(07-15-2014, 04:24 AM)Natalie Mcbeef Wrote:(07-15-2014, 04:16 AM)Tiergan Wrote: As someone who had been considering letting Tier get collar'd previous to the event, before just sticking him in the 'good guy' team - I have to admit that I sort of feel a little like I dodged a bullet. Â
I know how hectic and crazy it can be to organize and run a server-wide event, so I deeply appreciate all the work that went into this event so far. Â For my part, I've had a lot of fun. Â However, I do think that now might be a good time to stop, speak with all the collar'd folks, and make sure they're comfortable with where things are now headed for them before continuing to move forward. Â For anyone accepting this event as actually happening for them, it could really change a lot of things.
One thing I love about these plots is that RP things start to almost have as much weight as things that are written into the lore. After the poisoning, 'Collared' seems almost like on the level of 'Tempered' in regards to the level of scariness. I think Tiergan is right, people might have agreed to have to have been collared so that the sides could be even for the saturday event, but they don't want their char to be hated forever. Currently there isn't any IC way for people to get out of their collars, so anyone who has been collared has one of two options.
1: Go along with what they are told, which could lead to very bad long term consequences.
2: Tell Jin'li to go fuck himself, and die.
I think we need to consider that maybe there needs to be a third option, "Get rid of the collar somehow." While this would rob Jin'li of many allies, I think quite a few of them would be willing to come back as NPC's or the equivalent. Part of the problem with not telling anyone ICly what being collared meant, is that many people didn't know OOCly as well what they were getting into.
I think we've done the whole, "What will happen as punishment" to the collared people discussion to death, so this isn't about that. This is more about giving people an out who might not have know what they were signing up for.
I had actually set up an event to obtain the tool Askier needs to disarm the collars a while back and been working on it since
. I started rping it the the same day I collared Osric since I back-storied Askier having designed said collars back when he was a Garlean solider. I am more than willing to disarm the explosive the collar to anyone whom is collared TOMORROW after the mini event is done should anyone with one like. I am more than happy to make sure anyone whom wishes it to allow them a way out immediately to not cause them any problems IC'ly, and if doing so makes one side lop-sided..meh....baddies gotta lose eventually, right? Even if Jin'li dies at the end of event two and we don't get an event three.  Now, I have created what can only be equaled to a firestorm of conversation and controversy over my event and I apologize for all those whom have been blindsided/offended/put off. I never meant to cause anyone to feel anything other than enjoyment for my event and in a way, I honestly feel a little disappointed in myself for not doing a better job communicating.
 Please do not blame anyone save me. All those whom have helped me have been fantastic for sparing their free time.
