Knights5544

R I second this, requiring consent to include somebody's character within a forum post will likely prove to be a very slippery slope that will only come back to bite many in the rear-end. I understand entirely as to why this rule exists, but it isn't practical. Many people have biases - me included - towards others from an OOC perspective; these OOC biases might easily affect the person's ability to make a forum post which happens to involve the other's character. All it takes to prevent said person from releasing their forum post is to say, "Hey, I don't like you, I don't want you to mention my character in your post." It's restrictive to roleplay, and I personally don't believe that roleplay should ever be restricted, not unless it is unfair to another player. I've rustled quite a lot of feathers throughout my time playing Lord of the Craft. I've also made quite a few forum posts which IRPly directly mention people who dislike me OOCly. If I went to them and asked for permission to include their IRP name within my post then I'm nearly certain that they would've said no. It's simply impractical.

There is nothing that makes me happier than reading itdontmatta's resignation post :^)

Literally a dumpster fire of a server and when you criticize them you'll wind up banned one way or another.

Ser Gustaven von Halsfield breathes a sigh of relief at the thought of knowing that the current ruler of Norland is likely too busy doing Godan-knows-what to possibly bother with something such as extraditing his self, let alone even reading what Father Basil wrote in the first place. Personally, Gustav doubts that word of his potential involvement in the abduction of the Pontiff has even reached King Sven considering how it had taken nearly a half-decade before his own personal letters sent to the recently-crowned King were ever read. "No reason for me to worry!" He grumbles, partially hoping to convince himself that the words which were leaving his mouth were true.

I've been playing since 2014. This is honestly the worse I've seen. At least from what I know last map they utilized inflation rather than deflation as they are currently. There's a reason why no economy in the world utilizes deflation .. don't know why the economy team doesn't take that into account Having the economy be worse DOES negatively impact most players, the effects of a poor economy will trickle down into other aspects of gameplay. Nobody will be able to afford a house, nobody will able to afford gear or items, nobody will be able to afford anything except by voting which is a laughable concept. Nations won't be able to afford the tiles they own due to their playerbases not purchasing property, etc. The end result be will extreme stagnation across the server, even worse than before.

While many of you are celebrating and treating this as some type of victory you fail to realize that this will result in an incredible market crash; Lord of the Craft's economy is about to become even more crippled than beforehand. For those unaware the economy presently was dependent on the supply and demand revolving around Vortex tools. That's it. That quite literally is the only way to make money. The reason that this supply and demand even existed in the first place was because people were too unfamiliar with the Vortex system to properly take the time to learn how to craft their own tools (or simply too lazy), thus they were forced to purchase these tools from the marketplace, thus forcing a demand. The fact that only a select group of people were willing and capable of creating this Vortex tools in the first place creating a strictly small supply .. .. Effectively 'dumbing' down Vortex - which is the direction that I imagine this is going in - will allow anybody and everybody to easily begin crafting their own tools, thus creating an extremely high excess of supply with no viable demand. The end result will be a broken economy. Previously the economy was supported entirely by the dynamic that I described above, how will it be supported now? Previously people complained about how horrific the economy was, dear God, it's about to get infinitely worse. Mark this post, I'm telling you right now that this is going to take a turn for the worse unless the staff team figure out a way to address the economy. (Inflation rather than deflation)

Sir, I'm afraid you've found yourself out of place. This belongs to me, please sir, see your way out immediately. Your foolish attempts at outbidding me will be met with hostile banter must you continue. I shall raise the bid to 350!

No, no, no .. I shall outbid YOU by 50, raising the current bid to 250.

I shall outbid you by 50, raising the current bid to 150!

People join expecting a Minecraft server with RP elements but leave disappointed when all they find is a walking simulator where every nation leader wants their minas and their activity rather than anything else. Perhaps that's partially what influences people to leave Lord of the Craft rather than anything else. Staff members purposefully create rules and situations which forcefully contribute to the amount of stagnation that we've experienced over the past few years. Roleplay hardly exists nowadays, your options are either guard duty within a nation or tavern roleplay - pick your poison! Wish to do something out of the ordinary? Sorry, here are a dozen obstacles placed in your path by a power hungry moderator who could care less about roleplay. Such is life within Lord of the Craft! Who has the leaked screenshots from four-ish years ago (Operation Kaboom) when LOTC was hacked of the admins talking about how they purposefully create stagnation within the server and purposefully go out of their way at times to be harsh towards players? Oh, did we forget about that? Finally, there’s so many rules and restrictions that all they can do is slice of life which turns most people off. No one plays Minecraft to RP playing house, they want content. There's no content; ergo nobody wants to play Lord of the Craft except veteran players who have no other options - to them it's a sunk cost .. they won't ever get back the time they spent on LOTC so why bother quitting now.

Cool beans!

_______________________________________________________________________ Fresh posters were plastered throughout Almaris. It was clear that the person who had hung these did so recently. If one was to pass by or inspect it closely, the subject matter of said poster would depict the phrase: BE A MAN AMONG MEN Beneath the bold print it would read: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Oren offers you an interesting and varied career with new allowances for fighting troops. Depicted alongside the right-hand side of the bold print would be that of a Resistance soldier donning his typical uniform - a cuirass atop a layer of buff leather. The soldier stands stiff and tall with sword in hand; he's clearly ready to take on whatever tyrannical forces he will undoubtedly face ahead of him. It is clear that the poster's motive is to spread awareness about the existence of an anti-tyrannical government force - specifically the Resistance against Oren - otherwise known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Oren (RAF) - whose openly oppositional to the current ruling group within the Empire. Located at the bottom of each and every individual poster are contact details for those interested in perhaps involving themselves as paid soldiers within the RAF: ((I can be reached on Discord: Pharmaceutical Grade Chlymydia#1514 - there are combat AND non-combat related positions open in the Resistance! Feel free to join us! We have three big events planned for the next three weeks!)) _______________________________________________________________________ ((Previous post, Cries for Revolution: https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/199201-cries-for-revolution)) ((Previous post, O' Beautiful Providence: https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/199510-o-beautiful-providence-a-critical-treatise)) ((Previous post, The Resistance Against Oren: https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/199659-the-resistance-against-oren)) ((Previous post, The Greatest of all Evils: https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/199915-the-greatest-of-all-evils)) ((Previous post, Is the Rejection of Tyranny an Act of Terrorism: https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/200158-is-the-rejection-of-tyranny-an-act-of-terrorism)) ((Previous post, Is Your Home Worth Fighting For: https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/200556-is-your-home-worth-fighting-for)) ((Previous post, I Want You to Fight Against Tyranny: https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/200827-i-want-you-to-fight-against-tyranny))

Who wouldn't want to look like this?

Ser Gustaven von Halsfield couldn't help but roll his eyes at the news, "The attempt at King Henry's life was coincidentally right after the point in time where he had declined to honor Oren's extradition order .. doesn't take a genius to piece two-and-two together here."

A spectacularly grandiose dish of beef wellington lays sprawled out across a porcelain plate elegantly, the overall presentation of the meal would reflect an element of sophistication and eloquence; nonetheless, the meal itself had been sitting there for quite awhile now, clearly left uneaten - not even a bite from the dish which appeared tantalizingly good was missing. Seated, staring down at the dish while drumming on the table with a utensil, was Ser Gustaven von Halsfield. Word had reached him moments earlier regarding the recent passing of Bishop Hernando, that of which came as a bit of a surprise to the man - enough of a surprise to cause him to lose his appetite as he was deep in thought while seated at the dinner table, "Bishop Hernando's passing is .. well, unexpected .. I knew him a tad bit, never thought that he would meet the Creator anytime soon. But .. rebels they're led to believe? Well, admittedly I'm left scratching my head: for what reasons would rebels be at fault for all this? Why would rebels consider doing something such as this in the first place? Perhaps those who assume rebels might be at fault are simply misled." With a shrug of his shoulders Gustaven would finally begin to help himself to the dinner which sat in front of him, happily eating away to his heart's content.

Can't wait to start dressing like this