Silkroad GNGWC 2009 - My Trip to Korea

.AWAKE. · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 2070 **Location:**

ahh finally getting around to sorting through all my pictures from Busan, South Korea for the 2009 GNGWC silkroad tournament

here is a few that Ive gathered so far,
so far this is what I have experienced through playing this game

(these are not in any particular order but you can kind of get the idea )

(in picture 6 and 11 im the white kid with a beanie on lol)

as I keep going through this folder , I will upload some more pictures

Goseki · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 3452 **Location:**

Kool. Looked like fun, guess it wasn't handled by JM, as everything looks non-shitty. And people actually showed up. Be funny if someone set a bot to play for them.

Did you head my advice and flick off the CEO and take a SRF dump in his mouth for all of us?

.AWAKE. · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 2070 **Location:**

LOL I wasn't able to get near him really.. ( incase you didn't know he is the dude in the 3rd picture)
everything was handled by joymax , the kid in the 8th picture is a GM for silkroad and everytime we went to lunch or dinner he would take out the joymax company card and pay for the tab
I was really surprised with how well they organized the event ,actually I just recently got a call from Dennis Winter , another GM for silkroad out of Irvine California , Joymax is going to be setting up an offline event for all the players in the irvine / los angeles area to gather with the current research & development team so they can get feedback on what some of the players want to see change with this game , thats going to be sometime next month but I already have tons of things written down to discuss with them

.AWAKE. · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 2070 **Location:**

Hennessey · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 459 **Location:**

.AWAKE. wrote:

Joymax is going to be setting up an offline event for all the players to gather with the current research & development team so they can get feedback on what some of the players want to see change with this game , thats going to be sometime next month but I already have tons of things written down to discuss with them

why do i think this isnt going to pull through

Crowley · **Posted:** Sat Dec 26, 2009 7:15 am

You're such a sexy beast

korea92 · **Joined:** Dec 2009 **Posts:** 98 **Location:**

.AWAKE. wrote:

LOL I wasn't able to get near him really.. ( incase you didn't know he is the dude in the 3rd picture)
everything was handled by joymax , the kid in the 8th picture is a GM for silkroad and everytime we went to lunch or dinner he would take out the joymax company card and pay for the tab
I was really surprised with how well they organized the event ,actually I just recently got a call from Dennis Winter , another GM for silkroad out of Irvine California , Joymax is going to be setting up an offline event for all the players in the irvine / los angeles area to gather with the current research & development team so they can get feedback on what some of the players want to see change with this game , thats going to be sometime next month but I already have tons of things written down to discuss with them

tell them about too much SP farming!!! argargrgrgggg
*edit: SP farming is so pointless!!

.AWAKE. · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 2070 **Location:**

found another , Im on the big screen!

larrylhm · **Joined:** Oct 2008 **Posts:** 334 **Location:**

oo they actually have an event for silkroad? cool. and you went all the way to busan for it?

Goseki · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 3452 **Location:**

Hey .Awake., you should suggest that they up the mp usage for int builds of Euros. Like higher mp usage for bless and healing orbits, etc. Would help reduce the over-powerness of warrior/clerics. And reduce the number of retarded pure str clerics and bards out there. Annoying when my pt insists on letting the warrior cleric heal us when I know it's gonna be shitty heals with pauses every 5 secs to recover mp.

M3K0S · **Joined:** Aug 2008 **Posts:** 1580 **Location:**

no way i hope they call me

do we get to meet somewhere or sumthin? haha

*BlackFox · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7923 **Location:**

Post pics of what you got.. lulz

M3K0S · **Joined:** Aug 2008 **Posts:** 1580 **Location:**

he got a silk card worth 1000 dollars lol
for purchasing silk ONLY

LaloHao · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 1987 **Location:** Mexico

.AWAKE. wrote:

found another , Im on the big screen!

I see Ando from Heroes :shock:

.AWAKE. · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 2070 **Location:**

got 1,000$ USD , with a 27.5% tax due to me being from the U.S

the 3 games that participated in this years GNGWC were : Silkroad Online , Atlantica Online, & Shot Online.

sting13 · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 689 **Location:**

.AWAKE. wrote:

got 1,000$ USD , with a 27.5% tax due to me being from the U.S

the 3 games that participated in this years GNGWC were : Silkroad Online , Atlantica Online, & Shot Online.

Kind of sucks that it was taxed so hard, but i think the experience was worth way more than the money, id be happy just to go on the trip

Btw, that guy that was 1st, he looks so familar, did he win last year too?

Squirt · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 8186 **Location:**

Its Jacky Chan :shock:

Nice event :3

Lowis · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 570 **Location:** Trolling

Awake what ever you do dont bring up bots as the first answer. LOL

If possible write down that you want to see some bugs in-game fixed and new events like CTF Arenas(BIGGER Area's). Improving the Trade system from its current state. Possibly a new UI makeover and graphic improvements to the game. Explain to them its been x amout of years update the graphics.

etc... They might actually listen to that which would make the game so much more interesting if its possible.

BuDo · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 4714 **Location:**

Any chance you can get the development team to see what concerns us players? I mean our written concerns...kinda like a list of what we do and don't like about SRO?...Would be nice if someone could draft up an online questionnaire and anyone who wants to fill one out does so and you give the results to your GM friend who's gonna be at this offline event in the irvine / los angeles area.

Also I'd like to know if you brought up the notion of how badly the game is being overrun by botting. I find it hard to believe that you went all the way to Korea for this event and never felt the urge to ask about the problems that plague the game. Tell us about the questions you asked. And the responses. Plss and thx

Gladiator_RN · **Posted:** Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:41 pm

I think Joymax finaly starting to care about their players, very slowly, but its going better. if you read the official site they are gonna spawn GM's (gold name) in servers.

DropOut · **Joined:** May 2009 **Posts:** 323 **Location:** Belgium

Take a screenshot from the goldbots in town and show it to them

Balderdash · **Posted:** Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:21 pm

Every time someone says, "Joymax is starting to care about the game" i check back in a month and see that nothing has changed. I think for most people, after 6 years of them not giving a shit, its too late.

MonstaH · **Joined:** Jun 2006 **Posts:** 1550 **Location:**

Germany 1st place - sorted.

Nice pics.

MadChipmunk · **Joined:** Feb 2009 **Posts:** 96 **Location:**

Nice beard, and nice photos.

Shiver · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 334 **Location:** Ephesus

I see your name! Now we can all add you on stalkerbook. $

Just kidding though, if anyone adds you it ain't me.

butcha · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 681 **Location:** Estonia

Gladiator_RN wrote:

I think Joymax finaly starting to care about their players, very slowly, but its going better. if you read the official site they are gonna spawn GM's (gold name) in servers.

BS

curvekiller · **Joined:** Jan 2009 **Posts:** 975 **Location:** Bavaria

butcha wrote:

Gladiator_RN wrote:

I think Joymax finaly starting to care about their players, very slowly, but its going better. if you read the official site they are gonna spawn GM's (gold name) in servers.

BS

-1
I'm with Gladiator.
And awake, rly nice pix. I hope you can make some actual improvements to the game at your meeting in California, and maybe even get them to help legits a bit :love:

Goseki · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 3452 **Location:**

curvekiller wrote:

butcha wrote:

Gladiator_RN wrote:

I think Joymax finaly starting to care about their players, very slowly, but its going better. if you read the official site they are gonna spawn GM's (gold name) in servers.

BS

-1
I'm with Gladiator.
And awake, rly nice pix. I hope you can make some actual improvements to the game at your meeting in California, and maybe even get them to help legits a bit :love:

+1
I agree with butcha.
Talk to the GM, you'll see they're nothing but pansies.

.AWAKE. · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 2070 **Location:**

when I was in korea, I did bring up a lot of issues that I thought were influencing the game, gold bots..player bots , lack of GM support , lack of customer service through the website,

they were really keen on improving, obviously they realize that you can't please everyone, and no matter what you do, there is going to be feedback on both sides of the spectrum whether you want to be positive about changes or stay on that bandwagon of " oh its been X amount of time without, so there is no chance of improvement "

however having a first hand experience with talking to them ( I only talked to the employee's who literally couldn't do anything else but tell us they will pass the suggestions on to the development team ( which is in KOREA ) I mean really, are we expecting them to bust out laptops , login and start banhammering? no, they are puppets where the strings are being held by someone else somewhere else..

but I did get a couple phone calls so far planning offline meetings and getting a chance to sit down with the developers, and all I can say at this moment is there will be changes and some of you wont even notice them when they happen, however the game is still very alive and the company is apt to make some changes.

Goseki · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 3452 **Location:**

.AWAKE. wrote:

when I was in korea, I did bring up a lot of issues that I thought were influencing the game, gold bots..player bots , lack of GM support , lack of customer service through the website,

they were really keen on improving, obviously they realize that you can't please everyone, and no matter what you do, there is going to be feedback on both sides of the spectrum whether you want to be positive about changes or stay on that bandwagon of " oh its been X amount of time without, so there is no chance of improvement "

however having a first hand experience with talking to them ( I only talked to the employee's who literally couldn't do anything else but tell us they will pass the suggestions on to the development team ( which is in KOREA ) I mean really, are we expecting them to bust out laptops , login and start banhammering? no, they are puppets where the strings are being held by someone else somewhere else..

but I did get a couple phone calls so far planning offline meetings and getting a chance to sit down with the developers, and all I can say at this moment is there will be changes and some of you wont even notice them when they happen, however the game is still very alive and the company is apt to make some changes.

I'm gonna laugh if the changes end up being a SRO sponsored bot you can buy in the item mall...
be like salt on the fresh wound.

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