Posted by Raag et al on August 01, 1999 at 16:38:43:
The bell tolls for me.. Well, I must say, it has been an experience. My last tie with CF [and online A few start-out characters, Dragolich, Dredd, Stanis, Rathamon, Asai..basically [26 arial invoker] [MASTER] Sarina: My first cabal character, courtesy of [30 arial thief] [BATTLE] Pierach: My second cabal character. Pure genius on [30 arial thief] Drouk: Had some good times with Arbiters. Thought I was This is the point when I left CF [Sept ‘96] and played DM for just over a year, returning [51 arial assassin] Deknash: On a mission of revenge, he power ranked with Varggin [31 human ranger] Aravlis: {Silvara backwards} He was pretty tough, I thought. Killed [37 human transmuter] Richard: I thought up the most annoying name I could and Then came Krystal, another tranny. Same deal, remember dealing Haruchai enough [51 dwarf warrior] Hazarthe: Tried damned hard for battle but never got it. Perfected [40 arial warrior] Vargas: I believe he was *the* first arial sword/whip spec warrior [41 arial warrior] [BATTLE] Haek: Sword and whip again. Did quite well with a good [51 gnome transmuter] [MASTER] Trodden: Same ol same ol, good fun but when [47 human necromancer] [EMPIRE] Vidar: I’ve probably got these in the wrong order [48 elf warrior] [KNIGHT] Talis: Got inducted a week before they were disbanded. [47 human necromancer] [EMPIRE] Jexper: Did a mass deletion of Talis, Jexper, [46 duergar warrior] [BATTLE] Vaknar: Poured my heart and soul into Vaknar. He [51 gnome healer] [ARBITER] Ramprakash the Holy Hero, [None] Ramprakash the Then came a flood of duergar warriors. Another Asai, Mendar, Sandoz, [47 human transmuter] [SYLVAN] Azeleth: Really enjoyed Azeleth, up until I hit [51 human transmuter] [EMPIRE] Imhotep: May have done great things,may not have. No doubt I’ve left out characters, but I’ve said all I wanted to. A list of significant Mike, cyberbob@smug.student.adelaide.edu.au
dimensions in general] has been severed recently. I have met countless
people through CF and simply based on that, it’s been worth it. Sure, I *could*
be a multi-millionaire had I never logged on that fateful day back in Jan ‘96 but..
This is my second [and last, I guarentee it] farewell note I’ll write, for I shan’t
be returning, I think I’ve done just about everything I want to as a CF player.
I am annoyed at the way I leave now though, though if I don’t leave now, well
who knows..I won’t drag this out too long, I hope. Now that Nepenthe is no
longer amoung us mortals..where is the challenge?:P A short character list in
approximate chronological order:
a walking punching bag everytime. This was back in the time when a full set of
red/arborian/platinum/mithril was a wet dream. Had some good fights with
Barabas the Hidden Terror, and Hazezon.
[30 cloud ranger] Julia: A friend told me they were tough, died to Maelfestus about
fourty times. Learned a lot with Julia, had some hilarious moments of complete
ignorance and stupidity. Liked that character a lot.
Xaixara. A good learning experience, auctioned her password in Galadon when
she hit an 80k hole. The person who stabbed the character actually hero’ed her.
my behalf at getting inducted [sarcasm], by annoying the then leader, Aarakocrus
with Sarina and then multi’ing Pierach at the same time and killing Sarina infront
of Aara *shrug* It felt like a good idea at the time and it worked. Still, was booted
shortly afterwards by Nimbus for asking a mage to group [was going to stab him].
Had good fights with Talton, and yes, I never denied asking you to summon me
from the steep slope :P
invincible, con died shortly afterwards. Phillipe and Warren were tough.
in about October ‘97 to CF. My gameplay really took off on DM, I learned a lot about
mechanics, coding etc and came back looking at CF through different eyes.
to hero, and struck down Adrhra with a cunning dagger to the throat, removing an
eyeball as she fell. Eventually got denied for "dropping equipment" and another person
from my site picking it up. It was all coincidental, but I didn’t complain because the
other character from my site was one of my own characters I had let Arolin play and
was...
a lot of people, didn’t really offer anything to CF apart from an annoying bastard who
did lots of hunting. Tanked like a complete bastard, a memorable fight was against
Jarlandra, Pahvlan and Easin [E-something in any case]. Killed all three at once, got
Jarlandra again even while he had a healer at his side. Maybe the 9 or so ranks had
something to do with it.
by inspiration from Luthoz [o all rem all, o all drop all], we joked around about
certain emotes before I charm people "Richard arrives through a gate. Richard
flops out his .... You look at Richard with adoring eyes." It was truly amazing
the amount of equipment a transmuter could gather though. Gate, charm, rem all
drop all, gate, duo, drop all, gate, charm, etc...Had memorable fights against
the Masters..Naisiaire [sp?], Guerric [Yes, I did kill you twice.. once before I lost
charm, once afterwards], and Nedlach [I think].
mob deaths for him to give up. Must have sucked for a level 23 storm warrior in
ragers to be charmed by someone he couldn’t even see. NB I was ruthless at this stage
in my CF career.
[40 human transmuter] Cezaar: Had a lot of fun with Jebediah and Zimmeron.
over 30 skills with him.. went axe and dagger. Let him autodelete after I gave up on
ragers.. was hard though, playing for 150+ hours and not once being able to see
the invisible, especially when masters had tess.
post specialization. Had a lot of fun with him also, with Saba and Stiles. Got denied
for logging on, making a bee-line for Knights and summon/killing Ihlrath. Had some
good interactions with Woru, and others..
[51 cloud warrior] [ARBITER] Augustus: Wanted to see what an Arbiter was like.
Went sword/polearm. Had a great time for the first 60 hours or so, played him
seriously, but all of a sudden I lost interest, left him idle for a few weeks, then
went on suicide missons. In hindsight, I should have deleted him after those 60 hrs.
Have memories of titanic struggles with Maedhros and a few other ragers. Went on
the Graatch hell-trip, still can’t decide whether it was a highlight or lowlight.
[16 arial warrior] Gerome: Might as well mention this guy.. had perfect weapon/tanking
skills at rank 16 [boxing gloves were a godsend] and ripped the entire range a new one.
[51 human transmuter] [MASTER] Zharradam Marr: The thing I liked most about
Zharradam was his description. I won’t elaborate on him, but would once again like
to thank Twist and Nep. {boar, albatross, lion, displacer beast} Things were made a
lot more interesting by a certain elven transmuter who will remain nameless. To this
day I still smile when I remember how long he took to perfect shapeshift, and how
he caused the non aggression policy that is in place now, single handedly.
record up until I tried Ihlrath on for size. After dying to Ihlrath three times, I decided to
move on.
the buggy special guards could crush people six times a round and I died because
of it, I just couldn’t be bothered with him. Did some good hell exp’ing with Trodski.
but Vidar fits somewhere in here. Good fun again, probably the most successful Pker
I had, raw kills anyway.
Augustus and Trodden in one foul swoop and took a month off.
battled his way to 46 and I mean battled.. got in a 60k hole at level 37, struggled out
and got to 41 and then a major pfile crash happened and yes, I was sent right back
into the deepest part of my 60k hole at 37. Leveled up to 46 but after dying to
quicksand eleven times in one day, I called it quits. Had good times with Khashi, and
a special mention goes to Abernyte.
Betrayer of Laws, Dead to Arbiters. This is where I start to get angry. I was a
follower of Justin, in judgement. I was booted from arbiters for being seen with an
enemy of Arbiters, Orodeth, who was once an arbiter. I judged that he’d been a
victim of unfair dismissal and backed myself on that judgement. Naturally, I accepted
that I would no longer be an arbiter, but to strip me of my Tattoo was totally wrong.
TOTALLY wrong. I was showed the ultimate passion towards my religion, taking
it above my cabal ties, and in the end, was excommunicated from Justin. What
really gets me was that he refused to talk to be about it all. Did some good hell
exploration with Rampy though. Special mentions goes to Zhreth and Jaldean.
Crewso [anathema], Pierache and Skelter [anathema]. Each were quite different in
background although each basically were there to take me back to the good old days
of Rathamon and Asai. Special mention to Maushi, you were a champion.
I decided to get off my ass and play a decent character,
[51 fire anti-paladin] [MASTER] Raag: Since he is fresh on my mind, I’ll actually be
able to remember most of those he interacted with, such as Kaerk, Elandren, Dyston
Azaera, Serafim, Ternin, Zandorix, Zargu, Matraien and more, I’m sure. Died three times
to PK’s.. once at level 26 to Harrek, Yohalin and Nobli when I took it way too easy.
Once at sylvan in a thorns on the bear, insected and taking damage from Alain and
Vandex [Admittedly my link was about two rounds behind the actual fight and I
didn’t do anything to help my situation]. Finally to Golmagus’s PWK. I don’t really
count phantasmal killer as a PK death, died once to it. Did some good hell exp’ing
with Raagy.
47th. Not sure what happened, but overnight I tired of him. Got the wolf, hawk
and lion. Hilaene, Arantomir, Dyston, Mendeiron, you’re all top guys/gals and
was enjoyable the short time we spent together.
There is no point in playing if you are not enjoying it, and as an anathema, his role was
not what it was meant to be and I am not one to compromise, so..
others: Graatch, Challen, Lachdanan, Ihlrath, Zhreth, Maushi, Kraechek, Woru, Legyll
Beornin, Nerzhul, Alodar, Iukuru, Orodeth, Calatin, Ankur, Alain, Vandex, Voss,
Istendil, Vhaereun, Vasconjelos, Zhentralov, Khashi, Abernyte, Iomahk, Neria, Shaitar,
Felstrom, Laios, Sermak, Laerinth, Matraien, Savryn, Azaera, Crystanthia, Crackbaby,
Zulghinlour, Leigh, Aciduar, Piorex, Aarakocrus, Malachista, Sanchara, Talton, Byvarn,
Sevanna, Kaerk, Thorrnaere, Sendrik, Maelfestus, Mydrexial, Saberhagen...
If you read this and think to yourself "Fuck him.. how could he *not* mention me!"
Well, don’t take it personally, my memory fails me. No hard feelings to anyone.