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greygirlbeastTomorrow at 1 p.m. EST (10 a.m. PST) the Rift Headstart will begin, for those who have pre-ordered the game. That's a six-day head start before the official release date. Thanks to one of our kindly benefactors, we'll be taking part in the Headstart. Well, Spooky will, as I won't have a PC for a while yet. It looks like we'll both be rolling characters on the Shadefallen server, which, from talk on the forums, looks like it will be the unofficial "no drama" RP server. Please feel free to join us. We'll both be playing Kelari and Bahmi of the Defiant side. It looks like we have an actual chance at RP here. People are serious about it. Spooky and I will be looking for a good RP guild; they're already forming.
And having played a character to Level Eight during the last beta event, I can attest to the fact that the gameplay graphics are almost as amazing as the following trailer:
I'll be on WoW for another few weeks, but then I'm canceling my account (after three years and five months). I don't hope this is the end of WoW. I hope this is a wake-up call that will tell Blizzard it's time to get their shit together.
PLUS! Awesome restrictions on player names, the sort of thing I've been wishing WoW would institute for ages. I quote from Trion's ToS:
"A. Rules Related to Usernames and Guild Designations
Each user will either select a character name or allow the Service to automatically select a character name at random. Additionally, users may form "guilds" and such guilds will be required to choose a name for the guild. When you choose a character name, create a guild, or otherwise create a label that can be seen by other players using the Game or the Service, you must abide by the following guidelines as well as the rules of common decency. If Trion finds such a label to be offensive or improper, it may, in its sole and absolute discretion, change the name, remove the label, and/or suspend or terminate your use of the Service. In particular, you may not use any name:
1. Belonging to another person with the intent to impersonate that person, including without limitation a "Game Master" or any other employee or agent of Trion;
2. That incorporates vulgar language or which are otherwise offensive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
3. Subject to the rights of any other person or entity without written authorization from that person or entity;
4. That belongs to a popular culture figure, celebrity, or media personality;
5. That is, contains, or is substantially similar to a trademark or service mark, whether registered or not;
6. Belonging to any religious figure or deity;
7. Taken from Trion's Game(s);
8. Related to drugs, sex, alcohol, or criminal activity;
9. Comprised of partial or complete sentence (e.g., "Getpwned", "Luvtodance", etc);
10. Comprised of gibberish (e.g., "Qwerty", "Asdfasdf", "Xyzpdq");
11. Referring to pop culture icons or personas (e.g. "McLovin", "Kyle Broflovski", "Catwoman");
12. That utilizes "Leet" or "Dudespeak" (e.g., "Roflmao", "Roxxurboxx", "Lolzumad"); or
13. That incorporates titles. For purposes of this subsection, "titles" shall include without limitation 'rank' titles (e.g., "General Chow," or “Captain Kangaroo”), monarchist or fantasy titles (e.g., "KingLoko", "LordPauleyC"), and religious titles (e.g., "ThePope," or "Reverend Run").
You may not use a misspelling or an alternative spelling to circumvent the name restrictions listed above, nor can you have a "first" and "last" name that, when combined, violate the above name restrictions. Utilizing any name option to harass or disrupt another individual, group or guild will result in disciplinary action taken with respect to the offending account(s) and may result in character deletion. Accounts which have characters deleted due to a violation of this policy are not eligible for reimbursement privileges."
And having played a character to Level Eight during the last beta event, I can attest to the fact that the gameplay graphics are almost as amazing as the following trailer:
I'll be on WoW for another few weeks, but then I'm canceling my account (after three years and five months). I don't hope this is the end of WoW. I hope this is a wake-up call that will tell Blizzard it's time to get their shit together.
PLUS! Awesome restrictions on player names, the sort of thing I've been wishing WoW would institute for ages. I quote from Trion's ToS:
"A. Rules Related to Usernames and Guild Designations
Each user will either select a character name or allow the Service to automatically select a character name at random. Additionally, users may form "guilds" and such guilds will be required to choose a name for the guild. When you choose a character name, create a guild, or otherwise create a label that can be seen by other players using the Game or the Service, you must abide by the following guidelines as well as the rules of common decency. If Trion finds such a label to be offensive or improper, it may, in its sole and absolute discretion, change the name, remove the label, and/or suspend or terminate your use of the Service. In particular, you may not use any name:
1. Belonging to another person with the intent to impersonate that person, including without limitation a "Game Master" or any other employee or agent of Trion;
2. That incorporates vulgar language or which are otherwise offensive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
3. Subject to the rights of any other person or entity without written authorization from that person or entity;
4. That belongs to a popular culture figure, celebrity, or media personality;
5. That is, contains, or is substantially similar to a trademark or service mark, whether registered or not;
6. Belonging to any religious figure or deity;
7. Taken from Trion's Game(s);
8. Related to drugs, sex, alcohol, or criminal activity;
9. Comprised of partial or complete sentence (e.g., "Getpwned", "Luvtodance", etc);
10. Comprised of gibberish (e.g., "Qwerty", "Asdfasdf", "Xyzpdq");
11. Referring to pop culture icons or personas (e.g. "McLovin", "Kyle Broflovski", "Catwoman");
12. That utilizes "Leet" or "Dudespeak" (e.g., "Roflmao", "Roxxurboxx", "Lolzumad"); or
13. That incorporates titles. For purposes of this subsection, "titles" shall include without limitation 'rank' titles (e.g., "General Chow," or “Captain Kangaroo”), monarchist or fantasy titles (e.g., "KingLoko", "LordPauleyC"), and religious titles (e.g., "ThePope," or "Reverend Run").
You may not use a misspelling or an alternative spelling to circumvent the name restrictions listed above, nor can you have a "first" and "last" name that, when combined, violate the above name restrictions. Utilizing any name option to harass or disrupt another individual, group or guild will result in disciplinary action taken with respect to the offending account(s) and may result in character deletion. Accounts which have characters deleted due to a violation of this policy are not eligible for reimbursement privileges."
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Date: 2011-02-24 04:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-24 06:16 am (UTC)You will be welcomed!
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Date: 2011-02-24 01:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-24 05:12 am (UTC)OK, I've decided on Erzsebet (Kelari) and Kauket (Bahmi), Shadefallen shard.
Since you and Spooky are looking for a guild to join, does that mean you won't be making one of your own?
Also, I'll still be playing WoW since I have friends who do. What do you see happening with Eyes of Sylvanas? Transfer of leadership or disband?
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Date: 2011-02-24 06:16 am (UTC)OK, I've decided on Erzsebet (Kelari) and Kauket (Bahmi), Shadefallen shard.
Very good.
Also, I'll still be playing WoW since I have friends who do. What do you see happening with Eyes of Sylvanas? Transfer of leadership or disband?
I've been considering this. I am completely willing to transfer ownership, especially if it's to someone who wants to see the guild grow.
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Date: 2011-02-24 05:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-24 06:15 am (UTC)Hopefully Trion will do a better job of policing than Blizzard does,
They're taking a zero tolerance policy, relying heavily on players to report violations, and they'll be GMs. The last time i saw a GM in WoW was 2008.
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Date: 2011-02-24 06:21 am (UTC)Blizzard completely erased the ability to hybridize your talents, and truncated the talent tree to such a degree that it's virtually meaningless.
The ability to hybridize your talents in Rift was one of the first things that attracted me, aside from the overall look. You should check out the various classes and abilities. I only played up to level 21 on my cleric during the beta, but had a couple of days to mess around with switching out my talent builds.
Frankly, I think Rift might be too complex for some of the idiots that are making WoW almost intolerable, at times. And it doesn't have poop jokes or smack you over the head with pop culture references left and right.
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Date: 2011-02-24 06:25 am (UTC)Frankly, I think Rift might be too complex for some of the idiots that are making WoW almost intolerable, at times. And it doesn't have poop jokes or smack you over the head with pop culture references left and right.
What she said.
I think reading the (very active) Rift forums gives a very good idea of how players intend to help keep this game from devolving into another WoW.
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Date: 2011-02-24 09:02 am (UTC)And I really hope they enforce the name rules. I got so tired of seeing variations of "Ipwnnoobs" etc.
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Date: 2011-02-24 03:38 pm (UTC)But they want to play Guardian...
That's just....*grumble* *grumble*
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Date: 2011-02-24 06:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-24 09:24 pm (UTC)Finding a good server is the hardest thing for me.
We'll be on Shardfallen, where most of the serious, no-drama rpers are going.
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Date: 2011-02-24 09:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-24 09:42 pm (UTC)If you make a guild would it be open to people who are inexperienced with RP?
Even if they say full, if you're willing to wait, you can still get into those servers. It just takes a while.
And yes, we'll take non-experienced rpers, so long as they're willing to learn.
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Date: 2011-02-24 09:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-24 02:02 pm (UTC)I'm anxious to see how well a "no drama" RP server goes. Hope to see everyone there!