Failure's Corner

[roggs]

As long as we're going to boast, we might as well have a thread to post our impressive foul-ups, too.

I'll get the ball rolling...


After casting the first stone 3 times, the highest number you have achieved is...

1

"Pathetic!" roars the rider, laughing cruelly, leering at the stone you've just cast.

:(

[Elrond]

Lol .... How about missing the following game rewards:

- 4 AT's in the testing of Fate Choices.
- 4 AT's in Castle Baleward
- 24 AT's by not killing Tarn's Troll.
- 512 xp to All Skills and Powers in an adventure the name of which I don't currently remember!

Now, that "1" doesn't look too bad; does it? :)

[roggs]

Nah, I think I had it worse.

He laughed at me, Elrond. Cruelly.

[Elrond]

Nah, I think I had it worse.

He laughed at me, Elrond. Cruelly.

Lol .....

(pat on shoulder to Roggs) "Don't take it too harshly! He laughs cruelly at his wife and kids too!" :p

[Daffanka]

- 24 AT's by not killing Tarn's Troll.

Pretty sure this one'll come back to us. Us two who didn't kill him.

I just wanted to be fair. :(

[Elrond]

Pretty sure this one'll come back to us. Us two who didn't kill him.

I just wanted to be fair. :(

:D Yeah! I'm sure it will come back; but when? A few months, a couple of years, :rolleyes: .

But at least it isn't just the two of us. I think there are more players who fell for it ....err I mean who wanted to roleplay this thing!

[Daffanka]

Betcha we'll get to keep that ring while every single one of them die of old age. ;)

[Elrond]

Betcha we'll get to keep that ring while every single one of them die of old age. ;)

Hehehe :D . I just hope the 24 AT's become 28 or 32 AT's for us :cool:

[Ka keng]

I just left that corner untouched

[thingirl]

Hehehe :D . I just hope the 24 AT's become 28 or 32 AT's for us :cool:

If that happens, Alanne will have fun storming Rivendell Castle.

Oh yeah, and I got 128/24 and no orb from Tarn.

[Daffanka]

My alt died to Tarungar - twice. Figured that'd suit the thread. Those 40SP special attacks of his!

[Elrond]

If that happens, Alanne will have fun storming Rivendell Castle.

Lol ... I can guarantee that she won't be having that much fun if she decides to storm my castle! In fact, I think that storming Rivendell will be as enjoyable to Alanne as it was for the Witch King of Angmar and the Nazgul in LotR ;) .

[scout1idf]

I think there are more players who fell for it ....err I mean who wanted to roleplay this thing!

What do you mean "roleplay"? Killing vile, cruel nasties is how I roleplay. Protector of the people.... Bla, Bla, Bla...... *some day they will owe me big*

[Elrond]

What do you mean "roleplay"? Killing vile, cruel nasties is how I roleplay. Protector of the people.... Bla, Bla, Bla...... *some day they will owe me big*

Dang! What's with the fine print nowadays? :p Anyways, I roleplay taking the baddie all the way to the grave before killing it ;)

[scout1idf]

Dang! What's with the fine print nowadays? :p Anyways, I roleplay taking the baddie all the way to the grave before killing it ;)
Sorry about the fine print, trying to keep Scout's image clean while he's thinking to himself.:D

[Oldschool]

Pretty sure this one'll come back to us. Us two who didn't kill him.

I just wanted to be fair. :(

Actually make that four since Voltan didn't kill him either. Also, if I'm not mistaken a certain Judge makes it a quartet.

[thingirl]

I thought Voltan was your evil... Oh, siding with the evil troll is evil. And yes, I think that Badstench has said that JF sided with the troll.

[wetheril]

Also, if I'm not mistaken a certain Judge makes it a quartet.

Hm...is that so? I thought he did not pick up the ring dropped by the demoness.

[thingirl]

That was Shadowblack. (I remember going through people's profiles that night with dad from the active adventures list and seeing that, several hours later, Shadowblack still didn't have it.)

[Oldschool]

Hmmmm...... I'm with Wetheril, I thought it was Judge Fury who passed on the ring.

Off to necrothread....... ;)

[shadowblack]

Uh, may I ask what ring you guys are talking about?

[thingirl]

Band of Gruljasa.

[wetheril]

Uh, may I ask what ring you guys are talking about?

The Band of Gruljasa

Edit: Ninja'd! ;)

[shadowblack]

And do I look like I don;t have that ring?

[thingirl]

OK, so I'm an idiot who didn't look at your profile.

EDIT: @Wetheril: But you have spoiler tags.

[Daffanka]

What do you mean "roleplay"? Killing vile, cruel nasties is how I roleplay. Protector of the people.... Bla, Bla, Bla...... *some day they will owe me big*

Paladin justice is not justice. ;)

[thingirl]

I wonder how Marissa's handler chose his character's name.

EDIT: Marissa (http://www.sryth.com/ci.php?f_c=pcp.inc&f_i=1283ebbxce1aa1b1b)

[Joddelle]

- 512 xp to All Skills and Powers in an adventure the name of which I don't currently remember!

Probably choosing the wrong path and not fighting the Stone Construct in 7 goblins? Ouch, to your whole list!

[zmflavius]

I don't actually feel bad about biding my time with Urktuln. I'm not as hasty as some greedy people.

Usually.

[psychoadept]

Probably choosing the wrong path and not fighting the Stone Construct in 7 goblins? Ouch, to your whole list!

Which part was that in? I didn't find it in a glance through the wiki.

[wetheril]

Which part was that in? I didn't find it in a glance through the wiki.

Part IV: Unlikely Captive.

If you didn't take the Southeast Passage and kill the living stone idol, you will miss out on the S&P rewards.

[psychoadept]

Part IV: Unlikely Captive.

If you didn't take the Southeast Passage and kill the living stone idol, you will miss out on the S&P rewards.

Hmm, I must have missed it with all my guys. Too bad...

[Elrond]

Probably choosing the wrong path and not fighting the Stone Construct in 7 goblins? Ouch, to your whole list!

Yup! Right on! It that one wrong path that I took which doesn't seem to erase from memory!

In any case, thanks for the compassion repp! I just hope that I don't earn similar repps in the future ;)

[Young Ned]

- 24 AT's by not killing Tarn's Troll.

Pretty sure this one'll come back to us. Us two who didn't kill him.

I just wanted to be fair. :(

Then there are those of us who simply don't have the ability to kill him. 18+ to hit and can't use magic... :(

[shadowblack]

But you can use items...

[thingirl]

Let's see, I used Enchanted Troll-bont (awesome special and I have no hope of getting him below 18+) at least 1 QS heal, at least 1 FoD blast, the WoD, and 3 QS 20s. If I had had it at the time, I might have used the WB.

[shadowblack]

He was 18+ for me as well. I used my best weapon (not the Troll-Bont), the Wand, the Finger (2 charges - I believe I saved one for the goblin), 2 or 3 Blessings, and a few 20s (not sure if I used all 3). I probably used 1 or 2 Quickstone heals too - more likely 1, and the other was saved for the fight with the goblin. Agains the goblin I used the Finger and probably a Quickstone heal. Somehow I won both fights, but they were HARD.

[Hastifer]

Proving Grounds III, Stonegate, ... scenario? Into the Dark....


At the end, when attempting to close the shadow path, I didn't have Gating at 50+. No biggie! I've got the shadow stone. Yay.

So, I go to use the bugger... you have to roll 1-100 with modifiers of Aura, Mind & Spirit (for a total of +60).

Well, I found out the hard way that just because, statistically, a person should succeed around 60% of the time in that case... doesn't mean that I will.

Here are my rolls:

78, 72, 88, 68, 86, 96

That's how I found out the success value is (most likely) 100+ for that...

oh and
every time you fail you have to fight a skeletal troll... it gives 5-9 xp, though, so if you fail enough *cough* you can rack up the combat xp

[Joddelle]

- 24 AT's by not killing Tarn's Troll.

24? Has it changed? Did I miss something? I got 8 AT for the troll and 8 AT for the goblin. And I've seen reports that the goblin part has dropped to 4 AT?

[shadowblack]

Eh? I just checked and at the time I finished this I got:
* 8 after killing Urktuln
* 4 after giving the amulet to the goblin

How did you get 8 for the amulet? And how did anyone get 24? Or am I missing something?

[Joddelle]

I got 8 back when it was first opened, first day I think, maybe even first person through.

I am pretty sure it's been 4 almost since it went out.

And the 24 thing was my question - did anyone get 24?

[Elrond]

I got 8 back when it was first opened, first day I think, maybe even first person through.

I am pretty sure it's been 4 almost since it went out.

And the 24 thing was my question - did anyone get 24?

My bad, I was under the impression that the troll gave 24 AT's. I wonder where that number got in my head. But it looks like killing it gave an 8-AT reward. Then there was mention of 4 AT's from a goblin and amulet. Would that make it 12?

[Joddelle]

My bad, I was under the impression that the troll gave 24 AT's. I wonder where that number got in my head. But it looks like killing it gave an 8-AT reward. Then there was mention of 4 AT's from a goblin and amulet. Would that make it 12?
Yes

[Young Ned]

Let's see, I used Enchanted Troll-bont (awesome special and I have no hope of getting him below 18+) at least 1 QS heal, at least 1 FoD blast, the WoD, and 3 QS 20s. If I had had it at the time, I might have used the WB.

He was 18+ for me as well. I used my best weapon (not the Troll-Bont), the Wand, the Finger (2 charges - I believe I saved one for the goblin), 2 or 3 Blessings, and a few 20s (not sure if I used all 3). I probably used 1 or 2 Quickstone heals too - more likely 1, and the other was saved for the fight with the goblin. Agains the goblin I used the Finger and probably a Quickstone heal. Somehow I won both fights, but they were HARD.

Interesting. I had the impression that those things wouldn't help enough. Guess I'll have to give him a try, then. Thanks!

[shadowblack]

Well, it took a few tries because the daamge of the Wand is random, as is that of the Finger... And whether you'll be hit by one of his specials or not was also random...

[Young Ned]

That makes sense. Thanks again!

[Lightwielder]

I was playing Proving Grounds VI. Fought a multiple-battle enemy. Fighting one after the other. I didn't use Restoration until I was low, because I wanted to conserve NV, and they were weak. My final attack should have taken him out, and then I could heal.

I became yet another poor victim of the incredible force known as "low roll."
Didn't kill him in that attack, and, of course, he gets lucky enough to pull off a special.
---Died---

And it was Proving Grounds, so it was more than just a Rune of Life loss.

[Elrond]

I was playing Proving Grounds VI. Fought a multiple-battle enemy. Fighting one after the other. I didn't use Restoration until I was low, because I wanted to conserve NV, and they were weak. My final attack should have taken him out, and then I could heal.

I became yet another poor victim of the incredible force known as "low roll."
Didn't kill him in that attack, and, of course, he gets lucky enough to pull off a special.
---Died---

And it was Proving Grounds, so it was more than just a Rune of Life loss.

Oh well! In our dear Sryth, Proving Grounds are were you do NOT want to take a gamble if you can help it! Better luck the rest of the way! Here is a sympathy repp for the loss!

[Oldschool]

Arrggghhhh..... :mad:

Getting a portal choice in LoO while still hunting BoB gems and going through the black portal instead of the red one...... :rolleyes:

Bad multitasking handler - lol.

[texlaw1992]

First took the path that keeps you out of sight of the Tzaril on the island.

Needed less than 10 to pass either of two rolls to avoid death plunge.

Got less than 5 on both.

Then got killed by the last elemental in front of theinn in the funeral portion.

Only PG to date I won't get 100%.

[Lightwielder]

I was fighting Ildraria, and I score a few good criticals, so I decide to see if I can get 1000 point to get in the club. I fire my Wand AND all my QS 20's. 960-ish. My next round, didn't use a single item or anything, just rolls. 924. Just my luck that, if I had chosen to use THAT round to try, I would've gotten it.

[Elrond]

I was fighting Ildraria, and I score a few good criticals, so I decide to see if I can get 1000 point to get in the club. I fire my Wand AND all my QS 20's. 960-ish. My next round, didn't use a single item or anything, just rolls. 924. Just my luck that, if I had chosen to use THAT round to try, I would've gotten it.

Lightwielder, that's more bad luck than failure. Better luck next time around!

[Lightwielder]

Lightwielder, that's more bad luck than failure. Better luck next time around!

Yes, but isn't almost ANY failure in this game the result of bad luck? Low rolls, the enemy pulling off a special, your Power fizzling, it's all luck-based.

[Elrond]

Yes, but isn't almost ANY failure in this game the result of bad luck? Low rolls, the enemy pulling off a special, your Power fizzling, it's all luck-based.

Most of my failures have resulted from bone-head mistakes, not miserable rolls. The list is quite lengthy; and I don't feel like bragging about it here now :p

[Lightwielder]

Well, then, forgetting to count up to see if I was close BEFORE I launched my QS 20's and Wand could be considered a mistake.

[texlaw1992]

I don't know why, but suddenly all my rolls were coming up 19's and 20's and I had him below 40%. I used all three quickstone 20s at that point, with any one special enought to beat him. No specials, he still beat me.

One of these days Barnybor, one of these days ...

[Oldschool]

Yeah my alts are still getting slapped around by him - those specials are nasty indeed.

[Lightwielder]

Where did Elrond's post go? It was right here.

[Elrond]

Where did Elrond's post go? It was right here.

Lol ... because Elrond decided that it needed to go :) . Sorry for the mix-up! It was a totally "un-necessary" post!

[Beowulf]

...just realized today that my character had a DBZ reference in it. >_>;;

Ugh. Least those who know me know what the name "Saiyan" is for me.

...must...put...name-changer...in "other" for "What would you like in 2010..."

And another foul on originally posting in "don't you hate it when..."

[Young Ned]

...just realized today that my character had a DBZ reference in it. >_>;;

Ugh. Least those who know me know what the name "Saiyan" is for me.

...must...put...name-changer...in "other" for "What would you like in 2010..."

I'm having trouble understanding what the problem is, Beowulf. First, I'm guessing that DBZ is DragonBallZ? I'm not much into anime/manga, but I've at least heard of that one.

After that, then... hmm. Is it that you don't like DBZ? Or that you like it, but you don't like the character of Saiyan in it? And for those of us who don't know you, what does Saiyan mean to you, if it's not intended as a DBZ reference?

BTW, if it's that important to you, you can probably petition the GM to change your character's name for you.

[demojan777]

Well, right now having a fairly low percentage in the current Proving Grounds seems like some epic failing. I did miss some ATs (I thought I had done everything in Fogbough but finding out what I missed has me using my Thievery skill an awful lot more now), and also didn't kill the troll in Tarn (Rundum usually lets beasties go or deals with them, where-as he has no patience for so-called "humans" who mock or haunt him. Demons are attacked on sight. Goblins, trolls, ogres, giants, he likes to bargain because he never knows if one day he may need their services. Dead things can't pay you back, but you can loot their bodies :)).

[wetheril]

...just realized today that my character had a DBZ reference in it. >_>;;

Ugh. Least those who know me know what the name "Saiyan" is for me.

...must...put...name-changer...in "other" for "What would you like in 2010..."

And another foul on originally posting in "don't you hate it when..."

I've definitely heard of Dragon Ball Z, but I'm not familiar enough with the details to really catch the references. ^^; I agree that petitioning the GM about a name-change might produce more immediate results, though a name-change implemented in 2010 sounds very useful. It would be nice if that could be implemented in a limited way, to prevent abuse.

[Lightwielder]

It would be nice if that could be implemented in a limited way, to prevent abuse.

Costing AT, for example?

[demojan777]

Costing AT, for example?

Ouch! Eek! No! :(

Take my gold or xp but not my AT!

That's my gut response, but on a more rational level I don't think too many people will be changing names for hard-earned Adventurer's Tokens.

A similar game (well, not necessarily similar but a PBBG/RPG) has a system for changing names that requires you to do a special quest while dead, maybe if changing names costs Runes of Life that would be a more reasonable, yet less costly, manner of payment. Just my 2 cents.

[Lightwielder]

Ouch! Eek! No! :(

Take my gold or xp but not my AT!

That's my gut response, but on a more rational level I don't think too many people will be changing names for hard-earned Adventurer's Tokens.

A similar game (well, not necessarily similar but a PBBG/RPG) has a system for changing names that requires you to do a special quest while dead, maybe if changing names costs Runes of Life that would be a more reasonable, yet less costly, manner of payment. Just my 2 cents.

Well, not a lot of Adventurer Tokens, maybe 2 or 4. Luridor's Stone costs one, and it only lasts a day.

[demojan777]

Well, not a lot of Adventurer Tokens, maybe 2 or 4. Luridor's Stone costs one, and it only lasts a day.

That's true. I was thinking maybe in a certain area (like Axepath Cemetary or some other spooky place), if you die, death gives you a chance to either use a rune of life as normal or you can spend 10 to choose a new name, something like that. This is all hypothetical anyway, but I was thinking more creatively harder to abuse than expensive. (To me, Luridor's Stone is expensive as all get out.)

[kanex7]

this count as necroposting?
anyway i've been wonder where Anri's Assasin's Bracelet was for the past few months when suddenly I realized that in inventory there are 3 options
equipped | all | hide
*clicked all*
*gasp* there it is! oh how many deaths could've been avoided...
and if that doesn't count as a fail hows this:
Snowflake amulet
You've imbued the amulet 8 times
hehe oops...

[Draxas]

My failure today was interfering into a solo MP battle, I had it my mind to leave, and just entered fight with the wolf, do not know where my mind was. I am truly sorry.
I hope dahammet can forgive my rudeness.
I know exactly how you feel, and swore I would not do that sort of stuff to people

[Young Ned]

Okay, Draxas, hold out your wrist so I can smack it with the ruler...