An automous region of China, it is home to a unique form of Buddhism and it is rich in culture. Tibet is also one of the fasting growing in population and economic growth.
It became the focus of protests against the Beijing Olympics back in the spring and summer of 2008.
Brainwashed Free Tibet people think that Tibet should be completely independent and they will even go as far as to justify the murders of the Chinese in Tibet.
Brainwashed CCP-supporters think that Tibet was ALWAYS part of China, when in reality, it was a part of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties as a tributary, it wasn't until the Qing Dynasty was when Tibet was full part of China. Also, the thing to think about it is that the Qing Dyanasty and the Republic of China were not as repressive or destructive towards Tibetan and Buddhist culture as the PRC communists were in the 1950s and 60s.
Despite political repressions and strictly regulated practice of religion and religious rights, the typical Tibetan is still living a better life from a socioeconomic standpoint compared to pre-1959 times.
The rational person would believe that Tibetans were both negatively and positively influenced by PRC consolidation.
Negatives- Much Tibetan culture was lost and destroyed by the Chinese communists, crackdowns on protests can be quite brutal, spiritual leaders cannot be freely chosen without consent from Beijing.
Positives- Vastly improved infrastructure, part of the diverse and power modern Chinese economy, lower class Tibetans have more freedoms.
Both the Free Tibet and Pro-CCP people fail to understand the importance of a good compromise, such as maybe Hong Kong/Macau-style autonomy for Tibet, the ability for the Tibetan Buddhist clergy to pick their own leaders.
Even the Dalai Lama Gyastso himself disagrees with complete independence.
It became the focus of protests against the Beijing Olympics back in the spring and summer of 2008.
Brainwashed Free Tibet people think that Tibet should be completely independent and they will even go as far as to justify the murders of the Chinese in Tibet.
Brainwashed CCP-supporters think that Tibet was ALWAYS part of China, when in reality, it was a part of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties as a tributary, it wasn't until the Qing Dynasty was when Tibet was full part of China. Also, the thing to think about it is that the Qing Dyanasty and the Republic of China were not as repressive or destructive towards Tibetan and Buddhist culture as the PRC communists were in the 1950s and 60s.
Despite political repressions and strictly regulated practice of religion and religious rights, the typical Tibetan is still living a better life from a socioeconomic standpoint compared to pre-1959 times.
The rational person would believe that Tibetans were both negatively and positively influenced by PRC consolidation.
Negatives- Much Tibetan culture was lost and destroyed by the Chinese communists, crackdowns on protests can be quite brutal, spiritual leaders cannot be freely chosen without consent from Beijing.
Positives- Vastly improved infrastructure, part of the diverse and power modern Chinese economy, lower class Tibetans have more freedoms.
Both the Free Tibet and Pro-CCP people fail to understand the importance of a good compromise, such as maybe Hong Kong/Macau-style autonomy for Tibet, the ability for the Tibetan Buddhist clergy to pick their own leaders.
Even the Dalai Lama Gyastso himself disagrees with complete independence.
Tibet is an long lasting and venerable culture. For many centuries, the Chinese and the Tibetans have had mostly good and mutual relationships until 1959, after the communists won the civil war in China, the Chinese PLA clamped down hard on the Tibetans. Compared to then, Sino-Tibetan relations has improved after the cultural revolution and the economic and political reforms of the 1970s but there is still much disagreement, the protests against the 2008 Olympics have brought out the bad blood between Tibetans and Han Chinese, but amongst the bickering, there was not much plan for compromise between the Chinese and Tibetans, not much shreds of rationalism.
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Paladins would have been better named "Rangers" or something, since they are archers. Paladins are traditionally Holy Knights, using swords or a warhammer, and on horseback. But no... in Tibia they are archers.
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The player base is highly elitist and very anti-newbie which can make it difficult to get started.
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The gameplay is very repetitive and restrictive. For example, training is simply... click... wait for hours doing nothing, or chatting.
The game has no real plot, which makes the quests quite boring and only worth doing for the items, really.
The spell system is flawed, since you can get all the spells by lvl 36 (If I remember correctly). Meaning being a high level Sorcerer or Druid gets very boring. (I know this from experience.)
Well actually... the game gets very boring in general. Leveling is very laborious, as is 'training'. Which is why high level characters tend to get bored and turn their attentions to power abusing in various ways.
If you play this game you might one day ask yourself... "Why am I playing this? I don't actually like it... but I still play it."
My advice: If you don't play Tibia; keep it that way. If you play Tibia; quit.
1b. A corresponding bone in other vertebrates. Also called shinbone.
2. The fourth division of an insect's leg, between the femur and the tarsi.
3. An ancient flute.
4. A slightly below-average MMORPG. At the moment it has 44 servers holding around 35,000 players at a time between them.
There are 4 types of characters: Knight, Paladin, Sorcerer and Druid.
Paladins would have been better named "Rangers" or something, since they are archers. Paladins are traditionally Holy Knights, using swords or a warhammer, and on horseback. But no... in Tibia they are archers.
The graphics are average, but are miproving with each update.
The player base is highly elitist and very anti-newbie which can make it difficult to get started.
PKing used to be a big problem but the creator of the game put in some features which helped calm it down a bit.
The gameplay is very repetitive and restrictive. For example, training is simply... click... wait for hours doing nothing, or chatting.
The game has no real plot, which makes the quests quite boring and only worth doing for the items, really.
The spell system is flawed, since you can get all the spells by lvl 36 (If I remember correctly). Meaning being a high level Sorcerer or Druid gets very boring. (I know this from experience.)
Well actually... the game gets very boring in general. Leveling is very laborious, as is 'training'. Which is why high level characters tend to get bored and turn their attentions to power abusing in various ways.
If you play this game you might one day ask yourself... "Why am I playing this? I don't actually like it... but I still play it."
My advice: If you don't play Tibia; keep it that way. If you play Tibia; quit.
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