Well, it's been brought to my attention that I've been overstepping my boundaries in the RP as of late. Not necessarily in the ideas... But in my insistence of them. Evidently, I've been giving an impression of arrogance, and assuming I know "what's best" for the RP after only a few weeks of being here. I'd like to publicly apologize for this behavior.
My intent is not to assume direct control, nor exert my ideas and preferences over others. What I wanted to accomplish was to bring my own ideas to the table and help continue to improve a story that is already spectacular. Evidently, I've been failing at keeping myself in check regarding that. With that in mind, I'd like to say... I'm sorry.
From this point on, if any arguments arise because of one of my statements, I will attempt to break off contact here in the chat to prevent further anger. Moreover, I'll be trying to put my ideas on the forum instead so they can be viewed in a more complete and open to discussion form, as well as encouraging other ideas.
All I want is for this story to be the best it can be... And I'm sorry I've been causing problems with my forceful desire to see that happen. Thank you for your time.
Give me a mind, I will play with it. A character, I will roleplay it. Not so different.Ehh...you're not the first.
People have to realize to take things a step at a time and present suggestions rather than demands. Presumably, what we're looking for is where everyone gets their voice, but seeing as this isn't a perfect society, we need a bit of give and take. The chat was created to assist in communication, and while we do mess around quite a bit even in the creative and we're subject to the occasional argument, I have to say we're accomplishing what we need to. Everyone joined to contribute in some way to the RP, so we're not rivals (not that we can't be IRP), but partners in this endeavor.
Now I hugs [smile]
There is no night without dawn. The sun is always sure to rise.A pressing concern
Um... Since NL is currently... occupied, I'd like to ask a question.
Does ANYONE other than Every prefer Umbra X Ammy over Umbra X Lina? Because Every said he didn't want his shipping preferences to dictate the RP, and now I'm feeling like I changed my plans for barely any reason. (Granted, I had other reasons for the decision, but for some reason they aren't feeling important right now...)
edited 18th Jun '12 7:17:56 PM by Umbramatic
Contact Me!Don't worry too much about Lina, guys. Part of my worry about the decision was that I didn't want to leave her in the dust. :P
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Lina: I AM an adult.
(I know it's from somewhere, but I heard it on Dragonball Z Abridged.)
Give me a mind, I will play with it. A character, I will roleplay it. Not so different.The fact that Lina is both physically and chronologically much older than All, the former meaning that a physical relationship would be rather...questionable.
edited 18th Jun '12 9:45:49 PM by rmctagg09
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.You've all pretty much broken me at this point.
Apparently, if these past few days and what you've told me is anything to go by, then I am completely incapable of functioning around other people. I've never had these doubts before in my life until I came to WAAPT, but there we go. It turns out I'm a complete arsehole.
Honestly, at this point, I just want to leave. I don't feel like I fit in with this community at all anymore, and even so, several people have made it quite clear that WAAPT would be better off without me.
But as much as I, or anyone else, would like me to leave, that's just not possible.
The thing is, when I say that I do give WAAPT my everything, I literally mean it. I give WAAPT everything I have.
Think about how much I've done since I've started. Surely I must have written an entire novel's worth of posts by now. I've been here for pretty much all of the major arcs. Sinnoh, Unova, The Ranger Regions, the Gold Conference, the AU, The Orange Island, Hoenn, Infinity Keystone, PMD-R...
And throughout all of them, I've been here every day, making posts, developing characters, building the world. This has been what I've been doing all day, every day for a year and four months.
It's not just posts, either. Do you remember those Pokémon Sheets
◊ hat I spent hours on to ensure they were all up to date? What about All the artwork
I spent honing my drawing skills just to create for you?
And thanks to the chat, WAAPT is pretty much my entire social life. The first thing I do every morning when I get up is check the thread and the logs. Then I wait until a few people show up in the chat before logging in, and I pretty much stay there for the rest of the day until I go to sleep.
Speaking of which...I used to have a good sleep schedule until I joined. Now I don't go to bed until three, or often four am because of how badly timezones have screwed me over.
For the past year and a bit, WAAPT has pretty much been my life. The only friends I have right now are through WAAPT. If anyone even still wants to call me their friend. I'm really not sure right now.
This is why my leaving just wouldn't work. I can't find anything else to dedicate all my effort towards. I can't go and hang out with my meat-space friends. I can't focus on college, or a job, or anything else, because I have nothing else.
Leaving would just leave me with a void the size of Kyurem that nothing else could fill.
Maybe you understand my mind-set somewhat now. I only fight as hard as I do for WAAPT I'm nothing without it.
And I don't want to be nothing.
edited 19th Jun '12 3:49:24 AM by Luke924
Hmmm...I can't say I've been in your situation, Luke, nor can I say I understand. That's what I try to do when R Ping with everyone. To be honest, I think you're too critical about your posts and contributions [which I'm very grateful someone did, in the case of Pokémon sheets and drawings (to which I can safely say that you're definitely improving on)]. I'm not sure as to what each individual wants from this RP, but what I'm looking for is to have fun with others in creating a story around Pokémon. I'm not looking for the perfect plot or perfect character, which none of us can truly claim to have done (I think). In an RP, my belief is that while you have to be conscious of others perspective, you're not aiming to please anyone but yourself. Ultimately, complete arsehole or not (something I don't think you are), should you ever need another player for some arc you think would be fun, while I can't speak for anyone else, I can join in to help you write something you feel better about creating.
If any of this comes off as pretentious, I sincerely apologize.
There is no night without dawn. The sun is always sure to rise.Ok.
I agree wholeheartedly with Pika here.
Because of it's Forum Game roots, this RP has been pretty loose, meaning that we're not all shooting for perfection from everyone. That's part of the reason I joined this (As well as the fact that it seemed Really, really fun..)
I think part of the reason I've been in a rut recently is because I've been wasting too much energy on trying to write "Perfectly" in off Tv Tropes Rp's. I want to get better, sure, but I need to watch how much I'm asking of myself at once, and take little steps.
Anyway, Luke: You don't have to leave, just... You know, try to listen to other people more, maybe understand why they feel that way. And sometimes, you just have to back up and let people do what they want.
I get that it's all you have, but it's not like change is going to ruin the RP. You might actually end up liking an idea once it actually happens.
Yeah, we should all remember that it is in fact, a game. We're here to have fun!
And Luke, while you have done a lot of things that I find unacceptable, I always do forgive you and still consider you my friend.
Anyways, last day of school tomorrow (I assume), until sometime in August when I start working on math. And this year, my study habits have improved a lot and I've managed to get to history more independantly than I have before. I owe a lot of it to you guys, for encouraging and inspiring me to improve my studying habits. So, thanks.

Okay, there are many reasons to need to take a break from the RP. Make sure you pace yourself and have a nice trip~
There is no night without dawn. The sun is always sure to rise.