Way of the Warrior (game)

The way of the warrior - a term popularized by the works of K. Castaneda , lies at the heart of the ideology of the project. Each player, having registered a character, chooses his own path: to defeat at any cost or to maintain his humanity and honor, to become a legendary fighter or to remain a living liar.

Fights between game characters are an important component of the project. The development of the physical characteristics of your character, the achievement of new levels (which is noteworthy, the combat hierarchy is based on the military military ranks of the Russian army ^[1] ) and the active promotion along the social ladder (caste hierarchy) of the project depend on the talent to win and the ability to lose. The ability to conduct battles with non-player characters (bots) eliminates the long search for game opponents ^[1] . Gambling group fights, olympiads and clan competitions (clan wars) help amuse vanity and identify the best fighters.

Requirements

The main requirements of the project are the ability to use manipulators such as “ keyboard ” and “ mouse ”, and the presence of at least some kind of Internet access . Speed ​​does not matter: for dial-up connections , for example, there is a lightweight text skin with a low screen resolution , access via a cell phone and PDA is possible. To get into the game, you will need a browser and an electronic mailbox for registration (in the interests of the player to use their own and existing mailbox). Since additions to the project at different times were made by different people who have their own preferences for browsers, then absolutely all the features of the game will be available only on browsers of the Internet Explorer engine , on others, such as Opera , FireFox and others, incorrect operation is possible.

Toolkit

The genre of the game assumes the presence of a line of various tools (objects and others like them) for a variety of gameplay. Unlike most game projects, where the character needs to buy and change uniforms with each level to a new, more advanced one, a unique system is introduced on the Way of the Warrior. Each account (registered since May 5, 2007 ), upon reaching a certain level (the rank of Corporal - 9 victories in any battles is necessary), receives a set (8 types of items) of personalized uniform absolutely free. Nominal uniforms do not need to be changed when a new level is reached, it is proportionally improved along with the growth of the character. Personalized uniforms need only to be pumped (there are several types of pumping, depending on the player’s ability to invest money). It can not be stolen, sold or gifted, it is available only to one character-owner. And according to the same unique system introduced in the spring of 2007, the pumping of this personalized uniform to a certain level comes at the expense of the project.

There are many schemes for pumping personalized uniforms. The ability to run items and use various scrolls on them, emphasizes the strengths of your character and exposes the weaknesses of his leveling. But if you don’t want or don’t have the ability to download a clothing account, various types of fights allow you to go along the Warrior’s Path and fists (accounts without uniforms or accounts with insufficient gear).

To give the fights intense color, there is the possibility of using potions and witchcraft in battles (work on magic schools has not stopped so far).

Money System

The project uses its own in-game currency - real . There are many ways to replenish the account of your game character (from a trivial exchange for real money, to work for the benefit of the project and participation in contests). The development of economic ties is also facilitated by the trade in resources (from which runes are forged and potions are made), scrolls.

Subprojects

To brighten up the reluctance to communicate, the prolonged waiting for the gaming opponent, there are many mini-games on the project related to the Way of the Warrior replenishment of one or another account. The main ones include:

• Labyrinth of the Minotaur. Quest based on the Theseus myth, through a maze with non-player characters.
• Tote . Backed up by a bet, a dispute on a particular event within the project.
• Zone (meaning "anomalous zone"). Almost independent project (genre: strategy) aimed at the extraction of resources.

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Management

• Mentors - A department recruited from project veterans whose goal is to help newcomers.
• Military Academy - to comprehend the hidden and difficult to digest the intricacies and basics of the project.
• Administrators - a qualified staff of workers whose goals include moderating a chat, helping players, correcting errors, developing innovations.
• Judicial apparatus - to resolve disputes and conflicts between participants, according to the letter of the draft law.

The official birthday of the project is February 20, 2002. Also, every year, participants in the project, whose characters were online on the night of December 31 to January 1 , receive an honorary badge of the Patriot Way (in 2002-2003 - it was the Patriot of the First year, in 2003-2004 - the second year, etc.).

Project participants living in different parts of the world have held meetings several times (perhaps, after Russia , Israel takes the second place). The traditional congress in the city of Penza (the place of residence of the One) is called Hajj (each character of a player who has seen the founder live has the right to wear a unique Hajj badge).