Log of RP Meeting, Nov 17th 2014

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: lol i come back and there's people here!

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Hello folks :)

[Vicinity] Leileena: appears!

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Heya!

[Vicinity] Leileena: has nothing better to do than to afk here for 30 minutes

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Same.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Keanne mentioned that they were willing to come sit in, this has kinda got me curiosity piqued

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: didn't keanne run the Greencloaks?

[Vicinity] Leileena: Yeah

[Vicinity] Ragunn: I think she did.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: It broke my brain a bit. "...hold on, I know that name..."

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I don't really have a name for all this, I'm just here to sort of get the ball rolling possibly. This is sort of a test run for what could possibly be future meetings. In effect, just re-breaking ground.

[Vicinity] Leileena: If we're going to do this in orriginal Greencloaks fashion, you'lll need to add one point to the agenda though

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: So if any of you folks remembered what the original greencloaks were about, feel free to pull me into the loops

[Vicinity] Leileena: Well, the obligatory topic was boobs

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Boobs indeed are a wonderful topic :)

[Vicinity] Leileena: Basically what we did was discuss ongoing storylines, upcoming event ideas and how to get more players involved

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: re quote myself:

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Purpose of this meeting:  1. Introductions, meets, and greets! 2. Questions and Answers about RP. 3. Possibility to have a meeting about the basics of RP. 4. What is ARK Events, and What do they do? (Ark Events staff are encouraged to arrive and speak on their behalf if possible) 5. What stories are on the table? 6. Timeline discussion concerning future meetings. 7. Closing Q and A if necessary. All in all, I forsee this meeting maaaaaybe taking up to two hours at best. I will try to keep the timing of this meeting as best I can, being mostly impartial. I would like someone with the proper chat setup to log the meeting to post it here.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: two hours was generous I think. This could take as much as ten minutes depending on how involved th discussions actually become.

[Vicinity] Leileena: depending on who shows up, we might be able to skip points 1 and 4

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: This is something I've actually been excited for, for quite a while.

[Vicinity] Leileena: yeah, it all depends weither people have somesort of discussion about an event or idea or not

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I read somewhere my name was brought up at a couple of meetings, in a good way. I got a nice warm feeling from that, despite never actually being involved in any of the greencloak projects.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Oh, I've got stories... stories for DAYS

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I just need to know who to market them to.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: I'm just looking forward to this. I'd all but forgotten about Greencloaks. We had them in the fireplace room.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I'm kinda hyper attentive, and intuitive, so if i ramble long enough im in Lala land and if I've lost you, feel free to kick me under the table.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: I've noticed.

[Vicinity] Leileena: looks around for a table

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: the proverbial table that is.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: I won't be the table. No. No way.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: technically, I have several stories in play already.

[Vicinity] Leileena: I don't have that much currently, though I'd like to do some more semi-RP social events / parties

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Most of which are tied up in an intricate web between some of my characters, and the few who've actually gotten involved in them.

[Vicinity] Leileena: but I find it hard to actually get them organised and find enough people to attend

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: yeah, we share this issue. this is kinda the number one reason to have these meetings.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: i could see these as being a bit meta, but.. it could become important as we all have our own individual styles of play, and varying reasons to actually get involved.

[Vicinity] Leileena: Getting involved in storylines has probably been a RP issue for as long as there has been RP

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Ninanna mentioned to me that she and possibly one other may arrive

[Vicinity] Leileena: that'd be great

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: One thing I've always adored Nina for is that her willingness to get involved with us. Its something she and I have discussed since the days of Devdas.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: She has been intrumental in bridging the gaps between Events and the players.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Dexistus who was extremely involved with us during the past year I hear is no longer a member of ARK (or temporary, I just don't know) and since he's left there has been another gap to fill.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: And I admit I used to rush home from work to get involved in stuff when he was about.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: =)

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Oh, I love Ninanna.

[Vicinity] Leileena: Hmm, my ice tea is taking a long time to cool

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: has anyone seen tundrah lately?

[Vicinity] Leileena: Hmm, no

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: i think we lost our scotsmen.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Ive seen neither of them log in in like.. maybe 3 weeks now.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: No, we haven't.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Tundrah's player is getting ready for a LARP.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Oh lucky lucky

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I miss Larping, but wow I would spend way too much money on it.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: I spoke to the player about a week ago on Skype and told them to post a "I'll be back in a few weeks"

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Hahaha, Fern spends a lot of money and effort into.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: My guess is, she'll be back next month or in January. But I do miss gabbing away with a real Scot.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I had to sell of some of my gear in order to make up for some of the loss when I became unemployed after I was Larping.

[Vicinity] Leileena: How about we take one of the tables downstairs

[Vicinity] Ragunn: I think I have none of my larp stuff anymore.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Ya, Devtownsend used to play on rk2 with us, though I think he and I did not really do much together. He was well known among the neutrals.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I only had clanners at the time.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: I second Leil's motion.

[Vicinity] Leileena: This one has most spots :P

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: still the same room i think

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Yes it is.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Now, I'll go grab a smoke and some brew.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Wheeeee.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: in tells with a couple of folks

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: someone was also worried this might be totally IC meeting as well.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: im hoping this isn't going to make anyone nervous. I think comfortability will be pretty necessary for this lol

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Nah.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Let's just keep it comfy and relaxed.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Agreed.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Yo, Agres.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Agre :)

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Good to see you poking your head back in.

[Vicinity] Agrestus: Sup dawgs

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: How you feeling?

[Vicinity] Leileena: Holograaam

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Hilfster! <3

[Vicinity] Agrestus: Doing good, ups and downs :)

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: more up than down I hope.

[Vicinity] Agrestus: One sec, cheese on toast

[Vicinity] Leileena: mmmm, cheese on toast

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: lol You know.. i mistaken tried to add you to friends list once Hilfy, by typing /cc addbuddy milfy.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: chokes on beer

[Vicinity] Ragunn: XD

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I just thought id share that.

[Vicinity] Agrestus: Hahaha

[Vicinity] Hilfy: Milfy? Why does that make me think of a dairy cow?

[Vicinity] Leileena: :D

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I have no idea what i was thinking.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Dammit!

[Vicinity] Agrestus: cheese on toast.. definitely an up when you slosh worcestershire sauce all over the cheese

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Udders. Obviously.

[Vicinity] Hilfy: *snickers*

[Vicinity] Leileena: Milfs would be insulted, even though it's not that far off technically

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I think it would have been a larger intuitive leap to type Milky than Hilfy.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Milfy just seemed to roll off the tongue.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: I was only joking when I said on OOC that we're talking dirty and then Scott just...

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Oh? Perhaps we should meet. My name is Iwillgothere.

[Vicinity] Hilfy: Yup. Thanks. Never made that association with Hilfy/Milfy before. :p

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: lol

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Meow.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: lol the sarcasm.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I'm certain I couldnt have been the only one.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: I never did until YOU said it.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: This is going to haunt me.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: haunted by milfs? This is a bad thing?

[Vicinity] Ragunn: ...yes...

[Vicinity] Leileena: At least we've already discussed the obligatory boob topic then

[Vicinity] Leileena: ticks a box

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Pff I'm living in the land of hot soccer moms.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Leil! You ARE not playing bingo, are you?

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Its almost crushing.

[Vicinity] Leileena: Oooh, a RP OOC bingo card..

[Vicinity] Leileena: there's an idea

[Vicinity] Ragunn: slaps self

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I know the time is creeping up, but i'll give it another 5 before I start.

[Vicinity] Leileena: nods

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Great. Me, giving looney ideas to people.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I see shanai is logged in.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Who's Shanai?

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: No Nina, and no Tussa yet.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Hey, Kes.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: No Keanne either

[Vicinity] Keslie: Hello

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Shanai is a newer Events person.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Hey guys. Step away from Bubba. He's got a dirty mind.

[Vicinity] Leileena: Well, you got a dirty cloak, and I'm sure that's more contageous

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: When I penned an article for media with towerblock for Newland, she took me a step back and we worked on altering the article a bit, thats how I met her.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Keanne is logged in.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: and there she is!

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: heya!

[Vicinity] Keanne: Just in time

[Vicinity] Ragunn: salutes

[Vicinity] Leileena: Nananananananana BatKeanne!

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Don't worry. We're still waiting for people.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: this is encouraging. lots of people showing up :)

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Are we?

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: yeah a bit longer.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: There are several RP people on my friends list that are not here yet.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: salutes Xelger

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: heya Xelger :)

[Vicinity] Leileena: Have a seat, don't be shy

[Vicinity] Xelger: Heya

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: As long as were within vicinity range of each other, I think that's pretty much the only limiting factor

[Vicinity] Xelger: cuddles up next to Raggy.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Its a wild shanai!

[Vicinity] Ragunn: snugs

[Vicinity] Shanai: Look at all those green cloaks.

[Vicinity] Leileena: well yeah, but standing meetings make me tired just looking at it

[Vicinity] Leileena: Besides, there's lotsa seats!

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Nina said something about arriving. Though, I don't see her logged in yet. Will you be the only ARK event person able to attend?

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Meetings are tiring by themselves, but at least I'm sandwiched between two bits of lettuce!

[Vicinity] Hilfy: *snickers*

[Vicinity] Shanai: I'm not sure, Bubbacrush.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Hey, Rog!

[Vicinity] Keanne: When did Assembly return?

[Vicinity] Leileena: About a year ago

[Vicinity] Keanne: Figures.

[Vicinity] Keanne: smiles

[Vicinity] Ragunn: I love you too.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: grins

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: At least. I remember running with Xeenah and Kotts when they returned.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: I showed up in March.

[Vicinity] Shadowset: hello all

[Vicinity] Leileena: points to the stone stools

[Vicinity] Leileena: Have a seat!

[Vicinity] Siirine: hi there

[Vicinity] Shadowset: eh, been sittng all day

[Vicinity] Leileena: grumbles

[Vicinity] Ragunn: I'm still a little stunned by all of the returnees.

[Vicinity] Leileena: I can't sell anyone seats anymore

[Vicinity] Keanne: Eww

[Vicinity] Shadowset: better?

[Vicinity] Ragunn: ...okay, that looked weird.

[Vicinity] Leileena: Pustules <3

[Vicinity] Keanne: Why?

[Vicinity] Leileena: They're a decoration item and therefor by default awesome

[Vicinity] Leileena: I'll find a use for them.. one day

[Vicinity] Hilfy: Botany lab! ...just need more furniture slots.

[Vicinity] Keanne: Oh, I meant more along the lines of why would anyone make such a "decorative" item.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: points at Hilfy

[Vicinity] Ragunn: She would.

[Vicinity] Keanne: I farmed about ten of each, of course.

[Vicinity] Keanne: Are they new this year?

[Vicinity] Leileena: Yeah

[Vicinity] Keanne: Was there anything else?

[Vicinity] Hilfy: A different pustule.

[Vicinity] Leileena: You could totally do an event with them.. put 100 of them in your org HQ and claim to be infested by some strange creature

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Okay, people are on their way or not.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Okay, does anyone here have the ability to log this conversation?

[Vicinity] Ragunn: I've got logging turned on.

[Vicinity] Hilfy: points at Ragunn

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: My UI is already extremely busy, and not set up for it.

[Vicinity] Hilfy: master of logs.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Sweeet.

[Vicinity] Leileena: Logaholic

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Oi!

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Okay, when you get a chance, I'd like a copy of it later. Email:  Ramethzer0(at)gmail.com

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Okay.. I see.. wow, lots of faces :)

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Good. You guys start. I'll fuss around in the kitchen for a moment.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Okay, everyone set?

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Just a quick numeration here, requoted from the thread:

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Purpose of this meeting:  1. Introductions, meets, and greets! 2. Questions and Answers about RP. 3. Possibility to have a meeting about the basics of RP. 4. What is ARK Events, and What do they do? (Ark Events staff are encouraged to arrive and speak on their behalf if possible) 5. What stories are on the table? 6. Timeline discussion concerning future meetings. 7. Closing Q and A if necessary.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: First, we'll go around the room.. and I know lots of us have met IC and OOC a few times.. make some quick introductions. Just say your name, and a quit bit about yourself.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Well go around the table, starting with me, and then well move to shanai and that direction around the seating.

[Vicinity] Keslie: OOC about us or IC?

[Vicinity] Shadowset: both?

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: OOC, but if you wish to add something IC, let's try to keep it a bit brief. Hilfy has also organized a thread for much of the same purpose.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: http://forums.anarchy-online.com/showthread.php?612450-IC-Connections-amp-Contacts

[Vicinity] Keslie: ok

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: which can be found there as well

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: please add in, if you haven't yet, and wish to.

[Vicinity] Hilfy: ALso, if you add in alts may I suggest making a new post instead of editing the original one so people can easily tell there was an update. :)

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: My name is Bubbacrush, and some of you might know me as my current main Towerblock. I am a returning player from rk2, where I worked with Pants and Ahndramoriel to organize and maintain some RP there.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: And I suppose I'm hosting this lil soirree of the minds. :)

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: passes the conch to Shanai.

[Vicinity] Shadowtracks: omg we have a conch. i haven't done that since school.

[Vicinity] Leileena: pats the couch

[Vicinity] Youny: I'll be the orange in this green room!

[Vicinity] Ragunn: grins

[Vicinity] Shanai: Hi everyone. I'm Shanai from ARK Events. I'm the Production and Storyline Guardian, which basically means I have input on the development of the storyline and try to coordinate them into actual event productions which is played out ingame. I played both on RK1 and RK2 before the merge and now fill most of my days trying to get Mmir to let me do mischief.

[Vicinity] Shanai: Done :)

[Vicinity] Hilfy: Fya here, new main I made after returning to AO. Previously played primarily as Dookumi in RUR…and that’s about it. Done!

[Vicinity] Keanne: ooh

[Vicinity] Siirine: smilkes

[Vicinity] Siirine: smiles even..

[Vicinity] Keslie: Keslie is one of my Mains. I am a long time Rper but kinda new to AO. Willing to make molre alts like Agres here and help. OOC I am a simple Horse farmer.

[Vicinity] Keslie: Done

[Vicinity] Agrestus: Uh hi, I'm a new roleplayer, I'm swedish and have a large orange beard

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Hi. To keep with this AA club method, I'm mostly known as Cord. I was active on RK-1 with forays to RK-2, but only stuck around for the RP. My main's still this one, but some might recognise me as Redtricks and some other lunatics. I've toons all across the factions, but recently I've been focussing on my clan ones. Done.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Agres. That's not funny.

[Vicinity] Keslie: smaks Agres upside his head.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: cackles anyway

[Vicinity] Youny: hehe

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Agres is just trying to take the focus over the fact he looks like Robert Pattinson IRL.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Ladies, send all love you notes to his email.

[Vicinity] Agrestus: Oh bollocks

[Vicinity] Keanne: If you want to die.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: lol

[Vicinity] Agrestus: Sorry about the derail there, who's next?

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Shadowtracks.

[Vicinity] Shadowtracks: fiddles with the conch

[Vicinity] Shadowtracks: uh... *derp* i'm corvid. i have severe altitis. i like pvm, pvp, rp, and chocolate. i mostly just make everything up as i go along. probably spent too many of my formative years getting involved in collaborative writing communities, so i guess that's ultimately how i ended up at this meeting. played on both rk1 and rk2 but only got involved in rp on the latter before the merge.

[Vicinity] Shadowtracks: and thats about it

[Vicinity] Shadowtracks: passes the conch to Siirine

[Vicinity] Ragunn: woots!

[Vicinity] Siirine: Howdy there, Siirine, or Shana as some of you here may know me by. I am a returning player from an 8 year absence, I was an advisor to Assembly back in the day and hope to return with this toon very soon into Rp and Assembly. :)

[Vicinity] Siirine: passes the conch to Roger

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: awesome. welcome back!

[Vicinity] Siirine: thank you!

[Vicinity] Siirine: And today is my real birthday....

[Vicinity] Siirine: Side note..

[Vicinity] Siirine: hides

[Vicinity] Youny: happy birthday!

[Vicinity] Escoryon: Whoooo, happy birthday!

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Happy birfday!

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: :D

[Vicinity] Shanai: Happy birthday!

[Vicinity] Keslie: Happy Birthday!!!

[Vicinity] Agrestus: Happy birthday!

[Vicinity] Hilfy: cheers and slides over a cake

[Vicinity] Siirine: Thank you all!

[Vicinity] Youny: eyes the cake

[Vicinity] Ragunn: squeezes hands into metal horns

[Vicinity] Siirine: thanks Fya and takes the cake slices

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Cake is so metal.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: throws up devil horns as well.

[Vicinity] Shadowset: hello all, Roger or "shadowset" to some. I also have been gone missing for 8 years. I was/am also known as Cynotor or Chef Ironox from the NLF. Spent many years as Advisor in Assembly and lead council for the NLF. I have worked with major story lines in game here in AO.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: heh. welcome back to you too!

[Vicinity] Keanne: Some evil storylines, that is.

[Vicinity] Shadowset: um.. Shana and I have a duaghter irl

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: grats!

[Vicinity] Shadowset: and I have issues speeling today..

[Vicinity] Youny: :D

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Speeliiin is ovvvurraateed

[Vicinity] Siirine: :D

[Vicinity] Shadowset: passes the conch to Jeyin

[Vicinity] Jeyin: I'm Therin (also known as SirAronar). I used to play on RK2 about 10 years, came back recently on froob accounts. Done.

[Vicinity] Xelger: Hello. I'm Xelger (30/m/Norway). Played AO since 2002-2003 or something, and been trying to actively RP since I  ran out of a Tir backyard. Started on RK2 as a variety of characters in a long-lost org called "Sea of Change" *Glances to Siirine*, but only seriously started to RP as Chamaelo, RPed with the "Green" RPing ARKs back in the day (Ebonyfox, Quickshot, Midia), as well as "regular folks, such as Falikos and Vox Populi, amongst others. Later migrated to RK1 where I've been in Omni-Pol, ~SoS~ and Vector-Blue. Later turned clanner and joined Assembly rather quickly. I got a variety of characters (Demongun, Mirkle, Jawalooc, Xelger) whom I actively try to make small little storylines and intrigues for people to join in on, and write stories on the forums. ~Puh~.

[Vicinity] Xelger: Bam.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: You just bombed us.

[Vicinity] Shadowset: is blown away

[Vicinity] Siirine: Sea of change

[Vicinity] Siirine: wow

[Vicinity] Siirine: chuckles

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Awesome. Good to see you taking a very active role. :)

[Vicinity] Xelger: grins at Siirine.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Lei I think you're up :)

[Vicinity] Leileena: Oh, right, Rags went earlier

[Vicinity] Leileena: I'm Leileena, active pretty much non stop for about 9 years now, of which the past 6 or so in RP. Mainly on Leil as neutral politician / public figure / business tycoon, but also on a large number of minor-role alts.

[Vicinity] Leileena: Also a collector of large amounts of decorative items and social gear, and the planet's leading distributor of interior designs.

[Vicinity] Youny: nods!

[Vicinity] Leileena: pokes Esco

[Vicinity] Escoryon: Hey, I'm Escoryon, I played Ao between 04-06, and came back about 6 months ago, I think. I have a few other characters and a lot of alts, mostly to fill some storyline niche or another. Anyways, IC, if its unethical and you want it done, that's exactly what Esco and his organization are here for. Rubi-Ka's consulting criminal :)

[Vicinity] Keslie: Starts to play the Godfather soundtrack.

[Vicinity] Escoryon: 28/M/South Carolina, my other hobby is judo, etc etc

[Vicinity] Escoryon: pokes Keanne

[Vicinity] Keslie: Woo Hoo SC

[Vicinity] Keanne: I'm Keanne, and at some point I was part of RK1:s rp-scene, but lately (clearly for over a year) I've been basically absent. I'm responsible for these awful cloaks several of us are wearing.

[Vicinity] Keanne: I've never been much of event-organizer: My own, and to some extent, Omni-Mining's, way of roleplaying has been more on "being here" than "doing things here" (as in feeling vs. acting)... well, unless you count arguing and talking smack on the "doing" category.

[Vicinity] Keanne: Done and/or passing the conch to Youny

[Vicinity] Youny: uh oh

[Vicinity] Ragunn: sniffs at his cloak

[Vicinity] Ragunn: ...it's not so bad...

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: shifts the spotlight on the muffing queen.

[Vicinity] Youny: Hello! I'm the newbie. I'm Youny, been playing the game on and off since '03, always thought RP was interesting, never really tried it until last year where I jumped in on Loriah and hoped to survive. Also plays Jason, and a few other toons occationally.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: muffin*

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Jason rocks, and you know it.

[Vicinity] Youny: hehe he thinks he does at least

[Vicinity] Agrestus: More pro than newbie

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Fantastic. I humbly thank you all for arriving. I'm pretty excited to meet some of you OOC for the first time.

[Vicinity] Keslie: Jason never got those beers for Mars.

[Vicinity] Escoryon: I'm sure Uncle Esco can hook him up

[Vicinity] Youny: :D

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Nwahaha!

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: What I want to talk to everyone about is our own individual styles and reasons for roleplaying. I assume some people might be new to this, but so far there doesn't seem to be any significant bumps for those who have mentioned being so. What I'd like to discuss next is if there are any opening questions pertaining to roleplay or roleplay stories that are currently going on.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: If there are current stories going on, and perhaps if there is any interest in going over the bullet points of RP in general.

[Vicinity] Escoryon: Sure, I'll go first, if nobody minds

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: You have the floor.

[Vicinity] Escoryon: Wel, for individual stlye, I like to at discuss the outlines of a story with people OOC beforehand. Not to script everything out, of course, but just sort of a general idea of where they want things to go, you know.

[Vicinity] Escoryon: I'm not sure if that's everyone's preferred method, but I thought it might be something for us all to discuss, since some people might prefer everything or nearly everything IC, and I think that can be kind of a gap between players

[Vicinity] Keanne: nods

[Vicinity] Escoryon: And then Esco's involvement in things, if people are interested in jumping in on those after the meeting sometime.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Sounds like a good question. This is a pretty respectful nod towards players. You secure their permissions and know before hand their wants in RP as well as their barriers.

[Vicinity] Youny: nods

[Vicinity] Keanne: Can I comment?

[Vicinity] Keslie: nods

[Vicinity] Escoryon: Sure

[Vicinity] Keanne: I guess I'm more or less on the opposing side on the planning beforehand compared o Escoryon. I prefer doing this IC and seeing how it goes, pre-planning sort of... ruins it for me.

[Vicinity] Keanne: And yes, it is a good idea to discuss this.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: nods in agreement

[Vicinity] Hilfy: nods in agreement

[Vicinity] Keanne: smiles

[Vicinity] Ragunn: raises a hand

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: This is an understandable argument, I've heard before. I tend to flip flop from one side of this coin to the other.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Ragunn?

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Most would call me a reactive RPer. I don't plan what happens, mostly because of my mains being what they are. I go with the flow, which often leaves me improvising on the spot. I like to tell stories and I like watching stories unfold. I'm sometimes mystified by how people tell their own stories, but me, I go by the personalities of my characters.

[Vicinity] Jeyin: raises a hand

[Vicinity] Ragunn: My characters just react, and sometimes I don't even know what's happ-- go on, please?

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: heh.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: therin, you had something to add?

[Vicinity] Shadowset: raises a hand

[Vicinity] Jeyin: Yeah. While I too (probably like everyone) like to just play in character and leave them to handle things they see as they find it, I am also on the side of having some measure of organization for some events in order to better pull in a community and get characters to interact more.

[Vicinity] Leileena: nods

[Vicinity] Shadowset: lowers hand

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Just as a quick insert, feel free to pass the conch to let the others know you have finished your statement/opinion/etc so others may get the prompt to add in their own.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Shadowset, did you have something you wished to add?

[Vicinity] Jeyin: was done "sorry, too used to Skype meetings"

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: heh no worries. partly so am I.

[Vicinity] Shadowset: not really now, Jeyin kinda covered what I was going to say. if it is a bigger event it is normal to give others a lil heads up, but for everyday just RP.. then I say wing it

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Alright, does anyone else have anything they wish to add?

[Vicinity] Ragunn: I'm done on my part.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: So, the topic at hand sounds like spontaneity and intuitive versus planned and worked out partly before hand. I've used both of these to my advantage when doing stuff. Like currently I have a large web of story already out there. Falikos is my main partner in crime in this department, and we sometimes plan things. But, when it comes to micro-meetings that are unplanned, I just let it all go and improv

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: both sides of this have merit, and are particularly useful at least to me.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: nods

[Vicinity] Youny: mmhm

[Vicinity] Leileena: Topic nr 3?

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Has everyone gotten in their impressions/opinions thus far?

[Vicinity] Ragunn: nods

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Okay, next.. was primarily meant for newbies, but as a refresher it might have some merits.

[Vicinity] Youny: listens closely

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: concerning the nature of the basics of RP.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Does anyone have a resource for this sort of thing? I confess, I could google up someone else's but I think not all of it passes for relevance with this group.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Actually...

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: IIRC assembly's website has some pretty handy tools for this

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Yes.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: http://www.clan-assembly.org/grid/index.php/topic,2437.0.html

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: RP basics seem to kinda flow around the theme and the group itself. What works in LARP's might not always have the same reflection in MMO style RP for instance.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: I'd also like to point out that LARPs are different in other countries. Over here in Finland, we're less about the gaudy armour and stuff and more about personal drama.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Go ahead. I'm done.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Just tagging along on this, the points made on the link provided by Ragunn here are very apt for whats present.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: If anyone wishes to take the time to check that link out and give me their thoughts, it would be appreciated.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: We should have time after the meeting to go over that.

[Vicinity] Jeyin: agrees

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: However, not its time to get a little insight here from Shanai, regarding ARK Events.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Yes please.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Shanai, if you could tell us a little bit about ARK Events. What do they do, and what is their contribution to both the RP and the greater playerbase?

[Vicinity] Shanai: I'd be happy to!

[Vicinity] Shanai: I'm guessing most of you ar familiar with ARK Events, either by interacting with our LTC's over the years or joining in on regular or storyline events.

[Vicinity] Shanai: But just in case some of you aren't, I'll go through some basic information. I'll try to be brief.

[Vicinity] Shanai: ARK Events is a group of volunteer players who dedicate their time and efforts to make events in the game, in co-operation with Funcom.

[Vicinity] Shanai: We do anything from alien raids and seasonal attacks, like Uncle Pumpkinhead, to one-off events with a simple story to tell, to longer storylines, either main story or otherwise.

[Vicinity] Shanai: We're also responsible for the LTC, or Long Term Characters. They are 100% RP characters who live and breathe in this world just like yours. They come from every walk of life, and are as normal (or not) as your characters are.

[Vicinity] Shanai: Finally, there are the Legacy characters, which are characters from the original storyline, such as Henry Radiman, Simon Silverstone, Philip Ross - or newer legacy leaders, such as General Hekkat, Mayor Toog, Bahirae Serugiusu and so on.

[Vicinity] Leileena: It's interesting that half your list is dead

[Vicinity] Shanai: One thing about LTC's that I want to mention is that they can never, and will never, interact OOCly with you. So if you send them an OOC tell, they will not answer.

[Vicinity] Shanai: Are they, Leileena?

[Vicinity] Shanai: winks

[Vicinity] Shanai: They see your tell, but they can't answer in an IC fashion.

[Vicinity] Leileena: Thought to be, anyway :P

[Vicinity] Keanne: Philip Ross is just... resting.

[Vicinity] Shanai: Sleeping :D

[Vicinity] Leileena: pats Keanne

[Vicinity] Escoryon: Like the God Emperor

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: like dracula.

[Vicinity] Escoryon: nods

[Vicinity] Shanai: A final thing I should mention...

[Vicinity] Xelger: Warming up, Rocky-style.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: or a dragon

[Vicinity] Ragunn: I'm with Esco with that one.

[Vicinity] Shanai: Our events are aimed to encourage ALL players of AO to join.

[Vicinity] Keanne: Pining for the fjords...

[Vicinity] Shanai: When we go out to do events, we go to populated areas and try to engage anyone who shows interest, regular roleplayer or not. We've had a lot of fun over Halloweed with hundred of players.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Yes. And sometimes you get a really snippy response. "Why u no gief good loot?" was one of the things I was getting a migraine. "...guys. This is flavouring up Rubi-Ka."

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: hehe Yeah you guys tried to take on my lil neutral advy Rameth.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I had a lot of fun saying no ;)  with violence.

[Vicinity] Leileena: Pff, violence.. I got a new hoverboard by talking

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: hah

[Vicinity] Shanai: We try to help out where we can, which means you're always welcome to contact us with questions or suggestions on:

[Vicinity] Shanai: ark-events-feedback@rt.funcom.com

[Vicinity] Ragunn: I got a nice sidearm for killing brontos!

[Vicinity] Escoryon: I refused o accept gifts from the robot devil

[Vicinity] Shanai: Also... please feel free to send more contributions to the Editor News. We welcome it!

[Vicinity] Ragunn: pokes Esco

[Vicinity] Escoryon: Just a bad person to owe favors too

[Vicinity] Shanai: draws a breath and puts the conch on the table

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I thought it was awesome.. A dark visitor asking Rameth of all people to come with him to a dark place? I was like.. Are you suuuuuuure? *smiles with fangs*

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Fantastic, Shanai. Thank you very much for that.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: And thank you for coming.

[Vicinity] Shanai: Thank you for inviting us.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Did anyone have any questions for Shanai?

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Not a question, but a statement.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Fire away.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Thank you for helping the RP community. We'd be pretty insular in our own cliques if we didn't have global issues that sometimes make enemies frenemies. It's really one of the things I like about the stories we all tell, having volunteers help us go through the narrative.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: That's it.

[Vicinity] Shanai: smiles

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: ^^ aye. I concur with this, and its part of the larger reason I felt this meeting may be important.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Anyone else have anything they wish to add?

[Vicinity] Shanai: If any of you have questions, please ask. If I can answer, I will. If I can't then...death.

[Vicinity] Shanai: smiles innocently

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: lol Seppuku!

[Vicinity] Ragunn: stares

[Vicinity] Shanai: No no... not my death.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: lol

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: that sounds ominous

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: better watch his P's and Q's.

[Vicinity] Shadowset: decides not to ask about the meaning of the universe

[Vicinity] Shanai: Cross your t's and dot your i's.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: ~Good call.~

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Okay then if no one has anything more, we can move along tooooooo

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Current plots and threads that are existing, and on the table.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I myself have a wide web of stuff out there.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I think I could be a bit more obvious about some of it.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: But, lets hear from you guys first.

[Vicinity] Leileena: I have very little going on currently

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Well, the upside to this, is that you could be basically LFT for RPs, maybe?

[Vicinity] Leileena: nods

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: in a manner of speaking.

[Vicinity] Leileena: I pretty much am, I also have some political stuff for Newland queued up, depending on my energy level

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Well, that does have Towerblock's attention. As he is running for Science Minister.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: There is going to be some active threads about the ministry I think

[Vicinity] Ragunn: This depends on which character I'm playing.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Esco, you said something about having some stories that are currently out there?

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Could you give you give us a pitch?

[Vicinity] Escoryon: Sure

[Vicinity] Escoryon: Esco is currently looking to capture and store a cyborg so he can reverse engineer their notum transit technology, and use it for nefarious purposes. Running against Falikos for Newland Foreign Minister. Helping Robert and Shana with a storyline they have going. And he's always hiring/building up his little underworld empire, so if anyone is interested in that angle of RP, contact me :)

[Vicinity] Escoryon: Or just catch me IC in Newland or wherever

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Again, this leads back to the thread that hilfy started:

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: http://forums.anarchy-online.com/showthread.php?612450-IC-Connections-amp-Contacts

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: and I think its safe to assume the information there is meant to be available through various channels IC?

[Vicinity] Hilfy: nods

[Vicinity] Shadowset: is now known as.. Robert

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: For example, underworld types will have a little bit of insight into underworld affairs, and thus can be followed to Escoryon, or Bubbacrush, or Insertnamehere.

[Vicinity] Escoryon: Yep

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Awesome. So, for you underworld activists, you have a way in!

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Did anyone else have any active plots under way?

[Vicinity] Shadowset: raises hand

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Lets hear it!

[Vicinity] Shadowset: Roger has recently been rescued from a possible Omni-Reform med lab, the details are long but there will be some drama. I am also helping my wife Shana in returning to Ka.

[Vicinity] Shadowset: passes the conch to Shana

[Vicinity] Siirine: Im working on bringing Shana "siirine" back Iclly. Im mostly posted on the Assembly forums, its a few pieces, however i hope to wrap it up to a point of joining ya'll here to bring the Rp ingame and return her to Assembly :) Roger, Esco, and a few others are helping with that.

[Vicinity] Siirine: I'm rusty on Rp, its been several years since i've had my hand in it so im looking forward to working with everyone on storylines

[Vicinity] Siirine: No spelling is a clue...haha

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: =)  It'll be great to see you phased (hazed?) in.   :)

[Vicinity] Siirine: thank you!

[Vicinity] Ragunn: reaches for the conch

[Vicinity] Siirine: hands it over

[Vicinity] Ragunn: First off, I know for a fact that Cord's intending on leaving a lot of corpses and blown up vehicles behind if needed in getting Shana back due to respect and just being Cord. There is a tiny storyline that's been cooking up in my head concerning the neutral side -- well, two, if you count Aisley. Both of them are more about emotional drama. Youny knows about Aisley, so does Hilster. The one I had in mind is, uh, interconnected with this particular toon, but would need either a clanner or a neutral to have delicious drama with. No violence involved, just suicide watch.

[Vicinity] Leileena: hides

[Vicinity] Shanai: We could always put her in jails.

[Vicinity] Shanai: smiles innocently

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: and keep her away from sharp stuff

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Yeah, and then you'd have a ticked off sociopath breaking her out and blowing things up.

[Vicinity] Hilfy: hides from Aisley

[Vicinity] Ragunn: ...seems all of my characters scare people.

[Vicinity] Shanai: Hehe

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Who wants the conch?

[Vicinity] Hilfy: raises a hand

[Vicinity] Ragunn: tosses over the conch

[Vicinity] Hilfy: flails trying to catch it

[Vicinity] Hilfy: Not a plot or anything as I’m not much for organizing story lines, but thought I’d just add something.

[Vicinity] Hilfy: I often just make silly or niche characters, some that get played for a few events and then rerolled. I enjoy giving people a character to interact with, like the tailor or that drunk guy in the sewers. Usually have an alt available for one purpose or another so if anyone needs a player-NPC I can probably make one or dust someone off.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Sure.

[Vicinity] Leileena: nods

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: That's actually a fantastic contribution.

[Vicinity] Youny: Good ones too.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: nods

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Everyone needs extras.

[Vicinity] Leileena: I second this. I have a waitress / bartender and a bunch of others for such purposes

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I may put the bug in your ear pretty soon, then. I had no idea you were willing to do that.

[Vicinity] Leileena: Asside from a few mains, I prefer the more minor roles

[Vicinity] Hilfy: nods

[Vicinity] Hilfy: Who wants the conch?

[Vicinity] Youny: me?

[Vicinity] Youny: giggles

[Vicinity] Hilfy: tosses the conch to Youny

[Vicinity] Youny: fails to catch it!

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I thought for sure, that Agres and Kes have some storylines, particularly about The Phoenix Fortune.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I think that's a great thread.

[Vicinity] Agrestus: I've been too caught up in a lot of things to start any of my own plotlines on this end, but I do want to get one started soon

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Go ahead Youny.

[Vicinity] Youny: I too enjoy the silly types mostly.. even my main is silly.. and do like NPC'ish toons too, and is willing to do that if people need. As for story.. well I doubt its gone unnoticed that currently the line I'm "working" on is wedding planning.. and some minor stuff with Jason getting in all sorts of trouble.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: When is he NOT in trouble?

[Vicinity] Leileena: Wedding!

[Vicinity] Escoryon: Whooo, love!

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Pardon me for asking, but I'm not entirely in the know.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Who is jason?

[Vicinity] Leileena: dodges bridal bouquets

[Vicinity] Youny: picks the conch on the table

[Vicinity] Ragunn: CACKLES

[Vicinity] Youny: My former orphan character that Jen and Cord adopted

[Vicinity] Youny: ten year old boy!

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Ah. Zinann?

[Vicinity] Youny: Yep

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: gotcha :)

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I didn't quite put the two together.

[Vicinity] Youny: Sorry :) You haven't met him often enough then. that will be changed.

[Vicinity] Youny: oh!

[Vicinity] Youny: nah, I'm done :)

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Okay,

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: picks up the conch.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: First thing first.. not to take away spotlight from ARK Events, but only speaking from a player stance.

[Vicinity] Shanai: Oh, please do.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: There are a number of meetings going on, with factional and political units.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: At one point in time there was a heavy number of Omni players, but Omni-pol seems to have sort of blown in the wind lately.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: they had a large number of them.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Now, I am happy to see so many clans and neutrals, but the meetings are now lipsided the other way.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: The NLCC, the CoT, the ICCDC(?), and the Omni organizational committees are av ailable for players

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: This is a great way to get to know people or become involved with not only player run stuff, but ARK stuff as well. Its the primary method I used to create Bubbacrush's network of contacts, some of which aren't even clan.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Getting involved with these are pretty intrinsic I think to the game.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: and speaking as someone who was involved and then not, I prefer the involved

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: So if you have time and are just curious about them, I highly encourage taking part in them.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Even if you just wanna watch and see what its like

[Vicinity] Hilfy: nods

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Did.

[Vicinity] Leileena: raises a hand

[Vicinity] Shadowset: raises a hand

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: For my own plotlines, as I mentioned before I have a wide web of them. I, like Hilfy and Youny here, also don't mind making up temporary characters for people to use. As mooks, extra's, I even have an agent who is adept at being a chameleon for people.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Sure, gimme a minute to introduce my own real quick, then we'll go to Lei and Shadowset.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Currently, this plotline I run is two parts. One has to do with a tribal storyteller named Skribblez.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: He was famous for telling tales around campfires.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Who's closest to Bubba?

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Hrm? Elaborate?

[Vicinity] Ragunn: I love you, man, but would you let others speak?

[Vicinity] Ragunn: points at Leil

[Vicinity] Ragunn: This one here is tired.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Very well. If anyone is interested in doing a meta universe plot,  or an underworld plot, see me after the meeting.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: That works.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Lei, you have the floor.

[Vicinity] Leileena: Just about the meetings, since you brought it up. I think we should probably work towards getting the IC meetings a bit more fast paced and interactive where possible. Some of them seem to drag on about subjects of barely any interest sometimes.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: By that, are you directing it at me, or at the faction meetings here

[Vicinity] Leileena: The faction meetings

[Vicinity] Leileena: [ IC meetings ]

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I don't control those.

[Vicinity] Leileena: I know, I meant that as a point to players in general. Something to keep in mind when participating

[Vicinity] Hilfy: agrees

[Vicinity] Ragunn: nods

[Vicinity] Leileena: Anyway, thats all

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: A fair point. I noticed this too, especially with the side chatter. Its more of a personal annoyance to me, but I undertand that people play for different reasons and sometimes plain shenanigans are one of those.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: makes a tiny gesture toward Rog

[Vicinity] Agrestus: Sorry to burst in, but is there anything I might be able to do on my end to help, at least for the neutral meetings?

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Some of the shenanigans are pretty funny tho :)

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: agres had me in stitches with Sterlings.

[Vicinity] Agrestus: <3

[Vicinity] Shadowset: I am going to make this quick as we are running long. Being NLF and once a member of the CoT with Assembly, I can tell you that 1) meetings need to have a flow. for most players that flow needs to be at a set pace and *someone* has the be the clock to wrap things up

[Vicinity] Leileena: I'm not sure Agres. Keeping the floor a little more orderly might help, but that gets difficult sometime (like when a lawyery type shows up with a scripted dialog)

[Vicinity] Keslie: And Mars has a big mouth

[Vicinity] Ragunn: motions for silence

[Vicinity] Ragunn: nods at Roger

[Vicinity] Hilfy: looks at the time, appologizes and slips out of the meeting.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Thanks for coming, Hilfy!

[Vicinity] Shadowset: 2) I would love to see ARK at these meetings. It was a thrill to have the big guns show up, or even... some concerned citizens. this might be for the players but in the whole thought of things this is for *Rubi-Ka* in general

[Vicinity] Shadowset: Clans, Omni.. even Neuts

[Vicinity] Leileena: nods

[Vicinity] Escoryon: agrees

[Vicinity] Shadowset: we are all fighting for *our* lil peiece of the planet

[Vicinity] Keslie: raises hand

[Vicinity] Shanai: raises a hand

[Vicinity] Shadowset: so out of millions, a handful are concerned?

[Vicinity] Shadowset: hops off the soapbox

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: totally forget the conch, and sets it on the table.

[Vicinity] Shadowset: please

[Vicinity] Ragunn: patpats Rog

[Vicinity] Keslie: looks around

[Vicinity] Keslie: Who is next?

[Vicinity] Shadowset: yo

[Vicinity] Leileena: You are, I think

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: You, then Shanai I believe.

[Vicinity] Keslie: Alright....back to Agres Offer as the Neutral Rep. I think the meetings were great. I am looking forward to having more Neutral stories.

[Vicinity] Leileena: nods

[Vicinity] Keslie: Thank you Agres for doing those meetings. As for the RP. I have been with AO for a little over a year. Love the people and the Lore.

[Vicinity] Keslie: But I would like to see more of the indepth stories that AO has to Offer. be it thje Corp side on Omni to the Surviving of the Neuts and Clanners.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: \m/

[Vicinity] Keslie: I think some of the Storeies of late with ARK just seem to be in a circle and not really changing.

[Vicinity] Keslie: As RPers and with Reps I think it is time to create our own stories and work together. We all know how to RP and well. I have seen it. But now lets spice things up.... That is my thoughts.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: claps

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: This addresses certain things with ARK so, if Shanai wishes to comment on that angle.

[Vicinity] Keanne: Good night all.

[Vicinity] Leileena: Night

[Vicinity] Shanai: Thank you. I just wanted to address the meetings and the appearance of ARK characters there. First of all, we're very happy about all the buzzing activity you guys have going with the meetings. AFAIK, the faction meetings have always been run by players, with ARK in attendance. Then, second, I would also like to say that as much as we'd like to have all the legacies and a great number of blue named characters present, we too have a life outside AO and the meetings are sometimes hard to make for some of us, as well as a limited number of people in ARK Events (hey! Insert recruitment message here!) does put a certain restriction as to how many can join.

[Vicinity] Shanai: whoa wall fo text.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Unfortunately, with my restricted play times.. I'm barely able to make anything.

[Vicinity] Leileena: Meetings were mostly run by LTC's with player support until the merge, actually. As in, they called the meetings and chaired most of them.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Hence, this is my lot im throwing in.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Tempted.

[Vicinity] Shanai: I can also, then, say that the meetings before the merge was a severe strain for many ARKs, with three dimensions to attend meetings on. We're thrilled that there's only one dim now. We will try our best to attend, I can tell you that much, at least.

[Vicinity] Leileena: nods

[Vicinity] Youny: ~can't all join ARK.. who would attend the meetings then? :p~

[Vicinity] Leileena: I do understand that it takes a lot of the schedule of the few available ARKs to attend these meetings. But anything you can do to participate would be appriciated.

[Vicinity] Leileena: (we'd just have a meeting of blue names, and we'd all have fancy effects to our disposal to go with it)

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Nhee.

[Vicinity] Agrestus: raises his hand (when this topic is all settled)

[Vicinity] Leileena: I have nothing more on this topic

[Vicinity] Leileena: looks around

[Vicinity] Ragunn: shrugs, nothing to add

[Vicinity] Escoryon: just agrees in general

[Vicinity] Siirine: shakes her head, listening to topics at hand

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: This is a pretty controversial topic it seems, with voices on many sides.

[Vicinity] Shanai: I don't have anything more either :)

[Vicinity] Ragunn: points at Agres

[Vicinity] Shadowset: please I understand ARK does so much, more than most, I was just pointing out it would be nice

[Vicinity] Shadowset: is done

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Somebody throw the conch at that guy.

[Vicinity] Shanai: Of course, Shadowset. We know and understand and agree :)

[Vicinity] Leileena: picks up the conch and throws it at Agres

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: With that, however, Shanai did place the email link for ARK events for feedback purposes, and that is likely the best lead to follow up.

[Vicinity] Shadowset: catches the conch and spikes it in Cords lap

[Vicinity] Agrestus: There's more than one conch here and I'm not sure which one is the impostor

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Oi!

[Vicinity] Leileena: steals Rags' conch and eats it

[Vicinity] Leileena: Go on

[Vicinity] Siirine: oh my

[Vicinity] Ragunn: ...

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I'm not sure what to say to that, other than I hope you have a unhinged jaw or that could be painful.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Are we resting on this subject for now?

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Does anyone have any other further bits to comment on?

[Vicinity] Shadowset: nope

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Are. Think Agres has a conch, and it's not Scottish.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Well, if its not scottish...

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Its crap!

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Okay.. this next subject can go quickly

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Discussion concerning possible future meetings?

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Hey. Agres had something to say.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Very well. :)

[Vicinity] Agrestus: I just wanted to bring back the meeting feedback and general feedback stuff whilst it was mentioned a while back.

[Vicinity] Agrestus: It's the job of the representatives to listen and learn, and to convey the feelings of the playerbase to ARK and vice versa when possible (and when ARK or the players might not be aware of something)

[Vicinity] Agrestus: I'd like to say at least as a reminder that please harass me with anything that you might want to get pushed for, as whilst I might have many alts I can't mindread

[Vicinity] Keslie: nods

[Vicinity] Leileena: Ofcourse not, you can only pick one superpower

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Do I need to buy flowers before I harass you?

[Vicinity] Escoryon: Agres went with accelerated beard growth as his superpower

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: A fair point. something i noticed is that there seems to be a speculation running rampant concerning Reps and what their jobs actually are. They seem to focus on their needs, and not really be representative of others.

[Vicinity] Agrestus: I'll keep my personal opinions on the last two reps to myself... but Novagen is awesome, and I'm looking forward to what he can do for the omni side :)

[Vicinity] Leileena: Nova needs more people to represent

[Vicinity] Leileena: nods

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I know I got a nomination. If elected I don't intend on having an agenda really. I am likely going to address Clans in general.

[Vicinity] Agrestus: And of course, if the speculation and rumours and such are in any way related to me, please be open about it! I'd love to know how I can improve, or at least shake any misconceptions

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Hrm. I herd u liek mudkipz

[Vicinity] Agrestus: I do have a project of my own (the rubi-ka texture project) but that's something I intend to benefit everyone, and not something I'm using the rep thing to push in any way

[Vicinity] Agrestus: My main goals as a rep is to help you guys and make RP a much more immersive and dynamic experience

[Vicinity] Keslie: And be everyones alt

[Vicinity] Agrestus: Something that Shadowset and Keslie touched on I think earlier

[Vicinity] Keslie: grins

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Nhee.

[Vicinity] Agrestus: I'll continue to poke ARK *waves at Shanai* and continue to poke you guys, and hopefully we can keep improving stuff :)

[Vicinity] Leileena: woo poking

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: You know me dude, I support you 100%

[Vicinity] Shanai: waves back and hands a card with her address on it: shanai@ark.anarchy-online.com

[Vicinity] Agrestus: I apologise that I haven't been able to give it my 100% these past few months.. It's been a hard rode for me IRL

[Vicinity] Agrestus: rode? road

[Vicinity] Keslie: A road you rode and are still riding?

[Vicinity] Agrestus: I've also forgotten to speak properly

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Agres?

[Vicinity] Agrestus: Still, I'll help as much as I can, and I welcome the opportunity to help. Just get in touch!

[Vicinity] Escoryon: Is that all of the topics for the meeting?

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I certainyl have no complaints at this point.

[Vicinity] Agrestus: looks to Ragunn

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: There is one more.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Its a short topic concerning the possibility of future meetings.

[Vicinity] Ragunn: I know something of that road of yours. I'm not judging.

[Vicinity] Youny: I don't think anyone is. <3 Agres.

[Vicinity] Agrestus: :)

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Hand on heart, mate.

[Vicinity] Keslie: Can't you feel the love tonight...

[Vicinity] Agrestus: It is wheere weee aa- er, anyway, thanks guys :)

[Vicinity] Agrestus: I'm done!

[Vicinity] Keslie: Thank you Agres

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: =)

[Vicinity] Keslie: We need five million to get the game out there.

[Vicinity] Keslie: spits out her gum

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Okay. On my part, I'm calling it quits.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: heh

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Okay, it seems were all getting our stuff out, and this is a good thing, but this has run long for lots of people.. so we should wrap this up

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: I'll continue the thread that already exists, and get people's takes on the validity of future meetings.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Agreeable, anyone?

[Vicinity] Shadowset: agreed

[Vicinity] Siirine: nods

[Vicinity] Ragunn: What was the email address again?

[Vicinity] Ragunn: I need to zone out and have some proper silence for a bit.

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: my personal contact email is Ramethzer0(at)gmail.com

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: and for thats for anyone who needs me

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: you can get a hold of me for pretty much anything, from roleplay story lines and cooking tips and ideas.

[Vicinity] Shanai: I'll head home to Parnassos, then. It was good to see such a decent turnout. Hope to see you again, and please don't hesitate to contact us on ark-events-feedback@rt.funcom.com if you have any questions, comments, suggestions or otherwise want to get in contact with us.

[Vicinity] Shanai: Good night, everyone.

[Vicinity] Leileena: Night!

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Good night, Shanai.

[Vicinity] Shanai: does some sparkly thing with some lights and stuff

[Vicinity] Bubbacrush: Thank you all for coming!

[Vicinity] Shadowset: thanks Shanai

[Vicinity] Siirine: this was fun :)

[Vicinity] Agrestus: Thanks Shanai :)

[Vicinity] Ragunn: Likewise! I'll send you the log and have some... well, me time in silence.