The 2011 Remake

[aandyen]

(Actually, now that I think about it, this icon is appropriate for VL.)

So I've been reading a ton of posts related to VL:R's announcement, and pretty much all of them have been either "meh, I'll app a nonsense character" or "this is a terrible thing." And, again, pretty much all of them have been focused on the same point: that this is not the old

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[litagemini]

A lot of people do seem to feel as if they'd be forced to app their old alts, which I obviously don't agree with. But ultimately I'd agree with smiko. It's not so much the alt thing that worries me as I don't really like the way they've structured the new theme. It seems to fix none of the problems with the old one, while introducing some brand new problems.

[smiko]

Now, obviously this is a) their choice, as I ain't gonna sit here and tell them how to run their game and b) anything can change before a game is open, particularly faction structure, so we're probably seeing the early ideas. But yeah, I am not really loving what I'm seeing thus far. (And when I last checked the comm, there was...someone I don't know shouting down my friends, some of whom were former VL staffers, for daring to criticize.)

[unclejam]

I can certainly see how I would come off as arrogant to a stranger.

And to be fair, I probably am a little arrogant, but I also think I actually am in a position to speak (even critically) about related endeavors.

[theantitexan]

That arrogance was earned. You put years into that place. You're not above question, but you deserve respect when it comes to how much work someone's done for Videoland MUSH, and more than most people.

To quote Teron Gorefiend: "YOU WILL SHOW THE PROPER RESPECT!"

(flip up to 2:45 for an example)

[darzoni]

A piece of me wants to play at this VL:R.

Problem is, I don't really get the time to do the things I want IRL and my RL job has me chained to a computer most of a day. The last thing I want to do with my precious free time is sit in front of a computer.

But if I did app, it wouldn't be any of my old characters. I'd probably go for the characters that I wanted to play but never did.