Anyone else find the faction spotlight funny?

Kiyoshi - Heavens Tear
Kiyoshi - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,385 Arc User
edited June 2010 in General Discussion
So... I was finally bored enough to read non-sale related news of PWI. And ran across this " I’ve been on vacation for the past 4 months. When I left I was the leader as well, and one of the higher people. I get back only to find that all my friends are either gone or level 100. They don’t even talk to me anymore. [...] My faction’s falling apart, people leaving everyday, it’s really depressing if you think about it." in the fraction spotlight section.

That had me cracking up a bit. The guy made a fraction... got people to join... disappears for 4 months without passing leadership... and actually expect his former members to stay loyal. I can tell you this... if my fraction leader disappears for a month without a word... he'll no longer be my leader. And by 2 month's time... i am pretty sure anyone worth while in fraction will be long gone. Thats really bad leadership on his part.
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  • Rawrgh - Raging Tide
    Rawrgh - Raging Tide Posts: 6,790 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    That had me cracking up a bit. The guy made a fraction... got people to join... disappears for 4 months without passing leadership... and actually expect his former members to stay loyal. I can tell you this... if my fraction leader disappears for a month without a word... he'll no longer be my leader. And by 2 month's time... i am pretty sure anyone worth while in fraction will be long gone. Thats really bad leadership on his part.
    orly? Which fraction are you in? 7/8ths?
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  • LifeHunting - Heavens Tear
    LifeHunting - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,023 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    God i wish people would learn to spell.


    FRACTIONS =/= FACTIONS.


    FRACTIONS = MATH

    FACTIONS = MMORPG
  • VerenKaunis - Dreamweaver
    VerenKaunis - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,099 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    FACTIONS = MMORPG

    Actually, faction refers to a group within a larger group. It's not limited to MMOs.

    To OP: It's a bit amusing but I thought it was funnier that you spelled 'faction' correctly in your thread title but spelled it as 'fraction' in your post.
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  • _Surreal_ - Heavens Tear
    _Surreal_ - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,458 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    orly? Which fraction are you in? 7/8ths?

    b:laughb:chuckle
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  • Longknife - Harshlands
    Longknife - Harshlands Posts: 4,843 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    The fraction fell apart because the guild leader divided by 0.
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  • Esnemyl - Dreamweaver
    Esnemyl - Dreamweaver Posts: 3,079 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    The fraction fell apart because the guild leader divided by 0.

    nope, he divided by 3/5ths and got the answet of 4.5068945685908490568490 b:chuckle
    he was doin it wrong o.o i think he forgot to add the pie or something
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  • Pure_Wish - Heavens Tear
    Pure_Wish - Heavens Tear Posts: 137 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    I kinda feel sorry for the guy m033.gif
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  • ThanosQRt - Dreamweaver
    ThanosQRt - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,457 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    I kinda feel sorry for the guy m033.gif

    XD

    <insert fraction joke here>

    on-topic: yes, i find it ridiculous. moreover, judging from the way he/she speaks i got the impression that he/she is a bit arrogant... "my faction", "I will challenge the map"....
    made me feel like it's all about him/her
  • PlumDumb - Heavens Tear
    PlumDumb - Heavens Tear Posts: 118 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    yeah these past 2 guilds havent been so bright..pretty bland and dumb..no offense on rednecks but they seem to be ran by the back woods type of people...b:laugh
  • TigerLily - Lost City
    TigerLily - Lost City Posts: 1,209 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    I did find it a bit funny O_O

    What guild leader goes away for 4 months and doesn't pass lead. Only thing left in the guild will be in-actives or alts. You dont even have to be gone more than a few weeks for a guild to fall apart if no leader.

    In general i find these Faction Spotlight Interviews boring though. I cant care less about some mid-size faction on a pve-server i dont even play. Why do they pick totally no-name not interesting factions to write about. Every leader of a mid-size faction will say the same thing in a interview anyway.

    Hard to keep high lvls, hard to get enough people to help with instances, we lack barbs and clerics for pve, we will TW eventually once we get geared up and catch up in levels (means never) and so on. Than they will talk about some silly event they have once or twice like a naked race from EtherBlade to Archo to seem a bit crazy.

    Pick older factions that actually has achieved something, than its at least interesting what ever server you play. Interview leaders that actually helped/destroyed the map colors, not some guy that was gone for 4 months and doesn't know **** about the game <.<
  • ThanosQRt - Dreamweaver
    ThanosQRt - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,457 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    Than they will talk about some silly event they have once or twice like a naked race from EtherBlade to Archo to seem a bit crazy.

    ahhahahahahahahahahah looooooooooooooooool
    Pick older factions that actually has achieved something, than its at least interesting what ever server you play. Interview leaders that actually helped/destroyed the map colors, not some guy that was gone for 4 months and doesn't know **** about the game <.<

    that would be nice
  • MistaBwanden - Sanctuary
    MistaBwanden - Sanctuary Posts: 2,803 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    I personally hate these small factions getting suddenly noticed.
    Myriad, or however it was spelled, spammed world chat for a good 3 or 4 days full of recruiting after they got on the faction spotlight.
    They simply would not stop, not even when people asked them to.
  • Sacredxstar - Heavens Tear
    Sacredxstar - Heavens Tear Posts: 916 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    Not to be mean or anything, but if I remember right (because I haven't exactly been paying attention to most of the in-game events), they only got this "reward" of being a part of "Faction Spotlight" because they won some screenshot contest. Feels like they were purposely chosen because they're smaller factions and most people have heard a lot about the bigger TW factions already if they were to go on the server sections of the forum. Then again, the bigger TW factions probably didn't care enough about the event to enter. But yes, I did find the faction leader to be a bit arrogant & a bit over his head in terms of thinking his members would still be in the faction after 4 months of disappearance. <_<;

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  • Islamey - Dreamweaver
    Islamey - Dreamweaver Posts: 586 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    OPs post was terribad...until he spelled it fractions b:victory
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  • Lesthar - Heavens Tear
    Lesthar - Heavens Tear Posts: 3,045 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    Hey guys, don't be poking on the dude and make fun of his misspelling.

    It's a very interesting topic, as this story shows how much many only play for levels and personal fame and not the relationship side.
    Four months is not a year, you still can remember who is your faction leader... unless you didn't really care about being in that group after all, or just get what you wanted and leave with an arrogant or disinterested face, like if nothing good happened or that you were forced to do things. There is that feeling that factions were only a tool, a stepping stone to personal success.

    I seriously would not want to meet such people, as they show no gratitude or warmth, etc. etc.
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  • The_Wall - Heavens Tear
    The_Wall - Heavens Tear Posts: 500 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    I did find it a bit funny O_O

    What guild leader goes away for 4 months and doesn't pass lead. Only thing left in the guild will be in-actives or alts. You dont even have to be gone more than a few weeks for a guild to fall apart if no leader.

    In general i find these Faction Spotlight Interviews boring though. I cant care less about some mid-size faction on a pve-server i dont even play. Why do they pick totally no-name not interesting factions to write about. Every leader of a mid-size faction will say the same thing in a interview anyway.

    Hard to keep high lvls, hard to get enough people to help with instances, we lack barbs and clerics for pve, we will TW eventually once we get geared up and catch up in levels (means never) and so on. Than they will talk about some silly event they have once or twice like a naked race from EtherBlade to Archo to seem a bit crazy.

    Pick older factions that actually has achieved something, than its at least interesting what ever server you play. Interview leaders that actually helped/destroyed the map colors, not some guy that was gone for 4 months and doesn't know **** about the game <.<

    I agree with just about all quoted above. I do not care about some small faction's story that is always the same. If you are inactive for four months as a leader you better have some other very active and good officers or your faction will disintegrate. Cannot expect someone to stay when your faction is so limited when you have no leader.

    Now I would like to know what is like in the land owning factions of other servers. I am sure they have some interesting and maybe even unique stories to tell.

    The fraction fell apart because the guild leader divided by 0.

    The math added up. It destroyed the fraction by doing that. This is vital information. Myself, Kiyoshi and sacred should tell Mikey now! b:shocked

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  • SmellsFishy - Dreamweaver
    SmellsFishy - Dreamweaver Posts: 74 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    Just to clear things up, the original leader actually pass his leadership to another member before taking his leave.

    As for higher lvls leaving, that's totally understandable when you find out that bigger factions offers TW and a fat paycheck for participating.
  • Man - Raging Tide
    Man - Raging Tide Posts: 1,410 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    Yup they need to pick better people for their faction spotlight. Both have been depressing, lackluster, non controversial, and non factors.

    Therefore I volunteer my faction to take the spotlight b:cute
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  • Sacredxstar - Heavens Tear
    Sacredxstar - Heavens Tear Posts: 916 Arc User
    edited June 2010

    The math added up. It destroyed the fraction by doing that. This is vital information. Myself, Kiyoshi and sacred should tell Mikey now! b:shocked

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  • Hazumu - Dreamweaver
    Hazumu - Dreamweaver Posts: 293 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    You do realize that the faction spotlights are a part of a screenshot contest? And that majority of the winners were from Dreamweaver server? Not all of the factions that are going to get a spotlight are bad, or complete lacklusters, there's gonna be some interesting things coming for sure. ^^
  • Sacredxstar - Heavens Tear
    Sacredxstar - Heavens Tear Posts: 916 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    You do realize that the faction spotlights are a part of a screenshot contest? And that majority of the winners were from Dreamweaver server? Not all of the factions that are going to get a spotlight are bad, or complete lacklusters, there's gonna be some interesting things coming for sure. ^^

    I believe I already stated that here:
    Not to be mean or anything, but if I remember right (because I haven't exactly been paying attention to most of the in-game events), they only got this "reward" of being a part of "Faction Spotlight" because they won some screenshot contest.

    From page 2. :)
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  • Kiyoshi - Heavens Tear
    Kiyoshi - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,385 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    its interesting to see those who jump on the bandwagon over my spelling mistake. but then again... i guess its a real big deal for the spelling champ to make a mistake. these are probably the same type of people who trash talk while waiting on the sideline for me to finish my shull hunter on top of that hill in old ht.


    You do realize that the faction spotlights are a part of a screenshot contest? And that majority of the winners were from Dreamweaver server? Not all of the factions that are going to get a spotlight are bad, or complete lacklusters, there's gonna be some interesting things coming for sure. ^^

    i for one expected a posted interview to reveal something interesting or something i care about. its like instead of covering news about the volcano erupting down the street... they cover the mating rituals of the brazilian peanut ant. while there may be people who is interested in mating rituals of imaginary brazilian ants even as they are drool on hot lava... the vast majority isn't.

    i would rather see them do a piece on land owning guilds... where there is actually something going on. then again... would the lead of a land owning guild take time out of his day for an interview.
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  • frankieraye
    frankieraye Posts: 250 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    Yep, I'll pick a big guild for the next spotlight; I think we've seen enough of the Guilds Gone Wild factions..
  • Sacredxstar - Heavens Tear
    Sacredxstar - Heavens Tear Posts: 916 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    Yep, I'll pick a big guild for the next spotlight; I think we've seen enough of the Guilds Gone Wild factions..

    Nice... That will probably be more interesting to read about. :) But please don't ask the same questions. D:
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  • Michael_Dark - Lost City
    Michael_Dark - Lost City Posts: 9,091 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    these are probably the same type of people who trash talk while waiting on the sideline for me to finish my shull hunter on top of that hill in old ht.

    lol. Trash talk while waiting... ah, there have been some really good pvp battles around that area on LC.

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  • VerenKaunis - Dreamweaver
    VerenKaunis - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,099 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    its interesting to see those who jump on the bandwagon over my spelling mistake. but then again... i guess its a real big deal for the spelling champ to make a mistake. these are probably the same type of people who trash talk while waiting on the sideline for me to finish my shull hunter on top of that hill in old ht.

    It's just that your spelling mistake was more interesting than the faction spotlight. b:chuckle
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  • Hazumu - Dreamweaver
    Hazumu - Dreamweaver Posts: 293 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    Yep, I'll pick a big guild for the next spotlight; I think we've seen enough of the Guilds Gone Wild factions..

    Not sure everyone is going to like it, if the contest prize changes after the contest is over... b:sad

    I thought the whole point of the spotlight was to give smaller factions some chance of coverage as well... Guess I was wrong, it's known to have been happened...

    Calamity who? Never heard of them, I definately need to hear more. b:surrender
  • SireniaAlice - Sanctuary
    SireniaAlice - Sanctuary Posts: 7 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    Hm...kinda funny for me... I never see them in my game play at all but suddenly appear in faction spotlight and i feel like... its the same with advertisement in WC but only its on the patch news..so I just ignore it