Thiefly Adrenaline

[loopylobes]

Wow, this is weird. Psyching myself up to attempt a steal from a player.. A great feeling of nervousness. It's weird, I never get this feeling from a video game..

Anyone else have feelings like this?

[Cutthroat]

Yes. While stealing, killing, and/or being attacked by a mekillot.

[Delstro]

Just seeing a Mekillot, Silt horror, scars the shit out of me.

[SmashedTregil]

shadowing someone inside a wagon with a 2 day burglar ( I was already inside the wagon, exploring, hidden. Somebody walked in, I instinctively typed 'shadow' and the someone got in past the clan only doors) and finding 4 PCs inside it. Keeping hidden while they talked about some awesome shit, all the time praying that they wouldnt log off and the person I'm shadowing would walk out of the clan only portion of the wagon. All this with absolutely untrained sneak/hide.

[Rooster]

Anyone else have feelings like this?

The advantages of permadeath.

[Mudder]

When I'm really into a Character, my heart will start racing and my hands shaking everytime I go to kill someone.

[Reiloth]

Routinely following people into closed rooms with locked doors with weapons coated in peraine drawn and ready to go.

Stupid? Yes. Awesome? Of course.

[Ampere]

frightening damage always does it for me.

[Vessol]

I've jerked quite violently in a heated battle when I hear that loud *BEEP*, even if it's a gith or something.

[Potaje]

Itoo love the sudden surge of adrenaline that quaffs the body in response to the panic, and exhilaration in that monstrous moment of action and uncertainty in the face near death conflict. Ummm the heart doesth pound...eloquently.

[NoteworthyFellow]

I play for these moments, especially when they turn out exactly how I didn't expect them to.

[Majikal]

The adrenaline rushes I've had playing this game often leave me with wobbly legs, shaking hands and rapid breathing. It's ridiculous when you really get in the moment.

permadeath > respawn

[Synthesis]

Nothing hits the spot like a good backstabbin'.

[Ourla]

Synthesis, you scare me a little bit.

[Aesuna]

I still get this all the time, especially when hidden nasties in the wilderness take me by surprise. I've been getting better at not completely panicking OOCly, but it sure does get the blood pumping. Really, any sudden surprise or life-threatening situation in game gives me that rush, which is why I love playing Armageddon so much!

[loopylobes]

Exactly what I get, the shaky hands especially, and in the few seconds it takes to get output from my client I hope that everything works out how I want!

[spicemustflow]

I get that when a Templar talks to me, or I know for certain that staff is watching the scene. 

[Preacher]

You quietly approach your target...

feel palms becoming sweaty, heart racing.

em licks his lips, leaning forward slightly.

think Come on.....

Got it!

say (high fiveing empty air) Yes!  Woooo!

[Zoltan]

Those god damn hidden tarantulas. They get me going every time. PKilling gets my adrenalin pumping, too. Intensely emotional scenes as well.

[Malken]

I shook for a whole five minutes after my character was "given" a "power" that I've wanted to be able to do ever since I started
playing this game 10+ years ago. That was so orgasmic, I thought I was having a seizure (uncontrollable drooling included).

[Riev]

Basically, any time I get into a fight with a PC, regardless of how much of a badass I think i am, or really are, my heart starts pounding.

One time, on an old dwarf character, I was fighting a carru with some friends, and I got bashed, and then horrendous to the head. I almost started crying OOCly, until after that point, I never got hit again. I don't know if the imms were like "HOLY SHIT SAVE THAT DUDE" or if I'm just lucky.

After that, I didn't leave the walls for a RL week.

[SMuz]

Hah, yes, thievery is one of the most exciting parts of the game. You get that rush when you try to steal from a commoner NPC.. even more so when you try to steal from a powerful PC. I think one of the best moments was stealing from a (too recent) character - basically someone who could kill me in the time it takes for me to go link-dead. Though, I bet he was too arrogant of his power that he didn't even bother to hide his coins  Oh.. and there's that special moment in every pickpocket's life.. find out IC. I was so scared and freaked that I almost disconnected.

Yeah, assassins are cool too. I love shadowing someone.. waiting for the right moment to strike, hoping that I don't fail a sneak check. And then striking when he looks at me (obviously noticing I'm in the same room).

Also, being assigned to kill people I know have bested me in the sparring ring before. I hoped I'd get lucky and not get killed by the time he draws a weapon, but so far, my lucky streak has held up.

[askaran]

When its a character I really enjoy.. Like one of my last ones and you get attacked by something and die in a really cheap way.. Then I actually start yelling at the computer.. Also when I pull of something sick like a backstab or theft Ill get all happy.

[5 day lifespan]

Oh yeah.  My last character got statted so poorly he couldn't  even do his chosen profession, so I had to find something else to do.  When I rerolled, my stats came out WORSE.  So everything he did was a heart pounder.  The stats were so bad, in fact, that I never even bothered training most of his skills and focused instead on the few things he could do, with somewhat amusing results.  People made very inappropriate assumptions.  Very amusing.

[Chettaman]

Your vision goes black.

[Semper]

Your vision goes black.

...with a battle going on around you.

[Reiloth]

Typing

>backstab friend

instead of

>backstab gith

And typing the wrong alias for the stop command, once the horror of what I had done had settled in.

Instantly killing him.

Having the staff say "Friendly fire happens, roll with it."

That was like...Pretty crazy emotional what?

[loopylobes]

I also get this when I have been bored with a lack of RP for a while and suddenly a role becomes available.

[Bogre]

You get the rush while spelunking untold places, too. I remember traipsing through someone's hoard of loot, thinking I was safe.

Magickal currents swirl around someone as they begin a spell.

Let me tell you, my hands shook for a bit.

[Cutthroat]

The very first time my hands shook and I started panicking was during this event:

1575 (Year 35 Age 21)
    Several merchant houses make silt skimmer expeditions into the Sea of Silt, pressing into the unknown reaches south of Red Storm.

And that adrenaline rush lasted until about ten minutes after my character died.

[Ammut]

I always get an adrenaline rush when I burglarize an apartment or estate.

Sadly, I don't do those things anymore.

[loopylobes]

Love the feeling, it's so awesome! Another reason why I'm addicted.

[Kol]

good Sparring matches, runnng into a beastie bigger than you (objectivly speaking) and magikers......

nothing makes your heart beat faster then seeing those words of


Magical currents begin to swirl.....

[Potaje]

Edited.  Don't write about IC events and magicky stuff.  You should know better.  -Nyr

[Potaje]

Newbie mistake, not like I was trying to put something out there that was still in event.. Thanks for catching it, and bring the situation to my attention, as now I will avoid the same mistake.

[Vessol]

Got to love dangerous contracts into places where your client tells you "It's unlikely you'll make it out alive".

The one thing that sucks the most though is when you all do make it out alive.

[alicedavignon]

Anyone else have feelings like this?

The advantages of permadeath.

Doesn't have to be permadeath. Losing 3 days worth of XP in other games gives you pretty much the same effect.

[Agent_137]

Anyone else have feelings like this?

The advantages of permadeath.

Doesn't have to be permadeath. Losing 3 days worth of XP in other games gives you pretty much the same effect.

nah that makes me feel like i just pissed away 3 days of my life on a stupid ass game that gives me nothing in return.

permadeath in an RPI mud means every story ends the same way. It's just a question of WHEN.

[SMuz]

Anyone else have feelings like this?

The advantages of permadeath.

Doesn't have to be permadeath. Losing 3 days worth of XP in other games gives you pretty much the same effect.

nah that makes me feel like i just pissed away 3 days of my life on a stupid ass game that gives me nothing in return.

permadeath in an RPI mud means every story ends the same way. It's just a question of WHEN.

True. I've played a game where I lose 3 days of XP after death. It's annoying, not fun.

[hyzhenhok]

Anyone else have feelings like this?

The advantages of permadeath.

Doesn't have to be permadeath. Losing 3 days worth of XP in other games gives you pretty much the same effect.

nah that makes me feel like i just pissed away 3 days of my life on a stupid ass game that gives me nothing in return.

permadeath in an RPI mud means every story ends the same way. It's just a question of WHEN.

True. I've played a game where I lose 3 days of XP after death. It's annoying, not fun.

I've played a game where I lose 3 days of XP after being PKed in the middle of a town with no RP to speak of on a supposedly IC-enforced MUD. Yeah, no.

[HunterKiller]

I've jerked quite violently in a heated battle when I hear that loud *BEEP*, even if it's a gith or something.

Heh, or a googletalk beep just before knifing someone ... 

You begin to move in silently on your victim ...

- BEEP -

"Hey dude, you wanna do Johnny's tavern tomorrow after work?"

- HK

[HunterKiller]

or a persistent 2 year old banging away at the keyboard:

A -insert creature here- has arrived from the North.
A -insert creature here- has arrived from the North.
A -insert creature here- has arrived from the North.
A -insert creature here- has arrived from the North.

asd;lfk_draw sword
What?

draw sword98envwed
What?

- HK

[Taven]

The attention of Templars, the personal attention of, will sometimes do this to me.

Doing something stupid and ending up with low stamina in a dangerous area.

Being passed out, and at the mercy of something other then an unanimated NPC (be it player or immortal animation).

Also, large wars or battles.

[Ocotillo]

The attention of Templars, the personal attention of, will sometimes do this to me.

This this this this.

I find I take things more personally when a templar is involved. >.>

[Archbaron]

I always get an adrenaline rush when I burglarize an apartment or estate.

God yes. That queasy feeling that squeezes at your guts and makes your breathing heavy as you're trying to find valuable things and get out, even if it's a building that you know no one ever goes into or no one owns. That's why Burglar is my favorite class. That small skill unlocks a huge adrenaline rush in me.

Edited to emphasize accidental pun. :B