Aow 8 billion ae challenge!

WOOT sexy partays every night!!!

Good luck with your SG, not inviting certain people is the first step in making a great SG

And yet I beg to differ in real life I have not once been judge by my family and friends. I have always been judged by how I act and am as a individual. So who is ludicrous now?

This I can agree with this is exactly how I see things real life and in video games.

My guess would be that you don't hang out with prostitutes, drug addicts or child porn ring leaders?

Either way you are blessed if people do not judge you atleast occassionally by the company that you keep. Most of society is not that lucky.

**btw seems you possibly took my term "ludicrous" as a personal slight, was not intended and sorry if I offended.

Dang I wish I was free to join other SG's because that is an awesome name and would go so well with one of my "Hawt" named characters. :-)

GL with your group guys! Even if you never have more than 2 members you are already FOW!

Sadly I have a track record from high school that proves this theory...

Ditto. I really enjoy CriticalKat's posts. So well thought out, concise, and entertaining. I think she has a secret literary career that we don't know about.

(And no Kat, I'm not kissing your ***; unless I have a drink in me).

Lol if you only knew.

That is so hawt! Drinks on me!~

I lol'd.

Appreciate it Kat

....Or she is a man

Wait . . . . what?


Oh and i love seeing Pingus in these lists . . . . considering we have maybe 10 active players at any given time.

I think someone is in love.

Oh, if it's my pick, then it'll be Mr. Fantasicalpantsmcfacekicker.

One of the best LOLs in a LOLathon thread.

Huh, I thought it was Mr. Grinch? Now who will steal Christmas?

Depends . . . . is this Christmas you speak of a community thing?

If that is the case i think AOW will take it.


<sorry had to bring it back on topic>

That's what she said.

Ever read "The Mouse that Roared"?

I haven't been around nearly enough recently to comment at length on just about anything - new jobs are wonderful, but they tend to take a toll on free time... That said, one thing that I think appears to be relevant here is something that a fairly well known guy named Plato said about two thousand years ago, and that is, to paraphrase, that anyone who is actually qualified to do the job of leading is almost certain to have to be pushed into doing it, either by neccessity or by force. Why? Because anyone that has the qualities really needed for it is probably smart enough to realize that doing it right is more misery for themselves than it is fun. In short, they aren't likely to want the job because they actually understand the job, and the job sucks.

This is how you can generally tell when you can trust someone to lead you as true as they can: They aren't the first person to stand up and take the job, and when they do take the job, it's frequently more "I'll do my best to get you through this, or die trying" than it is "WE'RE AWESOME! NO ONE CAN STOP US! KOOL AID AND SNACKS TO THE LEFT!" Sure, everyone loves a pat on the back after a job well done, but if you take the job seriously, the satisfaction gotten from it isn't from that pat, it's from seeing everyone ELSE happy to get it done.

And that's I think why people hold up folks like Amygdala, Kat, and Ping as exemplary leaders. They don't demand that others follow them, merely step forward and offer to go first into whatever challenge is there - if you want to come with them, they will do all they can to help you. If you don't, peace to you, and via con Dios. Leadership doesn't flow from how much cash you drop, or how much you can earn, or even how much effort you can get others to output. It comes not only from the trust you instill in the people around you, but the humility to understand that that trust not only must be earned, but returned with interest, and that's a tall order.

And now, back to work...

-M