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Kuwl
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It has come time for me to say good-bye. To some, this is a blessing and will be followed by tons of partying, etc. For others, may be a sad day?
My activity over the past 2-3 games has gone down, down, down. Partly it is because of how the community has changed throughout the time of the game. Starting off as a newbie, everyone was willing to help each other out; duels were duels. Alliances fought each other outside of their galaxy, and if you had a level 70 planet, it was an amazing feat! Group fights were a daily occurrence. If an alliance mate got a ping from a ship or 2, they'd go out and investigate, and then eventually it would lead to a huge fleet fight, ending in 47 pods out of a 20 ship fight (yeah, combat bug... but it was fun!) Always loved killing someone 7 times, but then dying 8 times too :-|.
I remember watching my first level 70 bust. It was against HoA; 4 alliances grouped together, and a ton of pods were handed out, on both sides. I don't remember the exact tally, but the attacking team knocked the planet down to something like a level 40 because of the number of shots. HoA defended well, but not good enough.
I never played SM, only SMR. And wow, the times have changed! Just as a newbie, I was taught by everett (he's from SM, some older players may know him/laugh at him...) Somehow, Canff took me under his wing in -=SHADOW=- after Souldiver took me in NorthStar. That's something that we do not have today. No leader is willing to give up 2-3 slots of "good" vet-power to let a newbie (like I was) into the clan to learn. Pod after pod after pod I took. But I learned.
Slowly climbed the ranks, and took my teachings from everyone around me onto others. I taught my brother how to play, and he in turn taught some people in Life Control how to play (with a little help from me). A few great players came from that group, and I believe a majority of them still play today? It was bold of sterling to set up life control and to lend money/"oversight" to the new guys. Something we have today, but on a much less "grand" scale. Willowstrance and a couple others have done a good job of teaching newer guys how to trade, but nothing else (sorry, not trying to put u down or anything).
I've gone on to lead many ops, and lead an alliance. It's not as easy as it looks, and partly that game that I led is a reason for the demise of the game... too many mines. Everyone is afraid so they mine everything to hell. Older games, scans of 3000 were huge, now a scan of 4000 is a normal deal... and it's almost impossible to clear it all and OP at the same time..
When I started playing, the game was still growing. We had 8? active administrators that played in the games. Because the administrators were active, they knew what the game needed. They knew about bugs instead of having 4-5 people every hour complaining about a certain bug. Those were good times.
We had a peak of about 2000 people playing (or signed up) and then the bottom fell. Amazing enough... I tried along with a host of others, to revive the community. But, the community insisted to kill itself. People got 'snotty', rude, and just plain mean towards others. I'll admit, I have done my fair share of talking... but sometimes people just go too far.
One of the reasons I am quitting is the hypocrisy of the game. Last game with Crusaders, I ran a couple times because it was way too outnumbered after a few members had died. This game just past, the same people accusing me of being a coward did the same thing, and yet they still accuse me! Amazing?
And yet again, every time I log in or say something just out of the blue, "Ego" is the only word that people say. I am a more humble than most people nowadays. Just look in the mirror if that statement outrages you. I'm pretty sure you'll find a big ego on the other side. And, that is what has caused the demise of this game. Everyone now has a big ego. "My alliance is better than yours", "We are going solo, no need to team up... (we'll just sit and watch and let the game die instead of sparking "hatred" among alliances)" , ... you get the picture.
I have been pushed from the game due to the stagnant demeanor of the game. 4? years and only 1 "huge" change has occurred, the Nijarin race was added. Bugs have been fixed, and a few new "things" have been installed (combat code, drone code, etc.) but nothing that would make someone have to "relearn" the game... I've said it over and over, dynamics need to be installed into the game. The example of TDZK's ship setup is what I am talking about. TDZK is a game I do not like, for various reasons, but how their ship and weapon setups are done is amazing to me. I like the idea that you can modify your ship in the way you want it done, and there is a ton of different weapon combo's that can be used. If you want to have an "EoS" with 1900 shields and 300 armor, better have the money to do it! There is no definite way to set the "ultimate" ship up. Some of theories of what has worked, but none are concrete. This game, SMR, I can sit down and almost guarantee every round (except this round b/c of the WQH weapon that was added in just randomly....) that Salvene and Creonti will have peace. Most likely thevians will peace with Creonti as well, the other races... who cares! Maybe nijarin and creonti or the like, but it never changes. a Salvene will always have the same weapon setup, and always have a 31/20 EoS... same with a Devastator. if there was a mix of weapons that were more neutral and/or a different weapon scheme instead of "powers" (lvl 5, 4, 3, etc) mixed in with a different idea such as Primary weapons that run off of Ion energy and secondary weapons that run off of ammunition.. blah blah. ---- All ideas immediately shot down because it isn't "SMR" and more like other games... "Go play those games..." Well guess what... I probably will! And if something is decided on, it takes 2 years to code into the game! Oh well...
I was the “leader†of the “Community†that people protested. During that time, more people were active in the decisions of how the game operates than anytime in SMR history. During a peak of our performance, we actually had people join up in the game! Now... it’s gone, and so is the game...
I hope this opens everyones eyes. We've seen many core community members quit. It doesn't matter who the person is that quits, it all hurts the community. Some hurt worse than others. A brand new beginner quitting hurts a lot, a seasoned vet quitting, be it Me, sterling, Lotus, Omega Renegade, or whoever else decides to quit (or "retire" from a game or 2), hurts the community. Making changes will not hurt the community as long as they are thought out, tested, and implemented. Doesn't help if none of the above are done... Anyways, enough is enough, and this is my goodbye. I may come back, and I'll visit the boards every so often, it really just depends how everything shapes up in a few months from now.
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I just want to thank everyone that has made the game enjoyable for all. There are too many names really to be listed, and I know I’ll forget a ton of people...
Hadeslady
Everett
Jevon
Sterling
Souldiver
Morpheus
Canff
Jester
Lotus
Helix (FLUFFY!)
Ghengis
XdemonX
Half_Elf
Reddragon
RCK
MIA
Zedread
piratedan
HK
Merchant
Target
Inferno Death
Azool/Spock
AstroCreep
Mouse
Blum
Anxiety
Tah
Pekoeta
Rosen
Prince_valiant
OmegaRenegade
Z-money
.........
And the many more I didn’t name.. You should know who you are. Thanks guys, and Good Luck with life!
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EstoyLoco
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/me sniffs not seeing his name
Neway I always appreciated your work in SMR long discussions were useful for the game... Sadly some situations in game just made it impossible to go on with our mutual ideas. You understand a lotsa stuff many didn't ;) Of course you did your part of trouble sometimes but oh well you were someone good for the community.
Hope you will have the chance, one day, to comeback joyfully to the game
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/me sniffs also
what are u smelling stoy? bye kuwl!!!! i will get u to come back one day i know i got ur cell # somewhere.
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Too many people leave.
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Kuwl you may want to stick around for a while long. Its looking like somethings are changing. Seems we have a coder now :D and I am hoping Spock will let him work on the "turns for votes" thing. At my site I am working on an alliance warning system, were all it takes is for one alliance member to be online and see that his alliance is being attacked. He can then send out an email to every member in his alliance that has joined the group without knowing their email addresses.
There has been a few times that I have gotten mad because of some change like the CD code, the change to the human destroyer. I didn't quit because its what most of SMR wanted. The same with this WQ weapon I don't like it, but if everyone else wanted it well I would state my opinion then go with the flow. Having not played this round I thought about just not playing anymore. Now I see this new coder, and he seem to be an alright guy. We will have to wait and see what Spock lets him do, he has some very unique ideas on mines, trading, and a few other thing. As for me I think it worth my time to hang in here awhile longer to see what this guys brings to the game.
But if you leave, take care and have fun in what ever game you play.
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Zedread
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Yeah kuwl stay, things are gonna change. Me working on an alliance organizer for the SMR community right now.
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PEACE! :)
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Funny Zedread :o if you run out of paper for your organizer I hear you can use crayons on your bathroom wall.
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Well I cant say much, but things are changing soon...
other than that, I do know how you feel, and dont blame ya for vanishing, if ya cant stick around to see the changes... at least stop by and check them out...
it is too bad that the game is loosing another skilled player, and u'll be missed
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kuwl all of us who retired are coming back 2 games from now. its a huge conspiracy. cya there.
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/me no sees name either. doesn't really think kuwl likes me =). will miss you i'll have to find someone else to die to now
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I personally dont think you should quit and give it a chance to see if any changes happen.
I will miss you.
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thank you very much for the mention, i really appriciate it.
the best of luck with where ever you end, and what ever you end up doing.
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sigh :( there goes another one of my fav players not to mention the leader of the alliance i had most fun with (virus) you will be greatly missed :( thanks for mentioning me :D MiA
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Cya Kuwl!
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WOOHOO I GOT MENTIONED!!!
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yesss i made a list. too bad it had to be in those circumstances. good luck on the other side!
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