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oogaBooga · Post by **oogaBooga** » Fri May 16, 2008 3:35 pm

For the most part, the community sucks for a bunch of people whove been playing it for 10 years (as someone said before), but there is still a big skill gap between noobs and regs - could be a reason new people get turned away from myth (not to mention you have to actually use your brain in myth, a big obstacle for some people nowadays).

Sometimes it's good to just let a nub win so he feels good about himself and doesnt stop playing altogether.

-ooga

pompey · Post by **pompey** » Fri May 16, 2008 4:46 pm

I'm not sure the community sucks any more than any community that's been coagulating for a good long while. There are a lot fewer obviously young, forum-spammers like you see elsewhere and a lot more "I need my Ben Gay, where are my pills" irascibility from the elderly contributors. Like they say though, familiarity breeds contempt. With a small core of hardcore players who aren't going anywhere (permanently) and don't see a lot of new blood, feelings will get bruised. And sometimes peaches.

oogaBooga wrote: Sometimes it's good to just let a nub win so he feels good about himself and doesnt stop playing altogether.

And we appreciate that.

Frumius · Post by **Frumius** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:40 pm

Plague Bearer wrote:Jag's made a recent reappearance, as has Road.

I have the honor of having hosted Jagman's first game on pmnet. I always try to encourage new players and he's a success story in which I'm glad to have had a part. 'Course, that was like 3 years ago now... Omg, I just found a post where he said it was in 2001. Can that much time really have bone by?

I had a point here, but I forgot it.

Oh! it was to say in reply to Plague Bearer that Jagman has made a recent disappearance, actually. He played with OoH two Saturdays ago and said he'd be off for a couple months or so with no computer. Will be able to check forums periodically, he thought.

Post by **Death's Avatar** » Fri May 16, 2008 7:13 pm

Frumius wrote:
Plague Bearer wrote:Jag's made a recent reappearance, as has Road.
I have the honor of having hosted Jagman's first game on <a href="http://www.mariusnet.com">pmnet</a>.

I think you can actually say the same for me too. I don't know if it was an honor to be my first host though...

-DA

Frumius · Post by **Frumius** » Fri May 16, 2008 8:19 pm

Whoa, well that is totally awesome, DA, and yes it's an honor

I gotta get back on there.

Baak · Post by **Baak** » Fri May 16, 2008 8:43 pm

oogaBooga wrote:Sometimes it's good to just let a nub win so he feels good about himself and doesnt stop playing altogether.

I've been letting Frum win now and then over the years for precisely that reason.

P.S. 999 registered users on this forum when I posted. Funk.

Arthim · Post by **Arthim** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:08 pm

as of the time this is posted, there are 50+ people all on marius at once, good times

vinylrake · Post by **vinylrake** » Sat May 17, 2008 7:13 am

oogaBooga wrote:Sometimes it's good to just let a nub win so he feels good about himself and doesnt stop playing altogether.

-ooga

I just want to know when it's ok to stop letting YOU win.

I am not sure about needing to let a nub win, but I I know I am much less likely to ruthlessly shred a nub to keep them from reaching the endgame and much MORE likely to cut him/her some slack to let the nub get to the endgame. I think getting totally annihilated early in a game with no shot of winning at all is worse motivational wise then losing but feeling "IF I had just done that one thing differently, I would have had a shot at winning" is.

Similar to solo maps. The ones I continue to come back for are the ones that even if incredibly hard give me at least the illusion that I could have won.

Tireces · Post by **Tireces** » Sat May 17, 2008 11:15 am

Arthim wrote:as of the time this is posted, there are 50+ people all on marius at once, good times

hehe something like 3 years ago pm.net used to have 130- up to 150 sometimes.
I hope to see 100+ during mwc2008.

Frumius · Post by **Frumius** » Sat May 17, 2008 11:18 am

Tireces wrote:like 3 years ago pm.net used to have 130- up to 150 sometimes.
I hope to see 100+ during mwc2008.

Well, hey, we could go back farther and mention bungie.net, with twice as many rooms and all of 'em full.

And then I guess you could go back really far, to just a couple of cavemen sitting in their cave with no idea of Myth. But that would be ridiculous.

vinylrake · Post by **vinylrake** » Sun May 18, 2008 5:34 pm

Frumius wrote:And then I guess you could go back really far, to just a couple of cavemen sitting in their cave with no idea of Myth. But that would be ridiculous.

That IS ridiculous Frum, even back then I am sure at least ONE of the cavemen was imagining the day when his descendants could play Myth.

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