Shame (the opposite of bragging)

Started by Halcyon, August 03, 2008, 02:54:48 AM

Quote from: IssacF on August 01, 2013, 11:54:46 PM
Walking right into the Rinth with my first character not realizing what it was. Then getting insta sapped. Stolen from until naked. Wake up. Try to walk away to safety. Found by -another- shady character. Got backstabbed. Welcome to Armageddon!

Not a shame it's just a part of Allanak university program.

Quote from: spicemustflow on August 02, 2013, 01:30:14 AM
Quote from: IssacF on August 01, 2013, 11:54:46 PM
Walking right into the Rinth with my first character not realizing what it was. Then getting insta sapped. Stolen from until naked. Wake up. Try to walk away to safety. Found by -another- shady character. Got backstabbed. Welcome to Armageddon!

Not a shame it's just a part of Allanak university program.

LOL. I felt shame went I read that Rinth is a big no-no unless -you- know what you are doing. Which I clearly didn't. Thankfully my second character was smarter. Never died but I didn't enjoy the concept much. Stored.

I don't get why more people don't play in the 'rinth. It's really fucking awesome, but I've never been able to get the full experience because there was no one to play with... And that was back when I played for 10 hours a day or something crazy.

Quote from: RogueGunslinger on August 02, 2013, 07:01:54 PM
I don't get why more people don't play in the 'rinth. It's really fucking awesome, but I've never been able to get the full experience because there was no one to play with... And that was back when I played for 10 hours a day or something crazy.

I like to think that there's some kind of positive reinforcement when it comes to people playing anywhere.

Place X has no people, which causes the people who do go there to feel bored, which ensures they won't return, which ensures there'll be even less people in the future, which ensures any further characters get bored even more..
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You take the last bite of your scooby snack.
This tastes like ordinary meat.
There is nothing left now.

Quote from: Patuk on August 02, 2013, 07:15:42 PM
Quote from: RogueGunslinger on August 02, 2013, 07:01:54 PM
I don't get why more people don't play in the 'rinth. It's really fucking awesome, but I've never been able to get the full experience because there was no one to play with... And that was back when I played for 10 hours a day or something crazy.

I like to think that there's some kind of positive reinforcement when it comes to people playing anywhere.

Place X has no people, which causes the people who do go there to feel bored, which ensures they won't return, which ensures there'll be even less people in the future, which ensures any further characters get bored even more..

An unbreakable vicious cycle. On flip side, I've met Rinthi characters. But they spend most of their time away from the Rinth.

Quote from: IssacF on August 02, 2013, 07:22:20 PM
Quote from: Patuk on August 02, 2013, 07:15:42 PM
Quote from: RogueGunslinger on August 02, 2013, 07:01:54 PM
I don't get why more people don't play in the 'rinth. It's really fucking awesome, but I've never been able to get the full experience because there was no one to play with... And that was back when I played for 10 hours a day or something crazy.

I like to think that there's some kind of positive reinforcement when it comes to people playing anywhere.

Place X has no people, which causes the people who do go there to feel bored, which ensures they won't return, which ensures there'll be even less people in the future, which ensures any further characters get bored even more..

An unbreakable vicious cycle. On flip side, I've met Rinthi characters. But they spend most of their time away from the Rinth.


I hate those characters. I've played a couple that would do their 'hunting' southside, and I felt like a jackass for even doing that.

But I don't fault the players who do it. Sometimes it even makes sense ICly.

Quote from: RogueGunslinger on August 02, 2013, 07:01:54 PM
I don't get why more people don't play in the 'rinth. It's really fucking awesome, but I've never been able to get the full experience because there was no one to play with... And that was back when I played for 10 hours a day or something crazy.

It's one of those things where it's a fantastic experience if there are cool players there, or a miserable one if everyone at the time is playing BACKSTABGEDDON: drop pack Edition.
All the world will be your enemy. When they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you; digger, listener, runner, Prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.

I just had a dream that they put a call out for a Byn Sergeant. Dream me was torn between future character and current.

Quote from: HavokBlue on August 02, 2013, 09:40:56 PM
It's one of those things where it's a fantastic experience if there are cool players there, or a miserable one if everyone at the time is playing BACKSTABGEDDON: drop pack Edition.

That is really, really hot.
Someone says, out of character:
     "Sorry, was a wolf outside, had to warn someone."

Quote from: Wastrel on July 05, 2013, 04:51:17 AMBUT NEERRRR IM A STEALTHY ASSASSIN HEMOTING. BUTBUTBUTBUTBUT. Shut. Up.

5th on TMS

That's shameful.  :-\
A staff member sends:
     "I hate you. :p"

Quote from: razorback on August 08, 2013, 01:23:28 AM
Ateraan is beating us

That's shameful.  :-\

Fixed that for you.
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I'm still trying to figure out how all that led to Symphony, naked, squatting in a towel on a busy highway to talk to a therapist

I once sent kudos to a dwarf player expressing my sincere appreciation for a new player putting so much effort into their PC. I went on and on about how I know the game can be hard when you start, but, I really liked seeing someone new to the game give it 110%.

I was sincere and meant every word.

I found out a couple of years later the player of that dwarf had been playing for 10+ years.

Allofmyshame.jpg  :(

Allofthemdwarves.jpg  :P

(I hold out hope the staff caught that and didn't send it through.)

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My phone now autocorrects "damn" to Dman.
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The young daughter has been filled.

On a relatively unskilled character, I decided to hunt some gurth. Found a potbellied gurth, but it kept running away, and I didn't want to lose my inix, so I kept having to hitch and unhitch my inix while I tried to chase and kill the gurth. Went something like this:

dismount inix
unhitch inix
hide
sneak
n
*gurth flees south
s
kill inix
mantis head

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I MEANT GURTH, NOT INIX! DAMN...one special app down."
I used to have a funny signature, but I felt like no one took me seriously, so it's time to put on my serious face.

How can you sneak up on anything with a damn 2-ton lizard following you around?

Quote from: RogueGunslinger on December 29, 2013, 12:35:32 AM
How can you sneak up on anything with a damn 2-ton lizard following you around?

Duh. You hide behind the lizard!

Quote from: RogueGunslinger on December 29, 2013, 12:35:32 AM
How can you sneak up on anything with a damn 2-ton lizard following you around?

You leave it a room or two away. But I don't like leaving them alone for long, in case some random passerby is like, "W00t! Free mount!"
I used to have a funny signature, but I felt like no one took me seriously, so it's time to put on my serious face.

Quote from: RogueGunslinger on December 29, 2013, 12:35:32 AM
How can you sneak up on anything with a damn 2-ton lizard following you around?

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Goat porn is not prohibited in the Highlord's city.

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Quote from: RogueGunslinger on December 29, 2013, 12:35:32 AM
How can you sneak up on anything with a damn 2-ton lizard following you around?

You leave it a room or two away. But I don't like leaving them alone for long, in case some random passerby is like, "W00t! Free mount!"

You can see why this might be unrealistic as all fuck though, right? Get a mount who can sneak, or do it on foot.

I don't know. Watching a two ton lizard in the distance could be pretty distracting.
Quote from: Twilight on January 22, 2013, 08:17:47 PMGreb - To scavenge, forage, and if Whira is with you, loot the dead.
Grebber - One who grebs.

Quote from: RogueGunslinger on December 29, 2013, 04:50:11 PM
You can see why this might be unrealistic as all fuck though, right? Get a mount who can sneak, or do it on foot.

Why are you saying this? What exactly do you mean?

A hunter leaves his mount a league away and then continues on foot, sneaking in closer to his prey. Where is the lack of realism?

Quote from: Dar on December 29, 2013, 10:50:46 PM
Quote from: RogueGunslinger on December 29, 2013, 04:50:11 PM
You can see why this might be unrealistic as all fuck though, right? Get a mount who can sneak, or do it on foot.

Why are you saying this? What exactly do you mean?

A hunter leaves his mount a league away and then continues on foot, sneaking in closer to his prey. Where is the lack of realism?

The fact that many -don't-. Many just sneak, with the mount still hitched. So you might see just the mount walking around the wilderness, but no rider (in sight)
Quote from: IAmJacksOpinion on May 20, 2013, 11:16:52 PM
Masks are the Armageddon equivalent of Ed Hardy shirts.

He obviously sent his inix in as a decoy.
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Whatever happens, happens.

Didn't think Armageddon was the game for me. Figured I wasn't going to play it anymore.

One year later, my new character gets approved and I realize I forgot how to emote. Spent the next few days ashamed to log on and reading the docs.
Clothes make the man.  Naked people have little or no influence in society.
~Mark Twain

Glad to see you back, Evoru!
And I vanish into the dark
And rise above my station

I have to relearn the emoting system every time I come back. I've had a tendency to take a year off at a time over the past 15 years or so.
I used to have a funny signature, but I felt like no one took me seriously, so it's time to put on my serious face.