Nalrok_AthZim

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by DumpleBerry View Post
    For reference, some of us who have posted in here have been RPing for a very, very long time. Even "very long" in the context of CoH. Maybe I'm just a big grump, and overly cynical--but I cut my roleplaying teeth on the ins and outs under Atlas, and then Galaxy City.

    Some nights, we'd have fifty or more people, of all sorts and stripes. I've seen a lot of good and bad roleplay. Frankly, I'm probably personally responsible for some not-so-bad and really-awful roleplay. Your thread is fine, and your intent is noble--but you can't hold a public event and expect to police out the folks that you disagree with. You might as well try roleplaying a bouncer in Pocket D.

    So, take what you learned from your first event, and apply it to your second. Anyone of us who have ever run a public RP event has gone through the same trials you have.

    Best wishes.
    Thank you for the sound advice. I find that people usually don't have a lot of things to say in situations like this. I respect you for actually offering up advice and not heeding my inherent grumpiness.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by High_Jinks View Post
    I was on as First Player.
    Wrong quote. XD

    By the way your costume (and all of the ones you make) kick ***.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Xanatos View Post
    Random tangent - how was the venue? Can the MC hold a lot of people? Did it seem suited to a networking event? Would you use it again?
    The venue was pretty well suited to the event, actually. Lots of room, individual areas for people to go if they wanted to split off, good capacity. Didn't see any lag or anything. I'd use it again, if the opportunity called for it.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by High_Jinks View Post
    I had fun.
    May I ask who you were on as? I'm positive I'd recognize you, but maybe you arrived after I left.
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by DumpleBerry View Post
    Sorry. I hope your next one goes better.
    Thank you, I appreciate that.

    However I do not appreciate having your posts dangled in front of me when I clearly put too much faith in the social status of this game. It went poorly. People did exactly what you said they'd do. Thanks. I didn't realize that before, during, or after the event.

    Sarcasm aside, I know I haven't been the most accepting gent in this thread. But seriously, something a little more constructive than "Look, I totally called it" would be nice.
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by DumpleBerry View Post
    So yeah.
    Yes, thanks for sending me an "I Told You So" for an event you had nothing to do with. You've accomplished so much.
  6. I'd like to clarify something: I did, in fact, ignore the players in question. I pulled out of my own event without saying a word (chat logs to prove it, too) and went out to participate in a positively amazing RP Tin Mage TF with Paladin, Dechs and a few wonderful others. While that didn't stop me from getting up the next morning with a stomach ache and taking it out on the forums with my admittedly-hasty post against Heat and Volt here, I still kept my cool during the event and took it upon myself to call it early and move on.

    Apparently beef ribs, heartburn and 9AM don't mix well with me. I've apologized for my post, will do better to organize a more accepting event in the future, and sincerely hope they won't come to a conclusion that's anything like the one I saw this past weekend.

    Now I'm gonna do this again soon. Maybe the crowd from this original attempt ('fratboy' types included) would like to give this a second go with a little more levelheadedness on my part.
  7. Glad to see you on the forums, Waret! And thanks for coming, you and Voehler.

    Voehler, who were you on as?
  8. I've edited my previous posts, but I've talked with two of them now. I'm trying to settle the dust.

    Long story short: I was pissed the hell of because this shindig fell apart in less than an hour and I had about 9 people let me know in /tells that they were upset due to the players causing the whole mess, and another 10 people tell me they were glad they didn't show up.

    That's disheartening and really ******* frustrating. Yeah, I acted hastily and yeah, I got my pants in a knot. If I caused your event to go sour then you'd be pissed at me.

    I'm trying to keep good air between the two whom I've talked to, because I'll respect anyone who calls me on my frustrated rantings and I'd rather build bridges.
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mind Phobia View Post
    Okay just want to say, I had a pretty good time. Except that someone kept IM'ing me during it, which was of course, very distracting. I was Taboo, the shy one.


    Anyway, I liked how it was going, and only left when a friend of mine came online, and I saw the frat bunch started turning it into silliness. Anyway, I actually impressed myself that I did speak up as much as I did. Here's hoping I didn't say anything too foolish sounding.


    Thanks Nalrok for the hosting.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ardrea View Post
    I had a good time too. This event was a good start, and sure, parts of it may not have worked out as originally hoped. There were a few non-rp observers who were doing power spams (possibly without realizing it), and the atmosphere did slide into too much of a party later on.

    Focusing the invites may help the next time around, limiting advertising off the main global channels, and even keeping an option to relocate if needed, may help.

    I want to thank the organizers -- your efforts are very much appreciated!
    I'm glad you guys had a good time, and again, thanks for coming out. I hope to see you all again in the future.
  10. Nalrok_AthZim

    Hello Virtue!

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tramontane View Post
    Hello, and welcome.

    A word of warning, snarky vigilante sorts are a dime a dozen on this server.

    Not that it's necessarily a point against you. Just letting you know.
    What he said.

    Welcome and don't let the snarky jerks get to you!
  11. Alright folks, time for a summary.

    The event started off well and progressed that way for about an hour. I tried to make global friend connections with everyone there, as I really enjoyed myself and it seemed like people were enjoying themselves.

    About an hour in, the event went to hell.

    Now, Shade and I are going to continue doing stuff like this because what we did see before the stupidity ensued was Grade-A "what we want to have" RP material.

    Unfortunately I think the next time I do this I'm going to send out PMs rather than announce the time and location publicly. I'll make a post saying I'm doing another RP event, but it will simply say "Post in this thread if you want to know when/where it is" or something to that effect.

    For those of you that attended, thank you so much. It meant a lot to me.
  12. Yeah, I'll let you guys know. I'm pretty pissed off at what happened and I'm also very disappointed with the discovery of these jackasses.

    I used to think they were actual RPers.
  13. Don't kick yourselves too hard, the event was crashed by jerks whom I'd be glad to name outside of the forums for purposes of global ignore.
  14. Event begins in 10! All ye who wish to attend, c'mon into the Midnighter Club's vendor room!
  15. This thread's theme song is now officially "Still Alive" from Portal.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by SpyralPegacyon View Post
    Midnighter's, huh? The vendor at the round table is a popular one, but we'll see! Ricki will be there to start and help represent the Entropy Legion, we'll also see if Flamethrower, Komet, and Tide can make an appearance as well.
    If things get too vendor-y we can always move to either the red- or blue-side library wings. I'm flexible.
  17. Countering sexism with sexism isn't the answer.
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    I thought you meant they'd have to change the whole skeleton to add figners
    Figners! The things on your hnads!
  19. Usually, when people do something great, the people around them chant "Speech, speech, speech!"

    When Steelclaw's around, the people around him chant "List, list, list!"
  20. Dr. Aeon: ... No. One to teleport! *fzzzzt*
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bad_Influence View Post
    I might agree with you, if I could figure out what the problem was.... and looking at the pix, I dont see a problem so....
    The view on the left is color customizable and has reflective shader maps.

    The view on the right has neither. No secondary color, no reflection on the boots.

    Look real close, man. One looks like brass and is shiny, the other looks like corn.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bad_Influence View Post
    ....Excellent news! Thank you for this much-needed fix!

    Now add the option to have the original Victorian Steampunk makeup on the Victorian Steampunk face to the NEXT patch, and we'll be settled up for true.
    Now they just need to fix this junk:



    FIX THE SHADERS PLEASE!
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Moderator 13 View Post
    Hello everyone,

    I'd like to take a moment and ask you to keep this thread on topic. Name-calling, as well as gratuitously insulting uninvolved players, is not appropriate, neither to this thread, nor to the forums.

    Thank you,
    Moderator 13
    Thanks, Mr. 13.