So I went on the forums this morning to find everyone talking about how the Bar needs to be sorted.
Again.
I don't see why we bother to talk about it. We have no power to make and proper changes in the forums, and we really have only ourselves to blame for the RP explosion that caused all this. It's really too late in the tournament to even try and revert back to the talking-heads RP style, and even if we do pull it off it won't save the bar's repuation one bit. Everyone will still remember it as being full of creepy losers who get their characters married to one another instead of cheering on the best cyborg animal. And thinking of it like that, it really makes me want to put of RP'ing next year, because at this stage no-one knows what's going to happen to the forums at the end of the tournament. Will it get a clean-out? Will it be archived, or reformatted? No-one's about to tell us any time soon, and it worries me.
Honestly, the only way I can see this getting sorted is if the Major and Gravitas come in and do a bit of rearranging, as well as putting down some guidlines for us to follow. But, as I so tactfully put it one time, the mod's official stance on those who frequent the bar is "Fuck 'em. Have a burger". Or, in EnforcerWolf's case, "Fuck 'em, hope they burn". So the only thing we can hope for is that something gets sorted out at the start of next torunament, because the Major is too nice a person to not ignore the situation we've got. But when he does, what will he do? I'm seeing some of us being banned for some reason or other, or probated at the very least - and on that list is myself, AtJ, Del and Erebus for the whole marriage shenanigans and Cornwind for being a drama hog. JRM can whine all he wants about the old days, but unless the mods step in we're going to have to put up with what we've got.
Anyway, to cheer you all up about the rant, here's a jazzy Nyan Cat. I know David Wulf likes jazz, so this is his cup of tea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoUAiHTQNUE
Marriage isn't even sexy-times RP. Long as we don't cross THAT line, we should be good...right?
ReplyDeleteIf I get banned/probated, I will be saaaad. D:
I hope so. Marriage is nowhere near as creepy as sexy-times (which we never touch on anyway lol), but I can still see it becoming a bit of an issue, as it's more about the RP'ing and less about ZF, which is what the bar was about in the first place.
ReplyDeleteMy worry is that once the tournament is over, Major's gonna come in and do a big clean-up and rule format, and all the fun will go out of RP'ing next ZF. Of course, we all know he's too nice to take all the fun away from us, but I still get nervous every time I see MF or Gravitas go into the bar. Here's hoping, fellas.
If worse comes to worse, maybe we can make our own little place for such RPing sheenanigans. I hope.
ReplyDeleteThat'd be an idea. A seperate thing from ZF, where we could just have our whacky RP nonsense and not worry about the mods and whatnot, while we talk about which animal will biff the other on the actual forums.
ReplyDeleteHow would it work, thought? Hmm...
From what I understand, the major's view on the bar seems to be exactly that; "Fuck em, have a burger." It seems as long as we keep our weird shit in the bar proper and don't spill it out into the fights, the mods are content to just leave us alone.
ReplyDeleteI don't even see what's wrong with the current format, though. I would say the splitting of KoB and Drama Llama works quite well....
It's more of a case of people wanting the KoB to return to the old talking-heads style RP that was used before the Big Bar Brawl. That way, we could focus more on the Zoofights and less on SPHESS MARHEEN MARRIJEZZ. But unless we actually pull out our fingers and not just sit here talking about it, it'll never happen.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry if I caused any problems, guys . . .
ReplyDeleteIt's not your fault at all, Spy. If anything, you've been a brill RP'er and you've contributed a metric buttload to the RP'ing spirit. No-one's blaming you for anything.
ReplyDeleteCheer up! :D
. . . Thanks, man. Thanks a ton for that.
ReplyDeleteYou're goddamn brilliant at this too. Keep up the good work.
I don't want the bar to turn back to what it was, I just feel really bad that we alienate people like Hanz, Ogopogo, Rosello, and now maybe even Draco. I'm sorry I whine so much, I just worry about things a lot. I like the RPing and all, or else I wouldn't bother to keep up with it. Sorry for causing ya'll any anguish...
ReplyDeleteIt's okay, JRM. I understand the issue now.
ReplyDeleteIf they want to stop RP'ing, then that's fine. If you want to get them back, try to carry on with casual RP instead of all these plotlines. Perhaps they might come back, you never know! ;)
I think part of the problem for driving off the casuals was the fact that Drama Llamas came about too late; Next year, with both the Bar and the Serious threads already in place things will go smoother. Although awhile ago someone suggested making an introduction thread for new people/casuals who had no idea what was going on; If that's an idea we all like, I could write it.
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