New Log Up

[FiveDisgruntledMonkeysWit]

This is an old log of mine, one of my favorites.
http://www.armageddon.org/original/showSubmission.php?submission=352
I accidentally used my account name instead of my GDB name when I submitted it, so I'm just sort of claiming credit for it now, I guess.
So, yeah, logs are fun. You should totally post some of your own, don't yoiu think? *Hint hint nudge nudge squeeze grope*

[Marauder Moe]

Logs!!! 

[manonfire]

Cool.

[Ourla]

I had a lot of fun reading this, especially the part where one of the elves was describing his job.  The quality of the RP was impressive.  Thanks for posting it.




Now post more.

[RogueGunslinger]

I love logs! This one had great quality of role play. Thanks for sharing.

[Ueda]

 

[titansfan]

I agree. Everyone knows I love the Rinth anyways, but this is a great example of what it should be like. I love seeing the non combative nature of the lowlifes of the Labyrinth. It also diversifies the place. I only wish that elf was still alive doing that it would be a great ddition to the place.

Well done man, well done.

[Tarx]

http://www.armageddon.org/original/showSubmission.php?submission=354

THIS IS A HOLDUP.

Man.  I was dumbfounded.

[RogueGunslinger]

Hahahaha. I'd so do that just for a reaction.

>em storms into tavern, crossbow aimed with intent.
>say Y'all want to be lookin' very intently at your own bellybuttons. See a head start to rise, violence is going to ensue.

[brytta.leofa]

http://www.armageddon.org/original/showSubmission.php?submission=354

THIS IS A HOLDUP.

Neat, but I've seen far cooler. You should post that up, LauraMars.

LOL, Gunslinger. Serenity has raised the bar on holdup scenes.

[Irulan]

Great log, very entertaining. :-)

-Irulan

[Armaddict]

Meh.  That log pretty much shows how archery needs to be redone.  Even with the criminal coding in place...having a crossbow pointed at you should be at least a -little- more unsettling than 'stand;draw weapon;draw weapon;shout I dare you'.

[hyzhenhok]

Meh.  That log pretty much shows how archery needs to be redone.  Even with the criminal coding in place...having a crossbow pointed at you should be at least a -little- more unsettling than 'stand;draw weapon;draw weapon;shout I dare you'.

Aye. A crossbow bolt to the chest at point blank range? I don't care what the stats or skill levels of those involved are: the crossbowman wouldn't miss, and the recipient would be incapacitated, or worse.

[manonfire]

I thought the victim had a shitty reaction. It almost felt like this happened in a HnS mud, rather than an RPI.

[NoteworthyFellow]

Meh.  That log pretty much shows how archery needs to be redone.  Even with the criminal coding in place...having a crossbow pointed at you should be at least a -little- more unsettling than 'stand;draw weapon;draw weapon;shout I dare you'.

The log was awesome up until the point someone just stood up and drew their weapons, knowing OOCly that they'd easily be able to take the guy since all he has is a crossbow.  If I were the guy with the crossbow, I probably would've pointed it at her and demanded that she drop her weapons; OOCly I know it would've accomplished nothing, but ICly my robber wouldn't know that.

Still, it's largely the fault of the game code that one knows, OOCly, that a crossbow at point-blank range is pretty much not at all a threat to one's character.  I guess this is a roundabout way of saying I agree?

[RogueGunslinger]

I would have role-played it out for a scene. Either by complying if my character was unskilled, or by emoting something bad ass if my pc was skilled, like:

>em skillfully dodges the bolt, feinting under it and closing the distance to ~crossbowman in an instant. He grabs for ^crossbowman arm his hand moving at incredible speed.
>subdue crossbowman(even though crimcode would insta-gank me in that instance, just a rough idea)

Then see how things went from there. People just need to roleplay more instead of freak out, draw both weapons, then offer a challenge.

I saw something similar, only the person didn't use a bow. He used a knife.

[Tarx]

If the crossbow were perhaps pointed at the chest, yes, I could see that.
I think the reactions could have been better (I didn't react because I was shocked and laughing, "victim" was just one PC amidst a crowd of other vNPCs, culprit didn't account for vNPCs/even NPCs with drawn weapons already there) but I found the whole event more amusing on a different level.

I mean...come on.  A crossbow?  Coded archery problems aside, you can shoot one person--ONE person.  Then you have a chunk of wood in your hand that's useless, and a whole damn room full of people who (likely) all have weapons of their own.  It's not like you're holding up a liquor store or a bank in present day.  The Barrel isn't quite the Gaj, but I see what happened as closer to this

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23293620-5001021,00.html

than a robbery at gunpoint.

Might I point out, again, that using a crossbow is a one-shot deal if you're going to coerce a whole roomful of people with it?
Even if you hit someone, you have to reload the crossbow before you can hit someone else!

That's why the situation merits mirth on many levels.  It wasn't smart, it was slightly scary (you could have gotten a bolt stuck in you!), and the culprit got dealt with.

I've got another log that's way too short to really submit, but it consisted this same character browsing things in the Bazaar and getting hit in the head with a pair of boots from an old man that attacked him--and that was the same week.  Someone was fulfilling odd urges from the OOC forum that week, I bet...

[Yam]

I am ambivalent.

A part of me things the scene was amusing if rather sadly played out.

But then I've also seen people do some strange things while looking down the barrel of a gun.

[brytta.leofa]

Archery thing is dead-on.  And, of course, a single-person robbery is suicide in Armageddon--but people should still be unanxious to be the one shot.

I guess my other complaint would be the rush to track down the perp.  Really, you're in a bar and somebody tries to rob you--shoots, misses, runs away--and you want to leave and try to find him?  Leave it for the militia, people; you've got enough trouble of your own.

Likewise: "A gemmer and I have caught him..."
> psi OMG Did it hurt you? Will he help you get away from the gemmer?

I hate to be ragging on the players involved, 'cause all this stuff is understandable and it's likely that I wouldn't have done any "better" in the heat of the moment.  Crossbows are dangerous only in the hands of a master; an exciting diversion is hard to pass up; the playerbase is thin enough that you'll take help (and real PC interaction) where you can get it.

[Tarx]

...an exciting diversion is hard to pass up; the playerbase is thin enough that you'll take help (and real PC interaction) where you can get it.

Take what you can get at 10 AM EST on a Saturday morning, eh? 

edit:  For what it's worth, this was a year ago during the "OMG too many magickers" debacle and the great karma-off and etc.  Couldn't post it sooner due to the rules on posting submissions.

[Sokotra]

Meh.  That log pretty much shows how archery needs to be redone.  Even with the criminal coding in place...having a crossbow pointed at you should be at least a -little- more unsettling than 'stand;draw weapon;draw weapon;shout I dare you'.

The log was awesome up until the point someone just stood up and drew their weapons, knowing OOCly that they'd easily be able to take the guy since all he has is a crossbow.  If I were the guy with the crossbow, I probably would've pointed it at her and demanded that she drop her weapons; OOCly I know it would've accomplished nothing, but ICly my robber wouldn't know that.

Still, it's largely the fault of the game code that one knows, OOCly, that a crossbow at point-blank range is pretty much not at all a threat to one's character.  I guess this is a roundabout way of saying I agree?

I agree as well... although I understand how the reaction is hard to control when you just want to stand and draw your weapons.  I guess if the person had some real good armor on (equivalent of a bullet-proof vest) then it might make more sense - but then there's a chance you could get shot in the face when you are that close.  That would suck.. hard.  Honestly, in real life it would be a different story... but again, the way things work in the game make it hard to react realistically I guess.

Likewise: "A gemmer and I have caught him..."
> psi OMG Did it hurt you? Will he help you get away from the gemmer?

I hate to be ragging on the players involved, 'cause all this stuff is understandable and it's likely that I wouldn't have done any "better" in the heat of the moment.  Crossbows are dangerous only in the hands of a master; an exciting diversion is hard to pass up; the playerbase is thin enough that you'll take help (and real PC interaction) where you can get it.

I agree also... the gemmer thing irritates me a bit as well.  The "robber" and the guy hunting the robber should have suddenly teamed up against the gemmer, in many circumstances.  I guess it could have gone either way... or they all are just cursed with the touch of the gemmers foul taint and have gone crazy.  Hah.

[Shoka Windrunner]

I don't know.  I like my life.

It's like, someone walks in with a crossbow today, and says, who wants to die?  Give me your wallets.  You really seriously going to be the one who might die?  Yeah everyone else might get them, but, you want to be a martyr?  Seriously.  Everyone in Zalanthas is bad ass.  But also they are mortal ya know?  It'd be more frightening if he had a M-16 but still.  A crossbow bolt...it hurts man.  It'll kill ya.  Seriously.  It's scary scary.

[Mood]

I don't know.  I like my life.

It's like, someone walks in with a crossbow today, and says, who wants to die?  Give me your wallets.  You really seriously going to be the one who might die?  Yeah everyone else might get them, but, you want to be a martyr?  Seriously.  Everyone in Zalanthas is bad ass.  But also they are mortal ya know?  It'd be more frightening if he had a M-16 but still.  A crossbow bolt...it hurts man.  It'll kill ya.  Seriously.  It's scary scary.

[RogueGunslinger]

Mood was the player with the crossbow.

[Mood]

Crossbows are for pansies. REAL tavern-robbers use huge, unwieldy weapons of bone and obsidian.