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serious discussion on P1 gaming PVE map... creating ideas for the next map ....

Three P1 sharks, all dressed up, waiting anxiously for pathfinding so they can make their way to take part in Rio's Carnivale parade

Typical behavior ..... Today i sat in a tree ( drinking rl coffee and snacking on crackers) and watched the new arrivals on the spawn area . Four came in ... two within a minute of each other. The longest time they spent on line was 4 minutes ...and that was the guy who entered a building... killed the occupant then destroyed half the building .... only the walls and floor ... they like to leave a mess, these types. The other two seemed to be together they ran in circles jumping like kids hyped on black sugary coffee... opened every door they could see....entered every building they could get into .. then ran off ..and logged out. total time on lie ...2 minutes max The last one took a couple of steps ...looked at a sign.. sat down and logged out.... after 30 seconds. None acknowledged me or responded to my "hello" Guess that says it all! PS found all the guys .. they tried to steal a boat ..one killed the owner ... then the other player killed him...he was in turn killed by another who when he couldn't move the boat .. jumped overboard but was finished off by a shark ---- Karma sure sux

On the P1 PVE server game, we have help stations. We work hard to keep them relevant to the game and to encourage serious friendly gamers. We supply basic clothing, a lighter, a stone hammer pick, some food at the landing area. In the help area there's a little more variety of clothing... and raw materials ..( ores sisal, ) and a fishing rod to catch fish ... There's some emergency food, and work station to enable the ores etc to be crafted into other things Its really up to the player to do some work and craft from the raw materials the items they need. There are also storage chests where player who have advanced along can bring back surplus building material and leave them for others to use to start out. BUT !.... we get players who take all the food ... empty all the storage chests and fill them with dirt, grass, bark plants. The things they remove from containers they don't want they scatter around ..like inside a teenagers bedroom... They steal what they can and break what they cannot take ... one even took all the hammers crafted for use by new players,and used them up trying to break my PB! .the area was littered with iron pieces and wood fragments... they were not successful. They board moored ships ..start the engines and try to move them...giving up when they realize the helm etc is locked and they cannot break them inside the PB area They steal flowers and flower pots...and remove any lighting they can reach.. and kill horses and other animals inside the base barriers. And then they beg me for things instead of trying to craft them for themselves from all the available free ores and workstations. One so called "guest" took players boats that were not under a pb and either beached them or set them out to sea, ( after going through all the storage areas.). then took one player.s boat out to sea and went to sleep ... so we kept getting the sleep request all day .. ( I kicked them off the server when I identified who the culprit was) Usually, rather than work, craft and forage for themselves, they spit the dummy, sitting down in a doorway, break into someones house, or sit in front of a workstation -------and go offline ...never to be heard from again. But then , that's the nature of people these days ...even in real life. Its something we just have to accept as the new norm.

Apparently in Africa, they learned an easy way to catch a Baboon What you do is use a stick to make a small hole in the side of a termite mound, making sure a baboon sees you doing it. Make a small hollow inside but leave the entry hole just big enough for your wrist.. Place in the hollow a stone that just fits through the opening and then walk away. The curious baboon runs up and puts his hand inside and grabs the stone...and then you run back shouting. The Baboon cannot get his hand out as he has made a fist to hold the stone. If he lets go of the stone, he could pull his hand out, but..baboons are Baboons and as he refuses to let go of the stone, he is easily caught Now the same applies in Ylands...Put an unlocked chest ...and place a locked vehicle inside your PB and wait and listen...... Within minutes some new impatient player runs up and opens the chest ...you hear it ...and then they start the vehicles' engine...you hear that too! but there was nothing but dirt in the chest and the vehicle steering is locked. Like the Baboon, they gave away their presence. Every time i log in i hear engines running..or people rummaging through doors to buildings (with nothing inside) or opening chests full of grass and dirt. It keeps me amused

if you were on the NA1 server recently and log in to find yourself killed...please note the name and get into discord to advise either BB cakes red, or me. The ban list needs some loving. We had 3 idiots running around killing and robbing offline vulnerable players. One was caught stealing a boat after killing someone on deck..he had earlier attacked someone in a building and ran off .. He met his fate when trying to escape an hide and there was bruce the shark feeling hungry ... ( his escape dighy disappeared and he had to swim... Still looking for the body.. Another guy murdered an active P1 player who had been disconnected whilst acquiring items ... the P1 player came back and it seems he found revenge. The culprit was found next to another player he was trying to exterminate. And the last one .. learned a big lesson... you do not kill and rob innocent people. - you do not steal. - and last of all never! never! ever! come into a grid admin's base and try to wreck things ...then attack and try to kill an admin who said "hello"? if that guy whose first part of his name is "Drunken." reads this ..well now you know why you cannot log back in... and why people are staring at your motionless avatar, sitting on a hilltop...all alone.. staring into space. People ...if you play nice you meet nice people on the P1 server games ..we have a really good friendly community. If you think you can come in and disrupt .... see above..

Without dreams there is no hope, without hope there is no dream... the future is yet to be revealed... and it comes to us .......without the use of a DeLorean....

perhaps make the initial spawn point be on a protected area on a tundra island...and the one-use key to give you access to raft building and basic survival equipment to encourage you to leave and explore...?

We had a "brain-storming session" about lazy players and one-off griefing..and it actually produced a few drops of rain My suggestion was that we surround the spawn arrival area with a huge impassable fence...and the only way out is to operate a logic lever ..after you selected a one-use key and read about our discord chat and communication methods and game objectives/rules Once you do that, you are transported to another part of the island called the migration point. This area is a beach area enclosed by a small fence to keep predators out, and the area outside has multiple protection barriers to stop building... you have to migrate to another island to both build and survive! The area outside the fence will be stocked with a plethora of predators, and weapons would not be provided... you have to craft to survive and it would be easier to leave! ..... a wooden spear won't help in an attack by 5 plus wolves and several brown bears. And a few pumas, leopards and panthers added in to create variety. We would add rabbits for the lols So, if you are a lazy, or there to grief for the "lols" you have to do something ... you will not survive on spawn ... Here is where that one-use key works ..it allows you to open a chest with basic clothing, materials for a raft, a lantern, fishing rod, a little food, flint lighter, map and a note with hints as to where other islands might be...and a good luck wish!:) The key despawns after use so only one chest can be opened by the player. So you craft your raft, and set out to explore and survive ... the serious players will survive ... the others become corpses in a small area on spawn island that will be swept clean daily... reducing lag .. This is just my idea, and a basic one at that. Other players have other ideas, and with the onset of "friendship" in future updates a mesh of these ideas could be adopted. Will it work?

Well, yesterday some "kid" came in and thought he was clever by cutting down all the trees around my base.... Why? maybe it stroked his ego or something, but anyway it took me 10 minutes and I have enough wood to make a flotilla of ships ...and seeds to replant a forest 3 times the size And then they stole some items from my base, including a small boat and went offline out to sea in the boat just off the coastline from my base ..but they do not realize that they are still in range of the rear cannon of the moored "B.S.Tomato" I fired a few practice shots for fun..and managed to land a few warning shots astern of the transgressor I could have hit the ship and sunk it, but then that would make me no better than the griefer . I believe there are efforts being made to introduce "squatter removing logic" ...otherwise could the devs. introduce carrion vultures?:)

The B.S. TOMATO is now ready to transfer across to P1 servers to undertake patrol duties

the modified and nearly finished/painted battleship " B.S. Tomato"

working on a new battleship ( work in progress)... watch out if it appears in one of reds ship battle games!... powered by 4 transverse steam engines under the deck, the bow and stern are still being worked on... and of course a custom paint job in gun metal

The comment about high heels from me was partly a joke .. heheh ... but different skirts would be nice, however how about more feminine tops / shirts ? All this proposed stuff sounds great .... can hardly wait

An example of how a PVE friendly co-operative server works... this house was built by a rl couple who discovered the P1 severs...and were totally new to Ylands, .the were not interested in running around like the majority of one off players .. They asked questions, got answers, help, and hints and this is their first time result. ? Now permanent members of the P1 community.

a scream-shot of the P1 gaming NA pve server spawn area with some interesting ships in the foreground ..and 2 pics of the latest addition .. the " B.S. Tomato"

On Red Eagles P! server there are admins who can kick ban etc....but then they cannot be on the server 24 / 7\ Once a lot of the MP server issues are addressed, there are mods from some of the skilled logic masters that when implemented will help ... It just takes time. Meanwhile we can hope that the truck that delivers puberty and maturity is not ignored and that those in need answer the door when they hear the delivery driver knock..

my next help station on a new map ...will be an elevated platform with work stations constructed so that they are not damaged when i remove floor panels under squatters to drop them into a basement called "St James Infirmary" (apologies Lois Armstrong)

and goats ... getting stuck in doors then ending up breeding inside your house ... in reality they are call squatters

It is rather loud , but honestly, it sounds just like my kitchen stove when I am trying to cook something

It appears to be connected to the new close up view...if you are too close to the object you want to deconstruct... you freeze and cannot move... i have found a temp fix ... i switch to our discord view screen and then back - then move further away works some if not most of the time..

My door security system ...it dissuades door knockers and salesmen .... by pooping on them

The new boat physics etc make for interesting sailing.. big ships need deep water so unlike the previous versions, now you have to sail to avoid shoals. The only issue is that its difficult to reverse out if you get stuck ...in some cases near impossible. What needs looking into is the "slipperiness" of the hull when reversing....

How about lightning being dangerous ...if caught outside on a high area? ( death message " Oh snap! you have just been fried inside your metal armor.." )

not offhand but i think se of island 7