Game is Dead

if you dont know what it means:

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So far, best flame bait on forums and term describing PWI condition, commonly used by dissatisfied players (and trolls).

Term was developed by player named NighRage, and since he registered it as intellectual property in copyright service, you will have to pay him salary, every time you use it. click this link for payment info


What 'Game is Dead' doesn't mean:
-noone plays the game anymore and servers are empty;
-PWE will have to shut down the game, because of financial problems.
-nerd's threat, that he will find out where PWI lives and kill it irl.
-PWI got stroke and tomorrow is the wake;

(if any example from above appears to be correct, then you have rights to sue your 4th grade teacher for failing, to teach you reading with comprehension).


What 'Game is Dead' does mean:
That much of game content (thus, reason to play) was 'killed' by sales and changes i.e.
[tl;dr]
- 'easy exp' killed questing (world map) and four rebirth dungeons;
- packs sales killed lunar (+ revmap) and world mats, and mold (and party, high level TT) market;
- FC gold weapons are obtainable with packs mainly;
- even newest gear can be devaluated by 90-95%, at any time and w/o announcement (which 'kills' reason to get it);
- pvp aspect of game is cripled also: pk is very costly (high gold prices and less oportunities to farm money) and there is no reward or costs refund.
- unbalance between classes in pve and pvp (aps vs casters);
- 'pearl harbors' in economy from time to time
[/tl;dr]

When exp is worthless (you can make max level char in few days) and getting/upgrading gear is risky/pointless (because of unexpected, rough gameplay changes, like endgame gear sales or attack, and defense blessings) then there is no reason (or at least cake) to achieve anything (sic! in mmorpg game, where 'achieving goals/building character' is main motivation of a player).
Game (at least, as mmo) is dead.


If you use this term on forums (after some major in-game changes), most likely you will provoke lively forum debate (troll fest) and since topic is very interesting (nothing better to do or QQ about) almost every group of players will participate in discussion.

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Raging Nerds - easy to recognize, because they constantly repeat that 'game is dead' every second post. Those people play game since 'day one', probably know more about it than developers and could write thesis about it.
Nerds will rage everytime money-hungry PWE (Beijing?) marketing HQ, implement some unpopular changes. This group is quite hopeless and will always QQ instead of just quit.

Debate: You should avoid arguing with them, because they may have some valid points.
Trolling: Some of them are easy to troll: act like one of Cpt. Obvious Team or Permanently Satisfied Customers and keep writing same **** all over again, regardless of arguments they use.



Satisfied Nerds - there is no big difference between those two kinds of nerds, but satisfied ones will use valid arguments to prove - that changes which caused QQ- aren't so bad.
This group of players is extinct; last one died after TW payment changes.



Undefined Ranting People - they just QQ about everything. When they find QQ topic, they copy/paste their 'usual rant' from notepad. Often, obvious trolls.

Debate: Easy win usually. They always forget to write down good conterarguments to notepad.
Trolling: If not trolls, then easy but not very satisfactory, if trolls - just show how weak their arguments are and how obvious trolls they are.



Cpt. Obvious Team- they will teach you, that PWE is company - which need to earn money (orly? yarly! no wai..), and PWI is mmo - which need to evolve. This means, that you shouldn't ever complain about any in-game change, because they were implemented with a good reason.
Cpt Obvious Team member is marketer's wet dream: customer who won't ever complain and even will tell others to not to (because it is somehow uncool or -optionally- gtfo!!rage!rage1rage!1).
Nobody is sure why Cpt. Obvious, react so strong at other's complaining. One theory says, that he/she is an IRL ex-QQer, with 'i-wont-ever-complain-and-will-move-on!' attitude. Other theory, is about their abusive grandparents, beating them up, because 'complains dont feed'.

Debate: Pointless, they always use same two arguments, even if it dont 'fit' conversation or someone point them as invalid. Seems, that they don't understand, what 'evolution' really means and that in any bussiness, where quality has a high value, complaining customer is a gift, not a disease.
Trolling: They are pretty good at trolling themselves, so just leave them alone with that.



Permanently Satisfied Customers - even worst update won't change their attitude, simply because they don't play the game. PWE management do their best, to keep existance of instant messagers in secret from those 'players'. All would quit immediately if they discovered, that you don't need PW, to chat with other people.

Debate: Pointless, unless you are able to find common features of PW and MSN.
Trolling: Easy, but meh - short term fun.



Extraordinary Players(?) - they play their 'own unique game' inside of the game. While most people level up, get gears, complete instances and -optionally- participate in TW, and PK, this kind will achieve their 'own goals', like getting all fashion or touring landscape of PW world. They neglect other content of game, so updates dont affect them much, and will tell you to 'not by s0 srs obaot teh game'.

Debate: No point usually, unless you will be able to explain them, that you are playing two different games.
Trolling: Their attention deficit makes them really hard to troll i.e. after your second attempt, they will get bored and go away, to count blue bugs near elf start town.



Addicted Veterans - long term players, who might even quit few times, but they got so used to this kind of entertainment, that they will always come back and play. They are perfectly aware how PW treat player base. Usually, they are succesful farmers/merchants or golden mastercard owners, so they are able to 'struggle through' results of another PW great money making idea.

Debate: You can learn something.
Trolling: being constantly trolled by PW, made them hard/immue to troll.



Twisting Wiseman Who Speaks Teh Truth - you may think that he is Satisfied Nerd, Capt. Obvious Team think-tank or one of those 40lvl Permanently Satisfied Customers. Sometimes, you will be almost sure that he is PWE-PR undercover employee.
He will make fun of Raging Nerds and even put special anti-nerd hallmark in his signature (actually, he made it!). He will patiently explain them, that PWE will always try to maximalize profits despite of their QQ. He will use contrary arguments and give you mind f***. When you finally give up and lay down, in little puddle of your QQ tears, you will see teh truth between lines of his posts: the only real solution of all your problems is quitting the game.
If you don't believe me, let fact that he quit few months ago, convince you.
Mr Wiseman, you are forums hero.



ehh, Lowbies -
This story is old, but not very long: at beginning, lowbies are statisfied players, who have urge to defend PW as teh great game, just to rage about it later, when PW finally kick their balls too. We all saw that over 9000 times and are used to those annoying, clueless kids.



All Other People - they weren't disappointed enough times to rage quit yet.



Trolls - can be anyone from above..



Troll-when-need - someone who fail in discussion and have weak agruments, will usually write at end, that he was just trolling you, ha ha ha.

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Since, in lively discussion (nerdrage) it may be hard to recognize, on whose side are arguing debaters, people started to use hallmarks in signatures.

Examples: