Post by Catilena1890 on Sept 19, 2011 1:18:15 GMT -6
It has come to my attention that some of you are dissatisfied with the way I hand things out, particularly Legendaries, Shinies and events. Allow me to explain a few things, and no, I am not angry at anyone, but I am extremely upset to learn that I have been ignored. I don't write these posts for the Abyss of it you know. Read through EVERYTHING please.
First, Basile's Specials army. I've heard you guys say I`m playing favorites. That is true to an extent. When she EARNS A POKEMON I just give her a choice as to which she gets. Only her Lugia was truly a random pick, but I assure you she earned it all the same.
I can hear you now. But how did she earn that? I didn't see/wasn't there! Well the main reason is a simple one.
She was there for me when I needed her. Have you guys ever tried to build an ACTUAL, FUNCTIONING pokemon site? You wanna know what VS was like BEFORE she installed our codes? Well let me tell you.
Before Basile, I had a battling system of the most simple kind. You could choose any pokemon you wanted to fight and determined whether or not you caught it. Whether it was a magikarp, an abra, or an arceus. Whether your character caught it or not was totally up to you. Whether your character encountered it or not? Yeah, you got to pick that too.
I also had an experience system based on post count, and as such, only allowed one character in play at a time. Your pokemon gained exp for every post you made, whether it was a battle or not, and there was virtually no leveling since we didn't have a real way to battle. Then I told Basile about VS, invited her over to play, and she wanted to make things a bit more fair. She dug through MULTIPLE code databases until she found just what we needed, figured out how to change it up to fit the purpose, and voila! A brand new battling system that could limit players based on stage and make things less confusing.
In short, VS WAS a game based on favoritism, and then basile came up with our battle, leveling, AND OVERALL ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEM. All. By. Herself.
Okay, but that STILL doesn't explain why she has an army of them!
No, THAT in and of itself doesn't, but I do know something that does. Two things actually.
1. It was beta-testing, and the only real ACTIVE testers were me, Bay and Basile. By the time the other testers came to be active, we had already had a few events out. Beta TESTING means I am testing things, and one of the things I was testing was our HANDOUT system. Most of Basile's specials came from Testing out my various methods, including the Hiatus'd WHO'S THAT POKEMON?! game, which, in case you all forgot, you DO have legendaries that you will encounter that you will auto-acquire without fighting at all. Which brings me to my next argument.
2. She has played through. While everyone else is busy thinking of brand new characters and creating a ton of threads, Celeste *me* Sawyer *Bay* and Lesa *Basile* had already made it to Torrentia long before MOST of you even made it to route 801! And we are STILL there! You know why? Because we CONSTANTLY have to assign starters and wilds in Dust Town and 801! There have only been what, THREE gym battles with Wendy?
I`m all for thinking up new ideas for characters and all, but why fill up on bread before you've even had the main course? I've told you guys that there are THREE trainer types with MORE that will come as time goes on, but by the time I introduce the new character types you guys will have already filled up your character slots!
Which also reminds me, I appreciate that you guys love coordinators and everything, but do you REALLY need more than one who are at the same levels? You know how hard contests are, it's hard enough even keeping up with one!
I`m not saying you guys need to get rid of your characters, but I AM trying to limit how many cool things they get because at some point in time, you MAY need to get rid of a few, because I do not intend to expand my 6 character limit. What happens after you HAVE reached the top? What do you do with your characters then? What happens when I introduce a NEW character type that you have an idea for? If all of your characters are filled with mews, arceus' and shinies, who do you choose to punt? I`m trying to make it easier in the long run for you to give some up should the need arise.
After Beta-testing ended and we opened, every "special" thing Basile got was because she MADE the dang thing. How would you like it if you made a pokemon you worked so hard on, only to be told that you can't have it?
Also, there are QUITE a few legends out already, plus some waiting to be claimed. MOST actually go to NON admin members. I shall list EXACTLY who gets what, since you apparently forgot.
Josh has a Palkia waiting for one of his characters when he gets around to advancing.
Cali, you have a MEW that you got as a starter pokemon, and the FIRST mew on the site.
Cora, wherever you are, you also have a Mew AND a Celebi waiting to meet your characters when you advance.
Sul has a Kyurem AND a Latias AND a Suicune, all three earned from events. Not to mention I HAVE a shiny in planning for you, just haven't had an excuse ICly to give it to you.
Dizzy's got a Suicune from my birthday, and her Edric is going to encounter the Celebi she earned from my birthday as well very soon.
and Kata has a Meloetta she got as a starter, a Suicune from my birthday and a Mew who is going to encounter her soon.
And those are just the LEGENDARIES and ONE shiny! Tip of the Iceberg my friends. Friends. F-R-I-E-N-D-S.
Are we friends? Aren't me and basile and Bay your friends? Or are we just admins to you? Get our jollies out of showing off our cool stuff while you get nothing?
I was told that you guys are afraid to approach ANY of us. Don't you trust us? Don't you think we care about you? Honestly, I`m hurt that you guys can't trust us enough to come to us when you have a complaint. I've heard a lot of you want to leave...
*shakes head* I don't know what else I can say. Basile, Bay and I are trying our best to make you guys happy, but if this is how our efforts are rewarded, then why are we even bothering? Why should we keep planning events and plots and make legendaries and shinies and stuff if you guys aren't even going to acknowledge them? Do you really think we are unfair to you guys? Do you really think that just because we try to do nice things for ourselves once in awhile, that you should get something nice too when some of you aren't even here?
*sigh* This is part of the reason why I am conflicted with the gemstones....
Again, I`m not angry, but I am very, very sad. Here we thought you guys were happy, when you couldn't even trust us enough to say you weren't.
Why should I keep VS open? What is stopping me from just screwing it all and deleting the whole board? The purpose of the game is to make you guys happy, and if you aren't, then there is no point.
If it will make you guys happy, then I will delete VS and basile and I can figure out what to do next.
But, if you are willing to be patient, and trust us for once, since you have not trusted us, then you will see, VS will be balanced out. All I need from you guys is your patience, trust, and willingness to compromise. Remember how I told you that if you guys move on more things will happen? Well, some of you have taken it to heart, and have finally caught up to Celeste's group. That didn't go unnoticed *though the beach party apparently did. Shame, I was hoping to hand out more legends from it but I guess not.* and I have been wracking my brain to figure out how to reward you for it.
I don't know what else to say....
First, Basile's Specials army. I've heard you guys say I`m playing favorites. That is true to an extent. When she EARNS A POKEMON I just give her a choice as to which she gets. Only her Lugia was truly a random pick, but I assure you she earned it all the same.
I can hear you now. But how did she earn that? I didn't see/wasn't there! Well the main reason is a simple one.
She was there for me when I needed her. Have you guys ever tried to build an ACTUAL, FUNCTIONING pokemon site? You wanna know what VS was like BEFORE she installed our codes? Well let me tell you.
Before Basile, I had a battling system of the most simple kind. You could choose any pokemon you wanted to fight and determined whether or not you caught it. Whether it was a magikarp, an abra, or an arceus. Whether your character caught it or not was totally up to you. Whether your character encountered it or not? Yeah, you got to pick that too.
I also had an experience system based on post count, and as such, only allowed one character in play at a time. Your pokemon gained exp for every post you made, whether it was a battle or not, and there was virtually no leveling since we didn't have a real way to battle. Then I told Basile about VS, invited her over to play, and she wanted to make things a bit more fair. She dug through MULTIPLE code databases until she found just what we needed, figured out how to change it up to fit the purpose, and voila! A brand new battling system that could limit players based on stage and make things less confusing.
In short, VS WAS a game based on favoritism, and then basile came up with our battle, leveling, AND OVERALL ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEM. All. By. Herself.
Okay, but that STILL doesn't explain why she has an army of them!
No, THAT in and of itself doesn't, but I do know something that does. Two things actually.
1. It was beta-testing, and the only real ACTIVE testers were me, Bay and Basile. By the time the other testers came to be active, we had already had a few events out. Beta TESTING means I am testing things, and one of the things I was testing was our HANDOUT system. Most of Basile's specials came from Testing out my various methods, including the Hiatus'd WHO'S THAT POKEMON?! game, which, in case you all forgot, you DO have legendaries that you will encounter that you will auto-acquire without fighting at all. Which brings me to my next argument.
2. She has played through. While everyone else is busy thinking of brand new characters and creating a ton of threads, Celeste *me* Sawyer *Bay* and Lesa *Basile* had already made it to Torrentia long before MOST of you even made it to route 801! And we are STILL there! You know why? Because we CONSTANTLY have to assign starters and wilds in Dust Town and 801! There have only been what, THREE gym battles with Wendy?
I`m all for thinking up new ideas for characters and all, but why fill up on bread before you've even had the main course? I've told you guys that there are THREE trainer types with MORE that will come as time goes on, but by the time I introduce the new character types you guys will have already filled up your character slots!
Which also reminds me, I appreciate that you guys love coordinators and everything, but do you REALLY need more than one who are at the same levels? You know how hard contests are, it's hard enough even keeping up with one!
I`m not saying you guys need to get rid of your characters, but I AM trying to limit how many cool things they get because at some point in time, you MAY need to get rid of a few, because I do not intend to expand my 6 character limit. What happens after you HAVE reached the top? What do you do with your characters then? What happens when I introduce a NEW character type that you have an idea for? If all of your characters are filled with mews, arceus' and shinies, who do you choose to punt? I`m trying to make it easier in the long run for you to give some up should the need arise.
After Beta-testing ended and we opened, every "special" thing Basile got was because she MADE the dang thing. How would you like it if you made a pokemon you worked so hard on, only to be told that you can't have it?
Also, there are QUITE a few legends out already, plus some waiting to be claimed. MOST actually go to NON admin members. I shall list EXACTLY who gets what, since you apparently forgot.
Josh has a Palkia waiting for one of his characters when he gets around to advancing.
Cali, you have a MEW that you got as a starter pokemon, and the FIRST mew on the site.
Cora, wherever you are, you also have a Mew AND a Celebi waiting to meet your characters when you advance.
Sul has a Kyurem AND a Latias AND a Suicune, all three earned from events. Not to mention I HAVE a shiny in planning for you, just haven't had an excuse ICly to give it to you.
Dizzy's got a Suicune from my birthday, and her Edric is going to encounter the Celebi she earned from my birthday as well very soon.
and Kata has a Meloetta she got as a starter, a Suicune from my birthday and a Mew who is going to encounter her soon.
And those are just the LEGENDARIES and ONE shiny! Tip of the Iceberg my friends. Friends. F-R-I-E-N-D-S.
Are we friends? Aren't me and basile and Bay your friends? Or are we just admins to you? Get our jollies out of showing off our cool stuff while you get nothing?
I was told that you guys are afraid to approach ANY of us. Don't you trust us? Don't you think we care about you? Honestly, I`m hurt that you guys can't trust us enough to come to us when you have a complaint. I've heard a lot of you want to leave...
*shakes head* I don't know what else I can say. Basile, Bay and I are trying our best to make you guys happy, but if this is how our efforts are rewarded, then why are we even bothering? Why should we keep planning events and plots and make legendaries and shinies and stuff if you guys aren't even going to acknowledge them? Do you really think we are unfair to you guys? Do you really think that just because we try to do nice things for ourselves once in awhile, that you should get something nice too when some of you aren't even here?
*sigh* This is part of the reason why I am conflicted with the gemstones....
Again, I`m not angry, but I am very, very sad. Here we thought you guys were happy, when you couldn't even trust us enough to say you weren't.
Why should I keep VS open? What is stopping me from just screwing it all and deleting the whole board? The purpose of the game is to make you guys happy, and if you aren't, then there is no point.
If it will make you guys happy, then I will delete VS and basile and I can figure out what to do next.
But, if you are willing to be patient, and trust us for once, since you have not trusted us, then you will see, VS will be balanced out. All I need from you guys is your patience, trust, and willingness to compromise. Remember how I told you that if you guys move on more things will happen? Well, some of you have taken it to heart, and have finally caught up to Celeste's group. That didn't go unnoticed *though the beach party apparently did. Shame, I was hoping to hand out more legends from it but I guess not.* and I have been wracking my brain to figure out how to reward you for it.
I don't know what else to say....
