Posted by Raztibelt on November 11, 1999 at 01:30:08:
In Reply to: Please read this (long, but important) posted by Montolio DeBrouchee, Warder of the Light on November 10, 1999 at 17:53:28:
I remember Montolio from *way* back. I also I too took a break from CF for a couple of Raztibelt aka I don't say the shadow because, well its shadow
remember the game being more fun back then.
I remember the days, as I'm sure many of you do,
before there was a Galadon and the days when
the Arbiters were called Justice and there
was just Justice, Entropy, Battle, Masters,
Knight, and Shadow.
years and came back. Raz was my first Hero
ever...and as I have said on here before, he
may suck at fighting and Pking, but I think
he serves his purpose. He wasn't meant to be
a person who could defeat a Palan or Ktavialt (sorry
I know I misspelled it. Ya'd think after so
many deaths I would remember it) or Tarrin (who
BTW I think all play their characters well).
He was meant to try and help others and that
is what I've tried to do. Why do I ramble?
Because what Fordham said is right on. The
game has become so much more mean spirited and
there seems to be a lack of real purpose to
the Cabals anymore. Sure there are more
than when I left, but when I did leave, they
meant more than they do now...It meant something
to say you were an BattleRager other than just
you mage I kill. Everyone talks about Roleplay
and how you have to always roleplay. Fine, I
try my best at it, I don't sit here and claim
to be the best roleplayer, but I like to think
that I have gotten better as Raz has aged and
I've worked some of my other characters up.
But IMHO, the roleplay on CF was better back
when. Now too many use RP as a bad routine.
I've never made a big impact on the game. No
one probably remembers any of the names of the
characters I list at the bottom, but I would
like to think each was unique, even those that
were in the same Cabal. I think if people
went back, looked at what the Cabals were
meant to be and who they were meant to service
as well as thinking about *reasons* to do something
rahter than just killing for the hell of it and looting
for no reason, the game would be better off.
I don't say this because I'm bitter about getting
killed a lot (ya'll know I'm an easy mark),
I'm saying it because I'm sick of hearing about
how badly people roleplay and about how the
game is no fun because people suck etc. Well
my advice is to do something then. Either
work from within the game to change those
facts or move on. I for one try and do things
within the game with all of my characters.
[JUSTICE]Yar (not the current Servant)
[ARBITER]Iccarrius
[KNIGHT] Jal
[SHADOW] *someone*
[ENTROPY] *someone*
[MASTER] *someone*
and I don't think anyone ever knew he was even
though he was tattooed by Julias. The Baron and the
Master were so long ago that I've forgotten.