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BM General Discussion / Re: 101 Ways to Start a Blood Feud

« on: August 26, 2013, 12:11:13 PM »

Duelist guilds are illegal aren't they?

I would like to see more exclusive religions with convictions that they are the one true faith. That would be fun.

6. Settle elections man to man. Duel the contenders to decide the better man.

7. Have "keep what you kill" laws in your realm: If a knight kills his Lord he becomes the region lord. If a Lord kills the Duke, he becomes Duke, if someone kills the King... Thus only the STRONG will rule.

8. They only won because they were hiding behind lesser men. Anyone who beats you in the field is too much of a wimp to face you alone!

9. Form an infiltrators guild. Nobles can refuse duels, but not stabbers! Then target some poor random Lord and blackmail him for a ransom.

10. Start a marauder's realm! Whenever you walk into someone's region, blackmail them for a ransom. If they don't pay, maraud the place and then run away to the safety of your fortress.

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BM General Discussion / Re: New Player Retention - how do we engage their interest?

« on: August 26, 2013, 09:53:15 AM »

Some realms are just terrible at absorbing newbies, others have better leadership. Sometimes more fractious realms or those with fiercer internal competition are less welcoming. That's just part of life in BM. Of course, the clueless newbie suffers for it.

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BM General Discussion / Re: stopping ForumMaster from destroying BattleMaster

« on: August 21, 2013, 05:25:43 PM »

Players who want to become heavily invested in the game usually find their way to the forum, even if they just lurk like me. Players who aren't in the forum usually won't become committed to the game anyway. It's absolutely hilariously to alienate your most loyal players to hope that it would some how make the come-and-go crowd of players feel more comfortable.

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BM General Discussion / Re: stopping ForumMaster from destroying BattleMaster

« on: August 21, 2013, 05:26:47 AM »

Negative. That would make the forums a required part of the game, which will exclude about 80% of the players. And that would put the moderators into the uncomfortable position of moderating good/bad roleplay, and so on and so forth.

I suppose the best way to have a decent well-behaved forum with less moderation would be to have no forums that need moderating. Sounds like a plan. 

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BM General Discussion / Re: stopping ForumMaster from destroying BattleMaster

« on: August 20, 2013, 11:58:03 PM »

As a silent forum lurker, it does look like Tom is attempting a self-amputation of an itch.

I say, just make the local boards a kind of in-character interaction forum, where everyone would only say what their character would say. Players should communicate in a way that reflects their character's reputation. Ideally, like honorable or at the very least, "prim and proper" medieval nobles, at least in the Dwilight boards.

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Other Games / Re: DND 3.5e

« on: June 18, 2013, 08:57:24 AM »

I'd love to try it.