w00k Wrote:

iceman2020 Wrote:Sounds pretty close to the "newb protection" added in the game Kings of Chaos. Of course, as soon as it was figured out people found ways to take advantage of it in ways that made the game irritating for many others. In essence, it punished the stronger players for putting in more commitment into the game.

It was a good try by the admins, but it was fatally flawed and made a lot of mid-higher levels actually quit the game when it was designed to keep weaker players in the game. Not only did the weaker players still leave, but they lost bigger players and experienced players found ways to exploit the system. End Result: Bad Move.

I disagree with any form of "protection." If you don't want to be hospitalized constantly, then keep quiet, keep your members in line, and then when you get up there in the ranks is when you can do things your way. I'm not going to have all the people much stronger than me be punished because they've put more time into the game.

Best post on this thread. Iceman for president!!!!!!!!!!!!

saint Wrote:i agree with iceman, and alinutza there's a difference in having opinions, and being downright rude and or insulting to certain players. plenty of people post opinions that I disagree with, and I could care less. it's when people start talking trash and sticking their noses in stuff that doesn't involve them that they get in trouble.

yes i just said sticking there noses in stuff that doesn't involve them, and yes it is a public forum, but sometime's it's best to just steer clear of topics focused between 2 people, 2 gangs, or whatever.

Saerin Wrote:many of the top players now were in favor of a protection code early on. why because they were the ones being hospitalized repeatedly. Yes you can get hospitalized for having an opinion, yes you can make it worse by continuing to run your mouth, but lets be honest it has never mattered who said anything when it came to hospitalizing wars. My gang was hospitalized as a way to get Pullo and loki to quit hospitalizing the Super villians. Our gang had said nothing and done nothing to get involved other than have an alliance with them. some people held grudges forever and never let them go. I happen to recall one person making a gang and having it disbanded by the 499ers everytime he did.

The facts are many of us pay to play this free game. Some people believe that gives them the right to say whatever they want. Others believe that gives them the right to attack whoever has offended them. personally I say do away with the protection code, and berserking. then make hospitalizing the same as berserking, costs a full energy bar, long hospital time, same random ability bonus. This way a person can still stroke their ego by beating up someone weaker than them. there is a cost to hospitalizing them, a full energy bar cost will probably be more likely to cut back on attacks on the persons whole gang and then people can stop crying about the protection code and start crying about the war code again.

Saerin Wrote:many of the top players now were in favor of a protection code early on. why because they were the ones being hospitalized repeatedly. Yes you can get hospitalized for having an opinion, yes you can make it worse by continuing to run your mouth, but lets be honest it has never mattered who said anything when it came to hospitalizing wars. My gang was hospitalized as a way to get Pullo and loki to quit hospitalizing the Super villians. Our gang had said nothing and done nothing to get involved other than have an alliance with them. some people held grudges forever and never let them go. I happen to recall one person making a gang and having it disbanded by the 499ers everytime he did.

The facts are many of us pay to play this free game. Some people believe that gives them the right to say whatever they want. Others believe that gives them the right to attack whoever has offended them. personally I say do away with the protection code, and berserking. then make hospitalizing the same as berserking, costs a full energy bar, long hospital time, same random ability bonus. This way a person can still stroke their ego by beating up someone weaker than them. there is a cost to hospitalizing them, a full energy bar cost will probably be more likely to cut back on attacks on the persons whole gang and then people can stop crying about the protection code and start crying about the war code again.