XStatiX Alliances Chit Chat (40/40)

mytisbrewin

We finished up 102nd in Krakadoom just missing out on the black Psylocke cover reward.

• Afroless 803
• Awood227 725
• Brain D 490
• Corrosar 761
• Danimal87 374
• Darknite 806
• Dhaden 385
• Dinobot77 726
• Dubsatron 445
• Kithgar 851
• Lavs23 561
• Limee 860
• Mgmoehn 883
• Mohio 927
• Noobprime 748
• PVPunisher 283
• Squall3 76
• Telis 661
• TY7586 736
• XKobaltX12 795

The final scores for Season 1

• Afroless 11629
• Awood227 10623
• Brain D 7473
• Corrosar 7921
• Danimal87 6568
• Darknite 11650
• Dhaden 11441
• Dinobot77 8940
• Dubsatron 8639
• Kithgar 12645
• Lavs23 12194
• Limee 12815
• Mgmoehn 11228
• Mohio 14145
• Noobprime 11198
• PVPunisher 6306
• Squall3 8534
• Telis 7685
• TY7586 9748
• XKobaltX12 11817

We had 3 members leave during Season 1, Bob41 who left the game, Kaka85 who left to join his friends in another alliance and HK who was unfairly sandboxed. Darknite, Kobalt and BrianD joined during the event. Overall I was very pleased with our efforts, apart from the final event we always managed to get the cover reward and had some top 50 finishes. I would like to see communication improved. I know not everyone is super social, but I feel it is an important part of the game. Also if you can keep people informed if you are not going to be about for a particular event or period of time then it is easier to cover for each other. I don't think we need to make any major changes at this time with Season 2 having already kicked off.

As always if you have any problems then feel free to contact me.

noobprime

damn hk was put in the box. is there any cure for that?

mohio

Last I talked to him he was still working with customer support but they weren't being very supportive. I said he should PM IceIX or another dev on here and maybe they would be more sympathetic to his problem. He may have just given up and quit the game (or continue to just play casually with his sandbox account). Not really sure, but it's pretty lame what happened.

noobprime

Sandboxing is like the ultimate casuals. Once there you should just go all the way and COVER EVERYTHING TO THE MAX!

mytisbrewin

Here are the scores from the last 2 tournaments.

Fresh Cut

• Afroless 865
• Awood227 468
• Brain D 701
• Corrosar 49
• Danimal87 335
• Darknite 804
• Dhaden 321
• Dinobot77 505
• Dubsatron 796
• Kithgar 866
• Lavs23 796
• Limee 710
• Mgmoehn 447
• Mohio 938
• Noobprime 626
• PVPunisher 159
• Squall3 488
• Telis 491
• TY7586 806
• XKobaltX12 941

Heavy Metal

• Afroless 519
• Awood227 798
• Brain D 786
• Corrosar 0
• Danimal87 582
• Darknite 564
• Dhaden 0
• Dinobot77 491
• Dubsatron 830
• Kithgar 717
• Lavs23 1027
• Limee 983
• Mgmoehn 326
• Mohio 917
• Noobprime 572
• PVPunisher 268
• Squall3 482
• Telis 673
• TY7586 792
• XKobaltX12 696

We have just missed out on top 100 in both of these events. We knew Dhaden wasn't going to be about much due to his move, but I would prefer it if we were not quite so reliant on a few individuals. Let me know what you think about if you feel like we need to make a change or if you are happy to keep going with the way things are.

noobprime

not sure if there is much cure for this. i couldn't play the last ~4 hours and so i was whittled down like crazy the last couple of events. we've been pretty far below average as well. if possible we should shoot for minimum point totals at least? perhaps 400+? i think that would help a little bit. with all the talk of people quitting, things just seem hyper competitive. i mean even in the pves i like to grind but damn it's ridiculous.

noobprime

funny story from last night. it's late and i'm doing a little grinding before sleepy time. need to head to the bathroom for a little bit of business before i am done. i have my tablet clutched to my chest as i walk there, literally 10 steps or less and when i get there apparently my man **** managed to purchase a heroic token and redeem it. i don't even know how it happened, fully clothed and everything, it's like 3-4 clicks. when i look down all i see is a gold token shining at me. i'm so mad since i am saving up for sentry, but hey at least i got a gold one right? the rewards? a blue spidey. LOL

Meto5000

mytisbrewin wrote:

We have just missed out on top 100 in both of these events. We knew Dhaden wasn't going to be about much due to his move, but I would prefer it if we were not quite so reliant on a few individuals. Let me know what you think about if you feel like we need to make a change or if you are happy to keep going with the way things are.

I've mentioned this a few times in Alliance Chat before but I think there are a handful of members that A) Consistently score in the bottom 25% for most events and Never talk in alliance chat. I do not think it would be an issue to cut these people from the roster and find some more people with solid rosters who are a bit more friendly.

I feel bad that you guys have missed out on the PvP rewards while I've been gone and would love to have some more consistency in the roster. I don't know if mandatory scores for each event are the right approach, since I know we've had players try really hard and come up short before because of roster strength/death brackets. A lot of the time we'll make a "call to action" in the chat and we'll see a big increase in the scores during the last leg of an event. If our entire roster was active socially I think we'd be way more consistent.


Edit: I'm active enough on these forums and would be willing to do some recruiting if need be if you're getting worn out doing it Limee

mohio

I'm torn because I agree with Dhaden, but I feel like kicking people out is somewhat of an extreme thing to do. That said, I feel like everyone should be contributing something, whether it's consistently putting up 800+ in PvP, or grinding like hell in PvE, or keeping things light and fun in the chat/forum but playing a little more casually. If you're playing even just a little it's pretty easy to hit that chat button and write a thing or two.

Anyway, I think for the most part we have a really cool group of people, so I'm okay/happy with how things are. But looking at people's contributions is certainly a valid thing to do, so I'm not gonna stand in the way .

Also on the point requirement thing. I agree setting some point threshold for people (whether team-wide or individually) is a little heavy-handed. However, I honestly don't understand why anyone wouldn't get at least 300 for the event token (unless they're getting it and then attacked under 300 later, which seems unlikely, but possible). I think since I started doing PvP I only failed to get it one time and that was the DA event and I had like a 17 Moonstone, 31 Ares, and 31 Daken, so I did what I could and respectfully bowed out. Anyway, requiring a certain amount of points from people can only be a negative thing and lead to resentment and seeing the game as a chore/work instead of fun, so I would prefer to not do that.

mytisbrewin

Good posts chaps.

I agree that we have a pretty good core group some are more social and some are higher scorers and some are both. I don't really want to set a point threshold or kick people without cause. I am very understanding if people have other things they have to take care of, they want to take a break, go easy for an event or two, prefer PVE or PVP or just have an event which is kicking their ****, but it is good to be kept informed. It enables the more dedicated to know they might need to put that bit more into an event if they want a certain reward. I think the social aspects are an important part and I like working together as a team to achieve something. If somebody isn't scoring much or being social then we probably do need to look at it or it could cause problems longer term.

I am quite happy to keep doing the recruiting, but I don't mind if someone has somebody in mind or wants to take a turn at it. I just want to make sure it is coordinated.

Heaka75

We are having the same kind of issues in my alliance. We didn't make top 100 for season one which was very disappointing. We didn't kick anyone and are so far doing much better in season two however a few of us thought that we may put it to the group that we will kick the bottom two scorers of season two if we do not make top 100 this time. Your goals may be a little different, but I thought I would throw it out there.

noobprime

guys my left man boob pulled out a gold token and all we can focus on is alliance talk?!

*oh and congrats dhaden on the move. someday i too will make adult decisions.

mohio

can i get your left man-boob to open some tokens for me? I've actually had decent luck last few days, but totally awful for a couple weeks prior.

noobprime

mohio wrote:

can i get your left man-boob to open some tokens for me? I've actually had decent luck last few days, but totally awful for a couple weeks prior.

i have been hoarding the standard recruit tokens. i'll have to find out if it is magic ... with science!
when i hit 100 i'll have an opening party.

but yeah i definitely think we should do better with communication. we have a couple of guys that i have *never* seen post anything here or in game *and* don't contribute much effort wise. if you guys know each other IRL that's cool, but otherwise ?

noobprime

fudge on a stick. looks like i have been booted from the alliance at the end of the event ...
is that just on my side? anyone still see me in the group?

*never mind, it was due to the sever snafus they've been having i guess. pay no attention here ...

xKOBALTx

noobprime wrote:

but yeah i definitely think we should do better with communication. we have a couple of guys that i have *never* seen post anything here or in game *and* don't contribute much effort wise. if you guys know each other IRL that's cool, but otherwise ?

Quoted because I have noticed the same. *cough* PvP *cough*

Ohhh, something shiny!

Unknown

xKOBALTx wrote:

noobprime wrote:

but yeah i definitely think we should do better with communication. we have a couple of guys that i have *never* seen post anything here or in game *and* don't contribute much effort wise. if you guys know each other IRL that's cool, but otherwise ?

Quoted because I have noticed the same. *cough* PvP *cough*

Seriously?

Unknown

xKOBALTx wrote:

noobprime wrote:

but yeah i definitely think we should do better with communication. we have a couple of guys that i have *never* seen post anything here or in game *and* don't contribute much effort wise. if you guys know each other IRL that's cool, but otherwise ?

Quoted because I have noticed the same. *cough* PvP *cough*

Well, sorry to leave you guys short-handed but like I said in our chat, I refuse to the the problem in the group and apparently I am... at least the deficiency won't be much to overcome. Buona fortuna in the Top 100 gents, it's been fun!

Meto5000

PVPunisher wrote:

xKOBALTx wrote:

noobprime wrote:

but yeah i definitely think we should do better with communication. we have a couple of guys that i have *never* seen post anything here or in game *and* don't contribute much effort wise. if you guys know each other IRL that's cool, but otherwise ?

Quoted because I have noticed the same. *cough* PvP *cough*

Well, sorry to leave you guys short-handed but like I said in our chat, I refuse to the the problem in the group and apparently I am... at least the deficiency won't be much to overcome. Buona fortuna in the Top 100 gents, it's been fun!

Huh? I definitely wasn't talking about you Punisher...whut happened?

mohio

PVPunisher wrote:

xKOBALTx wrote:

noobprime wrote:

but yeah i definitely think we should do better with communication. we have a couple of guys that i have *never* seen post anything here or in game *and* don't contribute much effort wise. if you guys know each other IRL that's cool, but otherwise ?

Quoted because I have noticed the same. *cough* PvP *cough*

Well, sorry to leave you guys short-handed but like I said in our chat, I refuse to the the problem in the group and apparently I am... at least the deficiency won't be much to overcome. Buona fortuna in the Top 100 gents, it's been fun!

Dang man, sorry it came to this. You were never an issue to me and my reaction to the above was "seriously?" as well, since you have always been pretty active in the chat. Anyway, sad to see you go, but hope you can lead a stress-free MPQ existence. Feel free to come drop some memes any time .

edit: meant to add that I thought Kobalt must have been joking since it's pretty clearly not true. Anyway - hope we can sort it out.