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Beluaterra / Re: Message group size too small

« on: October 11, 2017, 03:16:11 AM »

I wholeheartedly agree with engaging the entire realm but mainly I was trying to figure out how to make a republic work and engage the lords of regions, but... I think I have figured out that its the wrong way to do things and I am going to involve more in the open channels.

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Beluaterra / Re: Message group size too small

« on: October 08, 2017, 08:10:09 PM »

I think it comes down to RP and using the proper communication channels so things aren't too confusing. etc.

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Beluaterra / Re: Message group size too small

« on: October 08, 2017, 12:02:52 AM »

Message groups are too small.

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Beluaterra / Message group size too small

« on: October 07, 2017, 05:26:49 PM »

Is there a way the Dev's could increase the membership list for message groups? Currently we in Fronen have a Senate and each region lord is added to a specific Senate message group but we can't fit them all and its screws with our ability to do senate specfic voting. Any work arounds?

The frustrating thing about BM is how difficult it makes it to actually run a republic properly, its a bit silly, but I like the idea of it in concept but its not really fleshed out at all.

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Dwilight / Re: What makes a D'haran?

« on: September 26, 2017, 01:53:51 AM »

There's definitely a much lower investment in regards to time and effort being placed. I was in high school when I joined, and now I'm expecting my third child and running my own business. You've got kids too, and I suspect a lot of us do.

But it's more than just that, the culture has shifted. When I quit, I wasn't just annoyed that people weren't going along with my schemes anymore, but that opposing them was the *only* thing they bothered to do. I'd have been quite content to see a counter-movement growing to bring things in an opposite direction of what I was pushing for, but instead people would just return to their slumber as soon as I stopped. It burnt me out. While a few years earlier, I had managed to recruit a bunch of people to start ritualized human sacrifices, and before that I had tagged along with others' non-conventional plans. Worth mentioning the Bloodmoon fruit again, a bunch of people started promoting the spiritual use of a fully made-up psychotrope, and then a bunch of us started our own "war on drugs" around it, drafting laws to create a monopoly on its production, roleplays about developing non-psychotropic varieties, etc. These aren't things that require a lot of people to invest a lot of time to get going, they just require enough people to care and then merely vocalize their care, even if it's a one-line letter. Guys like us, we used to write pages of RPs about this stuff we were really passionate about, but this kind of stories would still be possible without as much investment as we put in back then.

I loved the anti-drug 'war on drugs' roleplay, It really helped to bring together different cultures in Dwilight and it helps to have opposition in RP, drama and skullduggery. That being said, I have 2 kids now, I work 10 hour days and I balance and juggle my time on BM checking up and moving my troops and perhaps a snippet of RP here and there but to be serious...Time has abandoned me, the days just fly by busy. I started playing BM in my late 20's... I am 40 now. I still love this game, that is rare, I have been a gamer since the 90's and I rarely play any of those games, BM is beautiful and deserves better, its a fantastic game that foretold Game of Thrones before that was even popular, the stories this game has wove could create epic movies, the characters as rich as any ancient epic. I really enjoy the battles and fights we have all had these years.

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BM General Discussion / Re: Memorable Characters

« on: September 06, 2017, 03:11:17 AM »

One of these days I will get a character on this list.


#BMgoals

Alright you are definitely on my list,

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Beluaterra / Re: Invasion Map GIF

« on: August 30, 2017, 05:30:35 AM »

Well we are up and running and perhaps differently than whatever Fronen was before but that doesn't matter much because we have tried to maintain our version of a republic , our senate and government is purposefully difficult to deal with internally, all of the power is strictly fractured and political party or infighting and dealing is encouraged. I am enjoying playing in the new Fronen, the nobles are a lively active bunch who enjoy playing together.

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Beluaterra / Re: Invasion Map GIF

« on: August 25, 2017, 01:52:36 AM »

One of the biggest problems I realized with Fronen is that it has this really long history and none of the new members in the realm know much about it, I didn't even know anything about it. I joined Fronen and a week or two later there was an election for Doge and I randomly put my name in and it was a tie and I won the tie... totally fluke, anyways it was for the better since whoever lost was part of a bunch of multi-accounts and they all got banned. So yeah basically Fronen is filled with noobs who have little idea about its previous history... Things could get interesting.

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Beluaterra / Re: Invasion Map GIF

« on: August 24, 2017, 02:59:33 AM »

This is awesome, Fronen starts with a yellow colour on the map and changes to lime green that shows me exactly when I took over the realm. I think we've done good.

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BM General Discussion / Re: Vote for Battlemaster!

« on: August 06, 2017, 08:23:26 AM »

voted 

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Dwilight / Re: Monster Problems

« on: June 17, 2017, 01:31:51 AM »

Honestly - was the monsters saving Westfold from getting rekt a intended thing or a coincidence? Either way I kind of appreciate the hard-mode on.

I think its called the "Asylon strategy' everytime we the players do anything the monsters muck it up.

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Dwilight / Re: What makes a D'haran?

« on: June 11, 2017, 07:18:25 PM »

I agree with Chenier, the caliber of RP and Lore has fallen apart but I think some of it comes down to the fact that we used to be young when we started playing this almost a decade ago or more. Im 40 with 2 kids now and I barely have time to bang out a paragraph roleplay and usually now reserve them for special events and speeches etc. I used to spend a lot of time thinking of little details to inflict on the world of Dwilight and about my characters or local cultures or aspects of the uncivilized world I remember before the established kingdoms etc, trouble causing things that defined my imperfect character.

I still see RP and things but its a bit less than before, the thing I notice now is that there are fewer larger than life characters left, or perhaps I dont interact with them as much as I used to or they are all gone.

Glaumring is now 98 years old, even his roleplay has aged with him.

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Dwilight / Re: Blast from the Past

« on: May 19, 2017, 03:10:01 AM »

omg thats gold. I supported you coming to Asylon because I wanted more troublemakers in the realm. I'm a big fan of troublemakers.

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BM General Discussion / Re: A Round of Applause for the Dev Team!

« on: May 12, 2017, 11:38:15 PM »

The new page and heraldry is awesome! Thanks Dev team!

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Beluaterra / Re: the Republic of Fronen

« on: May 11, 2017, 05:52:04 AM »

As much trouble as we are and for all the headaches we've caused the admins over the years, I really got to say that we all love BM dearly for all its massive faults. Its a great game with great intrigue etc, I really wish there was more care poured into its development. BM is a gem, its really one of the best games out there in its ridiculously simple way.

As for Fronen, between battling Daimons and infighting with multi accounts... Well we have been rather insular and focused on merely surviving as of late. I think we have done a great job of standing against some pretty !@#$ty odds. I am proud of the realm and for all its faults enjoy the lucky happenstance that afforded me the time to randomly win an election and rule it for a time.  We will continue to grow and do things our way