Ashley! I remember you, my once so favourite rogue who I admittedly haven't seen in a long time. Oh my oh my, the memories.. Not sure which character of mine was after yours, but I can certainly remember it being fun. A lot of fun.
First off, I think you've stated your opinion quite nicely and certainly have been heard, and you certainly put some things forward I've had on my mind as well. (Or had, as in four weeks ago seeing I haven't been online since. Well, maybe once.)
Quote: It's because that I have become distant and closed from the community lurking in the shadows. Yes, I admit it and that makes me a horrible person, but alas it was the only way I saw fit to close myself away from the drama.
While solitude is at times very fitting, it also creates a form of lonelyness. Communityless, which makes the hardships of drama and trouble feel twice as heavy on your shoulders. Sharing it with others, gives the ability to breathe and shrug it off, and in a sense you shared it with this post. Perhaps it had felt less heavy if you had spoken about it earlier, but what's happened has happened. ^.~
Quote:I myself experienced some of the "better" aspects of new people; such as being publically told to f**k off via LFG for suggesting to leave STV for some SW or Elwynn RP
Feel free to report those people with screenshots and chat logs (Elephant addon is great for logging things) and they'll be sorted out. Perhaps they got annoyed that people always suggest to them to move, when they truly like the place, but on the other hand, respect should be in place despite being annoyed.
Quote:You know what I am talking about, don't you? I know you've been reading about it and I know you've noticed people leave for there. However, I myself don't see it as a rival,
I to saw them as rivals, however, I've asked Kret what he thought. It basically came down to, that the people who left had already been thinking of leaving for a while. Sure some interest has been sparked by others, and it's a pain to see friends leave, but for some (Like me) CotH always stays the #1 place. ^^ So as for rivalry, I don't think the two games are comparable due to both having a entirely different system. Yes, they are both for RP.. But they both offer RP in a new aspect. It's like cheese made out of cow milk, and the other out of goat milk. They are both cheese, but taste entirely different.
Quote:Mind you, it has been asked of us not to police chats and leave it for a GM, but if you honestly have that itch to do it or if there is not GM around, then please, please, please be RESPECTFUL.
Report is once again your friend, there are rules in place which people should follow at all times. I'm glad people can't police the chat channels anymore, but those who do seem to have missed a rule. ;3 It's understandable, but /leave Chat is much simpler then "HEY, KNOCK IT OFF." because in the end, it gives no drama. (Or much less then telling people to knock it off, or move elsewhere.)
Quote:Learn to forgive and remember that you can always walk away and /ignore.
There's no shame in walking away! Also, quoted again because I've felt like the place has perhaps been lacking it for a while.
Quote:Learn to forgive
It's a game, yes drama occurs in this game, but it occurs for as far as you let it in. If you get a wall of text over you, with rants and what not.. What's preventing you from shrugging it off, and either walk away, or say you'd rather discuss it upon a new day when things calmed down? From what I saw weeks back, people try to stop the fight in the heat of battle. Just let things settle, take a breath, get a drink and come back. ^.~
Quote:Along with this the quality of RP has severly fallen due to TEATIME IN STV! At the Meet n' Greet a lot of people agreed that STV needs to GTFO, but there is still nothing being done or not being done enough.
I'm not sure what to say regarding that, other that I have plans for getting it out of STV and elsewhere the moment I'm back. If I can organize Dwarven RP in a keep with 6+ dwarves, I can surely beat a little town. *Confident nod*
Quote:Give a little love and it all comes back to you. Basically - karma and oh so very true.
Nice little touch. ^.^
Also, finding Nostra's post I do have to agree on;
Quote:Sorry if I go off here, but seriously? It's just silly trying to bring back some past that, in truth, you only remember the best parts of. It's only human, but we have to keep it in mind.
The past is the past, and you alone can shape the future.
Edit: Also!
Quote:I agree with Duraza. One of my recent RP trips was totally random. There was four or five of us chillin' at GM Island and we wanted to RP. We each picked a zone assigned it to a number, 1-5. We all rolled and we got two 2s, two 3s and one 5. I ended up winning the tie-breaker and we were headed to Loch Modan (random I know). We went hunting for a Thressadon (Nessy) for it's brains for some medical salve. I had my Fishadin, there was a dwarven fisher, Pops the Mage with explosives, a warrior with a spear-gun and a dreanei who needed the brains. We eventually got a boat from a NCP, and got to a fight scene. We threw dynamite, nets, spears, arcane missles, plain fish, lightning bolts, holy shock and some fish stuffed with dynamite at it. It's attacks were tidal waves and grabbing one of us from the boat.
Point - It was totally random and a lot of fun.
I love those events! It always comes out with what you least expect. Thinking of writing a guide for random RP next. ;> /roll is your friend!