Recent posts by Ruffyl on Kongregate

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Alchemist's Alcove

Just wondering… Can you add damage to armor or rings, and if so, will it actually be used? i.e. does the code look at anything other than weapons when computing damage?

Topic: Game of Thrones Ascent / 2 mins into the game stuck due to bug goodbye

Thanks for the link, but I don’t think that Game of Thrones Ascent is ready for beta testing. It’s so full of bugs that you come across them frequently while you’re playing. Reporting them all would be (and should be) a full time job.

If anyone wants to know what all the bugs are, just play the game and keep your eyes open. I can’t be bothered making a long list.

The only reason I play this game is that the story is interesting. It runs rings around the childish stories in most games. I’m definitely hooked on the story. Otherwise I would have run out of patience after the first day.

Topic: Game of Thrones Ascent / Alliance - Iron Fleet (Greyjoy)

Thanks for the advice. I know what you mean. However I have reincarnated twice already, and my decision to support Greyjoy wasn’t taken lightly.

Topic: Game of Thrones Ascent / Alliance - Iron Fleet (Greyjoy)

Greetings to all.

In-game I am Douglas Blacktyde, leader of Iron Fleet. We are a new alliance dedicated to the Greyjoy fealty. Currently we have ten members, mostly level 35+.

We invite everyone sworn to the House of Greyjoy to join us, regardless of your level. As soon as we have 30 members of level 35+, we will commence Alliance Challenges.

Join Iron Fleet today, and grow with us.

PS I have just learned that there is a bug in the game which hides alliance members (and membership counts) over 10 members. This explains a lot. There is a very good chance that we have more than 10 members. We look forward to the day that the bug is fixed and our full membership is visible.

Update: In reality we have at least 16 members, so we’re halfway to our goal of starting alliance challenges.

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Daily Reward Combination Thread

Originally posted by rikki16:

You received: 1 Ally
Share your combination to give your friends a chance at the same reward!
SHARE
Your combination is: 45132. It expires in 120 minutes. BK5

It expires in 73 minutes (7:51 am EDT)

Topic: Chronicles of Herenvale / Daily Reward Combination Thread

Originally posted by RikoR:

Originally posted by bobby2000101:

book 1 above You received: 1 Ally – Your combination is: 51432. It expires approx 10:15 AM US EST

82 min left

25 minutes left (10:17 EDT)

Topic: Tyrant / How does one "unregister" from the fansite?

Topic: Tyrant / How does one "unregister" from the fansite?

Topic: Tyrant / How does one "unregister" from the fansite?

Originally posted by OOHnirav:

Originally posted by MrHen:

Originally posted by catepillar:

Based on Synapticon’s enforcement of their Terms, there is a strong possibility that they are not relevant at all (legal precedence there).

They also have a “can change at any time clause.” http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090508/0212134792.shtml

You also never agree to the terms before playing. They are just there, kinda hidden away. This is problematic. If this were a court, the terms would not be enforceable. So don’t use that as your “proof” that sss1 is in the right.

He might be legally, but from a web service standpoint, he is ignoring a basic service that every subscription based site should have.

It isn’t proof; it is an argument. You don’t have an argument other than you disagree with the industry’s established standard regarding account data and… well, actually, that’s about it. If you want to try and sue Synapticon and Kongregate to get the legal status of that data switched over to yourself, go for it. And if you win, then you probably have some grounds to ask the Fansite to remove the data. Until then, it belongs to Synapticon.

As for the Fansite, they do have the service you want. They just don’t implement it the way you want them to.

So not only do you not have a good argument for your opinion you have not addressed any arguments against your opinion. And all of this is made even more amusing because the Fansite has the desired feature anyway — except you have a problem with that, too, because it doesn’t happen quickly enough.

Of all the random things to start a personal crusade for, you picked this? You decided to pick a fight over how long it takes for your profile to get cleaned out of the database?

Cate has continually presented arguments for his points in a reasonable manner, and the only real argument presented against his opinion is “sss1 doesn’t have to do it”, which are usually stated in rude, demeaning, and fanboyish ways.

Look, I get that many of the community enjoys using the fansite and sees it as a useful utility, but to blindly rush to its aid after the slightest of criticisms in the way that so many of you have done since this topic was made is ridiculous. Adding a “deregistration” feature should not be this big a deal, and the only people who are blowing it out of proportion are those who keep personally attacking a guy making what should be a small and reasonable request.

Would any of you honestly lose anything if this feature were added (other than this senseless argument that you mindlessly perpetuate every time someone doesn’t sing praises for the fansite)?

Anyone who claims that deregistration is a small and reasonable request is being incredibly obtuse about the implications of expunging the data for an individual player from the fansite. Has it escaped your attention that player data is used to compute all the fansite’s tracking data? Precisely how do you expect the fansite database to be rolled back?

Whatever your opinion on that issue, you are not entitled to demand that anybody does any work of any description for free. It’s as simple as that.

Topic: Tyrant / [Petition] Delete 5,000 gold from Daily Crate

Originally posted by Malutor:

5k gold is simply pointless.. it’s just rage quit maker.

Yes, it is. I can vouch for that.

My suggestion: all the crates should contain 1-3 shards or 5 WB.

Topic: Tyrant / How does one "unregister" from the fansite?

Kong employs paid staff. The fansite does not.

As players we are extremely obliged to the fansite team for everything they do freely for the player community.

As volunteers they owe nothing to anybody, least of all people who feel entitled to demand services from them.

Topic: Tyrant / [Soulsearching] According To Some People, I Am A Jerk On Forums, Please Say It Ain't So.

You seek attention persistently, and your posts are pointless, but you don’t appear to be particularly malicious.

Conclusion : You are a normal and reasonably harmless individual.

Topic: Tyrant / HH's universal deck for 22 of 24 Quests

Originally posted by rohlfo:

firstly, I’m really lazy.
secondly, I’m so lazy I tried my event deck against daily quests, and works quite well tbh, so here it is to share (for all those others with only 1 zarak etc)

PS: whilst doing this I realised fansite lets you have two Iron Maidens in a deck, one of each version!

Yeah rohlfo

You are kinda lazy aren’t you. Just one example of your laziness is that you chose to post this bug to the forum instead of quietly notifying the hard working guys at the fansite.

Have done it on your behalf.

ps That event deck was posted on the fansite a week ago by Malutor.

Topic: Tyrant / [Kong Challenge] Win a free Heli-Duster card in Tyrant (FEB 2013)

Originally posted by TheRealPip:

Originally posted by Ruffyl:

I’m not miserable about Heli-Duster, but I am about the foil. Foil isn’t universally popular, Pip. I really hope this isn’t going to set a precedent.

That aside, I quite enjoyed this challenge. Frantic 3 is worth playing regardless.

ps Pedja thanks, your tips were useful.

I understand that some people care nothing for foil. I underderstand that some people block the animation. But why would you be angry about getting a foil version of a card vs a non foil version of a card? Meaning if you are happy to get a heli-duster, why it is that you are unhappy about getting a foil version of heli-duster instead?

I am sorry, I am not trolling… I can see why you would be indifferent to the foil version, but not why someone would not want a foil version.

-Pip

It’s okay, I didn’t think you were trolling. It’s a reasonable question to ask. I dislike foil cards for two reasons.

The main reason is that I find the foil animation very irritating. It’s not unique to Tyrant foil cards; animated images are the visual equivalent of fingernails on a blackboard for me.

The other reason is the separate card count for cards with identical functionality. It’s a minor, unnecessary annoyance.

Thank you for reminding me that the foil animation can be adblocked! I’ll go and do this now.

Sheer relief. If anyone else wants to do this too, the instructions are here:

http://www.kongregate.com/forums/65-tyrant/topics/245449-tweak-guide-your-tyrant-runs-slow-and-with-lag-block-all-the-game-content-like-foil-animations-and-backgrounds

Topic: Tyrant / HH's universal deck for 22 of 24 Quests

Thanks very much Hunter, looking forward to making this deck. Just another 8 levels to go, and Solar Powerhouse will be mine.

If only every upgraded card could feature in a HH hand-crafted and highly honed Deck of Supreme Usefulness. :)

Topic: Tyrant / [Kong Challenge] Win a free Heli-Duster card in Tyrant (FEB 2013)

I’m not miserable about Heli-Duster, but I am about the foil. Foil isn’t universally popular, Pip. I really hope this isn’t going to set a precedent.

That aside, I quite enjoyed this challenge. Frantic 3 is worth playing regardless.

ps Pedja thanks, your tips were useful.

Topic: Tyrant / [To Devs] Ideas for increased faction participation

Hunter, while I’m not totally opposed to reducing the penalties for faction migration, I have no idea why you’ve decided to invent this elaborate system of sticks and carrots. Usually I’m quite positive about your proposals, but I think this one is deeply flawed.

I’m not going to answer every point, because I haven’t got 3 hours to spare. Here’s a few comments though.

You’re completely ignoring the positive aspects of the barrier to quick migration. The existing system is quite well thought out. It gives players an incentive to stick with and defend their existing faction, rather than desert as soon as things get tough. If all your ideas were introduced, the faction system would transform into something volatile, full of high drama and skullduggery. That might amuse some people, but it would drive others out of the game.

I dispute your statement that good players need to migrate to higher level factions. Good players can band together and fight their way to the higher levels. It’s an endeavour well worth undertaking.

I totally, utterly disagree with your proposal to disable parts of the game if a player is not in a faction. Players outside factions already pay a huge penalty, by not having access to faction reward cards or conquest tokens. Denying them access to the best missions, raids and final stage quests would be quite outrageous. Nobody should be forced into joining a faction until they’re ready and willing to do so, least of all at the point of login. No faction leader should have to accept new members involuntarily. I have to wonder whether you’re even serious about this control freakery. Are you having so much trouble recruiting faction members that you need to resort to press-ganging?

However, your proposals around faction mergers aren’t bad.

Topic: Tyrant / [Petition] New Dracorex art

Originally posted by PivotalDisorder:

Originally posted by mcv9:

the 2nd is clearly better art.

so many blind players…..

Rubbish. The original Dracorex has the imposing stance of a Bloodthirsty commander. He is poised for action, the sky behind him is stormy, and the image carries the signature BT splash of blood. The new Dracorex looks like a battery toy.

I’m not saying the original image is great art, but it has some energy and impact. The new one has neither.

Topic: Tyrant / [Kong Challenge] Win a free Heli-Duster card in Tyrant (FEB 2013)

A FOIL CARD? Is this some sort of cruel joke? Now I have to agonise over whether or not to get this tawdry item. :-(

Topic: Tyrant / [Petition] New Dracorex art

Draco is an alpha male. Of course he needs his pole for, er, dancing.

But the loss of his pole is symbolic. New Draco needs to lose those extra pounds. New Draco needs to work out.

Topic: Tyrant / [SPOILER] New Upgraded Cards AND Heart of Corruption Event Rewards 6th Feb 2013

Originally posted by JotarkKa:

Originally posted by daktion:

Originally posted by Enygma_:

Originally posted by XRRRX7331:

Also, the title says 6/2/13. I don’t know if that’s proper in your various countries, but it seems like it says it’s June 2nd, 2013.

I never understood why some countries use that system. It’s kind of silly.
See: m/d/y the order makes no sense.
On the other hand: d/m/y it goes from small to big.

i am digging this ethnocentric perspectives on this forum…. i personally go dd/mm/yy but was brought up in the mm/dd/yy system. its really not silly when you think about it this way… verbally do you say, my birthday is 6th of jan or do you say jan 6th? a direct translation to text would result in mm/dd/yyyy.

btw… this event looks fun. cards are good. good luck collecting them all everyone. i’m going to aim for one of each with multiples in hoc, valentina and draco

remember that your “6th of jan or do you say jan 6th” only applies to english and not necessarily to other languages

The question seems to be assuming that everybody uses American English. In British English we’d be just as likely to say 6th of January (or 6 Jan) as January 6th, if not more so.

The different verbal usages explain the two different date formats. Let’s have no more mention of silliness. :)

Topic: Tyrant / [DEV] Heart of Corruption Event Announcement!

Originally posted by glaedrflame:

What ever happened to that proposal were we would take 2 rares from the same pack and exchange them for another pack?

Perhaps the devs realised that would be like opening a door to a whole new universe of acrimony and bitterness.

Topic: Tyrant / [DEV] Heart of Corruption Event Announcement!

Originally posted by Moraku:

Originally posted by Ruffyl:

However what I would like to complain about is the totally unnecessary confusion over the start date of this event, with links like http://haileon.com/TyrantEventDEV being “leaked”.

This event obviously didn’t start on 6 Feb. To allay confusion could the actual start date be announced in a thread title, please.

When have we ever been provided with accurate “start dates” to anything? Expect the unexpected. That is all.

But I do expect the unexpected. I expect an accurate start date. :D

Topic: Tyrant / [DEV] Heart of Corruption Event Announcement!

Changed my mind. Culture clash.

Topic: Tyrant / Since when is **** like this allowed in chat rooms?

Oh FFS people he’s flagging Bama’s post.

This thread is a truly horrible demonstration of poor language skills, not to mention worse, from beginning to end.

Mods could you lock this thing please.