I'm NOT Quitting

Hi everyone, I am Mamoncrief!

Many of you may already know me, but I felt like this was the PERFECT time for me to reintroduce myself, as well as speak out about the state of the game.

So first off, maybe a little about me? I am 27 years old, live and work in Los Angeles California. I am a minister of a small church, and work primarily with the youth there. I am recently married, and my wife and I are expecting our first kid at the end of March. My hobbies include video games, pretending I know stuff about computers, going to grad school, doing the stuff my wife tells me to do, guitar and music, and playing with my two awesome dogs, Dobby (boxer) and Dean (Shiba Inu/German Shepherd Mix). I started playing FF 11 months ago now, so I find myself in the unique position of being one of the veteran players of the game. Currently I have found a wonderful pastime (as well as educational opportunity!) in the form of being one of the Fatal Frontier Wiki Guru's, as well lurking around here to add my two cents to any thread I can find.

Now some thoughts on the game. This has been a crazy month, both in the game and forums. We have seen some drama, some whining and complaining, some infighting among our members here. But we have also seen tons of new players discovering this game for the first time, pushing to higher rankings, had some real victories, and celebrated and encouraged each other. Game content has been steadily improving, but game mechanic tampering has also been on the rise.

We have lost some beloved members, like Ryback, Strappavelli, Duavae, and Eros. But we have gained many many more new members like Dohnson69, Phuquit, Orzhov, Nume78, Trob1831, Caya, Iginn2003, Kornstiener, and Molotov, just to name a few.

So it is time for this new generation to step into the big shoes left the prior one, and I feel like now is an excellent time to be playing FF.

To that end, this is as much our game as it is Dakota's, and I have suggestions for US as a community.

First is get a few friends involved. This game is wonderfully competitive, and fantastically cooperative. I trudged through for a long time solo, but it was when that I got my friends and family involved that it started to really capture my interest. Having some people to compete against, but also cooperate with for the greater good made a huge difference. So get a few friends to play!

Second, don't push yourself harder than want, or expect to do better than you can. Anyone in this game can earn a lethal, and anyone can be competitive. That is the reason why I play this game over the multitude of other free games like it. Not many games boast a setup like that. However, that doesn't mean lethals are a right. It took me 4 months of stupid playing and 1 month of smart playing to earn my first lethal. From that point on, however, I steadily rose in the rankings to where I am now. But if you can't, or don't have the resources to play 2-3 hours each day during a competition, don't. And don't get mad when you don't. The middle class of this game is pretty forgiving. And TFB will always be there.

Third, remember it's a game. Sometimes games stop feeling like games, and start to feel like a casino where you put your money in and get a Hissing Fug Bug back. Or a job, where you put in huge hours and feel drained after. Just stop! Remember it is a game. It's OK for it to be a competitive game, but it isn't a casino and it certainly isn't a job! I could go for an L every single event, but I don't, because I need a social life and time with my family more than I need every L that get's released. Now when one does come out I want, I feel refreshed, and I push for it. No different than playing any other game. But the important is to remember that is what it is. Don't let it feel like anything else.

Fourth, ask questions, visit the wiki, and post here often. When you are a part of the community, the community has your back. If you post here once and then walk away like I did back in December, no one can help you. I made so many mistakes, and by the time I finally decided to speak up here I had already learned most of my tough lessons. By being a part of the community it adds depth and purpose to the game, as well as encouragement and answers from other players. This board will always be close to my heart because it is here I met people like Fightin' Frank, who have left a profound impact on me. We got a cool community with this game, so be a part of it.

If you do these four things, this game will still have the same excitement for you as it does for me, even after almost a year of playing. It is easy to look at the names of the people retiring and wonder if the game has a future, but for each one of those forum members that has passed into retirement 3-4 have joined. I have faith that FF will continue to move forward, and I want to encourage all of you to keep building and keep improving, because I can't wait to see who the new Strappavelli and Duavae and Alusteuphoric will be.

That's one hell of an introduction, took me like 10 minutes to read it. ^.^
We're happy to have you in the community buddy, for who you are as a person and for all you've done so far.

PS: You made me laugh so much with "pretending I know stuff about computers". ^.^

Sticky this thang!

Well said Mat, a true Guru of the game.
I still enjoy the game in the retirement mode asit is a great game to pick up when I have some free time and have a few fights here and there:D 

very well put long live ff

Thanks guys! Appreciate it!

Great post.
It's a great game made even better by a awsome forum/community.

Great advice Mamon!

I almost cried reading this. It's very heartfelt and touching. Thank you for being the awesome person you are! mamoncrief wins this thread!

what event did u start? widow?

Bump for good topic. It is just a game i like it,

I started right at the end of December/early jan and played the turret engineer hellcat event, but didn't place, then I used my level.ups to win a whopping 1 ice bot in the golem raid. That was my start haha

Not a bad time to start thats for sure

Yeah but as I mentioned in the above post, I had four months of being a noob before I figured out what the heck I was doing haha. If I could roll back time to that moment and re do it knowing what I know now, It would have been an incredible time to start haha. I didn't earn a L till vibriss last may. And those first few L's I earned were pretty lack luster compared the ones before and the ones we are getting currently.

Golem event was awesome.
Think was 1st event with allies sharing points.
People that had santa were so mad.

^ I remember that event like it was yesterday.
I was 29th . Had allied with NastyTC, Ericsqs and some others.

I allied with no one haha. I had no allies yet by that time. Which is why I found this place, looking for someplace that could find me allies. I wrote and introduction thread, which I kind of considered necro-ing, and got a few guys and no allies haha. I am glad to say the board has progressed since then

I'm crestfallen that I didn't make it onto the list of beloved players with Strap, Duavae, and Eros.  

Haha you were on my notepad list of players, I don't how you got neglected. Obviously an oversight on my part, and not a slight to your playing. I fixed it much love ryback.

Very well put, great post.

i love that i got mentioned. yay me lol jk but on the real. i didnt know you were a minister that's awesome stuff. keep up the good work mamon you and ace have definitely been the most helpful people ever for the game hope you stick around a long long time

^^ thanks man

I can't hold a candle to what the man posting above me has done for the people on this forum- in the game and out. Not even a candle.

i feel you mamon. i mean ace is kind of a bad ass. not going to lie, but if you keep up the way you do i think one day you'll at least have a candle to hold up (so to speak).

In the game mamon has me beat like i stole money from him. Do not let him state otherwise. Its okay to be humble till it starts getting silly lol

I didn't do a whole lot game wise and i had help in every single area of the game.

You have given away almost as much as you have taken bud haha. But none the less, I appreciate the compliment.

And regardless of the how or why, two top 10 finishes is insane. People don't understand what kind of commitment that takes.

Yeah its pretty crazy man. I only pushed on 1 raid, 2 tower and one pvp. Finishing with two Lv2's and one Lv1 and was amazed on how crazy it gets at the top lol

You can be finished like 60-40 and figure ahh this aint too bad lol .....now sit in the top 25 and watch the madness lol

what mamon said. ace has given as much as he has recieved. i know he's given me plenty of things. and that stands out above all else. i will always remember what ace has done for me where as i wont remember who dominated the top 10 from each event

Yup, I've done 2 top 10's on pvp, and never been able to hack it in tower and raid. I always get lethals by the skin of my teeth (or miss it by the skin of my teeth lol)

Oh you will start remembering that buddy LOL

Oh you WILL lol

Its like crack Only it taste better and won't kill you n shit lol

lol thats why i have a fear of pushing but its so tempting lol

Yeah the time i just missed was my first raid. I figured if i kept myself at rank 35 and use my huge 20 ammo can stash during the last day i could finish top 25 .....ahahaha yeah i know very young and naive at that time :/

haha top10 for tower is insanely time consuming, the best candidates in my book were Frank and Paint, these guys don't sleep very much lol I didn't say Strap because he can choose not to sleep haha

Yeah was the perfect event with the perfect timing. They are trying to adjust my pain meds and i was up for dayssss in a row so it worked out lol

OP ... signed.