Dispelling Myth #1:
The Coven is a player-run group of female spellcasters.
Dispelling Myth #2:
Moonstone Abbey accepts characters of all genders, races and professions.
Dispelling Myth #3:
Moonstone Abbey is an officially recognized Great House.
The Coven is not an officially recognized Great House.
Dispelling Myth #4:
Moonstone Abbey is not the officially recognized House of a female only group of characters.
Moonstone Abbey is the ancestral home of the original Coven Sisters. (Role-playing concept many people don't seem to be able to grasp)
Dispelling Myth #5:
Moonstone Abbey was approved as a Great House at the same time as Willow Hall, Jarkata(sp?) and a few others years ago. While ALL of the others were built at the time of their approval..Moonstone Abbey was NOT built and opened until December of last year.
Favoritism? We waited longer than any other of the approved Houses - approx 4 years after receiving 'official' status for our house to be built. (yup, sounds like favoritism to me)
The Abbey and the Coven do not accept those that have no desire to role-play their part of this particular group. If anyone has not been accepted into the Abbey or the Coven, it's because of their over-all game conduct and lack of role-playing. For those that do not like this practice, go elsewhere. There are many other options within this game for you to choose.
What this all boils down to is this -- there are many of us role-players that are getting fed up with having to defend ourselves for daring to ROLE-PLAY in a ROLE-PLAYING game. This includes posting on these boards.
Not me, not any of the other Coven/Abbey folks, nor any other ROLE-PLAYER in this game likes to come to these boards only to be continually called 'suck-up-ass-kissers' from these board's very own MODERATORS.(Edge is another one that always let's us know what and who we kiss) The answer I'll be getting from quite a few of you is, "well, don't come to these boards". This is the VERY thing a group of us are now chosing to do --- BUT -- in doing so, we have now upset the board's owner.
Have I/We blown this whole thing out of proportion? Probably. But, I, and many others, grow tired of having to justify ourselves for simple things like:
Appreciating the work that goes into this game.
Recognizing and acknowledging the true meaning of the term 'Game Master.'
Role-playing in a game that advertises the fact that it's a role-playing game.
As its already been pointed out elsewhere on these boards, the true concept of 'role-play' is so distorted in GS to the point of males not being able to play female characters without having to hear the idiotic comments of 'men-in-drag' 'gay/faggot' and whatever else some of the players come up with. So much so that the game loses out on the attempts of outstanding role-players (as in Jim/Celtar) that will not even create a female character until "the level of maturity" improves. (Sorry, Jim, what goes on on these boards shows me that you should not hold your breath -- which is GSs loss)
There is also a high level of envy among several posters here. What I fail to understand is this constant cry of GM favoritism and those that continually bemoan the fact that the GMs look at and watch and pay attention to those very players that come into this game and do the very thing it's advertised for -- ROLE-PLAY.
That the Game Masters pay more attention to those players that have shown true interest in the world they have created, the quests they have worked on and in developing a character that becomes a vital part of a community - has become such a bone of contention to those of you that don't even attempt to role-play.
Most of you would rather sit back, cry 'foul' and whine about how the GMs look at and give more to a player-run group than they do the average screw-up. Here's a tip for you all -- that is just what a GM SHOULD be doing. Ignore those that don't come to role-play. Playing GS like its another shoot-em up bang-bang video game, or showing how cool your character is or abusing game mechanics and/or abusing Hosts/GMs/Sages totally negates your 'right' to complain about 'favoritism'.
Buckwheet...
Nothing I say or do here on your boards are going to make one bit of difference. This is an age old battle in GS..role-players vs the non-role-players. It's not going to be 'fixed' here and it's certainly not going to be fixed in the game. That I and my bothers and sisters have taken the stand of 'we're not going to take it anymore' and have chosen not to further participate here, should not be taken personally by you.
If you want a total free-for-all posting environment - in essence a place where people can yell 'fire!' - then you had better be prepaired for the consequences of those actions.
"Damned of you do and damned if you don't"? I don't think its that way at all. Look at it like -- the free enterprise system. You are offering a service/product here that is going to appeal to a particular clientele, you aren't going to please everyone. You have a lot of support here. You have some good hard working people helping you out, don't give up on these boards simply because one stuffy old lady doesn't have the stomach nor the patience to put up with a constant load of crap. (I do not have the tenacity of NOI - you go girl!)
reg