fires started here, but did they really just basically use the argument of “snowflakes are ruining videogames” at one point? Jesus, get real. Of course videogame culture is gonna inevitably change, just as cultures and things as a whole will change with time. There’s zero point in crying about it in this forum.
Like sure, you can not agree with the way some things are handled, it’s the internet after all, but does it really warrant ALL OF THESE TEXT WALLS you sent here? Just relax man, it’s not that deep. Just learn to have fun with the game and let go of the mentality that things need to be done your way or else they’re not good.
I might have come in a bit hot because I’ve been suppressing these views for about a year and a half. This is a forum, the very place where ideas are meant to be discussed. I also think I’ll feel a lot better for being honest than repressing.
As I mentioned, and maybe I was a bit harsh because I did come in hot, I don’t hate wizard themselves. I just do see the potential of this game as a top down shooter, action, sandbox as far more interesting than I see it’s role-play potential.
I’ve spent a lot of time with the game and have had some fun with ‘intended play.’ But, there is always this little ‘Devil’ on my shoulder that whispers, ‘Wouldn’t it be fun to do X, Y, Z? Oh well, you can’t, because this is ran as a role play game instead of being gloves off as an action sandbox and if you do any of that fun stuff you’ll instantly get banned.’
To me, it would be nice to have at least one decently populated anarchy server where it was allowed and encouraged to push the engine and game in whatever direction the players wanted; rules be damned because there are no rules.
A sort of steam release valve where people who get strung out playing by the rules could hop over to this server and just play without them. Personally, I think that would be healthier all ways around. Because then you could experience and enjoy the game in both formats.
When I play sandbox games, I like to see how far I can push things and what I can get away with. I want to see how many rules I can break; it’s a personal challenge. But, the most popular servers don’t allow that sort of play. Instead, I have to ‘stay in character’ and ‘not mess up anyone else’s experience.’ It’s very constructing and constraining because I spend the whole shift thinking of all the fun things I could do and constantly having to tell myself, ‘Nope, can’t do this. Can’t do that. Can’t slip people, steal their ID’s, and take over bridge. Can’t be Atmos and flood the Station with plasma. Can’t get a weapon from under a tree and go on a rampage. Can’t get even with the person who wronged you, then Sec ignored you, but then you got A-Helped because you took the matter into your on hands.’
My entire shift is full of me constantly having to reign in my fun and creative ideas to fit into the rigid and often times to me boring template of ‘intended play.’
The last one also annoys me a lot. If Sec is going to be do-nothing Sec (which is typical) I’d much rather have the freedom to handle the situation myself. I had one shift where I walked onto the Station as a Musician right off of the shuttle and an idiot Mime slipped me and stole and smashed my guitar for no reason at all. I talked with Sec, and got ignored and told to wait until Mime smashed another instrument before they’d take it seriously. So, as any logical person would do, I grabbed a crow bar and tried to beat the Mime to death for being a (nice word here) idiot.
As you can well guess, I got A-Helped by the Mime and had to explain to an Admin why I was in the right and the Mime was in the wrong. Which, of course, should be common sense to anyone with two brain cells to rub together. But, yet again, I found myself in a situation of explaining my self pointlessly to administration over an issue I would much rather have had the freedom to handle myself. If Mime is going to have the freedom to take and destroy my property for no reason and Sec ignores me; then I am far more than well within my rights to beat the Mime to death. This is the natural and proper way to handle things. But, not on wizard. On wizard you get A-Helped for that.
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