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[Marauder]

Thanks Dustin, that is great news and thanks for the help!!

∞ Marauder wonders how long it will take for GK to hurl insults in his direction ∞

Happy Luxing everyone

[Milltycoon]

As per profanity:

The Yahoo Spades lounges had unmoderated rooms riddled with profanity for years, and there were usually 2 or 3 thousand people playing Spades at any given time, even though the gameplay was nothing particularly special compared to the 30 other places people can play free online Spades, and the 3-minutes-per-card time limit meant that at least 10% of all games disintegrated into teammates arguing through stall-fests. What basically killed Yahoo Spades? Ads upon entering every room. (And probably the diminishing of Yahoo's overall brand too.) There was a mute button, and people used it fairly often, and apparently almost no one was offended enough by foul language to even leave a game, let alone quit Yahoo Spades permanently.

I'm fine with Lux having moderation and certain rules of polite etiquette. Since people paid for the game, they have a right to play in a sufficiently pleasant arena. But I can't believe that anyone leaves online Lux because of profanity. People might not like getting screamed at for 15 minutes at a time, and people might not like over-aggressive gameplay or general rudeness, but I see how other sites with chat logs run, and almost no gaming community is always courteous, especially to new players. We're anonymous lunatics frenetically playing a war game where you have to make a decision in 5 seconds about killing someone's entire game's worth of troops. People are going to get angry. The trick, if we want to foster a better community, is that after a rant (or for the other players, during one), someone should be the voice of calm and give solace and advice to the new player.

[engie]

[Drifter]

[imapickle]

I think that any society where sensitivity is regarded as a bad thing rather than a good thing is deeply sick. So maybe if it is a good thing if the online community does die.

I believe that lux with its currently fashionable settings favours a certain kind of person with a certain kind of way of thinking. I feel sure that if the crazily short turn timers were abolished, more people would join, but maybe not the kind of people who the currently dominant players would like to see.

On another note, I was sorry to see that baden got a forum ban, quite unjustifiably in my opinion.

[Big Will E Style]

Lol you are funny pickle or maybe the word is contradicting...either way, you are it!

[Mushy Peas]

Wow, good to see some movement.

Quick question for para.

As our general uberhost, can you set up rooms that ONLY allow in people with 100 games or less?

Just a thought that if they have say a classic, MOTW and bio room, they might go there rather than get crowded out by lots of hating pros?

I'm sure I've seen other online games where the progression of room entry is dictated by experience or win percentage for example.

[Darth Rellek]

Its only dead, if you the community let it die !

[Nimrod7]

Mazza posted this in another thread and I thought that it deserved a place in here as well.

[paranoiarodeo]

Mushy: I could setup an informal autobooter, and create rooms that were limited to players with or without a certain number of games. A more ideal setup would be a Lux app programmed restriction like: "✱ You are too experienced to guest into this game ✱" But dustin's busy with other things, so that's probably pie in the sky. I'll look into setting up a test room in the near future.

(With five teaming Reapers, of course. Must! Crush! Newbies!)

pickle: Baden was given a short term vacation from the forums. Only fourteen days! He'll be back soon, and more Badenish than ever, I suspect. In fact, this is the first time someone has been given a "duration specific" forum suspension. In the past, all forum bans were indefinite and semi-permanent. We're trying something new here. He's not being thrown outta the community. He's just being asked to take a deep breath, and focus his wit and charm in a more positive direction.

(We all wub Baden.)

[Nimrod7]

Pie... in the... sky?

[Deep Blue's]

Make the classic map free to play.
Rest of the maps you pay.
Ok chaos at first, but when you have enough players and maybe to much you can alway start cleaning.

or release a temp crack. This how i found the game, i searched risk in isohunt. If you google risk: NO LUX!!!!?????


cheers deep

[hoodie]

So what's the status of fixing the raw formula? I've admittedly dropped out of any competitive luxing and haven't really followed the progression of MoliRaw, but has it been working well? And if so, is it possible for it to become the official ranking system?

I.... might... try again if competition accurately reflected who played the best, and lost the cartoonish ups and downs and bonuses.

For now I'm headed out traveling for a month. Be well everyone.

[n00less cluebie]

[jesterme]

Pies with wings?! YUM!

[paranoiarodeo]

[Nimrod7]

[n00less cluebie]

[SmotPoker]

[Mushy Peas]

That's interesting Para, although it is only one part of the process. We need Dustin (in the upcoming newsletter for example) to ensure that the word gets out to newbies that there are safe places to play where they can learn the game online without being battered silly by the pros. It's no fun getting killed in round 4 every game because you still think cashing first is the best strategy.

Looking forward to any of these upcoming changes though, raw calculator or otherwise.

There already seems to be more people playing at the moment just down to this thread!

[Milltycoon]

Well, if they use that strategy and do cash first, they probably don't get killed in Round 4 (with 0 or 1 card). But the gist of what you say is true. A novice Lux room, possibly without any vets even allowed in, but certainly disallowing vets from playing, would be a good thing.

[Rhye]

[Nimrod7]

[imapickle]

Talking of new players..
http://sillysoft.net/lux/rankings/user/Dex

[imapickle]

Thinking i might call it a day and move on now. Every game of lux just seems to be one big argument. Very rarely do i get a game that doesnt leave a bad taste in the mouth after. Sometimes i think that most of the players that continue playing do so out of pure addiction. Hardly anyone seems to be having a good time.

[Llux Llama]

How many games have you played with me in them lately? I know I have only been playing (as a posed to posting) again for 2 weeks or so. But I light right up when I see you in a room and come in. To my recollection, they were mostly fun games. In one of them (I don't remember if you were there) someone said "you fucking idiot" or something like that to me when I killed him. I used my typical response which is ∞ Llux Llama does the you fucking idiot dance of joy ∞ and went on with the game.

You are not going to have all pleasant games because they involve humans...not just pickles and Llamas. It's a numbers game. I am in it for those 3 or 4 games in a week when i am in a room full of people I really like. The rest of the time I just enjoy the game because I enjoy the game. the ,/mute command is your friend. Also try dancing. Once you dance off a few nasty comments the commentator usually gives up. Also, try giggling.

[Nimrod7]

It's all about who you play pickle boy. Most games I play, I am selective of who I play with so that I can have some good, fun games.

[Stelee]

[Llux Llama]

General K 1 14 +90 591
Baden 2 14 +30 530
Llux Llama 3 11 +15 515
imapickle 4 11 +1 501
El Castigador 5 7 -15 485
TSK So lovely do we CARE how she ranks?

Red Beard 1 12 +122 854
Mumps 2 12 +11 1071
imapickle 3 11 +15 709
TSK 4 11 0 555
JUD.E 5 11 -17 706
Llux Llama 6 8 -68 687


Tell me that THESE were not fun games.....besides the fact that both of us lost horribly....and I DID take the liberty of editing out a few games in between.....but STILL!

[Baden]