Troubles

It seems the task of choosing MPs are heavier than I thought.

Also, RB is falling into disarray, and so I am formulating measures to prevent pandemonium from consuming RB.

And then my computer also fell apart. The power supply emitted foul-smelling smoke. Figures, it's 14 years old, and it took a while before I found a replacement.

But not after encountering more problems that even placed the whole report database, including previous reports by other players and MPs, into great risk.

I don't know if I should be apologizing to those who think we are slacking off, but make no mistake; when I say we are going to wipe bots out... we do mean it.

Now I wonder if superhuman powers will enhance my ability to do all work and dealing with life?

"ME, THE BOTTER, WHO BOUGHT ROKPOINTS FROM YOU, GET BANNED?! THAT'S UNFAIR~!"

It seems the whines of banned bots continue.

Here is one such whine that borders hilarity... and retardation.

TALAGANG MAHIRAP SABHIN NA ANG MISMONG LEVEL UP GAMES.PH EHHH MAXADONG MUKANG PERA....

THEY MUST UNBANNED THOSE WHO IS BUYING ROK POINTZ NA KAHIT MAG BOT EHH PWEDE.....

DBA DBA MGA PARE KO JAN...

ITULAD N LAMANG SA SILKROAD ONLINE PARA MAS SUMIKAT KAYONG MGA TAGA LEVEL UP GAMES, SA SILKROAD ONLINE PEDE KANG MAG BOT KAHIT KELAN BASTA BUYER NG SILK.... KAKAIBA KASI ANG JOYMAX EHH, KAYA SILA YUMAYAMAN AT DUMADAMI ANG PLAYER DAHIL SA GANUN ANG RESPERTO SA MGA PLAYERS......

HMMM ALAM NAMAN NG LEVELUPGAMES.PH NA KAYA D SILA BINENTAHAN NG JOYMAX EHH PARATI NAMAN SILANG NANGBLOBLOCK NG IP SA IBANG BANSA AT PARA SOLOHIN LAHAT NG PLAYERS.... BUTI NGA MABAIT PA SA INYO ANG IBANG PLAYERS AT PINABABAYAAN KAU NA GAWIN YAN SA MGA IBA.....

KAHIT ISA LANG ANG BOT EH BINA BAN PA RIN, NAKU NAKU D NA ATA MAKATARUNGAN YAN....

PANO N LANG KUNG MAG PUNTA ANG MGA STUFF DELIVERER NYO SA MGA SHOP N MAY GALIT SA INYO AT KUNG ANO ANG GAWIN NILA SA MGA YON... CNONG MAY KASALANAN NUN??


ANG PINOY NAG PAPALVL PARA LUMAKAS AT PARA MAG SAYA...... WAG NYO N SANANG KUNIN P SA KANILA ANG KASIYAHAN AT KALAKASAN NA YON (UNBANNED THOSE WHO BUY ROK POITS OR LVLUPGAME CARDS)

SIGURO SISIKAT KAU KUNG GANYAN ANG PAGTRATO NYO SA MGA PLAYERS NYO.....

Whether buying rok points or not, a criminal proven to have broken the law is a criminal, and that's the bottom line.

Sucks to be you, banned for botting, and claims to have bought shitloads of rokpoints. What a poor excuse.

Reversal of Forture, and even more fools. (part 2 of ?)

Here's a completely hilarious pin-blaming by a botter.

Bot ang problema? Kaya nga nag advisory ang openkore developers na wag muna mag on ng bot until maayos ang new patch ng openkore. Para malaman talaga kung ano may problema sa valkyrie. Kita nyo namn konti na players mas lalong d kaaya-aya ang mga reports. Pero nung 12k players nagkaron ba ng lag, delays and bug? Naging problema lang namn ang bot dahil sa mga nagrereklamo. Kung hindi kayo nagrereklamo hindi sana nagkaleche leche tong server. Dahil sa gus2 ng LU na pag bigyan kayong mga anti-bot or may I say mga hindi marunong magbot or ingit kasi ala bot.

Banned for complete incompetency and inproficiency of reading the rules. Alam mong bawal ang bot, nagon sisihin mo mga nagrereklamo dahil "nasira" ang server? Correction; it is YOU BOTTERS who are ruining valkyrie.

GET THE FUCK OUT OF VALKYRIE, BOTTERS! >:)

Level-Up sees you botters as a liability, and they'ld appreciate less or even none of your kind.

Reversal of Forture, and even more fools. (part 1 of ?)

Working on the background and the underground sure takes toll on you. I even completely forgot about my blog layout.

Being part of the bot war against Valkyrie botters sure can take your time.

But first, let's quote a hilarious rant because he was banned for botting, and found out because he ignored Kaliwanagan's warning not to use bots...

punyeta pipz.. perma ban daw? baliw na yata kayo LU?.... cge nde ako natatakot sa inyo...
til now my openkore program is running... Cge hanapin nyo lang ako sa iz_dun02 tapos matyagan nyo character ko..

Sure, we'll get your account and have them banned too! Now you won't be alone in the oblivion.

And you're not scared? The angry voice sure gives your fear away.

ALAM NYO VANGUARDS? kabobohan nyo lang kaya nde nyo malabanan ang 3rd party program na yan, kaya yung player mismo ang inaatake nyo! ! !

Kung hindi ka kasi bobo na gumagamit ng bot, alam mong bawal sa Valkyrie yun. SINO ANG MAS BOBO NGAYON? ANG NANGHUHULI, O ANG GUMAGAMIT NG BOT, KAHIT ALAM NYANG BAWAL??

What if ung 3rd party program user na mahuli nyo ay gumaastos ng sobrang laki kakabili sa item Mall nyo, ano?? I BABAN NYU PARIN BA? PWEH!

It's your fault. No one is a sacred cow.

SUS KAPAL NG MUKHA NYO MAG BAN OR GUMWA NG GANYANG BATAS EH UNG MISMONG 3rd PARTY PROGRAM NDI NYO MASOLUSYUNAN , KAYA UNG USER NA ANG DINADAMAY NYO..

MAKONSENSYA KAYO SA BATAS NYONG YAN.. KUNG AYAW NYONG MASIRA.. Puntiryahin nyo ang OPENKORE, wag ang mga USER.

Do you see the police taking pity upon drug users? No? Then neither do we take pity on botters. Even if the drug addicts own mansions and jewelry, he'll be brought to jail like the dog that he is.

Back with more posts, job beckons.

ODD BALLS

As you can see, the blog is undergoing a facelift, courtesy of one of my acquaintances. The blog will stabilize by this afternoon.

First Day Blues: Valkyrie

The effort paid off. The idea to keep our plans for Valkyrie secret resulted in a lot of arrests for botting.

Determining botting is somewhat hard for Valkyrie. The telltale teleport sign is no longer in use; however, there was another one that dated from way back. (I will not say this.)

Angry botters demanding an explanation is a usual sight. RMT and punks who defiled the server have been arrested too. The jail map proved useful as ever.

And the amount of jailed characters now comes to an all-time high. And this was done singlehandedly by me.

It is sad so many people choose to corrupt Valkyrie from day 1. But this will show such ambition has a costly price. And it doesn't stop there.

Pathetic Retorts 2 of 2

As the earlier post is long, I've decided to split the article into 2.

And those who think they can get away from the Midgard Police long after botting... as per the recent happenings in Thor... think again.

2. Urdr

Dreaded by almost all of the moderators, urdr has the most delinquent bunch of players in the history of Online Gaming. And it doesn't take a genius to see that. Colleague Nirvelli especially hates it.

Many offenders hail from Urdr. Most of them are guilty of ban evasion, multiple accounts, flaming, and even death threats. These people needs a firm hand to guide them.

But personally, I'd rather eliminate the hopeless delinquents from Urdr. And everyone knows I have short patience towards people who cannot follow simple rules.

Trashtalking falls under flaming, and people do not take the rule against flaming seriously, passing it up as an acid test of personal maturity. Such excuse to violate this rule shows impudence in their (the players) part.

And do you know what people replies with when they're accosted for flaming and trashtalking?

Hayaan mo lang sila Okey??? ang KJ KJ mo! Rules and Regulations?! BOT nga sa Ragnarok di nyo maalis dito pa kaya sa Ragna Boards na walang Bayad?! yang ang itawag mo sa LU!

Yung away nyo dun nyoh ituloy sa WTC tutal lahat naman yata tayo manunuod Dun! Dun kayo mag matapang! Matapang sa Boards tignan ko lang kung Makapag salita na yan sa Harap ng bawat isa!

Ang pumapatol sa isip bata eh isip Bata din! O anuh?!

Using his broken logic, we should allow trashtalking and allow them to settle their differences by bloodshed, emotional pain and rampant anarchy?

I think the school that this guy attended should be abolished for failing to educate him properly. While I'm at it, his lineage, for failing to discipline him, should be held accountable.

Personally, I'm disgusted that a person like this would promote brazen rulebreaking. Halatang walang galang sa batas at tao, and walang pinag-aralan. You can say also this man is ungodly.

Which is why I had him banned, both by accounts and IP. I will not have barbarians roaming the ragnaboards, and DON'T YOU DARE ARGUE THAT LEVEL-UP CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO ENFORCE, AND WE SHOULD LEAVE YOU ALONE AS WELL. That's what we are here for, to enforce the rules. Arguing that you should be left alone is like telling the government to abolish the police. Which shows more of your delinquency, anarchy and your own corruption. Actions that are unbecoming of a human being will never be tolerated.

As for me, if you try to break the rules and rationalize your wrongdoing... I'll show to the world how pathetic and how unexemplary you are. Yes, you, and your family, directly responsible for raising you. I shall make an example out of you... an example of how not to become a human being.

Another argument to debunk...

I have heard about the disqualification case filed against Conrad Duñgan, which is neither my friend nor enemy, because they accuse him of trash talking. And to prove their allegations they have posted screen shots showing that the subject indeed has done so. But up to how much worth can these screen shots prove? Did we even saw what happened before they took the screen shots? We should consider the fact that... they could’ve provoked him to trash talk. Posibleng ginalit muna nila si Conrad at hinintay na mapuno. What I’m saying is… these screen shots are merely useless.

Until we are approached by this matter, we will normally not intervene. However, as reported, sexual harrassment and threats makes the matter serious and threatening. We'll step in once that happens. We have rules against sexual harrassment and similar offenses.

It is true that trash talking in this game is prohibited. But what about these personal issues? For months yung mga kaaway ni Conrad nag ta trash talk din. Pero nag sumbong ba sya sa LU!? Kagaya ng ginagawa ninyo ngayon? Bakit hindi nya sinabi? Since madami naman syang kakilala sa LU! diba? Pero he chose to keep quiet… dahil he believes personal issues like these ay di na dapat ipa Trabaho pa sa mga tao ng LU!. Lahat tayo nag trash talk. Hindi natin pwedeng itanggi ito. These boards have witnessed kung pano tayo lahat nag trash talk sa mga kaaway natin. If you look back sa mga previous post ng mga taong involved. You’ll see na lahat sila pare-pareho.

Fool. A rule breaking already occurred in the form of sexual harassment. I guess people will keep trashtalking until someone high and mighty gets banned for it. It all boils down to instilling fear and apprehension, if we are to stop this. If I had my way, all forms of trashtalking will be punishable, as with flaming. We're not omnipotent enough to catch all trashtalkings, but if it's reported or if we see one... expect sore butts the following day, if not bloody and dismembered carcasses, game-wise.

I do not see a clear reason why are they pinning this man down… nonetheless I believe whatever he is right now. It is the cause of all the people around him. WE are the ones who created this monster… we have caused him enough suffering. Pushed him too hard (I guess). “Kung ano mang actions ang ginagawa nya ngayon… dahil na rin yun sa mga taong nanakit sa kanya”. It is purely human nature na gumanti. Masyado na syang nalugmok… but why do we keep haunting him? These issues would never end. I say ENOUGH… magtira naman tayo ng konti para sa taong ito.

And you say you are neutral? This statement contradicts your stance. I'm sure people are inclined to finish him off, and I guess that's what will happen. Remember, he was seen and caught breaking the rules; sexual harassment and verbal threats, in case you forgot.

I believe every one should LET GO… let go of this matter dahil lahat naman nagkamali. I wish this raises awareness to everyone. Let’s not close our doors sa possibility to reunite the server once again. And I plea to the GM’s… please keep your head above this matter. Let your voices be heard, not only to those involved but to everyone. Marami na ang nagiisip na BIAS ang mga GM, one example is yung sa Wild Card voting. Kaya please break your silence.

Now if they insist on this disqualification case kay Conrad Duñgan. I would file a second notion. Another disqualification case… against Juyer. If screen shots could prove it. I believe I have more than that. Dito palang sa Boards madami na. Hindi ako mag file dahil lang GALIT ako kay Juyer. I would file this notion for fairness. Unfair naman yata kung si Conz lang bibigyan natin ng attention diba?

Everyone makes mistakes, but not all are sanctioned to leave a mark of punishment in them. That is what should happen. Do not think that the GMs are only after him. Others will follow too.
As for Juyer, I believe there's someone who is doing that as well, so that's covered.

Pathetic Retorts 1 of 2

Lately, the Midgard Police matters has been taking many of my time, so much that I have no more time to post the latest events here.

But latest Ragnaboards events have forced my hand to post here.

1. Notorious Thor Bans.

Recently, Scar Face and Kakita Yaza were banned right before the RPC playoffs in Thor. As expected, this got the most amount of outrage, as to why only now, and why before RPC.

It was particularly painful for Scar Face. He is Level 99, yet the crimes he made as a mere knight did him in. Oh, and did we mention his bot priest got banned too? He belongs to the guild Phoenix Cranes. He was unsuccessfully defended by Showstopper, with unusual vigor. Nothing could be done by her to undo the permanent ban that was slapped upon him.

Next, Kakita Yaza of the infamous Esteemed House of Bots. Er, I mean Crane. Up to now, no one knows if the alibi that Kakita Yaza has a new owner is true. Kakita Yaza was caught botting as a mere Alchemist. Now a biochemist and one of the frontliners for another guild in RPC, she fell from grace.

As a result, EHOC declined from joining RPC. Perhaps disgruntled that one of their botted ranks finally got the boot? No one will ever truly know.

I've also gotten questions as to why only now, and that if there was a conspiracy behind it. There is no conspiracy, just tons of backlogs. And mind you, they're enough to fill up a small room.

I've gotten my fair share of threats too. More particularly, from illegal traders that I've caught. Threats ranged from never going to RPC to getting me fired.

There's but one problem... they don't know who to aim! I keep it a habit to maintain anonymity in my patrols. I speak to the offenders anonymously. The fact that they don't know my name makes them stab in the dark in vain, hurling desperate taunts that I am "bakla" because I don't reveal myself. In reality, they want to find out who to beat up in RPC to avenge their scarred prides... prides that were shot down when they were caught violating the rules.

Such is humanity. Angry are the people caught in their crimes, madly rationalizing their wrongdoing. Truly pathetic.

Maybe it is these same botters and illegal traders that are causing and telling people to stop playing in Thor, under the guise of migrating to Valkyrie, the upcoming Free-to-play server. Perhaps to take revenge against Level Up and the Midgard Police for accosting their accounts? Maybe to escape the wrath of the Midgard Police? It doesn't matter.

The MP team doesn't show pity towards botters, and any rulebreakers in general. I know, I've taught them well.

Terror in the hearts of sinful men

Just to show it's the real deal, read this thread, as an example.

http://ragnaboards.levelupgames.ph/index.php?showtopic=44206

JUST AS PLANNED

I have noticed the sudden and violent hostility towards my blog. Wow. Looks like I have exceeded my target quota when it comes to enforcement.

Feh. Flamers can only unleash threats online, and IRL, we have laws that will whoop them with a guillotine if they ever try something like that. Flamings in my blog wasn't that intense, not even with my so-called "lies" from the past years.

I can guess... it started eversince I spearheaded the Midgard Police team into apprehending as many bots as possible in Thor. Maybe, maybe not.

In the starting part, the initial effort to detain bots was slippery, due to botters being able to escape. We're happy to say the Midgard Police already found a solution to this.

If you've read some of the news... you should know by now the Midgard Police means business. Woes and cries of botters getting caught can be seen.

And they strike like a thief in the night. So botters scheduling their bots aren't guaranteed safety, if not unsafe at all.

The Midgard Police will make botting in Thor a living hell. Ang bumangga sa katarungan, gigibain!

A long time?

Maybe I'm not the type built for blogging.

I only type when I feel like typing. If there are some things I don't want people to know, I let it perish into oblivion, and I don't care for... history.

That's because I haven't been able to update my blog. The histories, the design, even the links I promised so many people with. I feel rather ashamed about it, but that will change tonight. I hope.

On to business.

1. "HUMAN TRASH"

I find it rather amusing that people I did not aim with words reacted violently to the calling of "human trash."

Let me ask you this. Why do you care if you hear this word?

Is it because you're trying to uphold the good? Or because you yourself are hurt with those words?

A person in the ragnaboards said that by calling someone a "human trash"... you threaten their right to live.

Or does it?

In the internet, such word is so easy to type and to tell. Why make serious business out of something?

Anyhow, in Waukeen's blog, in this post, a few people still hold grudge when I said those words. I wonder why?

It all started when certain banned users forced their way back, insisting that they were banned based on contributed information from a certain chatroom, which they claim, was within their whim of privacy. Who says you can't use that as evidence to make your ruling? I have verified that evidence to be credible. Even my closest friend confirmed it.

Those who were the recipient of those angsty and bitter words are proven misfits. Botters, flamers, you name it. Human patience has its limits, and this is not the first time that I have verbally lashed at them severely. I certainly know when to and when NOT to, but I'm sure people sympathetic of me knows how it feels.

Indeed, sinners hide under human rights like a naughty child hiding under the skirt of his or her mother. Sometimes, do you even wonder if I am a human being to think like this?

Do not give someone a reason to call you names. Especially those in the pedestal. Because as much as I am on your side, I can easily go against someone whenever they do something contrary to the rules.

2. THE WATCHERS; MIDGARD POLICE

Just recently, I posted a screen capture of the Midgard Police in action, in their behalf.

It was met with cheers and jeers. Cheers because MPs are indeed doing something. Jeers... well, you don't see bots being banned yet.

In Thor, that is.

While I understand and would react the same way, do know this. The effects of the dupe wipe... overwhelmed customer support and the GMs. Even Waukeen himself said it.

3. REPUTATION

For someone in authority, I am not the type who cares what people see me as. Some see me as a menace. Some as cool. Some as windy or blowhard. Some even evil.

It reminds me of the time when Battlechaser stood up for me and called me the Machiavellian Moderator. By that, he meant that if I need to be evil to bring order and peace back, I will be so, not "that any evil action can be justified if it is done for a good purpose." In short, I do not do evil for the sake of it. Even the Hakkeshu as a collective aren't that conceited.

I have received so many threats and hates because of what I do. But it simply doesn't matter. I'm not doing it to hear hatred towards me. I want to see peace and order in the boards. And if given the chance, in the game too.

4. RAGNABOARDS

I and other moderators are planning some changes in the boards.

a. Upgrading of forums to invision powerboard 3.0 -- part of the solution to eliminate the pest we call spambots. Yes, I am just irritated by it as everyone else is.
b. Skin. I won't spoil about it, but it'll be among the changes.
c. New moderators. Some moderators will be coming back. Others will be a new generation.

5. THE BLOG

I'm toying with some design right now, it's the only free time I have (as of this writing).

Of identities and ashes...

How pathetic.

A certain candice_michelle3 started shit in the forums. WHich got her promptly banned.

However, upon inspection, it turned out this has deeper roots than initially seen.

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18 corpses to burn. Indeed. I feel no remorse burning these incarnations to oblivion.

Grievances like Baldur's connection quality is no excuse. You break the rules, you will pay for it with your life, dignity, and your descendants.

What happened to KILLpRObots?

The forum associated with it has disappeared. My friend's space there, together with the domain itself, has expired.

But that did not mean KPB was a failure. It wasn't. KPB helped the pRO GMs in the effort in countering bots, by giving them information, programs, and suggestions.

Stay tuned to this place for the reintroduction of KillpRObots. I'll give you a hint as to what happened to it.

It finally got the official support it needed.

In the end, the law prevails

When we last left the bot debate, it was clear they were doing it to discredit all anti-botting initiatives and to dissuade Level-Up from ever acting against it.

Whatever they were trying certainly was doomed to fail.

For one, Waukeen, like me, is hellbent on destroying this pest that has infected Ragnarok for over four years. That's despite him being a botter once.

Another, I was merely playing along in their play of debate at why botters hold pRO together and that their removal would spell doom for RO. Almost all their points were refuted, yet they still insist on things. It didn't save them from being banned for botting advocacy.

As a result, Legato and his puppet account yoh_asakura, and Pax Lucis have been permanently banned (and will eventually become Persona non Grata) from the ragnaboards for their incurable and foolish advocacy of botting. Sure, they deny advocating bots, but with their rabid criticism (of which many are negative, dumbfounded and baseless, like their adherence to Shiela Paul's admission-- which BTW is now nullified due to recent events Level-Up has made) and their general put-down attitudes towards any sign of enforcement... like with the Midgard Police, makes them obvious they weren't just looking for a friendly (which I highly doubt) debate... they were ensuring the future of the botters.

I'm sure there are more posters worthy of permanent banning due to advocacy of bots. But one would wonder... Why? Why defend these lawless elements? Despite the debate nature, the policy about botting is one of the rules considered dogma; unquestionable and absolute. Despite LU's lack of enforcement regarding that rule, it didn't mean they were consenting usage of bots. They should've removed that from the rules if it were so, but they never did. Which is good, considering lots of MMO companies will take advantage of that, and will hasten their demise.

Pax may now argue it was a debate and no advocacy was in it. But I've seen his advocacy OUTSIDE his posts. Same with Legato. That debate was made for me to gague how honest they were in regards that they were merely debating. You'ld be surprised to know how much it revealed about them.

You are with the future or you are against it. The future of order, a future without bots, and with happy and law-abiding players is being made. I, and many other people who still believe in the future of Ragnarok, will not let these scum survive.

The "whose are you" post!

Influenced by Morrigan's post, I've decided to take this for a spin...

You Are 70% Evil

You are very evil. And you're too evil to care. Those who love you probably also fear you. A lot.

How Evil Are You?

The Dante's Inferno Test has sent you to Purgatory!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very High
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Very Low
Level 2 (Lustful)	Low
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Moderate
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Very High
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very Low
Level 7 (Violent)	Low
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Moderate

Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test

You Are the Super Ego

While some people may think first and act later... you often don't act at all. You rather be safe than sorry, and you take ethics pretty seriously. Like everyone, you have some pretty crazy desires. But unlike everyone, you restrain yourself. You have high standards for your own behavior. And you happily exceed them.

Are You Id, Ego, or Superego?

You Are the Index Finger

You are ambitious, driven, and capable. You aren't afraid to take responsibility for your actions - or place the blame on whoever deserves it. You are honest, free thinking, and objective. You see things in your own way - and you aren't afraid to let everyone know about it. You get along well with: The Thumb Stay away from: The Ring Finger

What Finger Are You?

You Are a Realist

You don't see the glass as half empty or half full. You see what's exactly in the glass. You never try to make a bad situation seem better than it is... But you also never sabotage any good things you have going on. You are brutally honest in your assessments of situations - and this always seems to help you cope.

Are You An Optimist or Pessimist?

You Have Your Emotions in Check

You are an incredibly stable and happy person. Ever consider being a therapist? You have figured out how to keep a positive outlook, no matter what. You don't have an easier life than anyone else. You just have figured things out a little more.

Can You Keep Your Emotions in Check?

You Are Destined to Rule the World

You have the makings of a very evil dictator... Which is both kind of cool and kind of scary! Will you rule the world? Maybe. Maybe not. But at least you know that you could.

Are You Destined For World Domination?

You are a PC

You're practical, thrifty, and able to do almost anything. Appearances and trends aren't important to you. You just like to get the job done.

Are You a Mac or a PC?

You Are 54% Perfectionist

No one would call you a perfectionist, but you definitely have a side of you that strives to be perfect. Try to see your mistakes as learning experiences, and don't be so hard on yourself when you screw up!

Are You a Perfectionist?

Your Pride Quotient: 32%

You're a little prideful, but nothing out of the norm. Like everyone, you enjoy attention. But you're also good at sharing the spotlight!

How Much Pride Do You Have?

You Are 77% Grown Up, 23% Kid

Congratulations, you are definitely quite emotionally mature. Although you have your moments of moodiness, you're usually stable and level headed.

How Emotionally Mature Are You?

You Are Wolverine

Small but fierce, you're a great fighter. Watch out! You are often you're own greatest enemy. Powers: Adamantium claws, keen senses, the ability to heal quickly

Which of the X-Men Are You?

Your Power Level is: 76%

You're a very powerful person, and you know that all of your power comes from within. Keep on doing what you're doing, and you'll reach your goals.

How Powerful Are You?

Hmm... That looks a lot too much for a decent post. That will be all for now.

Rant Part Deux

Kapag kinalaban mo ang batas, kahit anong talino mo, kahit anong kisig mo, ikaw pa rin ang talo. (When you rebel against the law, desipite your intelligence, despite all your strength, you're still the loser.)

How many people have you met are arrogant enough to claim botters keep pRO alive? How many of these claim that pRO owes its existence to botters?

There may be a lot, but it is time to bring back the correct figures.

Studying an existing iRO with staunch anti-botting policy or zero botting, yes, there is a few amount of players, but iRO's situation is different; disgruntled players, boring content, rude community, and melancholy, isn't something that makes an active server.

So many people have accused me of being cruel to the RO franchise. I, as someone claims, would be the cause of RO's demise, because of impending removal of bots.

Excuse me, but that reeks of sourgraping. For now, botters think I am a mere joke or a dog that doesn't bite. My bite doesn't come from my mouth. It comes from what will happen.

And as with awhile ago, the reality that bots will no longer be a part of RO sets in, the sourgraping comes. The doomsday cultists come. The threats pour in.

They do this until bots somehow comes back to RO.

Sono teidou ka? Is this all what you know to do? Indeed, unevolved and primitive thinking! Selfish and inconsiderate! Anarchist and self-centered!

RO, for all its old-school graphics, still has a charm, unmatched by even the most modern of games. It will draw people to come back for as long as the conditions are right, and the playing environment is balanced.

Those who desperately argue and rationalize their crime, the crime of using bots and/or promoting people to use bots, will find no refuge in the advancing future, the law, and karma, who knows the true nature of their hearts. My words may be a joke to these people, but karma gets their man every single time, without fail.

If you cannot adapt with the future of eventual order, you have no place in it.

When one must sin to survive... hah!

During the holy weeks, I took a vacation where I mostly meditated.

After the holy week, I decided to go back and meditate again, following the favorable conditions, and the fact that I can afford it.

But when I went back to duty... ugh.

First, there were people who were playing the dating game with me. This was already told to me by colleague Nirvelli, and I'm disgusted by this.

Now this.

It seems that pRO is fitted with yet another antibot feature. How I knew this?

My friends told me that there's a very strange absence of bots serverwide. To my pleasant surprise.

Until I visited the ragnaboards and went on with my usual rounds.

Typically, a botter, with a foreign IP, posted "a world without bots"

IRO is dead(serious) about hunting down and banning botscheck out the end result:http://forums.roempire.com/showthread.php?t=144995

What is this lunatic thinking? Or more specifically, what powerful drug has he been smoking to come up with such conclusion?!

This is an example of pathetic assumptions based solely on personal desires. On top of promoting to break the rules.

And Pax Lucis, who apparently is a warfreak, debated with me to the very end. Until moderator Sakura, speaking through Nirvelli, told to break it up.

Other moderators don't really trust Pax and his intentions. My colleagues tell me he too is a botter... While I cannot prove this immediately, I should at least state this, because the circumstances covering his unusual disapproval against Level-Up enforcing the rules; especially those in regards to botting.

Was his argument "Look at the situation! If you kill the bots, there will be nothing left in Ragnarok! These botters will never return to RO anymore! You cannot press for a move to remove all bots this late! The game will die if you destroy all bots!" valid, or mere sourgraping following recent actions?

True enough, he tried very hard, using logic, realism, and occasional fault-finding to further his argument. But it was an argument doomed to fail right from the start. When you're challenging policies, policies not even those in authority are immune to, by default, those who are against it always loses.

He argues how can a policy be valid when no one follows/enforces it? It will always remain a valid policy. People may ignore or not implement such policies, but it will never change the fact that it is a policy indeed. Just because the bible had rules we don't follow doesn't mean those rules don't apply to us anymore, merely because we don't recognize it as rules. Guess what, they STILL are rules! And it still applies!

Only those who authored a policy/rule can change them. In an official ceremony and in an official word.

Why is this world filled with fools; greedy fools who will do everything and anything to maintain their twisted lifestyle? To boot, these mortals, who will never bring their ill-gotten fame, levels and glamor to their graves, have the nerves with a sharp tounge.

And they wondered why there are people who do not like humanity at all. They'll never understand because they are the ones benefitting from it.

This is one of my arguments that rings true not only in Ragnarok, but in real life as well...

Allow yourselves to be used by evil, or a tool of evil, and you yourselves commit a crime. When you consciously know the evils behind it, yet do it, without regret, that's graver than grave.

Being an accessory to a crime may give you less liability, but you still have commited a crime.

This quote of mine may sound like Martial Law, but sadly, this is true.

The question is not about respect. Whether you like the guts of the enforcer or not, rules are to be followed, or consequences will happen, implied or otherwise.

The enforcer implementing the rules should be followed at all times, especially when you are on their territory. Resistance equates to a less-than-pleasant experience.

And when you claim total victory under questionable circumstances, you become less than a man. You become a crab who only cares for one's own pride, and becoming righteous, even when you are in no position to do so.

Like this.

Eh... 12:45am. I'm leaving this thread. Pax Lucis you can finish it off. One last thing.Geonitz, you know you lost this match. You know who you remind me of? sudius. sudius was a very arrogant and stubborn/constant TS in the Gunslinger Section who refused to give up. But eventually, sudius did give up and stopped posting. Only there it wasn't Pax Lucis and I, it was Yralyn and I.'Till we meet again.

He spoke a lot of bot advocacy, by the way. Want proof? Here's a glaring one.

No Geonitz, you are asserting what YOU believe. I don't think that "people must use bots for the game to survive". I think that people must use bots for the game to have real lives! I want you guys to look at Geonitz's blog and tell me what you think. In my opinion, it's pretty paranoid if you ask me. He talks about how he hates the human race?

Paranoid? Me hating the human race? It has probable cause, if any, but this words will bring you right back to reality.

A person having a real life by using bots? No matter what you say, no matter how you rationalize, it's never an excuse to break what is considered policy, moral or otherwise.

Sad isn't it?

It seems that the grim reaper of the Ragnaboards will have a lot of bounty later on.

Will it be me? Will it be one of my colleagues? It'll be easy to tell.

In ending, there's a policy before that prohibited challenging rules that are set, many of these which are dogma. I should have that rule reinstated.

Disappointments

It's sad that most of my comrades have been preoccupied by their real lives.

I miss the old days when we all worked as a team and worked things out as one.

But, ah, we all do not grow any younger. We get families. We get children. We age.

Perhaps I should be happy that I have given up my humanity ages ago.

However, even yours truly, with the powers of Orochi, is not immune to the damnation humanity has imposed. (Though I don't get to suffer the same fate as they do in certain situations, heh.)

Humans fear what lies ahead. This is because it's literally unchartered territory, and the fear of making the fatal mistake is dominant.

On another note, on Women's day, I read Morrigian's blog (linked from here, check out the links) and read all about a poem dedicated to women. Let me snip a sample of it.

If you are a minute late, she complains it's hard to wait
If she is late, she says that's a girl's way
If you visit another man, you're not putting in "quality time"
If she is visited by another woman, "oh it's natural, we are girls"
If you kiss her once in a while, she professes you are cold
If you kiss her often, she yells that you are taking advantage
If you fail to help her in crossing the street, you lack ethics
If you do, she thinks it's just one of men's tactics for seduction
If you stare at another woman, she accuses you of flirting
If she is stared by other men, she says that they are just admiring

Let me comment on this as an Orochi. I'm more effective at this rather as being Kaiba, where I'm more likely to say stuff that I would regret later.

Women may have their excuse of getting exclusivity and getting the excuses they need to get their way... but this is inequality at its worst. People are forced to make excuses for a woman. This is not right.

Moreover, it imposes things that are outright unfair. It is right when done to a woman, but WRONG when done to a man. This is certainly twisted.

In the aspect of romance and value, this would be excusable and tolerable.
This is unacceptable for someone like me.

But why, you ask?

When people asked long time ago for gender equality, women got what they want.
But as time goes by, women realize their potential, value, and power. Without respect to the other gender, this brings women to an uneven slope; the exact inverse of what has happened before, when the men were dominant.

Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against women being successful; but when they use their position to gain unfair advantage, to the point of trampling men over like they're nothing, this is where trouble starts.

My words may reek of communism, but man and woman should work hand in hand, not work against the other. When this happens, you do not get harmony in the world, and you set each other into inevitable self-destruction.

Neither men nor women can live without the other. Men alone can't procreate. Neither can women.

And I'm still looking for a good blog design. All my drafts are horrible, and I'm not going to stop until I find a design that fits.

The blood runs wild, again...!

I have updated the Blogger platform for this blog.

And today, Ragnaboards has once again, given rise to my persona.

The persona that hated humans.

I can never wonder for myself as to why I've never liked the human race. And like my alter ego, seek any opportunity to bring them to ruins.

I've always joked, when I first used this alias, that I would one day go wild and act exactly like him, and feel overwhelming hatred for the human race. As a moderator persona, I only utilize the fearsome side of him that I use to reinforce my assertion.

But little did I know that I was slowly beginning to act like him. Think like him. Reason like him. The only thing needed are my other counterparts; Yashiro, Shermie, Chris, and the others.

But let's be serious. I'll admit that I, as my own, and not as Goenitz, hate humankind too. But, perhaps, unlike the real Goenitz, I would still see a ray of hope for those who are striving to be different from the mundane. The real Goenitz, and the whole of the Hakkeshu, would simply say, "Death to all humankind!"

The difference is, people in the unrepentant wrong will always be the foremost recipients of the hatred that I have for humankind, and give those who repent another chance. The Hakkeshu, on the other hand, will always dispense hatred, repentant or not.

But there are times I act like a Hakkeshu. The jeers and cheers of the sinners only fuel this. A taunt that I have been defeated by Kyo, Iori and Kagura? That means nothing, in fact, I thank you for reminding me, and now, I am less sympathetic to humans. And when I'm detached to them, I am able to do things that a human have great difficulty doing; dispense justice even to the best of friends.

Shouldn't I be thankful to the botting community/botters/lamers/flamers/bot advocates for indirectly fueling what I do best? Maybe. Useful as they are, in the end, they too will see red. A sea of blood. From their own bodies.

Septette for the Dead Princess

Let me tell you about one music my friend let me listen to, some days ago.

He told me it was an arranged tune from a shooting game. And the track title is Septette for the Dead Princess.

He made me listen to the original and the arranged tunes. It's not a funerary music. The arranged track sounds like one, however, and it sounds like a theme track for a movie.

But you know what is strange? I could see a complete flashback from the beginning of my existence as an RB moderator when I listen to the music. How touching, indeed.

Once I find a suitable host, I could upload the track and let you listen to it. This isn't possible currently, because the MP3 is quite large.

More of things from the underworld

Greetings. It has been a while since I posted, and I have been convinced by several factors to return to journalizing my actions.

1. I have more free time now.
2. There are things that I feel people must know more.
3. I have more acquaintances back in the blogging.

However, several people I know have left LU, including Phage. A sad event indeed. But she still continues in the blogging, despite the departure.

And now the explanation; what's in the underworld?

Server problems.

Do any of you recall Hell Week? My, what an infamous event forever engraved in people's memories. People's faith to LU were tested to the very limit, but in the end, this was all worked out.

People should learn to strengthen their faith, instead of assuming, complaining, and cursing. Life would be more simple that way.

And yes, I still hate bots, and will still do everything and anything to destroy them. Even if it takes an Orochi-style Armageddon to make this happen. Yeah, bad for company profit, but money is regainable. Integrity and reputation, isn't as easy as money.