TMC Player Reviews: Dreams

(The following review comment is the opinion of the comment's author [Miracle] and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff).

There's a thin line between asking for help and requiring constant 
attention. If you're part of the latter, don't even bother logging onto 
Dreams. If you have a brain in your head, you won't have to ask for help 
as much as this guy did. He did have his questions answered, he just 
didn't bother LISTENING to the answers he received. When you ask the 
same question several times and don't listen to the replies, you're 
going to end up with some smartmouth replies. So that DOES make you a 
whiny player with an attitude as Zeke said, and I'm glad you deleted. 
Thanks for the free publicity and God help the next batch of Immortals 
to take your helpless hide in.

(The following review comment is the opinion of the comment's author [Phanatos] and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff).

I disagree completely. Everyone I have ever met on DreamsMUD is
extremely helpful -- but like family, they don't hand you everything
-- they help you find out what you need to know in order to better
your character and your understanding of the MUD.

I helped Talbert when he was online several times with spell-ups and
took time to help him with most of his questions. The problem is that
he was unwilling to look for information before asking questions about
it, then repeating the questions several times.

Premiums and such are very rare, the fact that several players were
kind enough to donate equipment, items, premiums, etc. to him is a
sign of just how friendly the MUD is!

Talbert's expectation was seemingly that everyone else on the MUD
existed solely to help him with anything at any time in the manner he
wanted. His 'question' that he refers to was answered by several
people on the MUD and they all pointed him to the information he
required. He was unwilling to take the last few steps and answer his
own question and instead retaliated by launching a flurry of insults
to everyone who had tried to help him because they wouldn't
specifically find him, group him, walk him to the answer, open the
door, and force him inside.

I couldn't disagree more with what he claims. I recommend anyone
(either new mudder or seasoned mudder) join DreamsMUD to find out for
themselves just how nice all of the administrators and players are.
You'll be pleasantly surprised, I know I was.

(The following review comment is the opinion of the comment's author [ZekeOfVego] and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff).

For starters, I'm not sure why Talbert lists himself as a player and
staff member. He's never been a staff member, and he recently
deleted, so he's not a player either. As to the matter of his
comment, nothing helps paint a picture like the whole story. I never
said he was a whiny player; I suggested that a less whiny, demanding
tone might get him further. The exact notes in question are still
available on board 1 as notes 8 (his original note) and 9 (my
response). Judge for yourself.

As for the issue of Akkeron, he was on for a grand total of 35
minutes from 16:04 to 16:39 PDT on October 7th. Please also note he
never made it past level 1 before quitting out. Somehow he felt
qualified to start making suggestions as to the nature of how we run
the game, and then was somewhat surprised that we didn't give a lot
of credence to his ideas. We actually have a huge number of side games
and quests which have absolutely, positively nothing whatsoever to do
with hack-n-slash. If he'd bothered to stick around for more than a
half hour, he'd know what our 'hardcore fans' know -- that we
actually have a number of the things he was suggesting, he just
didn't bother to hang out long enough to find out. It's also quite
interesting that he specifically names me as one of the people telling
him to stop comparing Dreams to other games, given I wasn't on for
another 40 minutes, logging on at 17:20 PDT on October 7th.

--Zeke

(The following review comment is the opinion of the comment's author [Akkeron. My name on dreams.] and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff).

I have to say I completely agree with you about dreams and some of
it's players and admis. I had tried the game for a while but just got
sick and tired of it shortly before you started. They seemed to get
annoyed at me more than anyone in the small amount of time I spent on
the game. Especially when I tried to help another newbie who had tried
other muds before. When I was explaning the layout for him which was
similar to another game he had played, several of the admins and
players including Zeke told me to stop comparing dreams to other games
like I was insulting it or something. Which I was not.

Then later I had given the admins some ideas on how they could
improve dreams. They had asked on the announcements several times for
ideas and when I said that maybe they should make more puzzles and
quests, and that just hack-n-slash got boring after a while they told
me that I had better change my name and profile because I had
alienated the playerbase. I not only find them unnewbie friendly, but
just plain unfriendly, except to their hardcore fans of course. So
thank you for your review on dreams and maybe some people will realise
just how unfriendly that game is.

(The following review comment is the opinion of the comment's author [Shylenne] and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff).

I also have to disagree with the negative picture 
Talbert & Akkeron both have painted for Dreams. 
In my year of playing there, I have made nothing 
but friends, and hold some of the other players 
and administration very close to my heart. 

It takes a lot to get me hooked on a MUD, 
and I was given a substantial amount of help 
when I first started - enough to entice me 
into coming back a second time, and I've 
been devoted ever since. There are helpfiles 
for pretty much anything and everyone, 
including myself, is VERY willing to help if 
you ask correctly. 

It's not what you ask of us, it's HOW you 
ask it. Being a whiny, incompetent waste of 
space and demanding not only our attention & 
time but answers you've already been given 
and/or could have found for yourself with a 
little research on either the helpfile database 
or the website is NOT the way to make friends. 
Get some manners.