Rants & Raves of Jasmine’s Fiction

I’m beginning to get really tired of Merentha.  I know, I didn’t think it was possible either looking at how deeply enmeshed I am in the game.  But you know what?  I’m tired.  Tired of grinding (hack and slash gets old real quick), tired of the drama (you can a read previous post on Merentha drama ­here), and tired of everyone in the game taking everything too seriously.

How serious is serious?  Dear readers; Jasmine has been reduced to tears today.  When I say tears, I mean that I actually sobbed for a couple of minutes.

What happened?  People in the game taking everything too seriously.  This is more or less what happened:

Siol (HM):  Who wants 10K gold?  I’m giving away 10K gold.

Regret (HM):  Come to Haven and give it to me!

Siol (HM):  Haha no, you want the money you come to me.
Maharet (HM):  Hop my gate.

Siol (HM):  Haha.

Maharet (HM):  Nah, it’s not worth it, my gates cost 10K anyway.

Siol (HM):  Ok, 50K gold then.

Maharet (HM):  I’ll PK you for 50K 

Siol (HM): 

Ekom (HM):  Why would a sorc from Pax threaten PK to a lowbie?

Regret (HM):  Why would an assassin from Tri-Force care???

Maharet (HM):  Who’s threatening?  Mind your accusations.

Ekom (HM):  You just said that you’ll PK Siol and all he was doing was offering money.  People are too free with throwing around the PK word and PK-ing people for no reason and I don’t like to see that.

Maharet (HM):  I don’t see Siol complaining, why are you?

Siol (HM):  I know! 

Ekom (HM):  Yeah but still too many of you people think that just because you’re high leveled and powerful that you can just kill people for no reason.  You are a level 50 sorc Maharet, you could do some serious damage and I just don’t want to see anyone die over nothing.

Regret (HM):  Shut your mouth.

Kemenkel (HM):  Ekom watch what you say.

Beyak (HM):  Shut up Ekom.

Maharet (HM): Keep your nose in your own business before you lose it.

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Before we continue here’s a little tutorial to some Merentha jargon.

HM = High Mortal.  All players from the levels of 20 to 49 are considered HM.  HM line is where all players above level 20 can speak in public for the whole MUD to see.

PK = Player Kill.  Players can kill other players (not just the monsters in the game) and although this is frowned upon in the game society, it does happen.

Gate = Gates are a magic transportation portals that allow players to move quickly from one place to another.  Only high leveled mages get this ability.

Sorc = Sorcerer.  Mage sub-class. 

Pax = Juris Pax.  Player run guild.  Juris Pax is strictly non-PK.

Tri-Force = Also a player run guild.  Their guildmaster has over 40+ PKs to his name.

Lowbie = Low leveled player.  We consider anything under level 23 to be lowbies.

*please note that Ekom has been known to spree (spree meaning to PK indiscriminately; in short, a mass murderer) and I, out of my 865 kills have only 3 PKs to my name – all in self defence, meaning they attacked me first.

**also note that after I said that I would PK Siol for the 50k I ended the sentence with a denoting that I was joking.  Siol and everyone else knows that I don’t PK, nor do I condone it.

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So after all that drama, Kemenkel tells me today with his righteous and holier-than-thou manner (in more than the summarised amount of words) that I’m too free with my PK threats; that I offend people and that I should learn to be a nice person like him or I will pay for it with my life.

Those of you who know me IRL please laugh as loud as you can. 

I hate people telling me what to do, I hate it when they condescendingly tell me that it’s for my own good and that I need to take their advice because they are right and I am wrong.  I hate it when people assume things out of ignorance and I hate it when they judge me based on ONE conversation.

I don’t need to justify the amount of people I’ve helped IRL and in the game.  I don’t need to prove that I am “a nice person” (okay I have my bitchy days but deep down inside you all know that I’ll bend over backwards for anyone if the situation calls for it) and I don’t deserve to be made to feel that I am in the wrong for something a hypocritical asswipe took out of context.

I’m tired.  After today’s argument with Kemenkel, I had a little cry and I’m actually contemplating retiring Maharet from the game for a little while.  Sigh.  I guess its time to bring out my little paladin.

Stay tuned folks.  You might just hear about Alessa’s exploits.  And trust me; she’s got quite a lot of things going her way.  She’s only level 9 but she’s already been married twice.  Don’t change the channel.

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