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Enough with the Disco Balls!

thomasp94232thomasp94232 Member Posts: 129 Arc User
edited May 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I know this topic is like beating a dead horse but seriously, enough already! I has taken me almost a full year to get to this point, but I'm sick and tired of the damn disco ball spamming. I like to play the game in a semi-serious way, by that I mean I wear a canon uniform, I don't jump around on consoles, and I don't spam people with freaking disco balls.
Apparently anytime someone sees a group of people (at the security officer on DS9 for example) it is an open invitation to spam them. I'm all for people having fun in the game, but this needs to be fixed. THE DISCO BALL SHOULD ONLY BE AVAILABLE FOR USE ON RISA AND DROZANA STATION.

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  • artfulmerkageartfulmerkage Member Posts: 294 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Maybe you should avoid MMO titles if you are so affected by the human aspect.
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  • notrealednanotrealedna Member Posts: 1,028
    edited May 2014
    The power of erp'ing is strong in this thread.
  • peetapipmacpeetapipmac Member Posts: 2,131 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    artfulmerkage wrote: »
    Maybe you should avoid MMO titles if you are so affected by the human aspect.



    Pretty much this. If something as innocuous as a disco ball or people jumping about in non-canon uniforms upsets you then you should probably stick to single player games.
    It's not my fault if you feel trolled by my Disco ball... Sorry'boutit.



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  • vawlkusvawlkus Member Posts: 348 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    I still want my ice grenades back.

    If the disco ball isn't trolling, then neither are my ice grenades.
  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    thomasp94232 wrote: »
    CRYPTIC:
    I know this topic is like beating a dead horse but seriously, enough already! I has taken me almost a full year to get to this point, but I'm sick and tired of the damn disco ball spamming. I like to play the game in a semi-serious way, by that I mean I wear a canon uniform, I don't jump around on consoles, and I don't spam people with freaking disco balls.
    Apparently anytime someone sees a group of people (at the security officer on DS9 for example) it is an open invitation to spam them. I'm all for people having fun in the game, but this needs to be fixed. THE DISCO BALL SHOULD ONLY BE AVAILABLE FOR USE ON RISA AND DROZANA STATION. I'm sure I'm going to get TRIBBLE for bringing up such an old gripe and I'm sure Cryptic isn't going to give two $hit$ about it, but for my own venting I needed to say something.

    semi-serious? that means the other half is casual, and at what point to do you see casual?
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  • thomasp94232thomasp94232 Member Posts: 129 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    I don't recall ever saying that I was affected by the human aspect nor did I say I was offending by people jumping around. I said that I don't do that. If I want to play a certain way what gives someone else the right to take that away from me. I might be doing something with a friend or a fleet member and I want my toon to be standing a certain way, then someone spams a disco ball which completely overrides my ability to do anything.

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  • qjuniorqjunior Member Posts: 2,023 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    How about RPing somewhere else, where no one can just drop in ? It's not like people need a discoball to troll your virtual RPG game. :o
  • nccmarknccmark Member Posts: 1,084 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    thomasp94232 wrote: »
    If I want to play a certain way what gives someone else the right to take that away from me.

    You realize that you've now given the argument as to why the disco balls should REMAIN in the game?
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  • rustiswordzrustiswordz Member Posts: 824 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    If i could put a disco ball into a thread I'd drop one right here. :D

    So i'll just say this.

    Don't touch my BALLS! (You don't know where they have been! :D )
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  • arcangelslayarcangelslay Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Just join an RP fleet, problem solved, you can hang out in their starbase. And Avoid the trolls.

    Being a canon style player Disco balls for some reason have never offended me.
  • peetapipmacpeetapipmac Member Posts: 2,131 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    vawlkus wrote: »
    I still want my ice grenades back.

    If the disco ball isn't trolling, then neither are my ice grenades.


    There was a big difference between ice grenades and disco balls.

    Disco balls simply cause inactive toons and npc's in the area to dance. If someone doesn't want to be effected they can simply walk/beam away. It also has no effect on any terminals (bank, mail, ect...) and doesn't stop you from continuing on with your business while the disco goes on around you.


    The ice grenades however rooted you to the ground, stopping you from moving, and sent you into red alert which stopped you from beaming out and canceled your interactions.

    So no, disco balls are not trolling and yes, ice grenades were.

    Done.
    It's not my fault if you feel trolled by my Disco ball... Sorry'boutit.



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  • rustiswordzrustiswordz Member Posts: 824 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    arcangelslay wrote: »

    Being a canon style player Disco balls for some reason have never offended me.

    I don't think canon is the issue. i think the issue is that some people just don't like em because they lack any sense of fun. It's like some players you get in events where everything has to be inch perfect all the time. The stf run has to be perfect every mission every time. You know the players they rag on any other player in the team that is an inch out of place or takes 0.0005 seconds too long to complete a task.
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  • rustiswordzrustiswordz Member Posts: 824 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    peetapipmac wrote: »
    There was a big difference between ice grenades and disco balls.

    Disco balls simply cause inactive toons and npc's in the area to dance. If someone doesn't want to be effected they can simply walk/beam away. It also has no effect on any terminals (bank, mail, ect...) and doesn't stop you from continuing on with your business while the disco goes on around you.


    The ice grenades however rooted you to the ground, stopping you from moving, and sent you into red alert which stopped you from beaming out and canceled your interactions.

    So no, disco balls are not trolling and yes, ice grenades were.

    Done.

    ice grenades cause those effects for about 2-3 seconds. so 2-3 seconds out of your life is too long is it.. :rolleyes:
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  • peetapipmacpeetapipmac Member Posts: 2,131 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    rustiswordz wrote: »
    ice grenades cause those effects for about 2-3 seconds. so 2-3 seconds out of your life is too long is it.. :rolleyes:


    You are missing the point. Disco balls don't interrupt you if you are doing something else. (rp excepted)
    Ice bombs did.
    It's not my fault if you feel trolled by my Disco ball... Sorry'boutit.



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  • rustiswordzrustiswordz Member Posts: 824 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    ... and...
    Monkey see, Monkey do. Monkey flings Feathered Monkey poo... :D
  • peetapipmacpeetapipmac Member Posts: 2,131 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    rustiswordz wrote: »
    ... and...


    I don't know what other reason you would need. Either way it doesn't matter. The grenades are gone, the disco balls aren't. :D
    It's not my fault if you feel trolled by my Disco ball... Sorry'boutit.



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  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    thomasp94232 wrote: »
    I don't recall ever saying that I was affected by the human aspect nor did I say I was offending by people jumping around. I said that I don't do that. If I want to play a certain way what gives someone else the right to take that away from me. I might be doing something with a friend or a fleet member and I want my toon to be standing a certain way, then someone spams a disco ball which completely overrides my ability to do anything.

    a rather absurd comment. as it is no different in real life as it is in a computer game, you want to dance around in a suicide mission without help from other teammates, its your head and dime and if you wont accept the fact you may need help sometimes then you may as well crawl under your bed and stay there because you dont get far without that extra help when it matters the most.
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  • rustiswordzrustiswordz Member Posts: 824 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    peetapipmac wrote: »
    I don't know what other reason you would need. Either way it doesn't matter. The grenades are gone, the disco balls aren't. :D

    Are they, i'm still throwing them around no problem. :)
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  • tk79tk79 Member Posts: 1,020 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    It doesn't matter if they put you in Red Alert or not, they can be disruptive to a player's experience. That said, disco balls are pretty much an official statement from Cryptic that they encourage trolling.

    So, no, I don't see it changing.
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  • vhiranikosvhiranikos Member Posts: 208 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    artfulmerkage wrote: »
    Maybe you should avoid MMO titles if you are so affected by the human aspect.

    Awesomely said.
  • jellico1jellico1 Member Posts: 2,719
    edited May 2014
    tk79 wrote: »
    It doesn't matter if they put you in Red Alert or not, they can be disruptive to a player's experience. That said, disco balls are pretty much an official statement from Cryptic that they encourage trolling.

    So, no, I don't see it changing.

    Well said.........Cryptic Devs are the real Trolls
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  • krenzikkrenzik Member Posts: 49 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    I'm sure glad I have hundreds of disco balls left across several characters. Time to find soem RP'ers.
  • hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    *grabs horse beatin' stick*

    Am I late to the party!?

    *smacks horse*

    C'mon everyone! This horse won't smack itself! :P
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  • knuhteb5knuhteb5 Member Posts: 1,831 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    hypl wrote: »
    *grabs horse beatin' stick*

    Am I late to the party!?

    *smacks horse*

    C'mon everyone! This horse won't smack itself! :P

    Just let the horse be! My gawd man! Can't you see it's died, gone to stovokor, and come back to life! Then the cycle repeats itself...the horse only has so many lives....have mercy!
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  • spacebaronlinespacebaronline Member Posts: 1,103 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    I am eagerly awaiting Starfleet Dental's remake of this classic:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrnT7RpQ9Lg

    In the remake I would like to see more in-game locations - like the new ESD/DS9/Risa/Vulcan(seeing some of those Vulcan NPC's dancing to Disco Inferno - much better than Borg:eek::D:P)
  • warmaker001bwarmaker001b Member Posts: 9,205 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    hypl wrote: »
    *grabs horse beatin' stick*

    Am I late to the party!?

    *smacks horse*

    C'mon everyone! This horse won't smack itself! :P

    STOP! STOP!
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  • stoutesstoutes Member Posts: 4,219 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    warmaker001b wrote: »
    STOP! STOP!
    Why you little!!!
    maxvitor wrote: »
    Nerf is OP, plz nerf
    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 call it, the Stoutes paradox.
  • northstardc4mnorthstardc4m Member Posts: 26 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Easy fix if you are getting annoyed by a disco ball spammer...

    Change instances

    I've always felt they could restrict them from certain areas but that then creates a slippery slope argument so even as an RPer I'm willing to live with them.

    The balloon guns are far more annoying to me really than seeing a few NPCs dancing... and I'll live with them to.
  • shaanithegreenshaanithegreen Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    artfulmerkage wrote: »
    Maybe you should avoid MMO titles if you are so affected by the human aspect.

    I guess we should have also said that every time there was is a thread about RP in Local, ERP, goldspammers, PVPers doing the daily without shields, or queued AFKers?

    I don't do public RP or care at all about disco balls*. This logic is still dumb.








    *If you want my opinion though, I thought they were funny the first time. The first time. As in once. The only thing gamers abuse more than dead horses is dead jokes. I don't even know why I am putting this here, because I know you're only going to respond with hi-larious memes from five years ago or Monty Python and the Holy Grail quotes, but at least it's off my chest. :P
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