CYBER

I did moonwalk. Michael Jackson would envy me. That was my answer when they asked. So they wrote it down.. True story Lozzaa, hi!

Hi, I'm CYBER. I don't remember when I joined LS-RP (2009? 10? 11?), but the server cap was around 200-250 and mall was not yet a thing. That year there was a huge New Year's party at Alahambra and a dance contest with Sultan and Elegy going to the winners. I did not win. Was it rigged?

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My favourite Sheriff

Frankly enough, I only noticed that too, but no, rest assured it was not meant to be a loser

In person

Assshhhhhhhh! Hi.

You no understand, I want 2 peace on the my plate!

Ey Lozza!

Hello StinkyWinkyyyyyyyyyy! Also first!

Gratz boyz and girls!

I'll go with Limoncello, since no one has mentioned it and I think it deserves at least an honorable mention

As I read this, I remembered my first year at university when we were studying "Introduction to Jurisprudence" and I started applying the law to anything and anyone I thought was unlawful or unjust. (Do not take this as a criticism, if anything it just underscores the high moral standards you possess (unless you are using this topic to have some sort of personal gain or get back at someone)) A player personally contacting an admin via DM would only create a chaotic situation where most admins handling the report would be biassed, as contacting an admin you already know and have some sort of relationship with would be an obvious way to somehow influence the outcome of the report. While it is true that admins and staff in general have different kind of trust within the community, the human faction should still be considered. You have compared the administration to a LEO that is not on duty. It has already been mentioned why this is not an appropriate comparison, but I will offer you another comparison and try to justify it. In most countries there is a constitutional review and thus a constitutional court, the highest instance of court. The constitutional judge is appointed, and all three branches of government (executive - legislative - judicial) are involved in the selection process. As a rule, there are nine (9) judges in total. This judges are treated differently from ordinary people. Even if police officers observe a constitutional judge shooting randomly at people in the middle of a busy street, they cannot arrest him. They have something called "judicial immunity". Well. Normally you can not sue a constitutional judge either, you can only do that in the constitutional court in the presence of other judges. This is done to protect the judges from ordinary people and to ensure their freedom from undue influence. Needless to say, I would personally compare admins to constitutional judges. I have never been reported by an admin, so here's my take on it. An admin should have some authority, otherwise neither their judgement nor their word will be respected in a given situation. Losing that authority would mean that the admin in question should either resign or take radical measure when they encounter a rule breaker, which would negatively impact us (players) and the overall trust within the community. Taking reports in a "Report Player" area would obviously shake that authority, because.. 1 - We would be dragging the admin down to the level of an ordinary player, and even if one of his/her reports was unsuccessful, that would already bring us to (see below)... 2 - The admin's competence or incompetence would be displayed to the whole community. With authority now shaken, the admins would begin to distance themselves from the regular players. At this stage we would get two groups. Players and Admins. Admins would naturally empathize with their colleagues as they can relate to them more, they would start deciding the outcomes of these reports in favor of other admins with the expectation that the admin they previously supported would also support them in return if the need arose. In extreme cases, groups would also form within the admin team where each admin would be sympathetic to at least one admin and a certain group of regular players. I will not break this part down because in both cases we would get skewed results not only in reports of admins vs. players, but also players vs. players. This would mean the end of the server. On a side note. When one is part of a situation that escalates, one's judgment most likely becomes subjective and moves away from an objective view. For someone to recognize that and act on it doesn't happen every day. That's not to say their judgment is flawed, but when they have the choice to handle the situation themselves instead of reporting it to another administrator, and they choose the latter option, that's an impressive personal trait. Respect + Edit: Your question could have been answered from other perspectives. There is the issue of equality vs. equity, right wing vs. left wing, etc. No matter which road I would take as destination would remain unchanged.

I thought it was obvious that I was not talking about PGers, NON-RPer, or anyone else. Rather, I'm evaluating two people with different types of /me's. Otherwise, of course, I agree that there is more to an RPer than emotes. Thanks for pointing it out. ^^

Example 1. /me wonders why Francis looks at him while tying his shoes. Then he remembers the conversation they had two days ago in discord, and nods at him with a smile Example 2. /me narrows his eyes as he stares at Francis, he arches his eyebrow slightly and looks back and forth between his hands and his face. -/me smiles after a few seconds and tilts his head as a sign of approval. Which of these is right? I remember when the /me command was first introduced, it was described as an action of the character, while /do was used to describe the result of a particular action against the player. It should also be noted that each type of trait was often represented in /me instead of /do, as opposed to how we do it now. Example: /me pisses/pisses on (character) which was often followed by a question /do s/f? and then the player could answer either /do s (success) or /do f (failure) ((/me was also mostly used in this very form)) I have seen this kind of RP as well, including from people I never thought would do such a thing. I considered writing a guide, but then changed my mind, since they probably did not even read the rules before creating their characters, and thus the guide would only be seen by players who already know how to use the command properly. Instead, I have given instructions in PMs, and honestly I have never seen any of these players take the advice negatively, and they seems pretty open to learning as well. I still find it amusing when I see /me's such as /me looks very confident in his new jacket, or /me lets out a heavy sigh as he remembers his ex-wife. I love how people think others know about either their new jacket or their confidence, about what they are thinking or feeling. I love how these players go out of their way to make sure everyone knows, and they also do it in /me and no /ame or /melow. Well. I personally think that the use of /me /do /ame /my etc.. Is just to enhance roleplay experience and then already tell a story, but it should also be noted that the story needs to be told to... What I'm saying is that you don't often write /me commands when you're alone in your house in the mornings or when you first spawn to drink your coffee, Although when you go out you might RP that your character had a coffee in the morning. This is because you need other players to tell your story to, otherwise you'd be playing single player and not multiplayer. So it should be noted that other players will never know what your character is thinking about, or if he has an ex-partner, or if he misses him or not. Presenting these details in /me isn't only a misuse of /me commands, but in extreme cases can open doors for MG as I or anyone else would have no way of knowing the feelings or stories of others, and I'd have no sufficient reason to use this information IC and thus it makes the story you tell with such a /me worthless to those who read it. Your story doesn't make mine wrong. Simple enough to understand. Your story matters to me only as I tell mine. We're all storytellers, equals yet different, no more and no less. Somehow I feel like I'm being tested on whether or not I'll MG - I already took the test during account creation, now it's your turn to read the rules and do the same. When you do, please also read 02. Metagaming. If this is about discussing the validity of the rule itself, then I'm sorry for misunderstanding it. - RP has evolved over the years and this might as well be a new change - so it may be my fault for not understanding it. But you are definitely not mediocre roleplayers, I know this because I'm low to mid level myself. My standard for a high level roleplayer is a person who successfully plays deaf and dumb, using /me - /do commands according to the current rules and in the usual way. Not /me thinks. I know I'm far from that. /me smiles as he stands up, he raises the cup in his hand and smiles - he looks confident ---- That's more or less OK for me.