Posted by Two-time Paladin on May 5, 2000 at 23:33:49:
In Reply to: was i right or was the Half-elf posted by Not what i was wanting him for, but on May 5, 2000 at 21:39:20:
Damn....and I once wanted to be an IMM...I've enough frustrations at work ...hell...but having the patience to put up with that Selric? Damn....*tip* my hats off to you for doing more than you had to.
On a more serious note though, it is sometimes difficult to come up with decent names. I know 5 languages (some only the basics, others fluently), and It's hard not to see almost all (phonetically pronounceable-I don't mean lame dark-elf consonant-laden names) names as just prefixes/suffixes and parts of words in any/all of these languages combined.
I've been told to "help goodbye" before for foreign language words (and justafiably so), sometimes it's not easy, but it is possible to come up with a good name..it just takes time and thought.
As far as IMM's having lame names? I understand the Grandfathering of older names...makes perfect sense.
But some names (no offense) like, say "Pikel" (a newer IMM) [hmm....can't say that doesn't remind me of something green and vegetable like...and oh...one letter away] are pretty obviously something that follows the same reasoning for "help goodbye" as the above. {obviously Pikel must not have been caught right away, and must be good at RP, so the IMM's decided to make an exception in his case}
But obviously man...come on...read the RULES.
DON'T ARGUE WITH AN IMM. (or as the rules say something like...IF AN IMM IMPOSES THEIR WILL ON YOU, DO IT!)
This will solve 98.44% of your problems, hell...100%.
Obviously if an imm takes you to the land of the dead (yeah...I've done bonehead things in the past to get me there too....so this is the voice of EXPERIENCE talking!) you're in deep shit, and you'ld better listen up, do what they say (doesn't matter if you agree or not), and try not to get there again. That is, if you want to have an enjoyable gaming experience.
(Oh...and don't piss and whine about ALL the HARD WORK you've put into your little RANK 1 character, that'll just piss the IMM's off that much more)
The IMM's control the MUD, and we're all here on their good graces. Have the patience to read the rules, then read them again, then again,...and then repeat to yourself,"I will not be an ass." "I will not be an ass." "I will not be an ass."
before logging on, or speaking to an IMM again.
Aaaaaaannnnnd we're Off!
The extremely vocal today: Two-time Paladin.
Saying for the day: Never attribute to malice what can be easily explained by stupidity.
(and the more I hear it, the more I see it's true)