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Welcome Medievians,
I am taking the time to write to you
today about the joys and tragedies that happen to one and
all of us around this small world which we all choose to
share. In recent days, with our current player base,
friendships and enmity abound. With people forming everyday,
trying new features, or running lairs or equipment, a common
trend is forming. Good clans and better friendships have
become paramount. Every one of us knows that a form made 2
north of recall has just as much chance at self destruction,
as succeeding in what it sets out to accomplish. However the
new explore feature brings a new element of sharing and
knowledge into those old Med forms. All of us, in completing
one exploration serves to bring us closer together, through
the very form we make to go on explores. If not serving to
bring us together, even neutral player kill and chaotic
player kill, teaches us valuable lessons in teamwork, group
involvement, and how to succeed in what we set out to do.
Many of the very things
that make Medievia special to us all, can be directly linked
to the friendships and enmities formed during our first days
of playing. A neutral or chaotic player kill form sitting
and waiting for that unlucky adventurer, a lowly ship
captain battling serpents with a loyal crew of clan members,
or the infamous wagon train surrounded by mob factions of
all kinds, all serve to bring a sense of adventure
unparalleled in any other mud I have seen. Rivalries abound,
enemies stalking each other, waiting for the perfect time to
ambush each other, adds fun and excitement to our world.
However for all the fun and excitement this also brings an
element of distrust and sometimes hatred from people, which
is not bad, simply part of the game . However, new players
seeing this are a little put out, and disillusioned with the
fighting and general bad attitudes this brings to the game.
We all play for different reasons, yet in recent years
comments, attitudes and general treatment of each other
seems to have fallen to an all time low. Fights and
arguments, comments and gestures, we as hero's or more
experienced players make, really does not show well of us.
We all play the game for
our own reasons, for fun, a sense of a great ever changing
world, or simply to see and visit our friends, or to be the
best at our respective fields of interest. But we must
remember that for every friend or enemy we have now, there
are every day, new players joining the mud. Who will, if
they can, also bring with them their friends. With our new
re-opening on the horizon, it becomes even more important
that we get along, or at least make an effort to keep our
bitterness or upset off of public channels, where these new
players can see it. We have all tried that new mud, trying
to learn the commands, to make sense of all the rolling
lines of text, and we can remember how hard it was. With the
new player additions and the explore module, we are
expanding. But lately we have been showing rather poor
attitudes over chat, shout, and most all public channels.
This is not needed in the game that we all like.
This show of unrest, can be
because of a lot of things, frustration, anger, or just
simply someone having a bad day. Yet, we all must keep in
mind, that we play for fun, it is a game, and new people do
see and listen to us. Its part of learning and part of
teaching, that we as the hero's and founders, are teaching
our new player friends. You can win a million thanks, just
by showing a new player somewhere to explore, or you can
forever turn them off of the game, with just a rude comment.
So while you are playing, keep in mind, that whether you
know it or not, there are people watching you, looking up to
you, and learning from you. Medievia is a great game, and in
the future I only see it getting much better, but we must
remember that is is a game, where others are watching and
learning from you. Lets show the new players what it is to
be the true hero's that they are looking for. Instead of
player killing that new player form, try giving them a hand,
often you will get surprising results, and maybe make some
new friends.
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