Hello everyone! today, I will be ranting about problems I have seen within the game, none of them are actualy that serious, I just needed to like.. get this off my chest, or what ever it is you do when you rant.. If I get banned from this, I regret nothing!
Heres a list of all the problems I have seen, or been part of, throughout my time on
Feral Heart and Impressive Title, And I have been around since v3 of IT, meaning I have
seen quite a lot!
I think I cut all cussing out of this, but I might have snuck something in.. spur of the moment type of thing.
NUMER ONE
Everyone keeps to themselves, and they neve try to reach out to help the loner of the
pack.
I have seen this happen countless times, to me and to others. Sometimes the person
who everyone ignores is the best roleplayer, or has the best ideas, but no one listenes
to them because they are all either (A) to busy snogging each other to even notice
the existence of anyone else (B) sucking up to the leader, because this obviously makes
for good roleplay and character development or (C) you're being ignored by everyone else
aswell and you dont know how to join in.
(A) Dude.. seriously? I know some romance is good here and there, but if your
characters entire life is it being humped, or humping someone else, guess what? your character
will have no friends! Sure It'll have plenty of children, but who has actualy had their
characters children play with them after they had grown up? Pretty much every single one
will run off to go find their own pack, and their own true love. Meaning your character
hasnt gotten anywhere! I have hardly seen any characters with a best friend, sure the player
has friends, but does your character? I know this doesnt seem that important, but if your character
doesnt have friends, then your characters character is shallow, and boring!
(B) If your character is naturaly submissive, and scared, then fine, go ahead, suck up to
the boss! But be ready for that boss to ignore you, because they have better things to do,
like take care of their children and lover, because thats what everyone is obsessed over.
But remember, if your character is say.. An Omega in a pack, that means it doesnt only
suck up to the leader, it sucks up to EVERYONE! This can give you a much wider variety of
people to play with, but if your character doesnt grow a pair, it will keep having the same
interaction over and over again. So instead of having a 100% shy character, instead, try something
like:
(name) is a timid young wolf who is terrafied of just about everything and tends to
keep to himself, but when he is with the rest of the pack, he feels safe, and will open up
to others more freely.
Or for something else
(name) is weak and gets pushed around quite easily by the much larger and stronger
pack members, but he is brave and has a strong will, wich causes him to get into a lot of trouble.
Now, I'm not telling you how to play your character, these are just suggestions. But EVERYONE
does the shy, pathetic, "I had a traumatic past" character. Why dont you try something different
for once? If you want a traumatic past, atleast make it something like "he was ignored by his mother,
since he was the runt" instead of "Her parents murdered each other right in front of her eyes, and then
she was taken away by the evil people so they could do horrible experaments on her, but
how she got away, no one knows." Because that is way over used! And everyone who does it
says their character is so 'unique' and 'origional'! I'm sorry, but it realy isnt.
(C) When this happens, dont just sit in the corner and make pathetic posts! You have to jump right in,
be loud, make everyone notice you! If you make good posts with lost of personality, people will want to
play with you and treat you like an actual person rather then a blank space or a machine.
For more help, try doing something small aswell, like giving your character an accent, or a small quirk.
It could be anything! Just add something that makes your character stick out of the crowd! I know this
can be hard sometimes, but if your character is the same as every other character out there, people will
become bored and ignore you. Just because I gave one of my characters a NewYorker accent, people actualy
came up to me, to ask to roleplay. And why is that? Its because its something you dont see everyday, its new,
exciting, and It makes the character seem more real.
If you're feeling ignored, the first thing to do, is to reach out to others, instead of waiting for them to come
to you.
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NUMBER TWO
Everyone is way to serious about every little thing that happens, and they dont know when to drop something!
When you are In Character, you have every bloody right to do this, But out of character, atleast try to sence
if someone is being sarcasstic or not! Not everyone is a stick in the mud, many people are just jocking around
becaue they a dead bored when they come up and scream "Cookie!", because they dont know how to get anyones attention.
They are getting on this game to play a game, not get lectured about 'proper grammar' and 'etiquite', what is this? A
dinner with the queen? I think not! This is a game, where we should all be having fun with each other,
instead of yelling at each other because 'susan spelt happy wrong'! Because guess what? you just spelt
'flying' wrong two minutes later. I know some of you are doing it to be funny, I understand, because sometimes spelling
happy as hoppy might make you giggle, or go 'aah! I cant believe i did that!'. But then theres all those bloody grammar
nazies who arent even trying to be helpful ,they are just being foul spirited. And you know what? Most of those grammar
nazies dont know the difference between Their and there, so they have no right to be getting onto you for spelling a word
like happy wrong, you finger could've slipped for alll they know.
Dang it! this is getting me all worked up.. let me take a second to breath..
Okay, back to topic. Like I said, when you are In character, be as serious as you like, but dont take something someone
said on here to seriously, they probably dont even know your real name, so they got nothing on you. Dont take things from
OOC to IC or vice versa.. I know, when you are In character, you may feel like you are the character, but a part of you should
remember you arent. This is why I suggest not making Fursonas, because if someones character insaults yours, it seems like they are insaulting you directly, even if they arent intending to.
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NUMBER THREE
I've seen problems with the mods, I know, this could get me banned, but please, hear me out first? I'm not trying to bash the mods, I'm just giving out ideas that might could help you with your jobs. Okay, I've seen this on quite a few threads asking for more mods, you say that you havent found anyone who 'fits the bill' but you never will if you stick to tightly to your loop. You cant meet new, nice, and responsable people if all you do is gossip with the other mods. I know plenty of people that could do a good job, a few that would actualy want to. But you havent found these people yet.. I think its because you treat everyone like outsiders instead of equals. Yes, you hold the power, you're the boss of us, but no one wants to follow a boss who doesnt listen, or give good reason for follwing them. And not telling people why their friends where banned created a gap between you and the comunity. You may not see it much on the forums, but in game, people are gossiping about you and the things you do, some good, but most of these rumors are BAD! People do not like being kept in the dark! They want to know what it is thats getting them banned, because many of them, as the stories go, didnt break the rules, they just made you feel bad about yourselves, so you decided to block them for up to a year? I know many of these arent true, but all of the players think they are. So you mods dont have a very nice image, and the main reasons are because you distance yourselves, making the average player think that you think lowly of them, even if you dont. Keeping them in the dark makes them even more nervous because they will believe the stories others tell them, so they see you as bad people. To fix this, all you need to do is give them a reason to believe in you, you're like the police of the comunity, and no one will go to you for help if they dont think you can. So try mingling with them, find new moderators, because those new people will know other people, and they will know others, and it will be a heck of a lot easier for you to find people you trust, meaning you will have a larger force, making the game more secure, and they will help keep the 'crime rate'down. This is a comunity like any you will find in real life, there will always be a rotten egg in the batch, but there are more good people on here then you think, you just have to give them a chance, and they will never get that chance if you ignore them.
I know you all do your best, but dont forget, even the heroes need help sometimes!
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Ugh.. Okay, I'm done for now.. I might Rant later on, but for now.. May I rest in peace.
If you actualy read the entire thing, I would give you a hug, but you're probably being angry at me, so I'll do that when you cool down. But dont worry, I realy dont mind being ranted at, it actualy makes for a good conversation, so feel free do add your own pointers, and opinions.