Posted by Aniedra on July 14, 2000 at 18:15:28:
I don't post here much, at all, but I figured I'd say a few things that needed saying. First of all, to anyone looking to join battle, I'm usually around in the evenings. I've been on almost every day, though Saturday isn't as good. Come knowing a good bit about your role, and why you want to join battle. I put more weight in a detailed, original character/role than knowing the stock answers and battle policy. Second, if you for any reason are trying to talk to me, and I don't answer, I'm probably not ignoring you. Most of the time I have 5 or so people talking to me at once, and especially if you're hidden or camo/cham, I lose the reply. I get people wanting an interview, wanting to know the requirements (currently level 15 and have parry/dodge/any one weapon at 100%), wanting to ask my beliefs/why I hate magic or debate it with me, wanting to complain that rager X did something wrong, etc, etc. To answer the accusation below, no, I'm not advancing into hero range yet. This is mainly because I've had no time to practice at all. Half the time I don't even have time to reequip properly, because I'm too busy trying to raid/defend, or interview (note that these come first, to me). I'm not levelsitting out of any fear of the heroes, I more than recognize that I will condie eventually. Personally, I think sitting at level 40 deliberately is stupid, given that most Necromancers at level 47 have a nice advantage over you. Maybe spellbane makes up for that, but well, it sucks badly when you don't have the head.. and that's when you need help the most. Oh, and if anybody out there doesn't like me being rager leader.. hell, I don't want it. Being a leader sucks in a lot of ways. You have a huge target on your head, you have to put in tons of time doing interviews when you'd rather be practicing/killing/leveling/etc (I must have spent 8 hours at it yesterday), and on top of all that you're responsible for anything anyone in your cabal does. I'm mainly doing this because it wouldn't be in character for Aniedra to shirk responsibility once given. And no, I was taken by complete and utter surprise by it all. I guess I was just the lucky highest level rager on at the time, as Kealiran can probably tell you. I'm trying my best to get the cabal back on its feet, and I'll probably turn over leadership as soon as that's done. On the other hand, it has been really nice in getting chances to roleplay with people who might have otherwise just ignored me.