Calling out sinister souls and any other guilds

locomoco · Jul 11, 2015

Booty isle said: ↑

Lol. First of all.... It's just a rumble, which is a 24 hours competition. It's not going to make or break any player in your guild. Second, you did not stand a chance against us without those two players. Third, how dare you say you are going to manipulate the game in your advantage to create awareness for the better good of everyone else. Very very shameful. U got your win. I hope it felt "good". and whether or not pirates fight fair, they all still abide by the pirate code. Which your guild could honestly use a lesson in.
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I'd like to see a copy of this so-called "pirate code." I bet there won't be much to it unfortunately. I don't think they ever had a Geneva Convention to agree rules of engagement. All in jest by the way.

The Fish Eyed Pirate · Jul 11, 2015

Look at all the popcorn here!

Red Privateer · Jul 11, 2015

Spongee said: ↑

I used to play a game where admins turned a blind eye to hackers. Initially, there were only a few and most people did not know much about them. Drove up the scores and the people who bought gems were buying more to be competitive. Due to the competitive nature of the game, it reached the point that you either had to spend a small fortune or be a hacker to be competitive. The admins still ignored the hacker issue, as revenue was still increasing. Well, gem buyers eventually got fed up with the Admins lack of action and left the game. Surprisingly, it happened more in masse than as a gradual event. Well, the game has died. Only hackers hold top positions in the game. Whales that paid to play are few and far between, and are no longer spending as much as they once did. I am not saying people using minis are hacking, I am saying that if you take away the gem buyers motivation to be competitive by whatever method, they will cease to purchase gems. Games cannot survive and thrive without gem purchases. Basic economics.
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I'm confident that the people who gemmed their PH9 and who knows what the max level walls are now will continue to do so in the future.

Red Privateer · Jul 11, 2015

Booty isle said: ↑

Lol. First of all.... It's just a rumble, which is a 24 hours competition. It's not going to make or break any player in your guild. Second, you did not stand a chance against us without those two players. Third, how dare you say you are going to manipulate the game in your advantage to create awareness for the better good of everyone else. Very very shameful. U got your win. I hope it felt "good". and whether or not pirates fight fair, they all still abide by the pirate code. Which your guild could honestly use a lesson in.
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"The code is more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules." And I'd wager you don't look wield a sword NEARLY as well as Keira Knightley! [OTOH, I probably make Geoffrey Rush look like Clark Gable...]

Red Privateer · Jul 11, 2015

The Fish Eyed Pirate said: ↑

Look at all the popcorn here!
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Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks...

Raptelan · Jul 11, 2015

Red Privateer said: ↑

So I'm going to add my two bits in here.

First and foremost, I want to say that I am distressed about the way some people in this forum are expressing themselves. You can agree or disagree with the tactic of mixing high and low PH players in a guild, but name calling is beneath us.

It's not cheating. Period. When the idea of adding low PH players to Souls was first suggested, I went high and low through the Terms and Conditions / License Agreement from both Rovio Stars (lest we forget, the publisher of Plunder Pirates) and Midoki, there is absolutely nothing in there prohibiting this strategy. It is a feature of the game, not a bug (such as the issue with stacking buildings or Thieves from some months back.) I have said this before and I will assert it here publicly -- a successful guild should engage in multiple strategies in order to meet it's goals. Some guilds gem and do so heavily. Do I like that they do that? No. Do I begrudge them for doing that? HELL NO!

I will let you all in on a secret -- we don't always win. [And for those of you that brag here that you've never lost, I don't believe you.] I want to publicly and honestly congratulate France 1789 for a hard fought match up earlier this week. You wanted it just that much more then we did, and you beat us. Two of the Pirates United guilds as beaten us before. Soundly I might add, but with a lot of gemming. Am I upset we lost? Of course I am, but did they cheat? Again, no.

Finally to @Chris [Midoki] and the folks at Midoki. I would urge you NOT to alter the way Rumbles are run. The issue of mixing high and low PH guilds WILL solve itself. Either Guilds that use them will abandon them on their own when a limitation is discovered, or Guilds that DON'T use them will embrace them when it becomes apparent that no such limit exists.

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Excellent, well-written post! I don't like minis and we don't allow them in our guild, but I don't particularly mind that some guilds use them for an advantage. I am not opposed to adjustments being made, but I really enjoy Rumbles as they are now. We have lost a few of them, but to have any expectation otherwise is pure foolishness!

peg-brain bob · Jul 11, 2015

Red Privateer said: ↑

"The code is more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules." And I'd wager you don't look wield a sword NEARLY as well as Keira Knightley! [OTOH, I probably make Geoffrey Rush look like Clark Gable...]
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(Guitar string snaps)

The Fish Eyed Pirate · Jul 11, 2015

Okay sit rep. We now got 5 pages here with some guilds with different opinions on the matter of gemming and the usage of lower level PH during rumbles.
I think we can all agree that every guild can have their opinion and while we may not always agree with it. We probably can't change the opinion of that guild. And they have every right to have their opinion.
Sinister Souls have said for themselves that it is not illegal/against the rules. And they are correct, that's a fact.
And of course losing to a guild that uses huge amounts of gems to win while you and your guildmates try your best to keep up, isn't always fun. But it's legal and it's how Midoki makes their money.

But forum-people, this is a place to discuss and not call people names, and yes I did that too i'm my first post on this thread. And yes I regret that, it was a stupid mistake.

I want to propose the following to each and everyone here. We can continue the discussion about using so called "mini's" here: http://www.midoki.com/forum/index.php?threads/get-your-minis-now-everybody.6639/
But let's shut this thread down because it is (partially) filled with some pretty nasty comments, I don't think much good will come from this thread.
Feel free to give your personal opinion on the thread I just gave you the link too, but let's get too personal. We are better as community then that.

If you disagree with me feel free to send me a direct message about that, If you still want to discuss the subject then please use the other thread.
Enjoy your day pirates!

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