Achaea Namechecked in Vice Article about MUDsex

Aktillum

With the publicity from this, I might finally finish that erotic Achaea novel I've been working on.

Plot spoiler:

Vastar puts on His robe and wizard hat.

Berenene

Aktillum said:

With the publicity from this, I might finally finish that erotic Achaea novel I've been working on.

Plot spoiler:

Vastar puts on His robe and wizard hat.

That's been finished for a while.
http://bash.org/?104383

Synbios

Achilles said:

Sarapis said:

*glare* Everybody who contributed to us being namechecked there please kindly step outside where the flogging will continue...indefinitely.

You might have to start with Tecton

Indecent Pillow: 5 Mayan Crowns
   - Dropping this lust-ridden pillow in your bedroom will expand its "capacity", and allow a third person to occupy the bed. Only one pillow may be in a bed at any time, and only the owner of the pillow and the bedroom has permission to drop it.

Bukariin

Berenene said:

Bukariin said:

I mean, if you search YTMND for "Achaea" you get exactly one result and it's a dramatic reading of a mudsex session.

I seem to recall when that first came about.  I'm pretty sure there was some pretty bad fallout over it, but the details are pretty fuzzy.

We briefly had an unofficial wiki headed by Amunet, myself and some other people.  The "mudsex" entry had a few examples like that, and you could tag player pages as "mudsexers" if they were a known entity.

Siduri

Honestly, that page was a perfect example of moral bullying. I'm glad that it's gone. Why do we even care if people use Achaea to MUDsex? The problem comes from the unwarranted proposals made to novices and people in general. Aka: Predatory behaviour.

Bukariin

I'm like 99% sure that Amunet herself was guilty of rampant mudsexing, so I don't think it was judgmental.

Rohai

Your idea #669 "MUDSEXWHO" has been submitted.

Razha

Bukariin said:

I'm like 99% sure that Amunet herself was guilty of rampant mudsexing, so I don't think it was judgmental.

Yep. A little googling with turn up a pastebin about it.

Jhaeli

Oh god. That article was hilarious.

MUDsex was an interesting way to explore sexuality when I was a geeky teenager (almost a decade ago now) and, as I've said to others before, it's safer than exploring real sex before you're ready to, which is why I practice a "Don't care, not interested" attitude towards it these days. As Siduri notes, the real issue is predatory behaviour and/or harassment towards players who show no interest, and both are fairly rampant through no fault of the administration.

That said, I doubt MUDsex is what anyone wants Achaea to be known for. Even if I don't care about it being used as such, it isn't something that should be promoted. There are a large number of "mature" games that the author could have chosen instead, ones that would have appreciated the context of the advertisement.

Athelas

Earlier this year, when I first started playing again, I had to beat off attempts at mudsex aimed towards Athelas. If it wasn't for the fact that I was rather fixated on getting Athelas to level 80, I probably would have stopped playing because of it.

Eventually though, I simply became very upfront about it and told the suitors straight up, that I'm not interested. It seems that's all it takes to get them off your back, and where that failed I used one of the following:

emote picks his nose and flicks the resulting mucus at you.
emote farts loudly, the stench from his bowls soon flows up your nostrils, compelling you to leave.

And my personal favorite, although I've not had the opportunity to actually use it:

emote coughs, a sticky green liquid escapes his mouth and droplets of it splatter all over your face. With horror you realize you have joined the ranks of the infected.

Sobriquet

"Beat off"... pun intended @athelas ?

Athelas

Sobriquet said:

"Beat off"... pun intended @athelas ?

  I'm really tempted to say yes, but that would be a lie.

Kiah

Athelas said:

Earlier this year, when I first started playing again, I had to beat off attempts at mudsex aimed towards Athelas. If it wasn't for the fact that I was rather fixated on getting Athelas to level 80, I probably would have stopped playing because of it.

Eventually though, I simply became very upfront about it and told the suitors straight up, that I'm not interested. It seems that's all it takes to get them off your back, and where that failed I used one of the following:

emote picks his nose and flicks the resulting mucus at you.
emote farts loudly, the stench from his bowls soon flows up your nostrils, compelling you to leave.

And my personal favorite, although I've not had the opportunity to actually use it:

emote coughs, a sticky green liquid escapes his mouth and droplets of it splatter all over your face. With horror you realize you have joined the ranks of the infected.

I mean, I get it @Athelas that you've probably had a few (or many, idk) run-ins with random people wanting to sex your char. But it's really not necessary to just assume that's what every female character in the game wants to do, just because they have expressed an interest in interacting with your character. 

I say this with a tinge of irritation because you did this to Kiah, and I was lol'ing at your OOC gall. Like, Athelas and Kiah had spoken a few times about various stuff, mostly hunting and combat, and nothing even vaguely romantic (except when she asked if he'd ever been married I suppose?), and the next thing I know I'm getting OOC tells about how you're happily married rl and have no interest in sexing me. I was floored, and it was hilariously off-putting. 

Not everyone wants to text bang you, guy. Unless you're @Tirac. In which case, yes, yes they do. Men and women alike.  

That being said, I do have my own opinions about MUDsexing. But I don't care enough to enter into any level of an argument or debate about it, so I won't be making any useful contributions to this conversation, lol. Just wanted to tell Athelas, bc wtf.  

Aegoth

Athelas said:

Earlier this year, when I first started playing again, I had to beat off attempts at mudsex aimed towards Athelas. If it wasn't for the fact that I was rather fixated on getting Athelas to level 80, I probably would have stopped playing because of it.

Eventually though, I simply became very upfront about it and told the suitors straight up, that I'm not interested. It seems that's all it takes to get them off your back, and where that failed I used one of the following:

emote picks his nose and flicks the resulting mucus at you.
emote farts loudly, the stench from his bowls soon flows up your nostrils, compelling you to leave.

And my personal favorite, although I've not had the opportunity to actually use it:

emote coughs, a sticky green liquid escapes his mouth and droplets of it splatter all over your face. With horror you realize you have joined the ranks of the infected.

As someone who has tried multiple times to pork you, I have to say that your constant prudish behaviour is not only disgusting, but it makes for a toxic, unhealthy gaming environment. When I made Aegoth, I created him solely for the purpose of giving pleasure to those who suffer. Athelas is a wounded individual, and, as Aegoth's role permits, I wanted to help "heal" his "ache". All you did was throw mud at me and start telling me to go whore around with Trixie on Mysia. Athelas, grow the fuck up and just accept that your bumhole was made to receive the glorious gifts of mudsex

Ulrike

Siduri said:

Honestly, that page was a perfect example of moral bullying. I'm glad that it's gone. Why do we even care if people use Achaea to MUDsex? The problem comes from the unwarranted proposals made to novices and people in general. Aka: Predatory behaviour.

I've come around to this view (and feel bad that I didn't sooner). Sex is just sex, and people enjoy it. Including textwise. Just don't be a creepy asshole about it, as I hope you wouldn't anywhere else either. And go somewhere private unless you want it ending up in the Naga library.

P.S.: unf unf dragon tail action hnnnggh

Drodak

When I first started playing mmo's I thought of mudsex like this.




Of course that is most often not the case, especially with player pics and assuming people aren't catfish. I'm now an old married guy not interested in mudsex, so I get to use a stereotypical troll description for my troll. Which I love being a troll, wish we had orcs but oh well.
Anyways Achaea isnt even close to being the top culprit as shown by http://mudstats.com/ . 
It's Shangrila and all that furry stuff. Missed the boat on that one too I guess.

Athelas

@Kiah Actually, that was a defensive move from my side, caused by previous experiences. I've adopted a rather safe than sorry approach. Yea, it kind of sucked to have to do it, I was really in two minds about it, but the defensive thing won out. Sorry if it was a bad one for you. I've rather enjoyed the story line between Athelas and Kiah, it's quite refreshing in terms of RP.

@Aegoth ROFLMFAO. This bum-hole is shut, an' you ain't gett'n none of it!

Kinilan

Because this appears to be the appropriate place to tell this story...

This one time while out gettingour pirate on me and aMhaldorian crew happen uppon this ship sitting up against the chops on the east side of the Sea of Screamed Prayers, south of Sealion cove. The poor bastards don't even try to run as we approach. We come up along side, grapple, fire a boarding deck and a gaggle of bloodthirty Mhaldorian pirates launch themselves at the target ship and land right in the middle of...a god damn bondage party. There were two people going at it and another dude just stood there and kept fishing.

In the end we just sunk the ship for so, so, sooooo many reasons.

Ernam

Berenene said:

Aktillum said:

With the publicity from this, I might finally finish that erotic Achaea novel I've been working on.

Plot spoiler:

Vastar puts on His robe and wizard hat.

That's been finished for a while.
http://bash.org/?104383

  thank you.

Ernam

Dragged this up from good ol' Jaizsur's days:
This was an idea for RANKINGS MUDSEX

Jurixe

Kinilan said:

Because this appears to be the appropriate place to tell this story...

This one time while out gettingour pirate on me and aMhaldorian crew happen uppon this ship sitting up against the chops on the east side of the Sea of Screamed Prayers, south of Sealion cove. The poor bastards don't even try to run as we approach. We come up along side, grapple, fire a boarding deck and a gaggle of bloodthirty Mhaldorian pirates launch themselves at the target ship and land right in the middle of...a god damn bondage party. There were two people going at it and another dude just stood there and kept fishing.

In the end we just sunk the ship for so, so, sooooo many reasons.

Is this the one where Dontarion said he would pay 50k just to sink the ship? I think I still have the log of that  

Cyla

I have witnessed many, many weird mudsex sessions. But my absolute favorite is one time I was speaking to someone and having a very innocent, pure conversation until I asked what they were up to. They told me "hmfh, punishing my bad kitty." right outta the left field.

Jarrod

Kinilan

Jurixe said:

Kinilan said:

Because this appears to be the appropriate place to tell this story...

This one time while out gettingour pirate on me and aMhaldorian crew happen uppon this ship sitting up against the chops on the east side of the Sea of Screamed Prayers, south of Sealion cove. The poor bastards don't even try to run as we approach. We come up along side, grapple, fire a boarding deck and a gaggle of bloodthirty Mhaldorian pirates launch themselves at the target ship and land right in the middle of...a god damn bondage party. There were two people going at it and another dude just stood there and kept fishing.

In the end we just sunk the ship for so, so, sooooo many reasons.

Is this the one where Dontarion said he would pay 50k just to sink the ship? I think I still have the log of that  

it is

Mishgul

Kinilan introduced me to mudsex.

https://ada-young.appspot.com/pastebin/5266fb71

Austere

@Sarapis can we please have the "wtf" button back,  if only for this thread?  

Kinilan

Mishgul said:

Kinilan introduced me to mudsex.

https://ada-young.appspot.com/pastebin/5266fb71

Lol Carmain why do you still have that?

RIP Tagg

Anedhel

There was a grand total of thirteen Mourdreds? o_O

Jeslyn

I saw this scrolling down and had to leave a comment because it is bringing back such FOND memories. Ha.

Achaea was actually the first game I tried when I was getting into fantasy mudding 11 or 12 years ago. It wasn't really that hard to find it either since you guys had high rankings. So here I was as a 15 year old newbie, that had only been playing for maybe six hours,  wandering one of the cities after I finished the four tutorial tasks. I come down this alley way (Just say no to alleyways girls) and this guy comes out of the blue and starts talking to me. It's harmless at first, but then he starts getting really graphic with his roleplay. To a point where he had me "pinned" against a wall and wanting to have his way. This big redlight came on in my head I just WTF quit right then and there. Back then, I wish I had stayed around and just ignored him but I had no idea what to do.

Now years later and two MUDS played, I heard that things changed a lot in Achaea as far as the newbies go. While I have only been playing for maybe thirteen days now, I'm really impressed. I think I've only had to reject silly advances three times and didn't get "assaulted" on my first day. Things are looking up. :P

Flair

I think you make a good point Jeslyn. While text sex isn't my thing (although Rping a romantic relationship can be fun) who cares if two adults wanna text go at it? But, the sort of predatory thing you describe is both morally repugnant and horrible for the game as a whole. I wonder how many other true newbs over the years left for something similar. Overall, I think, the community has gone a long way in policing this sort of behavior--which is good for the overall health of Achaea. Still, I wonder if there's a way to make it clear to true newbies, early on, that there is a way to report this sort of thing, that it's not typical of most of the player base, and that they can enjoy playing without having to tolerate it.