Argument One: This is just a game: Last time i fingered Zenick, he had 3 years
of game time. _3 YEARS_. So maybe over 10% of his real life hes spent logged
in here playing! And theres LOTS and LOTS of others who are like that; Point
of fact is that saying \"this is just a game\" does not sum up at
all what this game is like. Yes it is a game, but it is a game which has, to
some extent, become a way of life for very many people... a beloved
institution that for whatever reason people keep on coming back to. Thus
saying this is \"just a game\" is a stupid thing to say.


Argument two: The Mud is less challenging than it used to be, whine whine, you
are all whiners whine whine. I find it ironic that the players who whine about
the game not being challenged enuff are those that have given up playing it.
If anyone has some mental ability to claim that he has \"done
everything\" it would be qurp and even he admits that there is a TON of
stuff that he has not done, or seen , or figured out. As far as \"fuck
you up\" events, and \"no ban pkilling\" those things may have
made the game more challenging for new players but the question you need to
ask is, did these things actually make the game better? Challenging is not
good always. Sure its good for the players who run the game, from the top
dogs. They don\'t suffer. But think whether its good for the mud in general,
for making players continue to come back here and invest their time.

In fact its not. And that much is obvious. The game needs more CONSTRUCTIVE
challenges, ie, more stuff to figure out, more tricky AI on mobs and EQ mobs,
etc, we dont need more frustrations and aggravations like these events.

Blayke