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Re: Mildly Irritating: Aetolia's Pet Peeves
Nipsy told me to watch my back last time we talked, and then didn't even do anything to me after that talk.
Such a letdown.
eta: why are these emojis so big
Such a letdown.eta: why are these emojis so big
Akrios
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Re: Mildly Irritating: Aetolia's Pet Peeves
me when nipsy acts a clown and insults OG Chakrasul With The "Dainty, Naked Feet":
Tetchta
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Re: Mildly Irritating: Aetolia's Pet Peeves
I feel like establishing a good, healthy IC/OOC separation used to be so common in Aetolia that everyone took it for granted - this thread, as of late, really suggests we ought to bring back the practice.my IC/OOC separation is so good that they used it as the conceptual basis for the tv show Severance. i don't even know who all of you are.
Alela
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Re: Mildly Irritating: Aetolia's Pet Peeves
These fking mobile forums are my pet peeve. What is this non sense?
Bulrok
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Re: Mildly Irritating: Aetolia's Pet Peeves
Hey there, I'll keep this short. (Yes I mean it this time.)
1: omg people are talking about me when I'm not even here, I'm so popular! I will be accepting expressions of adoration through donations of grimstim pills, chocolates, phoenix hearts, but not your firstborn. No firstborns please.
2: On a more serious note, I've said it here so many times now I don't know how else to say it really. Whirran is a jerk. A complete and utter fanatic and a jerk. He's vindictive, underhanded, rude, all these things to people he doesn't respect. That's the character I've made. Lots of you don't like that or don't seem equipped to deal with that and assume it's malicious or personal. It's not. Maybe you think I'm not playing a villain how a villain should be played. But it's my character to play, not yours. Plenty of people, on both tethers, who give Whirran a chance and rp with me enjoy our interactions quite a bit, and have gotten to see beneath the exterior personality of the character. Other people put me on ignore just because I shout in character things they don't like. If you're not equipped to handle a character personality that you dislike, you do you. I'm going to keep playing the character I find compelling. That's the way it is.
3: To address the most recent example of this, I'll give some context. I killed Isia in vortex. She shouted that it didn't matter and I didn't accomplish anything. I retorted that I absolutely did, since the goal was to kill her and stunt her progress towards her goal, which is 200. That is her goal which she said Whirran had no impact on. Factually, that's just incorrect. His goal was to sabotage her because he doesn't respect her and she's an enemy and he wants to sabotage the things she strives for. I shouted all of this entirely in character, for everyone to hear, because again. It's not a secret that in character Whirran is a jerk. These motivations are not OOC driven hate. These are plain, obvious in character motivations, in response to her in character taunts and stated in character goals. The idea that it's somehow rude of me to say I want to sabotage her in character stated goal is absurd. Be offended on her behalf if you like but at least get the facts right.
4: As a final note, I'll mention here that I sling my mud and take my lumps in character. Considering how many issue threats I get or how many times I'm mentioned here for essentially the same complaints, I really wish folks would do the same.
Thanks.
1: omg people are talking about me when I'm not even here, I'm so popular! I will be accepting expressions of adoration through donations of grimstim pills, chocolates, phoenix hearts, but not your firstborn. No firstborns please.
2: On a more serious note, I've said it here so many times now I don't know how else to say it really. Whirran is a jerk. A complete and utter fanatic and a jerk. He's vindictive, underhanded, rude, all these things to people he doesn't respect. That's the character I've made. Lots of you don't like that or don't seem equipped to deal with that and assume it's malicious or personal. It's not. Maybe you think I'm not playing a villain how a villain should be played. But it's my character to play, not yours. Plenty of people, on both tethers, who give Whirran a chance and rp with me enjoy our interactions quite a bit, and have gotten to see beneath the exterior personality of the character. Other people put me on ignore just because I shout in character things they don't like. If you're not equipped to handle a character personality that you dislike, you do you. I'm going to keep playing the character I find compelling. That's the way it is.
3: To address the most recent example of this, I'll give some context. I killed Isia in vortex. She shouted that it didn't matter and I didn't accomplish anything. I retorted that I absolutely did, since the goal was to kill her and stunt her progress towards her goal, which is 200. That is her goal which she said Whirran had no impact on. Factually, that's just incorrect. His goal was to sabotage her because he doesn't respect her and she's an enemy and he wants to sabotage the things she strives for. I shouted all of this entirely in character, for everyone to hear, because again. It's not a secret that in character Whirran is a jerk. These motivations are not OOC driven hate. These are plain, obvious in character motivations, in response to her in character taunts and stated in character goals. The idea that it's somehow rude of me to say I want to sabotage her in character stated goal is absurd. Be offended on her behalf if you like but at least get the facts right.
4: As a final note, I'll mention here that I sling my mud and take my lumps in character. Considering how many issue threats I get or how many times I'm mentioned here for essentially the same complaints, I really wish folks would do the same.
Thanks.
Whirran
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Re: Mildly Irritating: Aetolia's Pet Peeves
immersion breakingsometimes i feel like i'm being controlled by an unseen entity from outside our world...
Alela
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Re: Can we talk about consumable buffs?
I just don't think I see the point if disallowing at least one free buff pause in a game where RP or Org Obligations or Events (all of which can more or less come out of nowhere) can all take several hours, and are considered a vital part of the gameplay experience. They almost always cost some sort of extremely-difficult-to-get currency (iron coins, silver keystones, promos, articart--most of those requiring real money in some form or another), so it's a ticking clock usually on a real dollar investment somewhere. I've heard the "well they're too strong" thing get bandied about here and there, but they're kinda ubiquitous at this point for major leveling pushes. I don't even think they're that much of a power creep problem, getting levels/exp at high end gameplay is a MASSIVE grind, and usually people end up sinking a decent amount of real money into the game if they're making an actual concerted push into the game.
I guess they could be deleted or nerfed, but that really feels like punishing people for wanting to have a decent/fun play experience. Kind of one of those "how dare I want to not want to jump out the window while bashing at level 185" type situations.
I just don't think we've ever been given a solid argument for why we shouldn't be allowed to pause chocolates AT LEAST one time for free, maybe subsequent times with a 1 credit cost or something silly. These things can jump to 15/20 credits. Pausing to play any other part of the game and letting the cooldown burn away is like buying a resealable bottle of coke and, instead of putting it in the fridge, you pour a little bit of it down the drain at a steady rate. I don't think it's totally fair to be put into a position where you have to choose between the chocolate cooldown and the rest of the game, especially if it's super important. We're not talking about roleplay stakes or difficult IC decisions here, like me choosing between being a my character being Carnifex or sidehopping to kiss Duiranites--this is purely about player value.
I guess they could be deleted or nerfed, but that really feels like punishing people for wanting to have a decent/fun play experience. Kind of one of those "how dare I want to not want to jump out the window while bashing at level 185" type situations.
I just don't think we've ever been given a solid argument for why we shouldn't be allowed to pause chocolates AT LEAST one time for free, maybe subsequent times with a 1 credit cost or something silly. These things can jump to 15/20 credits. Pausing to play any other part of the game and letting the cooldown burn away is like buying a resealable bottle of coke and, instead of putting it in the fridge, you pour a little bit of it down the drain at a steady rate. I don't think it's totally fair to be put into a position where you have to choose between the chocolate cooldown and the rest of the game, especially if it's super important. We're not talking about roleplay stakes or difficult IC decisions here, like me choosing between being a my character being Carnifex or sidehopping to kiss Duiranites--this is purely about player value.
Tetchta
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Re: Lore questions.
Gesundheit.Evilo said:Who is Qisythan Saifyr/ Sarefailen?
The gel that keeps Galleus's fauxhawk in place.Toz said:Squee, I was right about Carnifex soul stuff. Attacks the link between mind and body, which is why it causes dizziness/stupidity, and eventually blackouts.Time to put Toz in a labcoat and move the Cabalists over.Also, I have to know - what is in the 4th vial of venom in the antidote learning messages?
Omei
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Re: Announce post #3208: Hello and New Beginnings!
Welcome to Aetolia, it'll be good to have you here. I do not envy your task of healing the divide between players and the admin team, but I wish you the best of luck!update: he did good
Lin
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