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I usually keep this a secret...but
Dear Achaeans,
When I was just a garden snake, I didn't know much of anything and when I first logged onto Achaea I was hard pressed to find a good name. So in my haste I choose what I thought sounded to be a good name but in reality was pretty pathetic. Now some of you probably have a bunch of different characters and run around making new ones every time you screw up a little. Not I. I have never once considered logging into Achaea as anyone but Cobra. I am strictly against alternate characters however I do know that the Divine love them so much. Anyway, instead of making a new character, I changed my name to Cobra. But this is not the secret in which I keep to the Shadowsnakes.
What I am about to tell you is what I tell every single Shadowsnake that every entered my guild. The first two rules.
The first two rules are SO important to anyone looking to become an elite killer in Achaea. These rules I created myself as there was no one really in Achaea at the time to teach me anything. Also these two rules will work in any situation any of you will every have, in Achaea and out.
So here goes, RULE NUMBER ONE. This is about the most important rule of being elite. If you can achieve this one rule then you are in my book, better than the rest and it is very simple.
NO COMPLAINING! EVER!
Seems simple right? Wrong. An elite killer doesn't whine, complain, threaten, make jokes, taunt, and otherwise make themselves look like a fool. No crying, PERIOD.
This is the first rule because of the next rule. Being an elite killer is, something that takes time to master as a serpent class. So, death is a part of this lesson. You can not become the best, if you do not try first. And usually trying involved many deaths. Which is why You never, under any circumstances, complain about death. And this is really more to the point...never complain, whine or threaten the person that just killed you. If you say anything to them, you only say, "Nice work, Good job. Let's go again." or something along those lines.
Now this rule was a bit more important when we didn't have an arena to practice in every major city in Achaea. We had to do it the old fashion way. For real. Anyway, let us go to my second rule of elite status.
RULE NUMBER TWO...You must always believe that you will succeed. You must always assume you will kill your victim. Even if you died 20 times in a row. Each time you must have in your mind the goal to WIN. If you say to yourself. I can't. You have lost. You are no longer elite in my book. If you say I can't kill that person, then you are WEAK. If you are 18 years of age in Achaea and believe you will succeed, you will. If you believe you will not succeed, you will not. Remember, death is not losing. Losing only happens when you say you can't. Keep that in mind.
So there you have it. My first two rules of being an elite killing machine. If you want to find out more you can contact me via Achaea. There are many more lessons to becoming the best but these are the first two steps. Rules Three and up I will only divulge to members of my house, the Shadowsnakes.
I wish you all the best of luck and hope your killing and murdering sprees leads you into the shadows.
Sincerely yours,
Cobra
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I am elite, I know this because I never complain about anything ever, and I am 100% guaranteed to succeed most of the time, except when I don't but that's someone else's fault.
Can you tell me how I can improve my killing sprees? Should I use some Shadowsnake-approved lubricant?
With regards,
Finchy
Taught me a lesson, he did. Now when I have a secret, I just head towards the nearest Ram's Horn and Shout it. Everybody's gonna find out anyway, might as well be up-front about it.
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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important
Archdragon Mizik Corten, Herald of Ruin says, "Man, that was a big axk."
Hellrazor Cain de Soulis, Sartan's Hammer says, "Your [sic] a beast."
Those are inspiring words, for both new players and old. Those rules give one the tools they need to become successful on their own, by the work they put in to their character development.
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High Clan status is reserved for clans that are strictly in-character and add
to the depth of Achaea's roleplay. These are the current benefits that High
Clans will receive:
- Ability for the clan leader to title clan members.
- Ability to declare organisational relations with other RP orgs.
- High Clans will not count towards your max clan slots.
- Listing in a help scroll for High Clans.
- HIGHCLAN LIST will show existing High Clans.
There's a lot more on requirements and such, but it's not quite a House... but is an organisation with more meaning than a regular clan.
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Yes please. If you could get this to happen, I would be thrilled.
Unfortunately, whining about just about everything seems commonplace now.
Whining about people that won't stop complaining.
So, lets try this in dramatic conclusion. Listen close, as my ideas are baked deep within. High Clans then. *composes self*
*cracks knuckles*
"Ahem.."
"..Gods, hear me well, but enjoy the fruit I bear, all joking aside, these biblical and expected guidelines governing High Clans that -I'm about to deliver, should be..hmm..how can I put it so you can understand the magnitude adversely imposed on Achaeans.. Ah yes, -consider the following your Prime Directive.
Are you dealing with highly motivated players that have a burning desire to contribute? If the answer is yes, then clearly these guys come first without question. They came to you. If you haven't even given them a review...actually, let’s just cut the BS a sec, -if you haven't even acknowledged them-, I hope the alarm is ringing at this point, as you just found yourself customer number one. Hundreds of hours of work sway precariously on the tightrope, as the applicants hang in the balance with uncertain future. All because they weren't worth a reply.
Hell, the rib numbing kick a bad dog receives from its drunken master would have them seething with jealousy as they can't even recall the last time you put a cigarette butt out on them, let alone receive their Master's loving foot touch. So, no. The words "application received" were instead greedily replaced by a gluttony fueled, doughy-fisted grab at the Cheetos’s bowl, not even a scoff given, as the mountain dew washed down the real priority. The stomach churning and putrid gust of divine flatulence served as the last nail in the coffin, insofar as their "reply" expectations garnered them. There would be no justice.
If the answer was no, and you aren't receiving highly motivated players -then turn your attentions away from High Clans, and towards those that seek to contribute to the group in the largest, longest lasting of ways, wherever they are. And they -are- there. Don't force feed ideas up still-sutured rectii, throw us a curveball one of these years and ask what -we- might want in life. We have yet to see the truly die hard High Clan I was expecting by this point. So in summary, know who your aces of spades are and use them by default, wherever their passions lie. -Empower- the motivated workers and their good ideas by providing them acknowledgement, traction, upward mobility and a refreshing atmosphere borne of progress, rather than the stale fart-coffin of ding dongs and Dr. Pepper we find you in. The level of compassion and care for our wellbeing is often rivaled only by a slumber party at the Dahmer house."
Yes, my brain may be shot, but I'm robust as a lion chia pet, full of energy and commitment to the pride, my afro-pick standing out in symbolic testament to this unflappable conviction. I'd take brain damage over your bed sores any day, these pecks don’t shred themselves, I rep 275. Anyways, it’s on you now to go forth, and do the right thing, good luck.
If Achaea had a Chinese calendar …the year of the cock will have reigned two-hundred years now."