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ObsessedWithCats wrote:There's a TV Tropes page but it looks very much like someone in a rather bitter mood has edited parts of it to highlight all of the weirdest parts. Tidying up (if only by adding more examples of the less out-there behaviours) and extending the page and adding relevant Cantr examples to trope pages could be useful.
I've never edited a TV Tropes page before though, so it's more than a slightly daunting prospect for me.
Fan Nickname: Tenmouths, Sighmoku, Timmies, Trenchies pollinated from Urban Dead with an extra sprinkling of tryhard, The Raperman Cycle, The Spanish Country
A most our-favourite-word example, involves a ~140 year old mundane man looking like Vash but even prettier See for yourself the character owners impression of him. [1].
Mao: Possibly the only way to experience Mao without playing it, is to play Cantr. From the forum rules that are visible "Discussion of (rule breaking) is not allowed." "Only generalisation of rules is allowed" "Complaints about staff are to be made to staff, and only in private". There's a lot more rules that aren't available, not to mention it's a rare case when the player is informed of which rule was broken, or the evidence. The 'logic' behind, is that players who knew the rules, would evidently work their Loophole Abuse magic, as propounded by one staffer who is fondly referred to as the Goat Wormhole (You put in a valid argument, and the response is a goat. Any further comment is referred back to the goat. "What do you mean, it's not a good goat? See, four hooves and everything").
The game is a social simulator after all, and what better way to simulate North Korea and Soviet Russia then hiding the gamefield, until a misstep and Land Mine Goes Click.
From the game creator: "It's very important that we make that very explicit, so that we do not suggest that people cannot criticize staff. That's bad." From a recently promoted staffmember "Any further criticism will result in a ban". Have fun walking the line!
Don't touch the staff's precious snowflake town, known as Smoku (The other name is hideously out of place). Any actions taken in regard to this town are under the microscope, and if deemed against the staff's interest, welll......
Out-of-Character Moment: As mentioned previously, for when the player (as differentiated from the character) needs to speak to other players (again, different from characters), the standard of OOC: is used. This hasn't stopped longwinded rants when the player (different from character) has been upset or annoyed by some ingame event, and decided to use the power of Talking Is a Free Action. An especially Egregious and amusing for all involved example, involved the word Shutup, 87 times in the space of a minute.
Talking Is a Free Action: You can be sewing, driving a car, eating food and listening to the radio. Doesn't stop the character from using their iron lungs to expound a wall of words on whatever subject is foremost in their mind, only limit being how fast the player can type. Or paste into the textbox.
Running the Asylum: As mentioned in the introduction, the creator has largely left the game, leaving it to some staff to manage things. Over time, this has resulted in what has been referred to as the Internet Illness. Basically, any person getting a chance to live out their powertrip fantasies, and going for broke. Hilarity Ensues
Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: See above. This is part of what makes the game fascinating, watching the mental gymnastics performed to justify punishing one person and not another, for the same infraction.
Shared Family Quirks: "Pry gonna pry something". "Pry good idea".
More explanation. This family/group/clan has a habit of dropping most of the letters away from probably, and talking about the most inane subjects for hours on end. Hence their nickname of, the Pry Clan.
The Guards Must Be Crazy: What often can happen when sleepers (players who barely wake up, thus don't really know what's going on around them), new characters or new players get promoted to leadership roles. Special mention must go to the man who chased a boat ... in a van. Needless to say, he didn't achieve very much, but became the butt of jokes for a long, long time. See also Ax-Crazy, for the other mode guards switch between.
The Landbased Zuzi Navy has always been a force to be feared. Doubly amusing, as they were chasing pirates, who did do things.
SekoETC wrote:It was iavatus who wrote most of those things.
I want to edit this to add Mariosa that Littlesoul has been working on. She is another one that I cannot praise enough for her knowledge and pleasant personality also. viewtopic.php?f=68&t=23852
Alladinsane wrote:1. He is not a member. Not only did he hack into the game and irc numerous times (and may still be in both),
altoids wrote:That's a pretty serious charge. If you believe that he has hacked into the Cantr servers you should contact law enforcement. Not sure what you mean about hacking into irc.
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