Hello all, allow me to introduce my background more, so that one may be easier to understand my point of view and perspective.
I'm a Tibia player since 1999, a quite legit player, been in one of the oldest guilds(which was given some shields) on Antica for some good years. I even had GM ability in real Tibia before, but about which GM I could access, I would remain it secret. And yes I am still playing real Tibia from time to time. However, just not as active as I used to.
On the other hand, I couldn't say I'm an old OT player at all, I did play OT during 2007-2009 something, but then I quit them all one day, because I realize those servers would eventually shut down one day (and Tibia is still running for more than 27 years), making all my effort and time become worthless, thus I left them all for good.
However, lately some of my VERY OLD Antican friends invited me to both Slaynville and Fossil. The nostalgia hits me very hard indeed, what drive me to stay in Slaynville is the community. Small, but warm just like what old Tibia is, the game is 100x harder than real Tibia nowadays, yet the atmosphere is 100x better. I ain't lying at all, imagine people could eventually reach level in less than a week nowadays, meanwhile in level 100 was a legend in the past.
Basing on a warm community, I finally decide to give Slaynville a try. The more time I dig deeper, the more attractive it becomes to me. Oh God damn, a nearly 40yr old dude is getting addicted to a shitty OT? What? But it's true.
Why people always believe Old Tibia is way better than new Tibia ones? To be honest, Tibia nowadays is easier and more enjoyable to play, but the magic which makes people believe Old Tibia is better is, the community leading by mature players.
Back in the days, a desktop computer cost around a 1.5 month salary to many families, so most of the families couldn't afford it just for gaming. During Late 90s and Early 00s, computers were a kind of device that many families were unaffordable. It could translate as, only those families with better-paid jobs were allowed to afford. And it wasn't hard to think independantly, which group of people could get a better-paid jobs? Well-educated ones. Well-educated people usually have a better manner and attitude in both real life and game, because they understand being polite and respecting each others is the way to make their lives easier.
Alright, seemingly I am talking too far, let's stick back to the point. I believe those younger generation players may believe, "oh fuck, GM is corrupted, unfair game, wtf what-so-ever." But allow me to tell you the truth as a dude who had GM access in the past, and yes the truth is always cruel, in real Tibia the game was 100x worse under the point of view of people above. Bad players would be placed under GM's microscope, so as soon as if bad player is misbehaving once, instant banishment without warning would be given and the reason was destructive behaviour. You might think it was unfair, but I would say you didn't know the way to play the game better.
And what about PvP, I believe most of you still remember excessively random/massive PK could lead a banishment/deletion even before skull system. People with bad intentions to destroy/ruin the fun of fair players would also receive banishment or deletion in real Tibia too. It can be easily to search for evidence even today. So, what's wrong for the dev of Slaynville trying to protect his server and his community? Honestly, I never know the dev before, but after playing for a while, I just find him a friendly person. It isn't too hard to understand, when it is just like in real Tibia in the old times, GM is a position that kind souls love them so much, meanwhile bad souls hate them so much.
It's true Slaynville has no skull system, has no PZ lock when attacking. It's given freedom to players, yet freedom users and freedom abusers are totally two different concept. The excuses and nonsense given above I can see is totally immature honestly.
In fact, CipSoft knows they can't stop people from abusing the system and mechanic, thus skull system is out, and people always keep finding the best abuse on the skull system. Such as Red skull trap, black skull trap, red skull bug...etc. It ends up making CipSoft introduce AoL, Blessing, PvP fair fight rule, Twist of fate, Regeneration in PZ, Training in PZ...etc.
But all in all, if people are self-discipline enough, but not to abuse any mechanic with good intention, the game would be 1000x better even without blessing/AOL/pvp fair fight rule/offline training/stamina.
I believe nobody would disagree with this words, "the existence of OT is solid evidence saying CipSoft is having big big rooms of improvements, if CipSoft is doing great jobs all years, I highly doubt the population of any OT world would be higher than any world of real Tibia."
Something we know it requires a fix, but CipSoft decides to ignore. And that's why OT is up even until today. Personally, I love to see a version 6 x vibe Tibia with much more QoL features. CipSoft wasn't capable to do it the past because there were a small scale 4-man-team, but I believe Slaynville could do it better than CipSoft under the vibe of Version 6x, because the dev of Slaynville has much better knowledge in 2024 than those 4 dudes in 1997-2002.
End up, I understand people would hold different opinions, some may agree meanwhile some may disagree. But please respect each others and tune the tone properly.
Thankyou for reading my wall of text.
heres a picture of your "no pay system" corrupt clown.
