Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Hobs -----Original Message----- From: first_defenders-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:first_defenders-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jason Brett-Williams Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:29 AM To: first_defenders@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [first_defenders] Swiped this from the SK boards Trains in EverQuest are an inevitable occurance. Yet despite the frequency of trains, little effort has been expended towards the scientific goal of rating these oft-maligned forces of nature. Until now . . . NOTE - For your train to be valid for rating under the CFTI, it must be an UNPLANNED train. While any idiot can maliciously cause a train if they set their mind to it, TRUE training comes from the heart. It is the wondrous alignment of lag, carelessness, and sheer dumb luck that coalesces into a living, breathing example of Chaos Theory at it's finest. Spontaneity is your goal, and this is defeated by premeditation or intentional efforts to increase your CFTI once you realize your innocent little pull has mutated into the most feared of all events . . . a train. This index would not have been possible without the dedicated, nay FANATIC efforts of the many pullers within the guild and the many suggestions from others across all servers. I would thank you individually, but I'm too busy looting my corpse. ----------------------------------------------- PULLING You are the puller. -10 pts Group does not know you are the puller. +15 pts Group does not know you are pulling. +10 pts Group deliberately misled into thinking you are NOT pulling. +50 pts Did you pull while group members were AFK? +5 pts per AFK member Was it the Enchanter or Cleric? +10 pt bonus WARNINGS Did you shout a warning to the zone before the train hit? -20 pts Did you shout a warning to the zone after the train hit? +30 pts Did you claim, after the train, that you DID shout a warning before the train, even though you didn't? +40 pts Did you warn your group a train was coming? -10 pts Was it cryptic? ("Ummm...", "OMG", "3 inc I think", "may be an add", etc) +10 pts Did you mislead your group into thinking a train was NOT coming? +20 pts CONTENT Number of mobs? +10 pts per mob above four Did any of the mobs summon? +10 pts Did any of the mobs HT/DT? +10 pts Did they HT/DT someone else? +20 pts Was it the bard? +30 pts Did your train contain any "named" mobs or rare spawns? +30 pts Did your train contain any Deities? (NOTE - Claiming you saw God during the training does not count) +40 pts Did your train contain representatives of more than 50% of all mob types in that zone? +25 pts IMPACT! WTH? from witnesses. +5 pts each WTF? from witnesses. +10 pts each OMG! from witnesses. +5 pts each OMFG! from witnesses. +10 pts each Did you force any Monks/SK's/Necros to FD? +5 pts each Did you force any Clerics to DA? +10 pts each EVASION Did you survive your own train? +50 pts Did you self-inflict damage and/or zone to fake your own death in order to soften incoming accusations? +20 pts Survivors in group who did not use FD or zone to evade death. -30 pts each AFTERMATH Did you claim responsibility for your train? -10 pts Regret it? -50 pts Brag about it? +50 pts Blame lag? +10 pts Blame the bard? +10 pts Did they buy it? +30 pts No confirmed deaths. -200 pts Confirmed deaths. +20 pts per death Were any deaths from classes that have Feign Death (MNK, SHD, NEC)? +20 pts each Were any victims looting their corpses from a previous death when your train hit? +50 pts Number of insulting/accusatory tells from train victims/witnesses. +10 pts each Number of congratulatory tells from Monks, SK's, Rangers or other pullers. +20 pts each Number of tells from victims rendered incoherent by rage. +25 pts each Petitioned? +20 pts Did you OOC/shout to the zone that trains in EQ "are a fact of life" or other similar rationalization? +10 pts NOW were you petitioned? +40 pts Did any victims/groupmembers quit EQ for the night? +30 pts each Quit EQ, period? +100 pts FOR EXPERTS ONLY Guides killed? +40 pts each GM's killed? +60 pts each Verant/GM-Admins killed? x2 Multiplier Did recovery from your train require Verant CS representatives to summon corpses/reset spawns? +50 pts Total group wipeout. +50 pts per group Total raid wipeout. x1.5 Multiplier Did you ruin an RP event? +60 pts Was it a wedding? +100 pts Was it YOUR wedding? +200 pts Drakk The thing about Shadowknights is; if they haven't used Harm Touch, they are only toying with you.