ChonGojDragonski

That would cause so much confusion and create many problems to make everyone reapply, 2hard2do.

I am in favor of Magic Applications simply because of how powerful Magic is. A smart Roleplayer with meh magic capablities could make mincemeat out of even the best IC Swordsman. I don't want Magic to become something commonplace or natural, because it really isn't that fun when everyone is a Mage or whatever. Yet, we need to do something about the cliques and elitism that has been going on with them.

We should remove VA's but keep the MA's. Just restart ALL of it. Have everyone, and I mean everyone reaplly. But otheriwse, I think that the MA's or good.

I feel like such a bloody jackass now. I mean, I always was a jackass, but now I feel like one. I do try to be helpful and nice to other players, though often impatience and frustration pulls through. From now on, I'll vow to not be such a complete jackass to new players(notice how I said new?) and try to be more helpful. I never even knew about the Wilds till now by the way; so we should get that fixed.

Banned for having a Q in your name.

Would this be regular PvP combat? Or the laggy, sucky, Nexus Combat? On one hand, I'm great at regular PvP, on the other, I think more people are worse in Nexus than regular PvP so not sure which is better for me...

You're banned for a crappy post.

Urathal's eyes widen as he sees the offer for Iron. He quickly asks for a piece of parchment and writes down a shipping order for 16 Ingots.

The Markarth idea seems best. At ffirst I was all for a Cavern-esque themed city that would look amazing, but now that I look on it, a small city that is enclosed by mountains would be great. The lower tiers could be the main Roleplay where the Guilds and Shops and such are put in, and as more and mre Dwarves join in, houses could be built upwards rather than downards. This would help centralise Roleplay as people would be hardpressed to climb up for Roleplay, and everything would be within easy reach in the center of the city. People could live in the top sections of the city, and that would sort of also allow building into the mountains a bit more.

Yeah... not a funny joke about the female crafters, seriously. Anyway, gah....wall of text. For the love of all that is written, please break it up into paragraphs or something so it is easier to read.

My bad if it offended you, though it really wasn't my intention. Plenty of people make up jokes about Male Crafters/Gamers; I don't see why the same shouldn't apply to woman. I treat people equally no matter what gender, sexuality, or whatever(within reason.) Whether that's good or terrible, depends upon the person. And my bad about the wall of text. I always have that habbit on forums. I'll try to avoid it.

Gender bender is an informal term used to refer to a person who actively

transgresses, or "bends," expected gender roles. Gender bending is

sometimes a form of social activism undertaken in response to

assumptions or over-generalisations about genders. Some gender benders

identify with the gender assigned them at birth, but challenge the norms

of that gender through androgynous behavior and atypical gender roles.

Gender benders may self-identify as transgender or genderqueer, feeling

that the gender assigned to them at their birth is an inaccurate or

incomplete description of themselves; some are transsexual and desire to

change their physical sex through hormone therapy or sex reassignment

surgery. Gender Bender is also the slang term for connecting either two

female connectors or two male connectors by the use of an adapter in the

communications field. -Wikipedia

 

I grabbed that from

wikipedia, hopefully it is the correct definition so anyone who was

wondering can now know. (Since I bet more people then just him and I did

not know what it meant.)

Oh, really? If that's what it is, I don't see why that's such a big deal. That seems to be an Out of Character issue which would have little to no affect IC. Though I don't see how it constitutes as an insult.

Also, just a note to the Admins/Mods. Thanks for responding so quickly. It's heartening that I/everyone actually gets a logical response quickly from the team; whether one agrees with it or not.

Personally I can see where AiiM's anger was stemming from. Genderbending and cybering in my opinion are the two dirtiest things one can do on the internet.

Wait up, just a quick question. Can I get an exact defenition on Genderbending? Does this mean OOC pretending you're a certain Gender opposite of what you really are, or RPing another Gender IC? Because, anyone should be able to RP whatever Gender they want IC. Their is no logical reason why not if that is the case. What, is it wrong that some people want to RP another Gender? Unless their is RP that is sexually explicate(though I really don't know what the fuss about ERP is, some Americans are just such prudes) or completely illogical/stupid/breaking the rules, it should be allowed.

Alright, seriously? I've read this entire thread and I find it a load of absolute crap. From what I've read on this thread, it seems someone was banned for being a Troll and "Cyber-bullying" even though, from the logs that have been shown, it looks like nothing of the sort; not to mention this was on Skype...on Skype for fracks sakes. I think that's a load of crap. No one should be banned for being a "troll" unless it directly affects RP for no good reason. If you don't like how people RP, don't RP with them! If someone is spamming you over Skype, well, you see. On my Skype account, there is this little button, I like to call him IGNORE. You can ignore someone's Skype Account very easily...I mean seriously, I have no idea why this is even an issue. Now, if it was on the server or via the forums, that's different, but over a platform that is not even related to LotC?  If I have an OOC dispute with a player on LotC that has nothing to do with this server specifically, why not let me/him handle it? I dislike this constant baby-sitting. Despite what some people believe, most of us are capable of acting with a moducom of self control. If their is a problem, one would think that we could talk it out like normal human beings. If not? Just ignore them. If the problem persists on the forums/server, THAN you can speak to a GM or Admin. I would also like to adress the people who make ban requests on others behalf. Don't do it. Even if you are personally asked by that specific person. If someone is uncomfortable with publically calling out someone who has been an OOC problem to them, consistently harrasing and insulting them, than it isn't much of a problem now is it? And if you report someone for something they said to another person without so much as a word to the people invovled, then that is just pitiful. Let people handle their own problems. Why the hell are you going out of your way to ruin someones ****. Some people are just so freaking sensitive. I don't think people understand the difference between a dispute, and a personal problem that someone might or might not have with you. Some people just need to realise, it's the internet, freaking deal with it. You're not going to agree with everyone, you might even flat out dislike people and/or their actions; but don't let it get in the way of your OOC judgements. Now, as for the event at hand, I think banning this Aiim person or whoever he is was wrong. While I detest trolling and people who can't act serious for more than 10 minutes, based on the evidence that has been shown, it seems that this guy was unwrongfully banned. I'm not saying this from a moral standpoint, I think morality is stupid and any desicions based on it are most often wrong, I'm simply saying this from a logical stand point. This V guy, or whatever the hell his name was, could have ignored, or de-friended, or done whatever to this Aiim kid. The fact is, he didn't. That is his fault, and only his. Not to mention, the evidence that has been shown to us so far has been far from "Cyber-bullying." It hasn't even been insulting. At the most it was light trolling. Hell, if we chose to look at it from a moral standpoint, this guy was insulting a complete jack-ass who tried to get nudes from an underage, probably insecure(I mean what chick would be playing Minecraft if they didn't have some problem right?), young girl. And if I happen to be completely wrong, and this Aiim guy turns out to be a literal jack-ass who's constantly harrased this V guy, (even though if it was on Skype it shouldn't really matter) that wouldn't be on me. It would be on the Admins and GMs for not releasing more information. The community is making a desicion based on what they've seen. You can't blame them for that, or even justify getting mad at the community about banning him, even if he completely deserved it. This is where transparency comes into play. The GMs or Admins shouldn't have to hide anything from the community; and I will admantly hold that desicion.

P.S: The chick thing was a joke. I wasn't going to add this but with the likely hood of a female player(feminazi) taking it the wrong way was just to damn high.

P.P.S: I was going to have another Post Script, adressing something controversial I said in my tangent, but I forgot what it was. So if you see anything besides the female Minecrafter joke, that's probably it.

Cool, if excessive.

Oh yea, another thing. While the Nexus combat is really cool, it is really laggy. It made PvP literally impossible on my computer without Optifine, and even with Optifine, the skills like block, dodge, ripclose, etc, are allmost useless. Now, I play on a 6-9 year old Windows XP Dell, so it may be different for others; yet some tweaks do need to be made. I haven't experienced much in the way of server lag but it does sometimes occur; though with a server of this size both population and plugin wise, that is to be expected. So I'd really just suggest tweaking the Nexus Combat to make it just a bit less laggy. Though, I know almost nothing about Minecraft Coding so whether that is possible or not, I have no idea.

As someone who's new to Lord of the Craft, I can atest to some of these problems. I will bring up what RacingBrother said. I made my application and was accepted over a month ago. I logged on, and I spent about 2-3 hours looking for RP. I finally gave up, logged off, and forgot about the server. I went back to doing what I had been before logging on. The only reason I came back, though I don't regret my desicion, was because of an OOC issue on the server that I had been frequenting previously. The problem I see with Lord of the Craft, is how unwelcoming it is to new players. No I don't mean the player base, the community is great and welcoming, I mean the overall server. When I started off, I was very confused. The chat system is rather difficult to get, and even know I occasionally have trouble, and aside from that, short of trying to look through the forums and the wiki, knowing what channel to go to for help, and looking for specific places where RP occurs is a huge hassle. I literally had no idea, and if it wasn't for me forgetting to change my skin, having someone remind me, and than having me help me out after I logged back in, I would have been completely clueless. Even now, after about a week of playing, I still find it difficult to find Roleplay. Why? I think that there needs to be an overall hub to the server. Somewhere, where people can get teleports, or some beginning Roleplay. Possibly have us respawn in some sort of city? I've yet to find another Dwarf to Roleplay with. Also, another thing. Their needs to be more descriptions on something. I just found out what the Wild Docks were, or, at least I think I know. Yes their is plenty of info on the forums, but frankly, they are way too confusing. And I've been navigating forums for what, 3 years now? What I might also suggest, is a sub forum, or even better, a tab on the top of the screen, next to Home, Apply, and such. Have that lead to a bunch of stickied threads where people can't post on/make new threads, and/or a completely different page. Just some starter guides on where to go to find Roleplay, how to gather specific materials, and a guide to the forums; because frankly? I have no idea what to do with the forums. I've yet to find a guild and I'm not sure on how Forum RP is done? Does LotC do FRP's? Or is the forum just for specific cities, guilds, updates, etc. So, to sum it up, make navigation and explanation easier for new members, and make it so that their is a bit more of a sort of "hub" for new and old players. Just my two cents as someone new to LotC.

MC Name: ChonGojDragonski

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RP Name: Urathal Stonebeard

How skilled are you in regards to smithing?: In
my early users in Kal'Azgoth, I was taken in and thought by a Smith who
owned a shop. He thought me most of the arts of his craft, when I cared
to listen anyway. I have skill in smithing above the regular forgleing,
but not enough to constitute a full Blacksmith. I am eager to learn,
and wish to rise throught he ranks.

How skilled are you with your weapon of choice?: As
a young boy I often dreamed of joining the Kings Guard and fighting for
glory. In reality, things were very different. Upon joining the army at
Kal'Azgoth, I spent days upon days, training with weapons that I had no
intention of using. Though I grew strong and well trained with my
finely crafted Warhammer, which was the first thing that I had crafted
with my Master; when my enlistment time ran out, I left and did not look
back.


Reason for Joining/Bio:
I seek to join Da Bak Kadrel Barimmar, The Great Smithing Guild, for
many reasons. Possibly the biggest is because I wish to carry on the
legacy of the man who taught me. He was a second father to me, and I
repayed him by losing his house, and his smith. I wish to carry on his
legacy, and become a great smith not only to honor me, but to honor him.

There
are other reasons for joining The Great Smithing Guild. Smithing is all
I know, it is all I've done that is worth while in my life. Without
smithing, I would be nothing. All I am is a strong back, and a pair of
hands eager to sharp metal into the most beatiful creations. I wish to
make this my life goal. I know that the teachers in Da Bak Kadrel
Barimmar, are the ones who must teach me. Who better to teach me the
skill that I was meant to learn, then the best in all of Anthos.

What Will You Add to the Guild?: I
am a great Roleplayer that can dedicate myself to learning all there is
about smithing. I will devote my time and energy to learning smithing,
and crafting an interesting story that is enjoyable for everyone to
read. I wish to create a story that will not only be enjoyable to read,
but one that will last for many ages after I am gone.

How active are you on the server?: I
will often be on once day, and I will ALWAYS be active on the forums.
If something occurs where I can not preform my duties, then I will make
sure to notify everyone of what I am doing, and how soon to expect me
back.

What’s your Minecraft Account Name?: - ChonGojDragonski

Please give us a screenshot of your character’s skin: -