Local parent stumbles into pedophile-infested game

My assumption is - "porn doesn't play back"

or does it? 

Wait, now Im confused..

EDIT - Watch it, just believe me.

He's not wrong that Arm staff claim to use "level headedness" as a critieria for selecting Arm staff.

He's wrong to pull a whataboutism in an effort to claim that everyone - players, critics, and the indifferent - is "toxic" in an effort to dismiss fair criticism of the game as well as the... overzealousness, shall we say, of the game's defenders.

The larger context of tedium's post is that qwerty is wrong about just about everything they say, and is wrong about it on purpose, she's not targeting the "level headedness" remark specifically.

claiming everyone is toxic is a dumb statement that waters down the meaning of the word and ignores nuance and context. if everyone is toxic, e.g. particularly emotionally and mentally unhealthy to be around, then no one is toxic.

"how is he wrong" -- lol, how is he right? why would anyone take qwerty's milquetoast platitudes about how "none of us are normal" and "we're all toxic" about people he has never met or interacted with before beyond snarky comments seriously?

Sure, it's very milquetoast-esque statement that could go either way when it comes to people being toxic. But it's an observation I think given the right frame of mind or moment, you as an average individual (you, being you, me, the guy next door, your mom, etc) could easily call out in similar context.

That was one of the more neutral, non balls-in-mouth statements qwerty has made. And it's humorous that the responses are in the same vein as those we sling shade at in the attached reddit thread of Arm veterans shitting on people.

IT also gives some credence to the "opposite" side of the shadowboards, in that all shadowboarder's (or what you call em) are basement dwelling spergs (learning the lingo!) just waiting to tweak out on something or another. The devils advocate in me almost wants to take up qwerty's cause, just because of witnessing the ..hypocrisy?

But really, who cares...I'm just posting cause I'm bored, and this is a forum, and posting is what we do..

edited to add: I get what qwertys all about, my mom raised only a partial sucker. It's just kinda funny, I guess..

I started playing MUDs when I was 9, mostly just hack n slash and hopped around a bunch of them. Then, I found SoI and Arm when I was 12. I played a lot more SoI than Arm but would go back and forth in between PCs dying. I would wake up early before school to play for about an hour then some in the evening. I met my first girlfriend on SoI when I was 16, she was the same age as me and we were just a few months apart and she had been playing for a couple years herself. The PCs we played were adult PCs in their twenties but we were actually young ourselves. I met her in person but since we were too young to see each other consistently from a long distance, it didn't last.

If I hadn't started playing from a young age, I probably wouldn't have ever played MUDs. There's definitely people under 18 that played Arm, I was one of them. I don't think I was harmed by being exposed to Arm at a young age. By then I had already routinely seen porn and everything violent that could be depicted on Arm.

The reason I often deadpan deny that something happened is because I'm aware of mechanisms and inner staff community that is designed in a way to "prevent" that stuff from happening. 

Ohhh. No. Staff loaded twelve spiders and they killed me. They did it on purpose. 

If a staffer "genuinely" did that. That would be a 10 page discussion of everyone weighing in and unless there is some seriously good reasons, a staffer would probably not survive this deed. It goes very much against the staff policy. 

So if a statement like that happens. My first question would be, "Why the fuck would a staffer risk their position to kill a character who's already mortal and will eventually die himself." 
Why? The motivation has to be POWERFUL to do this. And if I cant really think of a reason, then It's Buuuuull'shiiiiiit. Especially since I've seen the instance of this happening ooohhh soooo maaaany times. Stop fucking walking into spider lairs, or mantis clutches, or sleeping in grasslands, 2 rooms away from bahamets. 

Ohhh. A staffer told another player my exact location and they killed me. That … is more possible as it's harder to track. And friendships do exist.

But again. What the fuck for? Can you imagine spending a year staffing. Which is genuinely a very fun if difficult role. And all you've achieved. all you've built. All the plots you're running. All of that. You put in danger by simply having some guy whom you helped, but is now pissed at whatever and he'd post a log of the staffer helping him. One day you're on top of the world. Next day you're a pariah. A traitor who abused his position of trust to harm another player. All of that over a single character who will die anyway. Characters in the game will all eventually die. Staffers are distinctly disinclined to risk their position to speed it up. The only thing that might tempt them is if you're a total fuckhead that is "ruining" the game. And if you are that fuckhead and you 'know' you're ruining your game. Then fine. Nobody is probably out to get you, but you should still fear every shadow and echo. Because it makes me feel happy and warm inside. 


I mean. Accuse anyone of anything. Doesn't need to be staff. Anyone. And one of the very first questions that I would ask you is "what the fuck for?" What is the motive? Why did he do that? And unless you're posting logs or some other tangible, or intangible proof. I will disbelieve that accusation if the motive is absent. I mean, you can say that the motive is "The guy's an asshole". And I wont be able to argue it. People are assholes. But assholes tend to be self serving. So the next question is what do they risk by doing it? And if they're risking … EVERYTHING to ruin some database entry that is your character. I apologize, but permit me to disbelieve. 

There were instances. Mentions of these forums that made me go, "Hrmmm. That's within the realm of possibility." And I've said so. Straight out. I don't know if it's true. I don't know if it's false. But I can see the motivation and opportunity of it happening. 

Thankfully. Lately, people on these boards are a little bit more measured. If someone goes out of the way to post something completely ridiculous. They usually tend to give it one, or two extra thoughts. I was very grateful of all of you when you mostly dismissed the concepts of multiplaying. Or when you waved away that whole arm is a cult silliness. Proud of you, guys. 

So. Everyone are toxic. There is this assumed divide between staff and players. But keep in mind, that as of right now, every staffer except Nessalin is an ex player. Every. Single. One. There are staffers right "now" who have raged against staff as players and have been banned. Majikal is a staffer and a good one (When he stops playing fucking borderlands), but he lost plenty of karma for dumb, if somewhat hilarious reasons. 


But you have to admit, that there "are" people on these boards that will support, appear to believe, and glorify "anything" that is worded in a way that is anti Arm. Haw Haw Jjihardy massacred half the city by luring Meks into the city. Go jjihardy. What? Laaaame. This behavior actually "hampers" these boards. It's one singular use that benefits Arm is destroyed by this type of echo chamber circle jerking. So if you're posting something horrible about Arm, whether it's false, or true. And my activity on these boards makes you spend a little extra oomph, a little extra effort, maybe a log, or two, or at least something that doesn't make your statements eyerollingly ridiculous. Then hey, go me. 

Ofcourse. Let's be honest. I'm also doing it to troll the shit out of you for my own personal entertainment. 


PS: I'm sad Jcarter chose to ignore my request to change my forum description to Mr. NotaCop. Sigh.