Statesman Total Freakout
Back about 3-4 weeks ago, Sedated Alice had a really ambitious idea to explain a change she wanted to use to explain an evolution in her character Aestas. the idea was to put together a statesman task force with her friends and see what would happen. She had a goal in mind and the hopes that as the team leader, she could develop the story within and along the task force storyline.
It lasted about 10 seconds, as when E.VAC and Fyre Hex showed up, it was anger and accusation directed at Kill Favored's character Masonry. The bickering and anger spilled over to the rest of us and killed a good idea and turned it into a test of will, and a 'death-march' that left all of us upset, pointing fingers, and hurt. I got upset that Fyre and E both blasted the chance for a story by sabotaging it with IC angst and anger. In turn both of them were upset at what they felt was IC stuff that became for them, direct attacks upon themselves.
Aestas suffered the most, for it was her idea that was blown apart and the chance for a neat story flushed away. The TF went forward at a reasonable pace but the tension between people and their attitudes, mine included continued to fray and reduced the fun to a epehmeral thing that would die as soon as it appeared. StarWyng (my character) hit 50, and I've never felt closer to deleting a character than I did those moments before she reached that magic milestone. There was no camraderie, no feeling of something precious shared with others. Everyone was wrapped tight in their own REAL angst and misery by that time, and I am certain that friendships have been permanently strained, if not broken completely.
Why? Each one of us was selfish, and didn't look to the big picture. I've read everyone's post (except for Cryocasm), and see the same 'oh I know this was stupid, poor me, I'm the true victim' in each of the posts. I have to brush myself there too as I was selfish afterwards and hurt that people would not try to put aside things and actually TRY to build an IC reason to help each other. That does NOT show good RP skills, that just shows selfishness and a 'me I've got to have the spotlight diva' mentality.
I really wish Aestas could have had the mission she wanted. I think it was a good idea and the team was reasonably put together. We may not have won, but at least we would have had fun, and not be still feeling hurt.
It lasted about 10 seconds, as when E.VAC and Fyre Hex showed up, it was anger and accusation directed at Kill Favored's character Masonry. The bickering and anger spilled over to the rest of us and killed a good idea and turned it into a test of will, and a 'death-march' that left all of us upset, pointing fingers, and hurt. I got upset that Fyre and E both blasted the chance for a story by sabotaging it with IC angst and anger. In turn both of them were upset at what they felt was IC stuff that became for them, direct attacks upon themselves.
Aestas suffered the most, for it was her idea that was blown apart and the chance for a neat story flushed away. The TF went forward at a reasonable pace but the tension between people and their attitudes, mine included continued to fray and reduced the fun to a epehmeral thing that would die as soon as it appeared. StarWyng (my character) hit 50, and I've never felt closer to deleting a character than I did those moments before she reached that magic milestone. There was no camraderie, no feeling of something precious shared with others. Everyone was wrapped tight in their own REAL angst and misery by that time, and I am certain that friendships have been permanently strained, if not broken completely.
Why? Each one of us was selfish, and didn't look to the big picture. I've read everyone's post (except for Cryocasm), and see the same 'oh I know this was stupid, poor me, I'm the true victim' in each of the posts. I have to brush myself there too as I was selfish afterwards and hurt that people would not try to put aside things and actually TRY to build an IC reason to help each other. That does NOT show good RP skills, that just shows selfishness and a 'me I've got to have the spotlight diva' mentality.
I really wish Aestas could have had the mission she wanted. I think it was a good idea and the team was reasonably put together. We may not have won, but at least we would have had fun, and not be still feeling hurt.
posted by JD at
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