02-25-2011, 05:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-25-2011, 05:43 PM by Jonathan Meer.)
I spent three hours explaining this to you, and I was under the impression we'd come to an understanding.
EDIT: To expound.
The structure of the saga was expressed from the very beginning as dangerous; death was entirely possible, and it would be a response to the way in which people acted and roleplayed. Because of frustrating site mechanics that were out of my control at the time, it became evident to me that I simply would not be able to kill characters.
Then, things got figured out, matters were debated and sorted, and suddenly the mechanics that were so cumbersome to the actual point and purpose of the saga were made minor. A week or so after this point, you roleplayed your character as being shot in the chest in the middle of the chaotic climax of a planetary war. In the original spirit of the saga (which I was clear about, from day one), that led to a death.
As I've expressed to you multiple times, this is not a single-out-Jarka thing. This is not a 'Emily wrote like shit' thing. It's the ramification of the saga. Had you not written that your character had been shot, she would not have died.
If that seems like an inconsistency, I completely agree, and it annoyed the fuck out of me that I had to be inconsistent. But when the opportunity came to have the saga function as was supposed to, I decided to take that route.
As before, I'm willing to work with you on the Afterlife thing.
EDIT2: I must say, I'm amazed that the people who make the biggest ruckus about people dying 'inexplicably' seem to be the very same people who want a legitimate, living and breathing IC world. There's irony there.
EDIT: To expound.
The structure of the saga was expressed from the very beginning as dangerous; death was entirely possible, and it would be a response to the way in which people acted and roleplayed. Because of frustrating site mechanics that were out of my control at the time, it became evident to me that I simply would not be able to kill characters.
Then, things got figured out, matters were debated and sorted, and suddenly the mechanics that were so cumbersome to the actual point and purpose of the saga were made minor. A week or so after this point, you roleplayed your character as being shot in the chest in the middle of the chaotic climax of a planetary war. In the original spirit of the saga (which I was clear about, from day one), that led to a death.
As I've expressed to you multiple times, this is not a single-out-Jarka thing. This is not a 'Emily wrote like shit' thing. It's the ramification of the saga. Had you not written that your character had been shot, she would not have died.
If that seems like an inconsistency, I completely agree, and it annoyed the fuck out of me that I had to be inconsistent. But when the opportunity came to have the saga function as was supposed to, I decided to take that route.
As before, I'm willing to work with you on the Afterlife thing.
EDIT2: I must say, I'm amazed that the people who make the biggest ruckus about people dying 'inexplicably' seem to be the very same people who want a legitimate, living and breathing IC world. There's irony there.