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All I'm seeing is that clearly the admin have done an amazing job, if they are pulling at heart strings for a digital world to this extent.
That's all.
It weighs about 3872 pounds.
You go away for five minutes* and @Skye goes and commits genocide. Way to go Skyepie.
Just checking in, and (a) this event looks amazing, (b) Black Waves are like buses. You wait millennia for one, and then two come along at once, and (c) there's some super interesting discussion in this thread.
I feel for people like @Lenn and the rest (much as I suspect I would be irked with them if I was still active) but this was particularly interesting:
The interesting part for me is if @Lenn considers what he(? she? sorry not sure) means by "you" when you say "you should be devastated by your loss". And why @Atalkez's statements are entirely consistent. Because @Lenn the character should be devastated. But the "admin" haven't screwed YOU the player. They orchestrated a story in which bad things happened to your character and the things (s)he cares about but that's an intrinsic part of the game you chose to play. As others have said, read the Mythos. Know your history. Bad things happen to Good people/gods/organisations all the time. Just like bad things happen to bad people. It's a game of enormous powers who could snuff many of us out without thinking, uncontrollable magic, chaos, and war. You can try and create a haven from that sure, but it's always going to be contingent and under threat.
Someone else (@Synthus maybe?) also explained why people were feeling "screwed over" in a really interesting way. He said people felt like Cyrene was their "home away from home" on the internet. I get that but those people are also making a category error. If you feel like you the player are at home somewhere, when you're participating in a game specifically designed and built around you leaving your real persona behind then that's a problem. Your characters are not you. You shouldn't be seeking a sense of safety in a roleplaying game explicitly set in a dangerous, unpredictable world with powers beyond your understanding. You can get that from a chatroom, or somewhere else you can take your real persona. That kind of attitude is always going to make you miserable because bad things will happen to your character that you can't control and that will make you sad.
Worse, it will lead you to seek stagnation and a world without a sense of unpredictability and danger. And those things are ultimately detrimental to the game experiences of others, and to any sense of narrative excitement or development. I remember not being immune to over-identifying with my characters and every time I did it made me miserable (and probably a worse roleplayer). I sometimes think that separating your character(s) and yourself is always a work in progress and I don't mean to sound roleplayier-than-thou, because I think it's something everyone playing these games needs to think about as much as they can.
Anyhoo. Enjoy Black Wave III - looks like a blast, and massive hats off to the Garden for going big. *salute*
*five minutes, five years, potayto potahto
She is a dinky barrel and INSIDE THERE IS NOTHING BUT DEATH AND THE END OF EVERYTHING YOU HOLD DEAR
I miss you guys too and if anything could make me come back, it would be the opportunity to make hilarious Skye/genocide jokes ALL THE TIME.
The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."
(Clan): Ictinus says, "Stop it Jiraishin, you're making me like you."
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If I were a devastated Cyrenian and interacted with a citymate who wanted to just play around and be lighthearted, I would RP my frustration/offense. We might argue, I might even spread around my belief that this person doesn't even care. But it'd all be IC. So much of this can be workable IC, and Cyrene has such a variety of player/character types that the flexibility is even greater than usual.
Those of us who love story-driven actions are kinda thirsty to see a story unfold in Cyrene over this. Factions, political activism, personal conflict, change in culture, and more.. so much is possible. We are envious of the chances we see. That's the core of it, really.
That the drama is coming out here instead is a symptom of our inability to play it out IC because of our characters' established attitudes and concerns. It's like animals with redirected aggression.. See rabbit, want to kill rabbit, can't reach rabbit, attack nearby fellow animal instead.
I hope Gattan'bahar comes back soon. She's my fave. Clicks with Jiraishin so well. But at least as much as that, I hope (against hope) I get a chance to learn about tsol'teth crafting. Maybe even talk with tsol'teth crafters... *daydreams*
And, of course, the Shadowclockmakers.
The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."
(Clan): Ictinus says, "Stop it Jiraishin, you're making me like you."
Or see what the Chaos Court can do to one at their leisure.
Most Shallamese got NO warning and they never got their city back. (Targ is nothing like Shallam)
But worst of all, Lord Hermes died in a horrific display of unfairness. Why aren't people more upset about His death? He didn't even get to kiss Lady Luck goodbye.
In a multiplayer roleplay game, if you're the good guy, sometimes you're the victim. If you're the bad guy, sometimes you gotta take the fall.
The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."
(Clan): Ictinus says, "Stop it Jiraishin, you're making me like you."
The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."
(Clan): Ictinus says, "Stop it Jiraishin, you're making me like you."
Tendrils of amaranthine vapour burst forth from the ground, coalescing into the form of a massive Tsol'teth war beetle.
A massive war beetle hunkers down close to the ground and extends one insectile leg, providing you with a foothold as you climb into place atop its head.
sympathizersquad hooooo
Designation Jiraishin, but it is not needed. This month, we sheathe ourselves
into the bodies of those who resist."
The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."
(Clan): Ictinus says, "Stop it Jiraishin, you're making me like you."