Some years ago a great duel tournament was hosted by the beautiful princess Assingtina. She was a benefactor and patroness to many warriors throughout the land. The finest swordsmen and knights came to the Great City of Dhirim to earn fame, gold, and a lady's affection. One of these warriors was Nikkle, of House Brown Bat.
After defeating Sir Allers Clegane, Nikkle was matched up against the other finalist... the bigger of the Clegane brothers; Miley.
During the opening minutes of the finals ceremony, each contestant was to ask for the blessing of their favored Lady. Miley, naturally, rode to his gimp thot, Knightmarina. Nikkle, however, decided to make a decision that would shape the very fabric of Strategus diplomacy today....
Nikkle rode his steed right past his own wife, Lady Chowski, and past the HoC Ladies, the Templar Ladies, the Acre ladies, until he reached the end of the stands. He approached Princess Assingtina and asked for her favors. The entire arena was silent, all eyes fixed on the two. Assingtina looked to her father Sandersson, and then removed a piece of fabric from her bosom and tied it to Nikkle's lance.
Some time later, things had been forgotten, and the mood returned to its status quo. Until Assingtina was "kidnapped" by Nikkle. War broke out between Frisia and Acre over the failure of Assingtina's arranged marriage to the Virgin King Cassander.
Yet while this all went on, Assingtina and Nikkle had been secretly best friends and in love this whole time... and awaited the arrival of Arys the Pious to unite them in holy matrimony.
A TRULY AMERICAN WEDDING BETWEEN A MALE PRINCESS AND A FEMALE KING
The birds are already being sent across Calradia. The Virgin King, Big Dog Cassander of Acre, accepted the most illustrious of marriage offers from Princess Assington of Frisia, because in 2019 America, the strong and fierce woman does the proposing.
A royal marriage fit for the anal's of history is soon to take place, and a strong alliance between the Frisians and Crusader Kingdom of Acre, colloquially called "The Holy Tigers" shall be forged for the first time in history after some recent tensions.
Arys of Fisdnar, once the most renowned of all Holy Men, who was stripped of his holy cloth after defiling some 80 year old nuns, has not only been reinstated to his position of Pious Power, but has also been appointed as the Chaplain of this wedding ceremony, and as the designated driver for the bachelorette party. The date and location of which shall be announced soon, but be prepared to wear your finest attire and attend the ceremony on NA8.
the hooded rider came in the middle of the night. the camp was quiet apart from the occasional moans of pleasures slipping out of the troops' tents. despite the audible activity, all the tents apart from one were dark. This tent was much larger than the rest, and not just large enough to symbolize to status of the army's leader, but like way too big for one person.
the rider dismounted outside this massive tent and approached the guards waiting at the entrance
"i come with news for the prince"
"okay hes inside but hes in the bathtub and please call him bigdog or he will get upset"
the rider entered the tent and shuffled his way through the maze of hanging draperies that functioned as walls inside this massive tent. he came upon a table, a very nice table. it was actually the most lovely table he had ever seen. the petrified wood tabletop was so finely smoothed and polished, the rider couldnt help but rub his hand across it for several minutes, admiring it.
"you like what you see, then?"
the rider didnt jump at the sound of the smooth voice. he turned to see a slightly short figure standing before him. he was completely naked, but the rider could not make out the figures genitals at first glance because of the massive bush that occupied that region of the body. he knew it was his prince.
"my pri.... bigdog, I come with urgent news"
the prince then lifted his left hand in the air and started waving it wildly. it took the rider's attention, and before the rider even realized it, the prince took his right hand and pulled a doobie out from bookshelf to his right. impressive.
"before you tell me your urgent news, first give me your name."
the rider removed his hood.
"it is I, havelle, aka shady character."
"ah havelle my most trusted of uncles, i heard you were in the east."
"I was, bigdog, but that is what my news pertains to...."
"well?"
"we are at war with HoC. again."
the prince of all brave gamers put his doob to his lips and lit it with the brazier on the wall. he took a deep inhale and blew his smoky breath on the lit end of the doob.
if i catch any of you desperate silver hungry fuckers trying to take Frisia's S&D you will be shot on fucking sight you best believe. i already have full plate and long mauls so dont even think about it
long have we, the true heart of the west, led crpg in art, culture, and server activity. ever since na crpg slipped away a few months ago, a large void has begun to form in me. assington, there are tons of game out there, why tf would you want to play an 8 year old mod for a semi-dead game? well, my fellow gamers, nothing quite scratches the same itch as crpg. I can hop on a CS match and maybe have a fun "dunk on some virgins" moment once every few games, or play some rust, or pubg, or native or pk and try to get the same casual yet competitive experience as i do on crpg, but nothing does it for me.
we need to ease back into crpg as our couple nights a week activity and play it. i know im not the only american that feels with way, i've talked to many of our brothers and sisters and bauer and many share the same feelings as me.
i dont want your god damned upvotes or disdainful comments, i want your participation. dave is now actively working on the game and strat, he's added a bunch of fun changes that will make low pop more livable and allow you to continue grinding your lvl 35 mains plus new items and strat changes in the works
once we see SA or EU crpg get some pop, let's go play around there until we have enough of us to migrate to NA1
please, my fellow americans, we are the heart of the west, the leaders of the free world, the sole single superpower of earth and of gaming
I have been given permissions and blessings by Tristan and James to host a duel tournament for cRPG.
Hopefully with the participation and engagement of the community this can be the start of a new life for events and tournaments in cRPG as we now have several new groups of active players!
SIGNUPS:
Signups begin today and will likely last 10 days-2 weeks, but depending on the turnout, I may increase/decrease the signup period!
In order to sign up you must reply to this post AND add me on steam
STF Character Name: *Character Name* Steam Name AND link to Steam account: *Steam Username*, *link to Steam profile* Have you added Assington on Steam?: *yes/no*[/b]
RULES AND FORMAT:
The amount of stages will be based off of how many players sign up. At the beginning of each stage, a time period begins where the two opponents MUST communicate to each other and organize their fight. As the stages progress, the allowed time period for you and your opponent to schedule your fight will decrease. The amount of days allowed to schedule your fights in each stage will be based off of how many players sign up. Once the duel is concluded, both players MUST message me confirming the winner and also, optionally but preferably, send a screenshot of the results.
IF NEITHER PLAYER COMMUNICATES WITH ME ABOUT THEIR DUEL, WHY THEY HAVEN'T SCHEDULED IT, OR WHO WON, BOTH PLAYERS ARE DISQUALIFIED!
If your opponent refuses to duel you, or is offline, and not communicating with you, you MUST send me screenshots of your attempts to fruitlessly communicate with them, otherwise you will be disqualified, as will they.
During the final stages (which will be determined once signups are complete) both players must notify me when they are going to fight and MUST send me confirmations of the winner AND screenshots.
DUEL RULES: - Duels will be in a First to 7/Best of 13 format. - Character used MUST be a STF. - NO crushthrough weapons - NO horses - NO ranged weapon of any form. If you wish to use a throwing weapon in melee mode for whatever reason, go for it. If you throw it, you are disqualified. - LOOMED GEAR IS ALLOWED - Max armor value of 40000 gold! WEAPONS DO NOT COUNT TOWARD GEAR VALUE - All fights will take place on NA_8, the event server, using the Arena map. If both players are fine with it and there are no strat battles, feel free to use NA_3. - Players can decide to duel ANYWHERE in the map; HOWEVER, if either opponent requests it, the duel can and MUST be fought in the actual Arena Pen pictured here:
- If you don't understand the reasoning for the above rule, feel free to ask. - SHIELDS ARE ALLOWED - YOU CAN BRING MULTIPLE WEAPONS - NO changing character stats mid fight
Breaking any rule will result in disqualification.
REWARDS AND PRIZES:
Before I go into the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes, I will note a VERY IMPORTANT prize rule to encourage sportsmanship and participation: Showing up to ALL assigned fights over the course of the entire tournament will earn you 1 Loompoint upon its conclusion, or your final elimination. If you are completely eliminated in the first rounds, then you will receive 1 loompoint if you showed up to all of your fights. If you are the winner, you will receive 1 loompoint in addition to your first place earnings. Every round you win will earn you 50k gold. You win 3 matches, but are then knocked out? Then you complete your lower bracket matches and receive 1 loompoint and the gold from your 3 wins in the upper bracket and any wins you had in the lower bracket.
1st Place: 500k Gold in addition to all gold won from winning individual duels, 3 Loompoints, 30m XP, event item of your choosing, and the temporary title, "Champion of Calradia". This title will be held until the conclusion of future tournaments.
2nd Place: 250k Gold in addition to all gold won from winning individual duels, 3 loompoints, 15m XP.
3rd Place: 100k Gold in addition to all gold won from winning individual duels, 2 loompoints, 10m XP.
SCHEDULE:
As previously mentioned, signups begin today and will last, most likely, 10 days-2 weeks. If you know people who would be interested, but they do not browse the forums often, you should alert them as soon as you can.
The first stage will likely last 5 days. Giving both participants all the time in that period to organize and complete their fight. Each successive stage will likely be chopped down in allowed time; HOWEVER, because I will be communicating with EACH player individually, case-by-case judgements on time extensions/rescheduling WILL BE POSSIBLE. Just contact me, I'm your friend!1!
NOTE: if you don't want to watch the video I will describe the entirety of nudges in text below the video!
READ IF YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN WATCHING THE VIDEO
Nudges add a lot of complexity to the game and give you lots of options to support your team in defeating enemies, even if you're a lowly peasant with a knife!
Nudging by default is bound to the "V" key, and when performed has a cooldown of 4 seconds. This cooldown timer prevents you from kicking or rolling.
There are 3 types of nudges: - The Attack Nudge is performed by holding an attack and tapping your nudge key. There is no reason to use this nudge UNLESS you aim on trying to stun your opponent. This nudge can only be used with 1h weapons, shields, and 2hers in the up direction. This nudge cannot be performed by polearms. - The Block Nudge is performed by holding a block and nudging a target. It can send them hurling, and the distance is based off of your strength and their agility. This nudge cannot be performed with 2hers unless they are in polearm mode. -The Standard Nudge is performed by simply tapping your nudge key on a target. It is a quick interrupt and has many uses, I will elaborate further below.
Nudges can stun in THESE scenarios: -Attack nudging an opponent who is kicking -Attack nudging an opponent who is throwing a nudge themself -Attack nudging an opponent who is holding an attack -Attack nudging an opponent who is recovering from a horsebump or a strike from an enemy -Attack nudging an opponent who is landing from a jump
Nudges can knockdown an opponent in THESE scenarios: -Nudging an opponent as they are raising their foot for a kick (advanced, do not try if you're a normie) -Nudging an opponent who has just jumped, or is landing from a jump (also advanced) -Attack nudging an opponent who is S-keying and Holding an attack -Nudging or Attack Nudging an archer, crossbowman, or thrower who has their ranged weapon raised
The stuns from attack nudges that would otherwise give your opponent a free hit on you can be countered by using a regular nudge to bash them while you are stunned. The only actions that can be performed while you are stunned are jumping and counternudging. Use either of these to attempt to counter the stun.
Your stun timer is based off of your armor weight and weapon proficiency as far as I can tell. The exact math I am unsure of. I have always been unable to nudge stun people who are high agility (21 or above) with light armor (less than 20 total armor weight) and have high weapon master. The only reason to nudge these types of opponents is to try and damage them since they are in light armor.
Nudges CAN do damage, with the exception of the block nudge. As far as I can tell, nudge damage is based off of your strength and gauntlet weight, and POSSIBLY your shield weight.
There is a specific animation your character performs when an attack nudge stuns you vs. when it does not stun you. You can easily recognize these and know when NOT to counternudge in order to avoid the timer/cooldown.
Shielders can perform all of the nudges in the same manner with the exception of attack nudge stuns. Due to the animation for attack nudging being longer on the shield, this prevents the possibility of getting a free hit. I'm not sure if it's possible for super agility shielders with light shields to get the free hit, I will have to test further.
If you're interested in seeing some techniques for getting more chances at free hits while in combat, please go to 6:12 in the video above.
If you're new to cRPG and are having a rough time defeating opponents, the best thing you can do is stick to your team and improve your skills; however, nudges allow you to support your team immensely. Try getting into the thick of a fight with a shield or something and just nudging enemies for your team so they can strike them.
If I missed anything in the video or this written guide, please inform me!
assington set down the newspaper on his bureau and shifted himself over to sit down in his neon green egg chair. he pulled a bent, and slightly bloodstained doobie from his waistcoat and proceeded to place it between his lips. he then bent forward and attempted to light it up with the candle that rested on the side-shelf of his bureau... *CLUNK* assington was nearly knocked from his eggchair as the massive coach house lurched over a pothole on the roads on the way to Suno.
"damn it" he muttered to himself as he finished lighting his doob. he took a large drag, which seared his throat, but he enjoyed the burn. opening the shutters near his chair, assington saw what was left of his army marching alongside his extravagant coach house. he thought about allowing them to take shifts riding inside, but decided the effort of clearing off the extra chairs and couches would be too monumental an effort simply to earn the appreciation of his men.
assington took one more large drag of his pacifier, and as he exhaled, he said aloud, his voice deepened by the smoke, "we are gonna need some relly powerful friends if we are to win this war."
he then proceeded to pull parchment and crayons from his bureau and began writing letters to all his former comrades of days long ago passed.
so the tl,dr is: i think lowering the experience requirements to reach level 30 will not only get players more interested in spending more time playing, but also maybe encourage players that dont want 2 play because they feel overwhelmed by high level nerds to give it another shot. but lets be real lets stop using the word "players". everyone that actively plays the mod will probably read this anyway (which is like 30 people).
i main a 1h/swashbuckler and the majority of my time goes into playing that character. when i get bored i may go play on an alt that im trying to build for lvl 30/31 but it's just unenjoyable to level with a low server population because it demands more individual performance with fewer players on a team, which means playing on my level 25 polearm or lvl 26 2h i will be mostly 1v1-ing and 2v1-ing higher level people. i get bored because i'm not really feeling like going back on my main (i just got off my main to get some fresh air right?) so i just close my game. yes, i could make a skip the fun, but it feels much less rewarding getting kills and carrying an x5 on a stf because you're not building to anything.
like i said, server pop is low, which makes being a low level more difficult than before, but strat is also pretty slow. if this were the prime days of strat with several 3mil xp field battles a day, it wouldn't be a problem, but poor merc situations and infrequent battles means strat isn't a good means of getting to lvl 31 either.
maybe if it were easier to level up to reach a solid build for melee, or cav, or even archer, people would have more fun playing alts and trying different classes. maybe this will solve the ranged problem, maybe it will make it worse
i just want to build some more high level alts like i used to so im not stuck respeccing my main when i get bored, or playing on shitty STFs.
i would suggest lowering the xp requirements to reach level 30 to a few million TOPS or increasing the experience earned by sub-lvl31 characters (although im sure implementing the latter suggestion would be hard)
i, der kekifuhrer assington, do request taht our greatest warrior, untersturmfuhrer (now promoted to obersturmfuhrer) otto heinrich chestergang von otabben, bearer of the knights cross of the iron cross with oak leaves and swords, be given a most magnificent and honorable title in recognition of his legendary, fearless, and most homoerotic performance on the field of battle in full view of a numerically greater enemy force. von otabens tiger tank burnt out over 100 cuckculainn t-34s, and hoisted in over 1000 points in less than two hours of combat. his title must be grand, it must be worthy of his empyrean character, and most importantly it must not expire in 30 days.
After a bold attack by the communist retads to the east, hOuNdS oF cUckEdchUlAinN, Chancellor Assington has decided it is time to demonstrate what the forces of Kekistan have been preparing for since the last Great Strat War. For those who were fortunate enough to have been born after the conclusion of such a horrendous conflict, or simply for those with their heads in the sand who pay no attention to world events, during the last Great Strat War, the Keki Gobblins were convicted of heinous warcrimes, such as a multiaccounting, upon their "defeat", and the allied Forces of the Administration and the faltering Forces of Gaycre put massive war reparations at the feet of Kekistan. Since then, every Keki man, woman, and child has been indoctrinated with the knowledge that Kekistani people and the Keki culture is superior to all others. In order to spread our superior way of life, we need Lebenkekisraum (Keki "Living Space") so our children can have many, many more children of their own. The Slavichulainnic peoples to the east, under the rule of Joseph Bonestalinsaw and his HoC party, are truly an inferior breed. Raped by Mongols and living off of scum in the gutters, the HoC needs to been purified, and their lands made into free real estate for the Kekis.
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