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General => Player Announcements and Collaboration => Topic started by: deviant storm on June 25, 2010, 08:01:32 PM

Title: Love you, Arm
Post by: deviant storm on June 25, 2010, 08:01:32 PM
This isn't going to be a ragequit post. I will try my best.

I'm just tired of watching people trying to outdo each other in being nasty to other people in a game. A lot of you seem to thrive on this. I can handle it. Up to a point, then you're at my limits and I can't take watching everything I'm working for with my character torched at some big important person's whim.

I'm not that good at this game. I don't build superwonderful characters able to bend steel and who can kill a carru after 3 days played or who can sneak their way into Tek's tower after five. I'm just not good at the mechanics, even after all this time. I do the best I can, but... I'm a builder, a socialite, though I do have a low boredom threshhold and this is where the problem is. I do something and usually the death is quick and done and I move on.

Today's promised to be a long, slow death of starvation and desperation and that just...hit me wrong today.

Sorry if I'm releasing too much ic. I'm sorry, staff, if I'm being a pain in the ass today. You all are great. It's just...fuck this. I don't want to sit here crying over a game.

So I'll be seeing you, Arm. Maybe. I'm a masochist but there's only so much being stomped on when my character is down that I want to take anymore. I'm not some 20 year old who can take this stuff so easy. It's ...just too much.

Take care, everyone. I'll peek in at the forum now and then. A lot of you know how much I respect and admire you.

Smooth sands.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: Delstro on June 25, 2010, 08:05:30 PM
I think you are just having a bad day. I also think you took that individual scene too serious.

I enjoyed RPing with you today. Just take a break and come back tomorrow.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: RogueGunslinger on June 25, 2010, 08:15:20 PM
Sometimes the game grinds on you more than you grind on it. Breaks help.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: brytta.leofa on June 25, 2010, 08:37:22 PM
Quote from: deviant storm on June 25, 2010, 08:01:32 PM
then you're at my limits and I can't take watching everything I'm working for with my character torched at some big important person's whim.

Unexplained PC-on-PC violence really hurts the game.  (That good ol' hackneyed serial killer concept is an extreme example, but there are tons of others that aren't quite so obvious.)

When it's truly at a whim, it breaks the storylines that make Armageddon really worthwhile, and doesn't give much in return.  When it's for a serious (non-whimsical) reason, but that reason is totally obscure, your victim is still apt to think that you're a griefin' kankhonker.

78% of you harddcore folks who think you disagree with me don't understand what I'm saying; the rest are just wrong.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: BlackMagic0 on June 25, 2010, 08:40:22 PM
Taking a break is a good thing. It'll help.

Though some other player being a dick is not a reason to give up and quit...

I hope we see you back. :) And good luck with the adventures of life.

Remember. Wear sun block!
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: AmandaGreathouse on June 25, 2010, 10:10:48 PM
Shade and spice.

I hope I see you around when you come back. I know you mean to leave. They always do, but RL permadeath is the only total escape from it.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: Lizzie on June 25, 2010, 10:24:44 PM
Quote from: AmandaGreathouse on June 25, 2010, 10:10:48 PM
Shade and spice.

I hope I see you around when you come back. I know you mean to leave. They always do, but RL permadeath is the only total escape from it.

I've heard, if the imms favor you, you get a rezz anyway.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: janeshephard on June 25, 2010, 11:54:45 PM
No idea what happened but I feel your pain. Too many times you're doing something and BAM something unexplained happens to destroy the path you're on.

I dunno. I take a day off or a little more time and then return. Give the benefit of the doubt and stuff.

EDIT: I see character death as breaking up with someone. The pain goes away and you get to start all over! :D
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: Three Suns on June 26, 2010, 12:20:00 AM
With love,

It's only a character.  It's a story.  Death is part of it, pain is part of it.  Write something new.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: Salt Merchant on June 26, 2010, 12:45:36 AM
Just create a half-giant that suffers from bouts of insanity. Next time you meet your nemesis in game, go nuts, subdue, kill, use the corpse as a toothpick. Bwahahahah!

Just kidding, of course.

I've always muchly enjoyed interacting with your characters, and hope you change your mind after a good night's sleep or so.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: The7DeadlyVenomz on June 26, 2010, 10:30:35 AM
Wow. Unfortunate. You'll be missed. Probably be some boots by the door when you get back.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: Malifaxis on June 26, 2010, 11:09:03 AM
I'll leave the glow crystal on for ya.

You may not consider yourself a good player, but you were always one of my favorites back during the Golden Days of Kurac.  Remember Ten Sarak?  Good times.

I seriously will miss you, and I truly hope you decide to come back, or at least pop your pretty little head in from time to time to say what's up.

Love,
-The Big, Runic, Armor-Plated Ninnyhammer of Doom
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: Winterless on June 26, 2010, 12:36:58 PM
Take some time to regroup and refresh... spend some extra time with the kids. We'll all welcome you back when you decide it's time.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: deviant storm on June 26, 2010, 01:15:05 PM
Ya'll make me feel good. Thanks.

I'll be back. Sometimes it twists my panties, but I love this game and you players. Just gonna take a few days or so with the kids, then I'll be back.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: Mudder on June 26, 2010, 03:03:27 PM
I've only played with your PCs once on a rather lengty basis that I know of, and even though
it did not end well. I did think you were a talented player and had fun while it lasted. It made
my said PC's life in more fun. Glad you are going to stay around.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: BlackMagic0 on June 26, 2010, 04:21:32 PM
Quote from: deviant storm on June 26, 2010, 01:15:05 PM
Ya'll make me feel good. Thanks.

I'll be back. Sometimes it twists my panties, but I love this game and you players. Just gonna take a few days or so with the kids, then I'll be back.

Just don't wear panties. And this will settle the matter!

And you can return.. Since no twisting of said panties.

Logic!!  8)
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: deviant storm on June 26, 2010, 04:27:48 PM
Quote from: BlackMagic0 on June 26, 2010, 04:21:32 PM
Quote from: deviant storm on June 26, 2010, 01:15:05 PM
Ya'll make me feel good. Thanks.

I'll be back. Sometimes it twists my panties, but I love this game and you players. Just gonna take a few days or so with the kids, then I'll be back.

Just don't wear panties. And this will settle the matter!

And you can return.. Since no twisting of said panties.

Logic!!  8)


:D
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: shadeoux on June 28, 2010, 06:32:37 PM
Quote from: deviant storm on June 26, 2010, 04:27:48 PM
Quote from: BlackMagic0 on June 26, 2010, 04:21:32 PM
Quote from: deviant storm on June 26, 2010, 01:15:05 PM
Ya'll make me feel good. Thanks.

I'll be back. Sometimes it twists my panties, but I love this game and you players. Just gonna take a few days or so with the kids, then I'll be back.

Just don't wear panties. And this will settle the matter!

And you can return.. Since no twisting of said panties.

Logic!!  8)


:D


Or eat the edible jam panties!  that come in Ginka, Kalan, and Belshun flavors!!!

Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: Rhyden on June 30, 2010, 01:24:01 PM
1. Take a break - you will come back refreshed and hopefully with a clearer mindset
2. Stop the ooc - seriously, this works - yes, there are a lot of cool armers but chatting ooc usually leads to harmful leaks
3. Most important - the key to winning arm is realizing that you will never win - ever  ;)
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: Niamh on July 03, 2010, 10:04:27 PM
Quote from: Lizzie on June 25, 2010, 10:24:44 PM
Quote from: AmandaGreathouse on June 25, 2010, 10:10:48 PM
Shade and spice.

I hope I see you around when you come back. I know you mean to leave. They always do, but RL permadeath is the only total escape from it.

I've heard, if the imms favor you, you get a rezz anyway.


Resurrections have absolutely nothing at all to do with how much anyone likes anyone else.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: brytta.leofa on July 03, 2010, 11:13:54 PM
Quote from: Niamh on July 03, 2010, 10:04:27 PM
Quote from: Lizzie on June 25, 2010, 10:24:44 PM
Quote from: AmandaGreathouse on June 25, 2010, 10:10:48 PM
Shade and spice.

I hope I see you around when you come back. I know you mean to leave. They always do, but RL permadeath is the only total escape from it.

I've heard, if the imms favor you, you get a rezz anyway.

Resurrections have absolutely nothing at all to do with how much anyone likes anyone else.

Well said, sirrah, but I think she's talking about real-life staff. ;)
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: Wolfsong on July 03, 2010, 11:39:32 PM
Quote from: brytta.leofa on July 03, 2010, 11:13:54 PM
Quote from: Niamh on July 03, 2010, 10:04:27 PM
Quote from: Lizzie on June 25, 2010, 10:24:44 PM
Quote from: AmandaGreathouse on June 25, 2010, 10:10:48 PM
Shade and spice.

I hope I see you around when you come back. I know you mean to leave. They always do, but RL permadeath is the only total escape from it.

I've heard, if the imms favor you, you get a rezz anyway.

Resurrections have absolutely nothing at all to do with how much anyone likes anyone else.

Well said, sirrah, but I think she's talking about real-life staff. ;)

I was kinda hoping he was too.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: Spice Spice Baby on July 03, 2010, 11:40:24 PM
Resurrections are based on whether or not your mother was a virgin when she had you.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: deviant storm on July 04, 2010, 12:04:00 AM
Quote from: Spice Spice Baby on July 03, 2010, 11:40:24 PM
Resurrections are based on whether or not your mother was a virgin when she had you.

Nope. The other posters were closer to my belief system, though if yours is different that's cool too. Go RL staff!
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: Niamh on July 04, 2010, 09:16:39 AM
Quote from: brytta.leofa on July 03, 2010, 11:13:54 PM
Quote from: Niamh on July 03, 2010, 10:04:27 PM
Quote from: Lizzie on June 25, 2010, 10:24:44 PM
Quote from: AmandaGreathouse on June 25, 2010, 10:10:48 PM
Shade and spice.

I hope I see you around when you come back. I know you mean to leave. They always do, but RL permadeath is the only total escape from it.

I've heard, if the imms favor you, you get a rezz anyway.

Resurrections have absolutely nothing at all to do with how much anyone likes anyone else.

Well said, sirrah, but I think she's talking about real-life staff. ;)

I don't understand what you mean by that.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: AmandaGreathouse on July 04, 2010, 09:24:03 AM
People being able to come back from being clinically dead. My grandmother, as an example, was clinically dead for 10 minutes, and was brought back.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: brytta.leofa on July 04, 2010, 09:56:16 AM
Quote from: Niamh on July 04, 2010, 09:16:39 AM
Quote from: brytta.leofa on July 03, 2010, 11:13:54 PM
Quote from: Niamh on July 03, 2010, 10:04:27 PM
Quote from: Lizzie on June 25, 2010, 10:24:44 PM
Quote from: AmandaGreathouse on June 25, 2010, 10:10:48 PM
Shade and spice.

I hope I see you around when you come back. I know you mean to leave. They always do, but RL permadeath is the only total escape from it.

I've heard, if the imms favor you, you get a rezz anyway.

Resurrections have absolutely nothing at all to do with how much anyone likes anyone else.

Well said, sirrah, but I think she's talking about real-life staff. ;)

I don't understand what you mean by that.

God.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: Lizzie on July 04, 2010, 01:06:30 PM
Quote
I hope I see you around when you come back. I know you mean to leave. They always do, but RL permadeath is the only total escape from it.
To which I replied:
QuoteI've heard, if the imms favor you, you get a rezz anyway.

See, it's a joke.
Amanda was making a joke about how only the "permadeath" in the "game" of "real life" was the only way to avoid returning to the game of Armageddon. So I joked back, that even if your "real life" character "dies," the imms (meaning the biblical version of God) would "rezz" you (alluding to the Resurrection of Jesus), if you were favored (like Jesus was his kid and all that).

You really didn't get that?
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: Malifaxis on July 06, 2010, 04:42:00 PM
Quote from: deviant storm on July 04, 2010, 12:04:00 AM
Quote from: Spice Spice Baby on July 03, 2010, 11:40:24 PM
Resurrections are based on whether or not your mother was a virgin when she had you.

Nope. The other posters were closer to my belief system, though if yours is different that's cool too. Go RL staff!

No sweat.  Glad you appreciate us!!  I've been RL staff for a long while now, and it's tough, but you get used to it.

Anyway, I gotta thing.  Gotta go kill a Twilight fan in New Zealand and not leave any details why.  Give you fuckers something to chew on.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: deviant storm on July 06, 2010, 07:02:15 PM
Quote from: Malifaxis on July 06, 2010, 04:42:00 PM
Quote from: deviant storm on July 04, 2010, 12:04:00 AM
Quote from: Spice Spice Baby on July 03, 2010, 11:40:24 PM
Resurrections are based on whether or not your mother was a virgin when she had you.

Nope. The other posters were closer to my belief system, though if yours is different that's cool too. Go RL staff!

No sweat.  Glad you appreciate us!!  I've been RL staff for a long while now, and it's tough, but you get used to it.

Anyway, I gotta thing.  Gotta go kill a Twilight fan in New Zealand and not leave any details why.  Give you fuckers something to chew on.


:o

Okay...
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: Malifaxis on July 07, 2010, 10:55:28 AM
Proof:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/07/06/2010-07-06_man_23_dies_during_twilight_saga_eclipse_screening_in_new_zealand_cinema.html (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/07/06/2010-07-06_man_23_dies_during_twilight_saga_eclipse_screening_in_new_zealand_cinema.html)
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: solera on July 07, 2010, 03:59:25 PM
Quote from: Malifaxis on July 06, 2010, 04:42:00 PM

No sweat.  Glad you appreciate us!!  I've been RL staff for a long while now, and it's tough, but you get used to it.

Anyway, I gotta thing.  Gotta go kill a Twilight fan in New Zealand and not leave any details why.  Give you fuckers something to chew on.

Eh?!!
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: Qzzrbl on July 07, 2010, 04:27:55 PM
I'm now more afraid of Malifaxis than I already was to begin with....

._.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: Fathi on July 08, 2010, 03:38:17 AM
You were in NZ and you didn't come to see me?

Well screw you too, then.  :'(
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: Malifaxis on July 09, 2010, 12:00:49 PM
Quote from: Fathi on July 08, 2010, 03:38:17 AM
You were in NZ and you didn't come to see me?

Well screw you too, then.  :'(

Look, babe, I had my doom groove on.  I want to meet you, but I don't want to fucking slaughter the living shit out of you when I do it.

So fucking sue me, I took a goddamn precaution.  You have NO idea of how fucking stressful this goddamn RL staffing shit is.  You know I have quotas?  FUCKING QUOTAS ON DOOM.

Fucking A.

What do I have to do today?  I have to invisibly impregnate 100 people in Turkey and pin all the blame on Ghost.  Yes, we're redoing an experiment tried 2000 years ago, which ended with bad results.

Some days I miss having a desk job.
Title: Re: Love you, Arm
Post by: Kol on July 09, 2010, 03:22:59 PM
I was a RL staffer once, then I stepped back and started the game again.

One reason.

Mudsexxx.

Mal, you do well, young grasshopper.