"Fair and legitimate chance at a target" (cont)

[Phantasm]

Originally Posted by Culkasi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think its best if none of us want it as bad as Olympic racers, don't you agree? I mean, it being a 18 year old elf simulator and all, that would be pretty sick.

Well I would love to play EQ but i have FTE practice most of the day. When I'm not training my FTE I'm RMTing my winnings so I'll have even less time to actually play the game

[Mead]

Originally Posted by Tayy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If 8 people took a two hour shift each you have the entire window covered. It only takes one runner to win.

The more dedicated people you have to run and willing to sit the better your odds are of FTE. The more people you have that have spent hours practicing the better they will be.

Think of it like an actual Olympic race. The guys that train hard and mentally prepare have a better chance of winning, just like here. The more Olympic racers you have qualified the better chance at a medal.

If you show up to an Olympic race fresh off the couch after finishing a few beers and a bag of chips and nobody else from your country has shown up.....yeah you're gonna have some problems.

Blue99 fte race be like

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[Mythanor]

Originally Posted by Phantasm [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well I would love to play EQ but i have FTE practice most of the day. When I'm not training my FTE I'm RMTing my winnings so I'll have even less time to actually play the game

sums it up best... these two posts. EQ was built by people that envisioned cooperation to overcome group mobs, then later "raid" mobs. And some of these people have turned into "competitions" on who can deny pixels to others, while accumulating the most for themselves, all the while comparing it to the Olympics.

Sad really.

[Ravager]

It's worth repeating: these people don't give a shit about competition. If they wanted competition, they'd play on the server where direct competition is the entire point. They say they get a rush from yellow text, but what they get a rush from is akin to a slot machine win. If it was a rush from competition they got, they'd go to red and savor the rush of defeating 50 opponents and a dragon simultaneously. For a competitive mind, that'd be far more satisfying than having a two step lead in a fixed speed race. These people want to "win". They think by making an artificial contest where they make up the rules and the conditions for "winning" they've accomplished something noteworthy. But it's a farce. They are certainly not winners by any cognitively healthy person's definition.

[Swish]

Originally Posted by Ravager [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's worth repeating: these people don't give a shit about competition.

Can the same be said for BDA? They wanted rotations, not competition...too bad you screwed up the last one and had to leave the server. If there was ever a healthy dose of EQ karma, BDA got it.

[Muggens]

Originally Posted by Tayy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If 8 people took a two hour shift each you have the entire window covered. It only takes one runner to win.

The more dedicated people you have to run and willing to sit the better your odds are of FTE. The more people you have that have spent hours practicing the better they will be.

Think of it like an actual Olympic race. The guys that train hard and mentally prepare have a better chance of winning, just like here. The more Olympic racers you have qualified the better chance at a medal.

If you show up to an Olympic race fresh off the couch after finishing a few beers and a bag of chips and nobody else from your country has shown up.....yeah you're gonna have some problems.

"to win" "practicing the better they will come" "train hard and mentally prepare" "chance at a medal" "Olympic race"


"Yeah, you're gonna have some problems."

[Ravager]

As much as I'd like to get you on yet another irrelevant BDA rant that leads to yet another forum ban, you should really just get over it, Swish.

[Troxx]

Originally Posted by RedXIII [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

+1

A+ SirKen.

[Whirled]

Originally Posted by Ravager [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's worth repeating: these people don't give a shit about competition. If they wanted competition, they'd play on the server where direct competition is the entire point. They say they get a rush from yellow text, but what they get a rush from is akin to a slot machine win. If it was a rush from competition they got, they'd go to red and savor the rush of defeating 50 opponents and a dragon simultaneously. For a competitive mind, that'd be far more satisfying than having a two step lead in a fixed speed race. These people want to "win". They think by making an artificial contest where they make up the rules and the conditions for "winning" they've accomplished something noteworthy. But it's a farce. They are certainly not winners by any cognitively healthy person's definition.

well said^

[Lhancelot]

Originally Posted by Ravager [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's worth repeating: these people don't give a shit about competition. If they wanted competition, they'd play on the server where direct competition is the entire point. They say they get a rush from yellow text, but what they get a rush from is akin to a slot machine win. If it was a rush from competition they got, they'd go to red and savor the rush of defeating 50 opponents and a dragon simultaneously. For a competitive mind, that'd be far more satisfying than having a two step lead in a fixed speed race. These people want to "win". They think by making an artificial contest where they make up the rules and the conditions for "winning" they've accomplished something noteworthy. But it's a farce. They are certainly not winners by any cognitively healthy person's definition.

It doesn't help when supporters of this system and even worse, some of the admin refer to it as "putting in the work."

In actuality the primary focus and time spent isn't on work at all, it's dumping tons of time into watching for a mob to pop.

It just seems sad this is how the guides decided to deal with it, and the top raiders here, the smallest minority of players are fine with it too seeing this system fits their lifestyles best.

No sense of community whatsoever, and then to have the nerve to call themselves being competitive. Even likening themselves to Olympic athletes. Come on man.

Let's be honest.

The top raid guilds aren't getting pixels because of uber skills and awesome organization, they get the pixels because they have more dedicated sockers.