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Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
― Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
― Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
"Time to join the Carnifex, nobody bullies us, they're too busy being bullied by us."
If a guild feels the need to bully other people and the community, I have to wonder if this is a larger issue that needs to be looked at by the Producer of the game. I wonder how many people have left the shadow side for the spirit or worse, left the game. I ponder if this is being tracked some how.
but I guess this is all hypothetical?
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
― Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
2) I outguilded you after the council voted for it, and with RP reasons with our GTS being shared with others outside of the guild, which was and still part of the laws. Its the same if the Axis channel was shared by an Overlord to someone outside of Bloodloch
3) I didnt spend time trying to get you kicked out of the city, I was perfectly fine to leave you be, till you decided to bring up the blood duel, and even after the issue was resolved before the blood duel you decided you wanted one anyways in spite. To which I had every right to request terms and conditions as stated in the Blood duel scroll under chelp.
4) as stated in the Blood Duel scroll all issues are to be final and considered close after someone dies. I died to you in that duel and thus, as stated in the scroll, I didnt think about it ever again. However, it would seem you, @Iazamat , seem to still carry a huge grudge about it even to this day. I mean that was how long ago?
I really do not know what your fixation is with me, I have not bothered you ever since that happened, other than the messages about the Racetrack that you seem to think I was using some hidden agenda to get you in trouble where I was genuinely actually trying to help, not only from a RP prospective but also from an OOC prospective as a means to provide something to the city and others who are not all about combat, which there are a few of us who are like that. I involved the Overlord council simply because I knew of the drama between us.
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
― Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
You're right. You haven't. And there is no fixation from me. Everything was perfectly IC. However, given recent IC events, it was pretty clear the people your initial Pet Peeves post was aimed at. Then you dug deeper by beginning to imply far more OOC than necessary from a simple joke about another guild of players. It's pretty uncool, man, so I may have boiled over - not because of some grudge, but because it was an easy gotcha! to counteract the rather insidious accusations taking place against another group of players.
When I first started playing, people who flagged posts with 'Disagree' and 'Off Topic' votes were shown just like the other flags. I don't remember precisely when this changed. I know there's something to be said about people feeling nervous about expressing dissent when they have to do so publicly, but in the past year-ish, it seems like the anonymity has made it too easy. Rather than signifying meaningful disagreement or an actual issue with a post, people appear to flag posts (especially as 'Off Topic') as a passive-aggressive gesture. It's happened to me. I've observed it happen to others. I know I'm not alone in perceiving it as passive-aggressive. I don't think whatever we gained in terms of enabling shy people to express dissent offsets the frustration and perception of passive-aggressive, tether-based flagging.
tl;dr Please make people who click 'Off Topic' and 'Disagree' on posts show again so it's less viable as an easy, low risk way to needle each other.
https://forums.aetolia.com/discussion/3683/anonymized-negative-reactions
Standing around very rarely gets you RP. I do it in my shops, which sometimes helps, but most people just aim to get in, buy what they want, and get out.
The most consistent way I've gotten RP has been that last point: actually reaching out to (new) people I've not RPed at before. I've been pleasantly surprised sed at how many keep coming back to interact.
The other way I've gotten to RP with new people? Either making weird requests on market or answering weird requests.
You kind of can't take the passive route if you're looking for interaction. Yes, you might find people who are AFK, or people just don't want to RP at the point in time, but you have to keep poking around. You're not going to find anything if you just wait for it to come to you.
I get that there's lots of reasons for why people might make this choice, but sometimes I find it frustrating, and it makes me less likely to seek out RP with that person in the future.
There are people who will hold you 'RP hostage' for hours. They're talented RPers, but it's extremely difficult to find an out with RP with them because you either a) have somewhere else to be or b) would really rather be doing something else.
Then there are people who take forever to emote because they write novel-length paragraphs worth of emotes, leaving you with a CRAP TON of stuff to try and engage, which in turn forces you to do massive emotes yourself.
And then there are people who emote AT you rather than with you. Doesn't matter what you do or say, they just kind of do their own thing and feels like they're monologuing at you instead of playing off of or engaging stuff you're tossing out.
Having to respond to the first sentence, and then having to be like "And then when THIS happens, she DOES SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT" like, that's not at all a good flow, people!
Know when the dramatic "warrants a response" type actions are, even if it means your emote is 'only' two sentences long. Pacing is based on action, not word count!!!
Extra exclamation marks because I'm very passionate about this !!!!!!!
It can actually be very organic and amazing but I've found that it can be helpful to do planned resets in your scene, where if you feel like your character doesn't have a TON to do, just answer with a really short emote or even a SAY.
There's nothing wrong with building up to long, paragraph emotes, but you do kind of want to 'reset' the stage at some point. Break up the tempo with a say or smaller emote.
Paragraph emotes vs non-paragraph emotes is hard pressed of an argument. There is something I feel a lot of people who RP/emote often forget about: Time constraints.
If I decide I want to RP with you, I've got a limited time before I want to go do something else or before I need to log off. Simple short emotes are perfect for this, because I can then choose to respond with a simple say, or a quick two line saymote. If I'm having to wait on you for 30 minutes because you want to write out Pride and Prejudice in a single emote... I'm going to get irritated and be less likely to want to roleplay with you. This are moments like hanging out in a shop, central city location, etc.
INVERSELY... longer emotes are probably better left to times when there's actually something hugely monumental going on and you need to explore a full range of emotions/actions/thought processes because there's a story arc going on. Such as god rp or some sort of serious character development.
Ultimately... the longer your emotes, the less time you have to actually explore an RP arc together because you're waiting 15+ minutes for a response and then another 15+ minutes to reply.
Idk. Just my opinion on it all.