Balybool spammed Ashtan CT with an all-caps post about Occultists/Babel/Terra in a way that would take too much censoring to quote here, suffice to say it was about 15 lines long, and he spammed it as hard as he could before being silenced.
Cascades of quicksilver light streak across the firmament as the celestial voice of Ourania intones, "Oh Jarrod..."
My point is, either why is she seeking a combat ranking, or why is someone combat challenging novices just to look like they know how to fight? >.>
Kresslack, the combat rankings are for all who want to join. It just happens that most are good fighters, but if you think of it, it is good practice for smaller ones. I have fought against one a bit bigger. He won and got the points, which I like because he has taught me many things. Someone has to be last on the list, and it can be me. Though I would prefer it if there were more smaller fighters there.
Fighting in general is good practice. I've always seen the Combat Rankings as a competition sort of fighting, as people usually compete for the first rank. When you're a ranked fighter, it gives the indication that you might know what you're doing, and are competing.
You know, @Nafireak's "special snowflake" tendencies are to me, as someone who works with her frequently, some of the most consistent, and well-written RP in the game. I find her diction, word choice, and sentence construction to be approaching par with @Lodi, @Herenicus, and @Flair. I have interviewed the character thoroughly about her tendencies, and the character has also voiced discomfort at others' perceptions of her more base of impulses, particularly in the realm of cannibalism. Yet, the player chooses to continue, and add a darker taboo to the game that is otherwise not present in Mhaldor, currently.
So what? She used a word in an emote that you had to look up in a dictionary? I did, too. If you judge the character based upon limited interactions with her, you are going to miss out on a lot of the RP justifications that the player has for making the character act the way that they choose.
To me, the line between "special snowflake" and "singularly strong RP" is a very fine one. No one looks at @Flair and calls him a "special snowflake". Why is that, I wonder? I think that it has something to do with the fact that the player has been working at it for a very long time, and he is exceedingly consistent with it. Nafireak has not yet had the time to develop that kind of a track record, but from Nizaris' interactions with her, I can tell you that she is, at the very least, consistent.
Consistently irritating, in my opinion. Which those other great roleplayers you mentioned are not. I think that is why Nafireak is not known up to their standards and most likely never will be. Not because she hasn't had enough time to get that reputation out there... Definitely not.
I think it is possible to be a special snowflake with strong writing skills. I don't see anything especially wrong with using unusual words in emotes, though I find that simpler is better when one is trying to convey an action-- ideally, nobody in the room should be left uncertain as to what the action was meant to look like. I still find Nafireak's character ridiculous.
Edit: to be fair, while I have interacted with Nafireak multiple times I have never done so for any extended period. It's possible she manages to pull it off, and quite likely that she deliberately plays the character as off-putting. Unless I am missing the meaning of 'special snowflake', however, she absolutely comes off as one.
________________________ The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."
(Clan): Ictinus says, "Stop it Jiraishin, you're making me like you."
My only interactions with her have so far been seeing her at the debate and what Garao just posted. If in that sort of timeframe she can come across as a "special snowflake" then there's a problem. My main issue with her is that she constantly does stuff like that - even when Lodi asked for quiet for the debate, she still chimed in with an emote every now and then. Which is just bloody obnoxious if you're trying to listen/read something.
It was bad enough with all the bloody people in there geared up for a raid and constantly applying mass, shrouds, etc. We didn't need someone being all special snowflake too.
And note: If you're going to use your own emotes (which I fully approve of) keep them short and semi-simple. @Jurixe is a good example of this. They give a bit of personality to the character and they aren't two or three sentences long. And they don't use words that people have to break the flow of the RP to go look up in a dictionary.
@Jurixe is a great example of some of the most consistent, and well-written RP in the game. Naifreak, is not. Consistent, sure. But annoyingly, attention whoringly (I know its not a word STFU) so.
You know, @Nafireak's "special snowflake" tendencies are to me, as someone who works with her frequently, some of the most consistent, and well-written RP in the game. I find her diction, word choice, and sentence construction to be approaching par with @Lodi, @Herenicus, and @Flair. I have interviewed the character thoroughly about her tendencies, and the character has also voiced discomfort at others' perceptions of her more base of impulses, particularly in the realm of cannibalism. Yet, the player chooses to continue, and add a darker taboo to the game that is otherwise not present in Mhaldor, currently.
So what? She used a word in an emote that you had to look up in a German dictionary? I did, too. If you judge the character based upon limited interactions with her, you are going to miss out on a lot of the RP justifications that the player has for making the character act the way that they choose.
To me, the line between "special snowflake" and "singularly strong RP" is a very fine one. No one looks at @Flair and calls him a "special snowflake". Why is that, I wonder? I think that it has something to do with the fact that the player has been working at it for a very long time, and he is exceedingly consistent with it. Nafireak has not yet had the time to develop that kind of a track record, but from Nizaris' interactions with her, I can tell you that she is, at the very least, consistent.
I had to look that word up in a German dictionary, actually. My first mental image was one of whatever you wouldn't look like if you tilted your head to the side to scent the air while choking on something and your friend was giving you the Heimlich maneuver. But, you can't scent while you are choking, so I went back to the drawing board. I would say, as a rule of thumb, don't use non-English adjectives or verbs or nouns unless they have been widely accepted and recognized by mainstream society. Namely, me. When you take an à la carte approach to your language selection, you're bound to confuse some people and have a few misunderstandings. C'est la vie, some people will partake in the mammoth schadenfreude carnival.
Frozen by fear, you can do naught but watch, wide-eyed with terror, as Gyrth's blazing sphere streaks towards you and slams into your body, burning you horribly.
Your shield completely absorbs the damage.
Frozen by fear, you can do naught but watch, wide-eyed with terror, as Jhui's blazing sphere streaks towards you and slams into your body, burning you horribly.
Your shield completely absorbs the damage.
Frozen by fear, you can do naught but watch, wide-eyed with terror, as Narcos's blazing sphere streaks towards you and slams into your body, burning you horribly.
Frozen by fear, you can do naught but watch, wide-eyed with terror, as Yiwen's blazing sphere streaks towards you and slams into your body, burning you horribly.
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Cascades of quicksilver light streak across the firmament as the celestial voice of Ourania intones, "Oh Jarrod..."
Maybe this one won't fall down endless abysses to it's death.
Or at least be less stupid than a normal lemming.
Edit: to be fair, while I have interacted with Nafireak multiple times I have never done so for any extended period. It's possible she manages to pull it off, and quite likely that she deliberately plays the character as off-putting. Unless I am missing the meaning of 'special snowflake', however, she absolutely comes off as one.
The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."
(Clan): Ictinus says, "Stop it Jiraishin, you're making me like you."
It was bad enough with all the bloody people in there geared up for a raid and constantly applying mass, shrouds, etc. We didn't need someone being all special snowflake too.
And note: If you're going to use your own emotes (which I fully approve of) keep them short and semi-simple. @Jurixe is a good example of this. They give a bit of personality to the character and they aren't two or three sentences long. And they don't use words that people have to break the flow of the RP to go look up in a dictionary.
I had to look that word up in a German dictionary, actually. My first mental image was one of whatever you wouldn't look like if you tilted your head to the side to scent the air while choking on something and your friend was giving you the Heimlich maneuver. But, you can't scent while you are choking, so I went back to the drawing board. I would say, as a rule of thumb, don't use non-English adjectives or verbs or nouns unless they have been widely accepted and recognized by mainstream society. Namely, me. When you take an à la carte approach to your language selection, you're bound to confuse some people and have a few misunderstandings. C'est la vie, some people will partake in the mammoth schadenfreude carnival.