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Nirgon
05-21-2015, 01:25 PM
Whatever horrendous sickness comes in the coming months, as comes with all serious red server guild wars I hope the community does not lose sight of the fact we now have a 350+ pop prime time server. This used to be a shit box with a corrupt scummer watching guilds exploit dragons, then banning the other side for stealing the same strat almost immediately after weeks of abuse. There were infinite range AoE's, xp loss on death, unresistable highsun/denon's/mage pet root, completely fucked up hitbox/ac/resists, enchanter mezzes you couldn't even cast on players due to using mob level checks(or wtfever was going on)... all of those things are gone and resists/ac are at least functional now.

We have a fairly active economy, a source dev (not some sideshow guy they snub), a GM that actually tries his best to remain impartial and finally an enemy team that is willing to put differences aside to try to tackle the once-underdog now-behemoth, Empire.

It is good to put your selfish desires aside for a minute and be thankful for a box with a respectable population and a dev that is willing to butt heads with us, get involved with our insane community and talk about wearing skin masks and date raping each other.



There is a Taoist story of an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit. "Such bad luck," they said sympathetically. "May be," the farmer replied.

The next morning the horse returned, bringing with it three other wild horses. "How wonderful," the neighbors exclaimed. "May be," replied the old man.

The following day, his son tried to ride one of the untamed horses, was thrown, and broke his leg. The neighbors again came to offer their sympathy on his misfortune. "May be," answered the farmer.

The day after, military officials came to the village to draft young men into the army. Seeing that the son's leg was broken, they passed him by. The neighbors congratulated the farmer on how well things had turned out. "May be," said the farmer.


It is a horrible thing that Fresh was disbanded.... "May be"

There will be spying, trains, rule lawyering, ridiculous item advantages and possibly a woken sleeper by this time next year.

Just remember, there's basically no good pvp MMOs coming out ... maybe ever again. Be thankful for what you have red pals.

magician
05-21-2015, 01:29 PM
TLDR


Ur groce

daasgoot
05-21-2015, 01:30 PM
tldr plz

derpcake
05-21-2015, 01:35 PM
Whatever you do today, do it in the way you will consider ideal tomorrow.

derpcake
05-21-2015, 01:36 PM
Pixel-heaven rains, whoever catches gains.

Nirgon
05-21-2015, 01:42 PM
TLDR


Ur groce

ill whip up some toxic threats to wash this down for u burt

Indur
05-21-2015, 01:49 PM
Agree with you Nirgon, well written!

Yumyums Inmahtumtums
05-21-2015, 01:53 PM
Yeah I'll Pras that

LoliPops
05-21-2015, 02:01 PM
http://i.imgur.com/OCyXolx.jpg

Eslade
05-21-2015, 02:01 PM
Approaching Vyrenoth levels. This is why all maces must be registered.

Glissando
05-21-2015, 03:10 PM
Hate to say it but the Spin Doc is right.
Pras the Good Guys
Pras the Empire for being such scum as to bring GG together
Pras the incoming mass PvP over dragons and pixels

snufzaimoverlord
05-21-2015, 03:12 PM
I understand nirgon 5% of the time but love him 95% of the time so it all works out.

vouss
05-21-2015, 03:22 PM
Awful post seek help

Omnifiend
05-21-2015, 03:26 PM
Good post, why I joined red.

Saludeen
05-21-2015, 04:40 PM
Just remember, there's basically no good pvp MMOs coming out ... maybe ever again. Be thankful for what you have red pals.

QFT and good story.

Syft-X
05-21-2015, 05:01 PM
Trades pills for pixels, calls Nihilum scummy

The only difference between you and Nizzar is he was too proud to blow the staff.

Drakaris
05-21-2015, 05:05 PM
Trades pills for pixels, calls Nihilum scummy

The only difference between you and Nizzar is he was too proud to blow the staff.

Nirgon
05-21-2015, 05:09 PM
look! I got one insane whack job hanging from each testicle!

Syft-X
05-21-2015, 05:09 PM
look! I got one insane whack job hanging from each testicle!

drugs

syzygyst
05-21-2015, 05:11 PM
In answer, let me leave you with this story to illustrate your hatred for Lite and Azrael.
Also, this saying "Holding on to resentment is like taking poison and expecting your enemy to die"

"Two Buddhist Monks were on a journey, one was a senior monk, the other a junior monk. During their journey they approached a raging river and on the river bank stood a young lady. She was clearly concerned about how she would get to the other side of the river without drowning.

The junior monk walked straight past her without giving it a thought and he crossed the river. The senior monk picked up the woman and carried her across the river. He placed her down, they parted ways with the woman and on they went with the journey.

As the journey went on, the senior monk could see some concern on the junior monk's mind, he asked what was wrong. The junior monk replied, "how could you carry her like that? You know we can't touch women, it's against our way of life". The senior monk answered, "I left the woman at the rivers edge a long way back, why are you still carrying her?"

Syft-X
05-21-2015, 05:18 PM
a GM that actually tries his best to remain impartial

Then why are you still here?

Madbad
05-21-2015, 05:44 PM
Nice to agree with you once in a while Nirgon.

hatelore
05-21-2015, 06:10 PM
look! I got one insane whack job hanging from each testicle!

Lol, fuckin /thread

Syft-X
05-21-2015, 06:16 PM
http://www.mindmagma.com/mpunk3/OWNED/nutswinger.jpg

Buhbuh
05-21-2015, 06:55 PM
some people resent Lite, but it's mostly that we just think he's bad for the server, which he is

and when Good Guys goes to shit, you'll probably share those feelings. everyone learns at their own pace. maybe one day you'll have a guild not led by him. people just keep falling for it. shrug.

LostCause
05-21-2015, 07:56 PM
suck my

http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/scale_small/0/1992/1243655-race_erudite2.jpg

http://www.in.all.biz/img/in/catalog/549106.jpeg

syzygyst
05-21-2015, 07:56 PM
some people resent Lite, but it's mostly that we just think he's bad for the server, which he is

and when Good Guys goes to shit, you'll probably share those feelings. everyone learns at their own pace. maybe one day you'll have a guild not led by him. people just keep falling for it. shrug.

That is a good example of him having power over you. You either drop the burden, or he rides your back the whole way.

Eslade
05-22-2015, 10:03 AM
suck my

http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/scale_small/0/1992/1243655-race_erudite2.jpg

http://www.in.all.biz/img/in/catalog/549106.jpeg

erudite rooster?

Pikrib
05-22-2015, 02:30 PM
Erudite chicken

derpcake
05-22-2015, 03:27 PM
http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/clamps_futurama.gif

Solid clamping here.

Slathar
05-22-2015, 03:29 PM
some people resent Lite, but it's mostly that we just think he's bad for the server, which he is

and when Good Guys goes to shit, you'll probably share those feelings. everyone learns at their own pace. maybe one day you'll have a guild not led by him. people just keep falling for it. shrug.

mad

billhollins
05-22-2015, 03:32 PM
look! I got one insane whack job hanging from each testicle!

Lol, you're not the white knight they want, you're the white knight they need.