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Messages - Hypnopotamus Rex

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"Every time you say Ready Up, the devs postpone Alliance by another month."

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The Pit / Re: Answer above, Ask below
« on: March 27, 2016, 09:52:12 am »
How many kinds of metal music exist?

Two: Crap and Folk metal.

Why do I get stabbing pains in my left arm after eating a whole block of cheese?


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The Pit / Re: Three Word Game
« on: January 17, 2016, 12:03:12 pm »
are maintained by

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The Pit / The Devs should do a themed nude calendar...
« on: January 16, 2016, 01:48:04 pm »
They could call it Buns of Icarus.

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The Pit / Re: Three Word Game
« on: January 16, 2016, 08:37:26 am »
to construct additional

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The Pit / Re: Three Word Game
« on: January 15, 2016, 04:51:47 am »
acts of terrorism

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Now that you mention it CP does need a level requirement.

That's not what I was trying to get across - regardless of level, they're going to be a bit naff at CP the first time. The problem is the vets' attitude toward them.

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Just yesterday I was playing, and I met some very rude arrogant players.  These, however, weren't novices, nor where they low to mid level, these were veterans with thousands if not tens of thousands of matches under their belt, throwing hissy fits in text chat and captain's chat.  I could just as easily point out that due to the poor behavior of the veterans (I actually think almost all of the vets are awesome.  I really hope this doesn't offend any one) that we should kick them all from captaining because they bully lower level pilots/crew.  This is of course ridiculous, but it uses the very same logic that most experienced players use:  Novices are bad, some people who are bad tend to be arrogant, therefore, all novices are  bad and therefore arrogant. Instead of punishing all because of the errors of the few, we as a community must take it upon ourselves to educate this new addition to our player base.

Similar thing happened a couple of days ago after a novice's first time in Labyrinth - one of the allied crew members was just tearing into them, "Why didn't you-" this, and "You were supposed to-" that. Way too aggressive to make people want to stay in the game.

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The Pit / Re: Offensive flavor text.
« on: January 11, 2016, 04:18:50 am »
Everyone hates fire. Take these and ruin somebody's day."

As a pyrogender firekin, that statement triggers my chemspray PTSD.

Literally shaking right now, Muse. You cishetdudemanbro developers better check your privilege or I'll start wailing.

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The Gallery / Re: GOIO memes
« on: January 10, 2016, 08:32:42 am »
MRW a novice crew listens to my advice and says "You're the expert".


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The Pit / Re: GoI haikus
« on: January 09, 2016, 09:44:54 pm »
A novice pilot,
plays bad but I tell myself
"Do it for the 'cheevs".

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Just played a few matches with novice pilots - put up with more than a few awful builds, but they were communicative enough to be taught a decent layout (for a Galleon, at least).
I find it really fun giving the newbies encouragement and feedback. Even though we'll end up getting steamrollered, they'll learn a valuable lesson.

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The Lounge / Re: The Fart Awakens (Spoilers)
« on: January 09, 2016, 09:32:11 pm »

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The Pit / Re: GoI haikus
« on: January 08, 2016, 05:16:53 pm »
Iron Fork over,
Ineffective flamer build,
Mann: Next time, use flares.

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I don't really mind novice captains much - I mean, as long as they've done the tutorial.
With or without veteran help, it's pretty much trial and error. You've all gone through the same thing, put yourself in their shoes and think about how they'd feel about being stigmatised as new pilots.

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