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96 hours fueled by red bull won't kill you, or the U.S. Military would have been gone a long time ago
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96 hours fueled by red bull won't kill you, or the U.S. Military would have been gone a long time ago
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96 hours fueled by red bull won't kill you, or the U.S. Military would have been gone a long time ago
Not everyone who plays MMORPG's has the constitution of a 23 year old military man.
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I will miss the team cats, well.. not this year, since I dont have a team for cat4 thats big enough.. but still, team mayhem was my favourite event
And I wonder.. if 20players go for 10 prizes and all spend a fortune buying a gazzillion tokens.. wont that suck really really hard for 10 of them?
I assume that there will be no way of knowing how close you are to top position.
But then again, in this free for all i can join which I couldnt in team without a team
And.. we havnt seen the rules yet, only the big picture so maybe this will be awsome, or.. it will suck.. a Merry X-mas surprise!
And I wonder.. if 20players go for 10 prizes and all spend a fortune buying a gazzillion tokens.. wont that suck really really hard for 10 of them?
I assume that there will be no way of knowing how close you are to top position.But then again, in this free for all i can join which I couldnt in team without a team
And.. we havnt seen the rules yet, only the big picture so maybe this will be awsome, or.. it will suck.. a Merry X-mas surprise!
Token TT value
Question as This is RCE ....
What will be Token TT value?
Would they be TTable (as being part of loot) ? (As MU might get to 0)
Still have those Junks (Tokens TT value =1 PEc but not Sellable @ 1 PEC to TT) from Arkadia
Resnis
Question as This is RCE ....
What will be Token TT value?
Would they be TTable (as being part of loot) ? (As MU might get to 0)
Still have those Junks (Tokens TT value =1 PEc but not Sellable @ 1 PEC to TT) from Arkadia
Resnis
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Buy your way to the top !
Nice way to avoid high DPS weapons, "terminating" the team competition
Nice way to avoid high DPS weapons, "terminating" the team competition
I like your thinking Resnis! This could be history being made, with a new expression, MD (mark down) instead of MU (mark up).
If the tokens are tradeable but not tt-able we may see: buying tokens at boxes for 10% md (=90% of tt value)
And yeah - I noticed how my Arkadia tokens were 1 pec tt - and have been surprised that nobody has made a meal of it yet. The thing which made me smile was that the 1 point tokens were removed due to a 'problem'. That would have made a bigger affect on the genuine tt-able value of the loots if they had rained down for the whole event.... but that may happen with this event to come, so watch returns carefully on the lowest hp mobs!
everything tradable is ttable
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No time limit? I'll open an MM Rehabilitation Facility for those that have participated in Free For All.
How many moved their mouse pointer over Toprez's link?
...And it hasn't even begun yet!!
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Next Year we will see the Mayhem Island or something. Like you said NI - Arctic - HUB
That's the way you do solo instances! isn't the discovery of the wheel!
Have fun all and Merry Mayhem
+1 even if can't rep ya so soon again lol
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Buy your way to the top !
Nice way to avoid high DPS weapons, "terminating" the team competition
Terminator didn't win last year. Maybe that's why it was changed...
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So I just bet someone about the free-for-all...
I think that this means you will still form a team and go kill MM mobs like normal to farm tokens...
He thinks it will be a shared loot mob that anyone can shoot and farm tokens...
Let me know an answer so I can tell him he's stupid.
I think that this means you will still form a team and go kill MM mobs like normal to farm tokens...
He thinks it will be a shared loot mob that anyone can shoot and farm tokens...
Let me know an answer so I can tell him he's stupid.
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does this mean that a person can sit back and just buy tokens to win? Or do they also have to do 40 hours? Even so they could just log in and sit there , and just buy tokens.
It's like Merry Mayhem for Jabba the Hut.....
It's like Merry Mayhem for Jabba the Hut.....
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Anyone would think there's a new film out or something.
I'm sure Bobba Fett (or whatever his son is called) will do just fine this Merry Mayhem. Ho ho ho
Just dont join the dark side and all that.
Does allow part timers to have a go and sell the proceeds you know, MA may be onto something - we shall see...
My understanding is it is still instance based, you form a team, farm the same type mobs as solo and get tokens. I don't expect it is a shared loot mob. Servers are probably far more stable instanced than shared loot.
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PUT categories BACK
this is bullshit to remove a core mechanism that was unique to merry mayhem and gave far more players a chance at winning something.
its bullshit that you pit us average players against the TITANS in EVERY calypso event now.
Congratulations MindArk you will not get my efforts in these events. you're now missing out on well over 120k cycled from me alone and much more since i was considering team as well.
i guess thanks for saving me and my friends thousands of USD in tt loss, suck it.
its bullshit that you pit us average players against the TITANS in EVERY calypso event now.
Congratulations MindArk you will not get my efforts in these events. you're now missing out on well over 120k cycled from me alone and much more since i was considering team as well.
i guess thanks for saving me and my friends thousands of USD in tt loss, suck it.
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25 Days of gaming without breaks scheduled.
1) Let's start off with a search about deaths related to gaming...
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ohio-teen-hospitalized-after-playing-video-games-for-at-least-4-straight-days/
http://www.ranker.com/list/8-people-who-died-playing-video-games/autumn-spragg
I'm sure we could find many more. This is the sad reality of situations where gamers push themselves too hard.
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2) I don't see the "sport" or "competition" in having a person be able to basically buy themselves to the win. Yes, buying gear is essentially buying a win; however, game skills actually mattered for teamwork sake during Mayhem's team category in the past (of course a certain gun we all know had a huge advantage).
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I'm sure there's a lot more I could write. I really wanted to convey this, I don't think this is the solution.
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As you recall, this was rapidly changed 7 years ago with the first Merry Mayhem rules down to 40 hours.
MA have done a full 'free for all' on the second category, this allows for those with huge free time, money and stamina along with organisational support to win it by a landslide.
I cant say I blame them. It will likely reap the greatest participation ever - those that cant commit to 40 hours over Christmas, those dont have the firepower and so on to "do their bit".
I really hope no one in Entropia really would push themselves past their physical limits
(plenty of us are 10 years older than when we first started playing after all
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As you recall, this was rapidly changed 7 years ago with the first Merry Mayhem rules down to 40 hours.
MA have done a full 'free for all' on the second category, this allows for those with huge free time, money and stamina along with organisational support to win it by a landslide.
I cant say I blame them. It will likely reap the greatest participation ever - those that cant commit to 40 hours over Christmas, those dont have the firepower and so on to "do their bit".
I really hope no one in Entropia really would push themselves past their physical limits
(plenty of us are 10 years older than when we first started playing after all
Yes of course we all know not to die playing games. Until someone dies playing games. Full free-for-all involves the chance for this to happen and is negligent from a game maker standpoint. Most income possible doesn't mean killing the players. Let's not even get into the 2nd/3rd players of same avatar issue.
I don't call anything a contest in a situation like this anyway. It is an AUCTION. The highest bidder can win. What kind of event is this? Feel free to quote me dubbing this: FAIRY MAYHEM
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Forget about it mayhem
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Well there is still the Solo category.
The 2nd category will be a team / purchase and I doubt anyone will die doing it. IF the tradeable aspect wasn't there then there could be a risk of it.
I think Mindark can successfully argue they have negatated the compulsion to play non-stop over several days with that inclusion.
If anyone does want to risk their health, I'd imagine it is because they are getting good loot or a generous buyer.
Talking of getting enough sleep, bedtime for me, night all!
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CBS NEWS states in the article:
It might seem silly to forget to drink, but previous gamers who have become so engrossed have died because of playing for too long.
link: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ohio-te...ing-video-games-for-at-least-4-straight-days/
hey if the news says it. it must be true
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PUT categories BACK
this is bullshit to remove a core mechanism that was unique to merry mayhem and gave far more players a chance at winning something.
its bullshit that you pit us average players against the TITANS in EVERY calypso event now.
Congratulations MindArk you will not get my efforts in these events. you're now missing out on well over 120k cycled from me alone and much more since i was considering team as well.
i guess thanks for saving me and my friends thousands of USD in tt loss, suck it.
But but but...I thought you said I was the whiny crybaby???
I guess we all have things we don't like, and feel the need to talk about sometimes....it's human, and normal. So let it out, and have your voice heard!
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Mega, when they switched from old style to new instances it was only 30 hrs, 40 hrs was last years new idea
Not that it matters....
Personally I'm rather bummed out by this, I'm on a support team that had a very decent shot at top 3 in cat II, I know I know wtf does MA care about cat II players but think of it this way:
12 man team, maybe 8 avail per instance so
8 x 40 x 1k ped cycled (just an estimation)
320,000 ped NOT cycled
And that's just 1 team in one catagory
Sure there will still be token farmers but I think this change sounds like a bad move
Not that it matters....
Personally I'm rather bummed out by this, I'm on a support team that had a very decent shot at top 3 in cat II, I know I know wtf does MA care about cat II players but think of it this way:
12 man team, maybe 8 avail per instance so
8 x 40 x 1k ped cycled (just an estimation)
320,000 ped NOT cycled
And that's just 1 team in one catagory
Sure there will still be token farmers but I think this change sounds like a bad move