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.