JuliusAakerlund

1 minute ago, Narthok said:

Go click on my profile then come back and talk to me about not writing anything in or about roleplay. 

 

Yes but does a fort constitute a major freebuild or settlement

Not at all, but the point I was making is that raids and warfare are heavily favoured towards raiders as opposed to the settlements. This is something which would mean that a majority has less power to deal with a minority, in essence a lot of raiding basically comes down to if the raiders want to be good sports or not. If they want to ruin your RP and literally just stay around for months and harass your IRP they will and they can and there's nothing you cna do about it. IT's this sense of helplessness that has genuine RPers miffed about the situation, it's also the reason why a lot of these rules that can easily be abused aren't looked well upon.

1 minute ago, Narthok said:

Hm, that being said I have no intention of watching people endlessly harass a player group merely to ruin their roleplay. Raid minimums are in place for a reason because too many pvpers couldn't run with a good thing. 

 

Take the screencaps and send them to me, no report required. ?

And I acknowledge the difference between the two. That being said the removal of bureaucratic barriers to organic and dynamic rp are one of my primary concerns. What i've tried to do with the systems proposed is enable nations to both strike back against raiders and give raiders some consequences and vulnerabilities whilst raiding. Their characters may not die but i'm fairly sure they'll be miffed when their pvp fort gets sacked and they lose all their pixel loot.

I mean that would be implying they haven't already moved all their loot already and the fact that making a new fort takes at most 2 hours for any decent raider group. I don't really think the comparison exists, especially when more conflict usually only benefits raiders.

Historical arguments for a game such as Minecraft in how you are supposed to keep afloat a series of systems of fairness is nearly always redundant. When you say that siege weapons like siege ladders and rams were used in Raids historically you aren't wrong, yet historically there was hundreds of disadvantages to being a raider or mercenary. Nearly all of which are entirely non existant on LoTC, in real life raiders would be a vast minority and their equipment was not always but nearly always a great deal worse than that of the nation armies. There was an understanding between raiders/waymen/bandits and the state, that if they oversteped certain boundries (like attacking a city) they'd be rooted out. They'd be destroyed and killed and since in real life when you're dead the problem is solved, this allowed states to manage the amount of harassment they got against them on this front.

Yet on LoTC none of these systems exists, you have endless lives, endless equipment and all of it is equal if not sometimes even skewed in the favour of raiders. If you warclaim a raider/mercenary group they can just make a new base, freebuild lets it happen with no problems at all. If they uphold honorary PK they can just make new characters and 95% of the time they won't PK. Yet when they kill anyone of stature on the other side they always want them to PK, raiders can focus down specific communities endlessly yet there is no punishment.

Then you complain about the people that have no way to go against raiders trying to defend themselves by building walls, which mind you walls were quite literally an invention for that very same purpose. When it comes to your other points there can be arguments made in favour and against, but honestly keep the historical "accuracy" of warfare out of LoTC. If we were historically accurate then warfare would be really ******* boring and you'd need to have logistics divisions, armour divisions, supply trains, vast strategic planning, your state economy would take massive dips. Not to include the thousands of other parts to warfare.

@Narthok

TL:DR Minecraft is Minecraft not real life.

Bring back Nexus so no lifers like me can make an absolute fortune abusing every single mechanic in it <3.

Robert-Lothar Bihar smirks approvingly

ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT

From the Office of the Lord Palatine of the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska

14th of the Grand Harvest, 1680

Issued by His Majesty King Sigmar and Confirmed by His Excellency Matthew Colborn

Va birodeo Herzenav e Edlervik,

Due to his added responsibilities, His Excellency Matthew Colborn has confided to His Majesty his resignation from the Office of Lord Chancellor and Palatine of the Realm. With the increasing threat of the Red Vaeyl encroaching upon the Southern Altas border, he has deemed it fit to devote his full attention in fortifying the Yatl Wastelands with the intention of better serving the Crown on the field than remaining within government in the capital.

Therefore, it is stated in these presence that His Excellency Matthew Colborn, Lord Chancellor and Palatine of Haense has formally issued his resignation to His Majesty and thereby vacates the office aforementioned.

Furthermore, by decree from His Majesty King Sigmar and executed hereunto by His Excellency Chancellor Matthew Colborn, the Crown hereby appoints to the personage of His Highness Prince-Father Robert Sigismund to Office of Lord Chancellor and Palatine, bestowing all rights and authority vested onto him by virtue of his office for the service of Haensic Administration and the governance of the Realm at the pleasure of the King.

Iv Joveo Maan,

Signed,

His Majesty the King Sigmar I of Hanseti and Ruska, Grand Hetman of the Army, Prince of Dules, Lahy, Sorbesborg and Slesvik, Grand Duke of Vanderfell, Duke of Akovia, Krajia and Aldersburg, Margrave of Rothswald, Count of Karikhov, Baranya, Kavat, Karovia, Torun, and Kaunas, Viscount of Alamar, Baron of Vsenk, Valwyk, Rorastig, Esenstadt, Krepost and Kralta, Lord of the Westfolk, Lord of Markev, Protector of the Highlanders, etcetera.

His Excellency, Matthew Colborn, Great Crown Commandant,

Lord Chancellor and Palatine of the Realm

His Highness, Prince-Father Robert Sigismund, Count of Bihar, Great Crown Commandant, Lord Chancellor and Palatine of the Realm

Very Powerful, take my upvotes.

Carr Colborn fells a tear from the seven skies as he hears of the news.

2 minutes ago, Niccum said:

A Rovin shakes his fist upon hearing of this news,

"Typical Raev anti-free market sentiments!"

 A dead Estermont rolls in his grave

Intriguing.

A-Team +1

Abolishment

Written and confirmed on the 20th of The First Seed, 1678

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This day we inform His Grace, Thomas de Hartcold, Duke of Riviä and his peoples and inhabitants of the Duchy that our alliance is thusly abolished. It has been trying years and the Alliance use has long since proven to come to an end. We hope his people find bountiful harvests and that the South continues to prosper, if His Grace still interests himself in trade we advice him to send diplomats. Let it be known then to the people of our fair nation and those of the other realms that this contract stands no longer valid.

May God bless all his servants 

Signed,

His Majesty the King Sigmar I of Hanseti and Ruska, Grand Hetman of the Army, Prince of Dules, Lahy, Sorbesborg and Slesvik, Grand Duke of Vanderfell, Duke of Akovia, Krajia and Aldersburg, Margrave of Rothswald, Count of Karikhov, Baranya, Kavat, Karovia, Torun, and Kaunas, Viscount of Alamar, Baron of Vsenk, Valwyk, Rostig, Esenstadt, Krepost and Kralta, Lord of the Westfolk, Lord of Markev, Protector of the Highlanders, etcetera

52 minutes ago, FlamboyantRage said:

 

If people are doing that, make a modreq. You can't run into a town mcly with a group of people and do a single emote to initiate PvP, there has to be RP leading up to it. During that RP would be the time to use a horn or whatever you want to use.

I mean we pointed out the fact that it made no sense to the GM's present the other 20+ times it happened and yet we were told it was completely acceptable. I think if anything then there is a difference in your understanding of what is right and the GM's understanding of what is right. It might be best to make a rule for it seeing as right now the Haense raids usually but not always amount to *Swings Sword at [Insert name]* (LOOC: PvP! Tell me when you're ready for countdown xD).

You put in an extreme amount of work, you always wanted the best for LoTC. There has been many times where your idea of what is best for LoTC did not add up with mine, I disagreed with you a lot on many things. It however doesn't really matter in the grand scope of things, you did a lot of good for the server. Were there moments where you made small or big mistakes? Of course, but that's only human and any differences we have in personality or ideals is what makes us who we are.

I wish you the best of Luck

o7

Why are you doing this to yourself   +1

"The Haensemen will be present, we are not blind to the worldly state. I will bring with me my closest advisors." Matthew made quick a letter to find its way to the dwed.

Welcome back

Worth a try. +1

9 hours ago, Legoboy7984 said:

Are you my dude, Mr. I'm gonna go invisible with jump pots to kill peoples BEDS IN BED WARS!

Sorry, but sacrifices have to be made.

6 hours ago, NovumChase said:

What is your favorite character that you've played on Lord of the Craft?

 

What is your favorite film?

 

If you were to give me any advice on roleplaying, what would it be?

 

 

• Past: Carr Colborn Present: Matthew Colborn

• I don't have one favourite though I can mention quite a few of note : ). "The Lord of the Rings", "Spirited Away", "Slumdog Millionaire", "Life of Pi", "Source Code", "Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tiger", "Kingdom of Heaven", "Arn the knight templar", "Inception", "Gladiator", "Letters From Iwo Jima", "Star Wars" and "Harry Potter".

• I overall believe that organic roleplay is an important staple, all my characters have a tendency to change slowly but steadily over time. It all really depends on what things happen to them and inspires said change to happen. I think people also need to be more open to the idea of creating roleplay, it is important to make sure your character to some extent fits into a category that let's you interact with others on a steady basis. There are a lot of things that can be done to enchance roleplay, I think one of the greatest mistakes people make is abandoning their characters if they aren't having "fun". If you don't invest time into your character and lead them through good times and bad times, then you'll never really enjoy your characters - your characters just like you aren't always happy nor always experiences excitement. If people have an average of 5 hours they can spend on LoTC a day in a summer, then if they keep giving up on their characters until they have 4 characters. They will only end up spending either most of their time on one of them (making the other ones redundant), or dividing their time on the characters which doesn't give them enough time to develop their characters at all. 

I can say for certain that when i'm looking back at my characters, the reason I feel nostalgia and happiness at what they accomplish. The reason for why I remember each thing that went down so fondly, is because there were bumpy hills and mountains to climb. If it would had all just been smooth sailing i'd overall probably not though of it with that much interest, it's the same thing in real life. We as human beings need obstacles in our way to overcome, if we don't have them we feel as though we have no purpose. I believe if anything, ironically enough the fact that people strive to create constant "excitement" and "cool experiences" for their characters, are more than likely the main reason why said characters get boring. If it isn't that then it's because the goal they have can't be overcome, there literally is no one that has 24/7 hours of excitement on LoTC. I think people should instead use the bad things to create good things, I think a good example of recent is how my character got bedridden. In a lot of ways you would assume sitting around in a bed all day is boring as hell, yet I just told people to come RP with me. There was up and downs, bad things happened and good things happened. I would say overall though that being bedridden was probably the highlight of this month, that isn't because my month was uneventful but rather because so much development took place in the RP related to it.

I think roleplay just like real life will surprise people, you can't always get what you expect from the common excitements. I for one usually find a night in the tavern extremely boring, yet if you pull in a few of your characters IRP friends my opinion changes. It is the experiences, the ups and downs we've had together as people that makes us enjoy life. If you want to enjoy your character you need to be prepared to face those problems, or atleast have goals that needs to be overcomed. I think that would be my overall best advice, give yourself goals and use the journey to your advantage and as a whetstone to sharpen your experience.

16 hours ago, IncompliantLore said:

I am genuinely curious.

• What is your favorite part about Haense? 
• What song would you feel personifies the military and people of Haense?
• Do you believe that there are things in Haense that require the immediate attention of the people living there? Problems or potential fixes to kinks in the system? 
• How has your day been so far? Do anything interesting? 

Shamefully enough I wrote up this massive thing for you yesterday and then it seemed to never post itself on the forums. I'll do some TL:DR of what I remember. @IncompliantLore

1. The Community of Haense is my favourite part hands down, as for IRP aspects I love the sense of "Fighting against the elements" and being on the "Frontier" that Haense offers. It has also for a long time been the area that often has a lot of events that threaten or have impact on the LoTC map at large in it. There has been times where these trends have been shared with others, but overall I much prefer Haense approach.
2. "Slavic woman's farewell" I personally prefer the Scandinavian Rendition, I suppose the Swedish one is specifically stellar.
3. There are always things that can be fixed in any nation/community, when it comes to immediate matters then there has been a shortage of houses inside the walls of Markev for two days now. This is a problem we seek to rectify, but at large we ask for peoples patience in the matter. We are usually rather quick in solving problems and kinks in Haense, currently one of our few issues is the inactivity of the tavern. It isn't entirely inactive, but not active enough for our tastes and so solving this will aide the citizenry.
4. Yesterday was great and a lot of things were accomplished, it was an overall productive day with a lot of laughs and scares to my own dismay. (I blame @TorkoalTom) It has been quite tiring to some extent, it seems Global Warming is starting to hit Scandinavia really hard and the rest of the world as well. I for one have never experienced a single summer with 32 degrees celsius in Sweden. We would joke about how 22+ degrees for more than three days was a rare summer, here we are today and every day is atleast 28+ for months on end.

14 hours ago, Gilded said:

What icon (fictional or non-fictional) do you look up to or find that motivates you?

 

Hans Christian Andersen, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Peter Freuchen, my grandpa, grandma and mother -- these have been the greatest influences in my life.

3 minutes ago, J Gecko said:

I have done this in every Ama, Am I your favorite Gecko? and Gecko for next Julius?!

Just now, Lark said:

What can I do better as a GEE-EM

 

 

Joining the GM team was your first mistake.

8 minutes ago, adamc2000 said:

are you a Jihadi in your heart?

3 minutes ago, TJBMinecraft said:

Which so you prefer. Star Wars or Stark Trek. 

 

If star wars what is your favourite Star Wars Film?

 

And if star trek what is your favourite star trek film?

1. Man they may have similar ideas, but at the same time they have their own charm. I love both universes in their own right and I was a huge Stargate/Star wars/ Star Trek fanboy. I would say that overall Star Trek had better content, at the same time though it was a lot more extensive. It had periods where I was bored out of my mind and many episodes that just made me want to go to sleep.
2. Return of the Jedi
3. Star Trek - Nemesis I didn't really watch the other movies else than the recent two, I was much more interested in the TV series.

23 minutes ago, TorkoalTom said:

Why are you a sheep? 

 

Most cherished memory on LOTC?

 

Who do you miss on LOTC?

 

What is a habbit of yours, you wish you could stop?

1. NOT
2. I have many, in honesty though I think my most ancient cherished moment on the server was as an Archeologist on my High Elf. I ended up finding an ancient necromancers artifact and had the opportunity to release an apparition, my character decided against it. I found so many things and inadvertedly changed some history or had an impact on it. In recent history my most cherished memories are in the current Kingdom of Haense, though most recently i'm liking how Matthew is evolving as a character. I have seen him grow in so many ways and now that he is getting older, it's getting very interesting to see how all his actions brought him where he is.
3. There's a lot of people I miss from the old days @Mythosaur  @Sanguine415 @chuckhale @tobad34 @sadie @dave @Magicpastry @Starry •ε• @Diamond_Sky @Flapman @theflyingpen @maxgemini @xickenwing761 and countless others.
4. As much as I know you know my answer to this question, i'll humour you. I have a tendency to interupt people by habit. When I was younger it was really bad and over the years i've gotten better, sometimes though I do it a lot more than usual. I mean nothing bad by it, but sadly enough it just happens naturally. If possible i'd like to remove this habit entirely.

22 minutes ago, Xarkly said:

what will become of the vaeyl

That depends entirely on how often you get me bedridden IRP.

1 minute ago, Seuss said:

ASL?

Your comment isn't original enough to be answered ❤️

@TorkoalTom made one of these, I have never taken an interest even with my old forum account. I suppose this is a rare opportunity and hopefully we trump @TorkoalTom's AMA