@dvoraen I’m about to have so many snails.

Does this mean you’re playing this game and are going to catch a lot of croblings snails?

BONUS: A bad (Dad?) joke.

Q: What is the most useful computer science knowledge a Pern dragonrider can have but never applies for in chargen?

Spoiler

It’s basically a TREASURE TROVE of nonsense, but I need to share my favorite line, from a player being extremely over-dramatic at me. Context is that he was VERY PARANOID that he was going to get banned, and I pointed out that Camden (my fellow co-admin at the time) had JUST told him he wasn’t in danger of being banned.

"Dylan…It’s insane not to plan for the ‘what ifs’. What if Camden gets hit by a bus?

I’m happy to say that Camden never did get hit by that bus.

ARE YOU OKAY? Use 1 for yes, and 0 for no. Matrix code will be confirmation of needing to run anti-virus on you.

you think i’m gonna scroll horizontally?

Hey. That’s all my waistline does now.

Holy hell, talking down to someone doesn’t even begin to capture the hostility radiating off this admin. I feel like there’s a few possibilities available between “ban people for nicknames” and “do nothing”.

This could’ve easily been talked out. This is why people don’t talk to staffers unless it’s a last resort.

https://forums.untold-dawn.com/t/banned-amorcinocera-cameron-a-tall-tanned-man/280

To summarize, Amor RPs something he regrets, gets bullied about it incessantly by another player (Nine) IC, and wishes it would stop so he could have fun playing the game again. Amor goes to staff (Rune) to find a resolution.

If it were me handling this, the easiest solution would be to cancel that storyline and reach out to the character who’s doing the bullying to remind them to check-in OOC to see if other players are having fun with the teasing. Matter resolved. Make a note of it for future reference.

That’s not at all what happened in this circumstance. I don’t even know how to fully explain it. Amor was talked down to by Rune to the point that Amor seemingly regretted even bringing it up. Nine was banned later on, and Rune saw Amor improving afterwards. However, Amor still felt unappreciated. He seemingly let it bleed into RP in a pair of THINKs, and then realized that the best choice was to take a break. So he did, and Rune banned him on his way out.

We don’t have the full story from the logs, but I certainly wouldn’t feel appreciated if the only positivity I received from staff was when I agreed to stay quiet about the issue that was preventing me from enjoying the game.

In my experience as staff, when someone is coming to you with a problem about another player that’s affecting their ability to play, they’re most often taking a huge leap of faith that you’ll find some way to help them find enjoyment again. I say it’s a leap of faith, because plenty of players have been burned by conversations like this one that make reaching out to staff an anxiety-inducing affair.

People are going to make mistakes in their RP that make them uncomfortable OOC. We don’t need to force players to live with those mistakes.

sticks you in the middle of a real life couple and their drama.

Really old drama.

I almost put this in the “Good Things” thread just as an example of things I’m so glad we decided as a group to stop doing.

https://web.archive.org/web/20040204025308/http://southern.silvertree.org/southerngoldapp.cgi

14 general questions, then 33 questions on the gold application and 26 for bronze.

Question 24 on the gold application is amazing.

24. During your first hatching that you’re running as a Junior, you hear on the grapevine that your Weyrleader is flirting with prospective candidates and promising them search and/or impression on acceptance of TS. Your Weyrwoman is his RL wife, and has no idea any of this is going on, and in fact, you know, told him on a number of occasions not to TS. What do you do?

Allow me to translate:

“My husband lies to my face about whipping his imaginary dick out after I’ve repeatedly asked him not to. You’re gonna tell me if he does it again, right? RIGHT?!?”

Cause it’s always super fun when your RP inadvertently sticks you in the middle of a real life couple and their drama.

@KarmaBum said in Your Latest Batch of (Silly) Drama:

Really old drama.

I almost put this in the “Good Things” thread just as an example of things I’m so glad we decided as a group to stop doing.

https://web.archive.org/web/20040204025308/http://southern.silvertree.org/southerngoldapp.cgi

14 general questions, then 33 questions on the gold application and 26 for bronze.

Question 24 on the gold application is amazing.

24. During your first hatching that you’re running as a Junior, you hear on the grapevine that your Weyrleader is flirting with prospective candidates and promising them search and/or impression on acceptance of TS. Your Weyrwoman is his RL wife, and has no idea any of this is going on, and in fact, you know, told him on a number of occasions not to TS. What do you do?

I don’t think I’ve ever seen vaguebooking in the form of an application question before.

ELI5. In a silly-drama way, to stay on topic.

Really old drama.

I almost put this in the “Good Things” thread just as an example of things I’m so glad we decided as a group to stop doing.

https://web.archive.org/web/20040204025308/http://southern.silvertree.org/southerngoldapp.cgi

14 general questions, then 33 questions on the gold application and 26 for bronze.

Question 24 on the gold application is amazing.

24. During your first hatching that you’re running as a Junior, you hear on the grapevine that your Weyrleader is flirting with prospective candidates and promising them search and/or impression on acceptance of TS. Your Weyrwoman is his RL wife, and has no idea any of this is going on, and in fact, you know, told him on a number of occasions not to TS. What do you do?

I don’t think I’ve ever seen vaguebooking in the form of an application question before.

“Leave.”

I almost put this in the “Good Things” thread just as an example of things I’m so glad we decided as a group to stop doing.

https://web.archive.org/web/20040204025308/http://southern.silvertree.org/southerngoldapp.cgi

14 general questions, then 33 questions on the gold application and 26 for bronze.

Question 24 on the gold application is amazing.

24. During your first hatching that you’re running as a Junior, you hear on the grapevine that your Weyrleader is flirting with prospective candidates and promising them search and/or impression on acceptance of TS. Your Weyrwoman is his RL wife, and has no idea any of this is going on, and in fact, you know, told him on a number of occasions not to TS. What do you do?