TMC Player Reviews: Firan

Review Submitted By: Ex-Aloran
Author Status: Player
Started on Firan: November 21-28, 2007
Submission Date: Nov 28, 2007
TMC Listing: Firan

The following review is the opinion of the review's author [Ex-Aloran] and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff.

I always use Mudconnector's reviews to assess the worthiness of
games before I even play on them. Needless to say, despite all the
negative reviews concerning Firan, I threw caution to the wind, went
and applied for a character. Note that I followed the appropriate
format, providing the administration several paragraphs on why I
wanted to play the character and what I had planned for it.

I received my character (a young noble child) without any hesitation
or obstacle. I had never played a young child before, and while I 
found the role challenging, I probably have had the most fun in a MU 
that I've experienced in a long time.

Then a week later I was approached by a junior wizard and asked to
relinquish my character. Not because I wasn't playing out of theme.
It wasn't because I committed any kind of transgression against the
game. Nothing like that. It was because the administration simply made
a mistake, and that due to the character's secrets, it wasn't meant
for new players. I was told that I was welcome to reapply for another
character, and then take this specific character as an alt. Other
player's compliments were not taken into consideration, let alone the
FIVE XP points that I gained just from playing him for 48 hours.

I declined for reasons I will explain below.
This is quite strange considering that Firan has a system on the
roster which tags a character with notes for potential applicants. Lo
and behold, when I applied, this character had no notes indicating
that he was only for current players.

While I was welcomed to take another character, I did not. This
administration action confirms everything that people on here have
said about Firan. I can only deduce that my character was tagged by a
particular favorite of one of the administration, and was perhaps
coveted. I was simply a casualty in their way. Or perhaps this is
simply a bureaucratic snafu, in which case, Firan needs to get their
bum in gear. With the amount of staff that they have on this game, not
to mention player helpers coming to the right and left of me, they
should have been able to personally assist me within a day or two of
this, apologize profusely, and help me choose a more appropriate
character.

Firan is a great game. Creative. Imaginative. And with a great bunch
of players. Just a horrible administration.