So just after Issue 21 went live I restarted my latest version of my Tournament with anticipation and glee, unaware of the dark secrets and abyssal miasma of hatred and despise in which I was about to mire myself.
Oh, and before you continue, please be aware that this includes some SPOILERS... so if you haven't played through some of the new Atlas Park content you might want to shrug, mutter "Steelclaw's crazy" to yourself and go on to another thread.
That being said, I was playing my Main Hero D'Shan Steelclaw through early level content and got a new contact by the name of Aaron Thiery.
I felt a glow of surprise and happiness that one of the new contacts introduced in Issue 21 was named Aaron just like me! Now, being possessed of a warped mind, I of course toyed with the idea that it was a sort of anonymous, left-handed tribute to myself. I wasn't serious about that, mind you, since I'm not known here as anything other than Steelclaw and a few derogatory terms, but still, the thought crossed my mind...
And then I got into the story.
Apparently... despite people sending you to talk to Aaron... no one really likes him. Indeed, the introducing contact goes out of his way to say Aaron is "wierd" and "I don't really like him, but..."
Ummm... Okay... I squirm a little uncomfortably... I mean... I THOUGHT I was generally accepted if not liked by the Dev team... but obviously they weren't talking about me... right?
Then the story line develops and we find out that Aaron is really a backstabbing horrible individual who helped Arachnos invade Atlas Park.
Ouch! Okay! So maybe I made a few lists that poked fun at the Mods and Devs... still that doesn't make me a backstabbing traitor does it? The jokes weren't THAT bad...
Finally you manage the corner the unsavory Aaron at the end of the last mission and he... ::takes a deep breath:: He ASKS YOU TO KILL HIM! Aaron pleads with you to kill him in cold blood!
::shudders::
Now... I'm not saying that the Developers deliberately created a hated character who (apparently) deserves to be slaughtered at his own request and purposefully gave him my name... Still... it's an interesting stretch of the old odds, doncha think? Ummm... No... No I definitely do NOT believe the Devs would do something like that over a few joke lists and some harmless poking...
But still...
I would like to issue a public and heartfelt apology to any Developers and Moderators, past, present and future for any offenses they may have felt were directed at them due to my lists, jokes or comments.
Furthermore, if the Devs and/or Mods need to reach me I will be in my new Safe Room I've had built in my basement. For the immediate future I will be declining any invitations to CoH Meet and Greets.
My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw
So just after Issue 21 went live I restarted my latest version of my Tournament with anticipation and glee, unaware of the dark secrets and abyssal miasma of hatred and despise in which I was about to mire myself.
Oh, and before you continue, please be aware that this includes some SPOILERS... so if you haven't played through some of the new Atlas Park content you might want to shrug, mutter "Steelclaw's crazy" to yourself and go on to another thread.
That being said, I was playing my Main Hero D'Shan Steelclaw through early level content and got a new contact by the name of Aaron Thiery.
I felt a glow of surprise and happiness that one of the new contacts introduced in Issue 21 was named Aaron just like me! Now, being possessed of a warped mind, I of course toyed with the idea that it was a sort of anonymous, left-handed tribute to myself. I wasn't serious about that, mind you, since I'm not known here as anything other than Steelclaw and a few derogatory terms, but still, the thought crossed my mind...
And then I got into the story.
Apparently... despite people sending you to talk to Aaron... no one really likes him. Indeed, the introducing contact goes out of his way to say Aaron is "wierd" and "I don't really like him, but..."
Ummm... Okay... I squirm a little uncomfortably... I mean... I THOUGHT I was generally accepted if not liked by the Dev team... but obviously they weren't talking about me... right?
Then the story line develops and we find out that Aaron is really a backstabbing horrible individual who helped Arachnos invade Atlas Park.
Ouch! Okay! So maybe I made a few lists that poked fun at the Mods and Devs... still that doesn't make me a backstabbing traitor does it? The jokes weren't THAT bad...
Finally you manage the corner the unsavory Aaron at the end of the last mission and he... ::takes a deep breath:: He ASKS YOU TO KILL HIM! Aaron pleads with you to kill him in cold blood!
::shudders::
Now... I'm not saying that the Developers deliberately created a hated character who (apparently) deserves to be slaughtered at his own request and purposefully gave him my name... Still... it's an interesting stretch of the old odds, doncha think? Ummm... No... No I definitely do NOT believe the Devs would do something like that over a few joke lists and some harmless poking...
But still...
I would like to issue a public and heartfelt apology to any Developers and Moderators, past, present and future for any offenses they may have felt were directed at them due to my lists, jokes or comments.
Furthermore, if the Devs and/or Mods need to reach me I will be in my new Safe Room I've had built in my basement. For the immediate future I will be declining any invitations to CoH Meet and Greets.
My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw