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Vanilla Re-evaluation?

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Vanilla Re-evaluation?

Lust Posted:

Hi, I bring this late to the table by virtue of missing this post somehow, but I’d just like to point out:

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Vanilla Re-evaluation?

Bubo Posted:

You know, this sounds pretty much like what Bigguyinblack said earlier, that I commented on. Same thing applies here. Just like Skyreal and I said, it would work, but it’s horribly inefficient. Just like your earlier comment on Sisters being the only ones supporting the status quo, you’re knocking something you haven’t tried yet. Give it a shot, and then come back and tell us how you beat our scoop count. After all, it’s “little [to] do” for an “extreme advantage” (although if it’s so little to do, then everyone should do it, and all of a sudden an “extreme advantage” just becomes normal operating procedure – funny how that logic works).

As for the abuse/conspiracy theory comment…. well, it sure sounds like you’re accusing the Sisters of trying to weigh the argument in our favor. What else were you implying (or what was the reason for your biased “observation” ) with that comment?

I really don’t care how you did it, honestly. If you’d take a look at the clan I’m in now, it’s fairly obvious that I’m not very interested in vanilla scoops myself. However, if you’re going to keep your little secret about exactly how you do these raids (and by all means, go right ahead), don’t expect me or most others to sympathize with how much ‘work’ you say you’re doing.

I wasn’t implying anything by my observation. It was an observation, not an interpretation. Stop looking for stuff to quibble about – I’m the troll here, not you Log in to see images!. And just out of curiosity, I went back and read all of the posts prior to that, and yes, my observation was accurate.

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Anyhow, the thread was originally about how most solo players have very little chance of acquiring vanilla scoops without sacrificing four others for a card, which is obviously a horribly inefficient method. But hey, in the end it’s up to Evil Trout whether or not he’d like clans to dominate Domination. Let’s not fool ourselves here – by the time enough clans arise to overlap each other on Vanilla raids… well, that’s not likely to happen for quite a long while. Until then, clans like the Sisters can raid without worry of their raiding being spoiled by more than just a few random guys playing the game on their own – which at the current time DOES give you an unfair advantage, as members of your clan who didn’t bother to even show up to your raid get free scoops, while a single player would have to sacrifice many of his or her forum visits for just one – if they were lucky and if they were playing at an off hour. This needs to be fixed in a method which will give players the option of raiding with their clan or raiding on their own – both giving relatively equal rewards.

Vanilla Re-evaluation?

Bubo Posted:

To clarify my Sister, currently the Sisterhood is the only klan that really knows what kind of work goes into pulling off a Vanilla Raid. I’m positive that when the next klan pulls off their own vanilla raid, they’ll be in here defending the mechanics as well.

Or, to put it in your own words, “I love how every, if not most, people in this thread so far who have opposed how the Vanilla scoops are gained at the moment have currently not performed their own Vanilla scoop raid. A curious observation, indeed.”

I wouldn’t mind having the scoops given out re-evaluated (I personally don’t think 3 scoops each is too much) but I don’t support the idea of splitting how many clan members get who are or aren’t involved in the raid. From simple mechanics, the only way to differentiate from the engine’s perspective is to look at the members actually pwning forums. I haven’t done the organization of the raids myself, but the organizers probably have the most stress and perform as much if not more work than the forum pwners. To split the scoops rewarded would unfairly lower the scoops those organizers would get for their work. In my opinion, if a klan is concerned about members getting scoops they haven’t earned, then they need to re-evaluate their membership as opposed to trying to split a game mechanic.

Oh, and before I forget, it was a Sister who proposed a re-evaluation of Vanilla scoop gains. Kinda shoots your abuse/conspiracy theory to the ground, there.

I made an observation, not a conspiracy theory. Get your eyes checked – they’re clearly not working right.

As far as ‘organizing’ it goes, honestly you’re likely making a huge deal out of relatively nothing. All it takes is to bumign at least one (preferrably more) person to each forum in the game. Get everyone on teamspeak. When the last person is ready to pwn their forum, count 3, 2, 1, GO! and everyone finishes off their forum. It goes at the speed of however fast the hardest forum can be pwned. Other than getting people to be at their computer at a certain time and what I’ve already described, what you’re talking about is relatively simple, and there’s no reason why the ‘organizer’ can’t participate as well. As far as I’m concerned, either you did a LOT of unnecessary work or you didn’t, and the sisters are just ****ing about the little that they did for the extreme advantage that they have over people who don’t like to mbum-recruit camwhores to their clan.

Vanilla Re-evaluation?

I love how every, if not most, people in this thread so far who have defended how the Vanilla scoops are gained at the moment are currently in the Sisterhood. A curious observation, indeed.

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Democratic Primary: Super Tuesday 2

Well of course it’s a subjective argument. Unless of course you’d like to get into how Obama has actually voted, which I’m sure wouldn’t work into your argument much, considering that he’s more liberal than Senator Kennedy of Mbumachusetts. Contrary to popular belief, he is not a unifier. He won’t have the support of Republicans under any cirgreat timesstances (his opinions are way too far to the left, a compromise on most issues just won’t happen) and he’s got no record of “reaching across the aisle” like he promises. But McCain does, and that’s why he’ll be getting the independent vote in November.

But hey, that’s all to come. First, the Democrats have to figure out what they’re doing with Florida and Michigan. Sounds good to me – if they’re not counted, Clinton supporters will feel betrayed. If they are counted, Obama supporters will be shafted. If there’s a new primary/caucus, then the Democrats get to spend their money on campaigning against each other instead of against McCain, as well as financing the primaries themselves. We’ll see how the race goes, there’s still months and months to go.

Democratic Primary: Super Tuesday 2

Pimptastic, Obama does not work well with Republicans. His claim of ‘reaching across the aisle’ is unfounded. When you look at how both Clinton and Obama have voted in the Senate, you find that they are far left, not moderate. As a Republican, I can tell you that neither I, nor any other Republican I know support or agree with Obama or Clinton in the slightest. McCain is the moderate one here; if you look at the poll numbers you can tell that the far right actually doesn’t agree with him on a LOT of issues. However, that’s not so much of a problem for us as it is an bumet. The far right won’t vote for Obama or Clinton or Nader, leaving them only one choice available – McCain. McCain will also pull a huge number of independents, especially those who lean toward the right on economic and foreign policy, but also those who agree with some of the more liberal decisions that he’s made.

But I can tell you what we’re all hoping for – more posts like Perogi’s. The longer this fight goes on, the better. No matter which candidate is selected by the Democrats, their party will still be split due to the super-delegates. Unless one of them breaks off and starts pulling 70-30 victories in major states, neither one of them can reach the number of delegates that they need to claim the nomination. This leaves the super-delegates in the position of having to choose which one goes on. Do remember that the Clintons are very, very good at doing “back-room deals” and I wouldn’t be surprised to see her walk out of the DNC as their nominee. Which of course would really **** off a lot of people, but hey, either you vote for her or you vote for McCain, or you throw your vote away on Nader. And the reverse is true, as well, if Obama walks away with the nomination.

In any case, I agree with you that a President needs to surround himself with intelligent people. However, that’s not an outright replacement for personal experience. Yes, Obama has had a very good education… but books can only carry you so far. Being out there and involved in the political arena is the best form of experience that anyone can have prior to becoming President, and although one term is okay, I think that McCain or Clinton totally beast Obama on this issue – considering they’ve been actively involved with politics for decades.

Domination Discussion

You’ll probably want to finish Episode 1 first, so that you can focus more on Domination than getting Cred. You’ll also have more stats and more powerful attacks, so it’ll be easier to get scoops.