Another Apology

Deinarious · Post by **Deinarious** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:46 am

I am deeply regretful and sorry for wanting to create characters of races I've designed. I now understand that not only is there a background I should stick with, but that my ideas suck. I am also sorry for being such a whiny bitch.

I am also starting to think that several of you (Mostly GMs, Poots and Donal) hate me, so I shall just let you feel that way. Wouldn't be the first time people have hated me, but that's another story. Now, if you excuse me, I am going to go punish myself for such stupidity...

(note: if this isn't mature, I don't rightly give a damn. Same thing if its a "poor little me" act, which my own mother says I do all the time. Flame me if you wish, I deserve it...)

Alexander · Post by **Alexander** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:08 am

Dude?!.........*silence*.........just settle down and have fun. It is a game....... Just settle down.

Arien Edhel · Post by **Arien Edhel** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:34 pm

And none of the GM hates you, perhaps we are a little nerved sometimes

Thalodos Artemetus · Post by **Thalodos Artemetus** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:36 pm

Arien Edhel wrote:And none of the GM hates you, perhaps we are a little nerved sometimes

I hear you guys make voodoo dolls of the one you do hate, is this true?

Aegohl · Post by **Aegohl** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:35 pm

No. Whoever told you this is a total liar! We send long-range homing missiles.

Thalodos Artemetus · Post by **Thalodos Artemetus** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:37 pm

Hmm.. careful, george bush might attack you for oil.

Kevin Lightdot · Post by **Kevin Lightdot** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:09 pm

GMs can be a bit touchy they appear to be doing alot of work lately.
Donal is just mean.
And who the hell is poots?

Dónal Mason · Post by **Dónal Mason** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:12 pm

Thanks.

And frankly, I don't think I've been that mean to this guy.

Aegohl · Post by **Aegohl** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 6:48 pm

I don't personally think we've been too touchy; we just don't fit your expectations. You're used to representatives of games that you pay for where they have to hide their feelings behind professional jargon. We work hard for nothing, and, while we sometimes speak in representative tones, it's not necessarily always going to be the case.

We were players before we were staff members.

That being said, people have said things that they wouldn't say to eachother, expecting us to be professional in our replies. We aren't professionals. We're hobbyists, like you.

Pendar · Post by **Pendar** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:40 pm

Edit:
Actually no...
Just not going there in the context of this thread. Jikken if any one hated you be sure you would be most entirely aware.
See you in game
Brian

Alexander · Post by **Alexander** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:33 am

Aegohl wrote:I don't personally think we've been too touchy; we just don't fit your expectations. You're used to representatives of games that you pay for where they have to hide their feelings behind professional jargon. We work hard for nothing, and, while we sometimes speak in representative tones, it's not necessarily always going to be the case.

We were players before we were staff members.

That being said, people have said things that they wouldn't say to eachother, expecting us to be professional in our replies. We aren't professionals. We're hobbyists, like you.

In other words GM's are just people too.....people who can delete you if you are bad. hehe. I can only imagine if I had to put up with myself I'd probably me a little touchy too. I mean GMing would be like another full-time job. Expecially at this time of year that has to be stressful. I know this is getting a little off-topic, but.....well.....thanks for all the work you guys put into this game for nothing. I hope that in the future all people who work in Illarion get the understanding they deserve. Whoa where did that all come from?! I think Anne Landers stole my keyboard for a second. Later then.

Aegohl · Post by **Aegohl** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:25 am

On the other hand, we do get to play with lots of neat stuff...

Send all your thanks to the little guys, please. While core developers and GM's get all the fun there are some people who work and don't even get a GM character to PK people with. =)

That would include individuals like:

Cliu Beothach
Keikan Hiru
Lennier
Pendar Fayed
Josefine
Ceigan Ibatha
Manuel (I think he was allowed to tool around with a lich, though.)
The various and numerous testers

and probably others that, but for my forgetful mind and not for my lack of respect, I forgot about.

The downside of being a GM, though, comes in the name. People see your GM name and, while some players bestow you with unneeded extra reverence (alright, it's nice sometimes =) ) there are some people who instead no longer deal with you as if there's a player behind the GM mask. For example, I have a feeling I could move around the boards on more neutral grounds if I used a board account with the name, we'll say, of Slasthulphus.

Even better, if my post had a few barbs in it (and just because I say something sarcastic, cynical, or even downright mean doesn't mean I hate you or that the staff hates you. It means you set me up to say something funny most of the time.) it would be accepted at face value. Now, at best it's considered unprofessional and at worst it's considered the official statement of the staff.

Isilwen · Post by **Isilwen** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 1:41 pm

*gives Aegohl a cookie*

Thalodos Artemetus · Post by **Thalodos Artemetus** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 1:43 pm

Omg Aegohl, your post was sarcastic, cynical and even downright mean. You and the illarion team obviously hate us all, you are so un proffessional

Deinarious · Post by **Deinarious** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:36 am

I didn't say all of the GMs hated me. I just meant Japheth. But, I'm over it. And from now on, call me by my real name, Chris. jikken21 is just an alias I use at every website I'm a member at. I'd like my real name to be used when talking to me, although my full name is Christopher Robert Fowler. Just call me Chris.

And Donal, Poots is the guy who plays Allen the halfling smith/thief. He attacked Raina once. Still not a fan of him, but I want to have him in the community I'm creating with the Sims 2 (see the "Come to Faellodion" post in the Off Topic section.) I added Dravish, so why not Allen?.

Dónal Mason · Post by **Dónal Mason** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 8:13 am

I know who he is, and I never asked anyway.