A Game of Gods- Discussion Thread

"My God, the depraved, psychotic, cannibalistic lunatic and the scheming, lying, literal god of deceit and trickery betrayed us? Who could possibly have seen this turn of events coming?"

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"...Okay, so we all saw it coming, but I feel we could have done more to prevent it."

edited 27th Jul '15 8:17:59 PM by Vox

And thus we all learn an important lesson in why paying your employees is important.

Yeah, that hasn't happened. That's what Sokka has said to do, but that's not what Fletcher has done.

They do have medals for almost, and they're called silver!

Seekers have 10/10 coordination.

edited 28th Jul '15 5:20:54 AM by tvtropesnoob

"Your Sig is now charmingly out of date" — Vox, 7/6/2016

By the way, Legend? Fletcher's forgotten about "Maria" at this point, so it might help if she calls again.

They do have medals for almost, and they're called silver!

Ahem.

Gentlemen, ladies, as of this post I am officially resigning as Game Master of A Game of Gods. From the moment I press enter on this post, I will no longer oversee any of the challenges I was currently overseeing, I won't play any of the characters that I was playing, and I won't be on this discussion thread anymore. That job will be handed over to the G Ms. They have all the plans, and all my ideas, and I think they know what to do. Or they can throw the plans to the air and do whatever they want, it's up to them, really.

Ah, it's funny. I went back to look at when I first posted, and I realized I joined Eclipse in early 2012. And I became a GM before the end of 2012, which means... yep, I've been doing this for three years of my life. God, three years. I haven't done anything that lasted three years. Except for school and the occasional hobby. That's what this was, you guys know that, right? A hobby. I wanted to have fun playing a game, and for three years, I had the most fun playing this with all of you people.

But then it stopped being fun.

It stopped being fun because there are some people in this group that don't realize that. That don't realize that this is a game, not a platform for their bloated egos or an empty face for them to place their victim complexes upon. In fact, I'm gonna do this right now, and I'm going to do this with blaring letter: if you consider this more than a hobby, if your answer to the question "does your life depend on a game on an internet forum" is yes, then please seek help. This is not healthy. This is a game, a thing for us to have fun, but we must first understand that's just what it is. And nothing's saying we can't have an emotional connection to this game, nothing's saying we can't improve through this game, nothing's saying we can't form friends through this game- lord knows I've done all of those things- but that's what this is, a game. And if it stops being a game for you, if it starts being a job, I suggest you get out and find another hobby because you are getting into a path of no return.

Anyhow. Let me explain what happened: there are two people, whose name I will not mention, who essentially have lost all sense that this is a. a game and b. a community. So there are these two people, and they're annoying, and every time I have to interact with them I punch myself, and I'm actively losing interest in shit I have been cooking for an entire year because interacting with them is like interacting with that little kid on your family who understands what life is but refuses to play by the rules and wants to surround itself with this fantasy environment that suits him. But I suck it up and do it anyway, because that's my job, right? Wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. This is not my job, this is my hobby. And if I was playing on a Team Fortress 2 server I don't own, this would be the time I'd have changed servers, because that's what you do when there are annoying players. But this is a server I owed. However, I wasn't the only admin in this server, there were others. And I talked to them, asked them 'what can we do?' And god bless these guys, they tried to figure out a solution that will please everyone, because they're kind souls and not cynical twats like me. But there's no solution that was going to please everyone. It was either me or them. If I had to so much as talk to one of those two people, I would literally take my finger, mock shooting myself in the head, then punch my computer until I could never get in TV Tropes again.

By this time you're asking yourself who are those people and what can we do to them? To which I say, please don't. If you really want to find out who these people are, PM another player, but don't bring this shit into the discussion thread. Because this is a game, not Desesperate Housewives or some kind of nasty job competition (something those two people don't understand). You can yell and cuss at them behind their backs as much as you want, but keep this shit away from the discussion thread.

This next message is just for those two people, because I'm not going to PM, and I'm certainly never gonna approach them outside of TVT: please don't act as if you'll miss me, cause I'm sure as hell not gonna miss any of you two. Also, do me one last favor: don't appear in any of my other R Ps.

Ooph, got a little angry there for a second. But that's my secret, I'm always angry. I'll miss pretty much all of you guys, except for those two and a few oddities that have appeared over the years. I'll miss this, really. But it's just not a hobby anymore, it's a job, and I'm not coming here, spending up to four hours per day, to do a job. I have other hours of the day for jobs. This time is for something fun. I'll still be around TV Tropes. I'm a major part of the Justice Avengers R Ps as a player, so if you like me as a player but hate me as a GM, you can find me there. I'm going to be digging into my bag of RP ideas and launching a bunch of them at the wall, see which ones stick. Some of them crossover, some of them original, let's see, stay tuned.

When I joined, things were so different. A post in Sifuri or Eclipse was like a gift from the skies. Tatu hadn't gotten much development. And now I've made Tatu a part of the family, whilst Sifuri and Eclipse are the most active R Ps on the AGOG group. That's amazing, I'm really proud of that, I'm really proud of all the characters I got to interact with, and I'm really proud of all the time I got to spend with you guys.

If you're thinking shit, the RP is over, other G Ms are gonna flunk, don't. They're really quite extraordinary people and probably could do a much better job than I do. Like I said, all the plans are with them now, so... trust them, really.

This would be a perfect time to link We'll Meet Again, but of course, Youtube embedding is not working. Goddamnit, I love to hate this site.

Goodbye.

edited 28th Jul '15 11:06:05 AM by Stratofarius

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Adious, good trails to you Strato. Keep the fun going

"Your Sig is now charmingly out of date" — Vox, 7/6/2016

I'd ask you to reconsider, but you've clearly given this a lot of thought. You will be missed.

Yep.

And Strat's absolutely right. This is a game, not a responsibility. If he's found he's stopped having fun with it, no one can blame him. I've been there before.

In any case, happy trails and best wishes Strat. We'll probably be seeing each other again in another RP.

"Shake the dust." - Anis Mojgani

I do hope me showing up isn't the straw that broke the camel's back.

The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground

IIIIIIIIIIIIt's not, trust me, I'm in the unfortunate position of knowing. You didn't factor

edited 28th Jul '15 12:17:13 PM by tvtropesnoob

"Your Sig is now charmingly out of date" — Vox, 7/6/2016

Honestly......I'm kind of horrified by this. Its not because of the fact that Strat is leaving the game. It may be because I very well may have been one of the two people he's mentioned. That I may be responsible for his decision to leave this game and possibly hate the website itself. The worse thing was that I honestly had no idea I was doing it. I think back, and I know the actions that may have lead to his decision, but I did not know of the damage I was doing until now. And even though I'm filled with emotion right now, I have no idea what words to write that be appropriate to say.

I just hope to wish Strat well in the future.

DAMMIT MARK, STOP HOTTING HELPY!!

It's not you either, Ud.

edited 28th Jul '15 12:34:29 PM by GameGuruGG

Wizard Needs Food Badly

The people he's talking about already explicitly know who they are because he's been having arguments with them non stop the last week. It ain't you, Ud. It ain't you, Des. It isn't anyone who thinks it might be them. Probably best not to speculate too hard, just for the sake of saving more dumb drama.

,Not reassuring at all. I still feel incredibly responsible in spite of it even if it was not my fault.

edited 28th Jul '15 12:41:42 PM by UdtheImp

DAMMIT MARK, STOP HOTTING HELPY!!

Ud, it's not you. We swear.

They do have medals for almost, and they're called silver!

It's been a pleasure rping under you, Strat. See you around, man.

And Ud, believe us, you had nothing to do with this. You would know if had.

Yeah, trust me. None of you worry about it — if you were involved in any drama recently, you definitely definitely know it beyond the shadow of a doubt. Yall dont, so...like strat said, dont piece that together too hard. Just wave him goodbye and wish him happy trails with a thanks for his hard work as a GM

Let us look towards the future now

I totes nominate myself as new 4th GM you gaiz. I will only demand your souls in exchange. And feet rubs. There will be lots and lots of feetrubs. Of medusa's feet...what was I saying again?

edited 28th Jul '15 12:56:13 PM by tvtropesnoob

"Your Sig is now charmingly out of date" — Vox, 7/6/2016

Ud, we actually kind of like you... I mean, yeah, you've occasionally had the dumb idea, but you've improved over the years to be a good roleplayer.

Really, this is a issue that is between Strat and the two he left unnamed, and we as roleplayers should respect that.

Wizard Needs Food Badly

Yeah Ud, we're with yah, it's all good

"Your Sig is now charmingly out of date" — Vox, 7/6/2016

I vote Noob for GM

The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground

Welp. Well, with my short time on AGOG, you were quite a pleasure to RP around, Strat. Good luck on your future endeavors...

edited 28th Jul '15 1:30:43 PM by mrstack345

Your works are one trope short.

It's been fun playing with you Strat. I wish you well.

Oh wow.

Heavy shit got dropped. Gotta say in my comparatively short time with AGOG, you're definitely one of the players that really stood out Strat. But yeah this is a hobby, if ain't fun there's no point.

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