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Entropia News: ComPet Behind The Game: Backstory

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  1. Mar 24, 2016 #1
    EP-Newsbot

    EP-Newsbot

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    ComPet: Behind The Game

    #2 Backstory


    The action of ComPet takes place in a magical land where pets are not just 'pets'. They have awesome magical powers and incredible physical abilities.

    Your uncle - Lord Atherton - lives in this strange place. He’s called you to a meeting but was very vague about the reason. Something about taking a job and the fact he wasn’t getting any younger.

    You knock on the door of his study and enter, curious to know more…


    LORD ATHERTON:

    “Welcome, welcome! Good to see you! How’s my favourite relative eh?

    Glad you’re taking over. To be honest I’m getting a bit too old for things, you understand. Time to leave it all to the youngsters!”

    [You stare at him, totally surprised]

    “You want to know a bit more about the job? Of course!

    It was jolly marvellous being a wealthy Lord and a man of leisure. A nice paper in the morning. Fine dining. Brandy and smoking jackets in the evening. A fine leather armchair and dozing by the fire.

    The other Lords and I used to go out hunting and fishing together. It was capital!

    But after a while it all became rather...dull.

    We needed a new challenge, you see. Something to liven things up a bit. Perhaps a little competition...

    Naturally, as Lords of considerable estates we had stables full of pets. And then we thought ‘that’s it, by jove! Why not compete with our animals?’ ComPet, we called it.

    And then we thought, while we’re at it, why not up the stakes a little? A little wager here and there...

    Well, naturally it soon got out of hand. Some of us even started sending our pets to attack our opponents’ estates would you believe! Of course, it wasn’t me who started it...

    Or perhaps it was. I forget now...

    At any rate, as my estates manager and animal trainer I expect you to train my animals and use them to defend my holdings. And more than that, I expect you to win!

    You’ll need perseverance and cunning to succeed. Those Lords are a devious lot!

    So there you go.

    Good luck with it all! I’m sure you’ll give ‘em a damn good thrashing!

    Now, where did I put that Brandy…?”

    You walk out of your uncle’s study in a daze. Taking over? Becoming his estates manager and animal trainer? You’re sure he didn’t mention any of this before! What is the crazy old man thinking? Well, you’re unemployed so perhaps this is just what you need, but maybe you should go back in and ask abo—

    You suddenly notice that a smiling young woman with a clipboard is standing right in front of you.

    OLIVIA:

    “So your Lord Atherton’s nephew/niece? Pleased to meet you. I’m Olivia, Lord Atherton’s assistant.

    I must say I’m so glad to see you! It’s been a tad hectic around here after Lord Atherton retired. I’ve had to manage everything on my own. But now you’re here!

    How did it get to this stage, I suppose you’re wondering?

    I suppose it started out as a mere trifle, an amusement amongst the local Lords. A bit like cards or dominos, you might say.

    Recently though, the game has gotten rather...dangerous.

    I hope you’ll forgive me for saying so, but Lord Atherton was always the ringleader in the group! He egged them on, no doubt about it. ‘Higher stakes, more fun’ was his motto! Before anyone knew what was happening whole estates were being destroyed in ComPet!

    And here we are. Mustn’t complain though! This is a grand estate: the Athertons have been here for generations. Did you know your great grandfather once invented The Flying Gurglestroople? What a brilliant mind!

    Anyway, now we’ve gotten acquainted let’s get down to business…”


    It seems you’re on this adventure, whether you like it or not!

    After a moment of thought, you decide you like it.

    Source
     
  2. Mar 24, 2016 #2
    Sionkiewicz

    Sionkiewicz One of those Americans

    Another scam from EU..
     
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  3. Mar 24, 2016 #3
    mastermesh

    mastermesh

    Did Mindark just call "Uncle"? Also, did they really just mention fishing?
     
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  4. Mar 25, 2016 #4
    Sionkiewicz

    Sionkiewicz One of those Americans

    COMPets did.. Please, let's not mix this with EU.

    As you all know, it's a separate game from EU which MA decided to start using funds from EU. The Pet Deeds were/are a scam within EU and players were purchasing them thinking they would give them something in EU. MA never corrected it but happily accepted the funds.

    AND.. TBH, If I wanted to play Pokimon.. I would go play that game.
     
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  5. Mar 25, 2016 #5
    McCormick

    McCormick

    The action of ComPet takes place in a magical land where pets are not just 'pets'. They have awesome magical powers and incredible physical abilities.

    Your uncle - Lord Atherton - lives in this strange place. He’s called you to a meeting but was very vague about the reason. Something about taking a job and the fact he wasn’t getting any younger.

    You knock on the door of his study and enter, curious to know more…

    LORD ATHERTON:

    “Welcome, welcome! Good to see you! How’s my favourite relative eh?


    Holy shit...Im laughing...wtf did I just read ? :'D
     
  6. Mar 25, 2016 #6
    Tass

    Tass Administrator

    MindArk takes place in a dimension where anything remotely looking like proper genre fiction or utilization of a coherent settings cannot exist. End of the story.
     
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  7. Mar 26, 2016 #7
    Haruto Rat

    Haruto Rat

    You're probably thirty years or so past the age of the target audience of this message, and so am I. :geek:
     
  8. Mar 26, 2016 #8
    McCormick

    McCormick

    Ya, I bet the hundreds of thousands of 9-12 year olds, here and on the other forum enjoyed this text. ;D
     
  9. Mar 26, 2016 #9
    San

    San

    If this is so far behind us, most should have some offspring in the targeted age bracket who could be asked for an opinion. Unless everybody has been glued to the game 24/7/365...
     
  10. Mar 26, 2016 #10
    Acronoid

    Acronoid

    This is... ... ... *shakes head in disbelief and walks away*
     
  11. Mar 29, 2016 #11
    Katielicious Kat Mallow

    Katielicious Kat Mallow

    See they have just missed another deadline today - WTF !
     
  12. Mar 29, 2016 #12
    McCormick

    McCormick

    2 days to go, never underestimate the spontaneity of MA. x'D
     
  13. Mar 29, 2016 #13
    McCormick

    McCormick

  14. Apr 4, 2016 #14
    Wistrel

    Wistrel Kick Ass Elf

    Well TBH it isn't the sort of thing that really needs a lot of backstory. I'm actually fine with it. It is about the right length to fit in a game intro text to place a setting and add context to aid with explanations. It also introduces the helper (tutorial) actually Pokemon picross (that I am currently rather hooked on) did something similar.

    This is actually the most encouraging thing I've seen related to Crumpets so far (that, in itself, says something...)

    The beta slipped... well that was inevitable and shouldn't have been a surprise to anyone. I'm betting it won't beta this month either.
     
  15. Apr 4, 2016 #15
    McCormick

    McCormick

    Nearly all "apps" that look and act like "this"...dont need any story to be explained before the release.

    The game gets thrown into the app market and starts with a tutorial. Then you either like or delete it.

    Or the devs of such games do a high quality render movie that gets shown on TV with real hollywood actors...wait...wut ? ND could...ah, nevermind ^^

    Lord Atherton ftw x'D
     
  16. Apr 26, 2016 #16
    Nitul

    Nitul

    I think the vast majority of you are criticising a game that can prove to be successful. Hearthstone got 40 million accounts, this game seems interesting, allow the developers to work on their game instead of constantly criticising them.
     
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  17. Apr 26, 2016 #17
    Sionkiewicz

    Sionkiewicz One of those Americans

    Might prove successful.. but with MA's track record, I think not.. :bandit:
     
  18. Apr 27, 2016 #18
    NotAdmin

    NotAdmin Administrator

    Heartstone was made by Blizzard. Blizzard is immensely successful as a gaming company.

    Compets is made by MindArk. Whom are immensely successful at... uhm... churning out press releases.
     
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  19. Apr 27, 2016 #19
    San

    San

    Well, let's put it this way: Virtual worlds are like real countries. There are big and small ones, successful ones and ones that barely get by, ones with pretty landscapes and ones with glitzy shopping windows. We live in a small one with pretty landscapes that barely gets by and we choose to remain until the pain of uprooting no longer outweighs the woes.
     
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  20. Apr 27, 2016 #20
    McCormick

    McCormick


    Very nice ! Someone who understood. :)

    Entropia is like NorthKorea then. Unknown to the rest of the world since its called Democratic(!) People's Republic of Korea (Entropia Universe).
    Every time North Korea announces something, like, hangover-free-alcohol or some rockets beeing fired, it will be in the world news for a day.
    It will already be ignored/forgotten 2 days later.

    A fancy-pants guy with a funny face (Kim Jong Un) will announce this and that, now and then and make you, "the community" (Democratic(!) People's Republic of Korea) actually believe what he repeats since ages, make you hope and belive and hope and believe and hope and believe and pay and work and talk shit and hope and so on.
    The rest of the world will never ever SEE North Korea like you do. And you will never ever SEE the rest of the world...

    Lets SEE what our "President of Virtual Reality" has...seriously, this is a farce.
     
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