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[aiesha_anonymous]

[Karmic_Crimewave]

[Nightmare Tony]

Didnt mean to be patronizing. After posting up too much drivel (myself, no one else, thanks!) and two people graciously have me notes in the PS forums, I calmed down before it got the point of becoming a trout master. After a complete and utter failure to contribute to the anniversary game, thats why I think a small gentler ARG for newcomers owuld be a way to teach. One learned the ways of trout FAST after reading up the Haunted Apiary forums!

but DANG, if the HA is hard with absolutely no discernible progress! One wants to simply scream BRING IN A CLOUDMAKER TO SOLVE IT IN ONE DAY!!!

[konamouse]

Orbital Colony - that might be a good ARG for wetting your whistles! I don't think it will be easy. But it's not an iron curtain for the PM team and there in lies the rub - it's an opportunity for both new PMs and new players to learn.

[MageSteff]

[Dorkmaster]

Ok, well the people have spoken. We will NOT do this, and I would beg of people not to, since the majority does not want us to. And that's respected. You wanna start your own forum and do it there, that's cool.


But, before I call for locking and a final end to this stuff, I'm going to put in my 2 cents and just clarify my motives to starting this thing:

1) Was not intended to hurt anyone. While there may have been the occasional person who was hurt, (as there will be in any practical joke,) the point was not to humiliate, but to simply observe. (Ok, and to shake our communal heads, and smirk occasionally)

2) Was motivated by seeing people who can't stand silence. More than anything, this was because I found it hilarious and also annoying that a lot of people couldn't stand waiting for the next update. So they posted here, sometimes WILD WILD specs and didn't care if it had been posted before, because someone had to have an idea about SOMETHING, RIGHT?!? But no... no one did really care... They just wanted to be heard in a gigantic forum called the World Wide Web, in front of intelligent people, and be responded to, and coddled... But that's not what this place is about... (Again, this sounds harsh, and it's not buffered at all, but it's true, and you know it... )

3) Was more aimed at those who just wouldn't/shouldn't get it. I know it would have attracted those noobs who have every right to a mulligan once in a while (that was me a week ago!) I did it more for those who should know better. Because I feel that the next step beyond informing, gently admonishing, and strongly reinforcing the rules of a place such as the unforum, is mocking. Lots and lots of mocking. That gets the rules across! (ok, so I don't really think that, but it's not necessarily untrue...) But my point is that this would be for the person who has posted 20 times, is still not registered, has had at least three good troutings, and is informed each time about the search function and the Wiki, and STILL POSTS TROUTY DRIVEL just to hear his/her own voice... That's what this was to poke fun of... not the new guy/girl...

4) also cuz it's kinda, you know.... funny. Ok? Even Magesteff, one of the uberARGers (yeah I made it up, wanna fight about it? ) thought it was mildly amusing... so I can't be THAT wrong....


But again, I do discourage it, because that was the point of this whole thing, to get a vibe for the community, which has spoken! I will listen! Thanks for your time, and I'll see ya when we get the next Communique from Dana... (Wouldn't it suck to have to wait until the medium metastisizes? D'OH!)

[bill]

[Wishi-san]

I think you may have taken that the wrong way Bill.

It seemed to me she was clarifying that Orbital Colony was a training game for the PMs in case people thought it was specifically for training new players.

Isn't everything an opinion? Or do we need to write that at the start of all posts? It is a training ARG for PMs and has never been made out to be anything else.

[bill]

[Wishi-san]

[Varin]

Although I can't speak for Magesteff, I'd have to say that I took the post the same as Wishi did here. I think Magesteff was just making it clear that, although this is going to be a training ARG for PMs, it is going to be a real ARG for players. There won't be an step-by-step instruction booklet given out with registration

But, as kona pointed out it and Magesteff mentioned it may be easier for first time ARGers since the PMs are known and can answer questions.

Back to our regularly scheduled thread topic

[Fi]

As a relative n00b still, I find it's the complexity of a game which makes it "harder" for me - the time it takes to keep up, read posts, wade through noise. In a way Bees is gonna be a great game for n00bs because of all the work put in by the admins and mods here - the Wiki, the Beelog, the posting guidelines, player tutorials, effective thread management etc etc. By ensuring that a clean as possible route is provided to the main points, it really does make it so much easier to keep on top of things.

Well, all that *and* sneakily logging in from work

Fi