There have been many posts on this board about roleplaying, how it could be initiated, how it could be organized... but the thing is, Graal already has a system of roleplaying. It's called the Police.

This really disgusts me. When Graal 2k1 was opened, everyone was happy, and PKers were scarce, so there was no need for any kind of police then, but now, there are more people who are more than willing to do anything in order to ruin the fun of others. Graal's response was the Police, a faulty organization of playersthat would hopefully settle disputes and make Graal a better playing environment.

Unfortunately, it did none of that.

Instead, it gave a select group of players power; the power to jail anyone they pleased. And for how long? I've heard numerous accounts of players being jailed and policemen simply forgetting about them and maybe releasing them the next day. And the sad thing is, the policemen are simply players who signed up for Graal for one purpose: to have fun. Now some ***** decides to give some players authority as well. Having fun through authority? You may not admit it, but it's going on now.

These players were assigned to jail players who'd abuse others, by PKing, verbally harassing, and stuff like that. Unfortunately, most of these Policemen, because of vague interpretation of the rules, are simply jailing everyone who PKs during various circumstances. Yesterday, someone (I'm not going to mention any names) was jailing players who were PKing at a public event. The event had no organization whatsoever, and when was the last time 50 Graalians in one room ever sat still? If I didn't want anyone to PK during my public event, I'd go right to the scripts and make the room a no PK zone. I wouldn't allow a player to take into his own hands and jail the PKers. For all those people who were jailed last night for that very reason, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that a player ruined other players' fun just because of a personal dislike.

And I think something must be done about this. You just simply cant give players authority and expect them to carry it out in a professional manner. They're players for Christ's sake! If you want to stop PKing, make the level a no pk zone! If you want to stop players from abusing each other, don't assign a player to stop it. Assign an administrator... :rolleyes:

This is simply an editorial and my view of the Policemen, not a personal attack. You can comment if you want, but keep in mind that I'm not trying to offend anyone.

Well, I guess they're useful sometimes. Especially when a group of people get rowdy at a spar tourney and fire arrows and fireballs and stuff :(

Fireballs should be removed and replaced with something else.

A fun NPC! Like something that hurts you for 0 damage :)

BOOMERANG

frisbee

Boomerang would be cool :)

or something that burns your hat ;-)

Pago, while these guys are kinda getting off subject im gonna try and get it back in, i totally agree with you said in your "editorial" if things are that bad in certain areas just put in a simple script, that I have learned and it goes:

thats a 1337 script that could solve the pk problems, and the harrassment problems should be resolved by a higher authority not us players. Those were some very good points there Pago, maybe there should be some type of training involved

That was a really good post pago, hopefully it either opens up the right eyes, or just exposes the problem to everyone. Either way I hope it helps.

No.

haha
that would be fun
"Oh no! my hat got burned again by those hooligans! I'll have to go back to the hatmaker!"

lol yeah.....make a lighter.....

Lighter? Nooo, noooo...
Just toss the hat in the sea! :)

(Dark Man X)
He does have a good point, but the Admins are just players, too.
Accept, Stefan and Unixmad.

lol it would be funny if we could light ppl's hats on fire, cause then they could use the water can to put it out, and if they don't put it out fast enough they get burned and lose 1 point of health

Hmm
level 1 hat
-straw
--samurai farmer
--straw cowboy hat
-leather
--cap
--leather cowboy hat
-helmets
--err... some helmets


of course straw would be cheaper and easier to burn
:P

lol yeah

Pago is very skilled in the use of the english language.

Although I myself have no problems with the police... I appreciate his view.

For all the people who commented, I appreciate your feedback. :)

But for everyone else, this isn't a thread about a new weapon, and I don't appreciate you people carrying this thread off topic, even after it came back on topic...

I hate it when that happens.

RAR I WIL MAKE MY HAT OUT OF BRICK AND THE WOLF WILL BE LIKE "I WILL HUFF AND PUFF AND BLOW YOUR HAT DOWN" BUT HE WON'T SO THEN HE'LL GO TO EAT LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD FOR A WHILE!@!

Yeehaw!
 

Exactly what I was waiting for a neat quote to put in my signature :D

Ugh, if you want to talk about this hat thing, do it in the Future Improvements page... otherwise, this isn't the appropriate thread, and I don't understand why people as mature as Tyhm or Trueheat would take this so far off topic. :(

BECAUSE WE LIKE TO ANNOY YOU!$#@$#@RFDFR