Recent posts by Pzyk on Kongregate

Topic: Kongregate / Cheater on Kongai

It’s called Random All. I lold.

Topic: Kongregate / Badge or Card Trading

What if people actually started using the search function? Would the universe implode?

Topic: Kongregate / Required age to be on Kong

Ill give you A hint as to how old I am. As many as four corners X(times)2 + 2 = ?

Apparently, you’re six.

As many as four corners -> square square x 2 = 2 squares, or 2 squared = 4. 4 + 2 = 6.

Lil young, you think?

Topic: Kongregate / Kongai: Deterministic and indeterministic rewards

ITT people who don’t actually like Kongai, but want to believe they do.

Topic: Kongregate / Overlooked Kongai suggestion...

No. The worst is when someone higher won’t play. It definitely happens. (There’s something wrong with someone who’s a level 10 but is scared to play level 8’s.)

I refuse to play level 1s, even though I’m a level 8. Is that a problem? When you can get 75+% intercept rate on the players, it gets boring after a while.

Plus it messes up your brain to see a CC try to blood boil in a mirror match.

Topic: Kongregate / suggestion to admins to stop card farmers

If you can actually write down your play style, you’re already susceptible to being read and predictable.

Topic: Kongregate / Kongai Card Winning

So if people have been busy playing other games, they should be penalized?

Topic: Kongregate / suggestion to admins to stop card farmers

I suspect that Pzyk is cheating (so are few other “vets” whom I’m not going to name.) He’s already created a new account to restart Kongai and pick the “Perfect” starter deck. It’s not a stretch to imagine he’s also playing with his other duplicate accounts.

HEY. GUY. How about making 10 threads about me? Either do that or stop stalking. Man up and announce it to the world. This is borderline slander at the moment.

And he only makes suggestion that benefit himself. If you make a suggestion that’ll take away his ability to cheat or take away his unfair advantage from cheating, he’ll vehemently oppose it.

Source?

Topic: Kongregate / suggestion to admins to stop card farmers

Oh crap. I turn my head away for a couple minutes, and all goes to hell.

Topic: Games / MUTE

What the heck is the people who complain about no mute buttons problems? Just turn down the volume all the way.

That’s a horrible idea, and probably a horrible way to play the game as well. I don’t want random music blaring through my speakers, but I will tolerate the little blips and bloops that signal gameplay cues. Turning down the volume all the way denies me both. Having a mute music button that’s separate from the sounds goes a long way.

Playing Kongai for 12 hours straight will tire you out of all that same music.

Topic: Kongregate / suggestion to admins to stop card farmers

Anyway in my opinion removing 2% from matches with friend would cut down 75% of farmers. Because some people still can play random matches with his friend- just kicking and leaving constantly until their friend join- but thats harder method that will take more time so… only for nerds xD

How would that change a thing? Their friend can directly join the game. They just need a fraction of a bit more time because they have to kick all the other players out, which shouldn’t be too hard.

Topic: Kongregate / suggestion to admins to stop card farmers

I card farm because I have a bunch of K cards? That’s hilarious.

Thankfully, I don’t have to defend myself from people like you, and the admins can see my winrate well enough to know that I did no such thing.

wat

I’ve been playing since 1.3 beta (they started giving cards out at 1.7, 2% chance instead of the current 3%) and I barely have half that many won cards. Even for a card farmer, that’s quite a lot.

Current chance isn’t 3%. Current chance is based upon how many cards you have, which when you start out, is pretty high.

Topic: Kongregate / An intelligent rant; Because there is now actually rant section, on the card challenges.

Or maybe you are saying that his avatar is better… just explain it because I could understand this for what you said.

His avatar is better.

Topic: Kongregate / suggestion to admins to stop card farmers

They already have tools for this. I’m pretty sure that they don’t need suggestions from their younger demographic to know how to do their job.

Topic: Kongregate / An intelligent rant; Because there is now actually rant section, on the card challenges.

i do think that we need more than 1 a week to keep players striving, but more than 2 a week just ruins their ability to even play kongai, because they’re spending all of their free time on getting the cards, so that they wont miss them!

1) The challenges are reeeeally quick and reeeeally easy to get. I doubt people spend more than an hour per week on challenges.

2) The entire purpose for Kongai on Kongregate is to encourage players to play other games. If people are spending their time on challenges instead of Kongai, Kongai is doing it’s job perfectly.

I don’t so much mind the flood of challenges so much as the fact that so many are pathetically easy. In the past challenges were sometimes actually challenging. They also required you to play the game long enough to gain at least some familiarity. There were a couple that took me a few days to complete.

Now it seems like “feh, you started a game, here’s your card.”

The problem with that is the fact that players who just want to play Kongai then have to jump through hoops to play Kongai. By leaving the challenges easy, the players are subtly introduced to new games and aren’t forced to spend an inordinate amount of time on a game they don’t really want to play.

Topic: Kongregate / HOW CAN YOU BE A MODERATOR PLZ TELL ME

ITT very bad trolls, or very young kids who don’t know any better.

Topic: Kongregate / Kongai Stop Complaining

What’s wrong is that you created a new account to “restart” Kongai in order to choose your starter cards.

Sure, I admit to it. Without any sort of tutorial mode, those who pick their starters upfront are distinctly disadvantaged than those who hold off on choosing. Hopefully they’ll deign to change this policy or at least suggest players to get a feel for the cards before choosing, but until then, I stand by my choice.

And from what I’ve gathered, you most likely intend to trade your cards to your other account at a later date, when Kongai finally implements a trade system or just any sort of system that allows member to move/trade cards between accounts.

And that’s wrong.

From what evidence do you have to go on that you think that I intend to trade my cards to another account at some point in time? At no point on these forums have I advocated for this function, simply due to the amount of exploitation it would create. Since people with less cards have a higher chance to win cards than those who have more, people would be creating second accounts to earn cards with while transferring their won cards to their main account.

Go through my posts. I have never indicated that I would want to do this. Thinking otherwise is pure slander and make believe.

PS. My other account has maybe 10 points on it and maybe 10 cards if that. I came to this site solely for Kongai, from sirlin.net. I doubt Sirlin agrees with the fact that players are limited from the very start to a tiny slice of the the characters to choose from, which is why I don’t see a problem with my repicking of the cards. Since you advocate for repicks as well, I don’t see why you think it’s wrong. Perhaps you think I am evil?

Topic: Kongregate / Kongai suggestion: STARTER Cards become Weekly TRIAL Cards

But I do want to get rid of the starter cards because they are ugly and they are useless.

In other words, the feature you want is the ability to delete cards. Much simpler.

Right now, I’m not even wasting my time in matches to try to earn them – because it’s impossible to get specific cards that way.

This is exactly why your original idea fails.

Again, I don’t want every single normal card, either earned from a match or challenge, but there are about half dozen specific cards that I want, none of which is my starter card.

He didn’t say you wanted every card. He said that even if you could change your starters to the ones you wanted, you’d still have the incentive to grab the normal ones, because you despise the “STARTER” watermark that much.

Topic: Kongregate / Kongai suggestion: STARTER Cards become Weekly TRIAL Cards

So you’re saying that what you said is not what you said?

Source: http://www.sirlin.net/forums/showthread.php?t=605

Please replace the big ugly “STARTER” label on Kongai cards with a small “S” on the upper right corner (like “K”, “R1” and “PAX”.) The supersized “STARTER” label is just very ugly. And big.

Source: http://www.kongregate.com/forums/1/topics/14692

Can Kongai replaces the big ugly “STARTER” on the face of the starter cards with a tiny “S” on the upper right corner (like “R1”, “K”)?

The “STARTER” is just very ugly and unsightly.

Topic: Kongregate / Kongai suggestion: STARTER Cards become Weekly TRIAL Cards

Oh god, I don’t know how someone could take an idea and get it SO wrong. I go to sleep and this topic goes to hell. Full reply in a bit.

Edit: Here we go.

What makes you think beginners would not be any more inclined to create a second account under the current system?? They’re stuck with the bad starter cards they had picked, they got frustrated, so they decided: “To hell with this, I’m screwed with these three cards… I’m creating a new account and get another three cards!” That’s what you did, wasn’t it?? Heck, you have certainly created a new account under the current system. > >Yes, beginners with a blank account (i.e., few or no points/badges/challenge cards) are more inclined to keep creating new accounts, BUT most people who do have good accounts and intend to keep their accounts do not hop from one account to another like you do.

I completely agree: beginners would be just as inclined to switch accounts under the current system as with the new system. It’s because of this that your idea fails. If your idea doesn’t fix this at all, then there’s no reason to implement it.

Because most people want to keep only one account, which they use to collect points, badges, cards, levels, wins and ranks.

And instead they’ll just won’t play Kongai at all because they can’t play with their characters.

I think you should be forced to change them because you restarted your account just to get those three “Perfect” cards. That’s almost like cheating. In fact, I do consider that as cheating.

/shrug. I’m not the argument. Attacking me doesn’t do any good. Ad hominems don’t win arguments.

The thing is Pzyk is hinting at some “point trade” system. I know what he is thinking. He created a second account to get his “Perfect 3” and won a bunch of card with the perfect deck, then he’s banking on Kongai to implement a point trade system in the near future. He thinks will be able to trade all the cards over to his other account where he has all his points and badges.

Oh god, so wrong. Where the hell are you getting these ideas from? You have a very distorted idea of who you’re talking to. The only “point trade” system I even came close to suggesting is a card shop. Here it is again for you:

think everyone’s thought of this idea before. There’s also the idea of having a card “shop” where people earn points towards buying their favorite card and so forth. However, there’s currently no plans to change the current mechanic of this.

A CARD SHOP. Not trading cards with other people. People would buy their favorite card with points gained from winning (or even with points gotten through badges). Oh and more ad hominem.

You know what, I’ve been reading a lot of “vets” have been pushing for Kongai to implement a system that trades points for cards. Now I know why they keep promoting that system. And now I’m totally, 100-percent against any sort of point-trading system for Kongai, and I’m going to let the admins know exactly what you guys are up to.

Yes, we’re totally a conspiracy. We want everyone else to lose their cards and for us to gain everything. Totally.

Not.

1. No one will bother using any other card they earn again, because no card is “better” than the three cards they can pick. There’s no more incentive to earn cards, because you can just switch and get your “best” cards, and you get to keep them and reuse them week after week. There’s also no more incentive to play with any other different card.

Still need to earn 3 items. In addition, the game isn’t about “earning cards”. It’s about playing the game. If players require some sort of RPG like hook to continue playing the game, perhaps the game isn’t all that great in the first place. Of course, that’s not correct. People who have their decks completely made enjoy the game for itself and continue to play today. That includes myself and a couple others who have posted here, as well as others.

So, you like only 3 cards, and dislike 43 out of 46 cards. If you have to use any of those 43 cards, it’ll be forcing you to use cards you dislike. Hm. If you like those 3 cards so much, you should really earn the permanent/regular version, instead of creating a new account just to pick them as starter.

Again: without some sort of way to directly earn cards, this point is moot.

What I’m not wrong is that someone here is creating new account to get the “Perfect 3” cards when choosing starter. Casual players are not going to spend time to collect points, and they certainly don’t post anything here.

More ad hominem. If a guy kills another person and says, “Murder is bad,” is what he said right or wrong? Whether the guy killed a person is completely irrelevant. You take the idea at hand and answer it. Calling him a murderer and not answering the question is completely misguided.

You can get them back again by the end of next week. If you really want them, then earn and collect the permanent/regular version of the cards when you switch out those cards. I think what defeats the purpose of a collectible card game is when people create alternate accounts in order to pick the “perfect 3” cards.

The purpose of a collectible card game is NOT waiting until the company decides to give you the cards you want. It’s the game itself. The collectible part is only the package of delivery and is not in any way the point of the game. Players of Magic the Gathering aren’t forced to win half a million games to get the cards they want.

There’s something really wrong when some players create a new account to “restart” and pick the “Perfect 3” starters, and then refuse to use any of the other 43 cards, and they think if they have to use any of the other 43 cards, it’s “forcing” them to use cards they dislike. > >Seriously. If you dislike 43 out of 46 cards and don’t want to play with any of them, maybe you just hate the darn game.

So all the people who play only one character in fighting games hate the game? What a huge sweeping incorrect generalization. What about people in MMORPGs who only play one class? Are they idiots? What about people who’ve found their passion in life and pursue that? Do they just hate life?

Topic: Kongregate / Kongai suggestion: STARTER Cards become Weekly TRIAL Cards

Oh god, I don’t know how someone could take an idea and get it SO wrong. I go to sleep and this topic goes to hell. Full reply in a bit.

Topic: Kongregate / Kongai suggestion: STARTER Cards become Weekly TRIAL Cards

HEY. GUY. LOOK. I’m not advocating people to restart.

I’m saying your idea is bad in the face of the better alternative: give people weekly repicks or even a limited number of repicks. I said it right there at the end of my post:

0 people did. No where in all my posts have I taken the side of 0 repicks. 0 repicks is the worst possible situation. But why not weekly repicks? Or even just a limited number of repicks?

Did you get that?

In fact, I would say deterring people from creating multiple accounts is a darn good reason to rotate starter/trial cards.

Um, actually rotating starter cards would mean that beginners would be more inclined to have a second account. That way they would always have their starter cards available (when one account is on cooldown, they’ll move to the other account).

More P.S. You’ve earned 25 cards, and you can’t use any of them?!?

Again: I didn’t say I can’t use them. It’s that I LIKE the cards that I’m currently using, and I don’t see why I should arbitrarily have to change them out. Same with the beginners. If they find their perfect 3 after 1 or 2 weeks, why not let them keep them?

do you know were not talking about the vets here.

You’re missing the point. Veterans have all the cards to choose from, but they’ll stick with only a few of them. Why should beginners not be given the same privilege to stick with the cards they like?

Topic: Kongregate / Kongai suggestion: STARTER Cards become Weekly TRIAL Cards

What are the odds of finding the “perfect 3”?

I found 2 of my cards after one restart. I tacked on a 3rd shortly after. 200 games later and I haven’t changed a single card.

So, which odds are better: for the typical player to find his “perfect 3”, or for him to be stuck with 3 that’s not perfect or just plain sucks?

Or how about even better: Allow the player to keep the ones he likes and trade in the ones he doesn’t. What’s wrong with that?

And out of 46 cards, there are ONLY three that he’ll play with?? He can’t find another 3-card combo out of the other 43? Now THAT’S completely ass-backwards.

Most people I know stick with at least 2 as their base, with a 3rd possibly being interchangible. This includes garcia1000 and several other veterans on Kongai. It’s not that they CAN’T find another deck that works, it’s that they’ve already found one that they like. Why should beginners be shoved off and be told: “Hey, your times up. All that effort you put into learning your deck? To hell with that. Find a new deck.”

As for myself, I use Onimaru, a tank card that could probably be switched with other melee tanks. But I like using Onimaru. I could imagine using Helene or Ashi if I totally HAD to, but why should I have to switch if Onimaru’s the one I like to play with? It’s not about whether or not these other cards are usable. I’ve never insisted that only these three cards are usable. It’s the fact that you’re kicking the beginners out of their comfort zone. From a player’s standpoint, preventing the player from using the cards they want is a bad thing.

It’s literally akin to saying: “Hey kid, you’ve been playing Ryu long enough. Go play with Ken now.” Sure, I suppose I COULD play with Ken if I totally had to, but he’s not the same character, and I would rather play as Ryu. This arbitrary 1 week cooling period is just not right.

So, seriously, let’s get back to the key question here: how many people picked the “Perfect 3” with their starter picks? Maybe you were lucky and you did. But you know as well as I do the overwhelming majority of people in here picked a starter deck that’s less than perfect and often just plain sucks … (unless you want to lie about it to everyone here.)

0 people did. No where in all my posts have I taken the side of 0 repicks. 0 repicks is the worst possible situation. But why not weekly repicks? Or even just a limited number of repicks?

Topic: Kongregate / Kongai suggestion: STARTER Cards become Weekly TRIAL Cards

Out of the 46 – 3 = 43 cards, I’m sure he’ll be able to find three he wants after his first week.

And again, what if he finds his perfect 3? He’s now out of a job for an entire week because he can’t play any of his characters anymore. You say they should earn their cards, but with which characters? They’re certainly not going to be earning them all with their preferred characters. They’d have to be playing non-stop for a week. Why force players to play with cards they don’t want to play with? It’s completely ass-backwards.

Topic: Kongregate / Kongai suggestion: STARTER Cards become Weekly TRIAL Cards

I think everyone’s thought of this idea before. There’s also the idea of having a card “shop” where people earn points towards buying their favorite card and so forth. However, there’s currently no plans to change the current mechanic of this.

In addition your idea of making all the beginners constantly switch decks is almost akin to making them Random all cards for the week, except it’s even worse: They won’t even have items to go with them. I don’t see why you want to inconvenience players by making them rechoose cards every week.