Gross

[Soulpieced]

Elforia softly says, "I love you, sugar bear."
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Elforia gives Breager a lingering kiss.

[Edaarin]

Ugh. They need to be culled from the gene pool

[Soulpieced]

I understand it is a role-playing game, and people do get attatched. But now that I stand back and look at it, I have a hard time swallowing the L word being thrown around in game. Just makes me think some people have some serious problems. Though I could be crazy, but it just doesn't seem normal (or healthy?) to become so attatched to somebody in a text-based game environment.

[GuildRat]

Is it just me, or do these "sugar-coated" sycophants killing the in game relationships?

Could you imagine Mustafo snuggling up to Titaniia?(before Musty left and she shacked up with Blades, a poor choice and a deduction from Blades's cool points)

The gods need to hurl random lightning bolts at people who sit in public and over-do the lovey-dovey shit.

[StrayRogue]

Wasn't Musty with Shosonna?

[GuildRat]

yea....before Titaniia

[Makkah]

Mustafo and Shosh were the sh....

rht

[Adhara]

What makes you think they weren't roleplaying Soulpieced?

[EmpressBtch]

I have this overwhelming urge to start addressing people as shmoopy and sugar pie.

[Quitter]

Saying "I love you" to someone in game ring me a big big bell, seriously.

Whenever you see that, hide, stalk and take notes..

[Pallon]

Get a fucking room

[Warriorbird]

Because Elforia is who she is...pretty bloody likely they aren't. Documentation and..."this is a roleplaying game" don't come into her frame of reference.

[Breager]

What I find "unhealthy" is a bunch of adults sitting around bitching like old maids about a game, and taking a completely routine piece of role-play and turning it into a damn saga. These two characters are engaged and about to be married. What are they supposed to do? Sit across from eachother till it's time for their next hunt? You're all passing judgement on two characters you know nothing about, and most of you are using aliases too to conceal who you are in the game. Get lives, and grow some balls.

[Bewitchindryad25]

Originally posted by Breager
What I find "unhealthy" is a bunch of adults sitting around bitching like old maids about a game, and taking a completely routine piece of role-play and turning it into a damn saga. These two characters are engaged and about to be married. What are they supposed to do? Sit across from eachother till it's time for their next hunt? You're all passing judgement on two characters you know nothing about, and most of you are using aliases too to conceal who you are in the game. Get lives, and grow some balls.

Jee lets see your bitching about people posting their personal opinion on a PUBLIC Message Board? :?: Half the people here post using the alias of an in game character how are they hiding anything?

I don't care if you are rping two people deeply in love but that doesn't mean I want to sit around watching you hump each others leg. Somethings are meant to be kept private, even in game.

No I'm not saying showing in game affection is bad. But don't go overboard. Pet names seem somewhat private to me or is that just me being weird, or does others think that as well?

~Amber

[Kitsun]

Originally posted by Bewitchindryad25
[quote]
No I'm not saying showing in game affection is bad. But don't go overboard. Pet names seem somewhat private to me or is that just me being weird, or does others think that as well?

~Amber

Well the problem is that everyone has their line drawn somewhere else. The Gemstone population is composed of entirely too many cultural, generational, geographical and social groups to really have any definitive line anywhere.

An 'older' generation may find that anything beyond a chaste kiss on the cheek and holding hands is too much for show for the public(No offense intended on the old thing here).

Personally, I was raised in a very conservative household, when I was in ingame relationships, my characters also refrained from public shows of affection. This caused some friction sometimes because said partner thought I was embarassed of her.

However, children in the coming generation are exposed to MUCH more physical interaction between the sexes from TV, movies, etc. So their view of publically acceptable behavior is quite a bit different. I mean have you seen the news footage for their dance clubs(like having sex without removing their clothes), or the oral sex parties(can't BELIEVE I missed this by a half generation).

So the lovers think your prune, prude, old bats. You think the kids are insane sex maniacs that can't keep it in their pants. Who's really right? :?:

PS: The You's above are generic, not directed at anyone. Nothing above was meant to insult, only to illustrate.

[TheRoseLady]

Originally posted by Soulpieced
I understand it is a role-playing game, and people do get attatched. But now that I stand back and look at it, I have a hard time swallowing the L word being thrown around in game. Just makes me think some people have some serious problems. Though I could be crazy, but it just doesn't seem normal (or healthy?) to become so attatched to somebody in a text-based game environment.

Pay no mind to SP, he had a tragic situation when he was married to Strayla and I'm sure that he has been forever jaded by the truth of union - after the fact. :lol:

I'll leave the details to someone else to divulge. I do have some fondness for the guy even though he can be an ass at times. :saint:


-TRL

[Ilvane]

I say leave them alone. The same way you like to hunt, or do whatever you like to do, they like to be kissy face?

Some people like that kind of thing! :)

Besides, Elforia and Breager are cute(even if a bit sappy.;) hehe)

-A

[Solkern]

THey in LOVE! maybe this IG relationship will blosum into something greater.

[Ilvane]

Why must you be so very nasty all the time??

:shrug: Maybe if we would all mind our own business, things would be easier.;)

-A

[Skirmisher]

I must admit that my own characters have had relationships that engaged in pda not infrequently.

The magnitude of that would of course be seen differently by different people. I would say it was not innapropriate while I'm sure some here would bash me mercilessly for same.

While of course there are those that simply go way overboard with all the cutsie talk (eg: someones ex super dad) I would need to see a much larger sample of behavior to come close to bashing someones behavior with their in game so.

[Edited on 12-26-2003 by Skirmisher]

[Sean]

Originally posted by Solkern
THey in LOVE! maybe this IG relationship will blosum into something greater.

if they are in IG love and an IG relationship ... what exactly would be greater?

edited for random letter placement.

[Edited on 12-26-2003 by Tijay]

[Myshel]

Ardwen and I play at very in love couple and have always been affectionate and loving in the game. Yes we have been told to get a room before, but I don't feel kissing and hugging between a married couple ig is out of character. Saying I love you is not oc, unless you feel being married ig is oc.

[Sean]

Originally posted by Myshel
Ardwen and I play at very in love couple and have always been affectionate and loving in the game. Yes we have been told to get a room before, but I don't feel kissing and hugging between a married couple ig is out of character. Saying I love you is not oc, unless you feel being married ig is oc.

oof yea anyone whose ever say at a table with these two knows what shes means!

os. im just playing they are two great people and really fun to sit with and joke around :)

[Myshel]

Originally posted by Tijay

Originally posted by Myshel
Ardwen and I play at very in love couple and have always been affectionate and loving in the game. Yes we have been told to get a room before, but I don't feel kissing and hugging between a married couple ig is out of character. Saying I love you is not oc, unless you feel being married ig is oc.

oof yea anyone whose ever say at a table with these two knows what shes means!

os. im just playing they are two great people and really fun to sit with and joke around :)

Thanks hon, we love you too.
Kissing and hugging Tijay until we are told to get a room.

[Myshel]

Originally posted by Lady Daina
I never begrudge people a kiss, hug, or "I love you", especially if their characters are married. For characters to tell one another they love each other is totally IC and whoever said otherwise is just being silly. Yes, of course things can cross over and blur the line between RL and IG, but it doesn't ALWAYS.

I don't personally like to see a lot of 'making out' in public, or a lot of the pet names, neck kissing, etc. Then again, I am older and more conservative about things in real life, so I guess that affects how many of my girls will act. I do have one that is a total flirt, though. It's called roleplaying! ;)

Even Myshel gets embarrassed ig when Ardwen kisses her neck or something I find TOO pda. She will blush and nudge him and tell him to behave. Being a amorous warrior its part of his rp.

[Soulpieced]

The main purpose of my original post (which was well over a month ago) was there is no distinction between OOC and IC when throwing the L word around. I e-mail I love you to my girlfriend, how is that any different than saying I love you in game? I really don't think that it's possible to separate oneself, because no matter what you say, you're still typing out a real feeling.

[Parkbandit]

Originally posted by Myshel
Even Myshel gets embarrassed ig when Ardwen kisses her neck or something I find TOO pda. She will blush and nudge him and tell him to behave. Being a amorous warrior its part of his rp.

Shit.. all these years I thought he was roleplaying a horny warrior. Thanks for the heads up. :smug:

[Parkbandit]

Originally posted by Soulpieced
I e-mail I love you to my girlfriend

Oh please... everyone emails "I love you" to your girlfriend..

Just spreading the holiday cheer :)

[Kitsun]

Originally posted by Soulpieced
The main purpose of my original post (which was well over a month ago) was there is no distinction between OOC and IC when throwing the L word around. I e-mail I love you to my girlfriend, how is that any different than saying I love you in game? I really don't think that it's possible to separate oneself, because no matter what you say, you're still typing out a real feeling.

Har!

Soulpieced believes in the sanctity of love! Would you look at that!

I guess it shouldn't be so shocking but your always so grumpy and...grumpy!

Honestly though, I do believe *some* people can put in a line of distinction even when the L-word is involved. While I also believe that there always is a part of the player in the character, some people are better are keeping the issues separate.

You say the L-word is a real feeling. Does that make seething hatred any less real? If I had to choose an emotion that I'd label as elusive or non-existant, it would probably be love(depending on the time of year and how grumpy I am).

[Myshel]

Originally posted by Soulpieced
The main purpose of my original post (which was well over a month ago) was there is no distinction between OOC and IC when throwing the L word around. I e-mail I love you to my girlfriend, how is that any different than saying I love you in game? I really don't think that it's possible to separate oneself, because no matter what you say, you're still typing out a real feeling.

I beg to differ Soupie (smooch) Myshel is deeply madly in love with Ardwen. Why would a character marry another character if not for love? Thats roleplay. In GS your character gets mad and kills someone, can you separate that from driving your car and wanting to off someone that cuts you off? Yes. Maybe not the best example but I think if your a serious rp'er you can rp all situations and with feeling. I can rp love and hate, thats the fun for me. Do I have to love Ardwen's player to do that? No, I don't (but I do because he is a wonderful person), but it makes it easier if you like the person playing the character.
I have a large capacity for love to call up those feelings for Ardwen is no hardship and makes my ig experience so much more rewarding. The same thing with friendships I have ig, I love those people and l love rp with them. I would probably love them as friends in rl too.

[Myshel]

Originally posted by Parkbandit

Originally posted by Myshel
Even Myshel gets embarrassed ig when Ardwen kisses her neck or something I find TOO pda. She will blush and nudge him and tell him to behave. Being a amorous warrior its part of his rp.



Shit.. all these years I thought he was roleplaying a horny warrior. Thanks for the heads up. :smug:

So you won't beat yourself up...
amorous=horny ;)

[Breager]

Soulpieced, to address what you said about the L-word....

I'm sure when you type "I love you" to your girlfriend you mean it with all the sincerity in you. This, however, does not mean that every time someone types "I love you" that it is meant in that way, especially in an RPG. I am completely capable of separating myself from my characters, and I'm sure Elforia's player is as well. I thought the general concensus as that to improve an RPG, you improve the role-play. Last time I checked, married couples say I love you to one another. if our sappiness gets out of hand on occasion and turns some people off, we're sorry. You can always avert your eyes or ask us to cut it out. But as for throwing the "L" word around... it's RP! As far as Elforia and Breager are concerned it IS sincere. So technically that word was NOT "thrown" around.

[Nakiro]

Originally posted by Soulpieced
The main purpose of my original post (which was well over a month ago) was there is no distinction between OOC and IC when throwing the L word around. I e-mail I love you to my girlfriend, how is that any different than saying I love you in game? I really don't think that it's possible to separate oneself, because no matter what you say, you're still typing out a real feeling.

It can be done!

And just for the record, which of the following is worse? PDA like kissing, saying I love you, etc, or doing the same thing in a locked room?

...

Nakiro