Smuggler Archive

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Daturaze wrote:

I'm thankful for a number of things, four things that just pop out at me are:

1) Thankful that the devs nerfed the auto pull of materials from crates when slicing - I was just doing the slicing too fast previously and people would say "Hey, why should I give you money for only a few seconds work" Now, it takes much longer and the customer has a sense of "Hey, he's really working"

2) Teaching us a valuable life lesson - while some people will say "Devs have a history of broken promises" I say "Nonsense - the devs have taught us that you just shouldn't accept a persons word at face value, that there are a lot of dubious people out there, and that actions speak much louder than words" I for one appreciate this lesson and applaude the devs for knowingly take a large amount of flack simply to teach us this.

3) For giving us the underworld tree - while some of us not involved in the GCW might think of this as an utter and complete waste of a tree - I like to think that this was the Zen tree, as you get each box, you get nothing - or do you? Sense of accomplishment? It's teaching us that a smuggler sometimes works for nothing - ever hear of smugglers dumping cargos? Yep, that's right - they're working and have nothing to show for it - a true Zen Tree.

4) Spices - they're foods, yet they're not experimentable. How could this be? This is simply the devs giving us more of a worldview. Yes, they're teaching us now about different societal structures. In this case they're teaching us about Communism and Capitalism. Think about it "All Spice is Equal, it is all the same" No one can create better spices, no one can create worse spices - it's all the same. Where does Capitalism come in? Well, it takes a good salesman to sell the same crates of Muon to someone for 10K a factory crate while the same crate is probably 2K on the bazaars. A broken tree? No, I say it's just another tree of learning.

5) I'm thank for the Devs for giving Smugglers an almost parental responsibility. Some parents have to tell their children that "Dear, this is no Santa" or "The Easter Bunny doesn't exist" and then watch them cry. Drawing from this real life experience the Devs build this function into the game. How you ask? Why simple - when a noob comes up to you with a locked container asking you to slice it because "I've heard it has ubber l33t stuff inside" You can almost see the crestfallen face through the monitor as you hand back their survival knife and CDEF pistol. Sure they go through denial "YOU STOLE IT" but through patience, you can help guide teach these players, much like a parent teaching their spawn "No Billy, there is no tooth fairy, and locked containers usually blow"

So for all this, and possibly much more, I would like to thank the developers. And to Tralita_tusnami - I've tried to keep this positive, my apologies if it comes across differently

Cheers - and Happy Thanksgiving to all y'all - and to the Developers (really!)

Dat.

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tralita_tusnami wrote:

ok this is a post of good things devs have given us as Smugglers, please keep your negative coments off of here thanks

1 nuna's taste like turkey

2 cheep materals make the best slices

3 gorgs taste like turkey

4 bocats taste like turkey

5 slice hounds taste like turkey

6 rancors smell like turtles but taste like turkey

7 han solo outfits

8 wookies are good company if you dont mind fur

9 holo chess tables we cant use

10 corillian buterflys taste like turkey

11 brandy goes good with turkey

12 faction points

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13 Empty promises

14 LIES

15 Fixed (already working) skills till they are nerfed/ broken

16 Nothing new (for those who hate change)

17 A reason to adventually quit for WoW

18 HHHHmmmm think they could nerf thanksgiving before it gets here?

Maloso

"I'm not negative..... just call it how I see it !"

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Nicolas_Frost wrote:

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EvilGene wrote:

Hmm?? What is thanksgiving... guessin its what the Americans call Christmas

Message Edited by EvilGene on 11-08-2004 11:01 AM

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ThanksGiving is an American holiday in the last third of November, a feast held roughly on the anniversary of a feast between colonists and Native Americans.

Its called ThanksGiving because relatives, old friends and new get together and celebrate what they're Thankfull for and what God has given them. However, its not just a religious holiday, I simply listed God for two reasons. #1, The colonists were Christians. #2, I'm a Christian. Other families of other religions(or none) celebrate what thier diety has brought to them, or what life has brought to them. Many use ThanksGiving as a reason to bring families together, and many use it as a reason to eat turkey, pumpkin pie, and basicly just PIG OUT .

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Daturaze wrote:

I'm thankful for a number of things, four things that just pop out at me are:

1) Thankful that the devs nerfed the auto pull of materials from crates when slicing - I was just doing the slicing too fast previously and people would say "Hey, why should I give you money for only a few seconds work" Now, it takes much longer and the customer has a sense of "Hey, he's really working"

2) Teaching us a valuable life lesson - while some people will say "Devs have a history of broken promises" I say "Nonsense - the devs have taught us that you just shouldn't accept a persons word at face value, that there are a lot of dubious people out there, and that actions speak much louder than words" I for one appreciate this lesson and applaude the devs for knowingly take a large amount of flack simply to teach us this.

3) For giving us the underworld tree - while some of us not involved in the GCW might think of this as an utter and complete waste of a tree - I like to think that this was the Zen tree, as you get each box, you get nothing - or do you? Sense of accomplishment? It's teaching us that a smuggler sometimes works for nothing - ever hear of smugglers dumping cargos? Yep, that's right - they're working and have nothing to show for it - a true Zen Tree.

4) Spices - they're foods, yet they're not experimentable. How could this be? This is simply the devs giving us more of a worldview. Yes, they're teaching us now about different societal structures. In this case they're teaching us about Communism and Capitalism. Think about it "All Spice is Equal, it is all the same" No one can create better spices, no one can create worse spices - it's all the same. Where does Capitalism come in? Well, it takes a good salesman to sell the same crates of Muon to someone for 10K a factory crate while the same crate is probably 2K on the bazaars. A broken tree? No, I say it's just another tree of learning.

5) I'm thank for the Devs for giving Smugglers an almost parental responsibility. Some parents have to tell their children that "Dear, this is no Santa" or "The Easter Bunny doesn't exist" and then watch them cry. Drawing from this real life experience the Devs build this function into the game. How you ask? Why simple - when a noob comes up to you with a locked container asking you to slice it because "I've heard it has ubber l33t stuff inside"You can almost see the crestfallen face through the monitor as you hand back their survival knife and CDEF pistol. Sure they go through denial "YOU STOLE IT" but through patience, you can help guide teach these players, much like a parent teaching their spawn "No Billy, there is no tooth fairy, and locked containers usually blow"

So for all this, and possibly much more, I would like to thank the developers. And to Tralita_tusnami - I've tried to keep this positive, my apologies if it comes across differently

Cheers - and Happy Thanksgiving to all y'all - and to the Developers (really!)

Dat.

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/train Daturaze forumskill_title_cynic_master

You truly capped your Sarcasm XP on that post...

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maloso wrote:

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Nicolas_Frost wrote:

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EvilGene wrote:

Hmm?? What is thanksgiving... guessin its what the Americans call Christmas

Message Edited by EvilGene on 11-08-2004 11:01 AM

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ThanksGiving is an American holiday in the last third of November, a feast held roughly on the anniversary of a feast between colonists and Native Americans.

Its called ThanksGiving because relatives, old friends and new get together and celebrate what they're Thankfull for and what God has given them. However, its not just a religious holiday, I simply listed God for two reasons. #1, The colonists were Christians. #2, I'm a Christian. Other families of other religions(or none) celebrate what thier diety has brought to them, or what life has brought to them. Many use ThanksGiving as a reason to bring families together, and many use it as a reason to eat turkey, pumpkin pie, and basicly just PIG OUT .

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You said it but you forgot the football

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