Post by Alizarin Spion - Sleeper Agent on Jan 13, 2020 18:18:56 GMT -5
Sigh in relief, the troll is out, for those who cares!
Aside from uglies I've also seen many lovely things in the NWN community, how it has evolve so much over the years, I've seen countless of servers and players of all kinds and I've had a blast. However the last 8 or so years I've seen how the game has been in a decline, with the dwindling playerbase the amount of quality servers has disappeared with it. The servers today that hold the majority share of players are servers who I, many years ago, would never set my foot in because there was so much more content out there that I enjoyed more.
Perhaps the limit of options forced me to settle with certain servers and stay longer than I normally would have, even servers with rule-sets I didn't particularly like. I think somewhere along the way I didn't like the new direction the NWN community (as a whole) was taking and I didn't enjoy the game as much as before, and with it I started to see things I didn't particularly like and my way of interacting with the NWN community changed as well.
I don't know if this will be the last NWN server for me or if I'll continue chasing that white whale, time will tell I suppose. I usually just whisk away when I quit a server because I don't like to make a big scene and I always leave the door open if I choose to return, but at this stage, I feel confident to say goodbye.
All in all I wish you good luck and I hope you continue to enjoy the game in many years to come.
TL;DR: Be kind to your fellow players, kinder than a troll could be. And goodbye!
-Jonah John.
I've spent nearly two decades playing this game (since release, really), I started off as a young teenager around 13 years old who didn't know what D&D was and didn't know a lick of RP, after enduring a lot of teasing/bullying from players and DMs of the NWN community I grew to learn what it all meant by those who gave me an honest chance, those who taught me along the way, to the point that I could carry myself. I guess that's also why I've never been the one who've been particularly fond of cliques and "elites", but instead I've been focused on interacting with the "regular joes" or the kind of players that others would typically avoid. I have even protected people who've been bullied in this game by cliques who've sometimes had connections in the DM team (this didn't happen in FRC of course) to the point I've received tells about how bad they're feeling and their desperate pleads for help. I have defended these players because I'm an outspoken person and I don't care about deterrents or consequences such as alienation or bans.
Aside from uglies I've also seen many lovely things in the NWN community, how it has evolve so much over the years, I've seen countless of servers and players of all kinds and I've had a blast. However the last 8 or so years I've seen how the game has been in a decline, with the dwindling playerbase the amount of quality servers has disappeared with it. The servers today that hold the majority share of players are servers who I, many years ago, would never set my foot in because there was so much more content out there that I enjoyed more.
Perhaps the limit of options forced me to settle with certain servers and stay longer than I normally would have, even servers with rule-sets I didn't particularly like. I think somewhere along the way I didn't like the new direction the NWN community (as a whole) was taking and I didn't enjoy the game as much as before, and with it I started to see things I didn't particularly like and my way of interacting with the NWN community changed as well.
I don't know if this will be the last NWN server for me or if I'll continue chasing that white whale, time will tell I suppose. I usually just whisk away when I quit a server because I don't like to make a big scene and I always leave the door open if I choose to return, but at this stage, I feel confident to say goodbye.
I guess the reason I'm making this exception is because I've been here for more years than I normally would stay in a NWN server, and at the same time I want to set the record straight. I hold no OOC grudges against anyone here because at the end of the day it's just a game and I treat it as such. Some people may have misconceptions about me because I'm not the guy who spends time forging OOC bonds, my main objective has always been to enjoy the content on my own terms and time-frame.
All in all I wish you good luck and I hope you continue to enjoy the game in many years to come.
-Jonah John.