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Originally Posted by Irulana
We all too often forget that our actions and inactions in game (or for that matter in forums) may have a negative effect on the emotions and feelings of the RL person behind the toon. What may seem trivial and unimportant may have the potential to have a devastating effect on someone else and we would all be much happier if we remembered that the next time we decide to get on someones case, have a sarcastic dig, flirt with someones rl significant other or generally act like a total asshole.
EQ2 may only be a game but behind each and every playable character is a person, a living, breathing, feeling person.
I use the general rule of thumb that if I wouldn't do or say something in real life then I shouldn't say or do that thing in game either. Personal standards of behaviour should not slip simply because we can hide behind the anonimity of the internet, to do so makes us less human.
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Very well said. All too true. Heartbreaking, actually. As glad as I am to see this forum on Ebys, at the same time, I am torn between the humanity in Irulana's post and the disgust I have for Ebys. And for the first time in my life, my disgust is going to take over.
"What comes around goes around." She will be paid in kind for her actions. Karma works like that. This forum is just a small portion of what is due to her. BTW, talking about how hot she is, will render every relevant character flaw she has, that is being mentioned in this forum, invisible to her. All she will see is people think she is hot.
How to upset Ebys? Be a female, be intelligent, stand up to her, and have a guild full of people that like you and want to play EQ2 with you without you having to manipulate them in any way. That is what Ebys can't handle.
There are all levels of human beings these days, and I speak from many many years of experience dealing with the best and the worst of mankind. I have been to hell and back and back to hell again in RL, and I have never voiced my opinion in an open forum like I am doing now.
Bar NONE, nothing that happens to this woman is bad enough to settle the debt I have with her. But Tranquil Rage is not Ebys. It sickens me to even associate the two.
TR has some incredibly wonderful people in it. Talented and dedicated to the success of the raid. I stayed perplexed as to why these incredibly nice and talented players stayed in TR. I thought there had to be something wrong with me, because I couldn't take, not only her treating me like a subclass human, but worse, listening to her talk to my guildees as if they were scum, with no regard for human dignity whatsoever.
TR, when I was there, was 99% awesome and 1% Ebys.
I completely blamed myself for being weak and too sensitive for letting her get to me. I doubted my ability to play my toon, hell I doubted everything about me during that time. I couldn't rationalize these wonderful people being a part of her nightmare, so I found myself believing it was me, that I was the flaw.
I have made some serious mistakes in this game in dealing with other people. There is not a day that goes by that I do not regret each of those times and that I don't miss each one of the in-game friends I lost because of my mistakes. I also know what it is like to be called every derogatory term there is for a woman. It hurts, and if I thought Ebys had a heart I would not be posting here.
I am flawed, and I am sure I contributed to some of the shit Ebys put me through. However, Ebys lives by a totally different set of ethics than I do. If she has any.
Perhaps my time with TR was my just deserts, karma, for my wrongful actions I made in this game. I can accept that. But, my guildees never deserved the abuse they took under her. TR does not deserve to be known as the guild Ebys runs. Those people deserve to recognized and respected for their accomplishments. TR minus Ebys ROCKS.
I now know people stay in TR to raid. We love to raid. Not only is it is very hard to find a guild that needs you at this level, but most of us have been playing our toons for years. We have a deep desire to conquer the end content and feel satisfaction in our accomplishments. Leaving a guild and your raiding companions, is bloody hell. Because without the people that got you where you are...the victory loses so much.
As for her logging off quickly, I can see that happening. Someone was getting the better of her and she would L/D on the death of Trak, before she would let that that happen. But cry? I doubt it.
I do not doubt that something horrible has happened in her life to turn her into such a bitch. But by the gods, she isn't the only one to hold claim to that.
Now, as for a woman running a guild ... Kall... Lawl me... and I have admired you from the depths of my virtual soul...Good Lord Son...please don't open that can of worms on a forum dealing with Ebys. No matter what your experience with this subject may be... Don't do it... Good Lawl... get hold of yourself... don't give Ebys that much credit... she isn't part of my gender... and I promise you... I am all woman.
Re: How To Make Ebys Cry (Tranquil Rage)
