Before I start this, I would like to remind you that you don’t HAVE to be here. The lovely little red “x” in your upper right corner will always be there–if you don’t like what you’re reading, please stop. That said…
I just had a conversation in game with someone who stumbled upon my blog. I’m writing this and am going to find a way to sticky it somewhere obvious, because I’m not setting out to offend anyone. The situation was actually handled quite well, but it was with one of my less-than-favorite people in game based on his actions–how he treats people, etc..–so it was a rather interesting conversation.
First of all, two important notes about what I write in this blog:
- I typically try to avoid using names of people I’m not happy with in game. When I -do- use names in regards to me being unhappy with someone, I use abbreviations. My goal is not to tell everyone what a horrible person so-and-so is, but rather to write about what happened in my opinion.
- That said, I try very hard not to exaggerate. If something is bothering me, if something was handled poorly, I write what happened and why I was bothered. Should anyone who was there when it happened, and who knows who I’m talking about, read any entry, they should be able to remember the general conversation and know that I’m telling the truth. I may have a different perspective on what happens, but I do try very hard to not lie.
That said, of course if I’m writing about a friend I’ll often times use nick names as well, but I’ve got nothing against using full names in that case. I just did a search for the person who called me out on my posts in game, and I found 2 entries in which I used his name. Once, I used his full name, and it had nothing to do with me being unhappy with him. The second time, I used an appreciation. On top of these, I’ve got several posts in which I avoid using his name entirely. This is how I write entries, and a good chunk of my entries have no complaining about any person in general at all.
I’m sure this person is not happy with me at all right now, and I would imagine that if I was not disliked already I am now, but I did get answers about the linkshell I’m in–how things are handled certain ways, and I was happy for that. I didn’t purposely go around showing this to people because I -do- realize that some of what I write would upset people; in order for anyone to find it, they’d have to go looking for it.
To be honest, I’m not sure what else I could have done. I don’t feel as though I’ve done anything wrong, and my only other options would be to either a) not blog at all–but I enjoy it, and having a personal site to keep track of things; with my merit guide, equipment lists and guides, goals, etc.. me complaining about anything/one is a very small portion of the website, b) lock the blog so no one could read it–but I enjoy hearing input from people about the gear I’m using/trying to get, etc..!, neither of which are very good options imo.
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Anyways, THAT said and out of the way: I dinged 48 on scholar today! Had surgery this morning so I’ve been kind of out of it on/off all day, but yay for 48. Tonight, Star, Vid, Pik and I dinked around in a manaburn party, which was fun, if not overly productive–we didn’t have enough mobs or enough clean pulls :( Ah well, it was interesting. Pik pulled a lovely “LEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRROY JENKINS!” into a crowd of goblins, which I found rather amusing.
For limbus tonight, two of us were drugged up on hydrocodine! It was amusing; one of our pallys just had surgery 2 weeks ago, so the two of us were pretty loopy. Apparently at one point while using hydrocodine, she thought she was a ninja, though we were informed she tanks very well while drugged up, hehe. We did Omega and got body, hands, and hat, so not too horrible. Of course, nothing for myself, Star, Vid, or Pik, but Star was the only one of us who wanted anything from Omega anyways. Am hoping we start doing Ultima runs soonish, though I was told we’d do one in December! :D
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