this is a game!

[Leela]

Hi TMW

Some players here seem to take the game a bit too serious. I tell you what I mean.

Apart from the fact that this is a GAME, we are all just human beings. Not perfect at all. So the nicest person will do something very stupid. So what. that is part of you, guys.
I include myself here. I am not perfect either and in the last year that I played this game, I did many stupid things. So what? That's me, deal with it.
And you all should think the same way. You see, as long as you are ok most of the time and you just do something stupid once in while because you didn't think, everything is good.

Don't feel offended by everything.
Stay away from people you dislike, just like in real life.
Ignore people who annoy you (spammers and trolls are not meant by that).
And for heaves sake stop trying to save your image.

Oh actually there is something that annoyes me on some players here. Still not enough to really affect me but enough to mention it: Those players who have to mention again and again how intelligent they are (that also annoys me in rl). Those who try to sound so very very smart all the time. Those who try to be mature very hard.
To all of those (yes I mean you ... yes you...) -> You are so smart and really sound like an educated adult person. Go read a few more books and try to avoid sunlight and real life.

I am not mentioning any names and thought about my words carefully (actually I deleted and wrote again about 4 times) so please do the same if you answer. Thanks!


cu ingame
Leela

PS.: "this is a game!" - but it is really good and i like it very much!

[August Knight]

*claps*

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"well... it's just you're acting very childish!" Sarah Jane
"What's the point of being an adult if you can't act childish sometimes?" - Tom Baker to Sarah Jane

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I hope after all this college/school/research/life stuff is done I can "really" play again.

[Bertram]

Leela,

You have my humble respect for this thread.

Take it easy everyone.

[DarkWater]

Those who try to sound so very very smart all the time.

I was going to go with it, right up to there.

So, if they sound smart to you, you get annoyed?


What!

I am sorry, it is a game, if someone sounds smarter then you, they probably are, move on.

That is like saying, you know what i hate. I hate people that hate more then I do! Those people just make me mad, because I can never hate more then they can hate!

Sounds childish to me.

[enchilado]

Sounds childish to me.

Stop trying to act smart, people who do that annoy me.

[Leela]

@Dark Water I didn't say "people who ARE smarter then me". Because I have no problem with those. Actually I like that because I can learn from them.
But not those who try to sound smart. Because those aren't.

@AugustKnight we are all childish or we wouldn't play this game

[Leela]

@Lord of the Files: your opinion.

[DarkLord]

THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO THESE HALF WIT PLAYERS (NOT ALL BUT MOST) FOR AGES!!!

[enchilado]

Really? I thought that's what they were trying to explain to you.

[iceslice]

IT'S ALL ALL PART OF THE GAME.
talk in the forum, talks in game, contributing to it, they all are. even while you are fighting or making friendship with ppl.
Just keep playing as usual. Be natural or artificial, that's up to you.


One point, you may try to avoid hating. It affects your judgement.

Just enjoy it.
And i'll never say "goodbye to tmw". Even if for while, I know i'll be back, may be later.

[DarkWater]

@Dark Water I didn't say "people who ARE smarter then me". Because I have no problem with those. Actually I like that because I can learn from them.
But not those who try to sound smart. Because those aren't.

I give up.

Amun, what really amazes me are people that insist on being serous about telling people not to be serous.

People that think they are smart enough to know if some one is trying to sound smart and are actually smart.

But what baffles me are people that confuse ignorance with stupidity.


But hey, I got the memo. It is not ok to play by any rules, only ok if we play by YOUR rules.

Only you have the right to call people smart or stupid.
Only you have the right to pass judgment on what is serous and what is not.
Only you have the right to claim what is a game, and what is not.

[Leela]

What's your problem DarkWater?
Why so agressive?

What I write is MY opinion. And I have a right to have an opinion.

Only you have the right to call people smart or stupid.

In my opinion some people do some smart babbling but there actions show that they aren't.

Only you have the right to pass judgment on what is serous and what is not.

Pass judgement? I do not judge. I tell my opinion *repeating myself*

Only you have the right to claim what is a game, and what is not.

In my opinion it is a game as long as people don't get personal and/or abusing. Because this takes away the fun.

If you think I am wrong, prove me wrong.

[DarkWater]

What's your problem DarkWater?
Why so agressive?

I do not like people that think they know what I am.

I am not aggressive, I was actually laughing while I was writing that.

It is called irony leela.
Verbal Irony- a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant.

In my opinion it is a game as long as people don't get personal and/or abusing. Because this takes away the fun.

If you think I am wrong, prove me wrong.

Of course your opinion is the only one that matters. And if it is your opinion we have to take you serous. But if it is our opinion, we need to understand it is only a game.

Only you have the right to pass judgment on what others are doing, saying, and thinking.

If you think they are stupid, they are!
If you think they are being aggressive, they are!

But it seems that only you have the right to a serous opinion. If anyone else has an opinion that differs from you, they are; 1. aggressive, 2. stupid, 3. a troll, and, among a long list of undesirables, 4. here to ruin the game,

But those rules do not apply to you. If you have an serous opinion, it is THE only opinion.


If this was about us not *not* *not* taking anything serous, then I would not have to prove you wrong.

Unfortunately, amun, you are right, we have a pot, kettle, black situation here.

[Leela]

I give up DarkWater. You are right with all you say as much as I am wrong of course.

@Moderators: Please close this topic as it is just mutating into a flame war, which was not the purpose. thanks

cu ingame
Leela

[Getafix]

I don't think Leela said "My opinion is the only one that matters". Anyone is free to give opinions.
If you do not know what an "Opinion" means.

1. A belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof: "The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion" (Elizabeth Drew).
2. A judgment based on special knowledge and given by an expert: a medical opinion.
3. A judgment or estimation of the merit of a person or thing: has a low opinion of braggarts.
4. The prevailing view: public opinion.
5. Law. A formal statement by a court or other adjudicative body of the legal reasons and principles for the conclusions of the court.

By the way. I'm not trying to act smart. I copy pasted this.

May your donkeys live forever.
Fix