Tivahlt

OK Tiv is definitely coming to this now. I *was* just going to be a spectator, but now I can't resist.

I'm sad to see that this is becoming an issue. I know I myself tend to swear like a sailor on occasion...but I try not to do it so much that it actively offends others. While I'm not personally bothered by any of the aforementioned folks, I have seen them start up some pretty intense "discussions" that got on a lot of peoples' nerves. If it comes down to it, I understand whatever decision you have to make about the whole thing.

Don't you think it's a little early to say it's cancelled? Maybe some people are coming late or didn't want to RSVP. Or maybe some people (like me) are unable to attend whether they wanted to or not. :\ Either way it's a bit pessimistic to just cancel like that.

I've always been open to RP with just about anyone, especially since I'm relatively new to the community. That's a bit of a double-edged sword in itself though...because I'm new, I feel nervous about RPing with people that already have histories with each other, or who are more involved with larger groups that I have no access to. All I have is the OoC linkshell (which I don't even have on Tiv anymore until the regroup) and while that greatly facilitates RP, I often find myself to be under obligations to parties or friends or real life on the increasingly rare occurrences that people actually *want* to RP. Now you can say "that just means you have to start it yourself!" but the problem is twofold for that one: number one, I am shy and very self-conscious. I don't like to start things, and I certainly don't like to start things with total strangers who may *le gasp!* not like the way I play my characters or how they are involved (or not involved) in Eorzea's recent troubles, which brings me to point number two: it's easy to be accepted in this community as a player, but it is very hard to feel accepted as a character. This mostly has to do with the aforementioned varying mindsets: I've seen players that have the most absurd characters that it takes all of the fun out of playing, and others who are so studious of FFXIV's lore (which is often conflicting, making it even harder to play with them) that anyone who says something even slightly off gets the immediate rhetorical "boot." I like to think that I'm somewhere in the middle, but that could also mean that I'm forced to stick with other people who are "just in the middle." The absurdists will get on my nerves, and the purists won't want to play with me. I do want to RP more, but as it is I don't feel comfortable enough to just start something up. Also a lot of the events seem to happen while I'm knee-deep in homework or real world obligations...not that anyone is really at fault for that. >>;

I'm glad I missed all the drama, but double glad everyone is still OK with each other! It's nice to be reminded that most folks in the RP community are mature enough to live and let live. Next time I log on I'll have Tiv drop pearl so the other RPers can come in. much as I want to RP with him more, he's pretty useless for anything else at this point. Just wondering, how many people in the RP community have alts? If there's enough of them we could have an entire OoC extention just for them!

I voted for 9 too. I think it's a very pretty number personally, plus all of the other reasons mentioned that are much better thought out, PLUS it's divisible by 3 which is a lucky number, PLUUUUS it's a hilarious mathematical anomaly that when you divide 9/9 you get .9999999999 ad infinitum instead of 1. I'm a bit silly. I will also echo everything Bryg is echoing, if we shout loud enough someone higher up is bound to take notice.

Before I came here there was a thread on the official forums that I found...it has some good extra info but none of the super awesome notations you have Merri. :3 Anyway, here's the link if anyone wants to try and salvage some more info from it: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/thre ... CONTRIBUTE

Hello everyone! I'm really not sure what to write here and I have to make this quick, So I'll just start. I'm not really new at all. Some of you probably have seen me around as Mali Darksidhe, and a few of you have maybe even seen Tiv Grimmgeist running around. I don't RP as much as I would like, but I do try to be active in the community when I'm online at the very least. I remember vaguely coming to this website and maybe even posting a few times way back before the game was even released, but that's all in the past. Anyway, I'm here now. I've been lurking around for some time (mostly reading the wiki...very interesting stuff! Y'all are pretty creative) so I figured I may as well sign up eventually. Outside of RP I'm a Game Design student majoring in vis dev. Basically I draw pretty pictures. School's pretty intense so I cannae play the game pretty much at all now...sadface. :cry: Speaking of school, gotta go back to drawing a "dangerous 19th century chair," whatever THAT is. That is all. --Mali