Rilla

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@Vordak You read them too, then, huh?

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This should be interesting.

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Well. If I beat my current fights that'll put me up 400

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Why are you winking at me?

Signs of something bad happening.

Long-time rper, I'll vouch for 'dead OOC' - yeah, sometimes they can be all in the IRC, but if you're in the rp and the OOC's dead, then either they're not in the IRC, or they are and haven't told you. The latter can be a symptom of poor communication that, later, will result in people getting mad at you because your character actions interfere with a plot developed in IRC that everyone knew about except you.
Related, if one player starts plotting around their character and someone else's character without notifying the other person. That's just asking for a grudge to develop.

Also vouching for the GM who won't take criticism even for a blatant logical fallacy. Like, let's say the rp's backstory would influence player's characters' backstories and personalities in a very significant way. However, the GM does not share this backstory until about halfway through the rp, and he's sharing it because he's complaining about how his 'shades of grey' are being considered purely evil and unreasonable. This being directly the result of the fact that he did not inform players of relevant information at the rp's beginning. Also related, a GM who cannot be flexible. I'm sure their plot was very interesting and epic and all, but sometimes you just have to either get VERY creative in getting the players back on track, or cede the fact that they want something else and roll with it. Insisting OOCly that they need to follow the story the GM planned in defiance of characterization, logic, and common sense should be considered a red flag and a sign to leave as fast as possible.

And, one last bit for a sign to avoid - a GM placing restrictions on player characters and then proceeding to violate those restrictions. I don't mean something like 'your characters wouldn't reasonably know about the legendary artifact we're looking for but mine does because they gathered you all here'. I mean stuff like 'no one can have an edgy past' and then writes one for their character.

I know there's a lot of focus on GMs. I'll probably post later for warning signs from players.

@RBYDark

I've seen this.

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Eden is by far the most attractive woman they have employed. Ever.

Cody is lucky as fuck.

[Ranked] Rilla vs Bartimaeus

Stalker picked his way through the halls looking for the signs that Kray had come this way. It was odd, there was virtually no sign that a behemoth had come through this way. Had they missed something? It couldn't have been that.

Letting the Light swing, he produced another double, reaching his limit of two at a time. They'd come to another intersection. Stalker, quiet as ever, nodded down the left and right halls, before taking the center for himself. His doubles couldn't cause any actual damage, but they were good doppelgangers.

Kray had fallen for it before, but Stalker figured the goblin could figure out there was at least two, one had to be the real Stalker. Smiling to himself, he cautiously slipped into the darkness, letting the light guide his way. One of him would come to the Goblin, but that mattered little - it had to be the real Stalker.

The purpose of the other two was to draw out and expend the energies of Kray, but it was beginning to take it's toil on Stalker as well; two Blow... Bang...'s, and three times using the doppelganger technique, drew energy from the man. While he wasn't in danger of running on E, he would need to put Kray down soon or he would reach that territory relatively soon.

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Oh dear, if one of my friends get here- let's just say you will get along very well. xD

More than likely.

Anyways anything else?

@Stardriver

Lookin' at my kid and girlfriend. Hahah

[Ranked] Rilla vs Bartimaeus

If they are magical, I'd rather you find out after our match. As it prevents us from just making up magical weapons to pick up and use at a whim

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Guy, and not much. You? Just looking around the place I suppose.

@Stardriver

Same, watching RAW