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2008/08/04 15:14, Spears:Rated: Good 
Extremely fun fight! :P And whining about sanc is stupid. Without sanct we just would have ran over em. Not too many big fights in MUME anymore so i'd take this again anyday! + - 0 with exp too :)

2008/08/04 15:53, Praios:edited 1x   
Heh, if you can't kill them, at least mock them. Right Luke?
Tells something about your ability to accept a loss.

Perhaps you didn't think your own words to the consequences. If we were such a wimpy and clueless group as you think, how comes we still won? Do you want to say it takes a wimpy and clueless group to handle your groups? You are mocking yourself here indirectly. :-)

And talking about sanc not being fresh is not crap, it's a mere fact. Sure we could have waited another 5 mins and resanc, but we didn't and that's all that matters.

About dying pukes being faults of clerics: nonsense, none of the dying dwarves ever told me for heal or resanc. Only Barzak did so. Also he had fine silvery star, which made him most valuable warrior in group, so it was maybe good idea to focus the cleric support on him to keep him alive as long as possible.

Regarding targetting non-blind targets, the longer the fight lasts the less it matters if you target blind or non-blind. And I think that even low defence targets suffer way more damage when blinded than if not.

And finally about the scrolls, I used all my blues and blacks, Rilmamir proly still had some small reserve, but since in the end he only spared me one, it was not many I guess (or at least hope :-)).

2008/08/04 16:20, Telessar:Rated: Good 
Spears has had the most intelligent and insightful comment so far!

2008/08/04 18:53, Taromir:   
Could someone explain why an immortal had to move characters around before this fight?

2008/08/04 19:36, Paisa:Rated: Superb 
Notice the Poor Scout Orc, he used flee instead of escape...He woulda never Died if he used escape! (sarcasm).... I loved the big fight. Was amazed whities prevailed. Sanc + scrolls major turn around in the battle. Comf orc scout!!! Escape is the key! not flee! :p

2008/08/04 19:40, Iluvator:Rated: Good 
That was a joke Taromir...

2008/08/04 21:53, Vardamir:Rated: Average 
If a minion grouping with me on purpose targets a blinded enemy, under almost any circumstances, I will hang his corpse off the nearest tree.

I couldn't care less if Praios persuades you to do it when playing whitie, though.

2008/08/04 22:49, Azazello:Rated: Average 
So, let's say you and me hunt a solo blinded warrior in the tunnels of moria ... :-)

2008/08/04 23:35, Vardamir:edited 5x  Rated: Average 
If you don't hit under such circumstances then I fear I'm going to have to grow a forest. :-P

Edits: You can't typo circumstances more times than I did!

2008/08/05 07:50, Gahar:   
not everyone has spend hour after hour after hour after hour after hour after hour after hour on this text game as you have. some people just don't notice when things happend in a huge fight.

2008/08/05 10:16, Khazolak:   
Good lord, Luke.

While nobody in this log (from the actual Balrog group) can be considered low level, we are FAR from level 70 on average.

Targetting blinded opponents seems almost always to be a less productive idea when there are non-blind opponents to choose from.

Praios is right, the only reason I (but possibly the other two) died at all here is because we didn't even say we were low. I was mostly standing around trying to intercept for Praios and Rilmamir, so they would have a chance to do something useful, but by the time I was getting low I realised I hadn't setup my group-tell beyond Barzak and several others, so I didn't have much chance to say anything in between the time my sanc dropped (low wounded) to being incap. Besides, it definitely would have been my (and probably most others) first choice to sanc/heal Barzak over the rest simply because he had the greatest capacity to hurt the enemy.

Overall it was a fun fight, but I wish I hadn't given Barzak the black scroll which he used initially - because it could have seen me through to the end as well, and he would have been ok as well with the clerics there to heal him.

2008/08/05 20:42, Björn: 
What the dwarves were doing in oakdoor instead of the second fight? Well, for ones that have read the old Swedish version of Bilbo it's rather obvious 'Dvärgarna runkade skäggen'!

2008/08/05 20:58, Bjorn:   
Is that what your pic is Bjorn?

'Dvärgarna runkade skäggen'!

:D

2008/08/05 22:19, Devastator: 
Boring log :P

2008/08/05 22:34, Halimyr:  Rated: Superb 
this log has been tragically underrated. you people suck!

2008/08/06 09:32, Azazello:Rated: Average 
Due to barzaks mindless playing - it's actually highly overrated.

2008/08/06 12:47, Rayden:   
2008/08/04 08:43, Zimrathon:
It's funny how scrolls can decide the outcome of fights even more now that they are changed.

If the point of your comment is to whine, whine and whine some more, then go ahead.

2008/08/06 13:07, Barzak: 
With the possible exception of Zimrathon, since I think he was fairly well targeted once someone started targeting him, I don't think that any darkie had any problem reciting scrolls and the only reason why our clerics were able to recite scrolls was that no casters/scouts seemed to target them. If that had been the case we would have surely lost.

Azazello: Sorry, next time I will copy the master. I learned a very good technique from you, sanc your buffer, spam quakes in a room your enemy left and isn't returning to, let your buffer die and then rock out. Worked great!

2008/08/06 13:50, Azazello:Rated: Average 
I frankly have no idea what you are talking about. And then again - what it has to do with your demonstration of the worst possible playing in given situation (the best possible for your group) and then pretending you did something special?

2008/08/06 18:48, Zimrathon: 
Thing is the other day I was fighting a cleric and even though I started my burn before his recite, it got through, and then I had no mana to finish him, so I guess you pretty much need to spam magic missile to stop recites!

2008/08/07 19:03, Manandoun:Rated: Good 
71 times change mood wimpy,hahahaha i guess you never can be wimpy enough Barzak :)
Praios its no point to argue with you.
Facts isn't mocking and consequences you are able to find understand prolly only on your home planet - Mars.

2008/08/08 07:19, Praios: 
Manandoun: 71 times change mood wimpy,hahahaha i guess you never can be wimpy enough Barzak :)

Who cares? End justifies the means. You and your group dying is all that mattered for us. Number of change mood commands is meaningless...

Manandoun: Praios its no point to argue with you.

Then why are you trying to argue with me?

Manandoun: Facts isn't mocking and consequences you are able to find understand prolly only on your home planet - Mars.

Even facts can be used to mock someone. Of course you have the right to criticise whatever, and please do so, but be concrete and constructive, not vague and obviously biased. Nobody says our group did no mistakes. But if you just use general statements to ridicule (mock) the enemy that has just defeated you, it only shows you have serious problems accepting losses, nothing else. Basically your mocking tries to turn the attention from your loss to something else (to supposedly poor play of the enemy). If we/they played poor and still won, you played worse than poor (whether just made poor decision to take the fight at all as only fools enter fights they cannot win [but don't get me wrong, you are one of the few who believe this was the case, I certainly don't share this view] or whether you just lost because of other mistakes like bad targetting). I know you won't ever accept critics from me and therefore I won't bother analyzing your mistakes, but ask your groupmembers what they think.

And this mocking about living on a different planet (yes, it is not argument, but another attempt to mock) is hardly original. I guess you spoke to Azazello way too much lately. Who else lives on different planet than him when he tries to ridicule our group for ever using sanc to fight this big group of trolls. He lives in a dreamworld and you just happen to prefer his view over the acceptance of the cruel reality, which says that you have plainly lost. But it's just a game. Get used to it here, it will save you lot of frustration later in eventual RL loses (not that I wish you any...).

2008/08/08 09:25, Devastator: 
I sense some similarities in my behaviour when I loose :) I agree with Praios though.

2008/08/08 14:01, Azazello:Rated: Average 
So useless :-)

2008/08/08 15:23, Devastator: 
Admitting I agree with Elestir is something unique but sometimes he's right though :D

2008/08/08 15:37, Elestir: 
Just don't overdo it Deva, or Luke and Aza will expel you to Mars. :-)

2008/08/08 16:06, Devastator: 
Hey I quitted my study of aerospace engineering but the interest in the subject didn't fade, would be an interesting trip ;)

2008/08/08 16:50, Rilmamir:   
I must say luke and azazello is quite pathetic atm :)
2 experienced players(?) with this behavior :) Slick indeed.
and i agree with elestir ofcourse

2008/08/08 18:21, Manandoun:Rated: Good 
*gig* I don't know why i'm trying as on Mars is different logic.
I red only half of your comment Praios, its too much blablabing for me.
Just few points:

1. If there is balrog group, i attack it always, or atleast try. No matter numbers. I expected we loose, i told that to my group before, but it was only way how to get fight for us, as your group would fight only if you had all the advantages and our group wanted to fight.

2. Targeting for ourside had sence after 2 ticks when sancts started to drop. Killing anyone before would be a) pure luck b) completly fuckup by pukes. After that there definetly could be done better when it comes to targeting.

3. You shouldn't even try to talk about this case, couse you would never enter that place without key and that goes for most of your group, so your opinions are worthless and biased.

4. This is typical logic from Mars, reason why its no point to argue with you:
Elestir: Perhaps you didn't think your own words to the consequences. If we were such a wimpy and clueless group as you think, how comes we still won? Do you want to say it takes a wimpy and clueless group to handle your groups? You are mocking yourself here indirectly. :-)

When i say you had all advantages and that sancted balrog group is extremly powerful and that your group are clueless newbies and expers, that you won means only one thing: that your group was extremly powerful, atlhough you are clueless newbies and although you fucked up, its still simply too powerful. Your consequences are simply wrong.

5. Scrolls. Haha
Praios: And finally about the scrolls, I used all my blues and blacks, Rilmamir proly still had some small reserve, but since in the end he only spared me one, it was not many I guess (or at least hope :-)).

I would never believe Praios of Rilmamir about contains of their sables, the worst mumers when it comes to this. Praios told me week ago or so that Rilmamir has 40 heal scrolls? :)
You definetly could recite much more and save much more of your group and not get this fight even this close.

6. Rilmamir, you stayed silent quite long and word you definetly should have avoid to use when talking about anyone is 'pathetic' :)

7. Enough of wasting my precious time on pointless discusions with people from Mars.

2008/08/08 19:35, Rilmamir:   
Reason i been silence is cuz i couldnt connect to ER for quite long. like months. thats why-. but hey ? now i can comment :P

2008/08/09 00:04, Devastator: 
A point to Luke! Now bring in a reply Elestir!

2008/08/09 13:22, Elestir: 
Manandoun: *gig* I don't know why i'm trying as on Mars is different logic.

You are trying, because you still have troubles accepting the loss (your giggling won't mask it), which was always your problem, and it surprises me that over the years you didn't improve at it at all. The fact that you lost is just as true on Earth as on Mars, therefore talking about Mars won't help you here... No logic will change that, ever...

Manandoun: I red only half of your comment Praios, its too much blablabing for me.

On contrary to you, I read all your comments, because I prefer dialogs and argumentation over monologs and insults/moralization.

Manandoun: If there is balrog group, i attack it always, or atleast try...

Yes, and you are very readable in respect to this.

Manandoun: ...No matter numbers.

I will clarify this. You simply try to get as much as possible from both online and offline ppl, and then come for the group of 10 whether you have 6 or 20, yes. If you have 6, you will simply try to at least sabotage Balrog. If you have stronger group, you will go for direct encounter (which was this case). You sure have right for this and it's your style to always play with as big group as possible. But don't picture yourself as some hero who always fights outnumbered, that is rarely the case.

Manandoun: I expected we loose, i told that to my group before, but it was only way how to get fight for us, as your group would fight only if you had all the advantages and our group wanted to fight.

Only way for you to get a fight inside oakdoor was to make us think we have a chance to win. And since you barely arrived to Moria and we had good reconnaissance, we thought that if we get ready for fight asap, we can actually get a fight with a chance to win. Some ppl were AFK at that time though and therefore it wasn't sure we will go for it. After some 2 minutes of sancs being up, it happened that I think nobody was AFK anymore so we went for it. I am speaking for myself here, and I didn't know the exact numbers of your group. So for us (or at least for me) it was also a little bit risky business. There was no such plan as to keep oakdoor open, so we basically gave up of that advantage when we let your bn to block (or at least that advantage got minimized).

When you say you expected to lose, I can say that before it began, I expected any kind of result and didn't really know how things will end. After first seconds I've almost died and I actually expected a loss for a moment, but still kept the cool nerves and tried to do my job, which your group has luckily (for us) let me do.

I think that nothing was clear from the beginning as you are trying to picture it. Your ego just can't handle the truth here. You prefer to see yourself as a hero dying to overwhelming power of the enemy group rather than as a loser in a more or less fair fight. It's understandable, but it's childish.

Manandoun: Targeting for ourside had sence after 2 ticks when sancts started to drop. Killing anyone before would be a) pure luck b) completly fuckup by pukes. After that there definetly could be done better when it comes to targeting.

Targetting clerics had sense from the beginning. But you let us recite, sanc, and blind, without having cure blinder (yet at least one of your blinded trolls got cured by purple, how I noticed later from the log). When I was bad like 10 seconds after the beginning of the fight, there was only one troll chasing me preventing me to heal up. Had there be 2-3, I might have died there and the outcome of the whole fight would probably be way different. You may argue it was my mistake I got bad in first place. Maybe it was (I ate bash while trying to blind), but you should know that to win, you have to use every mistake of your enemy. If you can't do that, you are doing mistake yourself.

Manandoun: You shouldn't even try to talk about this case, couse you would never enter that place without key and that goes for most of your group, so your opinions are worthless and biased.

With the group you had, I would surely enter as well. Especially in situation in which you were. Freshly killed (hence almost naked), you had like nothing to lose and everything to gain. Your group had also very little to lose as it was mostly trolls and few trolls play the way you do (hoarding scrolls, etc.). Under such circumstances I can't classify this as a heroic act. It's perfectly rational risk and not going for it would simply be idiotic. Even if the chance of your group to win was 20%, it was quite worth it, considering how much you could have gained from victory and how little you could have lost (not counting your offended pride). Yet I think the chance for your win was higher than 20%.

Manandoun: When i say you had all advantages and that sancted balrog group is extremly powerful and that your group are clueless newbies and expers, that you won means only one thing: that your group was extremly powerful, atlhough you are clueless newbies and although you fucked up, its still simply too powerful. Your consequences are simply wrong.

Well, maybe Azazello will fall for this, but that's it. Sure balrog groups are powerful, but so was your group. It's quite funny how you overrate our power and underrate yours. As some obviously more clueful troll in your group noted, without sanc you would have just run over us. And during the fight many sancs dropped. Don't argue that we could have sanced right before fight... What happened is relevant, not what could have happened. (If we waited for resanc, you could have got more organized and things could go much worse actually, but we can only speculate about this, so let's don't.)

To sum it up, you are basically saying:
If I win, it's because I am good and the opponent is clueless. If I lose, it's because of me being good and the opponent being clueless, but I was in clear HUUUUGE disadvantage. Don't you see how full of pride statements like that are? It's actually better to not speak like that even if it was the case. Let others make their own picture about it. How the wise proverb says: Pride precedes a fall.

Manandoun: Scrolls. Haha. I would never believe Praios of Rilmamir about contains of their sables, the worst mumers when it comes to this. Praios told me week ago or so that Rilmamir has 40 heal scrolls? :) You definetly could recite much more and save much more of your group and not get this fight even this close.

I can only speak for myself and so I did. I don't remember about 40 scrolls on Rilmamir, but that's question for him more than for me. And even if he said that and I told you after, Rilmamir can't always be trusted, as you surely know. So Rilmamir, care to bring light into this? How many heal scrolls did you have and how many of them did you use?

Manandoun: Enough of wasting my precious time on pointless discusions with people from Mars.

Almost sounds like: 'I am done with you twits, use your worthless time to read all my comments, and don't dare to respond, coz my time is too precious to deal with you scum. :-)'

I also value my time, but arguing with you is just so funny that I can't really skip the opportunity. :-)

Devastator: A point to Luke! Now bring in a reply Elestir!

So what's the score now, Deva? :-)
And what's more important, what can we got for these points?

2008/08/09 13:30, Devastator: 
Just like you I'm (close to) always in for a good discussion. So I thought I'd heat it up a bit, it's entertaining to read :) it's about honor and pride! Since the pride is with Luke you'll take the honor. Deal? ;)

I'd say 2 - 1 for you now Elestir, but dunno if Luke will come back with a witty counter!

2008/08/09 13:46, Luke:Rated: Good 
No i wont answer :) Neither i wont read that endless pointless blablabing, i red just first few lines and i won't continue.

Manandoun: *gig* I don't know why i'm trying as on Mars is different logic.

You are trying, because you still have troubles accepting the loss (your giggling won't mask it), which was always your problem, and it surprises me that over the years you didn't improve at it at all. The fact that you lost is just as true on Earth as on Mars, therefore talking about Mars won't help you here... No logic will change that, ever...

Rofl , i accepted lost before we entered :P I just don't accept your nonsenses and blablabing, i never did and i never will. Don't try to be psychologist as you are one who should search one :)
I stated fasts, i'm right and that stands. End.

2008/08/09 15:01, Rilmamir:   
How manny scrolls i had/used is not relevant anymore,
we won and that's all that matters =)

2008/08/09 15:52, Devastator: 
Aw I guess it remains 2 - 1 then!

Now post some interesting logs folks.

2008/08/09 18:13, Azazello:Rated: Average 
just curious, deva, did you actually read what elestir writes or you just count the comments? :-]

2008/08/09 18:16, Devastator: 
I'm reading all the comments and just dorking around really. Who cares what I think anyway :D

2008/08/26 02:48, Feon: 
Who cares how they won? They Won, thats the point of fights right?

I dont get it, they fight to win, they win.. You lost. Thats it, no more no less.

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