Okay, I'm gonna get banned soon, I know it.





And just when you thought it was safe to go AFK

Earlier today, while Seren was planning to raid Etherglom:

(Serenwilde): Sojiro says, "Anyone else aside from Krellan, Amavan, Sarrasri,
myself, and Tael?"

(Serenwilde): You say, "I'll come to die if you like."

(Serenwilde): You say, "Or maybe not."

(Serenwilde): Sojiro says, "The more competent you are, you'll get yelled at
less."

(Serenwilde): Sojiro says, "Win-win."

(Serenwilde): Amavan says, "And it makes the chicks dig you. Chickens love a
good fighter."

(Serenwilde): Sheshraem says, "Squee, I love chickens.."

(Serenwilde): You say, "I can never catch them."

(Serenwilde): Sojiro says, "Indeed, rumor has it, chicks indeed do dig scars."

(Serenwilde): Sojiro says, "Deep ones."

(Serenwilde): Tael says, "Heh."

(Serenwilde): Tael says, "Sojiro. You frighten me."

(Serenwilde): Krellan says, "Well in any case, come meet up with me."



(Serenwilde): Tael (from the Ethereal Plane) says, "How exciting.."

(Serenwilde): You say, "Wha?"

(Serenwilde): Sarrasri (from the Ethereal Plane) says, "No one is coming to
defend..."

(Serenwilde): Sojiro (from the Ethereal Plane) says, "It seems we've run out of
things to kill in here."

(Serenwilde): Sarrasri (from the Ethereal Plane) says, "Perhaps someone will
"hint" to them."

(Serenwilde): Tael (from the Ethereal Plane) says, "We've killed everything."

(Market): Krellan says, "Diseased lumber for sale."

You wildly swing a colossal brutish hammer at a fearsome orc warrior. With great
force, you pound him with a resounding crack.
You have scored a CRITICAL hit!
The blow continues into a fearsome orc warrior's body, causing a sickening
cracking and mashing sound. A terrible rictus of pain twists his features for a
moment, vanishing suddenly as he falls, lifeless, to the ground.
You have slain a fearsome orc warrior.
A fearsome orc warrior exclaims, "Ma boyz'll kill ya yet!"
You suddenly scoop up the corpse of a fearsome orc warrior.
2353h, 3680m, 2900e, 10p, 13363en, 17300w exk-
You have recovered balance on your right arm.
2353h, 3680m, 2900e, 10p, 13363en, 17300w exk-
You have recovered balance on your left arm.
You may drink another health, mana, or bromide potion.
2353h, 3680m, 2900e, 10p, 13373en, 17300w exk-
You bleed 6 health.
2347h, 3680m, 2900e, 10p, 13373en, 17300w exk-
Shadows grow longer in anticipation for the return of their dark mistress as
Father Sun's chase brings him closer to the world's edge.
2492h, 3680m, 2900e, 10p, 13400en, 17300w exk-'Ya boyz' are already dead!
You say, "Ya boyz' are already dead!"

After much frustration trying to find an herbalist:



His tell was a mistake but an amusing coincidence.

Aww, that was a cuddly experience compared to my first time.

A long time ago in a mud quite close to here I was idling a bit, at Ethereal Mother, while I went downstairs to fix up something to munch on. Murphy, another Mag. champion at the time, and a small group (3-4 total) decided to teleport into me. I came back to red health, a bunch of afflictions/wounds, and 2 champion pets wailing on me (or maybe it was just archdemon + 1 champ pet), anyway, almost died. Nejii, and some other seren, were chasing murph and the group around the etherwilde. (60+ some guards were helping to chase them too.) I never idle intentionally anymore.

You say, "Oof...soul feels woozy.."
3566h, 3566m, 3566e, 10p, 16730en, 16730w elrxk-

Your exhausted mind can stay awake no longer, and you fall into a deep sleep.
3566h, 3566m, 3566e, 10p, 16730en, 16730w elrxkp-

....talk about ironic.

There's nothing ironic or funny about kicking the OOC/IC barrier like an old soda can.

HELP AFK






























Not that I think -anyone- pays much attention to that 'rule' anymore.

I blame power, it's such a pain to log out for a minute or two to duck off to some part of your house then log back in and redef(not so much low end or in other ires but when you spend ~ten power each time it gets annoying.

Half the time I'm just reading the forums and the zmud has stopped turning green

Hear, hear! Drawdown especially is a pain...

Earlier today:

While waiting for the next vibration so I could leave safely..


Melodic notes accompany a bard as she wanders in from the ether, strumming her
mandolin.
A dwarven pilgrim trudges in from the ether.
Sarin arrives following Spiral Stargazer Nejii Talnara, Moon's Fire.
Zia arrives following Spiral Stargazer Nejii Talnara, Moon's Fire.
Klaus arrives following Zia Talnara, Silver Spark.
You hear a rustling and turn to see Nejii emerging from the undergrowth.
3750h, 3845m, 3975e, 5p, 17650en, 18897w elrxk-
look

Fruit Cannery.
Superimposed over this location, an ethereal forest reaches up to the sky.
Worktables are set up for processing fruit into preserves. The brick fireplaces
line the walls and are filled with boiling parts of water which in turn are
filled with jars, some of which contain preserves and others of which contain
whole fruit. In the centre of the enormous chamber are stacks of crates filled
with jars that glitter with jeweled colours of apricots, plums, grapes and
strawberries. Melbini Mimikin stands here, a spatula in her furry hand. Paused
briefly to accord her mandolin, a wandering bard hums a complex melody. Pausing
to rest, a dwarven pilgrim looks off into the distance. Lady of Branches, Sarin
Mes'ard is here. She wields a golden sickle in her left hand and a mystic cudgel
in her right. Klaus is here. He wields an iridescent silver lyre in his left
hand. Spiral Stargazer Nejii Talnara, Moon's Fire towers here. He wields an
athame dagger in his left hand and a magic tome in his right. Zia Talnara,
Silver Spark is here. She wields a finely-crafted violin in her left hand and an
emblazoned hunter's shield in her right.
You see a single exit leading south (open door).
3750h, 3845m, 3975e, 5p, 17650en, 18897w elrxk-
ghost

Your action causes the nearly invisible magical shield around you to fade away.
Chanting words of power, you burn off your mortal shell in a blaze of dark fire

: ** PAUSED **
and rise up from the ashes as a ghost.
3750h, 3345m, 3975e, 2p, 17650en, 18397w lrxk-

Your ghostly form quivers to the thrumming vibration here, and you solidify into
a regal archlich aslaran.


Hardy bloody har har.

You swing a dull iron katana at an algae-like phycomid. You cut him, opening up deep lacerations.
The blade shears through an algae-like phycomid's body, coming clean through the other side with a strangely quiet swish. He appears momentarily surprised, before his eyes glaze over in death and he collapses to the ground.
You have slain an algae-like phycomid.
A handful of loti spores tumbles out of the corpse of an algae-like phycomid.
A handful of loti spores tumbles out of the corpse of an algae-like phycomid.
A handful of loti spores tumbles out of the corpse of an algae-like phycomid.
A handful of loti spores tumbles out of the corpse of an algae-like phycomid.
A handful of loti spores tumbles out of the corpse of an algae-like phycomid.
A handful of loti spores tumbles out of the corpse of an algae-like phycomid.
You suddenly scoop up the corpse of an algae-like phycomid.

It is always nice to know your companions know more tricks then you thought. Text has been censored to protect the innocent (Well, and keep my OOC forum account and IC character separate.)

After I noticed for the first time that my leprechaun picks up money from the ground:

That is so cute.

@ Kodath:

Reminds me of when I forgot to QQ, minimized zMud, and then went and had a night on the town. Much to the God who disconnected me.

Still can't believe I did that .

I honestly think AFK is exacerbated by all the darn distractions. To many people try to multi-task themselves--while playing the game they have skype or AIM or IRC or MSN or whatever else open and thus you have way too many people doing other things when they should either be concentrating on the game or stay logged off.

I also wish whenever somebody speaks on a clan or channel there'd be an emote from the person. mentally concentrates as if he was communicating mentally. It would make sense and let people know if you're really AFK or just distracted from private tells, etc.

That would be insanely spammy and horrible.

Make it like Rats/Weevils, only noticeable if you want to see it.

And then get Roark to invent the "super-monomaniacal" connection. When you turn on Lusternia it takes over and nothing else can get through to your Internet connection--no e-mail, no web traffic, nothing. You have to concentrate on the game or choose not to play. I bet it would improve the quality of the game ten-fold, but he'd probably need a wish-granting Genie to actually truly do it. (I'm remembering when Everquest took over you entire screen preventing you from effectively multitasking).

I'd probably stop playing.