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Elementalism A new side note. After this was denied I reached out to @SquakHawk and @ScreamingDingo who initially set me for loops trying to figure out what was wrong. Squak messaged me back first stating: Squak stated I had zero redlines (?) which isn't true what so ever. Stated I had no clarifications even though everything from Tier 1 to Tier 5 for each spell was specified in it's own section or in the red lines. Squak then stated that "it's not so much the write itself anyways, but the concept is and has been really problematic and flawed for a few years now- despite the best efforts with a competent write and tons of ST assistance by reassigning TAs and giving out MAs, it still flopped on its face, maybe if orcs became more stable as a playerbase it could succeed, but even in last write when it spread past orcs it still failed hard" Then Joel responded and stated: I initially contacted Joel for feedback on the post, he stated I didn't format a thing and wouldn't communicate with me to help me improve the post. He wouldn't reference me to another staff member, he just ignored me and said figure it out yourself. After this initial rewrite got denied, I contacted Joel again. He only gave a single piece of criticism overall about the lore. From what I understood, he disapproved of the culture the magic was written for, not the magic itself. I don't want to bring drama into lore but if you're going to ignore Elementalism and just instant deny it, do it because I'm a shitty writer not because you have zero faith on a mineman fantasy roleplay server. If this rewrite is terrible, give me feedback so I can improve it to meet your standards. All because you don't have hope on a mineman fantasy roleplay server doesn't mean others aren't going to give it their all. Referencing @Telanir: "It's really disappointing to see a nation which could possibly house a playerbase begin to fail because "the players failed so its' their fault". It's not the players failing, its' a culmination of mistakes and decisions that has caused the nation to split up and become unappealing. I think that it is wrong for staff to sit around expecting players to create their own roleplay and encourage events for their own nation. Players shouldn't be having to do all this work, they came to play Lord of the Craft, not play Politics 2.0 and file out paperwork and etc. There should be staff involvement to a medium degree, but not for nations that are already sprawling and in excellent condition, they should be allowed to continue the way they are. But this isn't a post against anything else, it is simply a post about the state the Orcs are in currently." The Basics: How is Elementalism Taught: The Spirits and You: Elemental Spirits are broken up into four different categories. A spirit is either a Greater or a Lesser. A spirit is either a Phantom or a Stagnant. Easy to Understand - Greater and Lessers: Easy to Understand - Phantom and Stagnant: The Elemental Plane and Spirit Walks: Shaman Strength and Energy Elementalism Sub-Types and Spells: Water Elementalism: Air Elementalism: Storm Elementalism: Fire Elementalism: Earth Elementalism: Metal Elementalism: Elemental Companions: Changelog: Version 1.1 - 6/5/21 Added Air Elementalism Dragon Claws Added Air Elementalism Wind Discs Modified Fire Elementalism Ring of Fire Added Water Elementalism Akathro's Shield Modified Water Elementalism Water Jet Modified Metal Elementalism Tighten Metal Modified Metal Elementalism Corrosion Added Section - Elemental Plane and Spirit Walks Added Section - Shaman Strength and Energy Version 1.2 - 6/19/21 General Repost, added in responses from Joel, Squak, and Telanir. Modified Metal Elementalism Corrosion

How does elementalism get into your lore surgery program.

Elementalism (A note before this post begins. Shamanism as a whole was one of the first magics added to the server alongside Druidism. As LOTC reaches it’s 10 Year Anniversary, Shamanism does too. Elementalism, one of Shamanism’s four branches, has reached an inactive state due to many issues with how it was interpreted during Flam’s Lore Games. This rewrite pulls inspiration from each previous Lore Holder and Lore Writer and is an attempt to modernize elementalism and give it an attempt to stay active in this new generation of LOTC. Thank you to all previous lore holders/writers, and thank you to every member that has helped shamanism grow over these past ten years. Here’s to another ten. A special thanks to Crim for being one of the driving forces behind this rewrite and a Thank You to everyone else for feedback and assistance.) https://docs.google.com/document/d/141DFTNfigmpHo65BX-RMVSm42equdEIlLzAl3tRA5v8/edit?usp=sharing Here is a link to the original google doc. Forums have limited formatting. Google doc also have table of contents for spells. The Basics: How is Elementalism Taught: The Spirits and You: Elemental Spirits are broken up into four different categories. A spirit is either a Greater or a Lesser. A spirit is either a Phantom or a Stagnant. Easy to Understand - Greater and Lessers: Easy to Understand - Phantom and Stagnant: The Elemental Plane and Spirit Walks: Shaman Strength and Energy Elementalism Sub-Types and Spells: Water Elementalism: Air Elementalism: Storm Elementalism: Fire Elementalism: Earth Elementalism: Metal Elementalism: Elemental Companions: Changelog: Version 1.1 - 6/5/21 Added Air Elementalism Dragon Claws Added Air Elementalism Wind Discs Modified Fire Elementalism Ring of Fire Added Water Elementalism Akathro's Shield Modified Water Elementalism Water Jet Modified Metal Elementalism Tighten Metal Modified Metal Elementalism Corrosion Added Section - Elemental Plane and Spirit Walks Added Section - Shaman Strength and Energy

what happens when we arent on a temp map anymore?

I'm actually disappointed in my dear cousin @Telanir for allowing this monster of a plugin through. It takes all the good features of nexus and throws them at the window, just being absolute trash. I have played on the server for 10 minutes, the Dev's refuses to take any questions about how you're supposed to gather resources without any spawned in tools. Honestly, I'm saddened with the state of this server. @DahStalker you made me find my login to post this.

Even though I will forever hold a grudge against @Fireheart for using me as a scapegoat, I will still admit he ran a better moderation team than the mess that is around now. He worked to expand the GM’s numbers so they could maximize players in each race, group, and time zone. Instead, @Telanir and co helped cut the numbers completely and drive away any competent individuals and create a hell hole. The current GM team seems like it goes back to the original ‘We all suck at our job but we will act like we’re doing things and make ourselves feel proud for doing absolutely nothing’ mindset that hasn’t been seen in years. Every team has dropped in standards and it’s pathetic, but the GM Team is the one team that helps keep the server alive and moving. Instead you have a useless team that does nothing and uses bureaucracy as it’s scapegoat. @BlueBudgie sat as players were called re****ed in OOC and said she can’t do anything because it’s harassment and she’s not allowed to handle that, so the player continued. Honestly, I would take Fireheart back instead of this Coal Miner Union circle jerk. At least he tried to do something efficiently.

As these two have said it. The issue isn’t with the bandits. The issue is with how banditry has evolved due to **** meta rallies and meta stallers. First you targeted wars and raids, now you’re targeting bandits and blaming them for all the server’s problems. Just stop already Flam and Telanir.

It doesn’t take that long for a moderator to refill a pit. This isn’t going to cut down on modreq wait times. But it’s a nice plugin. Good job.

Huh? It's like the old rules existed for a reason?

What is this? Telanirs post for conflict is about self moderation without staff intervention. This is staff moderation?

Thing is. Lore should have a purpose in my opinion. When I sat down and read it, all I read was water magic. All of the spells were various different magic pieces chopped up and pasted together and the common factor was just water. I get that's the point. But it just seems like its going to become a niche magic that appeals to a small minority that offers no real advancement to lotcs story. The writing is good. I cant take that away from yall ever. It's a nice twist that groups haven't tried. But there isnt really much that sets it apart overall if you get what I mean. I'm writing both posts with little sleep so I do apologize if things are messy.

Not to be a downer. It's a solid post with a lot of detail. But it seems like a niche magic that has the interest of some but wont do anything in game other then be spammed or collected by a select few and then drop off the face of the earth. I'm not saying this is terrible. It's a great post and some decent writing behind it all. But from my eyes, it just adds another speciality club and doesn't do much beyond that. The aqua theme is new and all and I respect you taking that route. But how does it tie in with the world. Tldr. Good writing but I dont see it doing much on the server.

Coming from me? I was one of the mods who tried to fix the system of blacklists and after me, lark, and karimir left, you all let it go to hell because of your personal crusades. Plus. I dont really write long posts? As well as my ban appeal showed. Me and karimir showed suspicion and passed it on to an administration that told us the fight was going to happen. Admins needed a scapegoat. ?‍♂️ But going back to my original talk before the sky gods strike me down. You shouldn't need 50 pages to make a simple point. As @Telanir needs to learn is we are a minecraft server. We dont need fancy words and drawn out posts. Get to the point and get it done.

As I said to Zipzapman. Long posts do nothing and show nothing but wasted time. Actually doing something is a great way to show you do ****. Conflict blacklists do nothing. Half of them are handed out with little reasoning or educating done for the player receiving them which makes it entirely pointless. @Telanir you get a 4/10 for recent actions compared to the previous 2/10.

Sloth’s point is how you act on a broken system and don’t actually chat with the members of the community to work with them before going “I’m in charge, my way or get out.” on them. Glad feedback goes right through your head though and you ignore all of it! Your comment kind of backs his statement a lot. Anyways, maybe instead of just shelving everything @Sykogenic like every other LT wants to do, you talk with the main man @_Jandy_ who has literally been working on this for months despite being ignored and put off by the LT.

I forgot about the halflings. Sorry. Halflings too. The same people over and over just sign random charters, getting it land, they think it’s cool for 2 days and then leave. Leaving 1 or 2 people to roleplay their by themselves usually newer players until they quit the server or move on to a new area. Usually it’s quit the server. Which is why the community team and all other players should put more pressure on new players to find their first home in an actual Nation. Yes, dwarves and orcs and halflings are a little on the inactive side at times but they still have solid playerbases unlike these make shift bungalows that are called charters. What? Thought I said don’t join any group on this list? Big oof.

Dont join any place unless it's on this list: Orcs Holy Orenian Empire aka helena Curon Dwarves Wood Elves Llyria or whatever it is Helves Druids Curon Snelves Those are from the top of my head. I'm probably missing one. These minor charters will look enticing but they are made up of 1 or 2 players and feature little to no activity.

So he's not allowed to do the roleplay he enjoys? Why aren't you blacklisting players for only doing slice of life or magic roleplay. You're targeting players that enjoy conflict roleplay and play on this server for that reason. Half of this server strives off conflict.

Um. The ancestral plane has zero involvement with immortal spirits. Arguably only a few immortals have domains there. Second. The inferni realm is in the ancestral plane. Not a separate area. I might be off. But like 90% sure this is still the current lore. It's been awhile though.