This is the appropriate form of greeting when someone takes an extra five minutes to log in, owing to the Cyclone battlegroup's login servers playing up,which they had been doing for days. Such was the level of playing-up of the login servers that it had been well documented on the official board for Cyclone over the past three days from when the problem started and, thus, should be at least partially expected and wholly sympathised with.
That is, of course, if you are more concerned about doing SRSBSNSS 5v5 than concerned about the actual "friends" (I use the term incredibly loosely, because I don't think it's appropriate at all -- it's more an aspiration) with whom you're doing said 5v5. Speaking of which, by the way, our 5s started out as just a way to get points and was never, and will never, be srsbsnss. 1950 does not make us awesome. Nor is it worth being so fucking acerbic, obsessed, and haranguing about.
It very quickly becomes suffocating to know that whenever I log into my toon I'm going to get people interrogating me on why I've not been online (Note, not "asking"; "interrogating". Asking is nice -- especially if it shows a regard for how I am. Interrogating doesn't care about how I am, it cares about the use of my toon for the sake of 5v5). I wonder what the chances are that that suffocation explains why, even when I do have free time lately, I'm more likely to log on to my Horde priest with other friends who don't have these scheduling expectations of me. Pretty high, I'd say.
My apologies to Elanie and Sane, who did nothing to piss me off and who, I hope, care more that I'm using my energy to immerse myself in the working world, and thus increase my employability, and that this is leaving me very tired at the end of the day, and in very little mood to deal with any other crap (that I already had done on Tuesday and had had quite enough of) such that I am in no mood to have sarcastic snipes thrown at me by the other two thanks to their complete selfishness and single-mindedness. "Just an excuse for taking so long".
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ReplyDeleteI'd like to take a few minutes to address this since I'm one of the two people who did piss you off. Here's a few points:
ReplyDeleteI don't read the forums unless I can't log in myself. I had no idea there had been any connection issues at all.
No one's said anything about anything being serious business. We've come as high as we have because it's fun and we like doing it. We've played an average of maybe 20 games a week. That hardly counts as obsessed.
People act in different ways. I don't mean it as insulting or interrogative. It's "humor" for me, if I had a reason to insult you in that way, I'm pretty sure we wouldn't be playing together. Nonetheless - we're playing for 2 things; fun and points. If you're not having fun because of what someone else says - it's also possible to tell them that you don't appreciate such remarks. Takes 10 seconds and it's settled. As for the points; there's 5 people who play. If one doesn't, no one gets points. It's pretty simple.
I would consider it polite to say that you're unable to make the games so we can look for someone to stand in for you. We did have plans - if you can't make the plans you have ways of contacting us outside the game as well. If you can't, so what, it's not like anyone has actually shown any resentment about you being away. Not with a serious face, at least.
We're all adults here. Talking solves a lot of problems instead of bickering about shit behind each others back. If you have a problem, tell us about it. That's how friends, "friends" and ""friends"" usually do it, or at least should. Sorry for the media for this reply - but it's the only way for me to communicate with you outside the game ( where you haven't been ).
Ps. PPs. and PPPs. When I heard about your job i was sincerely happy for you, and still am, it's awesome and I wish i'd be as lucky. I consider you as much a friend as the other 3 people, although I've "spent more time" with all of them than I have with you. I'm sorry if I offended you, it was never my purpose.
Edit: deleted the reply to add this:
This is only my opinion and I haven't discussed any of this with anyone else, even if I use "we", "us" etc. a little liberally. Just replace them with "me" or "I".