Syben

Deadland Wasteland. [Beware Zombies! They Bite!]

Good to see everyone is here!

So I have good news and bad news.

The Goods news: I'm writing the IC post and it will be posted very soon.

The bad news: While I was out yesterday the power had gone out, and since my computer auto-restarted once power came online I didn't notice. The hours of writing I did were gone so I have to start over.

The better news: Kapu, Reap, it will take me between 2-3 hours to write this. Let me know if either of you can collab and when. It's not a big deal, it was just some minor interaction between our characters that I can skip. But I feel there's been a long enough delay so if you want to skip this minor collab part (I understand the bf reap, I do the same with my gf) it's cool, we can catch it up on the next post.

If you don't message me back I'll just assume to skip it this time and we'll do it next time.

I'll give spartan another week before I replace him/her. A week without notification of anything, no activity, does not make a happy GM.

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

You know what's slightly annoying? Elitists. I mean, I understand wanting to play with others of you skill level and capacity because it's more fun that way 'for you'. I understand people looking for that kind of group, because we're all about our personal opinions. Some of us have the will to GM these opinions and ideas into a functioning world. Some of us do not have that drive, the time, or the will. But there are really just two things that irritate me. I'll keep this short and simple.

#1: Elitist Evangelist: He or She who joins a group expecting it to be withhold their ideals. Perhaps the rp idea is just too good to pass up, perhaps it looks to most promising, perhaps a friend is in it. "That's Alright," The evangelist thinks, "I'll just PM the GM on my opinions of the would-be recruits and let him know that their skill level doesn't nearly fit the criteria for this RP regardless of how the GM or the players feel, I'm sure I can convince him." "Well," The evangelist thinks, "Perhaps the GM will see it my way when I convince all his prospective players that it should be this way or we'll all leave and start our own thread based off of this ideal, or something totally different because fuck you that's why don't let the noobs join."

#2: GM's who can't understand that we were all noobs once. I'm sure nobody here picked up a pencil in kindergarten and wrote a best selling novel (and if you did link it because I'd very much like to read it, especially if it involves a plague of cooties.) Writing some one off because their character doesn't have a twelve page biography, or because they 'forgot' something in the base story, or left out a detail on something you had made thirty-seven posts back. I'm not a fan of elitists because I feel everyone at some point should reach back and help the community out. Yes some people are ungrateful and dumb and can't, won't be helped. But is that person really the only one you could have? On the opposite hand it's irritating to see players from other sections use the "Oh, this looks too hard... I guess.. I just won't.. make.. a.. CS.. here... sorry... bye." method, I will personally slam the door on you. Or the "looks good, better go post this idea in casual because they'll never let me in advanced." Even better the simply blind to your offers to let them join so that they can improve. I try to help those who wander over from casual, hell they could come from free.

You know what really, REALLY, makes me mad? "I'm a better roleplayer." No you're not, there is no roleplay rank. Yes, their are categorized divisions using common terminology so everybody can find a group that resembles their creative outlet, I give you that. "Advanced" does not make me better than "Free" or "Casual". It means I am willing and able to express myself more. Roleplaying is creative writing from all ends, creativity is not a measurable skill. "But Aeon, how come museums don't show case my art?" Because everything that has ever existed for any reason is all based off of opinions on how you feel it's measurable worth it conceived. Some people may like something more than something else, some people may buy that thing because that person thought that. It's all expressionism, people who can't understand that piss me off.

From an arguable standpoint, and to be contradictory, yes, you can be better. But you'll only ever achieve as much greatest as others perceive you to be. Understanding that all creative writing is good, because it is creative, is one of the doors to a higher state of being. Yes, even those terrible one liners are good, because that's how much effort they choose to express themselves. You don't know how much creative ideal that one liner sparks inside their head, just because it isn't written over two-hundred seventy-two paragraphs.

That's my bitching. If you want to argue about it PM me, I love debates.

Most deplorable characters/things you've RPed

*chuckles*

The absolute worst character I've ever had, wasn't actual essential to any kind of roleplay plot line, or development. No, the most disturbing part is that this twisted wretch came from the bowels of my own mind, because I was writing a story.

For my senior class in high school. I never once thought about writing that because it would be fun to disturb my teacher, I feel I was a pretty good student. (Because I wasn't stupid enough to get caught being stupid) No, I thought it would be 'fun', and 'interesting'. Six pages in I realized how far I was gone into his character base, and I was much to deep to just quit. Not that I couldn't, I had plenty of time. I just didn't want to.

Many of his scenes were faded out implications, the thoughts of which twisted many a person's face into something akin to grotesque horror and imaginative agony. Especially so for the "flesh-hooked angels" scene, which made baby stomping look like a fun happy sport for the entire family to enjoy. Oh, it was bad. It was so bad not only did I get an 'A+' for creative writing, they also tried to put me in therapy. Apparently it gave my English teacher nightmares. She said, and I quote:

"I have read some awful things being a teacher here, but this, this is.... May the lord guide you mi hijo"

What was this terrible man's name? Gordon. Doesn't the name just sound sinister?

Is there something wrong with me? Probably, but I'd rather embrace it because it's hard to run from six legged flying demons of terror, or something like that.

Deadland Wasteland. [Beware Zombies! They Bite!]

Hey, Just got home. (5:00 a.m) .. All is well now. Post will be up by tomorrow sometime, I'll try to get up early to catch you Kapu, I haven't seen Reap around and I'm sure Levi is lurking.

Also I wonder what happened to fire, I hope I didn't scare him away. :(

See you soon! And sorry for the delay on the IC. Tomorrow. Promise, with or without the collabs.

Deadland Wasteland. [Beware Zombies! They Bite!]

Hey guys! The post is coming along nicely but I'm only about half way done, lots of distractions today with the girls (my girlfriend's cute little dogs) , the storm tearing things off of my house , and now I have to answer a summons from one of my good friends.

Just keeping ya'll updated, it's coming I promise.

Deadland Wasteland. [Beware Zombies! They Bite!]

You go to bed at 5pm my time, but you posted at 4 am (my time) I will try to catch you tomorrow at this time, gives us about an hour to collab. Anyways, I'm off to bed (again)(had to pee)(not that you care)(but sitll)(<3).

Shifting Worlds

Well, I hope things here pick up a little bit. I was looking forward to reading some other posts.

Deadland Wasteland. [Beware Zombies! They Bite!]

Alright. Time to work on deadland.

But first, I need inspiration! A lot is about to happen this post. Death, Tragedy, Mayham.

I haven't heard from spartan in almost a week so I'm putting him/her on a LOA (Leave of Absence) for now.
Which means Jason is going to miss the expedition opportunity.

Reap, Kapu, I will need to collab with you before I post in the IC. Details on that later.

**Edit: I got busy and didn't get a chance to work on deadland. Super exhausted so I will work on it tomorrow evening and should be ready to collab (if possible) when reap and kapu come online, if they are willing. Message me and let me know if you can't for some reason and I will just leave out the parts involving our characters.

Shifting Worlds

Lol XD

Deadland Wasteland. [Beware Zombies! They Bite!]

I was thinking like something big, and bulky lol but it's your idea. :)