Rate - A - Train

[Xytrasx]

This is an old post from Club Fu on bristlebane I did not creat this gem.




(compiled by Breathe/Flitterbick, proud member of the Club Fu guild on Bristlebane )

Trains in EverQuest are an inevitable occurance. Yet despite the frequency of trains, little effort has been expended towards the scientific goal of rating these oft-maligned forces of nature.

Until now . . .

NOTE - For your train to be valid for rating under the CFTI, it must be an UNPLANNED train. While any idiot can maliciously cause a train if they set their mind to it, TRUE training comes from the heart. It is the wondrous alignment of lag, carelessness, and sheer dumb luck that coalesces into a living, breathing example of Chaos Theory at it's finest. Spontaneity is your goal, and this is defeated by premeditation or intentional efforts to increase your CFTI once you realize your innocent little pull has mutated into the most feared of all events . . . a train.

This index would not have been possible without the dedicated, nay FANATIC efforts of the many pullers within Club Fu and the many suggestions from others across all servers. I would thank you individually, but I'm too busy looting my corpse.

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PULLING
You are the puller. -10 pts
Group does not know you are the puller. +15 pts
Group does not know you are pulling. +10 pts
Group deliberately misled into thinking you are NOT pulling. +50 pts
Did you pull while group members were AFK? +5 pts per AFK member
Was it the Enchanter or Cleric? +10 pt bonus

WARNINGS
Did you shout a warning to the zone before the train hit? -20 pts
Did you shout a warning to the zone after the train hit? +30 pts
Did you claim, after the train, that you DID shout a warning before the train, even though you didn't? +40 pts
Did you warn your group a train was coming? -10 pts
Was it cryptic? ("Ummm...", "OMG", "3 inc I think", "may be an add", etc) +10 pts
Did you mislead your group into thinking a train was NOT coming? +20 pts

CONTENT
Number of mobs? +10 pts per mob above four
Did any of the mobs summon? +10 pts
Did any of the mobs HT/DT? +10 pts
Did they HT/DT someone else? +20 pts
Was it the bard? +30 pts
Did your train contain any "named" mobs or rare spawns? +30 pts
Did your train contain any Deities? (NOTE - Claiming you saw God during the training does not count) +40 pts
Did your train contain representatives of more than 50% of all mob types in that zone? +25 pts

IMPACT!
WTH? from witnesses. +5 pts each
WTF? from witnesses. +10 pts each
OMG! from witnesses. +5 pts each
OMFG! from witnesses. +10 pts each
Did you force any Monks/SK's/Necros to FD? +5 pts each
Did you force any Clerics to DA? +10 pts each

EVASION
Did you survive your own train? +50 pts
Did you self-inflict damage and/or zone to fake your own death in order to soften incoming accusations? +20 pts
Survivors in group who did not use FD or zone to evade death. -30 pts each

AFTERMATH
Did you claim responsibility for your train? -10 pts
Regret it? -50 pts
Brag about it? +50 pts
Blame lag? +10 pts
Blame the bard? +10 pts
Did they buy it? +30 pts

No confirmed deaths. -200 pts
Confirmed deaths. +20 pts per death
Were any deaths from classes that have Feign Death (MNK, SHD, NEC)? +20 pts each
Were any victims looting their corpses from a previous death when your train hit? +50 pts

Number of insulting/accusatory tells from train victims/witnesses. +10 pts each
Number of congratulatory tells from Monks, SK's, Rangers or other pullers. +20 pts each
Number of tells from victims rendered incoherent by rage. +25 pts each

Petitioned? +20 pts
Did you OOC/shout to the zone that trains in EQ "are a fact of life" or other similar rationalization? +10 pts
NOW were you petitioned? +40 pts
Did any victims/groupmembers quit EQ for the night? +30 pts each
Quit EQ, period? +100 pts

FOR EXPERTS ONLY
Guides killed? +40 pts each
GM's killed? +60 pts each
Verant/GM-Admins killed? x2 Multiplier
Did recovery from your train require Verant CS representatives to summon corpses/reset spawns? +50 pts

Total group wipeout. +50 pts per group
Total raid wipeout. x1.5 Multiplier
Did you ruin an RP event? +60 pts
Was it a wedding? +100 pts
Was it YOUR wedding? +200 pts

[Bactros]

omg not bad! +5 !

[Ferriciean Aetas]

rofl... i loved the wedding part

[Hazinson]

LOL wow does that bring back memorys or what, hehe yea even the wedding train

[Kenolas]

Was it YOUR wedding? +200 pts

Hrm, is it just me or does this sound like something Chubz would do?

[Dalla]

Was it a wedding? +100 pts
Was it YOUR wedding? +200 pts


I hear Jeff Foxworthy in the background on this one........

[ChubzDA]

I'd never get married

[Ferriciean Aetas]

Just rediscovered this awesomeness while searching for something else...

For those of you who have joined EQ since instanced content became prevalent... you missed out on some awesome, epic trains. Sorry! You missed some fantastic stuff. KC and Sebilis Disco-to-UZO trains were the best.

[Ophyllia]

Did you OOC/shout to the zone that trains in EQ "are a fact of life" or other similar rationalization? +10 pts

i read this and I thought of Ferriciean instantly!

[Ferriciean Aetas]

Did you OOC/shout to the zone that trains in EQ "are a fact of life" or other similar rationalization? +10 pts

i read this and I thought of Ferriciean instantly!

You know me so well.

Although, I would at least add "lol@yourface" at the end of the ooc.

[Delfino]

I'd never get married

Spoke too soon!

[Ferriciean Aetas]

I'd never get married

Spoke too soon!

el oh el

laughface.

[Chania]

I'd never get married

Spoke too soon!

Har har!

[TenkenBL]

pwn'd

[Khaarma]

HAHAHA

looks like Chuberz posted too soon

dang, i seem to be repeating everyone, ooh well