So, it's been a while since I had a "what's going on in the life of Grakor" kind of post. And, I'm sure many of you are wondering why certain things haven't been moving particularly quickly, especially the whole custom lore and race/class expansion ideas. Unfortunately, I can take the blame for a lot of it, and most of it has been due to RL complications on my end.
I think I've made no secret in the past that I suffer from recurring depression. I also suffer from a rather crippling social anxiety that often robs me of the ability to properly communicate in RL situations. This has been true for years, but it was only recently that I had the proper drive, and discovered means, to actually get help for any of that. The good news is that I'm currently taking medication (and am scheduled to get therapy) that may help, and we'll see how things progress from there.
The bad news is that I recently had a break-up with my boyfriend. I won't get into the specifics, but I'll say that we didn't part on the best of terms and the relationship was causing additional stress and worry on me, and I need as little stress and worry as I can get given the circumstances if I'm hoping to really recover. Unfortunately, this also effectively killed my RL social life as most of my outside contact was through him. Needless to say, I have a lot of work ahead of me when it comes to trying to get back out into the world, and it won't be an easy journey for me.
So, RL circumstances have effectively put a halt on my own contributions to server progression, particularly in regards to expanding lore. That said, we haven't been entirely idle.
One thing I want to highlight and talk about for a moment is that there was a change in server policy recently. Particularly, GMs are going to be required to make profiles for their personal, non-event characters now. (Event characters are still exempt from the profile requirement to help facilitate the production of events.) I've had complaints directed at me before regarding GMs skipping the profile process. In the past, we justified the exemption by saying that it gave GMs more time to dedicate to crafting events and fostering roleplay in the community. However, in retrospect I think it didn't work out the way we planned. So, we're trying to set things up so that GMs and players are on more even footing when it comes to what they can and cannot do with their characters.
That's about all I have for the moment. Need to fight this headache that's creeping up.
I think I've made no secret in the past that I suffer from recurring depression. I also suffer from a rather crippling social anxiety that often robs me of the ability to properly communicate in RL situations. This has been true for years, but it was only recently that I had the proper drive, and discovered means, to actually get help for any of that. The good news is that I'm currently taking medication (and am scheduled to get therapy) that may help, and we'll see how things progress from there.
The bad news is that I recently had a break-up with my boyfriend. I won't get into the specifics, but I'll say that we didn't part on the best of terms and the relationship was causing additional stress and worry on me, and I need as little stress and worry as I can get given the circumstances if I'm hoping to really recover. Unfortunately, this also effectively killed my RL social life as most of my outside contact was through him. Needless to say, I have a lot of work ahead of me when it comes to trying to get back out into the world, and it won't be an easy journey for me.
So, RL circumstances have effectively put a halt on my own contributions to server progression, particularly in regards to expanding lore. That said, we haven't been entirely idle.
One thing I want to highlight and talk about for a moment is that there was a change in server policy recently. Particularly, GMs are going to be required to make profiles for their personal, non-event characters now. (Event characters are still exempt from the profile requirement to help facilitate the production of events.) I've had complaints directed at me before regarding GMs skipping the profile process. In the past, we justified the exemption by saying that it gave GMs more time to dedicate to crafting events and fostering roleplay in the community. However, in retrospect I think it didn't work out the way we planned. So, we're trying to set things up so that GMs and players are on more even footing when it comes to what they can and cannot do with their characters.
That's about all I have for the moment. Need to fight this headache that's creeping up.
Have you hugged an orc today?
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