Zepachu slinks silently out from the shadows, merely to say this:
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As this post was your opinion, such is my reply.

I have played CF since the very beginning, about two weeks after launch time. Sure there have been weeks/months of breaks in there, but for the most part I have played on a consistent basis. For the most part I like what CF has evolved into. It is a more mature game. This isn't going to be everyone's opinion and my advice would be, quite simply, stop flaming the forums with nonsensical utterings... move on to another game. There are literally thousands of FREE MUDs out there... try them.

If you don't like Burger King's french fries, do you fill out comment cards by the dozen, while still eating the fries... hoping that they get better... some day? Or do you go to McDonald's and get their tasty fries instead?

CF's problem is not that it is too hard (syn: challenging).

CF's problem is not that there are too many rules (syn: fair, structured).

CF's #1 problem is that there is little to none Instant Gratification. In this day and age, that's all the mob wants. Play Unreal Tournament, Grand Theft Auto, etc. (I do both.) These games provide instant gratification. The ever-lovely "Heeaaddd Shoottt" from Unreal paralleled with blood squirting out of someone's neck in GTA. We like it.

CF doesn't provide Instant Gratification. You actually have to work for that title, work for that 'quest form', work for this, and work for that. Most people view this as a chore... but the simple fact remains that it is a risk (labor) vs. reward system. You put in the work, you will get the reward.

Maybe I've just been lucky in all my years, but I can count on less than two fingers the amount of times I've been disciplined for 'questionable action' (singular) on CF... and that was just simple stupidity years and years ago. Oh and a "You have got to be kidding me." statement to initiate a name change, which I'm sure I have logged somewhere, when I went nearly 30 ranks, 100+ hours without it being noticed... Elkcuhcapez -> Elkirfe.

Anyway, I don't understand all these posts I see about IMMs coming down hard on people for doing this and that... when I have done the same exact things and not had a word said to me. Could it be because those people were actually doing something wrong? I've traded uber/leet (depending on your age) equipment before... I've GIVEN it out before... and nothing said.

I've grouped with people on a consistent basis and not had a word said to me. Basically, if you get talked to by an IMM you're doing something you're not supposed to (within the confines of the CF world). Sure the IMMs make mistakes, but luckily for us they don't delete or cripple people just because of a hunch. They warn... observe... and act accordingly.

In essence: Carrion Fields is an amazing gaming experience, and as it has been said many times in the past, when the latest trendy game is burnt out... CF will still be here... and you will come back to play it.

To all the Naysayers... Maybe this just isn't your cup of tea. It might be time to try out another gaming outlet, perhaps you'll find something better suited to you... why play a game that is just stressing you out?

You say CF has so blatantly made rules to stop people from using outside resources to their advantage (i.e. gaming buddies)... you say that like it's a bad thing. Yes, they have, and I feel it is better that way.

Carrion Fields may be losing players because of the OOC rings of friends not wanting to have to be "careful" or be forced to not play with each other. To them I say... It's about time you got the hint.

What I have put here is the opinion of 1 CF player that I know in real life and is about the same height and weight as me.

Zepachu

P.S. Yes, I'm still around.