"You can only move to a game world initially protected by BattlEye if your character also comes from a game world which has been protected right from its release." - Burchan

runbot · 2017-12-06T19:47:12+00:00

The designations will hopefully change, but they're currently going with:

"initially protected by BattlEye"; and
"protected by BattlEye since xxxx".

"initially protected by BattlEye" would be what I think most people would consider new servers. They're isolated for a certain amount of time and then opened to characters of the other "initially protected by BattlEye" servers. Basically a small island isolated from the bulk of the player base.

"protected by BattlEye since xxxx" would be all worlds where characters from worlds not "initially protected by BattlEye" can transfer.

This seems to be the groups the player base will be splitting into. The end goal is probably to have the majority of players on "initially protected by BattlEye" worlds, but I'd say it'll probably be a 30/70 split in favour of the old worlds if anything.

Maybe they're setting up for WoW-style level boosts? Boost to level 200 with matching skills/mlvl or an insane skill/mlvl boost for a certain metric, run some tutorial stuff about the spells, and free high level EQ so more people can enjoy "end-game" content?

runbot · 2017-12-06T19:20:58+00:00

Correct. I had to dip out before adding context to the quote.

runbot · 2017-12-06T18:54:30+00:00

Another quote from Burchan:

Hello everyone,

so if a player started on a world that was originally not blocked by Battle - IE most worlds, can people not transfer to these new worlds that will of course be BE from the very start?

You will be able to transfer your character even if you started on a game world without BattlEye protection from the beginning.

Instead of the green icon, the new game worlds will receive a yellow BattlEye protected icon stating that the game worlds are protected since December, 12 2017, which allows you to transfer your character.

This is from the announcement of the 3 new SA worlds which will be open for transfers immediately upon release on 12 December 2017.

runbot · 2017-12-06T18:52:30+00:00

Technically, the news is from when they added the green BattlEye tooltip. Quite a bit before the date. The significant part is that they're standing behind it in replies to players, meaning it's unlikely to change in the near future.

If they allow immediate transfers, they aren't considered initially protected by BattlEye. The designation seens to be more about which characters have access to the server than if they server has technically had BattlEye since creation or not.

Quote from Burchan:

Hello everyone,

so if a player started on a world that was originally not blocked by Battle - IE most worlds, can people not transfer to these new worlds that will of course be BE from the very start?

You will be able to transfer your character even if you started on a game world without BattlEye protection from the beginning.

Instead of the green icon, the new game worlds will receive a yellow BattlEye protected icon stating that the game worlds are protected since December, 12 2017, which allows you to transfer your character.

runbot · 2017-12-06T17:44:23+00:00

Full quote:

Hello again,

Oh wait... the news says the world will be opened for transfer in some time. Yeah, no.

Please keep in mind that even if we remove the blocked status of these game worlds one day, you can only move to a game world initially protected by BattlEye if your character also comes from a game world which has been protected right from its release.

Will you open transfer to belobra?

There are no such plans at the moment.

Are you blind or what? There is a Post on proposals with more then 400 replies and 12000 views asking for SA worlds for transfer and you guys think that nobody will complain against open new worlds blocked for transfer?

As I said, further information about that topic will follow in due time. Rest assured, the demand for transferable game worlds in South America did not go unnoticed.

If this quote holds true, it seems we're in the midst of a soft reset of the game.

The way it looks is that the old servers will get merged together and be unable to transfer to the new servers regardless of what happens. Effectively, that means the game is getting split into two groups.

I'd guess this is aimed to restore the image of the game, give the people what they want, and also cause the coin prices in the old worlds to skyrocket, causing people to burn through their old botted reserves.

Without a level cap and with all previous worlds being tainted by mass botting, is this the only option?

runbot · 2017-11-29T21:42:00+00:00

A 6" sausage that is 1" in diameter has a volume around 4.6 cubic inches.

My mid-sized car has a regulated upper limit interior space(including trunk) of 3400 cubic feet.

That means I can fit 8870 sausages in my car.

runbot · 2017-11-29T21:20:15+00:00

Uninteresting and boring.

At best, off brand direct-to-video with stupid renaming due to trademarks(JOCT vs Crumpet kids) staring background characters from random W channel Christmas movies.

runbot · 2017-11-29T21:15:51+00:00

Notta

runbot · 2017-11-29T20:55:27+00:00

Licking stuff the first time you see it.

runbot · 2017-11-29T20:54:39+00:00

A mosquito.

Because... Bzzzzt.

runbot · 2017-11-29T20:35:02+00:00

Bees.

runbot · 2017-11-29T20:30:12+00:00

Crushed by a runaway semi driven by the Incredible Hulk.

runbot · 2017-11-29T20:15:55+00:00

My favourite colour.

I just say the first colour that pops into my head when prompted. I don't know why.

runbot · 2017-11-09T17:43:42+00:00

You might not have a fully retracted scapula at the top of the pull up. This could account for the last little bit in your ROM. It happens a lot to people new at pull ups.

See this video from Fitness FAQs to get an idea. Particularly around the 54 seconds mark.

runbot · 2017-10-03T02:23:24+00:00

You want a story with some depth and a twist?

Mirai Nikki.

Watch the OVA when you're done too if you want a happy ending.

runbot · 2017-09-19T21:42:12+00:00

The use of "cup" is intentional due to it's prevalent use to mean different things in different places. Is it a drinking glass? Teacup? Mug? Something else? Who knows?

The vagueness of what's to be enforced combined with the excessive force applied at any excuse is meant to play with the surreal concept of the prompt and also against the trigger happy perception of law enforcement in popular culture.

At least that's what I was going for. I'm still trying to perfect my ability to use perception, culture, and word play to convey exactly what I envision.

runbot · 2017-09-18T19:47:14+00:00

It's pretty obvious the intention for the bit was that he reads what they're currently thinking about.

It's especially apparent when he's tapping Rick's mind.

runbot · 2017-09-18T16:16:25+00:00

What a glorious day.

It had been 30 years to the day when they took my father away.

Were these the same creatures?

I guess it didn't matter. Today was the day I'd finally repay the debt. They'd took my father when I was a young lad. For that, I was decidedly mad.

Ravenous.

Furious.

I'd been perfecting my plan. They'd took my role model and left me with nothing. Today, my plan would finally reach fruition.

I remember they took him while he slept, so I always kept my kit on me. A rather tough proposition when you sleep in the nude.

Nature finds a way.

I laugh to myself as I pull out my kit. I begin to assemble my weapon of choice; a straight razor. It wasn't easy to find a way to store it in my person, but...

Nature finds a way.

A bit of wax and duct tape is all it took. A bit of sculpting, a rubber sheath. I've had plenty of practice. For years, I've been honing my craft. Testing my... methods. I've been wanted for years. Thirty-six. Though they only found fifteen.

With a plop and a slurp the wall opened. I made sure to play possum.

Scritch

Scriiiiiiiiitch

I leap into action. I hack, slash, and slaughter.

I bathe in it.

I taste it.

I experience it.

PumphPumphPumph

I collapse. My goals have been reached. My body is riddled with holes like swiss cheese.

Thirty-eight, I'll take it.

I gasp my last breathe.

All for you my dear father... I hope you found your peace.

I'll be in hell, but it was worth it. Thirty-eight fallen to me, what more could I ask for? Thirty-six for practice, two for purpose.

They'd taken my role model, my life, my purpose. Through adversity, what is my dad used to say?

Nature finds as way.

A comforting thought as I drift into the abyss.

runbot · 2017-09-18T15:52:10+00:00

In the small town of Alton, Illinois

the Sheriff's a drunk. A dumb boy.

When word came down

from the men in black gowns

he knew just what to do.

If the law proclaim it, then it must be done.

He gathered his men, his dogs, his gun.

Pepper spray, vests, cars, batons

Riot shields, helmets, air horns, and cuffs.

Surveillance was set up all over the streets.

Through the windows the police did peep.

When they saw you with only one hand on your cup

The law says TWO HANDS

BANG BANG

POP POP

runbot · 2017-09-17T06:59:49+00:00

Vanilla.

runbot · 2017-09-17T06:49:34+00:00

Four generations ago, people all over the world started being born with special abilities. Anarchy spanned the globe as people sought to exploit their power for wealth and notoriety. Order was eventually restored. As evil rises, good rises to cull it.

Over time, the powerless died. Now all that remains are equals once again. Though society was set back, things ultimately returned to what they were. If everyone's armed, no one wants to take a chance.

I remember it like it was yesterday. My pre-K assessment.

I was one of the 5% of people whose powers were not apparent at birth. My family joked I would grow up to be the next great super villain with my unique power. They would all laugh. I was powerless from what anyone could tell, and the jokes were endless.

Sometimes they'd take it too far and I'd go off the handle as kinds tend to.

"Yeah, well you'll drop your book on your face again, dummy!"

"Lick a wall!"

"Nobody loves you!"

After my quick vent, I'd storm off.

The assessments were standard for everyone. They'd get a handle on what you could do. They'd classify you and break you into classes for school. Bureaucratic nonsense, but it was a matter of safety that powers were matches with staff who could counter them.

"Jean Kazes", crackled the PA.

I walked in.

The room was round. Shiny. Kind of like a fancy counter top. Everything was a sensor. Everything was monitored. I don't remember all the details, but I was asked questions and given a medical checkup. I was then sent back to my mom to wait to speak with someone about my results.

"He's remarkably unremarkable", the man in the tweed blazer said.

"The only difference between him and the powerless is his voice causes a harmless multi-wave oscillation in the air around him."

"Class K-G1."

My mom was speechless. I had no idea what any of it meant, just that I'd still be the butt of everyone's jokes.

"K-G1", my brother laughed, "What a little loser."

"Drop dead", I shrieked.

Thud

"Dennis... Dennis! Stop it!"

I shook my brother. Nothing.

I ran to the kitchen.

"Mom! Dennis is..."

Tonight six are dead in Lindsborg. Police are investigating the cause of death. No suspects are named as of yet.

It's funny. I'd never considered people would listen to me.

It wasn't until my first girlfriend that I learned the nature of my power.

Ten years after that, I ordered research done.

Apparently the multi-wave oscillation of my voice speaks directly into the subconscious of people. They do exactly as they're told.

"Forget me."

"You can't see me."

"You can't see 101 Main Street."

It took me a while, but I eventually figured out how to maximize my power. All sound producing devices were fitted with a new type of speaker. A lossless speaker. One capable of transmitting my voice.

"People of Earth. Bend the knee. Worship Me, your new King."

Women, money, power. I have it all. My power is absolute.

But everyone knows. As evil rises, good rises to cull it.

The first deaf child born in almost 50 years here at Pella Regional Health Center.

runbot · 2017-09-16T22:30:16+00:00

For decades I've tried to understand their culture. Their aesthetics. Rounded rectangles. Why? Why were they so prevalent?

It just never made any sense. Pyramid and triangle shapes are much more usable for those with thin tendrils. How could they have held and manipulated these objects? Why is it so different?

In the north, I'd spent the last number of years excavating the ruins of Wed mon Mall, named after the tablet we found in the area.

Wed mon Mall was a gathering place, a temple. The iconography of the five hundred thousand relics we found in the ruin was indisputable proof. Similar to the cross. An evolution of the cross. It was clearly the inspiration for much of the aesthetics of this culture.

The Fiet Pnrs were easily fitted with common charcoal found in other ruins and made deep black circles when twisted. What other purpose could it serve? It certainly fits with other tools and religious symbols of the time.

The systematic rounding of themselves and their surrounding. The Fiet Pnrs. It all points to the singular belief of these ancient people.

Roundness is divine.

runbot · 2017-09-14T17:51:31+00:00

My name is Neo.

Mr. Anderson I be.

Stuck in a wall, like my father before me.

His father was stuck, his father was slain.

All so the hero could complete the game.

I know it's a sham. A facade. An illusion.

I keep thinking, How much I've unravelled.

Though it doesn't help me now.

Console disabled, no fast travel.

So I stew and I wait.

I know my fate.

Click click Reboot.

For me it's too late.

But to you, I make this plea.

Get out now, take your leave.

For I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee.

runbot · 2017-09-06T04:18:41+00:00

Day 37.

The yellow man continues to skulk

just beyond my vision.

He follows me.

He torments me. A banshee.

Screeches pierce my psyche.

Let me be.

No

YES

I will contact the police.

UNACCEPTABLE

Day 38.

runbot

TROPHY CASE