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CrystalKeep has been deleted
« on: December 15, 2010, 01:00:17 PM »
http://www.crystalkeep.com/d20/index.php
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=179800

Apparently Wizards are trying to make sure everyone "upgrades".
« Last Edit: December 15, 2010, 01:02:02 PM by Prime32 »
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Re: CrystalKeep has been deleted
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2010, 01:09:43 PM »
http://www.crystalkeep.com/d20/index.php
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=179800

Apparently Wizards are trying to make sure everyone "upgrades".
Fucking douchebags. This is still up, though. Let's just hope it stays "under the radar" for a while... Downloading it might be a good idea, if you care...
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Re: CrystalKeep has been deleted
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2010, 01:40:46 PM »
(LINK REMOVED FOR NOW, UNTIL I KNOW IF IT'S ALRIGHT)
« Last Edit: December 15, 2010, 02:24:44 PM by Nemain »

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Re: CrystalKeep has been deleted
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2010, 01:48:10 PM »
You should delete that before the mods do... Uploaded books are a no-no. Excerpts are OK, presumably in the name of "fair use". So crystalkeep was largely ignored.
« Last Edit: December 15, 2010, 02:46:55 PM by PhaedrusXY »
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Re: CrystalKeep has been deleted
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2010, 02:01:14 PM »
"We stopped publishing this, so we don't want anyone accessing it for free..."   :banghead  :shakefist
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Re: CrystalKeep has been deleted
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2010, 02:18:28 PM »
i would say that i have very little respect for any of the Administrators or Executives @ WoTC for thier decisions..... why not simply let everyone use what they want, if WoTC does not want to support it... let us have what is left to enjoy

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Re: CrystalKeep has been deleted
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2010, 02:23:44 PM »
I think I see what happened there. Now a direct link JUST to the indexes, with our alternative to trying to pass things around the home network on USB sticks carefully privatised for greater legality :P

Crystalkeep archived: http://www.mediafire.com/?gzmjj2wwfgy3ehr
« Last Edit: December 15, 2010, 02:29:26 PM by Nemain »

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Re: CrystalKeep has been deleted
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2010, 02:41:46 PM »
Obviously Paizo isn't having enough of a field day yet.
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Re: CrystalKeep has been deleted
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2010, 03:10:49 PM »
Well, at least we have the pdf backups...

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Re: CrystalKeep has been deleted
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2010, 03:13:09 PM »
Even if you don't think you'll need it anytime soon, download what you can, you never know what you'll be needing in the future.

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Re: CrystalKeep has been deleted
« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2010, 03:21:18 PM »
It shows just how much faith they have in the "upgrade" that 4E is supposed to be.

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« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2010, 03:51:24 PM »
Fucking WotC. Damn them and every gaming decision they've made in the last three years  :fu :shakefist :banghead

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Re: CrystalKeep has been deleted
« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2010, 03:56:30 PM »
Fucking WotC. Damn them and every gaming decision they've made in the last three years:fu :shakefist :banghead

Have you given Fourth Edition a chance? I mean, really tried to play the game? Rather than just hate on it?

It shows just how much faith they have in the "upgrade" that 4E is supposed to be.

Y'know, Fourth Edition really isn't all that bad.
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Re: CrystalKeep has been deleted
« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2010, 04:00:03 PM »
Fucking WotC. Damn them and every gaming decision they've made in the last three years:fu :shakefist :banghead

Have you given Fourth Edition a chance? I mean, really tried to play the game? Rather than just hate on it?

It shows just how much faith they have in the "upgrade" that 4E is supposed to be.

Y'know, Fourth Edition really isn't all that bad.

Having played 4th it really is that bad...

Not from a mechanical standpoint you understand, it is more that it completely lacks everything that prompted me to play 3.5. Things like monstrous races, inventive use of spells like illusions to defeat opponents etc.

4th plays perfectly fine if you want some bland hack and slash but when you want to do anything interesting it fails utterly.

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Re: CrystalKeep has been deleted
« Reply #14 on: December 15, 2010, 04:14:23 PM »
Fucking WotC. Damn them and every gaming decision they've made in the last three years:fu :shakefist :banghead

Have you given Fourth Edition a chance? I mean, really tried to play the game? Rather than just hate on it?

It shows just how much faith they have in the "upgrade" that 4E is supposed to be.

Y'know, Fourth Edition really isn't all that bad.

Without hyperbole, I'd rather not play a game than play 4e. If you like it, that's fine, but realize that a lot of people don't.

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Re: CrystalKeep has been deleted
« Reply #15 on: December 15, 2010, 04:34:38 PM »
Honestly, it's not all that bad. Crystalkeep was so incomplete and prone to errors that it was really only useful as a quick reference or for when you wanted to find out what book or Dragon mag something specific was in. The main impact of this is a) that WotC would really be so petty and b) that a gaming resource that has withstood deletion for years finally was put down just like that. After having gone on for so long it just... felt eternal.
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« Reply #16 on: December 15, 2010, 04:39:48 PM »
Fucking WotC. Damn them and every gaming decision they've made in the last three years:fu :shakefist :banghead

Have you given Fourth Edition a chance? I mean, really tried to play the game? Rather than just hate on it?

It shows just how much faith they have in the "upgrade" that 4E is supposed to be.

Y'know, Fourth Edition really isn't all that bad.

Without hyperbole, I'd rather not play a game than play 4e. If you like it, that's fine, but realize that a lot of people don't.

+1

I wonder how long it will be before WotC pulls the plug on DDO (or, at the very least, forces them to upgrade to 4e).

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Re: CrystalKeep has been deleted
« Reply #17 on: December 15, 2010, 04:40:58 PM »
Fucking WotC. Damn them and every gaming decision they've made in the last three years:fu :shakefist :banghead

Have you given Fourth Edition a chance? I mean, really tried to play the game? Rather than just hate on it?

It shows just how much faith they have in the "upgrade" that 4E is supposed to be.

Y'know, Fourth Edition really isn't all that bad.

Without hyperbole, I'd rather not play a game than play 4e. If you like it, that's fine, but realize that a lot of people don't.

+1

I wonder how long it will be before WotC pulls the plug on DDO (or, at the very least, forces them to upgrade to 4e).
But, didn't they like just start existing to us cheapskates? Or has it been more time than I realized?

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« Reply #18 on: December 15, 2010, 04:42:30 PM »
4e is a fine game.  It is not, however, the same type of game as 3.5.  For those of us who really liked the type of game 3.5 was, 4e just doesn't cut the mustard.  Yes, I tried playing it.  I was bored.  So was the rest of my gaming group.  I know there are people who love it... good for them.  But in the end, calling 4e a sequel of 3.5 is like calling checkers a sequel of chess.

Anyway, I just went and downloaded everything off that mirror site.  Yay for having my own backups!

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« Reply #19 on: December 15, 2010, 04:47:34 PM »
Yeah, I concur. 4E is an excellent tactical miniatures game. It is not by any stretch of the imagination an RPG.