...But didn't you do the same thing with O's?

lol - The O's are clearly there because "Hunter" is taken and Dennis loves his 3/4 year old inactive accounts. And X's are, as I said known to be used by either girls, or "douches".

:)

But you could have used something along the lines of "Hunter2" or "Hunter the Second," if you were feeling formal. X's are also used by pirates, clock makers, anyone who wants to play Tic-Tac-Toe, and The Most Interesting Man in the World.

Generalizing X as a feminine letter (or one used by... undesirable people) just doesn't make a lot of sense.
Edited by Echo77 on Jun 20, 2012 at 09:53 PM

The usage it has been used for here, here in the UK, typically means "chav" and arse. Or someone who thinks they are "hard".

redneck-american
bogan- australian
chav-british

Hunter, actually, two Xs means Male. An X and a Y means either Male or Female. Two Ys means a Female.

Considering xxSMGxx has 4 Xs in it, xxSMGxx must be two Males. O:

Dunno where you got that from, but in genetics, Double Xs mean female. XY chromosomes mean male.

I've always been bad at Genetics in Biology. Good job it wasn't in my exam this year... I'm on Higher Tier Set 1 Science papers. Phew. :P

You will never get XY, especially not XY.

Roleplaying was done by the younger players.

Given this game is over a decade old, most of those players have moved on to newer and bigger games.

The fact that this game is aged, is also why you dont see newer players coming in often.

If Microsoft was to release the game key-free, we might see some new players, but that will not happen.

Speaking of that, whoever hosts all the multiplayer stuff... will that just be around forever, or...?

MW3 sucks and you know it.

Oh, well that's good. They killed Halo 2's online multiplayer capabilities a while back, didn't they? I was just wondering how we were still going, and how much longer it'd be before we ended up getting the axe.

And if that happens, is there any way we'd be able to get around it and continue having a functional multiplayer?

Nvm.
Edited by hobbet360 on Jun 24, 2012 at 04:08 AM

I'm pretty sure I heard that GameSpy continues to host servers which hold over a certain population regardless of whether or not they're still funded. I might just be imagining things though...

Ignoring the semi-necro-bump, that is a good conclusion of this thread, Bungie LLC.

As pointed out by Nick though, private RPs are the only real continuing real RPs that occur now. If you want to continue rping, either Nick or myself can pm the Xfire usernames of all those who still actively roleplay.

It's unfortunate that most public RP clans have become totally inactive. The only thing that could revive public RPs is if a mapmaker made public announcements through the network of all the currently still existing public RPs clans; rather than insisting on exclusive announcements on mostly-unknown forums.

Exile??

Edited by Fier on Jun 28, 2014 at 04:13 PM

Fier, silence. You left the RP community a long time ago. You have no idea how the community now works.

No, neither me nor Nick run the RP community. But we are very up to date on activities.

And I never said I was a successful clan RP leader. I have admitted my mistakes time and time again. However, I can say without boast that I am a better RP clan leader and a better person than YOU.

There is nothing wrong with either me nor Nick, least of all Nick. Nick is a very good member of the community and has done very well at keeping RP activity running.

By the way, if you were actually keeping up to date, clans don't even really run the community anymore. Which is a very good thing. Most decent servers are run independantly run by developers like Nick and Rad.

You lost any say whatsoever in any matters a long time ago, especially concerning either me, Nick, or any other former or active RP clan leaders.

Also, for your information, there are very legit servers in HCE, on some new RP maps. Nick is a very good modder. Though I have criticised his work in the past, I'd say he is a much better mapper than OpsY ever was.

E: P.S. I haven't even been on xfire much at all this year except perhaps to speak to friends. Try again. ;)

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Edited by Jaz on Aug 7, 2012 at 02:42 PM

People need to understand the difference between serious role-playing and the 'not so' serious side.
Most of the time people join and mess about because either:
- They don't understand what is going on
- They want to have some fun that isn't the right kind on that server.
- They're just trying to get a reaction from the other players.

Most of the RP clans failed because the leaders did what they wanted without ANY input, which is fine in some cases, or that they didn't RP with the community and they stayed on their own.

In my own view, I feel that to have a successful RP community, you need to include everyone and give them the chance - if they don't follow the set rules etc, Ban them. So you have just the people who want to do it. If it's private you have less chance of attracting new players - unless they FIND your group that role plays.

The old maps is hardly a problem either; you're supposed to use your imagination to make them fun again. The RPG_Beta series was used for a VERY long time and is still fun if the RP leader(s) and the 'rper's' make it fun. Or just use different maps that perhaps were not designed to be used like that, but make do with it. Just like Halo.


- I understand alot of you may disagree, but this is just my input on this.
Edited by sos on Aug 7, 2012 at 03:43 PM

This is a great idea in my opinion.
And keep ranks for older members and people who have proven themselfs, but give each person a chance to lead and make their own stories that are not the same 'K guiz, well we're on Harvest and well - OH MY..COVENANT it's REECH ALL OVER AGAIN'.

It wouldn't separate the community, but help determine who actually want's to play with others, and who just wants to 'mess about'.

Edited by sos on Aug 7, 2012 at 03:52 PM

The problem with this is that it's quite difficult to decide who is good at leading rps and who just seems good at leading rps. One could luck out once or twice and end up a moderator, but then they end up rubbish at leading roleplays after a few matches.

A better idea would be to set up temporary admin/leading systems. Somebody could put forward a vague plan of a roleplay, you look at it, if it seems like a good plan, let it pass and see it in action. If the roleplay ends up rubbish, the writer of that plan obviously isn't suited to running roleplays. However, if the plan itself is very good, you could ask the writer to help other leaders.
If a roleplay ends up good, continue to examine that writer/leader's plans and pass them if they seem good.

So basically, get an examination system running, get a general opinion on each writer/leader, but don't give anyone any permanent status.

E: Just read Nick's post and reread my post, and noticed we're in direct contrast for one part.
RANKS ARE NOT A GOOD IDEA, in my opinion. Ranks just mean that those that have lucked out a few times could end up continuing to leading roleplays, and end up leading a rubbish roleplay eventually. It would be better to avoid statuses like that, and just use general opinions of people as a general guideline for whether or not you believe they can manage to put their plans into action, and examine each plan individually.

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Edited by Jaz on Aug 7, 2012 at 03:59 PM

But why have a clan of JUST people who can lead? Give them all a chance and see if they're consistent, but you want people who just WANT to follow too.

Rank's can work, but only if the leaders give them to people who deserve them. Obviously they wouldn't be used in an RP which wasn't military (if it follows that rank style).
Edited by sos on Aug 7, 2012 at 04:07 PM

Yeah, though I don't want to insult some leaders, especially those who are sort of friends, some clans are extremely unorganised and inexperienced.

And yes, MRp was a terrible clan. Though I wouldn't have admitted while I was forced to diplomatically apologise for insulting MRp due to the former leaders' insistence and Nick's own insistince as well, MRp was one of the worst RP clans ever to exist. I have a lot of reasons to hate them. Their leaders were far in the clouds above reality, and believed they had control over everyone. They even tried to boycott EoRP for no real reason, except perhaps that I had insulted one of their leaders severely earlier.
Worst of all, they believed that they were far more important allies of some clans than EoRP was. Obviously that didn't work out as other clans just ignored them while they insisted on attempting to boycott and close us down. Some clan leaders that MRp believed were boycotting EoRP even gave me advice on clan matters.

Though I unfortunately doubt that Nick, who was very active during MRp's existence, would ever admit MRp's failures, others agree with me, obviously including yourself, Bungie LLC. :)

Anyway, I've been speaking to SoS. There are quite a few possibilities that could revitalise the rp community. I have to go to bed now. But I'll post a very large wall of text tomorrow. :P

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Edited by Jaz on Aug 7, 2012 at 08:45 PM

I... am going to have to disagree.

I'm waiting to see the wall of text, just so I can say 'TL;DR' :D

Wall of text cancelled. Busy, and was actually exaggerating the wall of text part anyway. It was only going to be a small paragraph explaining our ideas. Nevermind. :/

:(

I was looking toward to a nice healthy dose of TLDR.