What are you doing over here? Come check out our new home at http://orangeislands.net!
Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
Welcome to the Orange Islands!

We have moved! Check out our new and awesome site here:

http://orangeislands.net

If you still need something here, or just want to read around, feel free. If you have an account, use the log-in form below:

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
An (In)significant Rant...
Topic Started: Sep 14 2009, 03:41 PM (243 Views)
PikangX
Member Avatar
A little birdy told me...to put a dispenser here.
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
OK, I might sound mean here, so bear with me. Also, I was told in the Cbox by AB and Ace to put this here

Let's put it this way: I AM FUCKING HATING THE EVENT.

Well, that was no surprise, for some of you, I'm sure. I mean, let's look at the fact that the first day was...August 16. This is two days shy of being a MONTH, which makes me TOTALLY DISSATISFIED. Seriously, this is only the FIRST half of this event? BOTH parts of KtC COMBINED were shorter than this (if I'm wrong on that, then at least I know it was still pretty close to being shorter)!

Also, these following three factoids are SERIOUSLY annoying me:


  • We haven't been able to capture anything. This totally defeats the purpose of buying Poke-Balls for the event.
  • Our Pokémon DO NOT revive after battle if they faint? That just discourages training weaker Pokémon. Seriously, WHY ON EARTH was that even considered?
  • The crystal fossils and legendaries are REALLY overpowered IMO...weaker players seem to have a hard time with the fossils, while the Legendaries, I think, at least, should have Crystalization, not Pressure...at least then they'd be reasonably easier!


Overall, I'm sick of the event. I've TRIED being patient, but now, I want to just drop out, trade Ace something for my upcoming Doramizu egg (which was laid around the start of the event, and has consequentially been just sitting there in the Breeding Center) and get to Pinkan and beyond.

The rewards better be at least decent, or I might as well never do another event, LET ALONE a TEAM EVENT, ever again.
Current Team


GPX+ Eggs and Pokémon
Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
+ Megatron
Member Avatar


By request, Pikang told me to post my suggestions on rewards for this event that would make it worth one's while:

Fossils. And I don't mean "You get a Dome Fossil! But oh wait, it revived into an Omanyte/something else you didn't expect!". And not to mention not taking 5 years to establish a fossil-reviving area (since there are plenty of them).

Then there's crystal coloring powder/solution/shampoo/whatever. That was just an idea I had that sounded pretty appealing.
RPG Profile
Player Profile

My Team: (Pokémon [Level@Item])
:nebulion: [97@ :goldfeather: :male: ] :wallaro: [100@Expert Belt :male: HP: 364] :taloniteshiny: [100@ :orbsilver: :male: HP: 354]
:karozurshiny: [100@Choice Band :male: HP: 404] :felare: [11@Exp.Share :male: ] :tsunamic: [100@Expert Belt :male: HP: 354]


Quotes

Teams
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Novoni
Member Avatar
Are you watching closely?

I know a lot of people are dissatisfied with the event, hell, I am, too, but there were circumstances that I, nor anyone else, did not account for, and that is simply this: Mod Activity, or lack thereof.

When the event started, we had some issues, and we still are, but we're doing the best we can (most of us). Obviously I know now to keep everything as short as possible, I guess I delayed the release of the crystal fossils too long or something, I don't know. And it's not the first HALF, it's the first phase. The second is much shorter, will only take a few days. (Again, as long as we get the help we need.)

There's always event rewards, we've had them planned out for a while. And it was never going to be anything like mixing up the fossils or whatever, don't worry. But crystal-powder will most likely not happen only because crystal Pokémon are a bit more complicated than just a simple recolor.

And next time, you don't have to sign up.
Changing avatar courtesy of http://www.randimg.net/
Check out the Amaya Blog- New Entry 1.15.11
:cubble: [6] :flarethshiny: [5] :mirai: [6] :carda: [5]


Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image
??? :egg1: :egg2: :egg3: :egg4: ???
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
+ Scizordoom
Member Avatar
SUBMARINES ARE FUN!

I don't mind THAT much... This isn't much different from New Island although because there were less people there were quicker updates.

In New Island, everything was stronger so we had our whole team against like 2 Pokémon. Our Pokémon didn't heal afterwards, we had certain points that our Pokémon healed, when we met up with Zanzio again.

If the updates keep coming smoothly enough it should be okay, for me at least. There are a lot more people now compared to last year, both in and out of the event, so that may contribute.
Posted Image
>Adventure<
Profile
Player Profile
Tradebox! {Last update: July, 11th}
-[Charmeleon :charmeleon: Lv.26 @ :goldfeather:]-[Tytalis :dratinic: Lv.15]-[Lapras :islandlapras: Lv.24]-
-[Nebulion :nebulion: Lv.24]-[Moji :tangela: Lv.20 @MiracleSeed]-[Esker :pipawk: Lv.19]-
Kanto Dream Team
Clickeh? NEW!
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Winterbane
Member Avatar


I'd be modding the event frequently, but to be honest, I just don't want to screw up anything being so new to modding. ^^; So I'm trying to mod only where its safe to do so and not going to create more trouble than necessary.

Posted Image

Please do not PM me requesting updates unless it has been at least 36 hours since you last updated your thread. Under any other circumstances, please do not.

Posted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
MissMeggles
Member Avatar
Foolish fools!

Novi, I know I haven't been updating much, and I don't have your MSn, but TX and TMM know why I haven't really.

My laptop has been dying, pretty sure. It works sporadically and at times, it'll let me sign onto MSN but nothing else. I can't get on any browser at times, and it's utterly evil.

So, I truly, from the bottom of my heart apologize because I started to like updating the event and then my laptop decides that it wants to start kicking the bucket, so I am truly sorry. D:
My Team

Posted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
+ TwilightEagle
Member Avatar
Allons-y

Starting from your last point, you're never forced to join an event. Its your choice, if you don't want to join you don't have to.

Anyway, length. Yeah, this event is a bit too long. Crystalmonz are slightly overpowered, but its also due to a lack of activity from the mod team. [Putting an event of this size smack dab when school starts = not a good idea for the future] But yeah, phase =/= half, and it helps us learn how to pace events better. And comparing it to KtC is meh. KtC sucked, imo. This event is at least betterer. I get to do stuff as a mod instead of wondering what the hell TX is thinking of in the giant clusterfuck of team interrelations.

Capturing things - No one told you to buy pokeballs for the event, really. Some other events had uncatchable Pokémon, most notably GitS, which it seems like this event is based heavily on.

Not Reviving Pokémon - In GitS, Pokémon weren't healed either. It makes sense, really. You're not going to get to find a Pokémon center in the middle of ruins, and your Pokémon are healed at logical places [like rendezvous points]. It doesn't discourage training weaker Pokémon, it encourages being smarter in battle choices. Like sleeping a foe then switching in for a turn.

Crystals being overpowered - True, they're a bit overpowered. But that's a good challenge, instead of making them like all level 5. It's no fun if one pwns everything easily. D:

Also, team events aren't that bad. Individual events just mean that there's like 40 people to update. Not fun.
Time's like a big ball of timey-wimey, wibbly-wobbly...stuff.
Credit of sig/avatar to TrainerX
Don't PM for updates unless it's been over 36 hours from your last update.
Posted Image

:ferazonshiny: [100@Choice Band] :taloniteshiny: [100@Choice Band] :starmiepink: [100@Expert Belt]
:lucarioshiny: [100@ Expert Belt ] :stalaclaw: [99] :harpureshiny: [100@ :goldfeather:]

Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
+ ImmunityBow


The crystalmons can be a challenge, but I didn't think it was fair to pit us against a level 21 Giratina. The only two Pokémon who were CLOSE to the level were Eucoala (fainted) and a Ufo level 16 who had Flicker as it's only effective attacking move. It was totally unfair for Meggles who had all of her Pokémon at level 7-9 and thus couldn't do anything for the entire battle. We won because we lucked out, with 4 parafusion-haxes in a row.

But that's my only complaint for this event. We had too much of a trainer level-gap so only the higher-end trainers ended up being able to do much. I'm not a fan of Pokémon not healing (mainly because a mistake on one of my partner's part cost me Eucoala's life, though it was a mistake and I understand), but I agree that it does make sense.
Posted Image
RPG Profile - Tyrell - Thanks to pHoRe for the UB
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
ZetaBoards - Free Forum Hosting
Enjoy forums? Start your own community for free.
Learn More · Sign-up for Free
« Previous Topic · Why So Serious? · Next Topic »
Add Reply