Dancer Archive
Thread: An idea to encourage more non-afkness
captainme wrote:
You people are too uptight. Light-hearted humor confuses you.If there's one thing you haven't learned, it's not to take everything so literal. You may play an entertainer in-game, but you don't have the true entertainer mentality. Upon reading your responses I felt a sense of loathing and thwarting from your wordsto my mild attempt to send a message to "lighten up." Don't take things too seriously, enjoy what you have and don't worry about what you don't.
My TrollDAR is acting... I think this one is getting a bit out of control *In an Aussie accent* Better get my dart gun.
Why are you telling us about "entertainer mentality"? Your just some punk who came into the Dancer's fourm acting like a big shot and acting like you've been around longer then me in the Dancer profession. You're probably some hotshot holocron afker who just alt-tabbed just to post that
kirah_ashlin wrote:
C, please understand that, in general, we are on edge about our game profession. Some more so than others . . . You have to admit that your original post didn't even hint at being TIC - and in this day and time (what with buffbots getting badges and live ents being slammed by players who don't want to interact with others) its only to be expected that it would be misunderstood initially. That being said, I've read yourrecent posts with interest (agreeing and not at times). Thanks for becoming involved in the community and adding your thoughts and input into the quandry we are all facing.
captainme wrote:
You people are too uptight. Light-hearted humor confuses you.If there's one thing you haven't learned, it's not to take everything so literal. You may play an entertainer in-game, but you don't have the true entertainer mentality. Upon reading your responses I felt a sense of loathing and thwarting from your wordsto my mild attempt to send a message to "lighten up." Don't take things too seriously, enjoy what you have and don't worry about what you don't.
Heh...this post is where you went wrong. Nobody likes being called uptight. I remember reading your first post in this thread and thinking that I didn't agree, but I didn't feel like responding because actually it didn't make sense, lol. But, you have to admit, there really was no indication that the post was meant for humor. I mean, there are a lot of dancers who aren't too concerned about afk and buffbots and whatnot and that's absolutely their right. I just thought you were one of those dancers who actually believed that new flourishes and dances would solve our problems. There are several dancers who actually feel that way. I don't agree with them, but I respect their opinion. The original replies to your post were made by people who I think also don't agree with that opinion, but it's not like they were flaming you or anything, they were just giving you their opinion. Because, like I said, there are people on here that *do* agree with that opinion so it's not exactly out of the ordinary to find a post such as this and consider it to be serious.
But...seriously, I *hate* being called uptight or being accused of something I'm not and when you said that, well, I admit, it annoyed me greatly. I decided *not* to respond to that post last night even though I wanted to. But, I decided not to because if I had I wouldn't have been very nice about it. Now, that I've had a bit of time to compose my thoughts, I have responded to it.
Drygo wrote:
captainme wrote:
You people are too uptight. Light-hearted humor confuses you.If there's one thing you haven't learned, it's not to take everything so literal. You may play an entertainer in-game, but you don't have the true entertainer mentality. Upon reading your responses I felt a sense of loathing and thwarting from your wordsto my mild attempt to send a message to "lighten up." Don't take things too seriously, enjoy what you have and don't worry about what you don't.
Heh...this post is where you went wrong. Nobody likes being called uptight. I remember reading your first post in this thread and thinking that I didn't agree, but I didn't feel like responding because actually it didn't make sense, lol. But, you have to admit, there really was no indication that the post was meant for humor. I mean, there are a lot of dancers who aren't too concerned about afk and buffbots and whatnot and that's absolutely their right. I just thought you were one of those dancers who actually believed that new flourishes and dances would solve our problems. There are several dancers who actually feel that way. I don't agree with them, but I respect their opinion. The original replies to your post were made by people who I think also don't agree with that opinion, but it's not like they were flaming you or anything, they were just giving you their opinion. Because, like I said, there are people on here that *do* agree with that opinion so it's not exactly out of the ordinary to find a post such as this and consider it to be serious.
But...seriously, I *hate* being called uptight or being accused of something I'm not and when you said that, well, I admit, it annoyed me greatly. I decided *not* to respond to that post last night even though I wanted to. But, I decided not to because if I had I wouldn't have been very nice about it. Now, that I've had a bit of time to compose my thoughts, I have responded to it.
I do want to apologize for that post, I felt as if I was being attacked over something I did to set a lighter mood. I mean, we all know there are problems with all professions. I can be reasonable and serious, but like I said we all have those moments that we're not. To me, it seemed like flaming the way Blamj was putting it. I think that's who my frustrations were pointed to. If I upset anyone else, I didn't mean to. But Blamj's first post just had a condescending tone to it, as if to say "What would you know?" I felt threatened by that. However, I thought it was pretty clear that by saying "more break dancing dances" that people would get a slight chuckle. After all, you didn't see Han Solo bust out with the robot or Obiwan do a head spin. However, to be serious about this, I do think that if there were a different flourish for each flourish number that there could be possibilities for contests and the such. I don't know, this might not be a solution, but it would be really cool.