Dancer Archive

Something I meant to include in that rambling diatribe, but forgot, is how awesomely entertainers look out for each other. Tonight, in spite of the fun I was having with Formal (or maybe because of it), I made it to Novice Dancer.

But on my way to the trainer, my speeder bike exploded, and repairing it sucked up just about the last of my money. :0 Imagine my chagrin when I finally find the guildhall, and the training fee is 5000 credits. The NPC trainer was even snide about it. "Too rich for you?" B$7@h.

I had been chatting all the night on the Ent channel, so while halfway into my first destroy mission since the demo weeks, while shooting up some "plasma thieves," I make a remark about the state of the entertainer professions and me having to kill stuff to raise money for dance training. Immediately I get about three tells offering to help pay for the training, and before I can answer any of them, someone else just tips me 15k.

You want to know how many people I had on my /friends list on CoH? NONE! In three months I didn't find one person who'd give me the time of day, let alone help me out. As a healer, I used to run through the game randomly healing other players when I saw one with low health, and I can count on one hand the number of times I got so much as a "thank you".

However buggy the SWG entertainer's gameplay is, the people playing it are a community, and they act like it, and they're awesome. At the cross-server Chilastra event last weekend, people were sharing travel money left and right, or making clothes for whoever asked.

It's now way past my bedtime, and I'm barely awake, so this probably isn't any more cogent than the last post. But I wanted to say it, if for reasons I don't now recall.



J.

Umiio "Umi" Panwanga • Rodian party girl • Bria
Iba'onchab • Gets boarded sometimes • Chimaera


SIGHERE

/hug
/hug
/hug

You should know how I feel about this by now Javy. I've told quite a few people in the last little while that if it wasn't for the people I know online, I wouldn't be here right now. I honestly don't keep my account for the GAMEPLAY! It's the community that keeps me here. If I hadn't made that random trip from Lowca to Bria to check out the memorial, I would be gone now.

As for these boards, why do you think I avoided them for about a month. This place, at the time, was a constant reminder of the attention we were not getting. It seems to be better now thanks to the all purpose sticky complaint thread (except for one or two people that insist on creating yet another "Buffbots suck" thread ), so I've slowly been coming back.

So why am I still here?? You, and all the people I know (you know who you all are, there's just too many to list ). I would hope that we're enough to keep you here with us as well

To clarify things just a bit...I am having fun in the game. I don't want to leave and most likely will not. That's why I'm feeling trapped. I know I should leave, to make a statement to the dev team with my money, but I won't. Because even if they haven't done a damn thing for us in the year I've been here, Koster's original vision and implementation still provides me with fun in the game that I cannot get elsewhere.

I'm not going anywhere...but I have cancelled my second account and will not be buying Jump to Lightspeed. It offers me pretty much nothing. I bought and want to play a role playing game, not a flight sim, thus JTL would seem to offer next to nothing to me for my $30.

Anyway, the point is, I hate the situation, I hate that I feel trapped, but at least I'm trapped with good people that seem to like me. Or at least they put up with me with all the flirting, obnoxious behavior and loud clothing. It's hard to find people willing to put up with that, you know.

Thanks for the hugs.

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kirah_ashlin wrote:

I'm glad you clarified, Javy, because you know that if you left I would hunt you down and chain you to your pc until you played this silly game again! Once was enough, mister!!!

/agree

Actually, I understand where you are coming from. You know that I've been MIA on Bria quite a bit lately. Well, I've been out and about, on other servers, trying to find the fun of the game again. Part of that is because of Roho, but I'llleave it tohim torespond to this if he wants to.

*runs off to find Roho*

*...Then realizes he hasn't finished with this yet*

The only thing - let me repeat- the ONLY THING that keeps me here is the friendship with several wonderful peopleI've found through this game. A couple of them have helped me make it through some rough times - and that says a lot about people you meet online.

hmm, doesn't look like they have a font large enough for me to stress this part as much as it should be. I got into the game because it was Star Wars. Now the only reason for me to play is because of my friends. The game isn't all that compelling, and the company's customercare is...inadequate.

Keep the SWG faith with us, Javy. You add so much to this game - SOE should be paying you to play!

They should be paying all the Entertainers to play after what we've gone through, but I'd say Javy deserves to draw a salary most of all for making it worthwhile for so many other Entertainers to stick around.

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I haven't (and couldn't) say it enough, but I love you all. The Entertainment community is an awesomeone and I'm proud to be a member of it.

Message Edited by Esharra on 10-06-2004 04:31 PM

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Reachwind wrote:

The community is NOT enough. This is a video game first and a chat room second. I am no longer content to pay for the right to be a part of this community. For my entertainment dollar I need some game as well. The game I beta tested, loved and played for a year straight has been brutally ruined by bad design and implementation and no progress towards making much neededchanges is currently being openly planned or tested.

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Amen.