Bad roleplaying moments

[FinisWolf]

True ... not sure how that would feel via the thought net ... I mean ... would that make it a mind fuck?

Finis

[Drew]

Khamaseen just arrived.
>
Satira murmurs a simple, mystical chant...
Satira gestures.
Satira's left leg looks better.
>
(Khamaseen HEAL YUU!!!%)
>
Khamaseen just went south.

[Ignot]

nice.

[Drew]

Takmir slowly rolls his cigar between his thumb and index finger.
>
Takmir darkly says, "I remember along time ago my previous soul i inhabitted."
>
Takmir darkly says, "We just drug people outside south gate."
>



Alright, the triple threat: speaking darkly, misspelling, and talking about your "previous soul". Another thought: Why do all bad roleplayers have their characters smoke cigars?

I remember someone making a mention about selling this character, good job selling it to a douche.

[Drew]

It's idiot central here tonight.



Stoniemeadow says, "Im so close ta train, I need wounds from someone."
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Takmir rubs his chin thoughtfully.
>
Takmir darkly asks, "How many pages?"
>
Lavarin yawns.
>
Lavarin stands up.
>
Stoniemeadow says, "2700."

[TheEschaton]

That's a long ass book!!!!!

[Warriorbird]

"...and now class, we will read from the Book of UGH."

[Warriorbird]

So...waiting for a merchant event at FWI...a slew of multiaccounts are spelling up this lovely young thing.

You see Heartsaflayme N'burnin.
She appears to be a Human.

Her name would fit in well with the end of that old Flintstone Kids jingle, y'know, the one with "Ten million strong....and growing!"

::

Heartsaflayme says, "Check out my name ..it begs adoration."

::

Oh snap, update!

Heartsaflayme says, "Exponeous patronus."
>
Heartsaflayme snickers.

[Ignot]

People like that killed GS

[Warriorbird]

[Maginthree (subdued)]: "selling a serrated black eonake falchion, tis 6x and sancted in the hands of the holy. Also has a show that was designed by Mularos himself back with the gods still visited us mear mortals...TTM with offers or if ya wanna see the show"
[Maginthree (subdued)]: "oh, it is lightly zested as well"

[Warriorbird]

Rocksand is a bastion of fine roleplaying.

[Rocksand (subdued)]: "oh yes maliku/khuru/khamaseen whatever you are this week... i mean day, you should know from donkey-talk"

[Makkah]

If I really cared about my characters getting outed, that would have rather angered me. Instead, I'm just amazed she still gets access to the game.

[Warriorbird]

[Rocksand (subdued)]: "Avoid body piercings, tattoos, ale, and most sinful things as much as possible and I am sure your lord will write you into his/her book in heaven."

[Rocksand (subdued)]: "It's 10:30 Elven, have you hugged your empath today?"

[Drisco]

[Rocksand (subdued)]: "It's 10:30 Elven, have you hugged your empath today?"


Hahah thats highly comical

[Fallen]

Yeah, like a sniper's round to the head. I want the pink mist, damn it. She needs to die.

[Methais]

Vif ftl

[Warriorbird]

Merchants bring out the best.

Emislity says, "I saw when he logged in."

[ELO]

Hahah thats highly comical

Eh. I thought this was funnier. The timing and everything...

Rocksand softly says, "I believe in the act of kindness overall."

Rocksand softly says, "Kindness pays."

With a quick flick of your wrist, you deftly send a thick glass vial filled with murky red liquid into flight.
You throw a thick glass vial at Rocksand!
AS: +412 vs DS: +233 with AvD: +102 + d100 roll: +55 = +336
The thick glass vial shatters upon impact!
... and hit for 14 points of damage!
Brushing blow to temple.
Rocksand is covered with globs of fiery goo!
Some vibrant ruby red leathers partially deflects the onslaught of the fiery attack.
... 5 points of damage!
Minor burns to head. That hurt a bit.
Roundtime: 4 sec.

[Fallen]

No clever one liner after the vial lands? Boo.

[ELO]

No clever one liner after the vial lands? Boo.

I had a good one, but she ran while I was in RT, so I wasn't able to keep stalking her. :(

It'll have to wait for next time.

[Warriorbird]

Saraswati sings:

"Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire"

[The Ponzzz]

Yea, they totally needed a semicolon in there. :)

[Liberi Fatali]

[Small House, Bedroom]
Voracious flames attacked this room as well, blackening the walls and ceiling, and turning most of the furniture into crumbling cinder. A small mattress has been slashed open, its stuffing spilling out next to the smashed remains of a wooden rocking horse. The smoke covered faces of ceramic dolls, crushed beneath some terrible force, stare up woefully from the ashes that cover the floor. You also see a swirling mist, a slimy horned frog and the Jenovadeath disk.
Also here: Gremlin-slayer Jenovadeath (sitting)
Obvious exits: north
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Jenovadeath channels at a pair of grey wolfskin trousers with piping of deep green snakeskin running down the seams.
Jenovadeath suddenly plunges his hand right into a pair of grey wolfskin trousers with piping of deep green snakeskin running down the seams and begins fishing around inside!
He pulls his empty hand out of the trousers looking a little disappointed.
>
Jenovadeath says, "HEY."
>
Jenovadeath exclaims, "GET OUT?!?!?!"
>
Jenovadeath says, "I'm PLAYING here."

[serra7965]

Jenovadeath channels at a pair of grey wolfskin trousers with piping of deep green snakeskin running down the seams.
Jenovadeath suddenly plunges his hand right into a pair of grey wolfskin trousers with piping of deep green snakeskin running down the seams and begins fishing around inside!
He pulls his empty hand out of the trousers looking a little disappointed.
>
Jenovadeath says, "HEY."
>
Jenovadeath exclaims, "GET OUT?!?!?!"
>
Jenovadeath says, "I'm PLAYING here.

LMAO playing with what, he doesn't seem to be able to find what he is trying to play with it seems.

[Kainen]

LMAO playing with what, he doesn't seem to be able to find what he is trying to play with it seems.

Liberi Fatali IS Jenovadeath.. he's just a attention whore :lol:

[serra7965]

well....although he is an attention whore...like I said....apparently he has a tiny tool...so whore or not...doesn't matter 'cause size does matter...and it's got to be pretty tiny if you can't find it width nor length when probing in your own pants....

I still do find it quite hilarious that you can do that though...even if at the detriment of yourself and proclaiming to the world you have a penis too freaking small to find with your own hands....

[serra7965]

or I suppose it could be really mother fucking cold

[TheEschaton]

Serra is obviously awesome. Welcome to the boards.

-TheE-

[mgoddess]

Sometimes, they never learn...

Ishrianna brushes against you, then shrieks loudly and withdraws a bloody stump from your black leather backsack. Must've found the jaws in there. That'll teach her!
Journeywoman Urpy just went north.

>laugh roar
You throw back your head and roar with laughter!

>l ishr
You see Ishrianna the Locksmith.
She appears to be a Dark Elf.
She appears to be very young and taller than average. She has almond-shaped sea green eyes and olive skin. She has long, glossy blue-black hair gathered into a fountaining ponytail at the crown of her head and secured with a flowing red linen scarf. She has an oval face, a classical nose and tall upswept pointed ears.
She has a fish skeleton tattoo on her finger.
She has a completely severed right hand.
She is bleeding slightly from the right hand.
She is wearing a wide-brimmed midnight black velvet hat, a delicate vaalin-spined feather hanging from a small stud, a crystal amulet, a crystal spirit serpent flask on a string of prayer beads, a hooded raven spidersilk cloak, a turquoise-bound rat hide Adventurer's Guild badge, some elegant fingerless silk gloves, a crimson blazestar brooch, a long-sleeved white silk blouse, a shadowy black pin, a sunstone lark charm, a delicate star emerald pin, a silk-lined felt harness, some darkly stained double leather, a coral and ivory wristlet, a blue crystal-inset ring, a slim mithril keyring, a hand-tooled pitch black suede lockpick case, a silver coin-clasped hefty black leather loot sack, a pair of side-laced ebon chamois pants, an embroidered midnight black toolkit, and some knee-high cuffed leather boots.

>say ::Ishr Ye may wanna watch where ye put yer hands.
Speaking to Ishrianna, you say, "Ye may wanna watch where ye put yer hands."

>nod ish
You nod to Ishrianna.

Speaking to you, Ishrianna says, "Good advice."

>nod ishr
You nod to Ishrianna.

Ishrianna winces.
Ishrianna just went north.

...(ten minutes later)...

Ishrianna brushes against you, then shrieks loudly and withdraws a bloody stump from your black leather backsack. Must've found the jaws in there. That'll teach her!

>laugh
You laugh out loud!

>l ish
You see Ishrianna the Locksmith.
She appears to be a Dark Elf.
She appears to be very young and taller than average. She has almond-shaped sea green eyes and olive skin. She has long, glossy blue-black hair gathered into a fountaining ponytail at the crown of her head and secured with a flowing red linen scarf. She has an oval face, a classical nose and tall upswept pointed ears.
She has a fish skeleton tattoo on her finger.
She has a completely severed right hand.
She is bleeding slightly from the right hand.
She is wearing a wide-brimmed midnight black velvet hat, a delicate vaalin-spined feather hanging from a small stud, a crystal amulet, a crystal spirit serpent flask on a string of prayer beads, a hooded raven spidersilk cloak, a turquoise-bound rat hide Adventurer's Guild badge, some elegant fingerless silk gloves, a crimson blazestar brooch, a long-sleeved white silk blouse, a shadowy black pin, a sunstone lark charm, a delicate star emerald pin, a silk-lined felt harness, some darkly stained double leather, a coral and ivory wristlet, a blue crystal-inset ring, a slim mithril keyring, a hand-tooled pitch black suede lockpick case, a silver coin-clasped hefty black leather loot sack, a pair of side-laced ebon chamois pants, an embroidered midnight black toolkit, and some knee-high cuffed leather boots.

>say ::Ishria Ye really shouldn't be doing that.
Speaking to Ishrianna, you say, "Ye really shouldn't be doing that."

>nod ish
You nod to Ishrianna.

Speaking to you, Ishrianna asks, "How many of those you got?"

>say ::Ishri Plenty.
Speaking to Ishrianna, you say, "Plenty."

Ishrianna winces.

>nod ish
You nod to Ishrianna.

Ishrianna just went north.

[Asha]

When you run out you're doomed!
Pfft.

[Jolena]

I dunno, doesn't seem like a bad roleplaying moment to me. Though it is rather amusing.

[mgoddess]

When you run out you're doomed!
Pfft.

Except for the fact that I'll never run out... it's called "open jaw in my backsack" :P

And as for it being a "bad roleplay moment," I suppose I should've added in the fact that she logged off soon after she got her hand fixed, the second time around. Guess a third time wasn't a charm, or something.

(I also didn't know exactly where to put it, besides here... meh.)

[LeftOverForGood]

Of all the people in the game to make fun of bad speech, Dessedemona (With her idiotic speech 'RP' and her blatant OOC references) feels it necessary to bully a rather well RP'd gnome.

Fizzul says, "Do be kind of you to say. I done did trying to practice my tinkerering but ain't a do be fine tinkershop to be found in elven towns, nope.
Speaking to Fizzul, Missoni says, "Elves be ah...doing not enough tinkering."
Speaking to Missoni, Fizzul says, "Do be wise beyond your do be years."
Speaking to Fizzul, Missoni says, "You could always open a shop."
Dessedemona screams!
Dessedemona says, "Do be stopping the idiocy."
Fizzul says, "Done did been a trial for all ages to do done did stop the do be idiocy."
Dessedemona says, "It is getting very close yo a nap."
Fizzul scratches at his clothing.
Dessedemona says, "For my song trigger is ever so itching."
Speaking to Dessedemona, Fizzul says, "Why that done been reminds me of my late uncle Bubblysong..."
Fizzul says, "He done did love to sing about everything."
Dessedemona says, "Don't tempt me even more."
Dessedemona says, "Witness loss of control in three."
Dessedemona says, "Two."
Dessedemona says, "Cruising buddy."
blah blah
Fizzul keeps talking.

Following are her continuing examples of great roleplay.

Dessedemona says, "Oh dear gods please just done be do shut up."
Dessedemona says, "I think a large number of is would thank whatever gods we follow of you done be do be quiet."

Dessedemona says, "And i rue being able to understand said fey affected wannabes speech."


Of course nothing happened, I think Dess found something shiny to distract her from what she was doing.

*I edited out some random movement but the gist is there.*

[Martaigne]

She was threatening to sleep people (and the whole room) all night tonight. I wanted to stab her in the eye repeatedly with a #2 pencil.

[Fallen]

She is a moron. Fizzul is excellent. I enjoyed speaking with him during the event, as well as our prior interactions.

[Insei]

Sometimes, they never learn...

Ishrianna brushes against you, then shrieks loudly and withdraws a bloody stump from your black leather backsack. Must've found the jaws in there. That'll teach her!
Journeywoman Urpy just went north.

>laugh roar
You throw back your head and roar with laughter!

>l ishr
You see Ishrianna the Locksmith.
She appears to be a Dark Elf.
She appears to be very young and taller than average. She has almond-shaped sea green eyes and olive skin. She has long, glossy blue-black hair gathered into a fountaining ponytail at the crown of her head and secured with a flowing red linen scarf. She has an oval face, a classical nose and tall upswept pointed ears.
She has a fish skeleton tattoo on her finger.
She has a completely severed right hand.
She is bleeding slightly from the right hand.
She is wearing a wide-brimmed midnight black velvet hat, a delicate vaalin-spined feather hanging from a small stud, a crystal amulet, a crystal spirit serpent flask on a string of prayer beads, a hooded raven spidersilk cloak, a turquoise-bound rat hide Adventurer's Guild badge, some elegant fingerless silk gloves, a crimson blazestar brooch, a long-sleeved white silk blouse, a shadowy black pin, a sunstone lark charm, a delicate star emerald pin, a silk-lined felt harness, some darkly stained double leather, a coral and ivory wristlet, a blue crystal-inset ring, a slim mithril keyring, a hand-tooled pitch black suede lockpick case, a silver coin-clasped hefty black leather loot sack, a pair of side-laced ebon chamois pants, an embroidered midnight black toolkit, and some knee-high cuffed leather boots.

>say ::Ishr Ye may wanna watch where ye put yer hands.
Speaking to Ishrianna, you say, "Ye may wanna watch where ye put yer hands."

>nod ish
You nod to Ishrianna.

Speaking to you, Ishrianna says, "Good advice."

>nod ishr
You nod to Ishrianna.

Ishrianna winces.
Ishrianna just went north.

...(ten minutes later)...

Ishrianna brushes against you, then shrieks loudly and withdraws a bloody stump from your black leather backsack. Must've found the jaws in there. That'll teach her!

>laugh
You laugh out loud!

>l ish
You see Ishrianna the Locksmith.
She appears to be a Dark Elf.
She appears to be very young and taller than average. She has almond-shaped sea green eyes and olive skin. She has long, glossy blue-black hair gathered into a fountaining ponytail at the crown of her head and secured with a flowing red linen scarf. She has an oval face, a classical nose and tall upswept pointed ears.
She has a fish skeleton tattoo on her finger.
She has a completely severed right hand.
She is bleeding slightly from the right hand.
She is wearing a wide-brimmed midnight black velvet hat, a delicate vaalin-spined feather hanging from a small stud, a crystal amulet, a crystal spirit serpent flask on a string of prayer beads, a hooded raven spidersilk cloak, a turquoise-bound rat hide Adventurer's Guild badge, some elegant fingerless silk gloves, a crimson blazestar brooch, a long-sleeved white silk blouse, a shadowy black pin, a sunstone lark charm, a delicate star emerald pin, a silk-lined felt harness, some darkly stained double leather, a coral and ivory wristlet, a blue crystal-inset ring, a slim mithril keyring, a hand-tooled pitch black suede lockpick case, a silver coin-clasped hefty black leather loot sack, a pair of side-laced ebon chamois pants, an embroidered midnight black toolkit, and some knee-high cuffed leather boots.

>say ::Ishria Ye really shouldn't be doing that.
Speaking to Ishrianna, you say, "Ye really shouldn't be doing that."

>nod ish
You nod to Ishrianna.

Speaking to you, Ishrianna asks, "How many of those you got?"

>say ::Ishri Plenty.
Speaking to Ishrianna, you say, "Plenty."

Ishrianna winces.

>nod ish
You nod to Ishrianna.

Ishrianna just went north.

PLEASE tell me where I can get some of those :tumble: That is too damn funny.

[TheEschaton]

Those are just jaws traps. Rogues, using lock mastery, can extract them unsprung, and you can then put them in your containers. Unless you have your own rogue to supply them, though, I don't know of many rogues who are anxious to give them to potential marks. :P

-TheE-

[ViridianAsp]

Just gotta have the right connections. Locksmiths who won't steal from your character, because your character gives them the heeby-jeebies.

[Insei]

Totally found some on playershops.com...I'm all over this!

[mgoddess]

Totally found some on playershops.com...I'm all over this!

I highly enjoy jaw traps... all my characters have them in each of their main & gem containers.

[Insei]

I highly enjoy jaw traps... all my characters have them in each of their main & gem containers.

Wish I would have had these at the Dragonfly Festival...once I set them and put them in my containers, will anyone trying to steal from me pull out a stump? :D I'm tempted to just leave my cloak open to figure out who I shouldn't be nice to :)

[mgoddess]

Wish I would have had these at the Dragonfly Festival...once I set them and put them in my containers, will anyone trying to steal from me pull out a stump? :D I'm tempted to just leave my cloak open to figure out who I shouldn't be nice to :)

I think (not sure though) there's a hidden die roll on whether a person thieving from the jawed container gets trapped or not... I've also heard that someone who's REALLY good at pickpocketing has a very slim chance of actually thieving the trap without setting it off.

That's what I was doing with my backsack and the jaws up there... was leaving it open to see who might be dumb enough to thief. (Apparently another thief has learned to not try his luck on my jaws, which makes for some fun RP. heh)

[Asha]

A cloud of dense silvery fog suddenly appears. The fog quickly dissipates to reveal Rencelas.
>
Rencelas put a fearsome white ora sledgehammer in his cookie jar.
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What?

[Tolwynn]

That's not half as bad as the people who stuff claidhmores and mattocks and mauls in their kilts and skirts. Wherever they're sinking them, I really really don't want to know.

[StrayRogue]

The earring container was the best.

[Misun]

A cloud of dense silvery fog suddenly appears. The fog quickly dissipates to reveal Rencelas.
>
Rencelas put a fearsome white ora sledgehammer in his cookie jar.
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What?

I'm sorry, you have to know this character to get this...it's all part of the big picture. Reading it made me laugh though. <3 Rencelas :tumble:

[FinisWolf]

RE: Containers

I personally have no problem with amazingly large items being stuffed into something that it (in real life) would not fit in. This is a magical era with magical items.

Allow the fascination of magic take you there. Allow your mind to open and graze in the Fields of make believe.

After all, we are playing a fantasy game.

Finis

[Misun]

RE: Containers

I personally have no problem with amazingly large items being stuffed into something that it (in real life) would not fit in. This is a magical era with magical items.

Allow the fascination of magic take you there. Allow your mind to open and graze in the Fields of make believe.

After all, we are playing a fantasy game.

Finis


Yes, and it is a really big cookie jar too!

[TheEschaton]

I have a chalice which I keep in a pocketed ring. Whenever someone makes a smartass remark, I say, "I'm a giant, I got big hands.."

-TheE-

[thefarmer]

My main keeps a awl pike and a lance in his pocketed boots. He used to keep a claidhmore and a mattock before the fixskills.

I also used to have one of the old pocketed sunstone earrings I had deepened that I kept a claidhmore in too...

I do it because it amuses me to no end.

[Jolena]

I still have a pocketed sunstone earring, but wasn't aware it held that much, even deepenend.

[thefarmer]

It had been worked on twice, maybe three times. The last one was one where the merchant said something along the lines of, "Yeah, I really shouldn't be doing this, but.."

[thefarmer]

This isn't necessarily THAT bad.. more like amusing in an odd way. I bolded the parts I thought amusing.


Wolfcustist darkly says, "Doesn't sound like a good thing."

Lovemyst says, "We are even expecting."

Wolfcustist rubs his crystal amulet.

Wolfcustist rubs his crystal amulet.

Lovemyst smiles an pats her yummy
l love
You see Lovemyst Autumday the Prowler.
She appears to be a Half-Sylvan.
She appears to be elderly and taller than average. She has beautifully onyx-outlined piercing crystal green eyes and tanned skin. She has shoulder length, braided strawberry blonde hair worn in two pigtails. She has a delicate face, a flaring nose and a birth mark.
She is in good shape.
She is wearing an ancient Black Wolf armband, a jewelled engagement ring, a golden laced white leather belt, a crystal amulet, some long diamond-strewn black net fingerless gloves, an enruned green garnet necklace, an exquisite gold nymph pendant, a pair of enameled nymph earrings, a gleaming pink tourmaline brooch, a silver lockpick case, a berry stained satchel, a dark leather locksmith's toolkit, a silver-traced black pearl bracelet, a leather knapsack, a gold and opal nymph pin, a gold ring, a snowcat pelt sheath, a swirling gold nymph comb, a low-cut black silk and lace bodice, some spiderweb patterned leggings, a voluminous black stalking cloak, some full leather, a reinforced shield, a small rose, a butterfly charm, some elegant diamond-buckled boots, and an elegant copper pin.

Lovemyst says, "Tummy."

Wolfcustist coughs.

Wolfcustist darkly says, "I'm goin ta have a half brother."

Wolfcustist chuckles.

Lovemyst says, "More than that."

Wolfcustist darkly says, "Or sister."

Wolfcustist coughs.

Wolfcustist chuckles.

Lovemyst says, "Ive got 5 kids an 2 by will."

Wolfcustist darkly says, "Eh, humans."

Wolfcustist darkly says, "Little baby makers."

Lovemyst says, "Oops 6 forgot about claudina."

[Drew]

put bastardsword in my sheath
>
You grip the veniom-hilted bastardsword with one hand.

put bastardsword in my sheath
>
You slip your hand to the hidden sheath at your ankle and stow your bastardsword out of sight.

[Asha]

I saw that in a previous post of yours and didn't say owt.
In the end who gives a fuck since it's 'fantasy'
My rogue is female. Fuck you with your 'sheaths'.

[Dropped_In]

There is nothing stopping you from acting:
(Drew pulls out his giant wang and destroys humanity!)

If it bothers you so terribly much that your sword fits in an ankle sheath, stop putting it there instead of whining for it to be mechanically impossible. Common sense solves 99% of the complaints in GS. Stupidity creates the same amount.

[Drew]

There is nothing stopping you from acting:
(Drew pulls out his giant wang and destroys humanity!)

If it bothers you so terribly much that your sword fits in an ankle sheath, stop putting it there instead of whining for it to be mechanically impossible. Common sense solves 99% of the complaints in GS. Stupidity creates the same amount.

I haven't done any whining. Your attack is entirely misdirected, I'm quite content with my "magic" sheath or else I would keep that sword somewhere else.

[FinisWolf]

Drew, your avatar is just WRONG !!1!

Finis

[Drew]

mmmm veal

[FinisWolf]

Put the kid sandwich down, and step away from the mustard.

Finis

[B4Hand]

Best reason for not having your children hollering at you about things..

Merjinia is the Queen of Smooth..is she not..:rofl:

You quietly whisper to Evarin, "I..I did enjoy our time together very lunch."
J>gaze evarin
You gaze fondly at Evarin.
J>
Evarin appears to be trying hard not to grin.
J>
Evarin says, "Glad to leave you so tongue tied."

[Rune]

You hear the faint thoughts of Albacora echo in your mind:
[General]: "Yeah but you gotta exchange something with us so we know we'll get it back cuz everyone's trying to steal our box."
>

You hear the faint thoughts of Ulknor echo in your mind:
[General]: "I'm a busy man, and i've got lots to do."
>

You hear the faint thoughts of Albacora echo in your mind:
[General]: "Like what."
>l
[Wehnimer's, Dragonsclaw Rd.]
Wagons and carts loaded with a variety of goods pass in all directions, from the center of the busy town to the west to the wharfs and piers along the Locksmehr River to the east. A number of militiamen head north towards the guardtowers and barracks. You also see the Exitialis disk and a large wooden building with a wooden sign on it.
Also here: Raiinewen
Obvious paths: north, east, south, west
>

You hear the faint thoughts of Sparklingwater echo in your mind:
[General]: "All your boxes are belong to us."

Grrrrrr.....

[Misun]

put bastardsword in my sheath
>
You grip the veniom-hilted bastardsword with one hand.

put bastardsword in my sheath
>
You slip your hand to the hidden sheath at your ankle and stow your bastardsword out of sight.

Heh, and my bastard sword won't fit in my sword-belt...interesting. o well.

[soenchanting]

You hear the faint thoughts of Albacora echo in your mind:
[General]: "Yeah but you gotta exchange something with us so we know we'll get it back cuz everyone's trying to steal our box."
>

You hear the faint thoughts of Ulknor echo in your mind:
[General]: "I'm a busy man, and i've got lots to do."
>

You hear the faint thoughts of Albacora echo in your mind:
[General]: "Like what."
>l
[Wehnimer's, Dragonsclaw Rd.]
Wagons and carts loaded with a variety of goods pass in all directions, from the center of the busy town to the west to the wharfs and piers along the Locksmehr River to the east. A number of militiamen head north towards the guardtowers and barracks. You also see the Exitialis disk and a large wooden building with a wooden sign on it.
Also here: Raiinewen
Obvious paths: north, east, south, west
>

You hear the faint thoughts of Sparklingwater echo in your mind:
[General]: "All your boxes are belong to us."

Grrrrrr.....


Albacora also belongs in the bad name list.....who names themselves after tuna?

[thefarmer]

The other night someone was asking on the net for a locksmith and that Sparklingwater person said Malok would pick their boxes. Then Jenovadeath would pick their boxes.

Does he/she say anything that makes sense?

[TheEschaton]

Malok is/has been well known as a sorc who picks locks. He did it back in the day when there was no way to earn exp hunting at the level he was at, and lockpicking experience had a flat minimum.

Maybe Jenova did something similar?

-TheE-

[thefarmer]

Yeah, I'm familiar with Malok from before he had to pick to learn.

It was just a very odd set of statements. Neither of them were in the game, nor did they show up after she thought.

It'd be like if someone asked for a locksmith and I said that Mustafo would picks boxes at Hearthstone.

Just strange.

[Liberi Fatali]

The other night someone was asking on the net for a locksmith and that Sparklingwater person said Malok would pick their boxes. Then Jenovadeath would pick their boxes.

Does he/she say anything that makes sense?


Malok is/has been well known as a sorc who picks locks. He did it back in the day when there was no way to earn exp hunting at the level he was at, and lockpicking experience had a flat minimum.

Maybe Jenova did something similar?

-TheE-


Hmm. I used to pick boxes, but that was clear back in 1998-1999. You know, something sounded suspicious about this person -- the fact that s/he mentioned my name tells me exactly who it is now, though.

[Fallen]

Poor Rogad. Honestly.

----
(OOC) You quietly whisper to Rogad, "I think she is AFK a second."
K>whisper ooc rogad Give her a moment?
(OOC) You quietly whisper to Rogad, "Give her a moment?"
K>
Rogad says, "Ah."
K>
Rogad nods to you.
K>whisper ooc rogad Bah! Dont respond to OOC WHISPERS!!!!111
(OOC) You quietly whisper to Rogad, "Bah! Dont respond to OOC WHISPERS!!!!111."
K>
Rogad's face turns slightly pale.
K>
Rogad nods.
K>
Rogad cowers.
K>whisper ooc rogad YOU'RE STILL DOING IT!
(OOC) You quietly whisper to Rogad, "YOU'RE STILL DOING IT!"
K>
Rogad swoons.

[Artha]

hahahaha, that's almost like a GS-version of an SNL clip.

[Akari]

Poor Rogad. Honestly.

----
(OOC) You quietly whisper to Rogad, "I think she is AFK a second."
K>whisper ooc rogad Give her a moment?
(OOC) You quietly whisper to Rogad, "Give her a moment?"
K>
Rogad says, "Ah."
K>
Rogad nods to you.
K>whisper ooc rogad Bah! Dont respond to OOC WHISPERS!!!!111
(OOC) You quietly whisper to Rogad, "Bah! Dont respond to OOC WHISPERS!!!!111."
K>
Rogad's face turns slightly pale.
K>
Rogad nods.
K>
Rogad cowers.
K>whisper ooc rogad YOU'RE STILL DOING IT!
(OOC) You quietly whisper to Rogad, "YOU'RE STILL DOING IT!"
K>
Rogad swoons.

now that is funny... I slip up and do that now and then, but nothing like that. Plus, I think I'm alittle more careful when it's Evarin or someone I know is good with thier RP... alot of people I'll whisper OOC to and they reply back with regular whispers. My, how things have changed...
I'm tryig to get better at the whole RP aspect of GS, and I've had more fun playing since I have been RPing more. There are alot of interesting things going on that I had no clue about before because I was simply not interested.

[Khariz]

When my old Sorcerer was Evarin's Mis'ri...I dared not respond back to OOC whispers by nodding, or whispering back non-OOC. That would have been...bad.

:love:

[Landrion]

Yeah, I'm familiar with Malok from before he had to pick to learn.
It was just a very odd set of statements. Neither of them were in the game, nor did they show up after she thought.
It'd be like if someone asked for a locksmith and I said that Mustafo would picks boxes at Hearthstone.
Just strange.

Sounds like a sarcastic answer. Like if someone panhandled you and you replied "try asking Mother Theresa jackass".

[grapedog]

heh, i didn't even know there was an OOC whisper option...thats pretty cool. So much new stuff to learn...i still can't figure out how to check my gear

[Celephais]

heh, i didn't even know there was an OOC whisper option...thats pretty cool. So much new stuff to learn...i still can't figure out how to check my gear

Check your gear?

ENCUMBerance will seem to others as if you're checking your gear (probably what you're looking for)

Actual gear checking commands:
Inspect
Assess
Weigh
Appraise

Critter checking command:
Consider

[thefarmer]

So this merchant Laoin was seeing if he could remove a curse on Fehala.
A few tidbits.

(Fehala's lumpy chin lifts up slightly.)
>
(Fehala swallows, visibly.)
>
(Iseo concentrates very hard sending empathic energies to Laoin)
>
Laoin says, "This is a curious sort of magic. Old."

(OOC) You quietly whisper to XXX, "WTF is empathic energies and why can I see him do it?"
>

Endasa nods to Donas.
>
(OOC) XXX player whispers, "It's called - bad roleplaying."

(OOC) XXX player whispers, "XXX concentrates hard to send that girl RP lessons."


Iseo says, "Whisper aria I was hoping he could have fixed that. I tried to send healing powers but I think that is magic not related to healing."

(OOC) XXX player whispers, "HAHAHAHA IM A BAD PERSON FOR LAUGHING."

(OOC) You quietly whisper to XXX, "Then I bet a lot of us are horrible people."


The sad part is.. I'm sure Iseo's player thought they were roleplaying great and really getting into the ongoing RP. I doubt they knew how lame it looked.

[unconcerned1]

The sad part is.. I'm sure Iseo's player thought they were roleplaying great and really getting into the ongoing RP. I doubt they knew how lame it looked.

what's sad about it? at least iseo's trying, and whatever your personal opinion is, especially in today's gemstone, that's to be encouraged, not ridiculed. thx

[Stanley Burrell]

Hm.

Iseo's usually been better RP'd than that from what I remember.

[thefarmer]

what's sad about it? at least iseo's trying, and whatever your personal opinion is, especially in today's gemstone, that's to be encouraged, not ridiculed. thx

Trying doesn't always cut it.

Is this a better attempt than some others? Sure. But by your logic anyone that 'tries' should be encouraged.. and we wouldn't have half the posts in this folder.

thx

[Jolena]

I think that it could have been much much worse, and honestly, she appears to have good intentions. I would have probably tried to spend time with her IC instead, and hoped that she'd learn through example of those around her of what is good and what's not. I mean, we all started out as noobs to RP and I for one definitely have made some fucked up moves in the beginning years of playing.

[unconcerned1]

But by your logic anyone that 'tries' should be encouraged..

thx

bears repeating.

[thefarmer]

So by that means Michealous and his brand 'roleplay' should be encouraged? He thinks it's roleplay. He tries. I guess we should give him a golden kobold everytime he gets into a fight.

[thefarmer]

[Voln - Eokurmi] "i need a cleric in tsc stat!"
[Voln - Vivaldi] "..and stat means what?"
Eokurmi [Merchant]: "Yeah i am not gonna waste favor on that."
You feel your mind open up to the world around you.
[Voln - Vivaldi] "Meaning you don't have a good answer."
[Voln - Yzarian] "i believe it means immediately"
[Voln - Vivaldi] "And where would you get that idea?"
Eokurmi [Merchant]: "Or it means exactly what i said, i am not bothering to waste favor on it."
[Voln - Vivaldi] "Fair enough. I'll call you a Glorop then. You can guess yourself as to what it means."
[Voln - Yzarian] "its an ancient dead language stemming from statim which meant immediately"
[Voln - Vivaldi] "Mine's also from an ancient dead language. What an odd coincidence."

A simple question from me, turns into this. As players we all know what stat means thanks to TV. As a character, how am I supposed to know that stat supposedly means immediately if he's never heard it before?


This isn't the first time Eokurmi's blatantly used OOC info/references. During his requests for a rescue in the bowels (Unlocatable/Voln Sightable area) he quoted the creatures standing in the same room as the dead folks. So I asked him by what magic he found this out. His reply? He can read minds.

Yeah, I'm probably not adding anything meaningful to the situations by trying to get him to understand his mistake, but at least my questions are IC.

[Drisco]

Who cares people use slang we use in this time, .. all the time. I'm personally fine with it because if we really went into how we speak now and how we would have spoke back then we wouldnt be able to use half the words said IG.

[Ignot]

Why is "stat" ooc?

[Latrinsorm]

It seems that any reference to modern medicine would be OOG.

Addressing the usage in a public thought net is certainly not the way to go, though, as the responses demonstrate.

[Ignot]

that one seems to fall in more of a grey area. it just makes your character look dumb for not knowing what it means.

[Artha]

Have you ever said the word 'earth' in game? Because it's called Elanith so there's no such thing!

[Khariz]

Have you ever said the word 'earth' in game? Because it's called Elanith so there's no such thing!

Erm...I know you are just being silly, but thats a bad example.

Earth, as in the the ground is the same word in elanthia, as evidenced by earth elementals.

If you used the word Earth to describe the planet though, you'd be a dolt.

[thefarmer]

Who cares people use slang we use in this time, .. all the time. I'm personally fine with it because if we really went into how we speak now and how we would have spoke back then we wouldnt be able to use half the words said IG.

It's not a matter of using terms of 'then' and 'back then'. Elanthia isn't necessarily in the past, nor is our current day speech the future. It's a matter of what's in-genre and what's not. I don't use contemporary slang, nor is it considered acceptable according to policy. There are plenty of available in-genre words that are acceptable. There is no reason that anyone should 'have' to resort to contemporary slang at all.

If this is your stance than someone saying, "Yeah, that's a rad new blade, yo. My homey's got one just like it, only it's iced out and got chrome to the hilt." would be ok?


that one seems to fall in more of a grey area. it just makes your character look dumb for not knowing what it means.

My character looks dumb for not knowing what a term used in a modern day hospital means? What possible in-genre, in-character way am I supposed to know this? Or is it dumb for not relying on my knowlege as a player of contemporary slang to trickle down to my character, regardless of it being OOG?


It seems that any reference to modern medicine would be OOG.

Addressing the usage in a public thought net is certainly not the way to go, though, as the responses demonstrate.

I will point out that my question was still IC and IG. I simply asked what a word that my character's never heard of meant. However, you're right that it should have been a private matter. Later on his character and mine had an informative OOC chat. In fact he's the one that initiated it by apologizing for the OOC-isms, to which I in turn, apologized for addressing them publicly. So we came to an agreeable understanding.

As an aside, I've never used the term earth other than to describe an elemental flare. I usually used the word dirt to describe everything else

[Ignot]

I understand that somethings should not be said because they are OOG but "stat" IMO, is not OOG. We have empaths, healers, medicine. There are even syringes IG. Are you saying those should be OOG because those are used in modern day hospitals.

There is a grey area and your character looked dumb.

[Khariz]

I understand that somethings should not be said because they are OOG but "stat" IMO, is not OOG. We have empaths, healers, medicine. There are even syringes IG. Are you saying those should be OOG because those are used in modern day hospitals.

There is a grey area and your character looked dumb.

I disagree. Just because medical related things exist in game does not mean that modern common slang should follow.

Would you approve of me calling my music-box an i-pod?

[thefarmer]

I understand that somethings should not be said because they are OOG but "stat" IMO, is not OOG. We have empaths, healers, medicine. There are even syringes IG. Are you saying those should be OOG because those are used in modern day hospitals.

There is a grey area and your character looked dumb.

We don't call anyone in todays hospitals empaths in place of a title, like doctor, nurse, etc. That's an IG term. Healers are people who heal, also an IG term. I've never seen anyone actually use the word medicine in gameplay or documentation. We have healing herbs and potions. What medicine are you talking about? I've also never seen a syringe, or heard anyone use the word in game. Have an example of a syringe handy?

This might be a grey area to you, but that's your personal preference as to what you consider IG and OOG. There is no grey area when it comes to modern slang and Simu. It's unacceptable according to the documentation.

[FinisWolf]

Have an example of a syringe handy?


On my empath:

In the silver tincture case you see a a smooth white stone mortar, a smooth white stone pestle, a thin-bladed steel bone saw, a razor-sharp glaes lancet, a forest green leather bankbook, a chin-length white linen half-veil, a forest green locker manifest and a thin-needled zinc syringe.

Finis

[thefarmer]

Yeah, I had a friend of mine point out one as well, right after I posted. While apparently they exist in-game, personally I wouldn't consider then very In-genre. Neither did my friend. However since there are examples in-game, I am forced to consider them in-genre.

[JJBummer]

I purchased a thin-needled zinc syringe from the Ebon's Gate a while back. I am not at all sure what it does but I wanted it... stat.

[FinisWolf]

I am not taking either side. "STAT" comes and goes. I first heard it in game about a year after I started playing then it died out, and it came back, and died out. Guess it is coming back for a minute again.

And the syringes are simply RP tools. I offered to give a friend an abortion. Said the concoction in the syringe would do the trick. :snicker:

Finis

[TheEschaton]

Stat is OOG. It is derived from Latin, and Latin is OOG.

Done and done.

[Gelston]

Not so good of an arguement since a great deal of words are derived from latin. In my opinion it would have to depend on the age of the word, which in some cases also doesn't work due to things ingame. Then again, its a touchy subject, since which words are and aren't IG is technically a matter of opinion. Opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one.

[TheEschaton]

Well, "stat" is specifically short for a Latin word, "statim" which means immediately. It isn't derived at all, it's a direct Latin word, and "stat" doesn't exist in the English language except as something else which is completely different, and has a completely different meaning.

-TheE-

[CrystalTears]

Calling attention to it outloud is what made the situation worse. If you really cared about roleplaying, you would have kept that in whispers in order to understand his intent. Having your "character" play stupid just to see if they tell you what it means just makes you look like a jerk.

Personally I wouldn't have cared and just gone along with it. It's really not that big of a deal. There are so many things that should be OOG but aren't so it's sometimes hard to tell these days.

[Drisco]

We don't call anyone in todays hospitals empaths in place of a title, like doctor, nurse, etc

>list titles
You have access to the following titles from the PROFESSION group:

Mender *
Pacifist *
Woundtender *
Consoler *
Healer *
Sustainer *
Botanist *
Caretaker *
Herbalist *
Nurse *
Phlebotomist *
Bloodletter *
Herbmaster *
Palliator *
Curer *
Butcher * (For Bad Doctors heh)
Meliorator *
Apothecary *
Rejuvenator *
Physician *
Chirurgeon *
Scourge *
Solacebringer *
Woundmaster *
Martyr *
Master Healer *
Empath *


So for me to walk into the TSC and say Can I get a nurse, doctor, or physician wouldn't be OOC nor OOG actually.

[Morlian]

Phlebotomist *

Isn't this the title for the people that draw blood/work in medical labs?

[CrystalTears]

Draw blood yes, but also for transfusions.

[thefarmer]

Calling attention to it outloud is what made the situation worse. If you really cared about roleplaying, you would have kept that in whispers in order to understand his intent. Having your "character" play stupid just to see if they tell you what it means just makes you look like a jerk.


Thanks for telling me what I really feel. It's good to know you're looking out for me.

I don't need my "character" to play stupid. Do you even understand the difference between "character" and "player"? The "character" did not know what the word meant. The "character" asked what it meant. Simple questions.

When I came back from a long break and they released the Erithian and Aolet-whatevertheyare, my "character" had no idea what they were, having never encountered or heard about them before. I, as the "player", had read some of their documents prior to returning. Does this mean that automatically my "character" should know this? Would I also look like a jerk if I pointed out a winged creature and said, "What in the name of Kai, is that thing?"

As a "character" it shouldn't make him look like a jerk. The exchange was entirely in-character and in-genre. You can call the "player" a jerk, and I'll accept that. Again, the person I posted about and myself, as "players" had an OOC discussion where apologies occured for both sides. It's the fact that you're having trouble seperating "character" from "player" that causes you to think the "character" is a jerk.


Personally I wouldn't have cared and just gone along with it. It's really not that big of a deal. There are so many things that should be OOG but aren't so it's sometimes hard to tell these days.

Personally, you don't care and don't think its a big deal. Personally I do think it's a big deal. By having this apathic approach to some OOC and not others, it only furthers the problem of 'not being able to tell'.


>list titles

So for me to walk into the TSC and say Can I get a nurse, doctor, or physician wouldn't be OOC nor OOG actually.

Point to you. I don't have access to an empath since gs3 so this is a new one to me.

However I still stand by my original point that 'stat' is not In-Genre.

[CrystalTears]

I don't need my "character" to play stupid. Do you even understand the difference between "character" and "player"? The "character" did not know what the word meant. The "character" asked what it meant. Simple questions.
Personally, I'm not buying this, because it's in line with people who misspell something and then someone retorts with, "What's a wich?" It's annoying and unnecessary. But if you say so, your character didn't know.


When I came back from a long break and they released the Erithian and Aolet-whatevertheyare, my "character" had no idea what they were, having never encountered or heard about them before. And in my point of view, unless you acted out that your character hit his head and lost all memory, just like everyone else, your character would have heard or known about it.

Would I also look like a jerk if I pointed out a winged creature and said, "What in the name of Kai, is that thing?" So if someone "new" arrived to Elanthia and questioned EVERYTHING, would you call him stupid or creative? Would you ask him if he was mental? Would you ask if he has memory issues? Wouldn't you be a little weary of someone who is an adult and doesn't know ANYTHING about the world he lives in? Hell I do with live people, let alone toons in a game.

As a "character" it shouldn't make him look like a jerk. The exchange was entirely in-character and in-genre. You can call the "player" a jerk, and I'll accept that. Again, the person I posted about and myself, as "players" had an OOC discussion where apologies occured for both sides. It's the fact that you're having trouble seperating "character" from "player" that causes you to think the "character" is a jerk. Fair enough, I think the player is a jerk for having his character play the inquisitor in public to see what the response would be.

Personally, you don't care and don't think its a big deal. Personally I do think it's a big deal. By having this apathic approach to some OOC and not others, it only furthers the problem of 'not being able to tell'. The difference between you and me is that I don't try to make people in the game feel like an ass for making a mistake of some kind just to prove a point. You as the player KNEW it was OOG yet you made it a point to have your character be clueless and point it out just to have a reason to get a response about what it meant, looking for the excuse to say it in the first place. Either state it all in whispers or come here and comment on it. That is what I mean by not having a response to it.. in the game. I may not like it and make an issue of it out of the game, but in game I don't. It's petty.

No one starts off being a roleplaying extraordinaire and it's not fair to assume anyone else will either. Not everyone will get it right away and some will make mistakes along the way, and some won't ever get it. I just won't make them a mockery.

[Drisco]

Fuck sakes you are someone I would avoid RP'ing with cause your a freak. It would be like playing with someone who reads the fucking rule book.

Me "I need a healer stat!"
You 'TIME OUT TIME OUT, Lemme look in my hand book to see if stat was a word in these times.."

Me "Ooh my god WHO CARES!!!!!!"
You " Well the game is just no fun unless everyone follows all the rules and reads all the history and knows what to do and what not to do."

Me " Get the fuck out of teh game."

[CrystalTears]

Hey I'm all for following rules and not being blatently OOC, but I think making a big deal about it in the game is a bit much for me, that's all.

[Caede]

If you RP someone that's stupid and can't infer from the context what 'stat' means, that's fine. As a player you're being a jerk, but as a character you're being IC.

However, someone could use almost any word in that position, and you could probably tell from the [telepathic] context what is meant. Why would anyone, other than an utter simpleton, not make this connection rather than start demanding to learn the hidden meaning of this word in a somewhat resurrection-or-death circumstance?

If I say out loud: "Man, I just took a dump in my pants and it stinks", most people who may not have necessarily heard the word 'dump' used in this way can determine from the context what is meant.

OOG-isms are irritating, but there's a proper way to handle them and there's a way that's just plain jack-assery and nitpicking which, in the end, detracts from the environment as much as the original OOG-ism.

--
Caede

[Khariz]

"If I say out loud: "Man, I just took a dump in my pants and it stinks", most people who may not have necessarily heard the word 'dump' used in this way can determine from the context what is meant."

That's probably one of the best points made in the thread.

If I say "I just kersplinkersplattered in my pants" we'd all know what I meant.

Not sure if using "stat" in a sentence the way it was used is quite that clear though.

[Drisco]

No no no.. Im not saying that don't follow any of the rules but for fuck sakes if your gonna make a huge deal about one simple word that might be OOG keep it to your self, or whisper it to them in OOC.

And if your trying to point out that it is OOC then don't make your "Character" say what is it. Because then all your doing is saying that my "Character" has now learned that word and can use it IC when you wanted it to be OOG in the fist place.

[CrystalTears]

And if your trying to point out that it is OOC then don't make your "Character" say what is it. Because then all your doing is saying that my "Character" has now learned that word and can use it IC when you wanted it to be OOG in the fist place.That's where I was going with it. Having the character ask what it means is essentially the character's way of saying "what is the definition so that I can use it too" and that's bullshit because you know it's OOC and are using the excuse of ignorance on the part of the character to hear the reasoning behind the OOC use in the first place.

[Sean]

Seriously. How come everyone projects thoughts in common instead of in their native tongue? Why does everyone even know common!?

[Goretawn]

I think that is why it is called "common". Because it is a common language used by all races.

[Latrinsorm]

I'm pretty sure the thought nets (including Voln) aren't actually in Common. If you'll recall, for a (stupidly) long time, the Aelotoi were incapable of speaking anything but Aelotian, Elven, and broken Common. However, they were very capable of thinking in perfect language: the question that arises is what language? It can't be Common, Aelotoi don't know perfect Common. It can't be Elven, humans (to their everlasting credit) don't understand Elven but do understand Aelotoi on the thought net, and likewise for Aelotian. There are only three possible conclusions:
1) The Aelotian problem was not one of knowledge but a species-wide physical speech impediment. This is directly contradicted by the documentation.
2) The language used in the thought net is a sort of non-verbal, pre-spoken language!
3) Simu didn't care and just made it the way that was most convenient.

I like #3 as an actual explanation, but IC the only answer is #2! :)

[Khariz]

You left out the most logical reason, to me, anyway.

They are thoughts. Not words. Do you "think" in a certain language, or does everyone who is thinking of an apple have the same general mental picture of an apple?

If a Dark Elf and a Giantman are telepathically linked, and they both think of defensive spells, I think they would get what each other are thinking about.

[Asha]

I had my 'only elven speaking' elf think in common becouse I didn't see any documentation as to where phsycic language is specified.

[Sean]

How do you convey the statistics on an item your selling through images?

If I showed you an apple and told you to think about it would you think "that's an apple." or "c'est une pomme." or "eso es una manzana" or "то будет яблоком" or whatever else you can babblefish up. Basically if your projecting images instead of words I think you'd have a hard time rationalizing most of the thoughts on the thought nets, in my opinion.

[Khariz]

How do you convey the statistics on an item your selling through images?

If I showed you an apple and told you to think about it would you think "that's an apple." or "c'est une pomme." or "eso es una manzana" or "то будет яблоком" or whatever else you can babblefish up. Basically if your projecting images instead of words I think you'd have a hard time rationalizing most of the thoughts on the thought nets, in my opinion.

I'm not saying it's images. I didn't mean that to be literal. I meant it to be figurative for "thoughts are thoughts".

[Latrinsorm]

They are thoughts. Not words. Do you "think" in a certain language, or does everyone who is thinking of an apple have the same general mental picture of an apple?This is basically what I was saying. I was using "language" to mean a general system of concepts and structures used for communication; communication that was in this case mental and completely non-verbal.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Khariz

I'm not saying it's images. I didn't mean that to be literal. I meant it to be figurative for "thoughts are thoughts".

Fair enough. But if we remove the native tongue to the languages of thought I'm still kind of confused as to how you can convey "selling some three times enchanted exceptionally crit padded studded leathers that have been lightened three times be a merchant to weigh approximately ten pounds." to someone.

[Drew]

I don't like to point out when people use OOCisms in public just cause it's annoying. Personally I just act as though my character heard none of it, it's the best solution for me. So if someone says "I need a healer stat" my character just wasn't paying attention.

[Khariz]

yeah, that is pretty specific.

[Drew]

And I do agree it is OOC. If someone said "I need a healer pronto" or schnell or rapide or any foreign language, it'd be out of character. Just because we sometimes say stat or pronto in English doesn't mean we should bring it into GS.

[Sean of the Thread]

Basically they need a power level version of GS so the whiners can stfu and stay level 22 forever whilst they role play to their hearts content.

[Drew]

Basically they need a power level version of GS so the whiners can stfu and stay level 22 forever whilst they role play to their hearts content.


I concur.

[thefarmer]

No no no.. Im not saying that don't follow any of the rules but for fuck sakes if your gonna make a huge deal about one simple word that might be OOG keep it to your self, or whisper it to them in OOC.

And if your trying to point out that it is OOC then don't make your "Character" say what is it. Because then all your doing is saying that my "Character" has now learned that word and can use it IC when you wanted it to be OOG in the fist place.

If you read back through the original post, I really didn't make it that big of a deal in-game. I didn't yell at him. I didn't call him stupid. I didn't tell him to shut-up. I asked a few IC questions, then at the end of the few seconds of byplay, implied that he was making the word up and expecting us/me to know what it meant. That's it.

The people posting on the boards have made this more of a big deal than me. My original post was fairly small when compared to the postings that have come after mine. I didn't expect the magnitude of the responses that followed. Though I probably shouldn't have been surprised.

At any rate.

Regardless of how everyone thinks I handled the situation, my ultimate point in posting that up was that the word 'stat' is OOG.

[ViridianAsp]

Basically they need a power level version of GS so the whiners can stfu and stay level 22 forever whilst they role play to their hearts content.


I didn't realize roleplaying in a ROLEPLAYING game was such a crime.

[Fallen]

Roleplaying a mouthy bitch at level bullshit (Not directing this at you), then whining when some capped player owns you should be, though.

[thefarmer]

Roleplaying a mouthy bitch at level bullshit (Not directing this at you), then whining when some capped player owns you should be, though.

Heh.

[ViridianAsp]

Roleplaying a mouthy bitch at level bullshit (Not directing this at you), then whining when some capped player owns you should be, though.

Agreed, you shouldn't whine about your character getting killed by a capped one when you roleplay a mouthy bitch. If it's warranted that your character stepped over a line, you deserve to get your ass killed.

[Ignot]

If you read back through the original post, I really didn't make it that big of a deal in-game. I didn't yell at him. I didn't call him stupid. I didn't tell him to shut-up. I asked a few IC questions, then at the end of the few seconds of byplay, implied that he was making the word up and expecting us/me to know what it meant. That's it.

The people posting on the boards have made this more of a big deal than me. My original post was fairly small when compared to the postings that have come after mine. I didn't expect the magnitude of the responses that followed. Though I probably shouldn't have been surprised.

At any rate.

Regardless of how everyone thinks I handled the situation, my ultimate point in posting that up was that the word 'stat' is OOG.


If it wasnt a big deal then why did you post the log here? Obviously it was big enough for you to do that. your character is still retarded.

[thefarmer]

If it wasnt a big deal then why did you post the log here? Obviously it was big enough for you to do that. your character is still retarded.

If you haven't noticed, this is the 'Bad roleplaying moments' folder.

[Drisco]

Anywho... Going on to next Bad RPING Moment.


<Posts Bad Rp'ing Moment>


<Hilarious Joke about Bad Raping Moment>

[TheEschaton]

Some (most {all}) raping moments are bad.

-theE-

[Ignot]

If you haven't noticed, this is the 'Bad roleplaying moments' folder.

So because it is in the bad roleplaying moments folder then that means it wasnt a big deal for you? The fact that you posted the log at all means it was a big deal regardless of the folder.

im not moving on until you admit your character is retarded!!

[thefarmer]

*Disclaimer*
This post in no way represents the person posting thinks this is a big deal but rather to see if anyone else is amused by this exchange of thoughts.
*Disclaimer*

Angale [General]: "Good for you Zuie!"
Khamaul [General]: "Can an old cleric experience in listening to the cries of the dead, send me a private thought please?"
Zuie [General]: "Thank you thank you."
Composer [General]: "They are hating on me.. because they wish they were like me."
Vyperstorm [Merchant]: "Maginthree you missed out on some cleric bashing."
Composer [General]: "Jealous people.. that have nothing better to do than bash on Composer."
Mistomeer [General]: "I wish I was stupid like you because then listening to such drivel wouldn't hurt my head."
Mistomeer [General]: "So yes, you're right."
Composer [General]: "You wish you were stupid?"
Inrath [General]: "Ah, ye all heard him, referin ta himself in the third person...sign of madness it is."
Virdigo [General]: "You wish you were stupid? What is that about?"
Virdigo [General]: "Why do people want to be stupid Composer?"
Mistomeer [General]: "If I was stupid then he would make perfect sense."
Composer [General]: "Simply because they are."
Khamaul [General]: "Thanks!"
Composer [General]: "I would make perfect sense if you were smart."
Mistomeer [General]: "You still never answered anything I brought up to you privately, but yes, you know exactly what you're talking about."
Virdigo [General]: "Composer you make perfect sense.. Mistomeer is a wannabe cleric.. just stop making the youngin' look like he's from the turnip farm."
Composer [General]: "Thanks for Agreeing Mistomeer."
Mistomeer [General]: "Let's go hunt the bowels and see who starts packing for the Turnip Farm, Virdigo."
Composer [General]: "Can you please ask your question again? Because most of what you said was just you calling me names."
Composer [General]: "So I ignored you."
Virdigo [General]: "Lets' Mistomeer."
Virdigo [General]: "That's where I hunt."
Virdigo [General]: "So does COmposer.. what are you trying to prove?"
Virdigo [General]: "That you can survive in the bowels?"
Mistomeer [General]: "Let's go then. We'll see who's a better hunter."
Virdigo [General]: "Come with us? We want to see your skill."
Virdigo [General]: "Hahahhaha.. are you serious?"
Composer [General]: "Are you serious Mistomeer?"
Composer [General]: "Are you capped or something?"
Mistomeer [General]: "Not far from it."


So does this count double as stoking your GS-peen?

[Asha]

Mistomeer is pwne.

[unconcerned1]

best part for me is composer alt-tabbing to virdigo to 'gang' up on mistomeer.

he drinks too much. (obviously)

[thefarmer]

best part for me is composer alt-tabbing to virdigo to 'gang' up on mistomeer.

he drinks too much. (obviously)

Yeah. Hence the 'double' comment..

[unconcerned1]

Yeah. Hence the 'double' comment..

He's not the sharpest.

Farmer for sheriff. Or whatever.

[Ignot]

*Disclaimer*
This post in no way represents the person posting thinks this is a big deal but rather to see if anyone else is amused by this exchange of thoughts.
*Disclaimer*


Good one. :yes:

[thefarmer]

He's not the sharpest.

Farmer for sheriff. Or whatever.

Word Up.

[Gallows Thief]

Dais. Illistim.. just bad...

(Bhodili shows ya a a brilliant white rune staff with a red tip he taps it about and acts ?male?)


:wtf:

[Fallen]

Yeah. The Dais is to be avoided at all costs. However, a lot of zombies are starting to crowd the Briarstone fountain. Not cool.

[Asha]

That's some hot pillow biting action in your avatar, Gallows Thief.

[Gallows Thief]

You know Ash I never even thought of that but I cant argue...

:shrug:

[bgoodsoil]

I couldn't help myself


>'::bubba I heard your sister's pregnant, congratulations
Speaking to Bubbajoe, you say, "I heard your sister's pregnant, congratulations."

[Xandalf]

Yeah. The Dais is to be avoided at all costs. However, a lot of zombies are starting to crowd the Briarstone fountain. Not cool.

WHAT?!?

Get control of My fountain back!!!

[Monica]

Suddenly Faremisty appears in the room holding onto a ring she has just placed on her finger.

Faremisty fidgets with a gold and brass ring.

Faremisty removes a veniom-hafted silvery rolaren waraxe from in her deep violet quiver.

Faremisty softly says, "Want healing."

Faremisty meditates over you.
Faremisty takes your abdomen damage.

Faremisty meditates over you.
Faremisty takes your chest damage.

Spell Sign of Staunching (Staunching) ended.
Your SIGN OF STAUNCHING is no longer effective.

Faremisty meditates over you.
Faremisty takes your right leg damage.

A cloud of dense silvery fog suddenly appears. The fog quickly dissipates to reveal Callayne.

Faremisty softly says, "Hello."

You blink at Faremisty.

You see Faremisty the Empath.
She appears to be a Dwarf.
She is taller than average and appears to be very young. She has sparkling violet eyes and ivory skin. She has very long, flowing coal black hair with a white streak running through it. She has an oval face, a small nose and dimpled cheeks.
She has a textured dark gold stud in her right nostril, and a gold-twined pale sapphire spike in her left eyebrow.
She has deep lacerations across her chest, deep lacerations across her abdominal area, and a fractured and bleeding right leg.
She has an old battle scar across her abdominal area, and old battle scars on her left leg.
She is bleeding from the abdomen, from the right leg, and from the chest.
She is holding a veniom-hafted silvery rolaren waraxe in her right hand and a hand-forged vultite dwarven targe in her left hand.
She is wearing some tasselled turquoise boots, a silver-traced white diamond anklet, a violet leather skirt, a charcoal grey mithril scabbard with gold scrollwork, a deep pink cotton sack, a finely woven deep violet quiver, a low-slung diamond-studded belt, a polished gold ring, a gold and mithril braided bracelet, a snow pansy and purple violet wristlet, some sapphire blue leather, a black leather climbing pack, a rose-clasped snow white herb satchel, a hammered imflass pin, a carved ivory hair pin, a silver and green garnet stickpin, a tin-bound ceramic Adventurer's Guild badge, an elegant violet rosebud, a pair of gold rose-engraved hairsticks, a black strapless bodice, some sleek violet gloves, a single pink stargazer lily, a leafy deep violet rose, a gold filigree pink dreamstone brooch, a red-throated greyish pink orchid tucked behind one ear, a four-petalled violet sapphire pin, an opal-clasped pale lilac wool cloak, a polished pink tourmaline necklace, a delicate pink topaz earring, and a pink pearl studded pewter circlet.

You are now speaking Common.

You softly say, "Please don't heal me again."

Faremisty softly says, "I didn't want you top bleed to death."

Faremisty softly says, "Okay."

You softly say, "I wasn't."

Callayne gazes in wonder at her surroundings.

Callayne gently takes hold of your hand.

Faremisty softly says, "Sorry it said you were bleeding profusly."

[SpunGirl]

Hahahahahaha

Icemule empaths are legendary for their retardism. It's unfortunate for the ones that are decent.

-K

[FinisWolf]

It said?

You have a monkey on your back?

Finis

[This_One]

We have our very own chimpmunk now...

Abrellyn picks up a large acorn.
Abrellyn smiles as she shoves her acorn into one of her cheeks

[Drew]

Icemule's empaths are our not so secret shame.

[Drew]

I mean, what do you expect from the town that produced Chica?

[Nauriel]

saw this when I was hidden and resting in vaalor, yay for people with no perception.

Valdaer's group just arrived.

Valdaer leans softly against Zurrie.

Valdaer asks, "Think I'm pretty enough?"

Valdaer appears to be trying hard not to grin.

Zurrie says, "Well you are a sorcerer and not a spartan."

Zurrie says, "So I guess so."

Valdaer chuckles.

Valdaer asks, "Me or my outfit?"

Zurrie says, "Like the boots."

Zurrie grins mischievously.

Valdaer smiles.

Valdaer attends to his crimson silk cloak, making the cloak as presentable as possible.

Zurrie says, "Maybe if you wore them and a breechcloth and a cloak ."

Zurrie says, "Then you would look mopre like a spartan."

Valdaer gazes up into the heavens.

Zurrie says, "Red cloak and a huge helmut."

Zurrie says, "And i am yours for the taking."


...spartans? wtf I say!!

[Asha]

Spartans are gay and therefore not allowed in Elanith. You should've ripped their heads off.

[Drew]

THIS IS SPARTHIA!

[Amber]

Spar&#183;tan (sp&#228;r'tn)
adj.
1. Of or relating to Sparta or its people.
2. also spartan
a. Rigorously self-disciplined or self-restrained.
b. Simple, frugal, or austere: a Spartan diet; a spartan lifestyle.
c. Marked by brevity of speech; laconic.
d. Courageous in the face of pain, danger, or adversity.

Maybe she meant definition 2b, though with her comment about a red cloak, breechcloth, and helmet, I doubt it.

[Asha]

If that's an Elanith dictionary I'll cry

[Drew]

Spar·tan (spär'tn)
adj.
1. Of or relating to Sparta or its people.
2. also spartan
a. Rigorously self-disciplined or self-restrained.
b. Simple, frugal, or austere: a Spartan diet; a spartan lifestyle.
c. Marked by brevity of speech; laconic.
d. Courageous in the face of pain, danger, or adversity.

Maybe she meant definition 2b, though with her comment about a red cloak, breechcloth, and helmet, I doubt it.


Gemstone walks a fine line with words that are derived from cultures or peoples on earth. Like damascened steel for instance. Anyway I would say the word spartan is too associated with Sparta to be used in Gemstone.

[Amber]

Gemstone walks a fine line with words that are derived from cultures or peoples on earth. Like damascened steel for instance. Anyway I would say the word spartan is too associated with Sparta to be used in Gemstone.


This is where I'd disagree. Just about everything in Gemstone is derived from some culture on earth and the word spartan isn't really uncommon. I'd say in the general US population, more people know the definition of spartan than they do damascened steel, katana, wakizashi, and paisley, all of which have distinct cultural origins but are in common usage in Gemstone.

Just my two cents.

[Celephais]

This is where I'd disagree. Just about everything in Gemstone is derived from some culture on earth and the word spartan isn't really uncommon. I'd say in the general US population, more people know the definition of spartan than they do damascened steel, katana, wakizashi, and paisley, all of which have distinct cultural origins but are in common usage in Gemstone.

Just my two cents.

I think you're missing the point... "Katana" and "wakizashi" and "Tartan" etc have origins in cultures, but terms like Spartan, and Damascened and Paisley derive from a specific location of the same namesake. The point Drew was making about "the thin line" is more about people's recognition of that location. People in current popular culture know that sparta was a location outside of the world of Elanthia, people don't really know that Paisley is a town in scotland... hence the line.

This is also likely why I have never seen "General Tsao's Chicken" in Elanthia :(

... Then again there is champagne in GS... although I'll let our friend Benny Kane explain that one:


Oh, actually all champagne is French, it's named after the region. Otherwise it's sparkling white wine. Americans of course don't recognize the convention, so it becomes that thing of calling all of their sparkling white "champagne", even though by definition they're not.

[Gelston]

It should be changed to Freedomwine.

[Kainen]

It should be changed to Freedomwine.

:lol:

[Latrinsorm]

This is where I'd disagree. Just about everything in Gemstone is derived from some culture on earth and the word spartan isn't really uncommon. I'd say in the general US population, more people know the definition of spartan than they do damascened steel, katana, wakizashi, and paisley, all of which have distinct cultural origins but are in common usage in Gemstone.

Just my two cents.I wouldn't have much of a problem if people described themselves as spartan; the problem would arise when a person (as in the log) described an outfit as that of a spartan. Similarly, I would have a problem if someone described himself as a metalsmith from Damascus; but damascened metal is borderline ok.

[Celephais]

I wouldn't have much of a problem if people described themselves as spartan; the problem would arise when a person (as in the log) described an outfit as that of a spartan. Similarly, I would have a problem if someone described himself as a metalsmith from Damascus; but damascened metal is borderline ok.

So it's okay for me to cook general tso's chicken, so long as I don't say I served under general tso? Heh...

I know what you're saying, but I think it just has to do with how much it "shatters" the illusion of immersion, Paisley patterned items don't make most people think of scotland... being of spartan dress will make most people think of Sparta...

[Latrinsorm]

I think it would be good to clarify what I mean by "spartan" then: I don't mean in the literal sense of from Sparta (that would be bad), I mean in the figurative sense of austere, strict, etc. General Tsao isn't a metaphor for anything (yet).

[Celephais]

I think it would be good to clarify what I mean by "spartan" then: I don't mean in the literal sense of from Sparta (that would be bad), I mean in the figurative sense of austere, strict, etc. General Tsao isn't a metaphor for anything (yet).

I knew what you meant, but the term "spartan" in the strict sense came about because spartans were strict... If there were horses in GS and one had a "European saddle", that would be describing the saddle as of the european style... I can't really think of an example that matches up with yours perfectly, but you get my point right? The word derived from a locale that doesn't "exist" in Elanthia. (I almost went with the term "Niggardly" but technically that's unrelated to black people).

Oh, what about the verb "to jew"? It might mean to trick someone out of money, but because of it's origins (heh and racism) it wouldn't be allowed in GS. :tumble:

EDIT! Shanghai! It's a verb, and everyone knows what it means independant of the location... but it's inappropriate in GS because of the origin.

[CrystalTears]

Porchmonkey! I'm bringing it back.

Er.. sorry. The jew comment made me think of it.

[thefarmer]

Speaking of culture/race specific words, it's funny how the GM's took out the 'polka-dotted' bandanas from the bounty mauraders recently, but they'll let an alterer at the Premium festival make a damascened steel naganita.

[thefarmer]

Fidelity [Merchant]: "Selling an ermine-edged cream wedding gown with a sheer caramel chiffon train, CB: 50k to Terry."

Not necessarily bad, just a combination of the seller and what they're selling struck me as funny.

[FinisWolf]

Oooops!

Yactaevia: "Way to keep it in character."

Finis

[Nauriel]

Not really 'bad' RP exactly, it was just amusing given it was in the hanging gardens(AKA the Dais) in Illistim.

(Winowyll crosses her legs and watches the park with curiosity)

That is why I dont try to RP at 6:30am in the morning, id endup playing in snow in like..Solhaven because I thought I was still in icemule ;)

[Elvenlady]

(Demyse empathetically glares at the cadaver only for a meager moment's time before turning his interest to the spirit drifting nearby the corpse. He reaches leisurely towards an open wound and then begin dabbing and soaking his white-spotted falcon feather quill in blood.)

(Demyse gradually turns the pages of his ebon book dangling an elaborate emblem of Eorgina. When coming to a new page he leisurely begins to inscribe on the epoch page with his white-spotted falcon feather quill however his spidesilk robes prevent most of what's written from being seen. He completes his notations writing "Grand Lord Landceal Crestwind the Preceptor who appears to be a Giant of the T'Kirem Clan." His eyes, expressionless and mundanely, commence to little by little close as an unvoiced prayer initiates.)

Holy craptastic use of ACT commands during a raise batman!

[Martaigne]

Someone needs to pull him aside and explain the subtleties of English grammar (and good taste).

[thefarmer]

That shit would make me not want to be raised by her/it/him...

[Ilvane]

Better than..

"REZZZING Landceal!!1!!!"

:roll eyes:

I think maybe a little less wordy, but at least it's an effort to not be like everyone else.

Angela

[Venom]

I personally find the use of the act verb... just.. annoying.

Just my personal opinion though.

[thefarmer]

Foxs softly says, "I'm always available for Contract hits."

[Nauriel]

Foxs softly says, "I'm always available for Contract hits."

Now that's subtle :lol:

[FinisWolf]

Hire her to kill someone that will hand her ass to her ... again, and again, and again.

Finis

[thefarmer]

Phever shouts, "Girl power!"
>
Phever lets loose with a shout of exultation!
>
Great Lady Phever's group just went out.

Someone's a bit too eager for the Spice Girls reunion...

[Hips]

Stunseed quietly says, "No wine for me, not from you anyhow. Never know what scorned woman you have.."
Stunseed splutters.
You laugh out loud!
Stunseed disbands his group.
Stunseed just went through a striped canvas awning.
You clasp a hand over your mouth.
You giggle.
Jaysehn calmly says, "I figured we all got sullied."
Speaking quietly in Elven, Selania says, "Lla'kll;dkf;afk';alkdf'dflkoddfljwomdf;jfkpwmlfljw pjsmfp[sjejwpjew]-209j;dfkfpokwfp your group had a weak story line next time be prepared fro someone like me to come along and halfway solve it, need to add some pertient details to the clue set when ya start."
Jaysehn calmly says, "He needs to."
Stunseed just arrived.
Stunseed mutters under his breath.
You notice Jaysehn botch an attempt to conceal himself.
Jolena nods.
Jaysehn calmly says, "Bother."
Jolena just handed Stunseed some coins.
You glance at Selania.

I just want to bump this post because we were talking about it recently in light of the upcoming MMF event.

[thefarmer]

MMF?

[Stunseed]

It's a PRO/CHE event called Murder Most Foul. A who-dun-it with hilarity ensuing. Last year it was dress designers killing a messanger boy for leaking a design.

[thefarmer]

Ah. GS Clue. If I had a character that would find this amusing, I'd ask to attend.

[SpunGirl]

That was so much fun last year, except for that whiny bitch crying about how she was teh mastah detektiv.

-K

[thefarmer]

Amusement on the net, almost reminds me of Fisdan's.. mistake..

Ordom [General]: "Go grac appolgy accepted...and i even sent my wife gambling tonight so we could enjoy a pleasant evening together."
Vladyn [General]: "Wow."
Grandsome [General]: "I hope she doesn't find out!"
You [General]: "So much for the pleasant evening.."
Valinder [General]: "That's interesting."
Narkmar [General]: "..."
Shockey [Merchant]: "Affairs rock."
Bludragoo [General]: "Wait what did I miss?"
Gracy [General]: "Has nothing to do with that...why not keep yer noses to yourselfs."
Grandsome [General]: "Oh no. It involves Gracy too?"
Narkmar [General]: "Because random thoughts are the best."
Grandsome [General]: "This'll be good."
Shockey [Merchant]: "Gracy gonna her her butt whuped by Ordom's woman!"
Gracy [General]: "As if anyone could do that."

The comments are still continuing, but that's the gist.

[Khariz]

God damn that was fast! He posted like 2 seconds after the last commen!

[thefarmer]

New update:

Ordom [General]: "Go grac ok...i appologise if i didn't make myself very clear over the last 2 weeks about using my am to both you and sephyia."
Gwendawy [Merchant]: "Well it's at least pretty."
Grandsome [General]: "Yes!"
Shockey [General]: "Classic!"
Grandsome [General]: "More more more."

Someone really needs to learn to use the amulet properly.. Think TO is your friend.

[thefarmer]

I usually keep this folder up while I play.

I tend to find many things amusing these days. I just hope other people think it's as amusing as I do.

[Drew]

Haha nice. On the amulet last night in the Landing someone was asking if anyone went to simucon.

[TheEschaton]

I love that I made your sig, Drew. ;)

[Teavangelical]

Ralpheus just arrived.

Ralpheus asks, "Healing anyone?"

Caylx giggles.

Asreal says, "I must ave sum of um in ere..."

Kembal nods to Ralpheus.

Speaking to Ralpheus, you say, "No, thank you."

Speaking to Ralpheus, you say, "I'm quite okay."

Kembal meditates over Ralpheus.
Kembal takes Ralpheus's left leg damage.

You see Ralpheus.
He appears to be an Erithian.
He is very tall and appears to be very young. He has sleepy yellowish eyes and ashen skin. He has very short, straight mousy brown hair streaked with silvery grey. He has a wrinkled face, a pinched nose and frown lines.
He is in good shape.
He is holding a silvery iron falchion in his right hand and a small shield emblazoned with a golden key in his left hand.
He is wearing a leather sheath, a crystal amulet, a fang-fringed bronze leather pouch, a pair of fur-lined boots, some shaggy bearskin leggings, a round otter fur cap, some light fur-edged leathers, a little round mirror, and a velvet-edged dark green backpack.

Kembal meditates over Ralpheus.
Kembal takes all of Ralpheus's blood loss.

Caylx glances around the area.

Ralpheus says, "Ya im wierd."

Ralpheus shrugs.

Kembal says, "This one casts calm."

The silvery luminescence fades from around you.

Kembal says, "Not that useful though."

Kembal removes a crystalline flask containing a light blue potion from in his alabaster backpack.

You say, "I think that was Common."

You ponder.

You stand back up.

Ralpheus sings:

"California Dreamer"

Balewolf glances at Ralpheus.

Speaking to Ralpheus, you ask, "Are you mad, or just stupid?"

Kembal frowns.

Balewolf pulls back his upper lip revealing his sharp incisors, giving an angry snarl.

Ralpheus says, "Hey witch."

Asreal asks, "Why canna he be both?"

You say, "I was getting to that."

Asreal begins pouting.

Ralpheus beats you severely.

Ralpheus cackles!

Ralpheus just went south.


Sometimes I wonder why I'm still playing this game. :banghead:

[Teavangelical]

Moar fun with 'tards...
+++

Speaking to Gindreth, Viiolet says, "You rock."

Viiolet just opened a silver-capped leather scroll case.

Viiolet put a scrap of neatly inked papyrus in her leather scroll case.

Viiolet just closed a silver-capped leather scroll case.

Gindreth says, "That'll cost ya some of that sweet lovin."

Gindreth chuckles.

Viiolet blushes a nice shade of light pink.

The appearance of great calm leaves Sanare as she looks up and glances around.

Sanare covers her eyes with her hands.

Sanare begins to meditate on her lot in life.

Viiolet gives Gindreth a lingering kiss on the lips.

Gindreth says, "Oh grow up, i meant it pg."

Gindreth chuckles.

Gindreth gives Viiolet a lingering kiss.

+++
I'm also really starting to hate that "lingering kiss" shit. I think someday I'll just start imploding everyone who does it. Too bad they'll keep coming back.

:club:

[Jolena]

Why does 'lingering kiss' annoy you so much?

On topic: the whole California Dreamer and PG stuff is sad. :(

[Drew]

It annoys me too, not to the point where I'm imploding people, but just as a highly overused verb. How many lingering kisses do you see in public really?

[Jolena]

I guess I just pick and choose my battles. Lingering kiss isn't something that I would -let- annoy me, to be honest. If someone was walking around deep kissing their S.O. all the time, yah, that would maybe be annoying, but even then I just try to ignore that kind of stuff. However, you have a point about the lingering part. Just don't see the reason to be annoyed is all.

[serra7965]

Isn't lingering a set verb for anyone set warm? Lingering to me just means longer than a peck. Sounds like a argument to be taken up with the person who made the new kiss verbs to automatically do things when befriend is set. It should be a choice instead of a set thing when someone is set to befriend warm.

[Beguiler]

Go into your highlights setting and squelch the word 'lingering"..can even make it remove the whole sentence. <shrug> works real well for those petty annoyances.

[CrystalTears]

I thought lingering was the marriage version of kiss.

[Some Rogue]

No, it's just the normal one between two people befriended warm.

[Teavangelical]

I think it's because it's usually coming from a pair of people who are themselves annoying to me anyway. Just about anyone else, I barely notice it.

By the by, can a squelch work on anything a character says/does so they, in effect, don't exist?

I've never used it before.

[Latrinsorm]

They'll still exist, you just won't be able to see anything they do or anything that references them.

Conversely, if you harness some of your willpower nothing they do can annoy you. In this scenario, your character doesn't inexplicably become unable to sense any event regarding the character in question (which I, personally, would call a bad RP moment).

[Teavangelical]

(which I, personally, would call a bad RP moment).

I would agree with that. Which is why I'd rather just not let people get to me if I can.
:tumble:

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

I guess I just pick and choose my battles. Lingering kiss isn't something that I would -let- annoy me, to be honest. If someone was walking around deep kissing their S.O. all the time, yah, that would maybe be annoying, but even then I just try to ignore that kind of stuff. However, you have a point about the lingering part. Just don't see the reason to be annoyed is all.

I view a lingering kiss as being something totally different than a deep kiss. Deep kiss is code for tongue being involved, and those kind of kisses are ones that I agree shouldn't be done every two seconds in a public place. However, you can linger over someone after kissing them without being obscene/making out. I kiss my boyfriend all the time, even when we're just waiting in the line at the Grocery store. We don't make out but we don't smooch and then snap apart- there's "lingering". That's sort of how I envision a lingering kiss, it's more than just a quick peck but it's not an all out snog.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

>
Fasrial says, "I was down to one health point and bleeding when I got to the VC for aid."
>

[Drew]

>(Melorra holds the carrot out on a flat palm for the horse, still looking rather amazed that she managed to find anything at all.)


Go go Gadget ACT horse!

[Drew]

Hahahaha, I feel like a right ass!

http://forum.gsplayers.com/showthread.php?t=27811

[Sean of the Thread]

>
Fasrial says, "I was down to one health point and bleeding when I got to the VC for aid."
>

Viet Cong is serious business.

http://www.stentorian.com/MoveOn/vietcong.jpg

[Drew]

Viet Cong is serious business.

http://www.stentorian.com/MoveOn/vietcong.jpg



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[Sean of the Thread]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v24/backwardhatclub/thatsracist.gif

I don't chink it is but I might be wong.

[Drew]

I don't chink it is but I might be wong.

You may be right, but I certainly slope you're not.

[Zarli]

yes, it's lingering kiss if you have someone set to warm, it's not something you actually can change unless you're changing your demeanor to that person every time and I'm thinking no one is going to do that to prevent you from being annoyed..

[thefarmer]

Hyphe [General]: "Anyone else having trouble loading www.play.net?"

[Elvenlady]

Hyphe [General]: "Anyone else having trouble loading www.play.net?"

:hammer:

[thefarmer]

Sahbine [Merchant]: "Lookings for a boyfriends!"

[thefarmer]

Something that bugs me is multiple people using the same macros to sell/buy things.

Klbraen [Merchant]: "Buying Heavily+ Crit Weighted Falchions/Waraxes, Rose Carved Ivory Scabbard, Enruned Dark Imflass Scabbard, Gleaming Silvery Vultite Scabbard. SELLING: Alchemy Components And Alchemy/Bounty Gems, 1x-5x Shields/Armor/Weapons *Blessable/Weighting/Flaring/Padding Included*. TTM."

His other character Beldonn spits out the same exact thought.

[landy]

Something that bugs me is multiple people using the same macros to sell/buy things.

Klbraen [Merchant]: "Buying Heavily+ Crit Weighted Falchions/Waraxes, Rose Carved Ivory Scabbard, Enruned Dark Imflass Scabbard, Gleaming Silvery Vultite Scabbard. SELLING: Alchemy Components And Alchemy/Bounty Gems, 1x-5x Shields/Armor/Weapons *Blessable/Weighting/Flaring/Padding Included*. TTM."

His other character Beldonn spits out the same exact thought.

That doesn't bother me as much as the guys on amunet whose list of stuff they're selling takes up 4 or 5 different thoughts just to get all of it out.

[Rinualdo]

That doesn't bother me as much as the guys on amunet whose list of stuff they're selling takes up 4 or 5 different thoughts just to get all of it out.

Read: Tsin.

[Androidpk]

Andrillo says, "Brb"

Andrillo stands up.

Journeyman Andrillo just went south.

[Elvenlady]

Speaking softly to Ishnya, Erikhaa says, "Happy Thanksgiving."

:hammer:

[Androidpk]

Speaking softly to Ishnya, Erikhaa says, "Happy Thanksgiving."

:hammer:

Haha, there were quite a few people in Vaalor going around saying that. The place is an improvement over the landing, but not by much..

[Some Rogue]

(Cleven speaks in elven "silly elfs")

You see Cleven.
He appears to be a Half-Krolvin of the Gob'tak Klinast.

[Goretawn]

(Cleven speaks in elven "silly elfs")

You see Cleven.
He appears to be a Half-Krolvin of the Gob'tak Klinast.

He had a few more gems today. Real winner there.

[Some Rogue]

We've been overrun the last couple days with retards. Even more than normal.

[Axhinde]

Riith asks, "Can anyone throw me a few buffs?"

Nightvision deeply says, "Whats a buff."

You say, "I believe he means spells."

Riith says, "Your mom's buff."


At least the attention on HJ isn't bringing ALL the idiots.

[Shifted]

Haha, there were quite a few people in Vaalor going around saying that. The place is an improvement over the landing, but not by much..

Like the gobble gobble that kept going around the amunet?

[SayGoodbye]

Alright first this...

Dworinn [pounding]: "What herb for missing leg?"

Naix [pounding]: "Sovyn clove."

Dworinn [pounding]: "Thanxxx."


And then this...

Klbraen [pounding]: "Urshan ye know all dat..and yet...don't know noone has taken over Iasha's soul since Khaladon's not controlling that soul anymore right?"

Klbraen [pounding]: "Iasha might not BE coming back."

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

Siobhana softly says, "Hunterleigh said they have no idea where Yaros is."

:rofl: I resisting the urge hardcore to ask "Is Hunterleigh his wife then?"

[Misun]

Nigellah says, "The Haven isn't what I'd first thought."

You glance at Nigellah.

Nigellah asks, "You keep a dead empath hidden?"

Nigellah furrows her brow.

You ask, ""the" Haven?"

You give your eyebrow a little workout.

Nigellah says, "Sol Haven."

You nod to Nigellah.

Nigellah starts chuckling at you!

You narrow your eyes.

Speaking to Nigellah, you ask, "And you have spent how long here?"

Nigellah asks, "About a year, does the time before gs became 4 count?"

You puzzle over Nigellah.

You ask, "What?"

Nigellah grins at you.

[Xiandrena]

Bhodili removes a pecan and chocolate cookie from in his crimson silk cape.

Bhodili softly exclaims, "I gots tool house cookies!"

[CanadianLady]

Speaking softly to XXXX, Orpius says, "Talked to Himmy 3 times today he is going to try to play this weekend if he can get to a pc."

The only thing I have to say is : DUMBASS!!!1111

[Some Rogue]

Speaking softly to XXXX, Orpius says, "Talked to Himmy 3 times today he is going to try to play this weekend if he can get to a pc."

The only thing I have to say is : DUMBASS!!!1111

Has she been bought recently or is someone else playing her lately? She's been acting really stupid at times as of late.

[FinisWolf]

Has she been bought recently or is someone else playing her lately? She's been acting really stupid at times as of late.

She has always been that way in my experiences around her. She quickly became someone I avoided.

Finis

[Some Rogue]

She has always been that way in my experiences around her. She quickly became someone I avoided.

Finis

Yeah..she came to Vaalor awhile back and was showing off for the kiddies and mouthing off, acting like a complete tool.....so I stalked her back to the ferry when she left and killed her escort for her. She was hunting me for a few days for that one. :rofl:

[mgoddess]

Siobhana softly says, "Hunterleigh said they have no idea where Yaros is."

:rofl: I resisting the urge hardcore to ask "Is Hunterleigh his wife then?"

Augh, I had to resist the urge to say anything about that line too...

[Shifted]

Riith settles into the difficult task of picking the lock on a plain iron chest.
You hear a snap and then Riith mumbles some unprintables.
>
Riith says, "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo."

[Fallen]

It would have been fine if he exclaimed it!

[Shifted]

3 o's and an exclamation would have gotten the point across fine, i think. that was just annoying

[Pyper]

This wasn't out of game or out of character...it just was bad roleplaying. Asking for spells and then claiming such unfamiliarity with them that she doesn't even know what they do? I can see where she was trying to roleplay, it just went seriously off-track.


Also here: Lalasa, Lord Emiralmoon who is kneeling, Lady Shysmile who is kneeling
Obvious paths: none
>
The heavy rainfall makes it difficult to see more than just a few feet ahead.
>
The aardvark waddles about the area, oblivious of anything larger than an ant.
>sit
You sit down.
s>
Lalasa asks, "I need some elementals, can anyone provide them?"
s>look lala
You see Lalasa Liasan.
She appears to be a Sylvankind.
She appears to be consumed with age. She has ice blue eyes and pale skin. She has long, fine white hair.
She is in good shape.
She is holding a sharply twisted orase runestaff in her right hand.
She is wearing a deeply hooded dark wool cloak, a black veniom-worked satchel, a long deep black robe, and a plain gold ring.
s>
Emiralmoon quietly says, "Uhh.."
s>
*snip some general Commons activity*
s>
Speaking quietly to Lalasa, Emiralmoon asks, "You mean guards or whaat?"

s>
Lalasa says, "I have no idea what they are called."
s>
Emiralmoon makes a quick gesture while calling upon the powers of the elements...
s>
Emiralmoon gestures at Lalasa.
A silvery luminescence surrounds Lalasa.
s>
Emiralmoon quietly asks, "Those?"
s>nudge aard
You reach out toward the aardvark, but it lowers its ears and backs away warily.
s>
Lalasa says, "I am not familiar with elemental magic."
s>
Ratero just wandered up a riverstone walkway.
s>
Ratero clambers up the graceful willow tree.
s>
Lalasa nods to Emiralmoon.
s>
The aardvark shakes its thin head, its ears flopping loudly. With a grunt it heaves itself awkwardly to its feet.
The aardvark waddles about the area, oblivious of anything larger than an ant.
s>
Lalasa says, "Sure."
s>
Emiralmoon grins.
s>
Darkflame just wandered up a dusty path.
s>
Emiralmoon makes a quick gesture while calling upon the powers of the elements...
s>
Darkflame sits down.
s>
Emiralmoon gestures at Lalasa.
A silvery luminescence surrounds Lalasa.
s>
Emiralmoon makes a quick gesture while calling upon the powers of the elements...
s>
Lalasa carefully looks herself over.
s>get sliv
You get your ora sliver, tossing it into the air and deftly catching it in a ready position!
s>
Emiralmoon gestures at Lalasa.
A silvery luminescence surrounds Lalasa.
s>inspect sliv
Emiralmoon makes a quick gesture while calling upon the powers of the elements...
s>
You can't get close enough to inspect that.
s>
Lalasa laughs softly, trying to hide her amusement.
s>
Emiralmoon gestures at Lalasa.
A silvery luminescence surrounds Lalasa.
s>
Emiralmoon makes a quick gesture while calling upon the powers of the elements...
s>
Emiralmoon gestures at Lalasa.
A bright luminescence surrounds Lalasa.
s>
A blinding flash of lightning is quickly followed by a low rumble of thunder.
s>
Emiralmoon makes a quick gesture while calling upon the powers of the elements...
s>
Emiralmoon gestures at Lalasa.
A bright luminescence surrounds Lalasa.
s>push sliv
That would accomplish nothing.
s>
Emiralmoon makes a quick gesture while calling upon the powers of the elements...
s>
Emiralmoon gestures at Lalasa.
A bright luminescence surrounds Lalasa.
s>
Lalasa asks, "What are those called?"
s>
The aardvark surveys the area, alert for succulent ants.
s>
You can't throw that here.
s>
Emiralmoon quietly says, "Guards."
s>sign of thought
s>
Emiralmoon makes a quick gesture while calling upon the powers of the elements...
s>
Emiralmoon gestures at Lalasa.
A brilliant luminescence surrounds Lalasa.
s>
Emiralmoon makes a quick gesture while calling upon the powers of the elements...
s>turn sliv
Emiralmoon gestures at Lalasa.
A brilliant luminescence surrounds Lalasa.
s>
You can't turn that.
s>
Lalasa asks, "Well why are they called guards?"
s>
Emiralmoon makes a quick gesture while calling upon the powers of the elements...
s>
Emiralmoon gestures at Lalasa.
A brilliant luminescence surrounds Lalasa.
s>look lala
You see Lalasa Liasan.
She appears to be a Sylvankind.
She appears to be consumed with age. She has ice blue eyes and pale skin. She has long, fine white hair.
She is in good shape.
She is holding a sharply twisted orase runestaff in her right hand.
She is wearing a deeply hooded dark wool cloak, a black veniom-worked satchel, a long deep black robe, and a plain gold ring.
s>
Emiralmoon shrugs.
s>'because they...guard you?
You ask, "Because they...guard you?"
s>roll eyes
You roll your eyes.
s>
The aardvark accidentally snorfles up a fire ant. It blinks, shakes its tiny head, then sneezes powerfully.
s>
Emiralmoon quietly says, "Thas just what peoples call em."
s>poke sliv
Going around poking things isn't going to get you far.
s>
Lalasa says, "Lights do no such things."
s>'then why do you want them?
You ask, "Then why do you want them?"
s>
Spying an unwary ant, the aardvark turns its head slightly. With startling speed its long, purple tongue shoots out, seizing the succulent ant and sucking the insect into its tiny mouth.
s>prod sliv
You prod a thin ora sliver with the tip of your finger.
s>
Emiralmoon cackles!
s>
Lalasa says, "I am not familiar with elemental magic."
s>
The aardvark rolls over on its back and wriggles around, trying to scratch an itch.
s>show sliv to lala
s>
Lalasa says, "Which is why I asked."
s>
Speaking quietly to Lalasa, Emiralmoon says, "Its ok."
s>
Emiralmoon smiles at Lalasa.
s>
The sense of peace and security begins to wane from the area.
s>
Darkflame glances around, looking a bit less confident.
s>
The sense of peace and security passes away from the area.
s>'you want them, but you don't know what they are...
You say, "You want them, but you don't know what they are..."
s>
The aardvark waddles about the area, oblivious of anything larger than an ant.
s>
Shysmile gestures while calling upon the lesser spirits for aid...
s>
Shysmile gestures into the air.
s>
Darkflame makes a quick gesture while calling upon the powers of the elements...
Darkflame gestures.
Darkflame stands taller, as if bolstered with a sense of confidence.
s>
The tingling sensation and sense of security leaves Darkflame.
s>
Shysmile traces a sign while petitioning the spirits for cognition...
Shysmile gestures.
A sense of peace and calm settles over the area.
s>
Lady Karly just wandered up a riverstone walkway.
s>
Emiralmoon just left.
s>
You feel at full magical power again.
s>
Karly slings an ancient rose-embossed shield over her shoulder.
s>
Darkflame makes a quick gesture while calling upon the powers of the elements...
Darkflame gestures.
His body is surrounded by a dim dancing aura.
s>
Speaking to you, Lalasa says, "Dear, you are obviously trying to insult me, but doing a horrid job and clearly not listening well."
s>
The aardvark accidentally snorfles up a fire ant. It blinks, shakes its tiny head, then sneezes powerfully.
s>smirk
You smirk.
s>
Faygor just arrived.
s>
Karly grins at Lalasa.
s>'you asked for spells, but you don't know what they do?
You ask, "You asked for spells, but you don't know what they do?"
s>
Lord Apathet just wandered up a dusty path.
s>
Lord Apathet just wandered down a dusty path.
s>
Lord Apathet just wandered up a dusty path.
s>'I'm not the one that's confused
You say, "I'm not the one that's confused."
s>
Roaring wind rushes past you, forcing the pelting rain to sting your skin.
s>
Apathet removes a tincture of ambrominas from on a weathered wooden bench.
s>
Apathet takes a drink from his tincture of ambrominas.
Apathet's right hand looks better.
s>
The aardvark cocks one ear and glances at you without interest.
s>
Apathet put a tincture of ambrominas on a weathered wooden bench.
s>
Apathet removes some calamia fruit from on a weathered wooden bench.
s>
The aardvark flinches slightly as Karly reach out and slides a hand gently across its bristly flank. It flicks out its long, purple tongue, touching her on the wrist, as if checking to be certain Karly isn't a freakishly large and smelly ant.
s>
Lalasa says, "I know perfectly well what they do, I asked why they were named as they were."
s>
Apathet takes a bite of his calamia fruit.
Apathet's right hand looks better.
s>
Speaking to you, Faygor says, "Be nice."
s>
Lalasa says, "Which is something quite different."
s>'because...they guard you!
You exclaim, "Because...they guard you!"
s>'that's why they are called guards
You say, "That's why they are called guards."
s>
Faygor groans.
s>
Apathet seems to lose some dexterity.
s>'it's really not so difficult
You say, "It's really not so difficult."
s>
Faygor renews his songs.
s>
High Lord Svardin's group just wandered up a dusty path.
s>
A small red-necked falcon flies in.
s>
Kellerie sits down.
s>
Svardin tries humming a joyful tune.
s>
Lalasa says, "If you insist."
s>'but you claimed that lights do not guard...
Lalasa nods to you.
s>
You say, "But you claimed that lights do not guard..."
s>
Shaykee just wandered up a dusty path.
s>
Lord Baelog just wandered up a dusty path.
s>
Magarven says, "Brills anyone? Join me."
s>
Baelog joins Svardin's group.
s>
Droplets moisten your eyelashes and hair, coating you with a sheen of rain.
s>'which brings me around to wondering why you would want them
You say, "Which brings me around to wondering why you would want them."
s>join maga
You join Magarven.
sJ>
Karly joins Magarven's group.
sJ>
Kellerie stands up.
sJ>
Baelog shrugs.
sJ>
Svardin glances at a graceful willow tree.
sJ>
The glowing specks of energy surrounding you suddenly shoot off in all directions, then quickly fade away.
sJ>
The aardvark sits down awkwardly with a thump.
sJ>
Kellerie drops a perfect black essence rose.
sJ>
Jarlstrom joins Magarven's group.
sJ>
Shaykee gives Shysmile a friendly hug.
sJ>
Kellerie clambers up the graceful willow tree.
sJ>
Magarven asks, "Ready? All joined?"
sJ>
Shaykee just wandered down a dusty path.
sJ>
Morgahan clambers up the graceful willow tree.
sJ>
Baelog deeply says, "Someone toss me some Strength please."
sJ>
Ozan clambers up the graceful willow tree.
sJ>
Speaking to you, Lalasa says, "You are right in all your ways and your knowledge is unending."
sJ>
Lalasa nods to you.
sJ>
Svardin clambers up the graceful willow tree.
sJ>
Apathet just left.
sJ>smir
The red-necked falcon flies off.
sJ>
You smirk.

[thefarmer]

I woulda eblasted her.

[ViridianAsp]

Maybe she's new to the game?

[thefarmer]

Tarani [General]: "You arent my Daddy, if you are then I have some questions..."
Narkearthov [General]: "Like what?"
Tarani [General]: "Where's Mom and how did I get pregnant?"
Narkearthov [General]: "Mom's dead and well, when a boy and a girl love each toehr very much..."
Keirai [General]: "Some things are private matters and should be thought directly."
Skeevve [Merchant]: "Nark, um...really mate, I'd drop it."
Havothor [Merchant]: "Narkearthov's very close. But, yes, Skeevve's right. Go Keirai."

[thefarmer]

Aringarosa [General]: "WTS amulet holders, PST for list. Get them while theyre hot!"

Aringarosa [Merchant]: "WTS...a large sturdy steel battlesword, a jewel-hilted serrated flamberge, a saw-toothed silvery rolaren backsword, a masive steel-handled maul, a skull-capped cracked glaes hand axe (stunner), and more PST."

To this, my only response is STFU.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

WTF is PST FFS?!

[thefarmer]

No fucking idea.

[Hips]

Please send tell. And WTS = want to sell.

It's WoW-speak.

[thefarmer]

I got the WTS, but since I don't play WoW, the last one confused me.

Using a WoW reference in Gs just makes it all the more bad.