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BREAKING: EAST/WEST SPICE MASS TREE POISONING!!!!!

Info on the 10/14 East/West Spice mass tree poisoning....-WEST SPICE, 13th Primuary, 11:15 PM-

Fellow Glitchen,

I am sorry to report that the spice trees of East Spice,West Spice,and Flipside have been systematically poisoned and destroyed not by the Rook, but rather a group posing as some of us.Thanks to the efforts of many Glitchen both old and new, West Spice and Flipside have been almost completely re-stored. The spice trees of East Spice, however have been replaced with Gas Plants and Bubble Trees. The battle of Spice vs. Gas has existed almost as long as Ur itself, but this battle is quite different.

There is good reason to believe that we have been Raided.

Having witnessed this destruction myself, I can tell you it was like nothing I have seen. I had heard rumors of a planned mass tree poisoning and convinced myself that that was all they were. Rumors.
I saw a group of ,well, let's call them "trolls" acting as one to accomplish their selfish goals. I say "trolls" because they seemed to take delight in being unnecessarily rude and harassing nearly every Glitch that crossed their path.

One "troll" in particular boasted of the distant lands from which he hailed, though I am doubtful that he was telling the truth as I have traveled to one of these lands quite frequently and have many wonderful tales to tell. Other "trolls" chose to follow Glitchen at a close distance as if they wished they could somehow steal from them. Still others chose to toss verbal bait to incite insults.

At first glance, their goal appears quite simple: Create a shortage of allspice so that auction prices rise, then be sure that they are the only ones selling allspice. As allspice is a much-needed commodity, they stand to make money and gain control of the market. New Glitchen who do not have the resources to grow and maintain a Spice Tree would be forced to buy allspice at an inflated price. The only alternatives would be for experienced Glitches to donate or sell Spice Beans to new Glitchen, or to let them into their homes to harvest from trees in their backyard. The first option is inefficient, as allspice is required for certain quests, and the second is quite risky unless one doesn't mind having things stolen.

There is another possible reason: Some "trolls" find it pleasing to ruin a community by any means they see fit. Of course, should they be revealed as outsiders or spies, their fun is ruined, and so they make every attempt to blend in for the time period required  to complete their objectives. Once the time is right, they set their plan in motion and and vanish. In this case the plan might be to drive new Glitchen out of Ur and set the rest of Ur's children against one another by toying with a rather important yet common commodity.

Or still, the plan may be to promote a cause by disrupting our daily lives in a manner that is inconvienient to us. I have heard tales of a faraway land in which something quite similar is rumored to be happening as I write this.

Whatever the reason for this action, I will stand to protect East and West Spices from those who seek to destroy our community. I ask that my fellow Glitchen both new and experienced remain peacefully united against "trolls"  who seek to destroy what we have built together.

Reported by Glitch DJTch7

Posted 14 months ago by DJTch7 Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • +a very large number for Ebil  I got called a "damned terrorist" and was harangued when I inadvertently poisoned a spice tree in Baby Steppes a little while ago (poison in my inventory for the first time, fingers on auto).  I muttered something like "Sorry, quest", replanted and moved on.

    Fortunately I find it immensely amusing that people can get their knickers in such a twist about pixel-poisoning pixel-trees.  But "terrorist", really..?
    Posted 14 months ago by Moonspoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ix is all spice right now. I use more spice than gas, and have a couple gas trees in my yard anyway, so I'm cool with it, more than I'm cool with warring over it.

    I just would like to suggest that gassers please buy vapour in auctions before buying tree poison - I've been very consistantly putting my spare gas up for auction for you instead of donating it to shrines or selling to vendors, and I've gotten it back a number of times. I try to price it by what's already listed there, and if it's a bit high, think of how much you could be earning mining instead of working on tree ratios.

    The mind you save may be your own - and mine...
    Posted 14 months ago by gimmegames Subscriber! | Permalink
  • scared me...
    Posted 14 months ago by Rook Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Old threads like this need to be locked and archived.
    Posted 14 months ago by Tibbi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I may have chosen the wrong thread to unearth and add to, but the tree war issue is likely not resolved if Ix is all one or the other.
    Posted 14 months ago by gimmegames Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sorry hit button by accident don't know how to delete
    Posted 14 months ago by Virginia Moon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • A friend of mine had just started playing Glitch and witnessed the poisonings. They were bemused at what was going on ,being new to the game, but also angry because they were being repeatedly splanked and soaked. Doing this to the newbies when they haven't got much health is not acceptable behaviour. I have had to explain to the player that this falls far below the standards of everyday Glitchens, who normally are only to willing to help a fellow player especially a new one
    Posted 14 months ago by Virginia Moon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • old threads like these *are* locked and archived if they go for a month with no comments. obviously this one is still deemed to be relevant by the community...
    Posted 14 months ago by katlazam Subscriber! | Permalink
  • They're doing it again; this point has probably been raised but I really wish EVERYONE would reconsider.

    WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE ALL GAS?

    These morons are going through and mass killing spice in East and West.  West is back to all spice and "under control" but what the hell - how about planting A gas tree, or TWO gas trees in one place or the other?  Instead of being deliberately provocative and killing all the spice trees they could act like cooperative glitchen... i find it weird, in the bad way, that they insist on razing all the trees of one kind and planting all of another.
    Posted 13 months ago by Wye Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Just visited. Two immature trees. Spice.
    Nothing to see here.
    Posted 13 months ago by CrashTestPilot Subscriber! | Permalink
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