You play too much Aetolia when...

Lin

That's a shame, getting a call from Pilar is actually quite amusing.

Lin

Two years after the song's release and I still subconsciously sing "Now you're just Sibatti that I used to know".

Kiyotan

Can't unhear.

Haydyn

...when you find your self half-listening in an Linux CLI network administration class and glance down to your virtual machine to see the following: 

[root@*****]# gw

bash: gw: command not found...

[root@*****]# qw

bash: qw: command not found...

[root@*****]# design q

bash: design: command not found...

And you try to 'clear' your Aetolia screen, but only manage to clear your character's throat.

Amara

Haydyn said:

...when you find your self half-listening in an Linux CLI network administration class and glance down to your virtual machine to see the following: 

[root@*****]# gw

bash: gw: command not found...

[root@*****]# qw

bash: qw: command not found...

[root@*****]# design q

bash: design: command not found...

And you try to 'clear' your Aetolia screen, but only manage to clear your character's throat.

I do this, and then SIGH when I notice, which doesn't work any better

Teani

I often find myself saying the word SIGH rather than actually doing it, which makes it even more odd when the person I speak to is a Swedish-speaking non-Aetolian. <.<

Erzsebet

I say it all the time. >.> Often without actually doing it. Similarly: giggle, stare, eye, eyeshift, twirl, and ponder

Kiyotan

I had a patient named Dalton who totally flaked out on his appointment and I was not the least bit surprised.

Lin

HA HA I GET IT.

Erzsebet

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151.3 hours out of 168. So like. 16.7 hours a week of not-aetolia. And maybe another ten a week that are me online but idling, earthmelded, bio breaks, crafting like I shouldn't be right now, showering, etc.

Woki

I've not been here for very long, but I like the fact that there is that RP element. It helps you forget that Aetolia is a text based RPG and makes it that little more real. 

Lianca

Every time I listen (well, sing-a-long to is more acurate) to the song We Are Young by .fun I Always imagine Haven setting Duiran on fire when I get to this part: "so I set the world on fire, we can burn brighter than the sun."

Kiyotan

Amusingly, Haven set everyplace except Duiran on fire. 

Haven

Kiyotan said:

Amusingly, Haven set everyplace except Duiran on fire. 

Sadly, Duiran is immune to fire. It was the first place I tried. I intended to set the entire city ablaze or as much as I possibly could before someone came and stopped me but was surprised to find that fires were disabled within the city. So I did the next best thing and attack the forests.

Damonicus

Which is a shame, the admin should have just went...ok just this one time. Let's watch the whole world burn.

Lianca

Haven said:

Kiyotan said:

Amusingly, Haven set everyplace except Duiran on fire. 

Sadly, Duiran is immune to fire. It was the first place I tried. I intended to set the entire city ablaze or as much as I possibly could before someone came and stopped me but was surprised to find that fires were disabled within the city. So I did the next best thing and attack the forests.

Yeah I should have said forests to be more clear. I equate the forests with Duiran in my mind. Although I wasn't online when it happened I was around for the aftermath and the drama it created between Enorian and Duiran. Which was fun to watch.

Moirean

Exceeeeellent. It seems Haven's return to the dark side has begun...

Maghak

I was engaged in a friendly game of Collector genocide in ME3's multiplayer when I found an 'Akimoto' on my team. I had a moment of total confusion, not really helped by the fact he decided it was appropriate to spend three clips on shooting me in the face.

Dhar

This might have been mentioned already, but when I play actively I have text based dreams at least once a month.

Pretty weird.

Eleanor

I think dreaming in text is pretty standard for Aetolians. I brought it up in a class in university once, and my tutor eyeballed me suspiciously and then asked if I was synaesthetic.

Valenae

I know I've had too much exposure to Aetolia when my boss asks me, 'Did you remember to hit the clock this morning?' and without thinking I reply, 'Yeah, I'm logged in.'

Angwe

Dreaming in text is standard for all IRE players. Zug zug.

Erzsebet

Yeah. I -only- dream in text, pretty much. I mean, excepting the one recurring dream, almost every other dream I've had for the past six years has been text.

Haven

...am I the only one who has never dreamed in text?

Serrice

I don't dream in text, but I have dreamed that I was playing a MUD. 

Tsvanni

Violetta said:

When texting or in a chat you keep wanting to use say/wt/ht/clt/gt before anything else and every now and then it slips out

@violetta I do that all the time... I'm like 'say' in skype. It causes so many groans.

Edhain

Aetolian characters invade your dreams as if they're real people.

Moirean

You've just been Omei'd.

Periluna

When things you need to do in Aetolia are part of your 'To-Do' list along with your grocery list.

Illikaal

So I was on the forums just now, and ended up falling asleep with this netbook in my lap. In my dream, I was on the forums, and it was in fact so realistic that I didn't even realize I was sleeping. Of course when I woke up. Well. I was really just resuming my dream.