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I stand by my earlier post, but I think what you have to realize is that death actually doesn't matter in Aetolia and never will, even from a lore standpoint. Maybe the current event is looking to change that and will, but there is never going to be an IC consensus (or even an OOC one) on how people treat/react to death, especially when it comes to undead/vampires who truly don't have anything to fear. Hence, my comment about behaviour being black marks that follow characters around. You have to treat these characters with the stigma they've earned.

You mean sort of like people of a certain tether constantly spouting off about how rad undeath is, "wE pErSiSt", etc despite ICly being steamrolled last week in a global, conflict-driven event?

Yeah. Exhausting. But hey, who am I to tell other people how they can and cannot RP?

Finding a behavior annoying and disruptive isn't telling anybody how to roleplay. If you wanna post about bein' annoyed about folk not shouting "waaaah, we lost, ur so handsome, take my lunch money" after losing an event, go ahead, but it's not really related to what I posted.

I'll never understand trying to get zapped, especially if you aren't locked in a personal story with the god or trying to offer yourself up as tribute (Tanixalthas regularly ate people). It can be funny, I guess, but it really should be more of a black mark on your character than anything. And I want it to be clear there's a difference between retorting to a god and zap-baiting.

It really does reveal that the characters in question just aren't taking anything seriously. It shouldn't be funny or cute to goad a god into murdering you. And trust me, after a while it's really not enjoyable for the poor Celani who has to entertain you, either

Seeing all the zap-baiting lately is getting a little exhausting and, honestly, immersion-breaking. I don't really know how else to put it. It's tiresome. It very rarely seems to be a case of "I'm standing up for what I believe in, in spite of being in the face of a superior force" and more often seems to be "I don't know how to get positive attention, so negative attention it is."

edit: and I'm pretty sure I've done this in the past, and it was just as tired, unoriginal, and boring then.

Phase pulling at cross-tether public events where everyone is welcome, especially repeatedly. It's disruptive and unnecessary and takes attention off the event. It's especially obnoxious when the phase pull is followed with smug commentary and smirks, like some grand gotchta had just been pulled. With the number of events that involve high-powered mobs hopping out and starting to swing, phase is just a safer place to stand - not a matter of 'spying'.

Just my personal pet peeve. I'm sure plenty of people will disagree, but.. it is what it is.

ps. this isn't directed at people with like, a valid RP reason to check for someone and does it once. I still feel like that should be done with farsee instead, but.. it's not as bad by far.

Skulking in the shadows amongst people that might consider you an enemy is an aggressive action even from an rp angle.