Postby Lilira » Sun Jan 08, 2006 6:00 pm
Ambar-
I wholeheartedly agree with pretty much everything you posted. I also remember the "good ol' days" and spent the beginning of my mud life in essentially the same manner. I floated along. I wasn't concerned about perfecting my skills, I rarely zoned, the only reason I'd had decent eq was my clan members passed most of it down as they got better gear.
I also remember when players for the most part were respectful of EACH OTHER as well as the imms who ran the place. Something I try to practice to this day, even when I want to reach through the modem and strangle somebody who doesn't care if they insult everyone they talk to.
What most people forget is that even in the old days Tiamat took HOURS!!!!!!!! It was also a "Throw bodies at her til she's dead" kind of thing. Rho went once and had 20 pcorpses to show for it (as a conjurer no less)... and that was on Tia alone.
Something most people are forgetting as well, zones like SPOB took HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS until people started learning the tricks of the zone. Now its shaved down to a 3-4 hour run, and is commonly done on weeknights.
I'm not saying Tiamat will ever be trimmed down to a mere 3-4 hours, and since I haven't been, I'm not certain what the group is up against other than dragons, dragons oh and more dragons.
However, I, like many others I'm sure, am waiting for the day that people becomes so accustomed to doing the zone that its shaved down by a few hours/pcorpses. I'm not bitching, I'm not griping that I can't go. My last post on a previous thread was meant in a teasing manner.
If I really, really, really, WANTED to go to Tia, I could probably half-a$$ it and AFK alot.. but I wouldn't do that to a group that has to hold it together for that long. My kids are constant distractions (even when hubby kindly runs interference for me), and I take that into consideration everytime I zone in general, and why for the most part only go when Lili or someone who knows me well is leading.. they know about my distractions and are really good at understanding there are times I don't even have time to hit AFK. While I can get away with AFKing suddenly in somewhere like SPOB, I wouldn't dream of attempting it in a zone like Tiamat, which is why I've never signed up, and probably never will.
I too mud pretty much every day. I too love this mud, or I wouldn't spend so many hours of my life here. The thing is, I do stuff I can walk away from at a moments notice.
Tiamat is an uber, majorly epic zone. The people who lead it are incredibly brave (or gluttons for punishment *tease*) to lead so many people with (usually) strong attitudes and wills, managing to hold them together for half a day to get it done. Frankly, I commend anyone who tries to lead zones, because it shows they have the guts to make the attempt. I've tried it. My talents lie elsewhere... I just don't have the patience to deal with people who insist on doing their own thing thinking they know better for the good or ill of the group.
Imms: From the Assoc chatter, and logs I've seen, it looks like you did a killer job giving the crown jewel of the mud a lovely new setting and polish job.