Ackshan Bemunah

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Would you prefer if I do it instead? Or perhaps we should delegate this task to the public council? :P

Thanks so much! :)

That was a direct response to this: Also, I was saying I would like 50 credits.

The sets of 50 are maybe directed at what I said in game...you can get that drachorn/reindrach :) Which I would really like, but maybe so would others.

Ackshan Bemunah

The Love-Song of J. Alfred Prufrock By T.S. Eliot Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table; Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, The muttering retreats Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: Streets that follow like a tedious argument Of insidious intent To lead you to an overwhelming question. . . 10 Oh, do not ask, "What is it?" Let us go and make our visit. In the room the women come and go Talking of Michelangelo. The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains, Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys, Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap, 20 And seeing that it was a soft October night Curled once about the house, and fell asleep. And indeed there will be time For the yellow smoke that slides along the street, Rubbing its back upon the window-panes; There will be time, there will be time To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet; There will be time to murder and create, And time for all the works and days of hands That lift and drop a question on your plate; 30 Time for you and time for me, And time yet for a hundred indecisions And for a hundred visions and revisions Before the taking of a toast and tea. In the room the women come and go Talking of Michelangelo. And indeed there will be time To wonder, "Do I dare?" and, "Do I dare?" Time to turn back and descend the stair, With a bald spot in the middle of my hair— 40 [They will say: "How his hair is growing thin!"] My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin— [They will say: "But how his arms and legs are thin!"] Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. For I have known them all already, known them all; Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, 50 I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; I know the voices dying with a dying fall Beneath the music from a farther room. So how should I presume? And I have known the eyes already, known them all— The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase, And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin, When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall, Then how should I begin To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways? 60 And how should I presume? And I have known the arms already, known them all— Arms that are braceleted and white and bare [But in the lamplight, downed with light brown hair!] Is it perfume from a dress That makes me so digress? Arms that lie along a table, or wrap about a shawl. And should I then presume? And how should I begin? . . . . . Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streets 70 And watched the smoke that rises from the pipes Of lonely men in shirt-sleeves, leaning out of windows? . . . I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of silent seas. . . . . . And the afternoon, the evening, sleeps so peacefully! Smoothed by long fingers, Asleep . . . tired . . . or it malingers, Stretched on the floor, here beside you and me. Should I, after tea and cakes and ices, Have the strength to force the moment to its crisis? 80 But though I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed, Though I have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon a platter, I am no prophet–and here's no great matter; I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, And in short, I was afraid. And would it have been worth it, after all, After the cups, the marmalade, the tea, Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me, Would it have been worth while, 90 To have bitten off the matter with a smile, To have squeezed the universe into a ball To roll it toward some overwhelming question, To say: "I am Lazarus, come from the dead, Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all" If one, settling a pillow by her head, Should say, "That is not what I meant at all. That is not it, at all." And would it have been worth it, after all, Would it have been worth while, 100 After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets, After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor— And this, and so much more?— It is impossible to say just what I mean! But as if a magic lantern threw the nerves in patterns on a screen: Would it have been worth while If one, settling a pillow or throwing off a shawl, And turning toward the window, should say: "That is not it at all, That is not what I meant, at all." 110 . . . . . No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a progress, start a scene or two Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, Deferential, glad to be of use, Politic, cautious, and meticulous; Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; At times, indeed, almost ridiculous— Almost, at times, the Fool. I grow old . . . I grow old . . . 120 I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think they will sing to me. I have seen them riding seaward on the waves Combing the white hair of the waves blown back When the wind blows the water white and black. We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown 130 Till human voices wake us, and we drown.

Contest asks for you to include year in image, you immediately think "Oh, it's year 8, right? Not year 9 yet."

This was rather fun. Aiming, of course, at the drach egg. EDIT: *crosses fingers that overactive imagination didn't lead to even more idiocy*

Day of the Wild Huntsman...well, happy birthday!

Okay, part three: I've read the Time Principle too. I don't disagree that past choices shape a person and shape his world around him (and worlds of others), and his world in turn shapes him. That a past choice can both influence a person and change the influences coming in from around is central to understanding all kinds of things. Thinking about it now, the familiarity we have with the source (correct or imagined) of those influences of which we're the source, allows us to more naturally reflect on ourselves, and that feedback is actually the source of our free will. It is precisely in how we respond to the aspects of our reality that seem shaped by or in model of our past decisions and experiences that we have the opportunity to change ourselves, separating past from present and removing part of those decisions from our being, in a way. It seems to me like the currently discussable results of a person's actions, since they're exactly what free choice comes from, are exactly the thing we can't judge them on. We can only try our best to correct the situation without upsetting it in some other, worse way. [Rudeness/hypocrisy attempted to be removed...:( so much work to do]

1.I think I might agree having heard, but again not sure what you're saying. If it has been solved (and maybe even if it hasn't) and doesn't involve spoilers, maybe an anonymous form should be shared on the forum. I'm not sure I disagree. I think it would be really informative and helpful. Is that your essential idea? re: Not to us to decide whether to implement a fix: Again, failing to see the relevance. The abuse fix isn't the problem here, we're talking about the abuser's account/attitude. 2. [removed. If it applies to you, then you know what I said here. I regret saying it out.] Don't have time for the rest of the post, will come back in a couple hours.

[removed. If it applies to you, then you know what I said here. I regret saying it out.] Shaming is a very bad habit. And it is not worth the fallout. That kind of revenge hurts everybody, direct or no.

Better, thanks for helping me. I don't think more people should be involved in a punishment than have to be. Mur said somewhere public shaming's an extra penalty, beyond just the penalty itself...well, the forum's where public shaming happens now. Except now it happens first, before the situation's even corrected. How do you choose who to fully inform? You find those who knows the situation well e.g. those whom the abuse harmed, and the abuser, and you have some agent who's familiar with the conditions necessary for game/world balance learn from them what needs fixing. The pool of such agents is really really limited. Mur, Chewett, etc. Second part just means after you figure out what went wrong, you need someone with corrective powers to solve the imbalance. Minimize the latter part -- why should more people be involved in correcting the situation than necessary? Public shaming, again, all it does is weaken people without productive result. Anger, jealousy, wasted words are all weaknesses. Resources -- where there is weakness, there was strength. You're making players into inferior players. Excess punishment -- more work into rebalancing the situation than is necessary. The result is a pendulum, abuse, apathy, abuse, apathy, etc. EDIT: This is just to note that I hadn't seen this when I wrote the post. [E2: insulting phrasing to this edit removed. I regret that I was so quick to point this out.]

See .c.

[removed. I said something stupid and insulting to dst.] I recognize that you do good (to the game i.e. features) but other things I've seen are likely harsher than they should be.

I don't see any other way to do this, I don't see any global points here, yet people seem to like it, which I find strange...so point by point, the misdirection of focus. I will try to pull points back to topic, but not all of them can be pulled. Reformatted and replaced point references with explicits, for the sake of future readers. dst, no need to reread. [spoiler] Mainly to Seigheart & Fang: The "bug detection" are not all skill but also will.[/spoiler] The bug detection is will not to excel...it's impossible to excel in loyalty and honor. Number one there's maximum values, number two if there's gains there's losses too, no real advantage there...besides, all MP can attack him, so with the stats changing, mp7 means a lot of loss of control over that balance. [spoiler] For example: 1. Fang said it blatantly, as he always does, that he "found it odd that i could still gain honor and loyalty" but he chose not to do anything because he "couldnt care less". (see my first quote above) So, all he does / did was play the innocent card . But you are not a kid anymore. You also had a number of notifications adn thus making you guilty for you "couldnt care less". [/spoiler] .a. Why would you ever give it more than a passing thought? Combat's NOT a big deal, especially not loyalty/honor. .b. seems to me mp7 was balanced even with the loyalty gains...besides, to get into an alliance, it's in leader's interest to drop your loyalty at first, cuts it exponentially. mp7 would seem balanced even with this, at least to Fang's experience of it. It doesn't even feel like a bug to me, reading about it. [spoiler]2. Keeping the voice low and hoping that nobody notices is not a good practice.[/spoiler] Disagree. Where I've practiced it (not here) or seen it practiced (here and elsewhere, the specifics are secret) I've seen miles of growth. ( Then again, that's the real world. Maybe this is different? We all seem to be convinced it should be.) .c. It's better to minimize the size of a council of punishment. Have some people fully informed, and some people together capable of rebalancing the situation. Minimize the latter part, there's no need to waste resources on excess punishment. [Since this is unclear, look a couple posts down for a bigger version.] [spoiler] I have no doubt that we have been reported before and the kind of actions that you were notified (whatever that were, not discussing them here) but there just one issue : NOBODY ELSE KNEW. So, now, dst chose, no doubt, this path due to the lack of result on her important job. [/spoiler] Won't disagree dst's job is important, but important jobs mean prioritizing. Combat's not important, and this doesn't affect the balance of combat much at all anyway. [spoiler]If you read the first topic again, you will notice that it was not mean or ill intended (as we all know she can write) but just as a notification.[/spoiler] I don't get that impression. [much removed.] [spoiler]So, please, do restrain yourself on accusing unless you want to prove something.[/spoiler] Separated because I don't see the connection between this and what preceded. I do agree that accusation without proof is silly. [spoiler]Most bugs were never notified on forum due to the gravity of the situation. This one instead needed to on forum due to its kind of abuse : "ignorance".[/spoiler] This perspective is imbalanced in the same two ways. Gravity is minimal, bringing something to the forum means extra fallout. Harder to balance situation, bring it to forum if need be. Easier to balance, keep it away. [spoiler] You Fang are an idiot, we all know it and we "love" you the way you are. Let me explain you why I tell you you are "an idiot". Dst's actions caused & FORCED dozens of bug fixes. Dst's actions caused features. Dst's actions cause the logs that you can all check. Dst's actions made MD safe for you , you idiot. [/spoiler] I once again don't see the connection. The past is the past. The artifacts of someone's influence aren't their influence. Moreover, the current influence seems to be doing more harm (all to players) than good (all to game i.e. meaningless. See .a. that a minor combat advantage is meaningless, but in the same way, so are many other so-called features). [spoiler] Fang, Seig, and all that took their side: take all the above as a friendly RL advice .[/spoiler] I do have to say, I find this phrase "and all that took their side" equivocal in a dangerous way. [Multiple points removed. I said something stupids and insulting, mostly to dst but also to others.]

Adventuring: Chewett Helper: Xanya Outstanding Service: Azull Role Player: Innocence Other categories: No nomination

In Mur's words. I wonder how true these are now.

Day 350, year 8 The Ivory Lighthouse A Futile Firestarter [spoiler] *Sunfire*: *enters the lighthouse* what a mess, has anyone been inhere the last few months... : *Sunfire* carefuly starts climbing the stairs, testing them first before putting his weight on them *Sunfire*: *upon arriving at the top* well this is dissapointing, this wont work, much work to do here first *Sunfire*: glass needs to be redone, woodwork is in bad shape, the fuse needs reworking and honestly those walls could use some repairing as well : *Sunfire* feeds his heat to the wick, trying to ignite it *Sunfire*: this isnt working, i need more... *curses when a gust of wind smothers the tiny flame that formed* *Sunfire*: *shakes his fist to the air* cant you see im trying something here [/spoiler]

Day 350, year 8 Gazebo of Equilibrium [spoiler] *Sunfire*: Ackshan? Ackshan Bemunah: Hi [/spoiler] The Marble Dale Park [spoiler] *Sunfire*: lighthouse ack? Ackshan Bemunah: If you can get into golemus, then yeah. : Ackshan Bemunah passed Movelock stone to Sunfire Asthir: Lorerootian in Golemus? Sabotage! *Sunfire*: i've got a pickle, so with luck it'll be doable *Sunfire*: let me try Cinnamon: there's a lighthouse? AmberRune: What's going on? Asthir: There is. Asthir: In another land, called Golemus Golemicarum. :) Cinnamon: the island on the map Asthir: Indeed. Cinnamon: I can't get through the gate :( Asthir: There are very few poepl that can. it's meant to be that way. :) Asthir: In time, you will be able to get in though. You can even do it now, with the right items. Gljivoje: Greetings Cinnamon, you can always acquire papers from some of it's citizens, and stroll around, get the feel of the land. Cinnamon: I don't have anything [/spoiler]

Correct, and I leave the room if my parents turn it on. Slander has no place in the public ear.

I call it slander, take it negatively, have no power over it, and wish it didn't exist.

What he said. NOT on the forum, please.