Dude, just, like, /chill/.
Aug. 25th, 2005 09:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thistlechaserFFXI and potentially TMI RL stuff (behind the cut).
It's only on days like today that I realize how much energy-output I need to maintain FFXI Thistle's voice. I left a little comment in![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
yshyn's LJ, and after it I was like "Dude... this is just too much work". Everything about him is breathless, leaning-forward-in-my-chair, hyper two-year old on a sugar high. "*bouncie*bouncie*bouncie* Yeah! Yeah! I think that'd be a great idea! So you should do it! Then everyone would be happy! Cause it's good to be happy! I like being happy! *pouncetacklesnug*" On mornings like this I just want to slap that voice around, tie it to a chair, and keep all sources of caffeine and sugar far, far away.
I really don't understand what train farmers are thinking. While farming in the Canyon last night, I came across a BLM 75 who was train farming. Luckily I can one-shot most everything there, so I followed him and kept reducing his trains to one mob. It didn't take him long at all to get pissed at me. He stopped, checked me, made rude comments, /slap'ed me, etc. I never once responded, not with words or /emotes. I just kept following him and killing from his train. (We were both farming the same things, so it's not like killing this way was any skin off my nose.)
Non-players: The way the game is set up, a person (or a party) can only "own" (claim) one monster at a time. The name on it turns to a different color, and no one else can attack it. Train farmers go and get a whole bunch of mobs to follow them and kill them all at once with one big spell. It is highly, highly, highly rude. There's nothing like running through an area, trying to farm, and have it be empty.
So even though I never said anything back to the idiot BLM, the whole issue just made my night worse. I don't like fighting with people. Other people are 100% free to farm in the Canyon... so long as they don't train farm. I really wish we could all just live and let live. (This morning I was thinking that lower level people might think that since I can kill things so fast that I am rude for farming there... but IMO that can't be valid. The game IS set up to allow anyone to claim a mob, no matter what level difference there is. The game ISN'T set up to allow people to claim a train. I'm working within the rules. But am I being rude? I suspect anyone lower level would think anyone higher level is rude, and anyone of those higher level people would think they're not?)
That, followed by LS drama, didn't make for a fun night. I'm going to explain this as vaguely as possible and mention no names. I'm not intending to draw any drama out or move it here. Everyone has a right to their own opinions. This one is mine. Make sure you read the notes at the end, as they explain important stuff.
History repeats itself. We had all been happy on a LS, but eventually there got to be too many idiots (half the membership or more), so the "good people" moved to a new LS. I tried very hard to stop that shifting-towards-idiots change on the original LS, but I eventually failed and we had to leave. I strongly worry that same thing is happening on this new LS. In my opinion, the "Open door, EVERYONE is welcome!" policy is equal to doom for a LS. Period. End of story. There has to be a filter to keep idiots out. New members should be known and recommended by multiple current and active members -- members whose opinions can be trusted. Otherwise the same thing will happen. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but eventually we'll get too many idiots to deal with, and the current LS will go back to being as dead as it was before we moved here.
So last night I butted heads over this with someone whose opinions I otherwise usually respect. I just boggle at this person's unwillingness to see the results of "Open door, EVERYONE is welcome!". We did NOT leave the first LS because I was "stubborn and unwilling to get along with one or two people" (I believe that's the exact quote). As you might have noticed, I was not the only one who left that first LS. And this will happen again, once the same situation finally fully develops. You can refuse to see it all you like, and I'll be very sad when it happens, but it will. History repeats itself.
I hate fighting with people, and just way too much of it happened last night. I just have to stop caring about things. The LS isn't mine to protect. It will survive or it will fall independent of me. ...I just have a hard time not caring. :(
Important notes:
1) While this LS issue came to a head about one person, I no longer have an issue with that person. Other powers-that-be talked to that one person, and I trust their opinions enough to be okay with the decision. It's the policy that I'm upset about. The policy and the utter refusal to see what that policy will bring about.
2) In case you haven't noticed, I use the term "idiot" very loosely. Basically "idiot" can mean anything from someone I don't like, someone who uses "lol" all the time, someone I disagree with, someone who is stupid -- any number of sins. But it doesn't necessarily mean someone is "stupid". There are some very smart (or nice, or whatever) people left on the original LS. And not everyone left on the original LS is an idiot, either! There are a few people I like who remained there instead of making the move with us.
3) Yes, I know the person who I butted heads with is reading this now. I did not name any names on purpose. I am NOT trying to get people to gang up on anyone. I am not trying to prolong fights or anything like that. You are welcome to your opinion just as I am welcome to mine. You're a nice, fun person. We just strongly disagree on this, and I need to vent about it.
My damned period started. On one hand, at least that means my breasts will stop hurting and my face will stop breaking out (why the heck do adults get pimples?! Makes me feel like a teenager!), on the other hand... gah. So so so annoying. I've gotten so little sleep already this week, and my period just exhausts me. I need to pee really badly, but I'm too tired to get out of my chair and walk to the bathroom.
I know I say this every month, but I hate periods so much. I hate the unfairness of them, too. Why is it that only women have to spend several days every single month feeling like this? Last night the pain of my cramps was so bad they woke me out of a sound sleep and kept me up for hours. Why can't men have to deal with it, too?
I don't like hating anyone, but at times like this I could easily hate all men. And myself. Stupid body.
It's only on days like today that I realize how much energy-output I need to maintain FFXI Thistle's voice. I left a little comment in
yshyn's LJ, and after it I was like "Dude... this is just too much work". Everything about him is breathless, leaning-forward-in-my-chair, hyper two-year old on a sugar high. "*bouncie*bouncie*bouncie* Yeah! Yeah! I think that'd be a great idea! So you should do it! Then everyone would be happy! Cause it's good to be happy! I like being happy! *pouncetacklesnug*" On mornings like this I just want to slap that voice around, tie it to a chair, and keep all sources of caffeine and sugar far, far away.I really don't understand what train farmers are thinking. While farming in the Canyon last night, I came across a BLM 75 who was train farming. Luckily I can one-shot most everything there, so I followed him and kept reducing his trains to one mob. It didn't take him long at all to get pissed at me. He stopped, checked me, made rude comments, /slap'ed me, etc. I never once responded, not with words or /emotes. I just kept following him and killing from his train. (We were both farming the same things, so it's not like killing this way was any skin off my nose.)
Non-players: The way the game is set up, a person (or a party) can only "own" (claim) one monster at a time. The name on it turns to a different color, and no one else can attack it. Train farmers go and get a whole bunch of mobs to follow them and kill them all at once with one big spell. It is highly, highly, highly rude. There's nothing like running through an area, trying to farm, and have it be empty.
So even though I never said anything back to the idiot BLM, the whole issue just made my night worse. I don't like fighting with people. Other people are 100% free to farm in the Canyon... so long as they don't train farm. I really wish we could all just live and let live. (This morning I was thinking that lower level people might think that since I can kill things so fast that I am rude for farming there... but IMO that can't be valid. The game IS set up to allow anyone to claim a mob, no matter what level difference there is. The game ISN'T set up to allow people to claim a train. I'm working within the rules. But am I being rude? I suspect anyone lower level would think anyone higher level is rude, and anyone of those higher level people would think they're not?)
That, followed by LS drama, didn't make for a fun night. I'm going to explain this as vaguely as possible and mention no names. I'm not intending to draw any drama out or move it here. Everyone has a right to their own opinions. This one is mine. Make sure you read the notes at the end, as they explain important stuff.
History repeats itself. We had all been happy on a LS, but eventually there got to be too many idiots (half the membership or more), so the "good people" moved to a new LS. I tried very hard to stop that shifting-towards-idiots change on the original LS, but I eventually failed and we had to leave. I strongly worry that same thing is happening on this new LS. In my opinion, the "Open door, EVERYONE is welcome!" policy is equal to doom for a LS. Period. End of story. There has to be a filter to keep idiots out. New members should be known and recommended by multiple current and active members -- members whose opinions can be trusted. Otherwise the same thing will happen. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but eventually we'll get too many idiots to deal with, and the current LS will go back to being as dead as it was before we moved here.
So last night I butted heads over this with someone whose opinions I otherwise usually respect. I just boggle at this person's unwillingness to see the results of "Open door, EVERYONE is welcome!". We did NOT leave the first LS because I was "stubborn and unwilling to get along with one or two people" (I believe that's the exact quote). As you might have noticed, I was not the only one who left that first LS. And this will happen again, once the same situation finally fully develops. You can refuse to see it all you like, and I'll be very sad when it happens, but it will. History repeats itself.
I hate fighting with people, and just way too much of it happened last night. I just have to stop caring about things. The LS isn't mine to protect. It will survive or it will fall independent of me. ...I just have a hard time not caring. :(
Important notes:
1) While this LS issue came to a head about one person, I no longer have an issue with that person. Other powers-that-be talked to that one person, and I trust their opinions enough to be okay with the decision. It's the policy that I'm upset about. The policy and the utter refusal to see what that policy will bring about.
2) In case you haven't noticed, I use the term "idiot" very loosely. Basically "idiot" can mean anything from someone I don't like, someone who uses "lol" all the time, someone I disagree with, someone who is stupid -- any number of sins. But it doesn't necessarily mean someone is "stupid". There are some very smart (or nice, or whatever) people left on the original LS. And not everyone left on the original LS is an idiot, either! There are a few people I like who remained there instead of making the move with us.
3) Yes, I know the person who I butted heads with is reading this now. I did not name any names on purpose. I am NOT trying to get people to gang up on anyone. I am not trying to prolong fights or anything like that. You are welcome to your opinion just as I am welcome to mine. You're a nice, fun person. We just strongly disagree on this, and I need to vent about it.
My damned period started. On one hand, at least that means my breasts will stop hurting and my face will stop breaking out (why the heck do adults get pimples?! Makes me feel like a teenager!), on the other hand... gah. So so so annoying. I've gotten so little sleep already this week, and my period just exhausts me. I need to pee really badly, but I'm too tired to get out of my chair and walk to the bathroom.
I know I say this every month, but I hate periods so much. I hate the unfairness of them, too. Why is it that only women have to spend several days every single month feeling like this? Last night the pain of my cramps was so bad they woke me out of a sound sleep and kept me up for hours. Why can't men have to deal with it, too?
I don't like hating anyone, but at times like this I could easily hate all men. And myself. Stupid body.
