Give us a moment or two, huh?

[Marshmellow]

Lately, my biggest pet-peeve is when people don't give others a moment to type.  Person A: "Seeya later, right?"  Person A leaves.  Person B, meanwhile was typing a think or a feel, and then after finishing that is typing up a response... and Person A has logged out or left or whatever.  This has happened to me numerous times lately.

I can understand that people can be rushed, but sometimes giving someone just 15 seconds is all you need.  This game has its moments where you have to move quickly, but chatting with someone in a tavern or the like, or over the Way when everyone's in a safe location, or even just standing on the street-corner of a populated city with law enforcement... yeah, you could wait 15 seconds, couldn't you?

This public service announcement brought to you by the Holy-Crap-Just-Wait-A-Second Foundation.

[Akaramu]

I feel you, and I'm often in the same boat - especially if people rush off directly after a misunderstanding, leaving me with no possibility to clear things up. It can be pretty frustrating.

[Kalai]

I'm one of those people who sometimes needs to leave suddenly and might really not have 15 seconds. So, ah... I apologize if this inconveniences you at any point.

[Marshmellow]

Actually, I think you deny yourself the closure to a scene as much as you deny others too.  You may be missing things you'll wish you hadn't later.

[hyzhenhok]

Or you could just RP accordingly.

"Yeah, Amos is the kind of guy that will up and leave without warning. Doesn't strike me as reliable."

[Kalai]

Indeed, but that happens anytime I can't play, not just when I abruptly can't play because the family needs me for something.  

And if I'm leaving for OOC reasons I'll try to give a hint at that, unfortunately it can come out a bit nonsensical if I'm really rushed.

So if someone says something on the lines of 'I really gotta go feed my erdlu a nap' and runs off quickly, um... well laugh at them. 

[jhunter]

I've been having this problem with other people recently too. Also, when you're following others and they're talking to you as you walk along, they're entering in their emote or speech and then -immediately- continuing to move along so you:

a) Have trouble catching what they're saying or emoting before it scrolls away.

b) Have trouble attempting to respond at all because everything is out of sync. They talk, you get a response out like four or five rooms later.


Slow the fuck down people please and give others a chance to view what you are doing/saying and to respond. Thanks.

[sprucebark]

From experience, a lot of new people take a few go rounds with the mantis head to realize that while they plod along down the road, anyone behind them is building up this volcano of lag that spews forth your last few commands when they finally pause for a moment.  I'm pretty far away on the old interwebs so this is extremely frustrating.  Unless I'm running,  I go with a Tuluki beat in my head.....and...
move, two, three, four, and move, two, three, four, emote, two, three, four.....

[Hot_Dancer]

I'm guilty often and often, I'm just too tired to play and help create a worthwhile scene.

[Feco]

I tend to do it when I have to quit, because I tend to have to quit suddenly.

Sorry?

[Seafra]

Actually, I think you deny yourself the closure to a scene as much as you deny others too.  You may be missing things you'll wish you hadn't later.

I hate that. I get that alot with some players. They are too much in a rush to get their next emote in, so you are actually responding to something they already said four lines back or they just leave before you can type anything out. Yes, I agree, slow down!

Unless a raptor is about to kill you there is no rush. Not everyone can type fast, and I do type average speed, but you get those that are super typist, and you are playing catch up.

If someone leaves before I finish talking to them, my characters just think, "That's one rude fucker."

[Salt Merchant]

So just how long is someone supposed to wait now, because someone -might- be wanting to two-finger type a final emote?

> '(with a wave) Shade.
> think Do di do di dit dit do.
> think Da de de di dit dit dah!
> think Di dee dee do dit dit dee!
> think I have to get out of he-arh!
> think I must be in the cle-arh!
> (finally plodding away) n

[maxid]

This happens in bar brawls too.  Someone will pose standing up, and looking threatening, and then without waiting for a pose, will start spamming the code to hit their target, giving no time to pose before two or three shots have gone off.  It's super annoying, people need to chill out a little.

[Fredd]

This happens in bar brawls too.  Someone will pose standing up, and looking threatening, and then without waiting for a pose, will start spamming the code to hit their target, giving no time to pose before two or three shots have gone off.  It's super annoying, people need to chill out a little.

i hate bar brawls as it is. Takes forever for me to land a hit. LOL.

But it gets annoying because someone will spam the hit without much rp and i'm just standing there like " calm down guy"

[jstorrie]

Solution: draw knife sheath

[Potaje]

It would seem that even in a brawl, with spam hitting, you stand as good a chance to still smack them back, since there is an action reaction not matter who it typing hit, least I think there is. Though spam hitting is bad.. agreed. Just a positive note to a negative.

[Cutthroat]

So just how long is someone supposed to wait now, because someone -might- be wanting to two-finger type a final emote?

> '(with a wave) Shade.
> think Do di do di dit dit do.
> think Da de de di dit dit dah!
> think Di dee dee do dit dit dee!
> think I have to get out of he-arh!
> think I must be in the cle-arh!
> (finally plodding away) n

It's always easy to exaggerate. However, the OP suggests: 15 seconds. That is roughly the amount of time I wait around for final responses, and seems to provide time for people to type their farewells with all their fingers.

As to the OP itself, I would prioritize saying bye and ending the conversation over throwing out a think. As a general rule, I would prioritize any interaction with a fellow player over internal RP. It keeps things moving smoothly in case the other player needs to go.

Also, I think if you really need to go immediately, throwing out an OOC is fine. You're explaining an OOC situation (the urgency to quit out of the game).

[hyzhenhok]

I often leave before you can respond deliberately. This is an IC action.

[Barsook]

I tend to just leave too, for IC reasons.

[Armaddict]

Generally, yes, there is a time that I will wait.

However, keep in mind that situations change things.  This is a coded game, with automated processes and times.  Sometimes...you cannot afford to wait around.  Sometimes, there are things that need rather immediate attention.  So on and so forth.

I can think of experiences all over the place where delay costs a lot more than allowing an emoted or said response makes up for.  So when things are hurried...don't mind that emotes don't come as much, or that things are cut off.  Gotta beat the timer, because it does not stop to emote.

Granted...if you have nothing better to do, not a whole lot of reason to not delay, unless you actually secretly just don't like that person, or don't care, which may be IC responses as noted above, heh.

[mangler]

I always tend to leave a moment or two before departing, although I often think i'm looking like a mug when I hang on incase anyone if writing out anything and it looks like my character is just not leaving.

[X-D]

Usually, if my PC leaves before the other can or does respond it is by design. Usually being that he simply does not care or does not want to bother, whatever, it is IC.

[Majikal]

Usually, if my PC leaves before the other can or does respond it is by design. Usually being that he simply does not care or does not want to bother, whatever, it is IC.

My pc's are usually the same way. Unless of course my speedy retreat is indeed because oocly I just gotta go.

[Marshmellow]

You know, I can understand if it is IC to leave promptly...

...but I'm talking about over the Way too.

...and it does seem to be a general trend, of late.  Is it IC for everyone to do that all the time?

[valeria]

I tend to think that when it's not IC, it's OOC.  Sometimes, someone really needs to log out right now.  Or is trying to avoid getting drug into another conversation that'll last for another two hours of their sleep.  But that's just me.