Being the Alpha Dog

I often take the responsibility of being the party leader whenever I go leveling in Tantra. For one, it's because I am irked by incompetence. I dislike party leaders who have no concern for their party mates. Being an efficient party leader is a big factor towards maximizing experience points gained in a party. Second, because I like being in control. I see myself as someone who handles responsibility well and I think this should be put to good use.

As normal players may already know, being the party leader is a tough job. It requires you to be awake most of the time, watching the party, while your party mates are away from their computers enjoying their day. You on the other hand, have trouble doing other things because you have to watch over the party.

As the party leader, you have to make sure everyone is inside the leveling room. If a player ventures outside of the room you have to kick him out of the party and record the time.

You also have to jot down everyone who made a reservation in the party.

If someone gets disconnected you have to take note of the time. If he wasn't able to log back in after 30 minutes the slot goes to the one next in line. Of course, this has been the start of many arguments, which is again a bad effect of being the party leader. Most players will argue, insult, call names, curse you for kicking them out of the party.

You also have to be a good decision maker. Points of conflict often arise and you have to be able to handle it well. Often, there are disputes about the reservation list. Having many people wanting to be in the party, you would often encounter people who would do anything just to get the coveted slot.

You also have to be alert. If a character, in any event, is not contributing to the party (i.e. dead, or in another room, or paleech), you have to kick them out immediately and invite someone temporarily. This ensures that the party is gaining maximum experience points.

Lastly, you have to be patient. There are players who would constantly bug you for a slot, and players who have the brain capacity of a 3-year old who seem to not understand basic language even if it is in their dialect.

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Updated Party Rules in Kriya

In light of the incident last Sunday where belchucky harassed a party of people trying to level up in the last room of Heroes Hall, we (the usual players in HH) decided to compose an updated list of Party Rules.

1. 30 minute rule - this is the standard in most leveling places in kriya

2. Reserve lists will be refreshed every 6am in the morning. That means if you reserved for Monday but was not partied during that day, you would have to pm the party leader after 6am to be re-enlisted for Tuesday. All requests for re-enlistment will only be entertained after 6am. Reservations can be made via pm and SMS.

3. A player who gets disconnected from the game for more than 10 times within the span of one hour will no longer be partied and will be re-enlisted to the Reserve List.

4. A player has an option of handing a Reinforcement Slip to the party leader, that may be used in the event that his/her character wanders off to another room. This will also be the case for players who wish to be automatically resurrected. They would have to provide JOL's in order to be ressurected. JOL's and Reinforcement slips may be taken from the party leader if not used.

5. A player in the reserve list has only 15 minutes to reply to the party leader's private message. If he doesn't respond within 15 minutes, his/her slot will automatically be given to the player next in line. In the event that the player will be unavailable for a certain time, he may ask the PL to pm another character or miss call/SMS him/her.

6. If your character stops moving for more than 15 minutes you will be kicked from the party. You can ask for your slot back again if and only if you were able to reply to the PL 15 minutes after you were kicked.

7. Being a killer is not an excuse for killing slow. Being a player, it is your responsibility to stock up on potions that you might need.

8. All afk'ers should make it a point to be re-added every once in a while to ensure that the whole party would be functional in case the PL gets disconnected. If you won't be available please make sure you have auto join.

9. There will be no slot trading for players not in the reserve list. Only the player who was reserved can use the slot. However, a player can give his slot to a player if that player has been in the reserve list for over 3 hours.

10. If an unattended character ends up dead it will be immediately kicked and can only be invited back if he gets to message the PL within 30 minutes from being kicked.

11. Make it a point to be polite to Party Leaders. They watch over the party diligently while you get to relax. So cut them some slack.

I would be quick to note though, that the PL may not always be able to send you an SMS or miss call you. These rules have been agreed on by majority of the usual party members in HH. If the PL is different, these rules may not always apply. If you have comments and/or suggestions please feel free to post.

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