Lord of the rings online

Absolutely nothing. Nobody to talk with, nowhere to talk, nothing to do. All I need is some type of socialization: not random one, just normal, instant. And advice about what to do, except talking.

None of this is happening.

Bloxd

Had one rude player telling me to shut up and threatening with hacks (oh dear kids, calm down…). Unfortunately, had to ban him.
Banning means defeat for one who bans. It means you failed to deal with problem and chosen the easiest path. You could convince person to act normally. You could just ignore rude person so rude peson leaves. Instead, you ban and acknowledge your own failure.

Instead, finally managed to do something that resembles a normal medieval house. Built one experimental, now started building 3 of them at once. Made layout for workers’ district (even if it is too little space for houses). Re-planned main town so that I could see layout of the begining.  Heraldry is made too.

All I need are players. Not my angry ex co-owner, just normal players who would explore and roleplay.

Master of Magic

Downloaded, started playing. The game is so good, so well thought that it is still a masterpiece. You have to plan everything, cannot zerg, must think about almost every resource. I spent lots of hours there and am happy with this old, yet very good game.

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I need something new and no idea what exactly. Lotro means emptyness – I have done all I could there; Bloxd means kids that want pvp and destruction.
What I would need is some mmo where I could craft my own empire without fear of being griefed/killed. Without need to be a hero and upgrade armour at yet another dungeon.
Is there such free mmo? No idea. Sounds too good to exist.

Lord of the rings online

Nothing happened. Logging in, taking hobbit presents, trying to chat in Regional, logging off. Regional chat is empty and Gundabad…well, it’s two worst of its regions that is left. Absolutely no wish to run them, even for Lotro points.

Bloxd

This is where things got interesting. My co-owner wrote code to give custom titles. So there were maybe 10 jobs with their own teleportation points. We had visitors who were eager to roleplay as, say, explorer.
I had to sacrifice some things, like teleport points to towns. I had to allow making ice tunnel (even when my NPCs did not meet any ice).
Then it was pressure to hasten things and ignore reality. Last drop was when one roleplay important structure was just destroyed. No warnings, no mails – structure was gone.
That was that. I demoted co-owner to simple user. He started complaining about his code I “stole” (huh…I did not even ask for it). I deleted all code. At the end I set ex co-owner to spectator: he could fly, observe, but not interact.

Co-owner complained and left. Then I undid some of his changes: teleportation points are back again and ice tunnel is no more. Roleplay important structure, unfortunately, cannot be rebuilt.

One kind person went to judge my houses. He was not impressed. He offered new, better, even if a bit fantasy-looking design. Everything was ok with that design…untill I tried to figure out functionality. Turned out,  there was no space for fireplace, bath, wc…I left the house intact. And then tried to copy some of design ideas. I made some experimental house (always ground floor), demolished, then made another, demolished…untill got something that could look like rich medieval house.

Of course, I thanked that person. He was kind to come and help. His ideas I will use. I also explained my limitations to houses. “Box design” was the most logic to make blueprints – and an attempt to imitate fachwerk.

And so it was all about liberties: liberty to demolish and liberty to help. I do not feel good in punishing person who worked on my server. But his actions became more and more pressing, destructive. I really wish we could have parted in a more friendly way.

Lord of the rings online

Nothing new. Letting one mail with attachement expire (so that un-asked for item is returned to senter). Googling deeds I can finish and finding none.

Bloxd

Oh my, things are getting interesting. First town is finished. Since there are ruins nearby – of course, they are dangerous and military outpost was added. City got a bit of walls, towers and is protected by 3 ballistas.

Then, I finally found suitable plot for next town and managed to outline it’s streets. Some 200 x 200 plot, too little, but I will manage. Now, I had to make blueprints for elite houses. Done.

And then my only player who roleplays Hunter (thus has armour and bow). He could be valuable if I had visitors. So far he re-decorated house given to him and…well…not all changes I like. But it is his house, his style, his enjoyment. So let it be.

Next, it was dispute about my neo-medieval society and its hierarchy. Oh my, medieval power structure is complicated. And I have to explain it in short and clear sentences…Tried to. SOmehow succeeded.

So far my little server (entire 2 players) is a backbones of what it could be. But I like my new roleplaying Hunter. He could be really helpfull, even if already wants to be heir to the Empire.

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I must find something in Lotro to play. Some doable deed or quest chain.
And of course, some visitors to my bloxd server.

Lord of the rings online

Very little to do, very little will to do. Chat – once again – completely ignored me. I tried to start conversation and failed. Whatever I wrote, nobody noticed. Once again I turned World chat off. Somehow it went from normal one, full of life- to silent/trash one, full of nonsenses.  A pity. My wish to socialize with someone once again failed.

Instead, Windstorms was advancing Zhelruka allegiance. A boring thing, but still something to do.

Bloxd

Townsville goes too slow. All because I want alive town. Town where buildings could be used, where someone lives and does something. So, I must have elite district and workers’ district. Houses should different somehow (workers’ houses are worse). Then, I need shops (within very limited space), church and city hall. After that, I need quarry, stone refining factory and lumbermill. When finished with these, I must place stories about some citizens. Too many work to do, but it must be done.

Then I got one player who asked if he could be a marquis. Well, I had no such thing in my plans, but eventually agreed. My new marquis promised to be loyal and stay in some village. Well, I guess I will create a militarised outpost near badlands. You know, walls with catapults, towers and some fortress, along with houses of citizens and maybe few villages. There, my new marquis could command defense agains [unseen] undead.

Already I am planning what would be next: one outpost, then some village, then – big town that lives from producing iron. Townsville prospers from stone trade. Skarhald, my next town, will be bigger and prosper from iron (we don’t have steel).

If I attract some visitors, it would be cool. All I need now is simple: new design for houses and at least two more bigger towns. Current “megapolis” with 70 people is hardly a city. I could foresee, say, 200 people with few churches. And then, the capital of Southern Duchy – Novocastrum. At least 500 people, castle, cathedral, school etc etc etc.

So goes my online life – a bit alive in Bloxd.