Mankaar

While I'm all for some realism in muh rp Lotc is not a real life simulator. Sure we have some similarities to Medieval times but we're also a server of Elves, Dragons, and Cat people so when it comes to making fun over realism I think most of the server can overlook it. Nexus, while a cool concept is just still way to restrictive and skill plugins that restrict so much always leads to triggered masses over losing minemen pixels. If war would be more enjoyable for all parities and people took loss less seriously because of the time investment then i'm all for further editing Nexus in conjunction with War Zone changes.

Cool to see the Asulon spawn aesthetics returning, I really did love the look of that version of the cloud temple. The no RP at spawn people are throwing me off abit though, were monks removed for the 30th time?

Hmm.. I understand where you're coming from and I wonder why said evil people aren't spreading the love more? Surely the Wood Elves aren't the only group on the server that could benefit from these groups rp.

Not a professional on the matter and if it's only been recently you could just be feeling down however I don't see how it would hurt to point out that it could be S.A.D (Seasonal Affective Disorder) it kicks up during the Fall/Winter months and affects many, many people. If you think taking a break is for the best then do what's best for you and don't be afraid to reach out to others (family, friends, medical professionals if need be). Taking time off is often a nice reinvigorating experience and please don't be so critical of that behavior you think you're expressing as often times we are to hard on ourselves, Have a happy new year and I wish you the best in 2017!

Just wanted to address this first, while I'm returning to the server from a very long break and may not understand much about the modern dynamics of Lotc I need to ask is this legit? There's a villainy blacklist right, like one that deals with peoples constantly harassing Nations, towns, ect? Why is something so rp inhibiting (If this is true) so widely spread? I can see certain holy areas but many cities having legit "magic" walls preventing any sort of spooky people (Wraiths/undead/ect.) in sounds like an ooc **** storm/cop out waiting to happen. This map is built to support cliques enough and something like damn magical holy walls must only accentuate a the problem, right? Speaking on the balance of the two I've always thought good guys should have the advantage as long as it doesn't completely stomp out roleplay with undead/necros/whatever. In my old days I nearly exclusively played villains as well as a dread knight and I simply expected to lose/die in battle or confrontations as personally I view the villains job as a sort of conduit in expanding others stories and ensuring the other parties fun over the villains personal character development or power gain. Why not focus on creating fun and entertaining stories for the majority instead of maintaining winning and power plays as key (which sounds like an issue seeing as it's leading to ooc confrontations)? Someone already mentioned it but why not collaborate with "good" groups and try and make fun events for the most people, I mean the overall goal here is to have fun. The holy dudes could also throw the opposite side a bone once and awhile as goodie two shoes stomping evil every which way can lead to some dull ass rp. Just as an ending note while plain good and plain evil are fun and arguably necessary it would be cool to see some groups (both holy and evil) focus on morally gray complex characters instead of one note ponies, hell what made some of the old Undead so cool was that it had some fantastic gray backstories.

If I were to label myself I'd be in the same boat as you (in my case I support a heavily restricted "free" market and place individual liberties quite high), seems we both ended up with nearly identical political landings as well (at least according to this test). Again it's not 100% accurate and i'd argue a few of the questions (like the art one) really don't add to much in the ways of legitimacy to the test so I doubt many are as Socialist as the test presents them to be.

These tests have been shown to have large inaccuracies but they do do moderately well dropping people near their prescribed political ideologies. Liberal scum it is!

Carrie Fisher was a truly inspirational woman and broke ground with her portrayal of Princess Leia in the Star Wars saga, she will no doubt be dearly missed. If you haven't I'd suggest taking the time to watch her play/documentary Wishful Drinking if you want to know more about the woman behind Leia. In the documentary Fisher presents her life pre and post Star Wars in both a play and traditional documentary form, it's really interesting to say the very least. Fisher has dealt with everything from divorce to mental illness and addiction and has been very open in discussing her struggles and how she overcame them, she was most certainly an individual of immense strength just like the character she played. According to you Fisher's personal choice to get plastic surgery for herself somehow makes her a less worthy person for compassion in her passing? Pathetic and shallow are terms to civil for such drivel.

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I think the general joking nature of this thread is going abit over your head there friend... Speaking on the inclusion of shields GiantPie even if it does slow down combat you at least have to admit it's a cool idea, I wonder if it's possible for a plugin to be created around making shields viable and fun without completely removing them.