You know, I don't usually get into flaming, but this post is kinda dumb.
I made it to higher levels with my druid (and no, it wasn't by kiting. I
was a druid when people didn't even know what a druid could do) and then
everyone suddenly decided to become druids. Well, I can't stand being
commonplace. So I switched characters.
Now, I had something like 9,000pp in the bank and some weapons I'd collected
in my playing time. I wanted to start a bard. Contrary to the beliefs of
newbies, the fun in this game is NOT in scratching for money, and saving for
every little thing. That's too much like real life to be fun. I much
prefer to not have to worry about my equipment or where I should be hunting
for maximum profit. With those things out of the way, I can relax and have
fun hunting with new friends without worrying about silly things. This game
gets to be the most fun AFTER level 20, not before.
So, it was a natural conclusion to me to buy steel plate for my bard. I got
her that plate and a thulian claw and a pgt. Serious twinking? Sure. Does
it affect anyone else? NO. I got those items when I was the appropriate
level with my druid. So be quiet already.
You know what I've noticed? The only people who have a problem with
twinking are the people who twink without the resources to do it well. I
can't count the number of times some level 5 warrior in full bronze has
called me a twink and sneered at me. Hello? Ok, I'll write them off as
stupid. Do I write you off that way, too?
Kaelrei, 17th bard.
> From: Seamus McNeill <smcneill@...>
>
> well well well...what have i *hic* started. Sems two me dat a slite
> debate be goin on while i be away.
>
> I'm going to steer from my whole drunk arguement and go talk normal so
> every here can be understanding of what i have to say. That whole MY
> GAME, MY MONEY agruement is old and just an exscuse for someone to say
>
> "screw you....i don't care what you think...i'll do what I want and I
> don't care about anyone else"
>
> thats what the whole MY MONEY, MY GAME arguement means...and if you
> disagree with that you are wrong. The whole reason people say that is so
> they can justify what ever they do even when they are wrong. This is a
> roleplaying game with many many people playing at one time.
>
> A massive multiplayer game right? Massively Multiplayer.....i think
> everyone can agree with that. And wheather or not you realize it
> everything you do has an effect on the other people who play the game.
> Every orc pawn you kill, every foraged piece of food you drop...it all has
> an effect on the other people on the server.
>
> Now that we have that understood....lets talk about twinking. Everytime
> you twink you take something away from someone who is at the right level
> to have that item. At 19 or 17 or 22 or whatever level he was...he took
> away an executioners hood from some 45th+ level character. He took the
> serpentine bracers away from some 40th+ level character who deserved it.
>
> And it's not the fact that he can go and get another one...it's the fact
> that he is just going to have to wait that much longer because there is
> some chump monk who can't earn his own equipment...he has to have older
> friends help him out or just use his own older character to get things for
> him cause he can't play the game like it was meant to be played.
>
> I hate twinking and i hate twinkers because you take things away from
> people who rightfully deserve those items. I don't care if your 48th
> level kill stealing wizard had to shoot down the hopes of a group of 45th
> levels to get the item....you still took it from them and gave it to
> someone who is 1/2 their age...maybe younger. Everytime you twink an item
> you screw someone who REALLY AND TRULEY DESERVES THE ITEM.
>
> I think the one thing that people don't realize about this game and any
> other game is that it is everyones responsibility to provide a roleplaying
> environment. it is EVERYONES responsibility to PROVIDE a ROLEPLAYING
> ENVIRONMENT....it is a massively multiplayer roleplaying game after
> all.....
>
> Sligo
> Cazic Thule
>
>
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