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I actually figured it was you.

And I don't retract my statement, merely empathize my apology. I understand where you're getting at and the general "good intentions" of your words, I just don't think you understand the flawed implications they house.

At least, reworded through Vintrict who I don't doubt botched what you said a bit, to give credit.



Again, I don't see why "playing to the lowest denominator is a bad plan."

What, I should feel bad I want my participants to be able to meaningfully roleplay and potentially win a bout regardless of design motif and approach? If someone doesn't saturate their character with a million passive and active powers and give them laser eye rail guns, I should tell them "well, you just lost?"

Like unless it's a competition where it's very blatantly gods and god-level characters fighting and that's the advertisement, I literally can't see the use or appeal to such a mantra. The only people I could possibly see deriving pleasure from "you must be this high of a power level to ride" approaches are those who consistently roleplay characters that would be considered a balancing disaster in such roleplays.

Yeah, obviously a dude with a flint knife is going to have it rough against Ryugi Kazamaru, but there can be an established system that makes it so that flint knife wielder can, exercising wit and reckless abandon, self destruct Ryugi into oblivion. And I'll facilitate that system to make that possibility exist instead of going "why don't you have a flak cannon?"

And so on.

I won't ever be malicious OOC unless I don't like someone or they don't like me. OOCly, I can be the nicest guy you know. Which is how most of these people got to know me. But if you get on my bad side, or I managed to get on a bad side of someone they know, then it becomes chaos and "I hate Vintrict." I'm fine with it. I've dealt with it over the years and came to the conclusion there's no need to offer my kindness to everyone I meet any longer. You prove yourself to me, and I'll give you my respect. Just like how you have over the years. I respect you. The fact that you can have a conversation with me like this and not instantly debunk me is also a good trait of yours.

Don't like Vin, he does nothing but bring this place down.

Even though you guys disagree with Vin. The Fact that you take the time to respond to him and give him attention is validation.

Ban him and be done with it.

I'm tired of hearing people debate with him. Its clearly pointless.

In short, you only show someone respect if they placate you and play a yes man to everything you say, and you're emotionally immature to a point you equate disagreement with dislike.

Logically speaking.

I was only giving examples of ways to stay on my good side. Not the only ones. I can clearly discern dislike from disagreement. Most of the time, I just use that against people for the sake of fun because it's so easy.

Sieg, you don't even know what rp means, so you can't really say anything about anyone's level of rping.

Well that is because you are a Casual Player. Vin is a cut-throat player.

I am sure you can play cut-throat but for the most part you play casual. Not Vin, he is cut-throat all the way and that can come off as abrasive and even borderline arrogant.

That or I am just oblivious to the world around me.....most likely the latter. 0_o

Too bad you can't do anything about it, Sieg. I'm more relevant when it comes to rping than you ever will be.