Review Submitted By: John
Author Status: Player
Started on The Gathering...: 04-2005
Submission Date: Sep 16, 2006
TMC Listing: The Gathering...
The following review is the opinion of the review's author [John]
and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff.
I decided to come back and play on TG after almost a year of MUD
retirement. I was more curious to see if anything has changed in the
time since I have left. I have played only but a few hours and quickly
realized there is squat that is different, as I will explain in my
observations below. I am truly disappointed and regrettably I will not
be returning, as you will see the reasons why in my arguments below.
What really leaves a poor taste is, the once medieval based DoT game
has turned into an anime playground with toad demons, cat demons, and
rattling, which you can see upon creation of characters. When I got
out of the “newbie school” (which does look impressive) I was greeted
by public sex at the recall point, when I asked in character for them
to stop they took offense out of character calling me “a whiny bitch”.
I also found that the who list is are bombarded with who owns who and
who's having sex with whom is really annoying and takes away from
people who are not sex addicts.
he immortal staff is larger than the playerbase (having 15 imms and
approx 10 players on during daytime). They have no true defined roles,
as an example one immortal is the Goddess of nature and then other
Goddesses are rulers over “storms” and “fire” which are obviously
nature based realms. The mud owner is Goddess of love while another
Goddess is passion, again clearly a cross of realms. Then there is the
God of magic which crosses into every immortal, in essence he is the
most powerful immortal though it seems he'd rather make muffins for
everyone rather than create entertainment.
In my opinion, the mud is highly disorganized and the staff lack
understanding of each other and what is going on with the players. I
had a question as to why the steal command was disabled and the seven
visible immortals never gave me an answer, nor did the three mortals.
It has been my observation that Grakor is the only person truly trying
to do the right thing as he heads the “law council” and sadly, there
is a rebellion between the playerbase, coding staff and him. It is my
opinion that Kedanna whom clearly lacks a vision and management to
take the mud, (unless she wants it to continue being the brothel it
is) hand the game over to another person or close it down.
I stress that these are my views and observations from playing on the
gathering over the past few days and compared to the reason I
originally left about one year ago. I encourage you to visit The
Gathering and change my mind that this has become the worst MUD for
those that enjoy true original roleplaying. If your preference is
sexual stimulation through slavery and bondage roleplaying then this
is the MUD for you.
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Comment Submitted By: Tammy
Author Status: Player
Started on The Gathering...: About a year ago...
Submission Date: Jan 18, 2007
(The following review comment is the opinion of the comment's author
[Tammy] and in no way represents the opinions of this website
or its staff).
I fear I have to agree with this person on his review for this mud,
in fact to a degree it's mostly worse than he says. TG lacks:
storylines, and serious RP...in favor of sexual roleplay and
immortals controlling the rp by making players approval all the little
details about their character...
At least the areas look great and there are some bright sides among
the roughness and crudeness of the mud.
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Comment Submitted By: Annonymous
Author Status: Player
Started on The Gathering...: Jan 2006
Submission Date: Jul 10, 2007
(The following review comment is the opinion of the comment's author
[Annonymous] and in no way represents the opinions of this website
or its staff).
It's still happening, sadly. But, SRP is now limited to places not in
public(Yet they are in the open). Most of the Immortals have either
stopped playing or had their Imm status revoked through choice or
otherwise.
I've seen one thoughtful player make an overweight woman, yet get
ignored by the playerbase and shunned by anyone who likes the
'slutty' women. I always try to stay away from Candle Keep... God
knows that's a terribly made area. There are certain mobs with Mprogs
that are sexual, and a pair of tentacle monsters who are, apparently,
blocked off(Yet you can still portal to one).
It's a struggling MUD, since roleplay fighting can be stressful,
you can rarely have a unique character, and women practically throw
themselves at you. I have made a few alts of both male and female
gender, and have been pursued within a day(An hour, one time) after
creation. The Immortals have tried to keep SRP to a minimum, putting
an age limit(Both IC and IRL, though it is hard to enforce) and in
some rare cases, punishing those who sit around doing just that.
Playing a mrem is strange... To some, you are a cat that walks on 2
legs. To anime fans, you're a human with cat features(Ears, tails,
etc.). A changeling is difficult to play as well, since they had
originally planned it so you could only 'transform' into the races you
could choose from, but give out special permission to some who have a
mismatched creature of some sort.
It's hard being new here, as you are almost immediately dragged into
roleplay when you go to the recall point, so I'd suggest you go
through the newbie school so you can learn how to set up a short/long
description.
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