A thanks to the Underdark (and others)
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 6:05 pm
(Warning this is long and includes the words cool and awesome waay too much)
I was going to wait for an appropriate time, like after a major event or retirement or something, but with posts about player conflict and cliques and stuff up I wanted to take a little time to send a big thanks to some people who display no cliquishness, make time for new players, who are top notch roleplayers, have interesting characters and generally make my time on the server enjoyable. Some of these are ongoing RP, some were quick one-off interactions that made me think, "wow this place is cool and I want to be like them."
Xyrmoira: an ongoing source of great RP and very complex character. She showed me around the UD the first hour I was on and has turned into some wonderfully deep RP as she goes on her journey both on foot and in her soul. (The grove and their involvement as well).
Isak Fisker and Zelos Xun'viir: I'm not sure if anyone doesn't know how cool they are. You should. Interesting top to bottom, fun faction-ish/group concept. 10/10 on both of them. Taking the time to work with my unknown character and really involve them in stuff immediately was inspiring. (Sin'ae as a foil to Zelos is hilarious too- props, she adds a lot of real world feel to the group).
Laelda Imydrin - besides being an excellent RPer, having cool little games that help you get to know your fellow adventurers, and just dripping drowness wherever she goes - there is a whole level of complexity and detail with her that drives you to step up.
Zenar - Just love her, her story, journey, etc. Lot of deep feelings and emotion buried under her facade. Fun to play with. (It is especially interesting to hear her attitude back to back with Sephine (SF) - one slave making lemonade out of lemons, the other just so spiteful and angry- SF is a really cool character as well; sorry I nabbed you for a 2 hour RP session when you were trying to do your first delivery jobs as a new character and that the RP ended up with you being killed by a drow. Rough start fresh off the boat).
Josephine "Jo" - Love to just hang out with her and try to decipher what she's saying; very good story, have had a lot of fun talking with her.
Isandra/Tebrynn/Vance Gravelle/Kitiara/stacks of Drow Matrons/former Matron Rae - people who have taken the time to talk to me while I am not high level or if any importance. Having someone whose name is known everywhere take 30 minutes out of their playtime to talk to you it can really give a new (to the UD) player a positive attitude going forward and really makes you want to try to be a better, more inclusive player. . I am still too scared to talk to Sojourner and Belfryn for some reason IC. I think Belfryn threatened to kill me once, I'm counting that as a good interaction for him. I try to be respectful that people in positions of power and know they just get piles of reports and attend back to back meetings some days for hours and give them space but all of these players/characters are approachable and kind (oocly at least- actual RP outcomes may vary and include the loss of limb).
Adding to the list above of people who shouldn't have had time for my character but who offered interesting interactions: Ezekiel the Mayor of Guldrand and Saelynn the elf who runs Darrowdeep.
There are also players that I mostly interact with around the Hub or on a quick adventure that just add some really great texture to the world, but I haven't really had the time to dive to deep into their stories yet. Just people you're friendly to and I think, yeah totally going to hang with them and find out what makes them tick, then I get dragged into something else or to Baator and don't get the time with them I'd like: Many-Face, Nala, Neska, the whole Myt'tar family, I miss my gobo friends like Two teeth and his bros, the Rosemaws the Dustwroughts I've barely scratched the surface on, Ravares but I'm kinda scared of her, Elrith, Alloywin(? butchered that name), the next gen drow boys- Nazir and Nadeyl I get the most time with... anyway this list could go on pages. Listing all the interesting characters in Andunor right now is a really impossible task.
I guess I'm posting this to let people know there tons of really great players who take the time and have mad RP skills. A little time from a character can go a long way to make someone come back for more. And not only come back, want to pay it forward and include others and spend some time on someone they don't know. Even the little things are meaningful.
I seriously wasn't sure if a slightly goofy character like mine would really pan out, but thanks to all the people have included him in things, shown him how great a character can be, and oocly been very kind, he'll be back for more.
I was going to wait for an appropriate time, like after a major event or retirement or something, but with posts about player conflict and cliques and stuff up I wanted to take a little time to send a big thanks to some people who display no cliquishness, make time for new players, who are top notch roleplayers, have interesting characters and generally make my time on the server enjoyable. Some of these are ongoing RP, some were quick one-off interactions that made me think, "wow this place is cool and I want to be like them."
Xyrmoira: an ongoing source of great RP and very complex character. She showed me around the UD the first hour I was on and has turned into some wonderfully deep RP as she goes on her journey both on foot and in her soul. (The grove and their involvement as well).
Isak Fisker and Zelos Xun'viir: I'm not sure if anyone doesn't know how cool they are. You should. Interesting top to bottom, fun faction-ish/group concept. 10/10 on both of them. Taking the time to work with my unknown character and really involve them in stuff immediately was inspiring. (Sin'ae as a foil to Zelos is hilarious too- props, she adds a lot of real world feel to the group).
Laelda Imydrin - besides being an excellent RPer, having cool little games that help you get to know your fellow adventurers, and just dripping drowness wherever she goes - there is a whole level of complexity and detail with her that drives you to step up.
Zenar - Just love her, her story, journey, etc. Lot of deep feelings and emotion buried under her facade. Fun to play with. (It is especially interesting to hear her attitude back to back with Sephine (SF) - one slave making lemonade out of lemons, the other just so spiteful and angry- SF is a really cool character as well; sorry I nabbed you for a 2 hour RP session when you were trying to do your first delivery jobs as a new character and that the RP ended up with you being killed by a drow. Rough start fresh off the boat).
Josephine "Jo" - Love to just hang out with her and try to decipher what she's saying; very good story, have had a lot of fun talking with her.
Isandra/Tebrynn/Vance Gravelle/Kitiara/stacks of Drow Matrons/former Matron Rae - people who have taken the time to talk to me while I am not high level or if any importance. Having someone whose name is known everywhere take 30 minutes out of their playtime to talk to you it can really give a new (to the UD) player a positive attitude going forward and really makes you want to try to be a better, more inclusive player. . I am still too scared to talk to Sojourner and Belfryn for some reason IC. I think Belfryn threatened to kill me once, I'm counting that as a good interaction for him. I try to be respectful that people in positions of power and know they just get piles of reports and attend back to back meetings some days for hours and give them space but all of these players/characters are approachable and kind (oocly at least- actual RP outcomes may vary and include the loss of limb).
Adding to the list above of people who shouldn't have had time for my character but who offered interesting interactions: Ezekiel the Mayor of Guldrand and Saelynn the elf who runs Darrowdeep.
There are also players that I mostly interact with around the Hub or on a quick adventure that just add some really great texture to the world, but I haven't really had the time to dive to deep into their stories yet. Just people you're friendly to and I think, yeah totally going to hang with them and find out what makes them tick, then I get dragged into something else or to Baator and don't get the time with them I'd like: Many-Face, Nala, Neska, the whole Myt'tar family, I miss my gobo friends like Two teeth and his bros, the Rosemaws the Dustwroughts I've barely scratched the surface on, Ravares but I'm kinda scared of her, Elrith, Alloywin(? butchered that name), the next gen drow boys- Nazir and Nadeyl I get the most time with... anyway this list could go on pages. Listing all the interesting characters in Andunor right now is a really impossible task.
I guess I'm posting this to let people know there tons of really great players who take the time and have mad RP skills. A little time from a character can go a long way to make someone come back for more. And not only come back, want to pay it forward and include others and spend some time on someone they don't know. Even the little things are meaningful.
I seriously wasn't sure if a slightly goofy character like mine would really pan out, but thanks to all the people have included him in things, shown him how great a character can be, and oocly been very kind, he'll be back for more.
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