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Virtue - Jedi Council  |
Activity is waning in some or alot of areas. This depends of course on whereabouts you live, your time zone etc. But generally, people have been saying recently that whenever they come online, the Servers are pretty much empty. So I ask you this: What would you like to see around here that could help beef up activity in the JA? Please be detailed, I don't expect you to have to write essays or anything, but please don't just post saying stuff like "We need more events!" or "We should have some scheduled fun sessions!" Tell us exactly what it is you'd like to see here. Or things that you think would help boost activity on the servers. So... Go!  - Virtue.  _______________ Academy Architect This post was edited by Virtue on Mar 20 2006 01:22pm. |
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SaZ - Student 
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Quote: I dont like the idea of titles and ladders at all. However, tourneys sound good =x I was a big fan of HW's pit-duel tourney class back when he used to teach. Maybe we could schedule a small tourney each 2-3 weeks, each time varying between gamemodes or fun-events like jade's "cage of death" thingy. \o/ remember how crowded tag team duels classes were  _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana |
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Masta - Jedi Council 
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I dont like the idea of titles and ladders at all. However, tourneys sound good =x I was a big fan of HW's pit-duel tourney class back when he used to teach. Maybe we could schedule a small tourney each 2-3 weeks, each time varying between gamemodes or fun-events like jade's "cage of death" thingy. _______________ Find out more about the Jedi Academy Aurochs here and more about Masta here! Married to Kain. |
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Darth_Silent - Student 
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What about if we schedule an academy tournament where the instructors can arange the duels againt people of simmilar skill level as they have the best guage on ppls skill. Or we could have like a league ladder where everyone in the academy has a possition and we could have titles like best single duelest and some sutch where you would have to defent the titles against challengers much like boxing. _______________ [img]http://miniprofile.xfire.com/bg/co/type/0/silenthassassin.png[/img] |
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Acey Spadey - Student 
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Quote: Some good ideas coming in here. For some reason, some of the smaller ideas really appealed to me... like shows in the bar. I know it's silly, but that sounds like it could be funny as hell if it's done right. Personally, I'd like to see Acey Spadey do a stand-up comedy show in the bar.  I'll see what I can cook up.. I have the JA Comic comming up. sunday the frontpage will be released and prolly do a page a week afterwards cause it takes a while per page 1st page took over an hour to setup and take all the shots... after that I have a meeting with sednox to describe and talk about the script for it and the actual layout.. then he has a few goes and we talk about what each is missing and a few changes. then the final picture release of it. I log on randomly on the weekends.. my sunday.. everyone elses saturday to sunday. so if you want to help .. gather at least 4 people to be ready in game and poke me in IRC to see if I'm awake. and be ready to be bored out of your mind by standing in one spot and getting me to move you 3 cm's to the left or right.. heh. once this gets off I'll totally set a proper time each week I'll need to take screenshots for it. _______________ .Lag Bro to Xanatos. Adopted Twin to Bubu. Big-Brother to SmilyKrazy ---- JATSRAD Guru, JASE Member, JA SP Mod Staff ---- The Order of the Stick -- Big thanks to Mango for my avatar -- Quote: Sometimes you've got to specifically go out of your way to get into trouble. It's called fun.
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O'Liin Onasi - Student 
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Field trip class!!! _______________ Comments Owned- Darth Mike's100th. Stig's 300th. BDKawika's 400th. Grycen's 200th Ryu's 222th. Kenwan Obiobi/C'au Onasi's 150th. Tidus' 30th. Padawan of Tido. Master to Fox-AJ-Onasi, and Ryu. Brother of BDKawika, and Enoch/Vamushka. Founder of the Onasi Family. Friend to many. |
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Mindrith Pride - Student 
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Quote: I wanted to write more but let me get this one out there real quick: A Calendar. I know it sounds rather simple and our classes already have them, but this is something the JA really lacks. If we want to be more active and have more activities, we need a good way for everyone to see when *everything* is happening so no-one is left out. So as an example, I can login to the site, and in one glance see this week there are 3 classes, a hydroball tourny, an irc trivia game on tuesday, an instagib thing on saturday, etc. I guess my mindset is, if the JA wants people to create more activities, it needs to be as easy as possible for them to make it happen. I'll write more later! yeah we can put up a calender of all the cool stuff we'll do i like the idea of flying lessons  i like the idea of CTF and siege lessons i like the idea of having a big ffa every once in awhile basicly i like all of the ideas that are coming out sounds awesome _______________ [proud owner of talions 200th, 700th,1111th coment AND 1400th , DJK's 3001th coment! , saz's 400th coment! liso's 800th coment! Kitmitsu Aratan's 1200th comment! Cau's 100th comeent, Alexander's (aka CC) 210th, 888th and 2200th comments! Moriarti's 800th comment , Piccolo's 2000th comment! lirael's 505th comment , Quom Farlance's 120th comment, Alexander's 1800th comment , Eica's 1400th comment , Wicek's 3200th comment lady C's 999th comment, Echuu's 1100th comment, Takaru's 325th and 400th comment, Redeye's 200th comment picc's 3600th comment, Ostith's 50th comment, Elmo's 555th comment] |
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Tido - Student 
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I wanted to write more but let me get this one out there real quick: A Calendar. I know it sounds rather simple and our classes already have them, but this is something the JA really lacks. If we want to be more active and have more activities, we need a good way for everyone to see when *everything* is happening so no-one is left out. So as an example, I can login to the site, and in one glance see this week there are 3 classes, a hydroball tourny, an irc trivia game on tuesday, an instagib thing on saturday, etc. I guess my mindset is, if the JA wants people to create more activities, it needs to be as easy as possible for them to make it happen. I'll write more later! |
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tarpman - The Tarped Avenger 
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Quote: Ive caused 4 peopel to join a previosly empty server from simply being logged not saying a word. Yep, that works too. The other day I was bored, so I connected to Wireplay and it gained some decent activity. If you feel like playing, and nobody's on, just try connecting, and you may get a crowd. Hmm... I'll have to try that sometime. I think there was a "Field Trip" class a while ago, before the purge, that each meeting would go to a different pub and just pwn n00bs for an hour or so. Different game types, even a different mod (Hydroball for example) once in a while. I'd like to see a similar thing resurrected. _______________ Saving the world, one kilobyte at a time. |
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Setementor - Jedi Master 
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Quote: Ive caused 4 peopel to join a previosly empty server from simply being logged not saying a word. Yep, that works too. The other day I was bored, so I connected to Wireplay and it gained some decent activity. If you feel like playing, and nobody's on, just try connecting, and you may get a crowd. |
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Fullmetal D'Kana - Jedi Instructor 
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CTF can attract a crowd if it is done right and with the right atmosphere CTF CTF CTF! _______________ 
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bono_bob - Student |
Id like to see more masters... I dont even bother looking for someone to take me in as a padawan or hope for it to happen anymore. I would also liek to see peopel on and im sure other would.. teh secret is you stay logged on and then someone else checks their favorites sees someoen on and gets on. But they dont see someone on so they go join another server on their favorite's list.. its basicly psychology. Ive caused 4 peopel to join a previosly empty server from simply being logged not saying a word. _______________ "Darkness is simply the absence of Light" "Is it not easier to snuff out the light completely than to make no shadow or darknes at all and create pure light?" "Is there a limit to Light?" - Jawa Jedi from a galaxy far far way of the one Lucas describes ( not in that galaxy ) |
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Virtue - Jedi Council 
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Some good ideas coming in here. For some reason, some of the smaller ideas really appealed to me... like shows in the bar. I know it's silly, but that sounds like it could be funny as hell if it's done right. Personally, I'd like to see Acey Spadey do a stand-up comedy show in the bar. As for expanding our horizons where gametypes are concerned, I couldn't agree more. The Aurochs are our guys for that type of thing, maybe we should start looking to them to start setting up official JA "Alternate Gametype" sessions. Maybe we can even have a bunch of them teaching an official CTF and/or Siege Class here. As for flying.. I'm glad people are starting to get interested in that again, I'll have to cook something up where that is concerned. Maybe we should also get a bunch of the mappers that are here in the JA and get them to make a Co-Op map each... that way, not only will I have alot more maps to choose from for my Classes, but we'll also have alot more stuff to do for fun - it doesn't have to be just for classes. Keep the ideas rolling in, guys! I like where this is going. - Virtue. _______________ Academy Architect |
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Aiddat - Student 
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"We should have some scheduled fun sessions!" That's just what I think. More specifically, I say a big FFA every two weeks to a month would be good. Plays and shows at the bar is an idea, but negatively it would reduce the number of people dueling. _______________ -Aiddat, the Gran with the green blades. "You have a right to be angry, but believe me when I say you don't want to feed that emotion." - Kyle Katarn {Owner of Liso Jowol's 550th comment, Conchris Chaotic's 80th, 150th and 350th comments, Pink Floyd's 200th comment Tyrant's 695th comment, D@RTHM@UL's 10600th comment}, accidentally tricked Pink Floyd into giving me his 1700th comment, I also have Alexander D'Kana's 1950th comment, Mindrith Pride's 1850th comment and I used the same accidental trick on Lewis's 100th comment, and I have Aiddat's 1992nd comment (birthyear), and #Elmo's 450th comment. Unsuccessfully tried to prove Senor Hat's theory wrong. Click for screenshots. Padawan of R2-D2. |
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Mindrith Pride - Student
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I'll have a think about it , dont know what would want to make me more active atm lol :| _______________ [proud owner of talions 200th, 700th,1111th coment AND 1400th , DJK's 3001th coment! , saz's 400th coment! liso's 800th coment! Kitmitsu Aratan's 1200th comment! Cau's 100th comeent, Alexander's (aka CC) 210th, 888th and 2200th comments! Moriarti's 800th comment , Piccolo's 2000th comment! lirael's 505th comment , Quom Farlance's 120th comment, Alexander's 1800th comment , Eica's 1400th comment , Wicek's 3200th comment lady C's 999th comment, Echuu's 1100th comment, Takaru's 325th and 400th comment, Redeye's 200th comment picc's 3600th comment, Ostith's 50th comment, Elmo's 555th comment] |
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D@RtHM@UL - Student 
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Talked to you a while ago about having a CTF Madness Class like in JKII, you said you'd look into it......haven't seen anything so far.... |
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Darth Sirius - Student 
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Fountains _______________ The true padawan prodigy of Jedi_Pimp Learning staff from Janus, |
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Kenyon - Lord of the Dance 
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Quote: What would you like to see around here that could help beef up activity in the JA? JK4.  |
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#Elmo - Student 
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When ur on computer, u can enter one of servers and Minimize JA, afterwards more ppl will be coming. _______________ 0u+ 0f 5!6n4+ur35 =) |
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Eica - Student 
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I'm not sure there needs to be more classes to be honest. I think there are as many classes going on now as there ever have been during the time I've been here. And most classes still get quite big turnouts, it's usually the home server/wireplay that's empty. _______________ Former padawan of RoseRed |
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Everon - Student - The winner!!! 
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IIRC you once did a flying class virt, that would be an interesting thing to resurrect. With a new flight map to go with it would make things even better if you ever grab the time. |
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Setementor - Jedi Master
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Quote: Perhaps you could cover more than the Jedi stuff in the game. CTF classes. Alot of people (Like myself) already said they pretty much suck at using guns. <-- Quote: Since it's an academy, why not have certain teams within the JA who train together for CTF matches/tourneys within the JA. Maybe make it so the winning team gets to represent the JA in CTF matches outside our walls for the remaining year. Ya know. make it a season thingy. Like soccer or anything. Sounds a lot like the Aurochs, but doing CTF instead of TFFA. Perhaps that could be setup at some point? Quote: Or TFFA. Alot of people favor it. Now it's just the Aurochs, and they're good, We all know that. But apart from them, there's no TFFA going on for students. There is 3th's TFFA class, too, but I don't know that they actually go out and play in matches. It would be an idea for another class though. Quote: And people seem to like spawning stuff and riding things. So a map for vehicle classes/battles etc. Xwing vs Tie-Fighter, or Ground vs Air (AT-AT vs Xwing or something like that). Max 6 or 8 people to keep it do-able. Although Virtue often does that type of stuff anyway, it would be cool to see more flying again, perhaps even another class. Quote: problem with tffas is the fact that only a JAC can change the server settings every time to properly set up a tffa. If we could get a simple script that set up a tffa easily, it would definitely speed up the process whereas it might take 15 minutes to grab a JAC and give them the server setting commands. That may not be an issue soon.  |
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R2D2 - Staff 
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Quote: No seriously. Perhaps you could cover more than the Jedi stuff in the game. CTF classes. Alot of people (Like myself) already said they pretty much suck at using guns. Since it's an academy, why not have certain teams within the JA who train together for CTF matches/tourneys within the JA. Maybe make it so the winning team gets to represent the JA in CTF matches outside our walls for the remaining year. Ya know. make it a season thingy. Like soccer or anything. Or TFFA. Alot of people favor it. Now it's just the Aurochs, and they're good, We all know that. But apart from them, there's no TFFA going on for students. And people seem to like spawning stuff and riding things. So a map for vehicle classes/battles etc. Xwing vs Tie-Fighter, or Ground vs Air (AT-AT vs Xwing or something like that). Max 6 or 8 people to keep it do-able. Ofcourse, it's a JEDI academy, so that has to be the main topic, but this kind of stuff will get people to know eachother in another way than uber dueler, or sucky one. That gets old quick. In fact, it's been old for about 2 years now. Atm it's just way too Saber duel focussed. I agree that CTF and Instagib have lost interest. Part of it is that people haven't been taught these types of gametypes. But, we have to consider that not a lot of us guys in the Academy know CTF that well. Unless some old-timers would like to bring it back, nothing will happen. Instagib can get going again and is fairly easy to teach. CTF team would be pretty neat though. I personally like Siege. One of the gametypes a lot of people don't try at all. Javaguy once had a Siege class, but after that, the interest died. A couple of us (Katan and DM) play Siege together every now and then. People just need to be willing to open up their minds to the other aspects of JA. As for tffa, there is 3th's tffa class. 3th is busy atm, but some of Aurochs take care of that class. We usually have a good turn-out and a fun time. Aside from that, I guess we could have real tffas every now and then for those that who do not attend that class. One problem with tffas is the fact that only a JAC can change the server settings every time to properly set up a tffa. If we could get a simple script that sets up a tffa easily, it would definitely speed up the process whereas it might take 15 minutes to grab a JAC and give them the server setting commands. Heh, vehicles are fun. We've had a couple of flying sessions on WP, but there are usually too many people so everyone has horrendous pings. If we put a flying map on a separate server, maybe Projects, it could work. Good ideas Dac. We can only hope that sparks of interest in other JA gametypes will last in the Academy. _______________ "Do or do not, there is no try" Jedi Master Yoda Dual Saberist This comment was edited by R2D2 on Mar 20 2006 05:10pm. |
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SaZ - Student
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well thatll probably sound dumb but... finish v3! one of the reasons why saber dueling gets boring is that duel mats are just duel mats. lack of environment bores you out of a skull. now dont think that im starting another discussion about the map. its just lack of new things to do. for example some days ago i was more interested in playing recent open jedi project mod version coop mode than goin to JA servers. _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana This comment was edited by SaZ on Mar 20 2006 02:31pm. |
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Dacascos - Lowly Urchin 
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No seriously. Perhaps you could cover more than the Jedi stuff in the game. CTF classes. Alot of people (Like myself) already said they pretty much suck at using guns. Since it's an academy, why not have certain teams within the JA who train together for CTF matches/tourneys within the JA. Maybe make it so the winning team gets to represent the JA in CTF matches outside our walls for the remaining year. Ya know. make it a season thingy. Like soccer or anything. Or TFFA. Alot of people favor it. Now it's just the Aurochs, and they're good, We all know that. But apart from them, there's no TFFA going on for students. And people seem to like spawning stuff and riding things. So a map for vehicle classes/battles etc. Xwing vs Tie-Fighter, or Ground vs Air (AT-AT vs Xwing or something like that). Max 6 or 8 people to keep it do-able. Ofcourse, it's a JEDI academy, so that has to be the main topic, but this kind of stuff will get people to know eachother in another way than uber dueler, or sucky one. That gets old quick. In fact, it's been old for about 2 years now. Atm it's just way too Saber duel focussed. _______________ PSN: Argantes XBL: Ravencloak My destiny lies where my fate leads me... This comment was edited by Dacascos on Mar 20 2006 02:08pm. |
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Dacascos - Lowly Urchin 
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Some more events and some scheduled fun sessions would be cool. _______________ PSN: Argantes XBL: Ravencloak My destiny lies where my fate leads me... |
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