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[SpunGirl]

Before I comment, I suppose it would be prudent to ask if YOU were irritated at the rubbing or if your CHARACTER didn't like it.

-K

[Skeeter]

Meditating over someone != to touching.

It's never been clearly determined if it's touch based or not. I would imagine you could just as many people who assume it is vs. those who assume it isn't.

[AestheticDeath]

Uh.. What is wrong with that response, exactly? Is it that hard to imagine a -character- that would respond like that to a female's aid?

Yeah. Don't like it, don't play a female character.

I would say you were kinda the jerk there with the stupid response and he should be posting a thread in regards to the same issue. Why can't you just take a compliment?

Before I comment, I suppose it would be prudent to ask if YOU were irritated at the rubbing or if your CHARACTER didn't like it.

-K

First off. I should say I am not a Roleplayer. As far as the comments about whether it was me or my character. I personally think its nonsense. You cannot totally seperate your own feelings from that of something you are pretending to be. Any character I play is going to have at least some sort of loose basis according to my own personality.

Whether I was playing a male or a female, I do not expect or want strangers just coming up and rubbing on me. Or calling me by endearing names.

I don't normally play females, but this is one I acquired and haven't gotten rid of yet.

So I goto TSC to get some exp, help a few people or whatever. I don't goto TSC for people to try and pick me up or molest me etc..

If I were in Helgas, and he cut his finger on a broken glass, and I healed it while giving him looks, fluttering eyes or some crap - then I could see him taking something further. I dont flirt, and I dont expect others to. When I rebuke such action, its discouraging it to go any further. Are you trying to tell me that I cannot tell someone no? That my response in game was over the top somehow?

Normal responses for that place of 'business' for healing and ressurection is a thank you and possibly a tip. Not what he did. Maybe he was trying to RP and give some charm instead of a tip. No thanks.

If people want to do all that pick up others in game, flirting and sex talk stuff they need to do it with someone they know.

And if that is what he was after, perhaps a question along the lines of "wanna go have a drink at helgas sometime?" Would have been better than calling me names and rubbing me.

As far as healing being touch based or not. It doesnt matter one way or another. If you goto a hospital and have a catheter put in by the opposite sex, are you going to take that as sexual contact and start rubbing their ass? I think not. And you sure wouldn't do it if they were just putting a bandaid on your forhead or arm. Healing is not a sexual interaction.

[Anailea]

It is meditating, that does not imply touching, it implys thinking.

I think what you did was fine. You established boundaries, the same way that everyone should. You didn't overreact and bind him. You just told him that what he did wasn't ok. If you just accepted what he said, you would be inviting the same behavior at a later time.

[Jayvn]

Girl empaths get the tips, some girl empaths want more than the tip.
! I wonder if I put that as my IG quote how long it would last.. when I first read that I thought you were both guys and he was just hitting on you..then I realized you were playin a girl and then read more and :ramble ramble: what's wrong with bouncing off a friend? ya it's weird with a total stranger. My friends are huggable, some of them are lick friendly. Now go comb your feet.

[SpunGirl]

First off. I should say I am not a Roleplayer.

That's pretty much the long and short of it right there. The other guy might not be either, maybe he's just a middle-aged virgin trying to get his rocks off with whoever is willing in the game.

On the other hand, he might be RPing. So don't get all cranky when people try to RP with you in an RP game. You might not LIKE it, but I think this is the wrong place to whine about it.

-K

[CrystalTears]

First off. I should say I am not a Roleplayer.

Why are you even playing a roleplaying game then?

As far as the comments about whether it was me or my character. I personally think its nonsense. You cannot totally seperate your own feelings from that of something you are pretending to be.

Get in line with Latrin. He doesn't get the difference either.

Any character I play is going to have at least some sort of loose basis according to my own personality.

Your character is not you. My characters are not like me. Adding a few familiarities is one thing. To have them be just like you in every way is just boring. But then again, you did say you weren't a roleplayer so I'll leave the rest alone.

I get called sugar, honey, sweetie, baby, babes all the time.. on the phone. I didn't even heal them, but I did help them with a problem. This being done by both men and women. It's just a term of affection, some are more laid back about it than others. It's not that big of a deal.

The rub I always take it as a rub on the arm or back. Not sure why people insist on making it out to be an unwarrented, sexual thing or something.

[Akari]

HAS ANYONE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THE OTHER CHARACTER COULD BE A CHICK PLAYING A GUY CHARACTER?
you HAVE to RP in GS because it's kinda hard to know straight off the top who the PLAYER is...
on the other hand, I don't think there was anything wrong with your reaction... other then it was more based on that it was a guy (which you don't know for sure)...
damn that coulda been Angalina Jolee controling that character, rofl

[ViridianAsp]

Uh.. What is wrong with that response, exactly? Is it that hard to imagine a -character- that would respond like that to a female's aid?

Yeah. Don't like it, don't play a female character.

For the record, Evarin doesn't go around big pimping, but it would certainly be a viable character archetype for one to do so.

No, you used a reserved demeanor, just because it's a woman doesn't mean someone should act that way. Even in real life if some guy did that to me, he'd end up with a black eye or worse, women deserve just as much respect.

[Sylvan Dreams]

The rub I always take it as a rub on the arm or back. Not sure why people insist on making it out to be an unwarrented, sexual thing or something.

Even if it's NOT a "sexual thing" does NOT make it acceptable. Personally, I dislike being touched by anyone I'm not on a certain level of closeness with. Being touched by someone outside of that group is something I find to be rather offensive.

In short, not everyone likes being touched by everyone else.