Posted by someone who has had a few past ragers...disgusted with current ragers. on August 22, 2000 at 22:35:33:
In Reply to: Rager gangbang and such..... posted by Rager Applicant..... on August 22, 2000 at 20:11:15:
if I am a rager...say berserker, and some mage comes and attacks one person in our group(it is a different story if they use some sort of area attack, and you are not already fighting), but if that mage attacked me, and my other ragers aided in killing the mage...I would be right pissed. The mage was mine, fuckers. Lay your stinkin paws offa my trophy. And they would get a BIG talkin to, if not attacked by me. If they attacked one of my Fellow ragers...I would be slightly Jealous that fate bestowed the gift of the fight on him and not me, and I would stay and cheer him on. If he was getting his ass kicked. HE IS A FUCKING BARBARIAN WARRIOR, HE CAN FRICKEN TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF. If he can't beat one lousy mage...perhaps the gods/fate/etc. brought him the battle instead of me to prove his unworth...or to show him a vital lesson that he needed to learn to become a better Rager. All this lovey dovey crap about "Would you sit by and watch your bud get beat down by a mage" is fucking bullshit. Of course YOU wouldnt stand by. but YOU arent a fricken Barbarian WARRIOR. All this rationalization behind helping "the weak defenders against one mage, because the defender is to weak to hold his own" is bullcrap. Daily life to a Villager is a Crucible of Battle, of Pain, and of Blood. Each day is a Test of his Prowess and his Worth of the Village, and when The day comes he is not Worthy of the Village, he should be devoured by his Brethren, so that the Village will not lose what little strength he has left...(not unlike the young wolves testing the aging alpha-male, until he falls, only the testing is coming from the Battle Gods in the form of Fights with mages). Anyway. Thats how Ragers were when I first started playing ragers. And how they were when I loved playing ragers. this thing where it is ANECDOTAL for ragers to "accidently" aid is what made me stop playing them. I am sure challen and Thror and minalcar will disagree, but if they do, fuckem.