Dervish

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our annoyances.

EDIT: DOUBLE KILL!

Also, if you need to or want to talk about RP stuff with a sympathetic ear, feel free to drop me a line in my PM box. I'm usually pretty good for idle chit-chat.

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our annoyances.

Gah, I'd hate that. Maybe it's because I don't really do 1x1s unless it's with people I know and have been writing with for a while, but I think some people just have really unrealistic expectations from their writing partners. Sometimes, things just don't work out. If people can't accept that, then they're getting way too invested.. and in some cases, it can be kind of creepy.

I assume you bring up the peeves with your partners? I understand the whole "you can lead a horse to water" thing all too well, but I think most people are usually receptive to constructive criticism. You don't know you're making mistakes unless people point them out a lot of times.

And I know I'm a special case, but I think a lot of that is I'm pretty selective with who I RP with. I like to get to know people a bit before jumping into something, and I kind of expect a certain standard going into things. Personally, I think in 1x1s for instance just having pairings is inviting trouble unless you hammer out a plot before hand. The best stories, I find, are the ones where you and your partner kind of establish the world and your characters before starting. And if somebody starts ragging on you for being a bad partner in public, I'd report that. Harassment isn't Fonz cool and it isn't tolerated by guild rules.

Yeah, I can DEFINITELY relate to that last point. It's painfully obvious when people don't read the OOC and just post all willy-nilly. I especially enjoy when they use a character sheet that is not the one you provided. Most of the time I find it amusing and call people out on it and mentally blacklist the person unless they're fresh off the boat, but you do need to bear in mind that a lot of 1x1 is filled with people who just see a pairing they like and go from there, from what I noticed there isn't a lot of enforced standards for a lot of it like other sections. I imagine most people just skip down to the game interests and immediately go from there. Once again, if somebody's doing that shit to you, I'd report them to the mods. You don't have to put up with people being immature dipshits, especially if they're tarnishing your reputation because of petty, petty reasons.

Trust me, I think if you hang around here long enough, you're going to have to involve the mods sooner or later, I'm no exception. Some people do not handle rejection well at all; I had one person immediately PM me after I got a mod involved to have her leave the main thread and she started trying to lure me into an argument by insulting my province.

Just assume people are crazy assholes and try not to take it personally; internet anonymity does terrible things to people's morality.

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our annoyances.

I can't say I've ever had a moment of getting pissed off at a writing partner. I've had my share of people vanish or lose interest for whatever reason, but actually getting mad at one another? I've only had that happen a couple of times, but that was more of a personal thing rather than anything to do with game stuff. I can't really imagine getting mad at somebody for something that happens with a game, either it works out or doesn't. It would probably be different if I ever write with people with volatile personalities, but so far everyone's been very relaxed and understanding.

I want to do Advanced but...

2-3 paragraphs are minimum for most games, but do understand a lot of people write collaborations which make posts look huge and oftentimes, reacting to relevant posts just can't be done in a couple paragraphs. It might look intimidating, but keep in mind that you don't have to finish a post in a si gle sitting. It's not uncommon for games to go a couple days, if not a week or more, without an IC post and still be perfectly healthy. It's a classic case of quality verses quantity, even if sometimes people write massive walls of unnecessary text. Don't fret about it!

Mass Effect: Wanted

Cpt Toellner said
Computer got the blue-screen-of-death last night. Getting a new one today. I'm partially glad, that computer has been a major source of stress in the last year.

I can relate, I kept my last computer chugging along for years and years, including reformatting it like 4 times until it finally bricked.

Spam minecraft server

Toellner, just let me know when you're on over the next couple nights. I have a cool place to show you for a potential building prospect.

The Elder Scrolls: Vengeance of the Deep

Artist rendition of the current battle.

If other planets were the same distance as the moon

I'm honestly surprised Venus, being almost the same size as Earth, appears so small. Either the moon's a lot bigger than I give it credit for, or I'm grossly overvaluing the size of the inner planets in comparison to Earth. A pretty cool gif.

Mass Effect: Wanted

A bunch of you guys have been pretty quiet the past few days. All good in the hood?

I went and look at 1x1 again.

Lillian Thorne said
Well when we get pay raises I will be the first to volunteer for the gig. But in the meantime, if you all are finding things in 1x1 that shock you, just PM a link to a mod. It helps everyone out. And for the record, it was 1x1 that lost the ads nor was it 1x1 that caused guildfall.

Wasn't it something Griever posted in Spam? I know we all have been over this.