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importance is of course an individual thing - I am not talking about anything being relevant to me being also relevenat to this thread, this bord, this world ;-)

I mostly lack YOUR answer on my question 8 posts up.

Moronic things to do before you die #5,467: "Try to get the last word in a Leiany Thread"

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Nailing Jello to the Ceiling

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My old post is still valid :) (as most of them are)

Usually I don't fall for the "justify yourself" trap but in this case I will jump in on purpose try to rely on my safe-fall-skill.

My definition of a hardcore role-player is simply someone who's choices are not dictated by success I never choose a certain race/class combination because of the benefits - instead I choose what I like and what's "appropriate" in my opinion.

For all my toons I choose armor and weapons partly because of the look of it. My Rogue pn FV bought a very effective bow once but it had the graphic of a bag so I sold it and bought a less effective one.

When I decided to play a kitten I did not ask myself or anyone else "whats the best class a vah shir can play" Finally I decided for a beastlord because the "tigger with a tiger warden" picture was cool in my opinion.

My cleric learned smithing in Kaladim on the bone chips she saved while fighting skellies as a noob and you can ask why I never created a dwarf as my smith but I just dont like the appearence of dwarfs so I'd never play one.

I know Necros and Dark Elves are great (both combined maybe even better) but I am a traveller and I dont like the feeling I am KOS in half of Norrath so race and class are no option to me.

Last month I toyed around with a Ranger and as she foraged backpacks full of stuff I started her to be a brewer although her stats on WIS/INT suck. AND I bought her a ******* Hunting Bow at lvl 1 and made her a fletcher too because I dont care if a bow is worth it at lvl 1 (especially the crappy ones at the vendors)- shes a WOOD ELF, I want to see her shoot arrows into orcs :)

I gather a LOT of information on tradeskills, yes! But that doesn't mean I rise my skills by the book from 1-200 in one playing session. Instead I still smith up on rusty weapons with my cleric (although shes over 120 now), she always has a file and extra water to make bits, studs and sheets after an adventure. And my Wood elf does a brewery session each time her backpacks are full with fruits, berries and vegetables. And the combines that have no further use I offer to my companions when in a group. I mean - getting a flask of berry juice from a wood elf girl in the desert of Ro is an appealing picture, isn't it?

I also adventure only where I like the scenery. I hate the looks of the Karanas and Qeynos Hills, and I disliked Cabilis strongly so my Qeynos toon kept dying in the catacombs because I LOVE the athmosphere and my Iksar simply got deleted.

This is justification to call myself a hard-core roleplayer - this and the fact I have about 80 social macros just for conversation (including 4 different ways to thank someone....)

/em checks her safe-fall-skill





Edited, Thu Apr 8 08:28:46 2004 by Leiany

I haven't actually seen your apology, Leiany. I re-read acouple of times. It must be too subtle for me or maybe omitted by rating filters.

But if you say you apologised that is fine. You finally accept you misunderstood the phrase and are going to stop arguing. Wonderful.

And your definition of a hardcore roleplayer would barely pass muster on FV. It is fairly similar to my own playstyle and I would not call myself a "hardcore" roleplayer (facultative possibly). A lot of it has to do with attitudes to the game rather than roleplay. The whole "journey not the destination" thing. This approach can be enjoyed just as much by roleplayers and non-roleplayers alike. All it needs is the recognition that you can play the game at any level and enjoy it.

*Shuffles in, looks around and with great trepidation then answers*

It depends.........

No, seriously, it does. :D

In the example you gave above you specified that it was someone in an office speaking. In that situation the listener would have a whole plethera of extra clues to help figure out the intended meaning. Most especially the tone of voice, speed and cadecance of words used and the facial expression of the speaker add a huge amount to the perceived meaning of any spoken phrase.

In forums like these, those extra clues are completely absent and we are left purely with the words. This lack of context almost always leads to missinterpreation of the words and the senders intent. This is an essential fact of text communication that has been around since the first words were scawled on tablets and sent to others.

The difficulty that the internet brings to the mix is that the speed at which posts are written often results in a lack of self editing during writing and we forget to reread the post to ensure we really are saying what we intended to say and that it won't be misinterpretted.

I'm afraid most of the above misunderstanding can be ascribed to the old WW1 addage of "Send three and four pence, we're going to a dance". So people, just chill.

Now to get back onto the point of RP ****'s complaining about stat sites spoiling their game....... ROFL, so what were they doing visiting this site in the first place? If they don't want to know the stats then they don't have to come here - simple.

LMAO Patrician!.....dang i needed a good laugh this morning.

Don't you people know yet that arguing with the spawn of **** sympathizers is a pointless act? I mean, come on, people, this person is a product of the people who jumped with both feet in to the comfy cozy sleeping bag with Hitler. And you expect rational thought from her? LOL

In her case it really is just like the special olympics. Arguing with her really will make leave you retarded.

(psst! Leiany, that was a shot. Don't mis-read and think it was ambiguous or anything. :)

LOL, just had to check this post out to see if it was going anywhere. Nope. LOL

Leiany, that doesn't make you a role-player, just superficial.

LOL That's the best you've got? I just called you a **** sympathizer and the best you can think of is to call me an amoeba and point out that the governor of California is an *** grabbing former Austrian US citizen? Christ, you're pathetic. You get all bent out of shape when you misunderstand a comment made by someone trying to be helpful, but when I take a direct shot at you all you have to say is that? LMAO

And Leiany, to answer your question from many posts up...from the context of your message. But I will admit that after further review you probably did not mean to imply that I said it. Touche.