Posts made by Pondscum

When you know that you can throw a complete curve ball at another player's character and that they'll catch it and run with it. Damn do I love players like that and it makes for some of the most spontaneous, engaging and fun scenes.

You have to have reputation at a certain level before being able to downvote a post. I think you can still post with a negative, I've seen people doing so.

I got motion sickness trying to read that.

The Night Manager is SO good, and if they don't make Tom Hiddlestone the next Bond, I think I may cry.

@Arkandel said:

@Pondscum said:

If he's actively logging in on other characters, and even RPing on his Sam character, he's being willfully rude and ignorant

Other than the fact he said 'okay, let's rp sometime' (which it sounds like it wasn't exactly offered enthusiastically but which can still be misleading) I don't think he's being rude or ignorant.

No matter what you are never obligated to play with one specific person. Remember, we have no reason to think he's inactive - the OP said he's playing the character with other people. Maybe he doesn't like Brigid's character or maybe he doesn't like Brigid's player but he's not doing anything wrong here other than not communicating more clearly.

If the implied relationship between the two characters would be romantic or sexual that's even more complicated. Either way there's no happy ending here, would the OP really want someone to play with her because staff forced him to?

I think it's both rude and ignorant to say 'sure, we'll RP' and then never be available or always have something else that takes precedence. If the player simply doesn't want to RP, then they should say so. I absolutely agree that nobody can force anyone to play with them, nor do they even have to acknowledge them, but if you convey the message that you're happy to play a scene, then don't dodge the issue. If it were a case of staff having to step in, then I would be long gone. I like to think people RP with me because they enjoy my RP, not because they're forced to.

It sounds to me like you've given this player enough opportunities to hook up and get the scene in that you have asked him (repeatedly) for. If he's actively logging in on other characters, and even RPing on his Sam character, he's being willfully rude and ignorant and you have every right to say 'screw it' and push on with whatever you need to in order to enjoy your character.

Don't care, so long as Carl bites the dust.

Going to take one to the back of the head for this, but I really enjoyed the crafting system on Firan. I had a lot of fun with everything from farming, to forging, cooking, animal husbandry, perfuming, tailoring, jewellery making and the rest. I loved the act of creating an object, setting descriptions and then seeing others in game using that. So the staff were intolerable, and the circle jerks horrendous, but I had fun in my own little corner. Not found another place that has crafting like they did.

Hi Shayd! Player of Marsia (Firan) here. The one that tossed all your plans under the cartwheels and claimed Nydias with the marriage prize Damn that was fun; had half the game cheering me and the other half insta-hating me. Good to see you're still around.

He gave me that link too and I checked it out. He asked me to PM it to a couple of people, and I've done that too. I don't see any reason why they can't decide whether or not they want to remain in touch with him.

I have an unclearable chat bubble too

@Thenomain bring back the pipe, dammit. I'm used to the pipe. Cute Charlie Brown lookie-likey is throwing me off kilter.

@cirno Shame on you, you made me spit my coffee out with your character analysis. I know, I know, don't feed the trolls, but I did find it funny.

On RfK, Shavalyoth had a 'meet your match' event. Each week she'd pair up people who had to meet for RP and post it as a list. All you had to do was hook up and play. It was good, and led to some amazing RP with people that might never normally think to meet because they were outside their usual circle. For new people, it offered immediate opportunities to be integrated.

Alan Rickman. Always.

This one really hurts. x

There's a starman, waiting in the sky...
RIP David Bowie, such an influence on music, soundtrack of my life.

It's my nickname. Came about when I was four and it involved a pond, some algae, and me.

@Admiral said:

I hate it when I'm TSing and I get 'bow chicka wow wow!' paged to me by a staffer.

This is something that has actually happened to you? From the way you tell it, it seems it's not a one off? That's kind of fucked up behaviour and I'd expect that staffer punished/removed. If it's acceptable behaviour, I'd not be logging into the game again.