Posted by Shaldea on February 9, 2000 at 21:17:40:
In Reply to: Regarding the onslaught of complaints about Arbiters and Me posted by Bria(IMM) on February 9, 2000 at 17:59:54:
I can only hope some of you out there actually read Bria's post and thought about before posting any flames. Persoally, from an ex-Arbie standpoint (which I'm sure I share with a lot of you), I've seen some of the bitch-notes directed our way. I can only imagine how many she personally receives on top of those just directed to "Arbiter" that I've seen. From everything I've seen and heard of her, it really does seem like it's simply the role of Bria, the character, to be tough. Because it's always one person vs. another, she ALWAYS has to take a side, thus pissing someone off, and it's in Bria's, the character's, role to be stern about it. Maybe before sending personal insults directed against Bria the Human Being, you should remember that it's a role and she's doing her job. I've not dealt with Bria all that much in my Arbie career, but from what I've seen she's tough, that's for sure, but I've never once seen her personally try to hurt someone who didn't deserve it. Arbiters have arguably the nastiest powers, letting them slay out of PK range, and as such they need the most policing. I can only hope people are realizing this and not taking things too personally with this GAME we play. Personally insulting other humans for stuff that you don't like about their roleplayed character isn't adding any value to this game we all enjoy.