Admin Notice: Phantoms 2.0

[Enkidu]

It's a wonder how so many of you loved Mon'Star and hated the Phantoms at the same time.

Mon'Star was also a terrible, terrible concept - I've read all of Mon'Star's Rp and, well...
....Apparently ridiculously overbuffed SRP's were easier to obtain back then.

I'd hate to see you play a real role play game. One that doesn't force you to not role play to play.

What?


This is a role play game, trust me, I role play all over the internet in all sorts of universes.

So... You imply that a "real role-playing game" doesn't involve forcing the players to... y'know, role-play? Isn't that the intrinsic purpose of a role playing game?

Seriously now. Discovery is not a PVP oriented universe - It's been Seven Months of realtime since I've been in active combat with another player on the Discovery server, and I've been playing pretty much constantly during that interval. Does that reveal something?



Glorious PvP dickstomping should occur as a mutually equiable RP experience. No more, no less.

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[Mímir]

He's saying a real roleplay game doesn't force people NOT to roleplay, like Disco does.

There are so many rules and structures governing our roleplay, which in turn means our hands are pretty tied. There are community concerns and the social aspect, which also precedes roleplay in many situations (fairplay, being nice, knowing who to go after and who not to bother mess with).

You can't roleplay a real douchebag because players will freeze you out - I personally inrp double-crossed a person and had to listen to all sorts of crap on skype and on the forum about how I (as a person) was dodgy - that's Discovery roleplay for you.

You might be new here, but after a while you'll see that things aren't all that shiny. Still a fun game though.

P.S. Your lack of PVP means you are doing it wrong / Disco is dying

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[Zen_Mechanics]

It's a wonder how so many of you loved Mon'Star and hated the Phantoms at the same time.

Mon'Star was also a terrible, terrible concept - I've read all of Mon'Star's Rp and, well...
....Apparently ridiculously overbuffed SRP's were easier to obtain back then.

I'd hate to see you play a real role play game. One that doesn't force you to not role play to play.

What?


This is a role play game, trust me, I role play all over the internet in all sorts of universes.

So... You imply that a "real role-playing game" doesn't involve forcing the players to... y'know, role-play? Isn't that the intrinsic purpose of a role playing game?

Seriously now. Discovery is not a PVP oriented universe - It's been Seven Months of realtime since I've been in active combat with another player on the Discovery server, and I've been playing pretty much constantly during that interval. Does that reveal something?



Glorious PvP dickstomping should occur as a mutually equiable RP experience. No more, no less.

No no, You are bound to RP because of the nature of this game. I'm sorry, perhaps going somewhere other than afk cruising can help elevate your concerns and meet other people.

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Were fools to make war on our brothers in arms.

[Spud]

I got a question.

So do the phantoms still exist in RP? Or did they use to? Does their stuff have to have been phantom stuff, or can people make up something entirely different around it when they write up new faction backgrounds or SRPs?

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[|nfrared]

I got a question.

So do the phantoms still exist in RP? Or did they use to? Does their stuff have to have been phantom stuff, or can people make up something entirely different around it when they write up new faction backgrounds or SRPs?

You asked more than 1 question so I'll address them individually

No Phantoms do not exist in RP. They did once long ago, but not anymore and not right now.

Does their stuff have to be Phantom stuff? Well I certainly hope not. I have gone out on a tangent with some rewrite stuff of my own, and over the next few days will be putting a faction thread together so people can see how it could look.

Personally I feel the old Phantoms are dead and by all accounts that I have heard they should stay that way. I have a new idea that I am still testing the water with, but the response so far hasn't been negative so I will see how far this road goes.

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Shard - The Faceless One

[Haste]

I don't think the Phantoms were entirely retconned out of mod history. After all, there are people still roleplaying (ex-)Phantom characters. And there's some "relics" flying around, too.

If the Phantoms never existed, those characters can't exist.

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[|nfrared]

I don't think the Phantoms were entirely retconned out of mod history. After all, there are people still roleplaying (ex-)Phantom characters. And there's some "relics" flying around, too.

If the Phantoms never existed, those characters can't exist.

Never said they never existed.

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Shard - The Faceless One

[Dusty Lens]

Hey guys, we're not supposed to go into details or talk about it over much but there's a chance that the Phantoms might be coming back in a surprising form.

Until then the word of the day is that we're going to deny that anything is happening

Looking forward to seeing you guys soon!

[NixOlympica]

Some wise person once said "There is this tiny skull next to the server name. It says players can kill players. Space is dangerous"

I too have the feel we are often sissying this game.

[Spud]

Hey guys, we're not supposed to go into details or talk about it over much but there's a chance that the Phantoms might be coming back in a surprising form.

Until then the word of the day is that we're going to deny that anything is happening

Looking forward to seeing you guys soon!

Who's "we"?

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