Super special thanks to DM Wraith for his nice decor. I've never seen the Web arena look so beautiful. Player run events are fun, but made all the nicer when a DM adds in finishing touches and helps out in ways that aren't even asked for or expected. It was a much larger turnout than we'd really pla...

Often times 5% rewards go to those who are able to level the fastest. While I don't mind that people get them, I am hoping that Szarkai, or albino drow, would be opened to 30rpr as opposed to 5%. Currently I think the only example of this is pixies, and we really aren't overrun with them. My suggest...

Guess what we had twenty years ago? ICQ!!!!! We used it while we rped on Ultima Online. Chats have existed long before Arelith because we like to talk to other humans. That is our nature. There's no such thing as chat ruining Arelith... Arelith sucked in some ways long before Discord or Skype or any...

This pleases me.

Reply to tells.

I sincerely hope every DM adopts this stance as it aligns with the general feel of the server over the last 12 years. Also, thanks for posting it because it's actually really heartening to see that someone gets what we were trying to say here. I've been married 21 years, and it's tricky to address i...

I think overall, this has been a decent discussion. I'd like to clarify, that as players, we do not vilify the DMs. Many of the people posting here, including myself, have done our time as a DM and we know that it gets hairy sometimes. We could list all the things we appreciate about DMs, but there ...

It's not a slight against me. It's a pattern we've never had on Arelith before. It is a pattern I have seen as a DM on Amia, however, and what I don't want is for this to set a standard. I would also say there are many ways to work AS a DM that don't consist of making a DM Character that you buy up ...

"it's no different then a PC logging on and he is not "Leading The Banites" he came with his own soldiers to bolster the current garrison." No it is different. You didn't have to level up. You didn't have to do ANY of the things a player has to do to come in and lead a faction. You didn't have to gr...

"Seek the character out ICly to see what he is doing in the church." It's not a character. It's an NPC Avatar. THAT needs to be extremely clear. If you WANTED to lead the faction, it should have been done via leveling a character. The rest of us have to level. And just because one person, new to the...

Yeah, I'm not actually trying to be critical of a single DM or a single event. Just noticing a trend. Rather than call recent events THE problem. I'd say that they highlighted a growing issue, which is players are quitting factions and characters where DM coverage is so high it becomes smothering. [...

There were already people in it who were working up to leading it, but people have to level to do that.

It's not actually a single event. This is a straw that has piled upon a number of straws over a two-month time frame for me.

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There was a time when I played on Amia -- where DMs were basically the leaders of most major factions by way of NPCs. It was not fun. Amia's basically dead because it was so micro-managed by DMs. I was a DM there at the time and told them that it seemed like players were increasingly dependent on DM...

Tragic.

Amia had this about ten years ago. It also listed how many hours each PLAYER played (yes it tracked you by CD key and IP).

Delicious.

The change doesn't personally affect me. I've been bashed all of 2 times in five years, but... Definition of Punishment: A penalty for an action or behavior. But the death penalty isn't a punishment. It's a REWARD!!!! 1. Your living space will be cleaner. Who doesn't have a few dishes to take up rig...

This is actually for a friend.

Nihlarra

Oops, edited. I mixed you up with Cas's player. You gave me gear.

It comes down to control. The more you want to control the environment around you, the more apt you are to send tells to other people trying to manipulate their rp through seemingly "harmless" ooc information or questions. It's a more passive aggressive way to bully players. Drow Priestess/Matron an...

No, it kinda doesn't. Just please stop. Do all that experimental stuff on FL plz. This might SEEM like a good idea, but it really would impede your character's progression in a variety of ways that inhibit the natural development that occurs whilst rping with people and interacting. Locking yourself...

Minute Maid is still best oj.

Groovy times though.

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Minute Maid is best oj. Your character sounds great! Hope to meet them.