07-27-2010, 12:14 AM
Nah, you misread the article. They were bid on by Wu Tang Financial, but Shaolin Investments outbid them and ended up bringing them into the fold.
07-27-2010, 12:14 AM
07-27-2010, 12:39 AM
kimiji Wrote:Nah, you misread the article. They were bid on by Wu Tang Financial, but Shaolin Investments outbid them and ended up bringing them into the fold.
DAMN.
Guess I'll have to diversify my portfolio s'more, then.
07-27-2010, 12:51 AM
WU-TANG CLAN AINT NOTHING TO F* WIT
07-27-2010, 01:23 AM
Crystal Wrote:Honestly I don't mind people getting to know me irl from in game as long as their people I actually enjoy being around and have known for a while. However, if you show up at my house and I didn't invite you personally I do want you to know I have an armed ninja in my living room. Funny thing is I'm not joking :o
So no pulling a Zabbu from The Guild? Aw...
07-27-2010, 01:39 AM
Zabbu!
Stalk'd.
Stalk'd.
07-27-2010, 08:03 AM
I didn't like that series... :I
07-27-2010, 03:26 PM
Quote:Daishi:
1 out of 4 couples meets online.
Thanks Match.com!
1 in 4 stalkings involve the internet.
I heard that this morning on CNN and it made me laugh
07-27-2010, 06:13 PM
I rage whenever anyone on the news talks about the internet. its like "today we are here to talk about the new TRENDY and STYLISH windows 2000!"
07-27-2010, 09:29 PM
I rage at the news, period.
Also, <3 this thread. The cute pictures were what made it, followed by the erp humor.
Also, <3 this thread. The cute pictures were what made it, followed by the erp humor.
07-27-2010, 11:20 PM
I rage at male miqo'te
07-28-2010, 12:03 AM
the only time I've ever liked the news was when there was a story about this eagle that got out of it's cage and flew into the tiger's pen, the picture was just the bird, still alive, in the tiger's mouth all like, "awww shit, what'd I do?"
07-28-2010, 05:48 AM
RP relationships are just a different way to interact with the other RP people that you know. Yes its more in-depth then others.
I had a character named Soas and I actually had a great RP relationship with another player. At first it was being nice to each other, then later flirtatious with a few gifts and complements. Later we talked about it in OOC and decided that a IC relationship would be fun. We talked regular about our characters thoughts to each other and made plans for RP sessions. I would play a few practical jokes like bombarding her mail with a massive amount of flowers or worms. HA. I would even explore the world just to find romantic places to take her, and sometimes meet with the group and hold parties.
We stayed in character all the time, but knew OOC was a separate world. In OOC we talked a lot about what we liked and disliked about each session, we even planed fights or disagreements. We made it very convincing in IC. Everyone knew none of it was real since we joked about the relationship in OOC. I had to leave for a time and when I got back she had taken another lover. So we talked about it in OOC and had a final break up for IC. It was a nice break up and we stayed good friends IC and OOC. Later I lost my account info and never was able to retrieve it with SONY back during that time, so I gave up and moved on.
The point I am trying to make. RP relationships are still RP. The big difference is sometimes it takes planning. Sometimes it takes surprises, but the main thing is TALK. Talk with your partner and make sure you both know where to draw the line. Just because you can RP a drama doesn't mean you should.
RP is always a gamble, romantic or not. You never know what the other person is going to do. If we take a real good look, I think we can see, romance is not the only dangerous RP nor the only way to mess things up.
Good luck to you all.
I had a character named Soas and I actually had a great RP relationship with another player. At first it was being nice to each other, then later flirtatious with a few gifts and complements. Later we talked about it in OOC and decided that a IC relationship would be fun. We talked regular about our characters thoughts to each other and made plans for RP sessions. I would play a few practical jokes like bombarding her mail with a massive amount of flowers or worms. HA. I would even explore the world just to find romantic places to take her, and sometimes meet with the group and hold parties.
We stayed in character all the time, but knew OOC was a separate world. In OOC we talked a lot about what we liked and disliked about each session, we even planed fights or disagreements. We made it very convincing in IC. Everyone knew none of it was real since we joked about the relationship in OOC. I had to leave for a time and when I got back she had taken another lover. So we talked about it in OOC and had a final break up for IC. It was a nice break up and we stayed good friends IC and OOC. Later I lost my account info and never was able to retrieve it with SONY back during that time, so I gave up and moved on.
The point I am trying to make. RP relationships are still RP. The big difference is sometimes it takes planning. Sometimes it takes surprises, but the main thing is TALK. Talk with your partner and make sure you both know where to draw the line. Just because you can RP a drama doesn't mean you should.
RP is always a gamble, romantic or not. You never know what the other person is going to do. If we take a real good look, I think we can see, romance is not the only dangerous RP nor the only way to mess things up.
Good luck to you all.
07-28-2010, 11:41 AM
Heh, I've had my ups and down with RP romance. From ERP to letting love develop. Met a lot of people in real life; learned a few lessons, but gained many friends.
My boyfriend I met off WoW--two years strong--and our girlfriend's going to be living with us in a few months. <3 We met her on Facebook Poker. Haha! Imagine that!
I love RP romances, they add depth to a story. I'm wiser now, and keeping it all IC from now on though.
My boyfriend I met off WoW--two years strong--and our girlfriend's going to be living with us in a few months. <3 We met her on Facebook Poker. Haha! Imagine that!
I love RP romances, they add depth to a story. I'm wiser now, and keeping it all IC from now on though.
09-06-2010, 10:11 PM
So I read the posts here and it never ceases to amaze me the number of different opinions on this topic. Thus, I toss my own into the fray.
I have played MMO's for...*thinks* maybe ten years now? Started on Dark Age of Camelot, went through a library of others, ending up on World of Warcraft until recently. In all that time, I've learned a lot about RP, the way people define it, and what it can do to people, both immediately and over time.
RP relationships, they can be cute, romantic, deep, insightful and meaningful, regardless of the OOC element. I've seen people who are married, RP a marriage with someone else, but both of them were completely comfortable with it (being swingers I suppose had something to do with it.) Others just made close friends with someone of the opposite sex and had a great time RP'ing their relationship. Sometimes, ultimately, said relationship turned into real life love and the two got together, got married, you know how the process works.
In my experience, especially in World of Warcraft (not to put too fine a point on it,) most RP'ers, despite their level of "experience" with the RP community, can't truly define what a "healthy" RP relationship really entails. Do I know personally? No. But that being said, I've tried to do one and had little success because OOC, the two of us didn't really mesh. It was more a relationship of convenience, so she could get pregnant and begin an entirely new RP story on the Horde side. I wasn't keen on all of this and so it killed the RP.
More often than not, I've seen RP relationships turn into brutally ugly real life scenes. Divorce, break ups, drama, extreme jealousy, it runs the gamut of bad juju that can make real life miserable. At one point, I even found myself in a real life love triangle that I didn't really realize was going on. My best friend introduced me to this girl he met through WoW. They had a pretty flirtatious relationship. After a few months of all of us, including a number of others, chatting over Ventrilo, she whispers me and tells me she's got the hots for me.
Sure, okay. Uhh...sorry, but I'm married.
Next thing I know, she's selling the same words to another guy who is so caught on the hook with her, he informs her that he's coming to meet her and propose to her. Mind you, they had BOTH been married all this time. He wasn't happy in his marriage, she was cheating on her husband (call it what you want, the emotional cheating is the same as the physical,) and the both of them made extremely poor choices...at least imho.
See how this is spiraling out of control?
Ultimately it does more harm than good unless you are completely aware of your feelings, the feelings of the other person, and the laundry list of potential consequences if one or the other, or both of you, aren't prepared for all possible outcomes of said RP relationship.
Therefore, my choice, is that I don't engage in RP relationships. I typically play characters that are jaded for some reason, don't like to get involved, or some RP element makes it "safer" for them to remain distant from potential suitors.
My two cents, and then some...
I have played MMO's for...*thinks* maybe ten years now? Started on Dark Age of Camelot, went through a library of others, ending up on World of Warcraft until recently. In all that time, I've learned a lot about RP, the way people define it, and what it can do to people, both immediately and over time.
RP relationships, they can be cute, romantic, deep, insightful and meaningful, regardless of the OOC element. I've seen people who are married, RP a marriage with someone else, but both of them were completely comfortable with it (being swingers I suppose had something to do with it.) Others just made close friends with someone of the opposite sex and had a great time RP'ing their relationship. Sometimes, ultimately, said relationship turned into real life love and the two got together, got married, you know how the process works.
In my experience, especially in World of Warcraft (not to put too fine a point on it,) most RP'ers, despite their level of "experience" with the RP community, can't truly define what a "healthy" RP relationship really entails. Do I know personally? No. But that being said, I've tried to do one and had little success because OOC, the two of us didn't really mesh. It was more a relationship of convenience, so she could get pregnant and begin an entirely new RP story on the Horde side. I wasn't keen on all of this and so it killed the RP.
More often than not, I've seen RP relationships turn into brutally ugly real life scenes. Divorce, break ups, drama, extreme jealousy, it runs the gamut of bad juju that can make real life miserable. At one point, I even found myself in a real life love triangle that I didn't really realize was going on. My best friend introduced me to this girl he met through WoW. They had a pretty flirtatious relationship. After a few months of all of us, including a number of others, chatting over Ventrilo, she whispers me and tells me she's got the hots for me.
Sure, okay. Uhh...sorry, but I'm married.
Next thing I know, she's selling the same words to another guy who is so caught on the hook with her, he informs her that he's coming to meet her and propose to her. Mind you, they had BOTH been married all this time. He wasn't happy in his marriage, she was cheating on her husband (call it what you want, the emotional cheating is the same as the physical,) and the both of them made extremely poor choices...at least imho.
See how this is spiraling out of control?
Ultimately it does more harm than good unless you are completely aware of your feelings, the feelings of the other person, and the laundry list of potential consequences if one or the other, or both of you, aren't prepared for all possible outcomes of said RP relationship.
Therefore, my choice, is that I don't engage in RP relationships. I typically play characters that are jaded for some reason, don't like to get involved, or some RP element makes it "safer" for them to remain distant from potential suitors.
My two cents, and then some...
09-06-2010, 10:30 PM
You know, to take your story into perspective, it would have been the exact same thing if those two people had been going out in bars without their husband/wife, met their regularly, and started a relationship.
It's only the medium that is different. RP Relationship gets the blame because that's how it happened, but it could have happened in a bar, a gym, a bowling club, at work, anywhere.
In truth, the fact that it happened through a RP thing has absolutely nothing to do with how it turned out for those two in RL. They weren't happy with their couples, met someone they liked more and, voila.
Life happens.
It's only the medium that is different. RP Relationship gets the blame because that's how it happened, but it could have happened in a bar, a gym, a bowling club, at work, anywhere.
In truth, the fact that it happened through a RP thing has absolutely nothing to do with how it turned out for those two in RL. They weren't happy with their couples, met someone they liked more and, voila.
Life happens.