"Veteran" Status Discussion

[Mike Weedmark]

Re: "Veteran" Status Discussion

I'd just like to point out that there are plenty of games that have yearly or rarer events-
Perhaps you've heard of a relatively unsuccessful game series called Pokemon, but they hold events (i.e. the Fateful Encounter Celebi event) many years after a game comes out. Last I checked about 23 million people bought Pokemon Silver or Gold, games which were TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAT until Nintendo held their event years later.

I think you need to learn a bit of patience >_>

Pokemon Gold and Silver were never impossible to beat, and adding new events to a game years after it's released is not the same as adding events to a game that take years to complete. You need to learn some logic/learn better pokemans trivia.

[justin_ator]

Re: "Veteran" Status Discussion

He was referring to the pokedex, I'd assume, which until that event was impossible to complete.

[Mike Weedmark]

Re: "Veteran" Status Discussion

Either way, "other games did it" isn't justification. Two flawed game mechanics don't make each other okay.

Especially when one of the games in question is user-managed and easily fixable.

[hi19hi19]

Re: "Veteran" Status Discussion

He was referring to the pokedex, I'd assume, which until that event was impossible to complete.

Yeah. Complaining about not being a veteran is similar in my opinion to complaining about only having 250/251 Pokemon. Sure, you don't have EVERYTHING, but there's a hell of a lot of game out there for you to enjoy (totally free I might add), and you're just gonna have to wait a few years for those last few things. Not particularly unusual.
I honestly don't see any real reason why people are so up in arms about being a veteran in the first place.

[xXAll-ProXx]

Re: "Veteran" Status Discussion

I'd just like to point out that there are plenty of games that have yearly or rarer events-
Perhaps you've heard of a relatively unsuccessful game series called Pokemon, but they hold events (i.e. the Fateful Encounter Celebi event) many years after a game comes out. Last I checked about 23 million people bought Pokemon Silver or Gold, games which were TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAT until Nintendo held their event years later.

I think you need to learn a bit of patience >_>

You would take that back if you joined FFR last year. Patience? 3 years is completely unnecessary. It doesn't even mean that you're experienced in anyway. Just because an account is 3 years old, it doesn't mean the person is experienced, they could've just made their account in 2007, got 3 bill (which is possible to get for a D1B player) and left forever and yet they would be vets by now.

[Frank Munoz]

Re: "Veteran" Status Discussion

I just don't want sitting on my ass to be a requirement to unlock things that are relevant to playing the game.

Becoming a goddamn VETERAN is not needed to become an FFR PLAYER.

YOU DO NOT NEED IT.
please re-read the sentence above.

We all understand that many people want to become a veteran but, you do not need to become one.
You are not missing much.
It is not relevant.
You do not need to check anyone's else lvl stats.
You do not need a blue name.

Once again, you do not need veteran status.
Understand that being a veteran does not mean that you are skilled.

Skill is almost irrelevant when it comes to becoming an ffr vet.

And, again, you do not need to be a veteran.

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[hi19hi19]

Re: "Veteran" Status Discussion

You would take that back if you joined FFR last year. Patience? 3 years is completely unnecessary. It doesn't even mean that you're experienced in anyway. Just because an account is 3 years old, it doesn't mean the person is experienced, they could've just made their account in 2007, got 3 bill (which is possible to get for a D1B player) and left forever and yet they would be vets by now.

No, I really wouldn't. I honestly never use any of the veteran functions and don't particularly care if I am one or not. People will know me and my experience by how I act within the community far more than the color of my name on the forums (which also wouldn't change if I wasn't a vet because I'm a simfile author trololol).

About the only thing I'd miss is being able to review the Veteran song file a week before it was released, but that's not the end of the world lmao. Oh God I have to wait a week longer to play one file, better go kill myself.
Oh wait there's more than a thousand other files I could play in the meantime, not a big loss >_>

[Mike Weedmark]

Re: "Veteran" Status Discussion

Like I said a few times already, I'm not especially attached to the title veteran. I just want access to songs (especially fantastic ones like Heavenly Spores) as soon as they're released and the ability to look at other players' detailed ranks. These are things I want without having to endure an arbitrary waiting period for a game I have 13bn points and < 230 avrank in.

Munoz: Thanks. I learned absolutely nothing from that bullshit. Of course I don't need to be a veteran. I don't need to play FFR at all. I don't need to use the internet for that matter, or any technology at all, for anything. I don't need to be alive, if we're going to take this to extremes. Was there a point to your irrelevant spazzing? In a thread called Veteran Status Discussion, I'm discussing Veteran Status. I don't need your permission to continue to do so.

[Frank Munoz]

Re: &quot;Veteran&quot; Status Discussion

Like I said a few times already, I'm not especially attached to the title veteran. I just want access to songs (especially fantastic ones like Heavenly Spores) as soon as they're released and the ability to look at other players' detailed ranks. These are things I want without having to endure an arbitrary waiting period for a game I have 13bn points and < 230 avrank in.

Like I said a few times already, you do not need it.

Veterans are not based upon skill my friend.

[hi19hi19]

Re: &quot;Veteran&quot; Status Discussion

the ability to look at other players' detailed ranks.

I absolutely agree this feature should be available to everyone. Not going to dispute that at all, it's silly some of the things that are veteran-only.

The problem here is how the perks are distributed, not the system of determining who is a vet itself.

[Mike Weedmark]

Re: &quot;Veteran&quot; Status Discussion

I absolutely agree this feature should be available to everyone. Not going to dispute that at all, it's silly some of the things that are veteran-only.

The problem here is how the perks are distributed, not the system of determining who is a vet itself.

This I can agree with totally.

[PURE GENIUS]

Re: &quot;Veteran&quot; Status Discussion

If you: are drafted; fly into a war zone; kill 100 enemies; and then leave; all within 24 hours, you are not a war veteran. You might be good at what you do, but you are not a veteran.

Veteran- 1. a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like
2. a person who has served in a military force, especially one who has fought in a war


Anybody who serves in the military and fights in a war is technically a veteran. The amount of time they spend fighting is not what determines whether or not they are a veteran.

When you use the term veteran and you are talking about anything besides the military, that is when the amount of time comes into play.

[rushyrulz]

Re: &quot;Veteran&quot; Status Discussion

I don't need to be alive.

Lets just take a moment to reflect on how stupid this statement is.
You kind of need to be alive to be you.

[Frank Munoz]

Re: &quot;Veteran&quot; Status Discussion

Munoz: Thanks. I learned absolutely nothing from that bullshit. Of course I don't need to be a veteran. I don't need to play FFR at all. I don't need to use the internet for that matter, or any technology at all, for anything. I don't need to be alive, if we're going to take this to extremes. Was there a point to your irrelevant spazzing? In a thread called Veteran Status Discussion, I'm discussing Veteran Status. I don't need your permission to continue to do so.

You keep saying you WANT to be able to do what veterans do because you think you NEED the access that veterans have.
Acquiring veteran status is plain and simple; refer to PURE GENIUS' post.
You sir' are whining about not having something, and it is childish.

Being an ffr veteran is not based upon skill you dope.
If you want a title for your elitism then go make a thread that specifically details the requisite to become an elitist. Other than that, you can only wait.
And, if you can not even wait for your award, then you probably do not even deserve to have it.

[i love you]

Re: &quot;Veteran&quot; Status Discussion

I personally think that veteran status should be something you just "get" after being on a site for a while not something you get and "HOLY SHIT I GET MORE FEATURES" type of thing. In my opinion, most (if not all) of the features you get as a veteran should be features normal users should have access to. I find it really dumb that normal users are not allowed to do something as simple as "viewing other people's level ranks" or "seeing their credit transactions" or EVEN not being able to view the "FFR Top Average Players" list I mean REALLY?

This really needs to change.

My statement still stands.