Lickspittle

"Welcome, brother. Welcome home." A true man of the faith, Ionian Mackensen welcomed his former brother into the seven skies.

Jim Rowe... don't leave me here! JIM ROWE In all seriousness, bless you GMRO for all your hard work <3

"KRUSAE! KRUSAE! KRUSAE!" Markus Morovar would chant inside Ghaestenwald, happy with slaying two wig-bearers.

[!] A letter is quickly crayonned back. Tu da Traita Maric, We will NOT com to ur little stupid place. Insted, come to the Karensgrad playground, wen we say so. We wil discus a seasefir 2 deal with da valewik rebles. and we wil swap our prisners dere. -Markus 'Champyun of Sergee'

"DA KANG OF HOONSE! DA KANG OF HOONSE!" shouted an excited Markus Nikolai, who had already captured a rebel.

Her child would ignore the ashy smell surrounding her, instead rambling not to open up his bedroom because he had captured a Hoonsi rebel, and that he might escape.

@indiana105 @Fionn__TWG [!] A letter would be penned to the rebels of Hoonse. To da fals Konieg of Hoonse Mikkal, Ur best sulder, Kunstanz Barklay, has bin capturd, n u ned tu help hem. yoo can rezcu da trator, er let hem join us, da righful caz like da smart man he iz. Bring ur best mean tu gaystanwald. long liv Sergee! Tru konieg ov Hoonse. -by Markus Nikolai Morovar, tru loyal memba ov da real konieg. [!] A drawing depicting Konstanz Barclay in captivity was submitted with the picture.

Raids are so unbalanced if you can only bring 12 guys and get bell-rung on and have a 50 man rally come outta thin air. :(

Tldr of modern LOTC (Been on the server for 1.5 years now and haven't been to a single warclaim btw): -War rules (and conflict in general) are stagnated because of OOC toxic goons, to save roleplay on the server (great) -Conflict stagnation takes effect, SoL RP blooms (great) -No incentive to war each other, nothing meaningful is occurring (Not great) -> We are here: meaningless wars happen because the conflict RP-ers have been bored for about a year, and the RP behind the conflict is OOCly crafted (really not cool) Where we need to go: -SoL is at it's highest rates ever seen before. However, SoL only has fun with about 1/2 the playerbase. The other 1/2 is currently disenfranchised. SoL RP needs to be done in conjunction with real wars, with real consequences that can be felt in such RP. I'm not kidding, @Xarklyand his absolutely amazing Scyfling eventline has done more tangible roleplay damage to one nation than all the other wars since the Wo2E combined. A nation crafted their own war because no other wars could be done. And it was better than all the actual wars we've had since. We need raiders barging into capitals, disrupting SoL RP, camping roads, because even if people don't like it, it gives them something to RP about with their city guard, something to have fun with. And I'd say with a passion, that >5% of the server population these days are strictly goons. That's because all of our rules have drawn away the goons. That's great, very great- but the problem comes when these goons are gone. I'm not content with "Oh, let's sit around, do sign language, and drink tea" all day RP, I want to go fight the bandits who are raiding my capital remorselessly for the past 3 days, I want to set up patrols, roadblocks. I want to experience true, RP-oriented and crafted conflict for the first time. It would be rude for me to not attach solutions to these problems, so here are my solutions: -Set universal raid cooldowns to 3 hours day, and each individual cooldown 1 day is for each party (vassals which have an active activity tracker are included, otherwise all vassals are considered under their liege.) Example: In a 5v3 coalition war, each of the 5 nations can have a crack at each of the capitals of each of the three nations each day every 3 hours, and vice versa. The current raid rules are fine- but we either need to lower cooldowns, or raise the amount of people who can raid. Raids are meaningless, you can't accomplish anything, except maybe get gate locked out of the nation for 30 minutes, camp their gates, and say "Okay, goodbye now!" and leave. Counter claim- But Lick, this would be such a major disruption of RP, this isn't a good idea! Solution: The disruption of RP will be through RP itself. No war will usually have 8 belligerents on either side- hell, we've about 12ish nations in total. But these disruptions are reflective of a real war. Maybe, because a nation is raided so much, they'll increase their guard force, conscript new soldiers, and fight the raiders with more gusto. Or maybe the people will vote in an anti-war parliament- or stage a coup to get their nation out of the war. RP wars must have RP consequences, and right now we have OOC wars with zero consequences. These OOC wars spur OOC toxicity and have ZERO RP effect on the server. -Allow raiders ladders or battering rams to break through gates/scale walls. Since we already make the raiders file a modreq before raiding (which is a very good thing) why not have the mods be able to place ladders/battering rams at the cost of mina, and then delete gate blocks/scale a wall? This circumvents the timeless Oren™ strategy of closing your gates. Sorry raiders, but our gates are indestructable! I cannot think of any reasonable person who would disagree with this, so I will not provide a counterclaim. -Allow the conquest of capital tiles. Time for me to die on the LickspittleHill™ The merciless, barbaric act of total capital conquest kills a playerbase. Fact. Total capital conquest will result in larger nations steamrolling smaller nations. Not a fact. Total capital conquest will negatively affect RP of those negatively affected by it. Not a fact. Players leave the server after their capital, playerbase, and clique is taken from them. Not a fact. Let me explain how total capital conquest is positive for the server, and why we've only seen complaints about the content of the server since war has been snubbed. I think something that us as a playerbase can all agree upon, is that cliques have become a part of LOTC way much more than it used to be. Back in the day, it used to be CMU, goons, and that's it. Now, every nation and their mother has multiple cliques, and then cliques within those cliques. Because we haven't had a war with consequences, to thrust these cliques out of power, these cliques never change the people within, which leads to lower player retention (one of my studies as a CT member) as these players quit the server as they aren't able to make friends. Nations need to rise and fall within months like they used to. When a capital tile falls- a build falls. That part is tangible, and a downside. But the ruins make for a great, future build, to rise like a phoenix from the ashes. When a capital tile falls, however, it's playerbase scatters. When they scatter, they do Refugee RP, which is great RP supply for about a month. They meet new people, they form new groups of friends, and this endless cycle of cliques is finally broken. Then, they begin to join institutions of their new nation- government, military, whatever. And they have a vengeance against their old nation. They, alongside their old friends, convince their new nations to coalition this destoyer. This is positive, healthy, RP. Even though a side is negatively affected, it doesn't mean they quit, it means they stay engaged, and a story on our server is formed. There is no story without a conflict. And LOTC is one, cooperative, story. Of course, that short, summarized story above cannot happen under these war rules. They cannot happen with the state of conflict on LOTC. TL:DR: Fix the server's conflict, you get better player retention, more players joining, some clique-busting, new friendships forming, a less OOCly toxic war atmosphere, and a better, cooperative SoL x Conflict RP server. My DMs are open to all who wish to chat about any of the topics above, or about player retention: Lickspittle#5373

"I hope the Pontiff doesnt find out about my... Rosemoor activities!" Blurts out a nervous Caelan de Joannes.

"Woah. What has gotten into the world the past 3 months?" Ponders loudly Caelan, pondering what the truth of the events was- is this the truth? Is this forged truth, made in good intent? Was this forged truth for the bad? Was this straight lies? He wondered what to believe. With the events that had been transpiring- he new naught what to believe.

"Simply a Bargainous Barclay!" Remarks Caelan de Joannes, once more copying the ones before him.

Changed Status to Accepted

Hi there, as you can see, you have been accepted onto the server! Well done on your application, you’re doing great! So now, I welcome you to the wonderful community of LotC! To get started, I suggest doing; /creq Can a CT monk come assist me starting out? Here are some links you may find useful while starting out! : https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Settlement_Guides https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Nations_and_Major_Charters Need help? Feel free to contact me via the forums or my discord [Lickspittle#5373]. Or you can message me with /message Lickspittle if I’m online. If I’m not around you can also use the LotC Discord which is right here! : https://discord.gg/lotc You can also use /creq in-game and I or my fellow CT members can help you that way! Lastly, For guides, tutorials, and how to request help from a CT member, please head to the New Player Hub found here: https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/193743-new-player-hub/ Have a great time roleplaying, and I look forward to seeing you around in the future!

Changed Status to Accepted

Changed Status to Under Review Hi there, as you can see, you have been accepted onto the server! Well done on your application, you’re doing great! So now, I welcome you to the wonderful community of LotC! To get started, I suggest doing; /creq Can a CT monk come assist me starting out? Here are some links you may find useful while starting out! : https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Settlement_Guides https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Nations_and_Major_Charters Need help? Feel free to contact me via the forums or my discord [Lickspittle#5373]. Or you can message me with /message Lickspittle if I’m online. If I’m not around you can also use the LotC Discord which is right here! : https://discord.gg/lotc You can also use /creq in-game and I or my fellow CT members can help you that way! Lastly, For guides, tutorials, and how to request help from a CT member, please head to the New Player Hub found here: https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/193743-new-player-hub/ Have a great time roleplaying, and I look forward to seeing you around in the future!

Changed Status to Pending

Changed Status to Under Review Hi there! As you can see, your app is almost ready! Just a few changes you need to make, but don’t worry - you are doing great! Your Skin is not up to LotC standards. Please take a look at our Skin Archive for references and free skins that you may use if you’d like. https://sites.google.com/view/skinarchive/home Be sure to write your Roleplay Scenario Response in the third person! Please fix all grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors in your application to the best of your ability. I recommend using a free grammar checker such as Grammarly. https://app.grammarly.com/ You’ll be given 24 hours to correct the changes above. Once you are done correcting, please contact me! Whenever you are done, or have any questions, feel free to message me via the forums, or in-game with /message Lickspittle. If I’m not around there, you can add me on discord at Lickspittle#5373 If you still need help, make sure to check the wiki! WIKI If you need to contact me, or need help, you can join the LotC Discord here : https://discord.gg/lotc

As per my comment on the video: It's just sad that this video needs to be made.

Changed Status to Accepted

Changed Status to Under Review Hi there, as you can see, you have been accepted onto the server! Well done on your application, you’re doing great! So now, I welcome you to the wonderful community of LotC! Please note- your Roleplay scenario was done correctly, but the following would be the way, server-wise, it would be done (using your words); Would smile at the man, before saying "A little bit of everything good man, Haha!" He'd then look around at the buildings surrounding them. "Could you point me to the nearest tavern? It's time to meet the locals. To get started, I suggest doing; /creq Can a CT monk come assist me starting out? Here are some links you may find useful while starting out! : https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Settlement_Guides https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Nations_and_Major_Charters Need help? Feel free to contact me via the forums or my discord [Lickspittle#5373]. Or you can message me with /message Lickspittle if I’m online. If I’m not around you can also use the LotC Discord which is right here! : https://discord.gg/lotc You can also use /creq in-game and I or my fellow CT members can help you that way! Lastly, For guides, tutorials, and how to request help from a CT member, please head to the New Player Hub found here: https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/193743-new-player-hub/ Have a great time roleplaying, and I look forward to seeing you around in the future!