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She also got killed over it. Her character, at least, and his did not for that, afaik. Her character died in the game, but that was around the time they started talking, anyhow, and she spoke with me about it four months ahead of time, and I laid out like exactly what happened in some detail as being what would happen. Their divorce was finalized this week.

I know that this isn't supposed to be the "how to get karma" thread, but I've found that one of the best ways to get karma is through sending frequent character reports, even if you are unclanned. If you do this, staff will know that you care about the RP side of things and your character arc. It's the best way to remind them, in a positive way, that you exist.

Well, just to put the information out there for new players, you send character repots through the request tool at armageddon.org/request/new.php and make sure it is CC'd to any clans you are involved in, or Unclanned. I am not going to go into what I personally put in a report bullet-by-bullet, because I don't want to identify myself to staff (and it's really up to you how you format it, anyway,) but I will give some vague tips. Note that my account is not saturated with karma or anything but I do think there is a connection between the karma that I have received and periods during which I was sending in regular character reports. Now for the aforementioned vague tips:

This is a character report, not a bio entry, so keeping it brief and easy to read is good. Maybe a few sentences on your character and what they are thinking and feeling about various things/people/places/events. You can also put in OOC notes and thoughts about why you're doing something and where you hope this character will go.

Really, you can include any kind of trivial bullshit that tickles your fancy, but make sure you also include things that staff will find important, like if you're involved in a major mission or are planning to fuck another character up in some way. I think that the important thing is to show the staff that you are actively engaged with your character's RP and with the game and are actually thinking about how various things will affect your PC. It also displays that you are willing to be transparent with them. So if a staff member "catches" your character doing something they think is twinky or against the docs, you have the opportunity to lay it out in the open and explain yourself, possibly getting you out of trouble. Or not, if you get stuck with a staff member with a stick up their ass. But even then, I would do it anyway. It really is a positive thing.

I'm not saying I agree with the current system of karma by any means, but the way it works, you kind of have to get noticed. So if you're not involved in major plots that the staff are actively watching, aren't a sponsored role or a high-karma character, and don't have a great deal of influence, you could be glossed over. So you're either going to have to ask for a karma (some people swear by this, but I'm a little wary of it, myself) or you're going to have to do something else to get noticed. Regular character reports are a good way to do that.

That's not really true. Many players slip through the cracks and just never get noticed, let alone karma. If there are bad account notes, though... well, you know you've been noticed. And I'm not saying that it's good.

I'd wager it is actually true, to some degree.

I forget the woman's name, but I played her account for her over the course of a single character to get her karma. I did everything right but slipped up ONCE and slept with my hawk on my shoulder. Cuusardo left a rather nasty note on the pnotes (apparently this female player wasn't well liked because she was well known for just mudsexxing and not roleplaying). After the character died I did end up getting a karma point for her, but the note remained. *shrug*

well if you can't remember to take off a piece of equipment before you sleep how the fuck are they supposed to know you can play a d-elf or summon water without abusing the code and totally somehow ruining the game?