Allowing people to contaminate ground areas with those Risan disco ball things has made me avoid going into town for quite awhile. In the past with party favors you could turn off your audio. Baloon guns you could adjust max debris and make them go away. As far as disco balls I don't know of a way to avoid them aside from avoiding entire zones. So with winter event and an anniversary around the corner, what kind of tools are you the STO employees going to give these selfish people to come into my home home and violate me and my recreational activities this year?
I hear you my friend... those things are CONSTANTLY used on me in K7 and SB39... and seem to have only 1 actual purpose...to irritate others... All I can say is do what I do... turn off game for anotther when it becomes too frustrating [as I seem to be doing more and more often myself these days]
Here's hoping someone listens THIS time... lol
Ok first off I know this is a touchy topic but Disco balls.. After 15 min of having a troll drop them all over me while I was trying to rp I left the system. How are trolls even handled in this game? Arnt there supposed to be GM's out there to ban people like this? I wasnt even rping in local, it was over a private channel.
Back to the Disco balls though.. Can they be restricted to say Risa maby? Or make them not suddenly make you toon burst out into dance? I view it as harassment and a violation of the terms of service I agreed to. Disco balls can be fun, but 90% of the games population seems to be to immature to use them in good ways.
Not trying to rant or flame, just upset over trolls...
Ok.
1. How is it a violation of the tos?
2. The dancing is a primary part of their function so.. sorry'boutit
3. If you are rp'ing in a public instance then you should know to expect this. If you don't want interruptions go do it on your ship bridge or fleet starbase.
It's not myfault ifyoufeel trolledbymyDisco ball...Sorry'boutit.
Ok.
1. How is it a violation of the tos?
2. The dancing is a primary part of their function so.. sorry'boutit
3. If you are rp'ing in a public instance then you should know to expect this. If you don't want interruptions go do it on your ship bridge or fleet starbase.
So I should expect to be trolled? I should expect to have these people go unpunished for what they do? I should just sit by and let them ruin the game?
I use to help run a private server for minecraft. I know its a totally different game but the point is a friend and I had the authority to ban anyone who was trolling. We would give 3 warnings then we would remove them from the game. And in some circumstances it would just be an outright ban. It just seems like PWE doesnt care anymore and lets people get away with this.
So I should expect to be trolled? I should expect to have these people go unpunished for what they do? I should just sit by and let them ruin the game?
I use to help run a private server for minecraft. I know its a totally different game but the point is a friend and I had the authority to ban anyone who was trolling. We would give 3 warnings then we would remove them from the game. And in some circumstances it would just be an outright ban. It just seems like PWE doesnt care anymore and lets people get away with this.
Punished? For what? For doing something they have every right to do? For using an item they have paid for?
And frankly, yes. You should expect to be tolled. You know why? because people play this game, a lot of them. And people are by and large jerks. If the disco balls weren't there they then they would just do it some other way, like the fire extinguisher or the bug spray. If you are gonna play an mmo, then you need a much thicker skin.
Just because you are rp'ing in a public place doesn't mean they can't have their fun. Who are you to tell anyone how they should play the game.
And I am still curious just how you think this violates the ToS?
It's not myfault ifyoufeel trolledbymyDisco ball...Sorry'boutit.
I actually don't mind the disco balls (seeing the rows of assimilated Deferi in the City: Hard mission getting funky was fantastic). But I do see how some people would be put off by its use. Cryptic should add an option in the Controls menu, similar to the 'Keep Moving During Dialogs' option, that allows players to opt-out of stuff like the disco ball. RPer's can RP, partiers can party, and everyone should be happy. Or at least, far less unhappy.
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Punished? For what? For doing something they have every right to do? For using an item they have paid for?
And frankly, yes. You should expect to be tolled. You know why? because people play this game, a lot of them. And people are by and large jerks. If the disco balls weren't there they then they would just do it some other way, like the fire extinguisher or the bug spray. If you are gonna play an mmo, then you need a much thicker skin.
Just because you are rp'ing in a public place doesn't mean they can't have their fun. Who are you to tell anyone how they should play the game.
And I am still curious just how you think this violates the ToS?
Why add troll items in the first place ? All these disco balls and party poppers should just be either removed, or disabled in social areas so that people can only troll the borg with them.
Let us wear Swimsuits on Foundry maps or bridges please! I would pay zen for that.
Why add troll items in the first place ? All these disco balls and party poppers should just be either removed, or disabled in social areas so that people can only troll the borg with them.
Disabled in social areas? That is the intended place to use them. And they aren't troll items. Maybe a few people are abusing them, (though that's only if you stretch the definition of the word to absurdity) but the only people they bother are ones who take themselves way too seriously. If you can't deal with that then go play a single player game.
And why add them? because they are fun. Isn't that the point of playing a game?
It's not myfault ifyoufeel trolledbymyDisco ball...Sorry'boutit.
Here we go again, more disco ball rage. And using them is a violation of some sort of terms of service? umm, that's a bit of a stretch considering it's not a TRIBBLE object of any sort, it is an item made by the developers themselves. As far as disabling them in social areas maybe they should disable rping in social areas instead. Seriously though, lets just take a look at what we are disturbing when we use one of those items.
Earth space dock, bad and really lame gorn jokes, arguments over politics and religion, debates over which would win between the enterprise and a star destroyer, the endless flood of fleet recruitment spam, yes lets not disturb any of that :rolleyes:
DS9 I won't even mention considering that place is always empty, probably because theres so many people parked outside afk they have it blocked.
Drozana, people doing missions from the Klingon war episode and the occasional person who wants to trade cyber sex for energy credits. :rolleyes:
Starbase 39, people doing missions from the romulan mystery episode.
And K-7, people doing Klingon war episode missions.
As you can see I don't have role players listed, I wonder why, hmmm, maybe because if theres anyone even at these places doing that, it's in private chat or something in which case no ones really even bothering you now are they.
Honestly, I just find them annoying. If I wanted bad music, flashing lights, and dancing, I would go to a club. I'm here to play something akin to Star Trek, not be forced to make a fool of myself for trolls. I hate the freakin' things, and I cannot wait until they disappear.
'Twould finally make ignoring Starfleet Dental easier.
Honestly, I just find them annoying. If I wanted bad music, flashing lights, and dancing, I would go to a club. I'm here to play something akin to Star Trek, not be forced to make a fool of myself for trolls. I hate the freakin' things, and I cannot wait until they disappear.
'Twould finally make ignoring Starfleet Dental easier.
That's quite the paradox, how could you nerf nerf when the nerf is nerfed. But how would the nerf be nerfed when the nerf is nerfed? This allows the nerf not to be nerfed since the nerf is nerfed? But if the nerf isn't nerfed, it could still nerf nerfs. But as soon as the nerf is nerfed, the nerf power is lost. So paradoxally it the nerf nerf lost its nerf, while it's still nerfed, which cannot be because the nerf was unable to nerf.
I hate the freakin' things, and I cannot wait until they disappear.
I think you will be waiting a long time. Based on the amount of people I see running towards it every time one gets popped, I think more people like them then don't.:P
It's not myfault ifyoufeel trolledbymyDisco ball...Sorry'boutit.
Funny thing, the disco balls appeared during the summer event.
SUMMER EVENT IS OVER CRYPTIC remove the disco balls. It is funny however in the city of Defera Invasion Zone the borg start dancing. It does make them harder to shoot though.
Just because they were introduced along side a bunch of limited time items doesn't mean they should be too. No one ever said they would be going at the end of the event.
It's not myfault ifyoufeel trolledbymyDisco ball...Sorry'boutit.
I must confess. Graphically, I think they are absolutely beautiful. I love staring at them from a distance.
And really, I wouldn't mind being able to stand under them...were it not for the fact that I don't want to be forced to dance. You can sit there in your comfortable computer chair (or recliner, or uncomfortable chair-not-meant-for-playing-an-MMO, or what have you) and argue about FPS, idle animation, and whatnot until your fingers turn black and you have no choice but to use a pencil in your mouth to continue typing. But the crux of the entire argument from those who do not like them is the whole "forced to dance" aspect of it all.
I don't want them removed from the game. I don't care if someone sets off 18 of them simultaneously in ESD or DS9 or that abode-of-the-damned known as Drozana Station or wherever. I simply would like to reserve the right to not dance if I don't want to (the corollary to that being that I'd like to vendor, bank, and mail without being terrorized). Give us a way to opt-out, or better yet set it so the only way to opt-in is by doing so actively, like when one wanted to join the unauthorized bonfire (methinks there's some reusable code there?). This is not an unreasonable request. Partiers can still party hardy, the rest of us can do what we want, the haters can still drink their Haterade?, and the trolls/griefers can find new and interesting ways of being jerkfaces.
No, it won't bring peace to the entire Earth, but it's one less thing to be butthurt about. At least as I see it...
I have about 500 or so saved up. I force myself to only carry one or two at a time in my Inventory. Because there are soo many people playing STO who are badly humor impaired. Who seem to live only for their desperate desire to suck any fun out of anything. Like an MMO, or a funeral. Simply ruins any entertainment value left in the darn things. Some how their, ahem, 'rights' are infringed upon by flashing lights and music. When such has exactly ZERO effect on their character other than a visual which last for about a minute.
No hit point loss. No inability to interact with NPCs at any of the kiosks. No loss of Dilithium. No impairment or forced cooldown of abilities. Zip. Zero. Nada. Bupkis. Da big goose egg.
Are we really going to be so anally OCD in public over something so ridiculous?
If so, how come we never ever see you complaining about Q turning you into a targ?
Same thing, isn't it? Your appearance has been changed againstyourwill to something else by someone else. Yet last time I checked not a single one of you was lined up outside pwe/cryptic's offices with pitchforks and torches howling, or rather, bleating piteously about how unfair the Devs were to make your character look different for a brief period of time against your will. How are the two different? They're not.
The saddest part is these people are apparently not smart enough to know how to adjust their Settings in game so they remain unaffected by a harmless piece of silly fun.
I just wish they weren't smart enough to find their way here as well. Getting a little tired of the Anti-Fun Gang always trying to remove something. I do believe some of them would complain if we tried to hang them with old rope.
I wonder if I can make Q or the Snowmen dance during the Winter Wonderland Special Event? Complete with soundtrack. Something 8 track from the height of the decadence known as The Disco Era.
"I wanna put on
Mah mah mah Boogie Shoes
An' dance wif you!"
Kidding aside, haven't we complained enough about these already?
A six year old boy and his starship. Living the dream.
The question is are these items causing any harm or inconvenience to anyone in any way. The answer is no, not really. They can't be spammed, meaning you can't spam a room with multiple ones because they can only be placed so close together, another thing to remember is, they only last for I believe 2 minutes then disappear. As far as people being forced to dance, no, no one is forced to dance, theres no force field or keyboard lock outs or anything preventing you from leaving the item's effect field which is really very small. Really, it all comes down to the fact that some people live to complain.
Sure theres legitimate things they could be complaining about like glitchs or something but for some reason they choose to pick that item. Bottom line is theres nothing to complain about here. If you don't want to dance just walk out of the effect field, if your logged on but afk then your not even seeing the screen anyway so how do you even know one was used.
The saddest part is these people are apparently not smart enough to know how to adjust their Settings in game so they remain unaffected by a harmless piece of silly fun.
I just wish they weren't smart enough to find their way here as well. Getting a little tired of the Anti-Fun Gang always trying to remove something. I do believe some of them would complain if we tried to hang them with old rope.
There is no such option, so your point is invalid. Moreover, your assertion that I am anti-fun indicates that the only definition of fun is your own, which is patently false.
The question is are these items causing any harm or inconvenience to anyone in any way. The answer is no, not really. They can't be spammed, meaning you can't spam a room with multiple ones because they can only be placed so close together, another thing to remember is, they only last for I believe 2 minutes then disappear. As far as people being forced to dance, no, no one is forced to dance, theres no force field or keyboard lock outs or anything preventing you from leaving the item's effect field which is really very small. Really, it all comes down to the fact that some people live to complain.
Sure theres legitimate things they could be complaining about like glitchs or something but for some reason they choose to pick that item. Bottom line is theres nothing to complain about here. If you don't want to dance just walk out of the effect field, if your logged on but afk then your not even seeing the screen anyway so how do you even know one was used.
There are no glitches, so I do not complain about them. I am not AFK when they are used -- they are just used absolutely everywhere I need to be, or even used in a targeted fashion against me because I am roleplaying in an out-of-the-way area on an out-of-the-way world. By your definition, in fact, should someone run up to my laying character and act out defecating on his face, that's okay too. I have issues with this point of view.
I have never asserted anyone is, ahem, anti-fun. I have implied it. But then again I don't really need to assert someone is anti-fun. Especially when they are doing such a fine job on their own.
One of my mostest favoritest things in the whole wide world is watching someone with a case of Star Trek nerd rage get so very angry over something so very small.
News flash for ya, Junior. Ready? Here goes!
All this Star Trek stuff? It's make believe. Unh hunh. Just like Santa Claus. Yup. 'Tis true, sadly.
So you're not really a Vice Admiral. There is no such thing as Starfleet. STO should be treated as entertainment. Not as a lifestyle choice.
I have shown a great deal of forbearance in the past about where and when I light up a Disco Ball. I am very aware some people don't like them. When I play, I try really hard to be considerate of others. But it serves no good purpose I see.
So I'm off to the new adventure zone and I'm going to light them all up until I run out. I strongly encourage other who possess these obvious Harbingers of Entropy to join me there and light up your own collection in turn. Gonna be one helluva party.
And when very the last one expires, the Anti-Fun crowd will find something else to complain about about two nanoseconds later.
See Y'all at the Party!
A six year old boy and his starship. Living the dream.
After the last one I went out and bought 2,000 per toon to use.
Ds9 was rocking last night, there was one in every area of the starbase.
Helpful hints to avoid disco balls:
-Buy a cell ship or tuffi and use the exchange and bank there. (invite no one to your bridge)
-Use your embassy exchange or bank there.
-Switch instances when one is used.
I have never asserted anyone is, ahem, anti-fun. I have implied it. But then again I don't really need to assert someone is anti-fun. Especially when they are doing such a fine job on their own.
One of my mostest favoritest things in the whole wide world is watching someone with a case of Star Trek nerd rage get so very angry over something so very small.
News flash for ya, Junior. Ready? Here goes!
All this Star Trek stuff? It's make believe. Unh hunh. Just like Santa Claus. Yup. 'Tis true, sadly.
So you're not really a Vice Admiral. There is no such thing as Starfleet. STO should be treated as entertainment. Not as a lifestyle choice.
I have shown a great deal of forbearance in the past about where and when I light up a Disco Ball. I am very aware some people don't like them. When I play, I try really hard to be considerate of others. But it serves no good purpose I see.
So I'm off to the new adventure zone and I'm going to light them all up until I run out. I strongly encourage other who possess these obvious Harbingers of Entropy to join me there and light up your own collection in turn. Gonna be one helluva party.
And when very the last one expires, the Anti-Fun crowd will find something else to complain about about two nanoseconds later.
See Y'all at the Party!
Your definition of fun and mine differ. I do not have the ability to take away your fun. You have the ability to take away mine. If my complaints about that fact make me anti-fun, then gods yes, I am anti-fun. I worship at the feet of the anti-fun deity.
Your assertions about me are puerile at best.
Also, as for changing instances -- most instances are full of them, and there are some places that only have one instance. Again, your fun comes before mine, and that bothers me. I should have the option to ignore your TRIBBLE.
Your definition of fun and mine differ. I do not have the ability to take away your fun. You have the ability to take away mine. If my complaints about that fact make me anti-fun, then gods yes, I am anti-fun. I worship at the feet of the anti-fun deity.
Your assertions about me are puerile at best.
Also, as for changing instances -- most instances are full of them, and there are some places that only have one instance. Again, your fun comes before mine, and that bothers me. I should have the option to ignore your TRIBBLE.
If he can "take away your fun" that is more your fault then his.
It's not myfault ifyoufeel trolledbymyDisco ball...Sorry'boutit.
Your definition of fun and mine differ. I do not have the ability to take away your fun. You have the ability to take away mine.
I challenge you to name a specific documented incident where I personally have done so. I do not believe you can. More likely, you haven't the backbone to follow through. But by all means, please try.
"Purile?" That's the best ya got? How depressing. Surely my post was worth a good solid curse word or three. Maybe even an epithet! Or a racial slur! C'mon! You can do lots better than this! Try! Harder!
Those were not assertions. I do not think that word means what you think it means. Maybe you've over used it and now it's all tired. So it has lost its impact. The written word is a precision instrument. It should be used as such. An expansive vocabulary is the sign of an active, intelligent mind. Try some new words, please.
What those were is observations. Based upon what you've posted here. Quite possibly, they are incorrect. I'd really like to think so. However, it has been a very long time since I misread someone. Almost thirty years.
Also, as for changing instances -- most instances are full of them, and there are some places that only have one instance. Again, your fun comes before mine, and that bothers me. I should have the option to ignore your TRIBBLE.
You do. As to "most instances being full of them" Rubbish! Incorrect! What you are using here is called, "hyperbole". And quite untrue.
I have been in game for about six or seven hours every day since last Friday night. Because I am home with the flu. In all this time, I definitely saw one Disco Ball at DS9 in the Multi Purpose Room while playing my lead Klink. it was over one of the tables in the center. So those who wanted to avoid the effect were okay as long as they didn't cross the floor through the center. I know this because my toon was in his browncoat uni and I was curious what it looked like when he danced in it. So I went and hopped on the table and got my groove on. There were a couple more cases where I saw them but I cannot remember specific details, so, I cannot count them as confirmed sightings.
This stopped being about Disco Balls for you about two posts back.
Now, you just want to be right in front of everybody.
Please try harder. Because, believe it or not, I'm rooting for you to win! I want to see what losing feels like as I've never experienced it before.
Two more things. As long as you and I have our little back and forth thing going on here:
1) You're not playing STO right now.
2) You've left off bothering other people.
A six year old boy and his starship. Living the dream.
No actually the response of someone who knows that this a game and that I am in no way responsible for how much you do or don't enjoy this game. If you are bothered by the disco balls that is your problem. They are not disruptive as many people claim. They do not force you to do anything. At least last time I checked they don't cause you to become rooted to the spot, or disable your ability to transport away. It is a bit of fluff at most, and if you can't deal with it then you shouldn't be playing an mmo.
But by all means, call me a troll if it makes you feel better. If it's the best argument you can come up with, then I'll just let you have it. You probably don't get many wins anyway.
It's not myfault ifyoufeel trolledbymyDisco ball...Sorry'boutit.
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I hear you my friend... those things are CONSTANTLY used on me in K7 and SB39... and seem to have only 1 actual purpose...to irritate others... All I can say is do what I do... turn off game for anotther when it becomes too frustrating [as I seem to be doing more and more often myself these days]
Here's hoping someone listens THIS time... lol
Ok.
1. How is it a violation of the tos?
2. The dancing is a primary part of their function so.. sorry'boutit
3. If you are rp'ing in a public instance then you should know to expect this. If you don't want interruptions go do it on your ship bridge or fleet starbase.
R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy
So I should expect to be trolled? I should expect to have these people go unpunished for what they do? I should just sit by and let them ruin the game?
I use to help run a private server for minecraft. I know its a totally different game but the point is a friend and I had the authority to ban anyone who was trolling. We would give 3 warnings then we would remove them from the game. And in some circumstances it would just be an outright ban. It just seems like PWE doesnt care anymore and lets people get away with this.
Punished? For what? For doing something they have every right to do? For using an item they have paid for?
And frankly, yes. You should expect to be tolled. You know why? because people play this game, a lot of them. And people are by and large jerks. If the disco balls weren't there they then they would just do it some other way, like the fire extinguisher or the bug spray. If you are gonna play an mmo, then you need a much thicker skin.
Just because you are rp'ing in a public place doesn't mean they can't have their fun. Who are you to tell anyone how they should play the game.
And I am still curious just how you think this violates the ToS?
R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy
Why add troll items in the first place ? All these disco balls and party poppers should just be either removed, or disabled in social areas so that people can only troll the borg with them.
Disabled in social areas? That is the intended place to use them. And they aren't troll items. Maybe a few people are abusing them, (though that's only if you stretch the definition of the word to absurdity) but the only people they bother are ones who take themselves way too seriously. If you can't deal with that then go play a single player game.
And why add them? because they are fun. Isn't that the point of playing a game?
R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy
Earth space dock, bad and really lame gorn jokes, arguments over politics and religion, debates over which would win between the enterprise and a star destroyer, the endless flood of fleet recruitment spam, yes lets not disturb any of that :rolleyes:
DS9 I won't even mention considering that place is always empty, probably because theres so many people parked outside afk they have it blocked.
Drozana, people doing missions from the Klingon war episode and the occasional person who wants to trade cyber sex for energy credits. :rolleyes:
Starbase 39, people doing missions from the romulan mystery episode.
And K-7, people doing Klingon war episode missions.
As you can see I don't have role players listed, I wonder why, hmmm, maybe because if theres anyone even at these places doing that, it's in private chat or something in which case no ones really even bothering you now are they.
'Twould finally make ignoring Starfleet Dental easier.
I call it, the Stoutes paradox.
I think you will be waiting a long time. Based on the amount of people I see running towards it every time one gets popped, I think more people like them then don't.:P
R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy
Just because they were introduced along side a bunch of limited time items doesn't mean they should be too. No one ever said they would be going at the end of the event.
R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy
And really, I wouldn't mind being able to stand under them...were it not for the fact that I don't want to be forced to dance. You can sit there in your comfortable computer chair (or recliner, or uncomfortable chair-not-meant-for-playing-an-MMO, or what have you) and argue about FPS, idle animation, and whatnot until your fingers turn black and you have no choice but to use a pencil in your mouth to continue typing. But the crux of the entire argument from those who do not like them is the whole "forced to dance" aspect of it all.
I don't want them removed from the game. I don't care if someone sets off 18 of them simultaneously in ESD or DS9 or that abode-of-the-damned known as Drozana Station or wherever. I simply would like to reserve the right to not dance if I don't want to (the corollary to that being that I'd like to vendor, bank, and mail without being terrorized). Give us a way to opt-out, or better yet set it so the only way to opt-in is by doing so actively, like when one wanted to join the unauthorized bonfire (methinks there's some reusable code there?). This is not an unreasonable request. Partiers can still party hardy, the rest of us can do what we want, the haters can still drink their Haterade?, and the trolls/griefers can find new and interesting ways of being jerkfaces.
No, it won't bring peace to the entire Earth, but it's one less thing to be butthurt about. At least as I see it...
R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy
So, what you're saying is that I should be forced to do what YOU want to do?
No hit point loss. No inability to interact with NPCs at any of the kiosks. No loss of Dilithium. No impairment or forced cooldown of abilities. Zip. Zero. Nada. Bupkis. Da big goose egg.
Are we really going to be so anally OCD in public over something so ridiculous?
If so, how come we never ever see you complaining about Q turning you into a targ?
Same thing, isn't it? Your appearance has been changed against your will to something else by someone else. Yet last time I checked not a single one of you was lined up outside pwe/cryptic's offices with pitchforks and torches howling, or rather, bleating piteously about how unfair the Devs were to make your character look different for a brief period of time against your will. How are the two different? They're not.
The saddest part is these people are apparently not smart enough to know how to adjust their Settings in game so they remain unaffected by a harmless piece of silly fun.
I just wish they weren't smart enough to find their way here as well. Getting a little tired of the Anti-Fun Gang always trying to remove something. I do believe some of them would complain if we tried to hang them with old rope.
I wonder if I can make Q or the Snowmen dance during the Winter Wonderland Special Event? Complete with soundtrack. Something 8 track from the height of the decadence known as The Disco Era.
"I wanna put on
Mah mah mah Boogie Shoes
An' dance wif you!"
Kidding aside, haven't we complained enough about these already?
Sure theres legitimate things they could be complaining about like glitchs or something but for some reason they choose to pick that item. Bottom line is theres nothing to complain about here. If you don't want to dance just walk out of the effect field, if your logged on but afk then your not even seeing the screen anyway so how do you even know one was used.
Who's forcing you? God gave you asdw keys for a reason my friend.;)
R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy
What value would it diminish if I had an option to disable Party effects on my machine? I would still appear to dance to you.
There is no such option, so your point is invalid. Moreover, your assertion that I am anti-fun indicates that the only definition of fun is your own, which is patently false.
There are no glitches, so I do not complain about them. I am not AFK when they are used -- they are just used absolutely everywhere I need to be, or even used in a targeted fashion against me because I am roleplaying in an out-of-the-way area on an out-of-the-way world. By your definition, in fact, should someone run up to my laying character and act out defecating on his face, that's okay too. I have issues with this point of view.
One of my mostest favoritest things in the whole wide world is watching someone with a case of Star Trek nerd rage get so very angry over something so very small.
News flash for ya, Junior. Ready? Here goes!
All this Star Trek stuff? It's make believe. Unh hunh. Just like Santa Claus. Yup. 'Tis true, sadly.
So you're not really a Vice Admiral. There is no such thing as Starfleet. STO should be treated as entertainment. Not as a lifestyle choice.
I have shown a great deal of forbearance in the past about where and when I light up a Disco Ball. I am very aware some people don't like them. When I play, I try really hard to be considerate of others. But it serves no good purpose I see.
So I'm off to the new adventure zone and I'm going to light them all up until I run out. I strongly encourage other who possess these obvious Harbingers of Entropy to join me there and light up your own collection in turn. Gonna be one helluva party.
And when very the last one expires, the Anti-Fun crowd will find something else to complain about about two nanoseconds later.
See Y'all at the Party!
After the last one I went out and bought 2,000 per toon to use.
Ds9 was rocking last night, there was one in every area of the starbase.
Helpful hints to avoid disco balls:
-Buy a cell ship or tuffi and use the exchange and bank there. (invite no one to your bridge)
-Use your embassy exchange or bank there.
-Switch instances when one is used.
Your definition of fun and mine differ. I do not have the ability to take away your fun. You have the ability to take away mine. If my complaints about that fact make me anti-fun, then gods yes, I am anti-fun. I worship at the feet of the anti-fun deity.
Your assertions about me are puerile at best.
Also, as for changing instances -- most instances are full of them, and there are some places that only have one instance. Again, your fun comes before mine, and that bothers me. I should have the option to ignore your TRIBBLE.
If he can "take away your fun" that is more your fault then his.
R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy
"Purile?" That's the best ya got? How depressing. Surely my post was worth a good solid curse word or three. Maybe even an epithet! Or a racial slur! C'mon! You can do lots better than this! Try! Harder!
Those were not assertions. I do not think that word means what you think it means. Maybe you've over used it and now it's all tired. So it has lost its impact. The written word is a precision instrument. It should be used as such. An expansive vocabulary is the sign of an active, intelligent mind. Try some new words, please.
What those were is observations. Based upon what you've posted here. Quite possibly, they are incorrect. I'd really like to think so. However, it has been a very long time since I misread someone. Almost thirty years.
You do. As to "most instances being full of them" Rubbish! Incorrect! What you are using here is called, "hyperbole". And quite untrue.
I have been in game for about six or seven hours every day since last Friday night. Because I am home with the flu. In all this time, I definitely saw one Disco Ball at DS9 in the Multi Purpose Room while playing my lead Klink. it was over one of the tables in the center. So those who wanted to avoid the effect were okay as long as they didn't cross the floor through the center. I know this because my toon was in his browncoat uni and I was curious what it looked like when he danced in it. So I went and hopped on the table and got my groove on. There were a couple more cases where I saw them but I cannot remember specific details, so, I cannot count them as confirmed sightings.
This stopped being about Disco Balls for you about two posts back.
Now, you just want to be right in front of everybody.
Please try harder. Because, believe it or not, I'm rooting for you to win! I want to see what losing feels like as I've never experienced it before.
Two more things. As long as you and I have our little back and forth thing going on here:
1) You're not playing STO right now.
2) You've left off bothering other people.
Yet oddly, it does have a ring of truth about it.
Seriously, man up, princess. "First world problems" comes to mind!
No actually the response of someone who knows that this a game and that I am in no way responsible for how much you do or don't enjoy this game. If you are bothered by the disco balls that is your problem. They are not disruptive as many people claim. They do not force you to do anything. At least last time I checked they don't cause you to become rooted to the spot, or disable your ability to transport away. It is a bit of fluff at most, and if you can't deal with it then you shouldn't be playing an mmo.
But by all means, call me a troll if it makes you feel better. If it's the best argument you can come up with, then I'll just let you have it. You probably don't get many wins anyway.
R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy