Well I'll try to respond as completely as possible to this thread...
First thing on my mind. The simple mechanics of Graal Kingdoms has forced me to adapt systems to coorespond with the enviornment which is presented. If there were no immigrants at all, then there would be no new members. How then, would I be able to recruit? The title of immigrant is just a formality really, and its purposes is nothing more than to be an added sense of realism. Nobody is required to hold the rank for longer than a 24 hour period...by that time they are no longer immigrants, so-to-speak. Its just a simple hailing method that I felt was nice.
I also find it amusing, that Torankusu now supports Zormite being a fish people again. When he was king, I was left to defend his policies, and when I did he supported me on the forums. It was decided that Zormites would be human, even before Torankusu was king. I was in Zormite from the very beginning on 2k2, Hippie was the first, there was like 2 between Hippie and Torankusu. One of them I was friends with and I feel bad for not remembering his name now...but they both werent around very long. While Toranksu was king, he only signed on when I asked him to help resolve some issue that was happening online and such. I recruited like everybody and made the first set of rules and refined a rank structure...
Additionally, Torankusu had not "quit" when I became king, at least he had not announced that he had. I was on AIM one day and several people were IM'ing me yelling at me to sign on Graal because the Zormites were rebelling against the king, and Projectshifter was talking to Stefan to convince him that leadership needed to change. I was 2nd in command so that just sort of happened.
On 2k1, I was in Elven lol. So? Just because I was not a part of Zormites early history, doesnt mean I shouldnt or cant be a part of its future. The thing of everybody starting their names with "Z" has no basis for argument. The fish people issue, well no I didnt feel it was that important, I admit. I also looked at it practially. If I was going to make it so we were our own race..I would need to make a wide selection of new bodys, legs, arms heads and horn/fin things for hair. I had planned on doing this for a while, and almost completed a zormite head set which fit the style of g2k2 and would be compatible with helmets, along with some nice horn/fin sets...I moved from California and there was a period in which I did not have access to the net and I lost all my work on that computer that I had produced over the last 2 years prior.. Me moving out to Tennessee was an uncontrollable and sudden situation. My parents have been divorced since I was in 5th grade and I have been forced to relocated more than once because of Child Protection Service interfering...
I havent really felt that the project was that important, people seemed to be getting along great as is, I only seem to get complaints from outside of the kingdom, a small elitist group I suppose, that believes everything on 2k1 should be identical to 2k2.
The fish head you made Ghost pirate, well have you tried seeing how it looks with hair or a helmet on? Yea...
I can be a perfectionist about things sometimes, maybe to much so, and well I wouldnt want to use that head knowing it would clash with any helmets i might need to wear in the future. Also eh lol a whole fish body on somebody's shoulders never made since to me, I would just rather it looked believable.
I dont see how we are being viewed as a Dustari clone? How does that work? Tell me, please, how Zormite copied Dustari? Tell me also, why I would want to. We dont even have the same form of government. What I did was completely original and no other kingdom has done the like. I set up a political party, a political ideology (Archism, and it has a detailed deffinition as well) which explains why we have such changes, a constitution to finite the government's organization, our own religion. I mean please, you cant always stick with the past. Tradition maybe, but it should not mean that it limits you from innovation and improvement. I mean, the kingdom of Zormite was destroyed how many times on 2k1? I would most certainly not want to carry on whatever tradition(s) caused that to happen.
I have done alot for Zormite, I really have. I have tried to treat all my citizens fairly and make them feel welcome, and listen to what they have to say. I feel really horrible when there is problems within my kingdom, especially among friends who I trust and depend on, and I try to fix those problems to the best of my ability. To date, I am the longest reigning king on g2k2, I have really tried to keep the kingdom enjoyable and prosperous, it would start to become a drag on anybody, I would think, to maintain a kingdom in the same buggy game for 7+ months of their life. Much of the time when I am online, I am forced to just stand around and idle, and not enjoy the game myself running around advancing my character, I am oftentimes answering PMs or reading toguilds or taking care of my kingdom one way of the other. I do care about Zormite, truly and honestly. I believe that pretty much any member can testify that I have been good to my people, that I have gone out of my way to do so.
The Zormite Republic is doing well. The kingdom is still focused around its roots, holding the ocean sacred. Hehe we had members protesting the practice of eating any sort of fish when the new foods were released.
07-19-2003, 12:24 AM
... Now you cant say noone will make you a Zormite head.
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