Recent posts by donseptico on Kongregate

Topic: Kongregate / How are Pockie Pirate and Pockie Ninja still on this site?

Well the blurb says they’re both licensed… so I guess, unless you have evidence to the contrary and/or in the absence of any complaint by the copyright holder, there would be no reason to take them down.

Topic: Wartune / [Announcement] Wartune Server Merges 05/16 @ 10:00 PM EDT

Originally posted by Ignuss:
Shannon B. (Kongregate)
May 16 08:47 (PDT)

Hello,

Unfortunately server mergers and changes are a part of any MMORPG. Kongregate only hosts the game, it does not control what happens in the game. For concerns about the game, please contact the support team over at R2games.com

Regards,
Shannon

Community & Support
www.Kongregate.com
Part of the GameStop network

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they don’t care … just take this to COURT OF JUSTICE … you can’t do nothing more, they just write you to go f. yourself but total polite ;)

Not knowing quite what you asked kong, I have to wonder what, exactly, you think they can do? As Shannon says, Kong only hosts the game and has absolutely no control what goes on in/with it.

Sure, they could remove the game, but would likely be in breach of contract if they don’t have a legit (as in legal) reason to do so (and so doing would not likely solve your problem either).

Topic: Wartune / [Announcement] Wartune Server Merges 05/16 @ 10:00 PM EDT

Originally posted by dene:

Whats the best way to go about contacting kong for my massive refund ?

or am i better off just saying to hell with them as well and going through my credit company ?

Just catching up… support@kongregate.com (although as I assume you’ve previously received the items you’ve purchased in game, there won’t be anything they can do) and, likewise, as Kong’s fulfilled their contract with you, by providing kreds, you wouldn’t have grounds to perform a chargeback on a CC. That said, never hurts to ask.

Topic: Wartune / [Promotion] Spirit Covenant Pack

Not buying myself… but a 20%, or so, reduction in anything isn’t to be sniffed at (I certainly wouldn’t object if it were my electric or water bill!)

Topic: Wartune / [INFO] Game History

Thx… my proof reading needs some work :)

Edit: OK… think it’s relatively up to date… do shout if you spot any more errors or think I’ve left out something important – will update as the need arises. :)

Topic: Technical Support / ?Big Size Game question?

While you may not be deleting browsing history, that’s different from ‘game data’. I’m not familiar with comet bird, but somewhere in the options there should be something like a ‘privacy’ option… make sure it’s not set to automatically clear cache on exit.

Topic: Technical Support / DDTank Isn't Working

Unless Kong made it in the first place (which I doubt based on the foregoing) then no, they can’t put it up on another website… if you know who the developer was, you could try contacting them to see if they have plans to re-host it somewhere.

Topic: Wartune / spire lag?

There was no update this week… ‘just’ the merging of servers this week, although I suppose that may have some effect once completed?

Topic: Wartune / [INFO] Game History

Some people, myself included, like to see what’s changed over time… and keep a record of ‘momentous’ events… if that’s not your cup of tea, fine – you don’t need to read or contribute to it.

At the moment am collating information, as mentioned above, it takes some time… was planning to make it something of a narrative, rather than a guide.

Topic: Kongregate / [removed] Plan

Surely that’d be ‘why isn’t ANYBODY doing anything about it?’

Topic: Wartune / [NEW] 5 Kreds for everyone!

You’ll find future free kreds/points offers here ;)

NB – the first post is usually updated rather than having to trawl through countless pages to find the latest offer.

Topic: Wartune / [INFO] Game History

Originally posted by Blackroca:

How can a server merge be not part of a gaming history<snip>

That’d be why it’s the first article on the index, no? (that and they’re kinda chronological… it does take a while to crawl through hundreds of pages to find and add suitable topics.)

Topic: Wartune / Ancient Spirits for Kong Servers S10 & S11

If you don’t get what you’ve paid for, and get no joy from R2’s support, contact kong directly… they’re in business too and such ‘poor practises’ from an associated developer are detrimental to them too… something they’ll want to take up with the developer.

Topic: Wartune / [INFO] Game History

Originally posted by ImJablesYo:

May 16th, 2013: Comments get deleted for dropping truth bombs.

Comments get deleted for not having anything to do with the game history.

Topic: Wartune / Ancient Spirits for Kong Servers S10 & S11

Originally posted by ImJablesYo:

Edit: Events consistently rip people off. Either idiots, or well planned money making scheme.

You’re not forced to partake in any event or, in fact, to pay anything at all to play this game (or any of the dozens like it). Sure, you go further / faster if you do but it is entirely optional.

And yeah, it’s a business… which is by definition a money making scheme. Most of the western world accepts that is not an inherently bad thing! That said there are, of course, many things the company could do better (from the western perspective) but they’re, in my opinion, far from the worst of Chinese developers… remember, just as we don’t understand why they chose to do A, B or C I’m sure they’re as mystified as to why you would want D, E or F… after all, it works perfectly well in their home market so why wouldn’t it here?

Topic: Wartune / [Announcement] Wartune Server Merges 05/16 @ 10:00 PM EDT

Originally posted by Ignuss:

R2 don’t care and Kong to, they can’t even write any respond. I will never spend even ONE DOLLAR on this site.

Probably and there’s really nothing for Kong to respond to, unfortunately. All game related decisions are purely in the purview of the develop unless/until they breach the TOC/agreement they’ve made with Kong.

Topic: Time World / Alexander Fleming- Penicilin

Might be interesting in the proper forum, but doesn’t really belong in a game forum.

Topic: Wartune / player and troop HPs showing as 0/0

No issue here, but it sounds more like a server side problem than a kong problem to me (in my inexpert opinion)… you might want to contact R2 as well… cover all your bases.

Topic: Wartune / [INFO] Game History

A little before my time here but Wartune came to Kongregate in November 2012 - as with any new game these days there seems to have been the fair share of bugs and problems, most of which seem to have been addressed reasonably promptly - certainly most of the early problems identified were not present by the time I joined the game in or around December that year.

The first major patch (1.45) arrived mid November 2012 bringing some interesting changes including the cross server arena, guild battle for the top 16 guilds and the very useful blitz feature. There were, of course, other changes implemented (a couple a short while after the rest of the patch) but, in my opinion at least, of much lower significance.

Once 1.45 was live Kong saw the introduction of its first new servers (2,3 & 4) making the game more accessible to Europe, east coast of the US & the oceaniac regions... although, perversely, many find the timings of different daily events more suitable on servers outside their own region!

New servers continued to be launched through December and into the new year, interspersed with a rash of technical issues & emergency bug fixes that saw the game taken down several times, or simply unavailable - culminating with a serious DNS Problem that saw the game crippled for a few days.

The long awaited 1.5 patch was finally completed in early May 2013 (having been applied in three parts, starting in February!) The patches, Patch 1.5: Part III, Part II & Part I introduced a lot of new content to the game, the most notable of which including red astrals, the level 70+ dungeons & equipment, cross server battlegrounds, new troops & the spire. There were also a host of cosmetic changes.

Naturally, whilst some changes were warmly received, others were not so popular. Reducing the number of guilds able to participate in the guild battle from 16 to 8, for example, was thought to be an 'interesting' decision although it did result in some consolidation of the top 8 guilds (on my server at least).

On May 15th 2013 the first server merges were announced (1st Server Merges) affecting the 'west coast' servers - with only 24 hours notice given players on the affected servers had mixed feelings about the announced merges, joining S5 and S6 was widely accepted, however merging the older S7 with the relatively new S10 proved somewhat contentious.

*Past events*

May 2013 Events

April 2013 Events

Easter

New Year 2013

Topic: Wartune / [Activity] Collect Soldier's Medallions in May

Originally posted by inker99:

Originally posted by aronova:

i put 300$ in this game sofar… i spent 150$ on that event and it was worth it…a lot of people who have spent 100$-1000$ have quit this game p>

These are the only things I read and honestly, WHAT… THE… F***.

Different people, different disposable incomes… what might seem ‘crazy’ to one person is entirely reasonable to another. Look on the bright side, it’s the people who do and can drop $$$ on any game like this than allows everyone else to play.

Topic: Wartune / spire lag?

Originally posted by Nazbrat:

teh real question is will this be Fixed in the Next patch or are we in for Much much worse

Who knows… but at the end of the day they’d be daft to ignore such a problem (as it doubtless seriously annoys the spenders, small & large). On the bright side, it doesn’t appear to have gotten any worse.

Topic: Serious Discussion / why did obama lie about benghazi

The first two guidelines for SD state:

1. The thread you create should have discussion value. This means the original post should ask questions and provoke thought, not merely present a commentary or statement. Random ramblings and posting nonsensical topics may result in your post being hidden, your thread being locked, and/or a silence.

2. Try to contribute to your thread in your very first post. Don’t just share links to news articles or sources, but elaborate on their significance and implications. We want to hear from you, after all!

So… How about you explain what, specifically, Obama may or may not have lied about concerning Benghazi… What do you think on the subject? Why do you think that? How reliable are the sources that have led you to that opinion?

Topic: Kongregate / Ask a mod

AFAIK Past behaviour is considered… but present behaviour is of far greater significance. e.g. are the silencings ‘ancient history’, has the person in question matured and ‘reformed their ways’ for an extended period?

Topic: Serious Discussion / Should the Law have some control over what is done to one's own body?

What do you guys think? Is having complete control over one’s own body more important than everything else? If not, where do we draw the line? What do you think about the specific scenarios I presented?

Yes/no, people should have complete control over their own bodies provided that exercising that control does not negatively affect others and they accept full responsibility for their actions.

e.g. in the case of the organ seller… fine, sell your kidney… post-op complications? Tough, use the money you raised from the sale to get treatment privately.

e.g. want to smoke crack (or even plain ol’ cigarettes)… fine, so long as you can do so without forcing others to inhale your second hand smoke and fund your habit legally (nb I’m assuming such drugs become/remain legal in this scenario to reduce/eliminate the criminal imperative associated with drug production/procurement).

Fine as long as you’re paying for any medical conditions arising from your choice of poison… Fine as long as, if you have children, you’re not endangering them through neglect/whatever and/or are paying for their upkeep should they be removed from you because you’re no longer able to care for them. If that means losing your house/car/possessions/freedom (debtor’s prison) so be it, that’s part of the price you pay for your choice.

Topic: Serious Discussion / Boston Marathon Double Explosions

Good idea! And while you’re at it, prevent access to the internet to the ignorant, irrational & insane.