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[Anomas Analor Kamath]

I do understand things happen, and that you can't control enviroment... but i've run into Rhynn, for example, four times in two days... and in ALL four times she went AFK without a warning in the middle of a conversation... am I so wrong to be upset about this? I do even ignore her now... but this never, ever happened to me while playing Ultima Online.. and now, four times in a weekend with the same person... frankly, i don't think I'll ever adjust to this. Is this so common to happen to you? Four real life emergencies in two days?

[lonnarin]

Personally, after reading all these rants and accusations, I don't feel very motivated to interact with you either.  Go figure...

[LynnJuniper]

Anomas Analor Kamath - 7/27/2006  9:12 PM

I do understand things happen, and that you can't control enviroment... but i've run into Rhynn, for example, four times in two days... and in ALL four times she went AFK without a warning in the middle of a conversation... am I so wrong to be upset about this? I do even ignore her now... but this never, ever happened to me while playing Ultima Online.. and now, four times in a weekend with the same person... frankly, i don't think I'll ever adjust to this. Is this so common to happen to you? Four real life emergencies in two days?

Okay I'll make a deal with you. You come to my house and wait on my very sick mother who needs attention at the drop of a hat, and I wont go AFK on short or no notice

[Acacea]

By the sound of Rhynn's response, it doesn't sound like you bothered to ask her about it before complaining about her publically on the forums. Why?

Yes, it can get annoying. Yes, certainly boring. If it happens to me, I either carry on the conversation, wait patiently, or exchange goodbyes and assume they are returned by the character, and leave. Explaining in a tell, if necessary. No one is forcing you to adjust to Rhynn being afk for her personal reasons. Simply avoid her as you would any whose playing styles are not really compatible with yours.


The last two days for me have been fraught with emergency AFKs, which is unusual for me. I've also been playing mostly with people who have no problem with that, and who are perfectly capable of either entertaining themselves or going about their business while I take care of mine. I would certainly not blame them for telling my spaced character that they're going to run and do something else quickly, and I am not forcing them to wait for me anymore than you are being forced to wait for anyone. I am glad that I seem to travel with fairly understanding people, though, which is not the case for everyone.

a) Communication. If you have a problem with someone, isn't it ideal to speak to them before everyone else?

b) Frequency. No, it's not normal. No, it doesn't happen all the time, or really even that often, in my experience. It does happen though, which leads to

c) Entertain yourself. If you've got better things to do than sit around waiting for the 5th afk in one night, then do them. They'll understand.

It seems like it would have been easier to conclude this thread with the original "I'm sorry," and "No problem."

[ttdavet]

On a lighter note, the other night right in the middle of some hilarious gaming,  and a very dangerous dungeon my kid flips his lid (the details are mundane and well known to all parents).  The people I am playing with are the kind that will stand there guarding my character for a long time, even if it endangers them; I love heroes.  I decide better to log then put my comrades in danger, I make a quick excuse run around a corner and my character disappears.  I come back to layo the next day with my character deep in a dangerous place, its pitch black,  I don't know where I am going and I am freezing cold.  I actually made it back to Hlint and not via bindstone express.  That RL emergency made for some tense and exciting gaming.

[Anomas Analor Kamath]

About pitch black... why does sometimes, the map resets? It would be great to keep in the map all areas you've been through...

PS: I was just asking a question and stating my decision which was recommended by the players themselves, no need to get offended.

[Weeblie]

The map resets when the server restarts (after crashing).

Unfortunately, it's not possible to save the game map, so we have to live with it.