The Community is no more

[Rayken]

How many ways can you guys say the same thing while still managing to disagree?

Very well said, Utm.  Two years ago, I was a hapless n00b, and a lot of the older players were complaining about "all the good RPer's leaving."  I did in fact shrug and go about by business, but by now I've learned that certainly not all of them had left.  And now certainly not all of them have.  There is a steady current here.

[Under the moon]

I may not understand code, graphics systems, networks, and many other things, but I do understand people.

[Volund]

Its a game. People leave. If they are your good friends email them, they are probably playing another game, join along if you miss them.
To tell you the truth, I thought people were leaving but its ussualy just gossip, ask the person. 

[zanzibar]

The point is that people are always leaving.

[Nurahk]

Or atleast, always saying that they are leaving.

Farewell, Templar, see you someday, I hope.

[LordTemplar]

Ok ok..........I may pop back in, on occasion. No doubt i'll get all reminiscent someday, frustrated with Rappelz one downfall"Roleplay", and create a new character. Who shall I be next?.....hmmmm*rubs hands together*.

I do appreciate the replies("thought nobody cared"*wipes away tears**grins*)
But like most things in life, lessons learnt, move before burnt. Of course i'll miss my friends in game, though I think i'll play a noob, coming to grips with this newfound world that only half works.......occasionally. I doubt i will be missed that much....too many character changes and no real friendships made OOC(except one, half of why I deleted my old chars.). It is amazing how immersive PS can become, once one heeds the words of the wise.

The Collins pocket dictionary, I have here in my hands, describes "Community" as,[ Body of people with something in common, building for communal activities, joint ownership, religion, etc.] ;)for those who wondered.




 

[Fozzharn]

just for my personal understanding ...

The community is always dying. Just as it is always reborn. Some player is just finding PS now, and will make it a world of his own ...

you think a football-team with only 16 year old hotheads is more valuable than a team with some routiniers in it ?

Its a game. People leave. If they are your good friends email them, they are probably playing another game, join along if you miss them.

Does this mean ... "Go ahead ... $%&$ off ... we don't mind ?


I'm a bit astonished by this thread ...

[Nurahk]

Err, Fozz.  I think you are taking this a bit...far.

Moon is just saying that the community is always changing.  Old players leave, new players leave, new players join, old players come back.

As for Volund, he is just saying "don't take it too seriously, it's not like they are dieing".

Methinks a chill pill is in order

[Fozzharn]

*/me "chills a pill" ... 

maybe I took it a bit "far" okay ... but whenever I write something into the forum, I think about the possibility of beeing misunderstood, because noone sees my face when I'm writing or hears the sound of beeing ironic or whatever.

So there are always several ways to read a posting ... and this ... above ... is what I read there ...

[Nurahk]

I know exactly what you mean.

It's the reason I try to use smiley's, actualy.  Sure, you can't see my face, but look at what this yellow one is doing

Misunderstanding the "tone" of a post is one of the things that leads to flamewars and, usualy, it's the writer's fault as much as it is the reader's.
Best thing to do, is assume the best. 

[emeraldfool]

The community is dying though, just like a lily dies in Autumn and comes back in Spring. The community from two years ago is all but dead, and the new community has risen in its place. To the newbie that's just joined, we aren't 'the community'. At least not yet. If someone left tomorrow, the newbie never would've considered them part of 'the community', even though we might. He wouldn't consider that a death of 'the community', either. But we might. 'The community' means different things to different people...

[Suno_Regin]

How many ways can you guys say the same thing while still managing to disagree?

Very well said, Utm.  Two years ago, I was a hapless n00b, and a lot of the older players were complaining about "all the good RPer's leaving."  I did in fact shrug and go about by business, but by now I've learned that certainly not all of them had left.  And now certainly not all of them have.  There is a steady current here.

Finally, someone who's smart.

[dying_inside]

....... And so Shakespear left Yliakum......

[zanzibar]

....... And so Shakespear left Yliakum......

Also known as Shakespeare to some.

(Truthfully, he spelt his name a variety of different ways so it doesn't really matter.)

[LARAGORN]

....... And so Shakespear left Yliakum......

Also known as Shakespeare to some.

(Truthfully, he spelt his name a variety of different ways so it doesn't really matter.)

That is one of the reasons for the theory that the works of Shakespeare were actually a gathering of work from other writers of the day in that region.