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Re: Announce Post #3061: Ascension Postmortem
"We keep seeing terms being thrown out like 'moving forward in full awareness that it's hurting one competitive group.' I've already said this multiple times, -any- decision we made was hurting one competitive group." Instead of leaving it as it was with the losing competitive group hurting they decided to hurt the winning group? How does that make sense in the slightest? Rancoura's and Xenthos's comments are logical.
"As far as fair decision - I think both sides are getting a fair deal.
Glom/Celest/Halli got the TA they fought for in Parhelion,
Mag/Gaudi/Seren get the TA they fought for in Ixion." This argument is flawed, it should be 'As far as fair decision - I think both sides are getting a fair deal.
Glom/Celest/Halli got the TA they won through the games rules of Ascension in Parhelion,
Mag/Gaudi/Seren get the TA they fought for, albeit lost, in Ixion."
Jason
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Re: QUOTES 8: THE QUOTING
Oracular Elexia Myeras-Silvermoon says, "Alas, I am too stunned! Ethilwen, you are far too ready for me!"
Coraline
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Re: Gurashi Draws: An Autobiography
With its gaze intent on you, a massive black widow crawls across the bark of the nearest of the blackthorns and settles in, staring.
Falling with a clatter, a staff covered in thick, sticky webbing lands at your feet.
You look about in confusion.
Orventa blinks.
You pick up a crutch-staff bearing praises to the Lord, Lady, and Neither, covered in webs.
As if it were never there, the black widow fades to nothing in the night, its chittering mandibles whispering, "An eye for an eye..."
Falling with a clatter, a staff covered in thick, sticky webbing lands at your feet.
You look about in confusion.
Orventa blinks.
You pick up a crutch-staff bearing praises to the Lord, Lady, and Neither, covered in webs.
As if it were never there, the black widow fades to nothing in the night, its chittering mandibles whispering, "An eye for an eye..."
And because @Viravain is... very good (got the idea from this song yes yes yes)
Gurashi
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Re: Announce Post #3061: Ascension Postmortem
These hindsight arguments don't really hold a lot of weight for me. For any of these 'If I had known' arguments being presented, the simple fact is had we known this would occur, we would have enacted changes to ensure it didn't and all of you would be back to where you were. The fact is none of us knew so it is irrelevant to talk about hindsight in that fashion. Again, that's not any player's fault, that's our fault.
On top of that - I think it is a fallacy to do things just because that is how it was done in the past. In my line of work (outside Lusternia), I don't want to do something because that is how it has always been done, I want to do something because it is the best way to do it. Changing and adapting as you learn and improve is vital and it's the only way for Lusternia to progress. That doesn't mean we're going to retroactively go back and change things that happened in previous Ascensions or events (so don't ask). Those decisions were made and the consequences dealt with, we're moving forward and trying to learn from the past.
Those two points are why I don't think it really makes sense to have additional Ascendants beyond Parhelion and Ixion. Choices were made about who to award seals to and who to support. Additionally, a big factor in this decision was how close the score was. We already stated that we don't know if we'd have done the same thing had Ixion won when Choros was at 700ish points.
As far as fair decision - I think both sides are getting a fair deal. Glom/Celest/Halli got the TA they fought for in Parhelion, Mag/Gaudi/Seren get the TA they fought for in Ixion.
We keep seeing terms being thrown out like 'moving forward in full awareness that it's hurting one competitive group.' I've already said this multiple times, -any- decision we made was hurting one competitive group. These sayings keep getting bandied around as if there was a solution that nobody would be upset by. We know that players were upset, and they were going to be upset no matter which we way we went. So we decided to do what we felt was best.
On top of that - I think it is a fallacy to do things just because that is how it was done in the past. In my line of work (outside Lusternia), I don't want to do something because that is how it has always been done, I want to do something because it is the best way to do it. Changing and adapting as you learn and improve is vital and it's the only way for Lusternia to progress. That doesn't mean we're going to retroactively go back and change things that happened in previous Ascensions or events (so don't ask). Those decisions were made and the consequences dealt with, we're moving forward and trying to learn from the past.
Those two points are why I don't think it really makes sense to have additional Ascendants beyond Parhelion and Ixion. Choices were made about who to award seals to and who to support. Additionally, a big factor in this decision was how close the score was. We already stated that we don't know if we'd have done the same thing had Ixion won when Choros was at 700ish points.
As far as fair decision - I think both sides are getting a fair deal. Glom/Celest/Halli got the TA they fought for in Parhelion, Mag/Gaudi/Seren get the TA they fought for in Ixion.
We keep seeing terms being thrown out like 'moving forward in full awareness that it's hurting one competitive group.' I've already said this multiple times, -any- decision we made was hurting one competitive group. These sayings keep getting bandied around as if there was a solution that nobody would be upset by. We know that players were upset, and they were going to be upset no matter which we way we went. So we decided to do what we felt was best.
Orael
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Re: Lusternian picrews!
Gosh, these things are addicting. Smol human Eri, will probably add more to this post 
Lorger human Eri:
Oh holy heck loboshigeri is the CUTEST.
Lorger human Eri:
Oh holy heck loboshigeri is the CUTEST.
Eritheyl
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Re: Lusternian picrews!
Thought I'd try one. Not seeing as many good guy options at least ones that will open for me. Here is a (bad ) attempt at a human Knorr (coming soon?)
edit: And another one I found that makes a passable Knorr now.
https://picrew.me/share?cd=U8q1PV9f6g
edit: And another one I found that makes a passable Knorr now.
https://picrew.me/share?cd=U8q1PV9f6g
Knorrith
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