Re: Grey.

by Weena on Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:51 am

WHAT!? Alvexor inwardly shouted.
For a moment the whirlwind of mana swirling around Gurpus intensified and shimmered into the visible spectrum. It hung there for a moment, spinning rapidly, before disappearing again to the plane where only Alvexor could sense it. Even more surprising than the massive concentration, however, was Gurpus himself. He'd taken on a new, more terrifying form and his speed weakness seemed to have all but disappeared.
He's expelling even more mana than before, Alvexor noted. While this form seems to be immensely powerful, keeping it active seems to consume a ton of energy from the user. He'll have to defeat me quickly before he completely runs out, though in this state, he'll have no trouble... I guess I'll have to effectively do the same.

Gurpus was gloating, immersed in delight with his new-found physical abilities, not noticing that his opponent had begun to concentrate his energy.

"-the pleasure of feeling the power I now wield. Prepare to meet your maker!" Literally giving Alvexor no second to spare, Gurpus practically flew at him and within less than a second, he was directly in front of Alvexor, ready to obliterate him with the two clouds of black clouds of mana he had manifested.

Alvexor suddenly released all his energy at once... which wasn't much. Alvexor's eyes widened. He'd completely run out.

"NO!" he shouted, and that turned out to be the last thing he ever said. Gurpus' dark mana made contact with him and in a flash, Alvexor exploded, pieces of flesh flying in all directions.

The battle was over, Alvexor had died.

by DigDog on Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:57 am

(( Since you're so keen on opinions, I'll give you mine: This isn't a fight, this is an anime-style I-am-better-than-you contest that seems to exist primarily to stroke huge egos. ))

by Mrsebi on Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:00 pm

I agree Dig.
Plus unlike your typical anime, this is devoid of any art or semi-coherent story.
So basically it's why I quit. Unless you guys can pump out some art to go with this, I have no interest.

by Weena on Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:42 pm

by Gurpus on Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:36 pm

I care

Sebi, here is the art:

Spoiler:

by Peregrine on Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:39 pm

It's not really my place to step in and mediate since I'm the ex-head RP mod for a reason (that reason being that I was the head RP mod and then was not), but I'm going to step in and mediate anyway. Why? Because Xusha is currently either asleep or in France eating delicious fruits. I'm helping. I'M HELPING.

When I decided I was going to be the boss around these parts the first change I made was to the rules. TR's RP forum rules were sort of customized, and at the time it seemed that it would be more enticement for experienced RPers to hold some RPs here if we had a system that met the universally recognized requirements. Unfortunately, the style in which Grey was done was not so much in line with the rules, and I did not want new members looking to Grey, the most popular RP in TR, and taking examples on how it's done from there. At the time, a lot of drama had been stemming from Grey as well, so I chose to lock and archive it.

After an appeal from Juliana in which I was tied to the ceiling and beaten with a stick like a piñata, the two of us sought some middle ground. I unlocked Grey and moved it to the quests forums where the new rules were not in effect, and said that as long as you all stayed friendly to one another to reduce drama, you were free to RP however you wished. There was no drama afterwards from Grey with Weena and Gurpus happily smashing each other into bloody pulps.

Recently some tension has been popping up here and again over Grey. I thought about stepping in earlier, even worked out a bit of a spew on how people should leave Grey alone (although there was a rather long tangent about long car rides so maybe it's for the best I didn't post that), but decided not to. Partly because I figured "it's not really my place to step in and mediate since I'm the ex-head RP mod for a reason (that reason being that I was the head RP mod and then was not)", and partly because I thought you guys were sorting out your own differences and therefore it wasn't really necessary, taking Tom removing his comment about Grey from his OOC thread as an indication. Obviously for things to escalate to people leaving TR I was mistaken.

The thing is, despite the long standing "does Grey suck Y/N" debate, no one's really wrong about Grey, which is probably why it's gone on so long. As I said earlier, I don't really consider Grey an RP because it plays by its own rules, and I know I'm not alone (that`s right, we ain't seen the last o' that Tim fellow). What I do think it is however is TR members having fun doing something together, making Grey a good thing. Just so long as no one's getting upset over it.

Last but not least, Weena, you're a long and outstanding member of the community and I'm sure that a lot of people will be disappointed to see you go. There's nothing wrong with doing the things you enjoy doing, and I highly doubt it was anyone who bashed Grey's intention to upset you, DigDog's just mean. He makes me cry sometimes. A lot of times. All of the times. If you really feel you need to leave then I wont try to talk you out of it, but my suggestion is to think it over. Spur of the moment decisions tend to end badly. Trust me on this one, I've had lots of experience with them.

Anyway, that's all I have to say on the matter. A history lesson, plus an opinion. I'm not going to bother trying to remember why I wrote out a history lesson, and it seems like a waste to just delete all of that so I'm going to leave it. I'm also not going to end off with something along the lines of "STOP PULLING WEENA'S HAIR BEFORE I TURN THIS RP AROUND", because I'm the ex-head RP for a reason (that reason being that I was the head RP mod and then was not), but I do hope we can work out this disagreement together before Juli strings me back up to the ceiling.

by **Xusha** on Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:52 pm

I really don't know what to add, other than you guys are free to have your own fun, so long as it stays fun.

by DigDog on Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:07 am

This outcome was certainly not what I had in mind. I apologize for my rather harsh and blunt comment. In hindsight it wasn't exactly what you call constructive criticism and pretty much uncalled for. Losing you is the last thing I want Weena, so please ignore what an asshole I am and don't leave.

by Arch Fiend on Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:19 am

Well, trying not to turn this into a discussion thread, but I don’t think anything other then rping should be posted here. Although I know TR has a strict thing about not deleting posts, I don’t think anyone who would be causing trouble with the rping in this thread is using there posting power responsibly so then those posts should be deleted for that reason and the posts in conjecture with their posts so not to disrupt the flow of the rp.