Originally posted by Falcomith

Ok...So rift is a clone of Pong.....But what is pong a clone of???? I will give you a clue...

 

 

Ugh, but then I'd have to get up. Vidya games are for people that don't care so much for moving.

 i just think the over-all air of it is a little insight of what the community could be like, which reminded me of reading general chat in wow. every mmo has trolls who muck up the channels, but the level of maturity the community offers usually determines the cleverness of the tolls. i can laugh at trolls who are witty, but the little screamers (OP) who are convinced that they are hilarious only deserve being ignored.

when i tried Warhammer, it was screamers everywhere. when i play EQ2 , i see social interaction (same with CoV when i played, except for the few people who always trashed others for playing/making the custom missions). when i play wow i see anal jokes and ridicule. when i played aion/Aoc/ddo, i think it was an even blend of them all.

sure, i laughed. but not because it was clever. sometimes kicking a dead horse with redundant, overdone jokes will still get a little response. 'three men and a murloc' just sounds funny. but it doesn't make for a great community.

I'll take his somewhat creative and somewhat humurous post over a self entitled cry baby, the usual troll we see.

After all, there are people having their limbs ripped off, vaginas sewn shut and of course starving people everywhere, and some assclown thinks he's entitled to play some video game in this fine country that I live in.

Originally posted by Rockgod99

Originally posted by Zairu

why not instead type an informative post of the games features that you feel are so grand, which would help those of us curiously looking at the game.

why is it so great that it inspires you to lash out at those who just want to hate it?

that would be way better than the pong joke.

 

i hit most rift topics, regardlessof the title. so maybe you should work more at making the community 'not' look like 12 year old douchebags.

 

Damn dude... It's only a joke. I think this specific forum could use some humor everyone is so up in arms trying to defend or attack the game it's good to just chill and laugh a bit.

 i really agree. i just don't think it's good advertisement. i'm pretty wary of subbing to another mmo that might not keep me for more than a few months. the community might not be what keeps me, but it sure as hell will make me me shy away.

I've given up on MMO's, there is absolutely no creativity or imagination allowed in them anymore. Movies are the same way, I'm going to start reading books.

sorry for the multi-post, but i forgot to mention (just to spite people) that when i did the trial to DF, i found the community to be among the best i've seen. it really amazed me.

give it more time for development, and i would sub to it. i just felt like it was similar to playing Oblivion, only with Morrowid graphics, with an mmo format.

i'm so bored with MMO's right now, i'm just subbed to EQ2 for when me and the wife have spare time to grind somewhere. since Skyrim talk, i'm just playing TES4, player made mods.

and okay, okay. it's not that the joke was not funny, as much as it paints a bad picture for 'in-game personality'.

i'm really on the fence right now with this game, and the official site doesn't really give me what i need to decide. and i don't feel like trying for beta. though if anyone dropped me a key, i would probably do it anyway...lol.

this and GW2 are the only mmo's that even have me curious with this years slew of new games. and i'd like to see more than the just 'clone' wars.

Originally posted by pierth

Originally posted by Zairu

why not instead type an informative post of the games features that you feel are so grand, which would help those of us curiously looking at the game.

why is it so great that it inspires you to lash out at those who just want to hate it?

that would be way better than the pong joke.

 

i hit most rift topics, regardlessof the title. so maybe you should work more at making the community 'not' look like 12 year old douchebags.

Why not ask about what you would like to know about the game instead of posting just to whine?

 

There are many threads in this forum with many posts (some more objective than others) along with loads of videos on Youtube to help illustrate those points presented in this and other forums regarding Rift. Every one of those threads also have people posting (much like your post) just to complain.

 so continue whinning about whinners and pretending your different.

i also said in my post that i click most rift topics, regardless of the topic. i would like a full analysis of what this game will offer, and that includes the people that are playing it, loving it, defending it, and posting it here, just as much as the detractors.

have a splendid day :)

I think that this is a better example.

EQ:

WoW:

Rift:

Originally posted by heartless

I think that this is a better example.

EQ:

 

WoW:

 

Rift:

Aion:

I enjoyed this thread. :)

Originally posted by Qazz

Originally posted by heartless

I think that this is a better example.

EQ:

 

WoW:

 

Rift:

Aion:

Sorry, I forgot about that game.

Originally posted by Qazz

Aion:

Priceless.

Originally posted by Zairu

sorry for the multi-post, but i forgot to mention (just to spite people) that when i did the trial to DF, i found the community to be among the best i've seen. it really amazed me.

give it more time for development, and i would sub to it. i just felt like it was similar to playing Oblivion, only with Morrowid graphics, with an mmo format.

 

i'm so bored with MMO's right now, i'm just subbed to EQ2 for when me and the wife have spare time to grind somewhere. since Skyrim talk, i'm just playing TES4, player made mods.

and okay, okay. it's not that the joke was not funny, as much as it paints a bad picture for 'in-game personality'.

i'm really on the fence right now with this game, and the official site doesn't really give me what i need to decide. and i don't feel like trying for beta. though if anyone dropped me a key, i would probably do it anyway...lol.

this and GW2 are the only mmo's that even have me curious with this years slew of new games. and i'd like to see more than the just 'clone' wars.

Re: your quote of mine, if you've read half as many threads regarding Rift here as I have then you've seen the exact same points brought up over and over- that's all there is. Unless something changes drastically between this beta and the next you'll probably see the same detractors complaining about the same things.

Now, as far as the community, that's going to be a big wait and see come launch. The MMORPG forums are only a small niche of the MMO community, you're not going to get an accurate idea of how the community on any one server in any particular game is from reading posts here.

Hell, we can't even really get an idea of what community will be like looking at previous "clones." I played on and off on WoW for years, and CoH and EQ1 before that (for the majority of my time). Community didn't change nearly as much until WoW hit, and in that I played on six different servers, some Alliance, some Horde, some PvE and some PvP. I found in that game that Horde usually had less idiotic chat, and the between PvE and PvP servers Hordeside still had better community. Does that mean it's the case on all WoW servers? Certainly not.

F2P vs. P2P? I currently play LoTRO (when the servers are up, anyway) and I've played it before and after it went F2P- on the server I currently play on the general chatter, while busier than P2P days, is usually appropriate to the channel it is in and people are helpful- much moreso than before it went F2P- there is occasional retardation late at night on the weekends but I figure those players are just drunk.

What I saw in Rift beta 5 on Shadefallen RP-PvE was only a bit better than WoW chat, certainly not RP and definitely not mature and rarely helpful- but this is beta and people were just rolling up wherever. You best bet on checking community will be if they have server forums on the main website and watching that.

I personally think that any MMORPG with a focus on solo-able gameplay cannot be conducive to having a good community. There has to be some kind of repercussion the playerbase will be subject to for being jerks, and in PvE that means the possibility of being blackballed by guilds and therefore being unable to level/progress. In PvP it can be easier because others can just gun for you whenever they see you. One thing is for sure- in older games there were GMs that would set the standard and make examples out of the asshats, but these days it's rare they even have a cursory check of the chat channels or names going through the filters.

i fold.

applied to beta. awaiting invite for next event.

Originally posted by Zairu

i fold.

applied to beta. awaiting invite for next event.

Good luck! Even if you don't get in, it releases in March so the wait isn't all that big of a deal anyway.

Originally posted by Zairu

i fold.

applied to beta. awaiting invite for next event.

Try this key: WW3K-9ZLY-P9RR-HLGH-XET7. Should give you a VIP access to the next beta test.

Originally posted by dakota123

oh ma gawd, rift is such a PONG clone, i mean really? it plays on a SCREEN, and whats with all this shit movin around, i swear to fucking gawd pong had shit moving around all over the damn place...and son of a bitch, they made it by programming!!!!!! total PONG rip off

 

I swear to gawd, all of these developers need to stop copying PONG, ever since Brickbreaer it's benn the SAME DAMN THING! This game is gonna fail so hard because hard cause pong did everything first, so just because of that, fuck itk, dont play it, i mean even look at the damn storyline, they are the same thing!

 

 

this gmae is gonna fail cause it is not innovative like pacman, that shit had ghosts!!!

completely agree with your point, thank you for this thread sir

Really enjoyed seeing a sense of humor displayed by the OP and several posters.

For some, I think Sgt. Hulka says it best.: "Lighten up, Francis". 

Speaking of lightening up, the lens flare about made me spray beverage on my keyboard. Well played. 

totally awesome thread, thank you for making this point

Originally posted by Azmo

Really enjoyed seeing a sense of humor displayed by the OP and several posters.

For some, I think Sgt. Hulka says it best.: "Lighten up, Francis". 

Speaking of lightening up, the lens flare about made me spray beverage on my keyboard. Well played. 

Everything is better with a lens flare... or 4.