TMC Player Reviews: Legends of the Jedi

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

Blar did not know anything about this mud. It is a great game. A
PWIPE and Era change only occurs every 9 months or so. We had a era
change and pwipe 2 days ago which probably made this person think that
way about the mud.

P.S. Nobody in the mud even knows who Blar is. Just a newb.

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

I've been a regular player of this MUD for roughly 8 years now. In
those 8 years, I've had more debates, arguments, and disputes with
the staff regarding how I felt the MUD should operate than I would
care to recollect. Through all of those arguments and all of these
years, though, I've continued to contribute to LOTJ as a player and
as an adviser when possible.

I don't stay to satisfy an addiction to text-based RPGs. I stay
because I genuinely feel that the staff has the best interests of the
players in mind when making decisions, be they to implement a new rule
or to conduct a pwipe and transition to a new era.

In response to the 'constant pwipes', there is roughly one pwipe
every 1.5 years. While this may seem frequent to those who are more
accustomed to games which involve developing a character's storyline
over long periods of time, such is not the nature of LOTJ. Legends of
the Jedi is an RP-enforced, PK-driven MUD with a progressive timeline.
The process of preparing a character to interact with the environment
and other characters is not an arduous one; it can be done in a matter
of weeks. To submit to the deletion of the characters and a new
timeline every 1.5 years is vital to the prevention of stagnation, and
is essential to keeping the MUD enjoyable for players, both new and
old.

As for the issue of a 'Neutral Government', the concept was taken
far out of context. The Neutral Government is an all-inclusive title
for every planet not controlled by the leading faction at this point
in the era. Nothing more. As for 'PETA', it was the concept of a
player who wished to try a new idea. This MUD allows for players to
expand the boundaries of roleplay and traverse unexplored territory.
Most consider this to be a good thing.

It saddens me to hear that the MUD was not what this person was
seeking, but do not judge it too harshly based on the review. Try it
for yourself and form your own opinions; you'll be far better off for
the experience.

- Nield Rankosa

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

For almost two years, I have called LoTJ home. Literally overnight, I
went from mudding on DBZ muds to mudding on this starwars themed mud.
I can honestly say that there has never been a dull moment for me on
this great game.

PETA is something that will give the RP atmosphere some spice and
breathe life into some original RP. The Neutral government clan is
probably something that will be shaped later on in the storyline.

I remember when you came in making a total jerk of yourself and
asking about the clans. A few people, including myself, tried to
explain to you that it was somethiing to give the storyline a bit more
'omph'. Next time, you might want to stick around and see what those
clans are about ICly rather than go bonkers on the OOC channel, hm?

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

I think the situations within this review were both very trivial and
completely unwarranted for leaving not this game, but really any game.

Pwipes are nessecary for an game of LOTJ's story design, and it's
the Era Changes that move the story along and keep it fresh. Would one
rather is just get stagnant, like in games that have a single
storyline? Because of the Era Changes...which aren't very often,
things stay fresh.

PETA? It was a joke. Lighten up.
Neutral Government? Why would someone take offense to that at all if
that's describing a planet's government?

LOTJ has done nothing but improve from where it was some time ago,
and if some of the recent additions are any sign, it will continue to.

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

The Era only changes at most, twice a year. And when it does,
sometimes, but not always, there is a pwipe. This is because many
years have passed in some case, such as now that we are in the
Imperial Era from the Old Republic Era, and to allow players to join
this new era without having disadvantages to the veterans.

Everyone who played in the last era was given 'end of era' points,
which allow you to basically make a leveled character by simply
spending points. You do not have to start as a level 1 character,
unless you chose to spend your points to buy a special race, or the
force, and so forth, or save them.

The 'A Neutral Government' clan is only a placeholder, for
ungoverned planets to use on the planets listing, and to keep the mud
from sending out messages about 'X planet has no government.' It
will not be a player clan, in any way.

Yes, there is a minor organization called PETA. LotJ allows players
to make their own clans in two ways, by application, or by using a new
command to form a clan in exchange for credits, if the play also has a
minimum number of other players willing to join. For more details on
that, read about formclan on the LotJ wiki at
http://www.legendsofthejedi.com/wiki/index.php/Clan

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

Blar, 

According to your post here, it looks like the 
product that you are looking for is different than 
the product that LotJ offers. LotJ would likely be 
unable to sustain its pbase of about 75 people during 
peak hours if we didn’t keep the storyline fresh. 
LotJ’s progressive timeline spans over a period between 
12-18 months. We begin our timeline with a pwipe and 
everyone get’s to start over new. We then break the 
timeline up into three eras, each lasting between 6 – 8 
months depending on player feedback and our player 
generated storyline. We have a moving timeline, and we 
promote ourselves as such. I’m sorry that you were 
confused about what we offer.

When we do conduct a pwipe, we advise the players for 
weeks in advance, and we compensate them with plenty 
of account points so that they are able to start the 
new timeline with the ability to spend their points to 
level their new characters. Our previous pwipe was 14 
months ago, and this recent one was required because new 
code was introduced that affected pfiles and accounts, and 
how they interact on our new website, www.legendsofthejedi.com.

Regarding PETA, and all of its 2 members, I’m sorry that 
you didn’t find it funny. 

LotJ has much to offer, that perhaps you didn’t consider. 
As I said above, we have a brand new website, over 200 
/active/ players, a well educated coding staff who work 
as professional programmers by day, very creative builders, 
well trained in-game programmers, and staff who are always 
listening to player feed back to provide the best possible 
gaming experience that we can offer. The best part about all 
of this, Blar, is that you, and hundreds of others, get to 
enjoy all of this for the low, low, price of the player's
gratitude.

Happy mudding, Blar!

Anna

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

Half of you say it's a joke and the other say it's to add spice.
Even you can't make up your minds.

Priceless.

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

It's both, Blar. Both.