The Players Corner Archive

Last night, I was up in Vruuls alone and died. There wasn't anyone in the area, and the people trying to get to me couldn't remember how to work the puzzle to get in the area. After I decayed (grrr...), some people were annoyed that I didn't use an "assistant", or that darn box, to ask for help. I don't think less, or badly of people that do that... I know that box is used often to ask for help, spells, picking, etc. But, if I would have turned on the box and told someone I was rotting in Vruuls and get up there ASAP, it just seems a bit like cheating to me.

My refusal to turn on that darn box is starting to have a negative impact on some of my friends, and relationships, and I don't want that to happen. Does anyone else have this problem, or am I the only person in Elanthia that doesn't listen to messages from the great beyond?

Summer

[This message has been edited by Summerlyn (edited 01-10-2002).] reg

I sometimes use the IM to get directions to places that my character SHOULD know, such as the Temple (in another game) since she IS a priestess and knowing how to get through the gauntlet goes with the territory. And of COURSE she knows how to get to the place her entire race lives, so I'll use it for directions there when I forget too.

I might even use it to ask a friend if he has a leech in (like an amulet rubbed) so I know whether or not to bother asking for the person on the net. But I would NEVER tell someone I need a rescue, and I would NEVER use IM to solve something that my character wouldn't already know. Mostly it's just my lousy memory that makes me rely on it. I'd write it down but I"d forget where I put the paper.

Short term memory is the first to go, ladies and gents.

R
reg

If your friendships extend beyond the boundaries of the game confines then turn it on and chat with them when not in the game.

Most friends understand when told 'busy now, will chat later' and won't insist on having your undivided attention at that moment.

Yes, it is very rude to be chatting with someone in game and have them be unresponsive for minutes at a time because they are too busy chatting with someone else and expect you to sit there waiting for them to respond. I hate that too.

In the circumstance you describe, yes your friends are being too demanding for ooc communication when you die. However, using the death circumstance is not really a justification for not ever turning on IMs and chatting with friends in IMs if they are friendships that extend beyond the game. If you want to restrict it to just the game then tell them so and stick to it. Don't tell them your IM name in the first place. They won't expect anything

When you were on your 90-day vacation from the game you found it very easy to IM with friends without the surroundings of the game. It still works that way now, if you choose to let it. There's more to life and friendships then the game.

~Still your friend, just never get to talk with you, and exploiting this opportunity to tell you I miss you. reg

I use ICQ to talk with my dad since he lives in Florida and there's no point in paying long distance when we can catch up for free.

One of these days I'll splurge the $5 for a decent microphone and use the voice chat feature too ::chuckles::

R
reg

And very good point, Sayrena.... except my "vacation" was 111 days, not 90 (hee hee). It's true I relate everything and everybody connected to Gemstone to the computer, and I guess I assume that I will inter-act with them within the game. I use the phone to keep in contact with my "in-person" family and friends. There are times that I'm at work, and can't go in the game, and I'll use IM just to chat, but you're right, those times are too rare. Of course, you do know what can happen when you and I spend any length of time "chatting"... somehow, trouble seems to come of nowhere and bite us in the... hmm, nose!

Summer reg