SO CLOSE! (WoW, RP)

[thistlechaser]

So very close to a RP guild! I wandered SMC for a couple hours, then got all down at finding no RP and so returned to standing in front of the AH for an hour, then decided to give it one last chance. Wandered the city, saw a group of Death Knights! Oh happy day /Thistle.

While some of them were somewhat lacking in RSPs (had them, but two of the three were really short), the RP was good enough. Not outstanding, but better than WoW average. Thistle asked if they were Ebons (which would have been a deal breaker), but nope! They didn't even like Ebons! Perfect!

Thistle asked about ghouls (or rather, launched into his usual spiel about protecting them and such), and they all laughed at him. One person nearly fell off her horse laughing. Sigh. Even disagreement could have been okay, but then they launched into "We could use ghouls as punching bags during training!" and Thistle went all :[ at them.

He stood around during their interview of a new person, and the leader asked Thistle if he wanted to join. My heart went all YAY YAY YAY!, but there was the IC still to be dealt with. Thistle asked if they'd not abuse ghouls if he joined. The leader replied "We'd try not to do it in front of you"... :/

Blah. I hadn't even really thought of this (stupid of me), how hard of a fit Thistle would be for most IC groups. So not only do I have to find an IC guild (rare), I need one with at least good-for-WoW RP (rare), one lead by a DK if possible (rare), and a non-Ebon DK (rare)... A daunting task, to say the least.

Semi-relatedly, I reread my app for the journal-based RP game I think it's good enough. I need to just finish the two writing samples and it'll be ready to submit. I hadn't realized that journal RP means you need at least a handful of character icons, so I worked on that for one evening. So, once I finish the app, if it gets accepted I'll be good to go!

I spent part of tonight looking for active MU*s, too. It's seriously depressing how few games are even running anymore, let alone have people on them. Happily I know of GarouMUSH, so once I have time to spare, I'm going to poke at the website and the theme and try to see if I can get familiar enough again to app something!

I will find you, RP, somewhere! :)

Comments

[socksofjello.livejournal.com]

It's not perfect, but MudStats is alright for finding active MU*s. Could be better updated and organized, but at least it's not filled to the brim with garbage like Mud Connector. It doesn't give you the games' websites or any description, though, so you have to look that up for yourself or connect to learn more.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks! I looked at a couple sites like that, but most of them were linked to nothing but dead games.

[prettyredeyes.livejournal.com]

Nearly done with my app. :3 I overshot my goal of applying like four days ago because writing a history for someone who lived in a slightly altered version of the real world is apparently REALLY FREAKIN' DIFFICULT for me. D: But soon!

Is GarouMUSH still alive?

Also! If you need any help with the icons let me know. :D And have you considered using a played-by for the character? That way you can find some good photos for them. :o

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Woo! You'll probably beat me. I wanted to do the writing sections today, but instead I sat here like a lump. zzzz

As far as I know, GarouMUSH is! Plus Kelen gave me a link to another live MU* in the comment below yours! Logs were posted from a day or two ago, so they must still be going strong. :D

Thanks! I did poke about for a RL person as a played-by, but I couldn't find anything that matched my idea of him, but I found a bit of fanart and added an ear. It will work as my main/default icon. Just wish I could credit it to someone, it was posted with a bunch of other uncredited fanart.

[kelen.livejournal.com]

http://www.endlesscitymush.com/doku.php ;)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oooh, thanks for the link! *reads through the site*

[peppygrowlithe.livejournal.com]

At first I decided I wasn't going to comment, then I decided, why not! I seriously, seriously, seriously don't want to keep talking about it, because even just bringing it up makes it feel like I'm hounding or nagging you. You know about the place, and if you wanted to be here, you'd be here. There's nothing wrong with that. That said, lemme say my piece real quick:

Final Fantasy MUSH went down, and we absorbed a chunk of the playerbase. I've never seen FFMUX so busy. We have one or two new people coming in a week. The wizzes have been totally overhauling the code and the Wiki, so I feel like they're really energized by the new surge of players. There are several TPs floating around. It's the most active I've ever seen the place, and for the first time in years, I haven't felt like I needed to scrape to get a scene (though that's partially due to current IC happenings, which I'm about to post about).

I've used my incredible powers of deduction to reason that FF's not really your thing (I think you've only played two FF games, and one was long ago?), and that's fine. Even if the place was active or the RP was great, I wouldn't go to a MU* if it had a theme I didn't give a crap about. But hey, it's a good last resort. Or Desperation Attack!

And at the very least, I'd like to thank you for calling attention to the place, since I'd never have known of it without you!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

And at the very least, I'd like to thank you for calling attention to the place, since I'd never have known of it without you!

Welcome! And I point other people at it, too!

Yeah, the theme is sort of an issue. I played FFXI and FFX, and it's been... three? four? years since I last touched either. I did ponder it, but in a "Hmm, maybe I can be a generic NPC" sort of way, which would be kind of hard to app.

You're not hounding or nagging at all! I really would like to come back, I'd LOVE to RP with you again! But it's mostly the theme that's not a good fit.

On a semi-related note, I'm peering at the The Lion King MUCK. That could maybe be something I could RP (again)!