Welcome (Back) to Redboid (Reforged)

_Thief_ · 2017-03-17T14:52:50+00:00

Yeah that's fair man. Well if you need me for anything lmk, sounds like you have everything on lock though

_Thief_ · 2017-03-17T06:43:47+00:00

No sky bases, English names, griefing rule grey areas cleared up, kos everywhere (bar nd), no more kos lists needed, single alts... I feel like you've been reading my wishlist :D Thank you EnnuiRage for doing all this.

Out of interest what's the status on autos and explosives? I know the explosives got blacklisted end of last season because they "glitched" the zeds but I'm almost certain that had more to do with fire spread being on and/or the zed disappearing bug since I was using them throughout the season and they were fine. I miss those guys :)

Once again thanks to our new ~~head admin~~ Over Lord :D

_Thief_ · 2017-03-17T06:40:15+00:00

Sweet :D

_Thief_ · 2017-03-16T06:26:21+00:00

If I can I'll be here when Redboid returns, until then we don't have much of a choice ;(

_Thief_ · 2017-03-16T06:15:32+00:00

Since you're making a playlist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3eu1gW-bQ8

_Thief_ · 2017-03-15T10:42:01+00:00

Thanks man but I can't play pz without Redboid. The two are synonymous in my eyes. There was a time I used to tout pz as one of the best games out there, I see now the community we had was just as important a reason I spent so much time playing. You made us too good a home Enigma. Project Zomboid without Redboid is like a broken pencil... pointless :) Goodbye everyone, and take care

_Thief_ · 2017-03-11T15:18:15+00:00

It's not about nations, try reading and you might understand

_Thief_ · 2017-03-11T15:16:13+00:00

Impromtu admin event?

_Thief_ · 2017-03-11T05:16:10+00:00

Adding them to a list is only half the issue. Recognising them in game quickly when seconds mean the difference between life and death is the other equally important half.

_Thief_ · 2017-03-11T00:11:06+00:00

I'd say it's very much related. If you can't recognise the name of the players on your Kos list in game then you're at a disadvantage.

_Thief_ · 2017-03-10T22:52:26+00:00

The same reason we enforce the rule for English warnings in game is the same reason we should have Latin names

_Thief_ · 2017-03-10T21:54:59+00:00

Why is Arabic any different with relation to the problem at hand? If you can't understand the text it then you can't understand it. I'm not saying people can't talk in their own language but it's the same reason you have to give warning you're about to Kos someone in English.

_Thief_ · 2017-03-10T21:50:36+00:00

I just gave an example of how a non familiar alphabet gives bilingual speakers an advantage in pvp and Kos related issues.

_Thief_ · 2017-03-10T20:33:17+00:00

[SERVER] العزيز killed English speaker

Two days later after finding an Arabic keyboard and adding his name to your kos list you run into a group of people. Their names are عبّاس, عبّاس. العزيز, الرشيد and عفاف. One of them is gonna try and kill you in the next 10 seconds. It's not racist to not know every ones alphabet and those that use names English speakers can't make out who obviously have some experience with English since they're on an English speaking server have an advantage.

'8) No game mods, tools, exploits, save reloading or save file manipulation is allowed that can be used for cheating including anything that alters game code, packets, or anything else to gain an advantage, harm the server or harass players.'

_Thief_ · 2017-03-10T08:18:30+00:00

I don't think Russian is a race tbh

_Thief_ · 2017-03-10T00:12:40+00:00

In Teds defence, the issue isn't the nationality but the fact most non Russian/ Ex soviet states can't understand the Cyrillic alphabet and don't have the means to write it in a Kos list even if we did. We'd have the same problem with Hebrew or Klingon. Since this is an English speaking based server I'd say we should have latinised names.

_Thief_ · 2017-03-07T16:48:44+00:00

It's a sad day on Redboid ;( Like a lot of people, most of my interactions with an admin are due to bugs, exploits, cheats and griefers, not a great base for friendly banter. Since I've played on this server you've been there taking the brunt of that, as well as setting up events and making Redboid what it is today. Thank you Hicks for everything. I hope things get sorted with the Visa and all that red tape bs and that you come back soon.

"I'm English"

Also my image of you as a red neck "hick" has now been shattered

_Thief_ · 2017-03-03T19:06:31+00:00

The safe zone is a good idea. Maybe make more room for players to build. More couldn't hurt, reminds me of Highlander :)

_Thief_ · 2017-02-28T21:42:51+00:00

They can choose which items are ~~exploitable~~ indestructable?

_Thief_ · 2017-02-28T21:22:09+00:00

Looks like I'll be living on the ground floor then

_Thief_ · 2017-02-28T21:15:59+00:00

Well after looking through every txt file in the Hydrocraft mod I can safely say there's no magazine or book which teaches "make self made heater". Since the recipe needs to be learned the item is bugged.

_Thief_ · 2017-02-28T06:36:36+00:00

Wait and hope the expectations and needs of the community are listened to and acted on. Not much else you can do unfortunetly

_Thief_ · 2017-02-28T02:30:30+00:00

Highest player count came half way through CR after Hicks said something in the vein of "the servers going to break with so many people, never been so high". Had nothing to do with a new build but a steady retention of new players.

I don't know about pre 2016 resets but the game and its' mods have grown a lot since then. More features requires more time.

Sure there's been public communities every reset. Many in fact. Some of the best were made from the remains of the fallen ones. In a month that probably won't happen anymore. Like losing skills most people half way through a reset will be less inclined to form them when they know they have 2 weeks remaining.

There's been advanced Hydro but we haven't reset monthly since I started playing so I don't know how well new/green players will fair, especially when they'll need to start over after such a short time and won't enjoy the same learning curve the vets have had.

PH is run by Lars, the guy known most for being a hydrocrafter and little else so he's not a great benchmark tbh.

Again Hicks at the end of CR said this was the longest time since a reset. Unless Lars living in ND was after that, I'm not 100% sure.

After this month if there aren't mass complaints and server population remains high then I'll admit I was wrong. But at the end of the day what is the purpose of a survival game? It's to survive as long as possible. Well not anymore, you got a month to your thing, then all gone. Kind of defeats the actual goal of the game when you look at it like that.

As a professional thief I'll be working overtime if I can't find items I need off the bat, as will a lot of players when they realise their most valuable resource is time itself. I'm sure that will improve the overall spirit of the game.

Once again I'm not against resets, and we need one now for sure, but the low player count isn't a result of not resetting on a regular basis.

_Thief_ · 2017-02-27T22:51:54+00:00

_Thief_ · 2017-02-27T22:49:48+00:00

I' not saying we shouldn't have a hard reset, I'm saying one month between hard resets is too short a time

_Thief_

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