Referral System Unfair To Those With No Friends

Hisui - Heavens Tear
Hisui - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,369 Arc User
edited October 2008 in General Discussion
After the animosity of bear smilies being introduced the forum, the PWI management has taken a new step into capitalistic pig-ism.

The newly implemented referral system, which requires real life friendships to reap the benefits from an online game has proven unfair to the community members who simply do not have friends.

"If I had friends, I would be outside," said an anonymous level 70 blademaster who wishes not to be named.

"The referral system has unfairly given the people who are socially healthy an edge over those who chose to be socially ... incognito," added another.

However, expert gamers have come up with compromising strategies that may appease both spectrum of the social order. An MIT/Harvard medical school student who has been playing since the first day of OB and is now level 5 have discovered such a strategy.

"By extending the limitation of the offer to imaginary friends, everyone would have an equal opportunity," said student Posibo Kim. The PWI management have yet to make an official statement about the proposal, but some members of the community are already moving forward with the strategy in a dont-ask-dont-tell policy.

"Me n ma girlfriend felt koo bout the idea," said one strategy beneficiary.

Mister Kim realizes the fallacies of this seemingly flawless strategy.

"The members of the community who do not have the mental capabilities of conjuring 'imagination' need to be attended to."

-- report by Hisui.
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  • Cetax - Heavens Tear
    Cetax - Heavens Tear Posts: 15 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    First class news reporter imo ;)

    Thanks for the great information! Sure hope they look in to this >.>
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  • markillian
    markillian Posts: 293 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    lol nice thread
  • Smexxyfox - Heavens Tear
    Smexxyfox - Heavens Tear Posts: 722 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    lol weirdos b:sweat
  • Truvisionary - Sanctuary
    Truvisionary - Sanctuary Posts: 50 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    rofl. I fell off my seat reading this.
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  • turtlewax
    turtlewax Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Very good so far, but it is incomplete; it does not mention those who lost their friends because they were bugging them to join PW.
  • reisha
    reisha Posts: 16 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    lol i had 2 friends who actually joined and i helped them lvl upto 10 to buy the zen. One of them didnt show up on my referral page so they didnt buy the game card from 7-11 like they were going to last night, where the other one did. Well today I went to see if my friend who wasnt showing up was there, and not only was she not there but they deducted my friend who did pay for zen saying that the amount wasnt high enough, and to be included in the system she'd have to buy more.

    WTF -.-
  • _minta_ - Heavens Tear
    _minta_ - Heavens Tear Posts: 24 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    even if u have many RL friends, that doesnt mean u will get 10 ppl fast... i have many RL friends, but they dont play pc games, only choice i have is talk to players from games i have played before and suggest them try this game if they dun play anything better and i already know which one of them spend money on game and who doesnt, so if i suggest this game to ppl who does they will buy those zens in no time
  • /haiku/ - Lost City
    /haiku/ - Lost City Posts: 286 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    GG. It's funny cuz it's true. xd
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  • Zahara - Heavens Tear
    Zahara - Heavens Tear Posts: 44 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Oh the woes of the unpopular b:sad and socially inept. LOL... plagues them even in their online escape. b:surrender life

    b:victory
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  • xarfox
    xarfox Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    It's true, people who are socially healthy are already OP irl. But we decided to make socially healthy people even more OP in PWI.b:angry
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  • /haiku/ - Lost City
    /haiku/ - Lost City Posts: 286 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    xarfox wrote: »
    It's true, people who are socially healthy are already OP irl. But we decided to make socially healthy people even more OP in PWI.b:angry

    You bully.
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  • Ty - Heavens Tear
    Ty - Heavens Tear Posts: 604 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    wat "Friends" meen?
    I like pie
  • surtr
    surtr Posts: 3,378 Perfect World Employee
    edited October 2008
    Unfortunately, we feel that allowing the use of imaginary friends would create an unfair advantage over those with insufficient imaginations to create one.
    ==/Senior QA Lead/==

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  • theshazzbot
    theshazzbot Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    worthy of theonion.com methinks
    Remember, posting on these forums is not a right - It's a PRIVILEGE!

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  • Soda - Lost City
    Soda - Lost City Posts: 81 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Umm, Isn't this tell you to get off the game and go out and play and meet new people.. your fault if you dont have any friends :D
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  • Hisui - Heavens Tear
    Hisui - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,369 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    TheShazzbot wrote: »
    worthy of theonion.com methinks

    I'm not worthy of genius. But there shall be more to come. There shall.
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