New Kingdoms!

Tseng · #1 08-02-2003, 05:40 PM

A council of 5 has made its decision, and here are your new kingdoms! Thanks go to our very capable kingdoms administrator Gryffon for the descriptions.

Zorbi- Because Zormites are just so huggable, or maybe because they make a tasty snack when fried and served with tartar sauce, the decendants of the Ancient Zormite Empire have survived deep in the ruins of the brilliant castle. Thriving in its waters, they emerged from their underground sanctuary only to discover that the world has changed. They immediately began to reconstruct their forgotten home, hoping to continue the traditions and honor their ancestors.

Malenth: Rising up from the shadows of Old Dustari, a castle of onyx stone covered in briars can be seen. On the surface, they seem to be a normal kingdom... A hard working army. A pleasent and politically sound aristocracy. A faithful chruch devoted to worship of their diety. Yet, something seems wrong, and appearances can be deceiving, What is Malenth hiding? Are they hiding anything at all? All questions lead to only one answer....

Bellasera: A collection of brick towers emerging from the waters, with old walkways crisscrossing in between the many spires of Bellasera. Below the walkways are canals, making the city only accessible by way of water. Filled with cafes and studios which house artists, the city prides itself on its culture. In its many towers is contained a ship builing company and one of the world's finest Healers' Guilds. Peaceful are the waters that surround the city, and peaceful are the minds that reside within.

SUB-KINGDOM Kaitou: Deep in a secluded forest thrives a group of skilled mercenaries known as Kaitou. They work for money, and are known to pick a pocket or two if you don't watch your wallet. Their fortress is well hidden and well protected, so those who venture into the forest, beware. If you have the gold to hire them, they can be your best friends. If you don't, watch out!

GryffonDurime · #2 08-02-2003, 05:58 PM

OMG OMG. Yes, I'm back, after six months of having a really dense head. I vote for Bellasera! Bellasera!

Here's to hoping the new Kingdoms can top the old ones. Except for Zorbi since it...technically is an old one. Ish. I guess.

Tseng · #3 08-02-2003, 06:00 PM

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Originally posted by GryffonDurime
OMG OMG. Yes, I'm back, after six months of having a really dense head. I vote for Bellasera! Bellasera! Here's to hoping the new Kingdoms can top the old ones. Except for Zorbi since it...technically is an old one. Ish. I guess.

Malenth all the way.

cloudstrifevii · #4 08-02-2003, 06:07 PM

Infernal Legion? But if I had to choose one it would be Kaitou because they are more of a Karakaze =p

Tseng · #5 08-02-2003, 06:09 PM

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Originally posted by cloudstrifevii
Infernal Legion? But if I had to choose one it would be Kaitou because they are more of a Karakaze =p

Infernal Legion was removed due to balancing issues - it was too imbalanced, and to balance it would require it to change its story far too much to keep the characteristics which made it, well, Infernal Legion.

GryffonDurime · #6 08-02-2003, 06:56 PM

With three main kingdoms and one sumbkingdom, there's more members for everyone. Except Zorbi. Because they'll be hunted down by Malenth, fried, and served with potato chips. Or possibly wrapped in rice and seaweed. Zormites are so delicious.

James · #7 08-02-2003, 09:50 PM

I'd probably join Kaitou because of all the fun I had in Karakaze Troupe.

Qwert616 · #8 08-02-2003, 10:03 PM

Bellasera, mostly because of its strong Healer's guild.

Geno · #9 08-03-2003, 12:08 AM

katrozuzdi
but why is it a sub kingdom and not a full kingdom?
what is really the differance :X
isn't s ub kingdom supposed to be a smaller part of a bigger kingdom :o?

Myomoto · #10 08-03-2003, 12:43 AM

If you look at the words, yes.
I would join Kaitou also as some many others, becuase of my fun time in Karakaze

Be there old Karakazes! ;D

CheeToS2 · #11 08-03-2003, 01:19 AM

If I do join one, it will probably be Zorbi ;x *conservative*

brock128 · #12 08-03-2003, 01:40 AM

ICly, I'd probabally be in malwhatever, and when i find out it's EVIL or whatever, then i'll flee for my life.

edit: but if truth be known none of them seem all that interesting. One is zormites with classic's name (HOW DID THAT GET ACCEPTED?!), malwhatever is probabally the most interesting, but it's evil and ick

Bellaria or whatever is also kinda intresting, but it's also kind of blandish. and the forest one is KT and forest.

IF I RAN THE CIRCUS.

GryffonDurime · #13 08-03-2003, 03:05 AM

Because as we all know every single kingdom is totally unique on 2k2.....because certainly Forest isn't Dustari ina some trees, and Dustari is Forest without trees. Truth be told, you can draw whatever conclusions you want, there will always be simularities between Kingdoms. It's the members that make it great, as for Zorbi, that name is temporary. So nyeh

Geno · #14 08-03-2003, 04:45 AM

Directed to Kingdoms Admin, why is the thief kingdom a sub-kingdom?

Neonight · #15 08-03-2003, 05:29 AM

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Originally posted by Geno
Directed to Kingdoms Admin, why is the thief kingdom a sub-kingdom?

A thief is a minority and the KINGDOMS ADMIN IS A PLAYER HATER.

GryffonDurime · #16 08-03-2003, 06:26 AM

Um...no. The theives are a subkingdom because they're a group of mercenaries that work for kingdoms for money. I hate to break it to everyone, but there's a max limit on Kaitou because they were designed to be a sub kingdom.

Geno · #17 08-03-2003, 06:50 AM

designed to be a sub-kingdom?
how is a group of thieves and mercs designed to be a sub-kingdom? for one there are not even any levels made for it, so what can you mean by it is not designed to be a sub-kingdom? the story? where is the storY!

CheeToS2 · #18 08-03-2003, 08:07 AM

Everyone is picking kaitou o.o.. *doesn't think thats a good thing*.. aren't kingdoms usually a tad bit bigger than a ring of theives? o.o.. I think maybe kaitou should be limited to just that. A ring. Not a million people :x

Tseng · #19 08-03-2003, 08:07 AM

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Originally posted by CheeToS2
Everyone is picking kaitou o.o.. *doesn't think thats a good thing*.. aren't kingdoms usually a tad bit bigger than a ring of theives? o.o.. I think maybe kaitou should be limited to just that. A ring. Not a million people :x

It will be limited.

Ghost Pirate · #20 08-03-2003, 08:18 AM

I guess I am going to be the Lich King afterall....

ZanderX · #21 08-03-2003, 08:38 AM

The legendary thief, KAITOU DARK!

Pardon me for being a prick.

Geno · #22 08-03-2003, 10:10 AM

the only reason everyone is picking it because it is fun.
and who said it had tobe a small ring of thieves :X?
i thought it was supposed to be a gathering if thieves and mercianarys. that could get pretty big. anyways, maybe if you guys added some spunk to the other kingdoms, any why bring back zormite

?

p.s. get someone on the roleplaying team that has had experiances in a evil kingdom ;x
(ghost pirate,true heat, anyone that was in a kingdom besides dustari or zormite >:0)

to me i see a bunch of zormite and dustari people, and well heh dustari and zormite kingdoms are basiclly being revived and changed a little.

CheeToS2 · #23 08-03-2003, 10:39 AM

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Originally posted by Geno
the only reason everyone is picking it because it is fun.
and who said it had tobe a small ring of thieves :X?
i thought it was supposed to be a gathering if thieves and mercianarys. that could get pretty big.

yes, but the chances of the ring being bigger than all of the kingdoms is pretty low

Geno · #24 08-03-2003, 10:52 AM

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Originally posted by CheeToS2

yes, but the chances of the ring being bigger than all of the kingdoms is pretty low

why is it a ring :O?
why not just a big gathering of people 8]

and i'm not saying it shouldn't be small, but if everyone wants in it over being in the other kingdoms than apparently something is wrong with the other kingdoms.

Neoreno · #25 08-03-2003, 02:15 PM

Mleh. I like the old Dustari style kingdoms. So Malenth it is for me.

Androk · #26 08-03-2003, 04:38 PM

What a hell... I expected new kingdoms...

Tseng · #27 08-03-2003, 06:20 PM

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Originally posted by Geno
designed to be a sub-kingdom?
how is a group of thieves and mercs designed to be a sub-kingdom? for one there are not even any levels made for it, so what can you mean by it is not designed to be a sub-kingdom? the story? where is the storY!

A group that is hired/paid by other kingdoms is a sub-kingdom, not a kingdom.

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Originally posted by Geno
the only reason everyone is picking it because it is fun.
and who said it had tobe a small ring of thieves :X?

That was the idea as suggested in the idea file. The idea file that was submitted was what was approved.

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i thought it was supposed to be a gathering if thieves and mercianarys. that could get pretty big.

Yes, let's have 2/3 of everyone on graal in this band of thieves and mercenaries. That makes sense! (not)

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anyways, maybe if you guys added some spunk to the other kingdoms, any why bring back zormite

?

Popular demand, my friend. Also, it made sense from an RPing point of view - they are, after all, far underground, so whatever catastrophe destroyed all the other kingdoms, they survived. Additionally, they are a different race - if humans survived somewhere else, so did these fish-people in their ruins + in hiding in other places.

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p.s. get someone on the roleplaying team that has had experiances in a evil kingdom ;x
(ghost pirate,true heat, anyone that was in a kingdom besides dustari or zormite >:0)

to me i see a bunch of zormite and dustari people,

Why not ask who was on the council of 5 before you start leaping to conclusions?

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and well heh dustari and zormite kingdoms are basiclly being revived and changed a little.

Not really. How is an "elegant evil medieval themed kingdom" "dustari being revived"?

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Originally posted by Androk
What a hell... I expected new kingdoms...

I expected literacy from my own staff.

Valder · #28 08-03-2003, 06:33 PM

I will probably not be in any kingdom this time around. I dislike the desicions made and will probably be a gun for hire or something like that.

brock128 · #29 08-03-2003, 07:26 PM

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Originally posted by GryffonDurime
Because as we all know every single kingdom is totally unique on 2k2.....because certainly Forest isn't Dustari ina some trees, and Dustari is Forest without trees. Truth be told, you can draw whatever conclusions you want, there will always be simularities between Kingdoms. It's the members that make it great, as for Zorbi, that name is temporary. So nyeh

The original kingdoms were completly different. Sure, kingdoms will have some similarities, but Zorbi and the forest thing are just way too similar :|

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Originally posted by Ghost Pirate
I guess I am going to be the Lich King afterall....

(SPOILERS YAY)
You mean Arthras?
(/SPOILERS YAY)

cloudstrifevii · #30 08-03-2003, 08:54 PM

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Originally posted by brock128

(SPOILERS YAY)
You mean Arthras?
(/SPOILERS YAY)

No the Lich King has something to do with hell =p i will just tell you that

Valder · #31 08-03-2003, 09:24 PM

I remember the members of Karakaze had to enter the lich king's tower to save one of our members ;(
Ghost spent like 5 hours making everything and we got to the top in like 30 seconds....

Neonight · #32 08-03-2003, 09:36 PM

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Originally posted by Valder
I remember the members of Karakaze had to enter the lich king's tower to save one of our members ;(
Ghost spent like 5 hours making everything and we got to the top in like 30 seconds....

I stopped playing before that, I guess. x.x I was in KT, but I don't remember that. Was that when Sisok was trapped in that one weird level? x.x Every thirty or so seconds I'd send a message to Vermain saying "VERMAIN OPEN THE DOOR I'M GONNA RESCUE SISOK." I think he got tired of it after a while.

Valder · #33 08-03-2003, 09:37 PM

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I stopped playing before that, I guess. x.x I was in KT, but I don't remember that. Was that when Sisok was trapped in that one weird level? x.x Every thirty or so seconds I'd send a message to Vermain saying "VERMAIN OPEN THE DOOR I'M GONNA RESCUE SISOK." I think he got tired of it after a while.

Yes that's it... We had to rescue Sisok.. and maybe it was Vermain who made that tower X_X

Neonight · #34 08-03-2003, 09:40 PM

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Originally posted by Valder

Yes that's it... We had to rescue Sisok.. and maybe it was Vermain who made that tower X_X

No, I think GP made it. I think Vermain kept telling me to ask GP to build more levels or something. I just kept saying "OPEN THE DOORS VERMAIN I'M GOING IN" over and over.

GryffonDurime · #35 08-03-2003, 10:03 PM

Trust me, there will be many, many differences between Malenth and Dustari. If I listed them, Signas would kill me.

As for the RP team being mainly from Zormite and Dustari, could that mabey be because they were, for the most part, the two largest kingdoms? Samurai was dead for a long, long time, and as for the Pirates, GP was on the council. Kaitou will have a member limit, and perhaps the problem lies in the fact that more people want to be lawless little renegades because it's "cool". Oi vay.

Valder · #36 08-03-2003, 10:35 PM

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Originally posted by GryffonDurime
Trust me, there will be many, many differences between Malenth and Dustari. If I listed them, Signas would kill me.

As for the RP team being mainly from Zormite and Dustari, could that mabey be because they were, for the most part, the two largest kingdoms? Samurai was dead for a long, long time, and as for the Pirates, GP was on the council. Kaitou will have a member limit, and perhaps the problem lies in the fact that more people want to be lawless little renegades because it's "cool". Oi vay.

Bah... Someone from karakaze should have been in there. I dislike these kingdoms very much. In the end they are gonna turn out EXACTLY like the old kingdom just with new names.... I thought the idea of getting rid of the old kingdom was to make brand spanking new ones, but I guess not

GryffonDurime · #37 08-03-2003, 10:46 PM

James was in Karakaze, and he was on the council. And the kingdoms are new. I hate to break this to you, but the Kingdoms are new. Just because a tree has it's roots in the same ground as the one that spawned it dosen't mean they'll grow exactly the same. And for a fact tere has never been a kingdom like Bellasera.

Valder · #38 08-03-2003, 10:50 PM

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Originally posted by GryffonDurime
James was in Karakaze, and he was on the council. And the kingdoms are new. I hate to break this to you, but the Kingdoms are new. Just because a tree has it's roots in the same ground as the one that spawned it dosen't mean they'll grow exactly the same. And for a fact tere has never been a kingdom like Bellasera.

We will just have to see then... 2k1 will turn out the same as before unless new things are done...

GryffonDurime · #39 08-03-2003, 11:17 PM

Wow, how very discriptive

New things as in updates, new things as in new quests, or new hats? A lot of things can be new. Specifics are key.

Myomoto · #40 08-04-2003, 12:34 AM

I'm starting to belive in G2k1

I think if we honor our loved server, it grow, and live a long life!

View Poll Results: Which of the new kingdoms/subkingdoms (descriptions below) do you think you'll join?
Malenth	14	19.72%
Bellasera	14	19.72%
Zorbi	14	19.72%
Kaitou	29	40.85%
Voters: 71. You may not vote on this poll