Posted by A so-so roleplayer on August 27, 2000 at 21:33:53:
I am just a so-so roleplayer, but getting better. Here is something I ALWAYS run into in every cabal, they I wish anyone reading this might learn from. Say you are WANTED, don't imply or say anything on the cabal channel how you are getting rid of the flag by dying on PURPOSE, sigh ... don't even send a private tell to a friend to kill you. There are other ways. Don't destroy my illusion that CF is real REAL I tell you! You don't say oops, Im flagged, Kill me so I can rid of this inconvenience buddy, here, slit my throat. I have had THEE most respected people in the game, I won't name names, tell me in a private tell to have a friend kill me, bah HUMBUG I say! Good God man that doesn't make sense, if you are a criminal, run for it, live the life of the criminal, write scrolls to the supreme courts of the Arbiters about your innocence, or find someone and 'pretend' you're not trying to die as you throw yourself on their dagger, but god damn it pretend! It's all about pretending, member when we were kids man? Member? *sniff* I have even run around with a druid (I was a ranger) and the druid got flagged, and lead our group of two to Emerald forest, to say, Okay now, kill me! and he removed all his gear so I could do it quick. I said huh .... and he took that as his Q, he attacked me and died in about three rounds as I was typing out something like 'But we are friends Wilbury, why do I got ta hurt ya?' And that guy got EMPOWERED, man I never get empowered, thats cherry that you got empowered, what the fu*k happened to your roleplay when you got flagged? me go sleep now zzzz
Oh, do it, of course, to a player somewhere somehow, but don't be obvious about it. I certainly do it all the time, no way I'm going to mob die for the xp penalty, screw that. But I'll jump all over your ass on the cabal channel for being a coward (if in the ragers) or lose all respect for your roleplay ability.