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Ulic |retired| - Student  |
I've got a problem and I'd like your help/advice. Months ago I began to lose interest in jk2, it became old and I had made very little progress for someone who is in the academy for a year at that time. Luckily I found a master, Nightcrawler. His personal training and the prospect of maybe becoming a knight once gave me new energy to get on. However, my master became very inactive for weeks.Some weeks ago we had contact again and my master had lost interest in jk2 as well and thought of retiring. The reason for this is Jedi Academy. It just doesn't appeal to him and me. I never was a star in jk2 but i just got the feeling that my skills had improved a bit. Now jk2 is destined to die a very slow death, and all students are expected to proceed to jk3. I don't like jk3, like many others, i find the duelling very different from jk2, very chaotic and to me uncontrolable. Playing in the servers isn't fun for me if I can't duel. My master is thinking of staying but will, like is expected, abandone jk2 and has offered to train me in jk3. I'm not very confident in that, since we both have no experience in jk3. It seems to me that I've got the following options. 1. Continue jk2, my skills have proved unable to improve and jk2 will be over soon. 2. Let jk2 fall and try to learn jk3, including searching new personal training. Playing a game that I don't like hoping I will like it on the long term costs a lot of energy and time and isn't fun. 3. Try to make jk2 popular again, there are still many people who prefer jk2. However, the game is old and the Council's policy will make a revival hard (for instance, it's impossible to advance in the ranks in jk2) 4. Leave the Academy. I am seriously considering this. The past weeks I've tried to be a lot in the servers but it doesn't offer me much, I find it increasingly less entertaining. The reason I've been active is the community, I tend to read the forums a lot and spend time in IRC but all this is very time-consuming. What then should I do? _______________ Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam This post was edited by Ulic |retired| on Jan 31 2004 03:36pm. |
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Ulic |retired| - Student 
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No, officially, i took a 'break' _______________ Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam |
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_cmad_ - Ex-Student 
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Jacen he left for a short period _______________ Your friends of today, are your enemies of tomorrow. |
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Jacen Aratan - Student |
Damn glad you're not leaving.  |
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Halendor - Ex-Student 
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Welcome back |
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aph3x - Retired 
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jk3 is a good game. i felt the same way for a long time, but if you keep at it, its worth it. its not as random and chaotic as it seems once you get used to it. give it a try |
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3th - Retired 
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way to stick around _______________ this is the internet, be serious damn it! |
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Kueller - Student 
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WB cool dutchie d00d _______________ Personal sleepness-nights-supporter of Virtue. Owner of the 1000th comment of Daidalus and 1943th comment of Gradius! Owner of the 300th comment of Carda! -Taught Gradius all his laming skills 
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koushka - Student 
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YAY Ulic is back! _______________ Faithful Padawan of {SKX}Dark Blade My profile pic is luke skywalker
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Darkwood - Student 
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welcome back Ulic _______________ -Darkwood- |
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_cmad_ - Ex-Student
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Welcome back Ulic  Look at the coincidence; I talked to ya yesterday and now you're back I'm glad you're back here bro! _______________ Your friends of today, are your enemies of tomorrow. |
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D@RtHM@UL - Student 
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Welcome back Ulic |
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Mookie - Ex-Student 
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Welcome back, my friend! |
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Ulic |retired| - Student
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Exar I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you As of now my break is over, took me longer than i thought it would. I'm back, and active, and ready to learn. Grazie mille to everyone who's been so kind to share their thoughts. Give me some time to read up See you on the servers -Ulic Qel-Droma _______________ Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam |
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Lord Exar Kun - Student 
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ok guys lets make a poll. I say he'll be back in 2 days or will at least look at this thread at school when he thinks I'm not looking within 2 days _______________ -Retired april the 19th 2004 |
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Lego[DEAD] - Ex-Student ![Lego[DEAD]](/image_thumbnail.php?f_type=users&f_width=70&f_height=48&f_image=../banned.png){kind=small}
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3  _______________ AHH YOU ARE ALL NICE LADS |
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Lord Exar Kun - Student
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yeah what HW said. I didnt like it either. Just start playing, take classes, it'll get fun. It did for me _______________ -Retired april the 19th 2004 |
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Fizz of Belouve - Student 
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jk2 will not fall ! and skills do improve ! there's still loads of classes & stuff for JK2, and lots of fun.... maybe u should take a break from the game, 1-2 months, then its all cool. and dont worry, all JAK+ wont be JK3 cert'd by then _______________ One of the Belouve boys, founder of the mighty FiZZsters Midbie council #20 - Fizz - #1933 - Jan '03 - Aug '04 "Renfield, you idiot!" |
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Aenima - Ex-Student 
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hey sup man i know how u feel i played jedi knight dark forces 2 for 6 years now :\ and going on to new stuff is hard. I mean u dont have the skills the motivation. me myself ive never had the honor of playing jk2 like i still want too i just got my hands on a new computer with over 100 gb or hard drive space . for free. so in my case i just bought ja and got to try it because all of us who know of jedi knight dark forces 2 players all have sucky comps. Now im stuck with ja and im starting to like it. Even though i regret getting my ass royally beat about 500 times....but i learned quick enough. now its fun anyway its still your choice but to make things much simpler.......just give it a shot man u might like it. and if i ever get the chance to buy jk2 i will do it in a heartbeat. peace out man _______________ I am just a worthless liar. I am just an imbecile. I will only complicate you. Trust in me and fall as well. I will find a center in you. I will chew it up and leave, I will work to elevate you just enough to bring you down. ☼¥Sober¥☼ ÆNIMA |
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Hardwired - Retired 
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Well...i say stick it out... I hated JK3 for a long time. But i gave it an honest shot...and stuck it out...And now I really do like it..Granted it needs more tweaking, but it's still alot of fun... _______________ ::Nothing wrong with a little shooting.....as long as the right people get shot:: |
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_cmad_ - Ex-Student
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Have fun Ulic _______________ Your friends of today, are your enemies of tomorrow. |
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Darkwood - Student
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enjoy your break _______________ -Darkwood- |
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Ulic |retired| - Student 
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Thanks a lot for your help everyone. Having considered all your advice I've decided. I think I'll try to learn jk3. But before I embrace your help I think it is wise to take a break. I must figure out what I want, and what to do. I'll avoid contact and won't play on the servers. I will even fight my forum addiction. I can't say how long I'll be away, might be some days, or a week, or longer. My absence starts here, and now. Goodluck, thank you and goodbye -Ulic Qel-Droma _______________ Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam This comment was edited by Ulic |retired| on Feb 01 2004 09:06pm. |
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Jaiko D'Kana - Student 
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I have shown you all the doors , it is up to you to walk through _______________ The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind. William James (1842 - 1910) |
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_cmad_ - Ex-Student
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Do you think of the Academy as something just for SW games? You CAN stay here and not play the game, some people do it and we treat them the same -maybe better- way that we do with all the others (e.g. helen). Well it's up to you if you want to abandon JK2. My suggestion is learn JKA, and you'll see it's not as chaotic as you think it is. You might even like it. It's up to you to decide, but I remind you that the Jedi Academy is not just for SW games _______________ Your friends of today, are your enemies of tomorrow. |
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Jaiko D'Kana - Student
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Ok Ulic, plz add me to msn, smidge2260@hotmail.com - we can have a chat, i have lots of info i can give you, and i may be able to help you Hope to see ya soon buddy take care -JaikoD'Kana- _______________ The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind. William James (1842 - 1910) |
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