NuttsnBolts

NCQuest -- To Be Rebooted

T a h l i a

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• Convention Center, Smith's Rest •

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"Shaddup. We don't need to hear.. whatever you were gonna say."

Before Percy could process in the thoughts of how a bottle of turps was left for him at the bar counter, it began to gracefully rise into the air; a movement of magic and awe until one's own attention was drawn to the female hand who was gently pinching hold of the cap itself. With a twist of the wrist and a now firm grip, the poison was repositioned in a way which allowed the cunning individual to drink straight from the source itself.

"Keep downing it 'ike dat and you'll fucking 'nd up maggot'd." Clearly a pot calling the kettle black situation as Tahlia downed the alcohol in both an effort to steal Percy's hard-earned drink, but also to continue on her amazing journey to become the next champion of Smith's Rest's Most Drunk. Leaning down and resting her chin on Percy's shoulder, Tahlia wrapped her free arm around his collar, slapping her hand lightly against his chest. She clawed lightly at his body with her fingers as she bought the bottle round and placed it to his lips, tiping it so that he was forced the drink; to take an unwanted gulp at the cost of an unintentional spill down his shirt.

"Ha! Fucking weak!" the Australian snorted as she teased the man for his poor efforts.

Tahlia proceeded to position her lips close to his ear as she went on to whisper sweet temptations into his fragile soul. "So what was it you were saying about getting down to your socks? You know... I'd be willing to take that further, if that's what you want?"

"Tahlia! Stop it."

The eyes shifted around to gaze at the source of the incoming demand, a sight of Tahlia's previous drinking partner who decided to interupt the duo from the table behind Percy.

"What the fuck Mads? You even said yourself that y'old freckles here needs some cheering up, and well fuck... a sympathy root never hurt no one."

Tahlia pulled back from Percy, giving him a shove before slamming the bottle into his open lap. "Besides... I don't fuck pilots who cry in their cockpits." A cigarette pack was pulled out of the pocket and pursed up to Tahlia's lips. As she drew her hand away a single, lone stick remained of the pack's original presence, awaiting to be lit by the former commander herself. She leaned up against the bar and muttered the rest of her words through her occupied mouth, "You're not that screwed up? Ain't'ya mate?"

Standing up from her seat and walking over in a sombre way to Percy, Madison hooked her arm through the man's elbow and lightly tugged him off the stool, "Come on Freckles. It's time to go and see how Ana is doing."

Without even asking, and simply from the look on Madison's face, Tahlia could see that this time she perhaps crossed the line; an impression that she simply shrugged off as little importance.

BRING BACK CHAT

"Sign" here if you want the Guild chat back on the site rather than discord!!!!

(my computer is so old and shitty it cant run discord yay!!!!)

@Drazah

Old Chat, while still around in the coding, isn't gonna make a comeback anytime soon. It was never fully reliable and some of the features that have been incorporated into discord have helped out the forum overall.

What I would suggest is making sure you have windows 7 and maybe run discord through your browser. If you're still having trouble and your PC is 10 years old then maybe you need to do a full cleanup invade you have bloatware or programs that are blocking the site.

Hide Request

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Why did this RP never get of the ground?

Pretty much everything said above sums up the experiences that most readers will have. It was in the wrong section, it's a massive info dump, there's no real clarity on what's expected of the player, and you did give up/bump it way too eagerly.

My biggest concern really is the info dump. Ask yourself an honest question and that is, "Would people all read this?". Putting the text into WordCounter.net and it's telling me that it would take 15 minutes to read, and that's treating it like a story not the setup for a roleplay. In reality that would be much longer. The idea of any OOC/Interest Check is to engage the player in a short amount of time and get them excited for the story, which is usually less than a minute.

In reality, and I hate to be the one to say it, but it really feels like an essay more than a thought providing concept for a new and upcoming roleplay.

Post Your Pikcha

*shrugs*

In Defense Of The Genre [Part II]

<Snipped quote by NuttsnBolts>
I was under the impression that this was a discussion, is it not? I meant no harm with the creation of this topic and I personally believe that it has begun to reflect positively on the forums overall as it shows a willingness in the community to communicate and change. I will own and take ownership for any negativity that has been caused by the creation of this topic, otherwise, I simply see this message as an attempt to shift blame onto me.

@Cyndyr

My intention is not to shift blame as I included the staff as well, but to see if you aware of the gravity of these discussions and how there is a very fine line between civil and uncivil. While this thread has been positive it does contain roots that extend back to unfavoured events of the past. Already I have seen Poo comment with a reply where he felt he really had to explain what it was he was saying without people reading between the lines or taking it out of context.

I do acknowledge, however, that you are right and I should have simply spoken with Ruby which is an action that I do apologize for. It was an action that I believe would have resulted in further damage, but based on what Ruby herself has said on this thread, then I realize that the outcome may have been opposite from what I had initially expected.

With that in mind, I do appreciate both you and Ruby coming forward to join the discussion as well as investigating Nyte's ban.

@Cyndyr

I appreciate your honesty and acknowledgment.

@NuttsnBolts

So if pug wasn't banned for having a quote from another moderator (not saying i condone it) why did J8cob get banned subsequently? Seems like they should have gotten the same treatment.

And honestly, I don't like how you pin this all on Cynder as if she was the only one taking screenshots. If I remember correctly you did as well in the past. You are not as innocent as you portray yourself.

@Nytem4re

At this point in time I do not see a quote of Ruby in his signature and so there is no need to take action. He held one before but I believe you and I can agree that if we addressed that in the same manner as J8cob we would be in a worse position than currently.

Still, my explination for J8cob making his appeal is to set a proper understanding of how bans should be treated if they were unjust. By doing that we also have a record trail so we can keep forum matters logged correctly and not just word of mouth.

As for the screenshots by Cyndyr, I acknowledge that she was not in the original dispute but over time she became involved, I am not disputing that I did take and obtain some screenshots, but I will state that I was not the one who started the screenshots, that I did not share the ones from the staff discussion, and that instead of participating in these actions we have on multiple fronts made mountains out of molehills.