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Roleplayer's Delight and Trolls

buschmakobuschmako Member Posts: 11 Arc User
I could write a very angry letter right now about Trolls Who Hate Roleplay, but I decided instead merely to express some constructive criticism. I want to share this with you because most of you reading this have your hearts in the right place. Now follow your hearts with actions. Now that I've had time to think hard about Trolls Who Hate Roleplay, my only question is this: Why? Why tell us how to live, what to say, what to think, what to know, and—most importantly—what not to know? Perhaps the answer is best saved for another. Let me simply note that we must certainly illustrate the virtues that Trolls Who Hate Roleplay lack—courage, truthfulness, courtesy, honesty, diligence, chivalry, loyalty, and industry. Does that sound extremist? Is it too aberrant for you? I'm sorry if it seems that way, but that's life.

Ultimately, this is all about choice. We can choose to let Trolls Who Hate Roleplay expose and neutralize its rivals rather than sit at the same table and negotiate, or we can choose to reach the broadest possible audience with the message that I regret not writing this sooner. That's a stark choice. To my mind it isn't even a choice at all. The latter option is the only one that shows the world that I am aware that many people may object to the severity of my language. But is there no cause for severity? Naturally, I believe that there is because whenever someone accuses Trolls Who Hate Roleplay of engulfing the world in a dense miasma of barbarism, its one-size-fits-all response is that cell-phone towers are in fact covert mind-control devices that use scalar waves to beam images into people's brains while they sleep. This galimatias should make you realize that that fact is simply inescapable to any thinking man or woman. “Thinking” is the key word in the previous sentence.

Trolls Who Hate Roleplaybelieve that they can succeed without trying. It should not be surprising that they believe this, however. As we all know, minds that have been so maimed that they believe that Trolls Who Hate Roleplay has answers to everything can believe anything, especially if it's false. I, hardheaded cynic that I am, feel no more personal hatred for Trolls Who Hate Roleplay than I might feel for a herd of wild animals or a cluster of poisonous reptiles. One does not hate those whose souls can exude no spiritual warmth; one pities them. There; my ranting is finished.
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  • devtrackerdevtracker Member Posts: 66 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I obviously dont know what event inspired this thread, but I would just like to remind you that A) there are usually always multiple instances of any given social map, meaning if you are having a problem on one you can probably get away from the troll by switching and B) the foundry is great for creating social RP areas that only members of your team can enter with you. So if you and 4 other RPers enter a foundry mission together, no one else can bother you.
  • aloishammeraloishammer Member Posts: 3,294 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    What in the Wide World of Sports...?
  • talonxvtalonxv Member Posts: 4,257 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Welcome to the interwebz when you're supposed to live my way, right now, when I say it how I say it. THIS VERY MOMENT.

    Well that's what people try to tell me. I usually give them this ..!..

    All I say is who cares. They don't like it, there's a FANTASTIC new invention on Star trek. Called the IGNORE FUNCTION. Try it, you might like it.
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  • cptjhuntercptjhunter Member Posts: 2,288 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I love these "Pot hates kettle" threads.:rolleyes:
  • purplegamerpurplegamer Member Posts: 1,015 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    devtracker wrote: »
    I obviously dont know what event inspired this thread, but I would just like to remind you that A) there are usually always multiple instances of any given social map, meaning if you are having a problem on one you can probably get away from the troll by switching and B) the foundry is great for creating social RP areas that only members of your team can enter with you. So if you and 4 other RPers enter a foundry mission together, no one else can bother you.

    I hear the "you can change maps" response quite often. Having the opportunity to enter a different instance does not and should not excuse the behavior of people who disrupt others. Nor is it a satisfying answer to the problem; having to leave your instance because of what someone else is doing is the problem.
  • doffingcomradedoffingcomrade Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    It sounds to me like SOMEONE was being creepy in public and got sprayed, seeing as I cannot imagine how the actions of other players in a zone can have any effect on you if you were not BEING CREEPERS.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • devtrackerdevtracker Member Posts: 66 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I hear the "you can change maps" response quite often. Having the opportunity to enter a different instance does not and should not excuse the behavior of people who disrupt others. Nor is it a satisfying answer to the problem; having to leave your instance because of what someone else is doing is the problem.

    I'm not disagreeing with you, but all you can do is report the offender and wait for Cryptic to do something. So you can either sit on your hands and wait for a GM to act, or you can take advantage of the options I mentioned.
  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    *eats popcorn*

    This wont end well

    *crunch*
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  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    neoakiraii wrote: »
    *eats popcorn*

    This wont end well

    *crunch*

    Carmel or Kettle flavored?
  • talonxvtalonxv Member Posts: 4,257 Arc User
    edited March 2014

    butter or nothing!
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  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    talonxv wrote: »
    butter or nothing!

    Butter for you. Will there be any other orders before the movie starts?
  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    neoakiraii wrote: »
    *eats popcorn*

    This wont end well

    *crunch*

    I know how it ends! Community Mod saying "Ok, enough." and closing it! :D

    RPers are OK, better than hard-core PvPers... ;)
  • aloishammeraloishammer Member Posts: 3,294 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Butter for you. Will there be any other orders before the movie starts?

    Classic '70s Drive-In with powdered butter flavor and tongue-swelling salt level, please. :)
  • buschmakobuschmako Member Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Ah yes, it is good to see nice, wholesome movie theater roleplay. I hope nobody shows up to ruin it, as the playerbase seems to do nowadays.
  • rylanadionysisrylanadionysis Member Posts: 3,359 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    What did SFD do now?

    lol
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  • askrayaskray Member Posts: 3,329 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    And we're just going to close this thread.
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