User:Tobel/DP

DP Round 1

Some chat is missing, obviously. --

Tobel: I did mention to the others: I'm 26, obviously as mentioned served in the military, and haven't been able to finish a telling as of yet. I always wound up getting deployed to Iraq which didn't have internet access. So I have very little middle and no late game experience.
Tobel: Although personally I believe that the characteristics of a person are more important than experience.
Siv: Understandable. I am 38, Female, Ex-Navy, and I have completes 3 tellings and going for my 4th one now. And I own my own company with my husband.
Tobel: Ew, seabee.
Tobel: :)
Siv: :)
Tobel: Need anyone for web design for your company, by the way? ;)
Siv: I have been out for a while now. Im old
Tobel: 38 isn't old :p
Siv: I feel old. :( But im at least young at heart with a 21 year old Daughter to prove it!
Tobel: Is she joining up?
Tobel: Military, not ATITD :)
Siv: No. She is a Design Engineer that is currently saving money to go to M.I.T.
Siv: She is VERY independant.
Tobel: Impressive! I hope she does well there.
Siv: I hoe so too. I am so very proud of her.
Siv: hope*
Siv: Man I can't type tonight at all. I think it is the stress
Tobel: Understandable :( Deaths are never easy.
Siv: I wish they were a lot easier. I understand everyone dies and everyone will die eventually, But why is it so hard still?
2 days 16 hours left in this Demi-Pharaoh round.
Tobel: Sometimes it depends on how strong your faith is, and in what you believe in. A bit easier on the heart if you believe you'll be seeing them again in the afterlife.
Siv: Well I know that time heals all and I know I will heal, but at least I am occupying my time and grief by spending it with a great community and good friends here in Atitd. And it helps to have friends around when dealing with things like this.
Tobel: Definately. ATITD is pretty epic, in that regard.
Siv: Yes. And the people in my area are helping me out quite a bit. And I hope that I can help them out as much as they have helped me.
Siv: But for now, I must go to sleep. 7AM comes early for me and I need to be ready for the funeral home tomorrow.
Siv: It was very nice to meet you and I am sure that we will talk more later on. And thank you for the chat and you have a great evening!
Tobel: You too, take care.
2 days 15 hours left in this Demi-Pharaoh round.
Tobel: Anyone around?
2 days 14 hours left in this Demi-Pharaoh round.
2 days 13 hours left in this Demi-Pharaoh round.
Khu: I'm around, 1.27 hours later!
Tobel: ^_^
Tobel: Welcome back.
Tobel: Our gazelle tapping.
Tobel: Out*
Khu: Very nice
Khu: One day, gazelles will be mine
Tobel: Hehe
Tobel: Siv put her hat into the ring if you want to read our conversation above.
Khu: Indeed. Well, if it's about introductions, I'm a homegrown international man of mystery. (Whatever that's supposed to mean) Experience wise, was true blue for T1 and very active with the beta and development of this game.
Khu: Came back to experience the "T1" feeling and have committed myself to enjoying everything that Bastet has to serve.
Tobel: I take it you are running for Demi Pharaoh as well?
Khu: Absolutely ;)
Tobel: I'll ask some of the questions that Muriel asked earlier. She seems to be the only one who isn't a candidate. Why do you want to be DP?
Khu: For my complete unadulterated, unbiased perspective on this game and on life for the most part. I don't feel that "in-game" experience really matters in the end as a DP. I think that it will require a sound mind, a balanced weighing, and a senseful decision. :)
Khu: Common sense must prevail as common to succeed!
Tobel: Second question was: What did you vote for in the Geodude law?
Khu: Abstained. Did not have enough information nor evidence to choose a side.

Tofutti: I'm in this to pass the principle, pure and simple :)
Tofutti: I've played ATITD a few times before, and came to see of this "shard" -- ouch! what a name! -- will be different in any interesting way from the other ones.
Tofutti: Still don't enjoy the conflict built into some of the tests, but exploring the rest :)

Tobel: Hey there :)
Tofutti: Just a comment on the obi jumping.
Tofutti: The theory is that the obi test was designed as legalized griefing :D
Muriel: hello Tofutti
Tofutti: A place where the griefers could run amok, more or less. A kind of escape valve ;)
Tofutti: Every tale there are discussions about a way to prevent obi jumping, and if it should be prevented, etc.
Tofutti: But it's just one of the places where the conflict is built into the gaem.
Muriel: yup teppys idea to see how egypt deals with this kind of behaviour
Tobel: I don't think Obelisk jumping can be controlled, nor should you control another players desires. But it seems like there will be enough anger over this to make a law to attempt to change the law for Obelisk... At least to prevent what happened yesterday.
Tofutti: In the interest of full disclosere, my obelisk was one of the ones Geodude took down :D
Muriel: took down?
Tofutti: Over built.
Muriel: yeah
Tobel: I think the system needs to be modified so that the current region height gets set at the tallest current Obelisk.
Tofutti: Other times, it's about an even split between the people who like to cooperate, and the players who enjoy conflict for its own sake.
Tobel: The idea that they used 1 Obelisk, tore it down (getting all materials back) and just walking into another region and doing the same thing 3 more times seems too much of an exploit.
Tofutti: But that's the design of the test.
Tofutti: ATITD is in a way Teppy's private social experiment.
Tofutti: He likes to stick pins in us and see how we jump :D
Tofutti: Like the plague in T3 I think it was.
Tobel: Anyone watch Star Trek? Reminds me of an episode where these invisible aliens were screwing with the crew (poking them with pins and devcices) :p REminds me of that.
Muriel: hehe and most of the time egypts society is very very predictable
Tofutti: Well, the game has been played through often enough, so experienced players know.
Muriel: its the same with DP really it brings out the worst cases of politicianess in the players
Tofutti: That's why the players who are going for architecture are sure to get their obi's up right away, The queues usually hold for a little while.
Muriel: vague answers, humming and hahing..avoiding difficult subjects....grin
Tobel: :D
Tobel: A lot of folks don't want to take a side it seems.
Tofutti: I like playing ATITD, but I do it knowing what for me is the downside.
Tofutti: Getting involved in an obi war is kind of like getting involved in a land war in Asia. Don't do it unless you're just in it for the joy of the fight.
Tofutti: Usually just lots of drama on both sides until everyone's bored with it :D
Tobel: Haha thats exactly how it seemed to pan out at the start.
Tobel: You heard alot of raging on regional and then eventually it just became a forgotten issue.
Tofutti: I think Geodude will be disappointed that it subsided so quickly. His type of player usually feeds on drama.
Muriel: thats the only way to deal with him, ignore him, shunning is an old ritual in some civilisations that would be ideal for him
Muriel: but people like to feed the trolls this is like some forums....
Tofutti: It's essentially bullying behavior. In RL there are ways to deal with some kinds of bullying, but in game, the options aren't there.
Muriel: what you talking about physical restraint? hitting?
Tobel: Stoning :p
Tofutti: Nope. Didn't have anything particular in mind, really.
Muriel: just shows that most folks can't solve problems without resulting to physical violence
Tofutti: But the laws in RL are somewhat different than in the desert :D
Muriel: ahh but we make our laws
Tofutti: That's all I meant.
Muriel: so it can be the same
Tofutti: Teppy has veto power over any laws we make.
Tofutti: That's why the Obi test is never changed.
Tofutti: I'm told that way back in Tale I there was a U of Conflict. Teppy likes that stuff.
Tofutti: Or so it appears. Never met the man :)
Tofutti: Must go finish my iron shovel for the Big Dig. I can sure use those stones. I'll keep an eye on the conversation. As I said, I'm not a contestant here :)