What does it all mean?

[LadyGelinaGrey]

::nod nod:: See, cuz then I have to come in and throw my money into the pot too. This thread was cleared up and settled back in ...what was it? June? Hello? If you don't have anything better to do than make silly posts, I suggest you find a new hobby and stay off our boards.

Stirring the pot is not a good idea around here. If you were anyone that knew anything, you would know that by now. Stirring up anything on these boards only gets you Me and a few others in your face. Think before you type. Brain in gear before fingers in motion. Unless of course there are only two brain cells in there and they are fighting for oxygen. *snort*

Not to mention, if you read this entire thread, you would have seen how much me and others dislike anonymous posters that put up empty, meaningless and irrelevant comments.

[Cherise]

Oh yeah? Well uhm. - sings a random song. - Baby when I heard you for the first time I knew we were meant to be as one. - serenades Shari. - ^_^

[Tempest]

::sitting in her chair, playing with a lock of hair, a blank look on her face:: I think all stupid people should poof be gone. I agree with Nym mun and Shari monster. Go away. This thread was like ages ago. Hello? Anyone home in there? The only way things change is if people want them to change. Apparently the people in GM want things to change and are taking steps to do soo. Then some pencil headed geek comes along and screws everyones karma up. ::whimpers:: Why can't we all just get along? ::falls over and clings to her teddy bear::

[LadyGelinaGrey]

Woot! ::just loves being sung too:: I Luff You Christa!!

::then looks back at Tempie's post and blinks:: Damn girl! You up early! I don't even get up that early. Freak. ::watches her fall off her chair:: Yup. Freak. ::grins::

[RowanMaggie]

Actually, my dears. I have already gone away. If everyone wasn't so ready to jomp to unnecessary conclusions, they might have read into this that its sad to see the same old arguments going on.

But since I am putting a face to the name, let me remind you that bitch is spelled in my case with a capitol B.

See, it seems that when you go away you find out just how unimportant you are, and how little what you think matters. Its ok. The number of people who stay in touch with me I can count on one hand. I am a decent person who has cried with many of you over real life issues, who has carefully distanced herself over time to try to avoid arguments. Because if you argue against the majority you get you face shaved off with a dull razor and handed back to you.

I was only a couple of times The Seer. I tried to bring peace back to the kingdom, and did manage to get two people talking again. I posted on the boards a few times without putting my real name out there. But I have not been a shit disturber.

Since I am doing confessional here, I knew the person who killed Sil off. I asked her to. No point what-so-ever in keeping Sil around. Kyle deserved the chance to be able to move on instead of having her pop back, when and if things are ever settled with AOL. I miss Maggie dearly, and miss playing her. As it is...I only play her with Kyo and Kia. The person who killed her off got a good idea of why people post without putting their names on this board. Apparently, it didn't change much.

Shari, I tried to IM you to talk about this. I apologize for putting it on the boards. Thank you for helping me get Sil squared away. I am glad that things have worked out for you.

Don't worry, I won't be back on "your" boards.

Kyle, I appreciate your effort to keep me in the loop by sending me the roster, and the newsletter. I think its a good idea if you didn't anymore. Its a mistake for me to try to be involved at all here.

I wish you all peace and joy. Be kind to each other.

[Granny Aya on Shore Leave]

Well isn't this a fine web this place has weaved. I don't know if I should say the kingdom has gone to the dogs or if it's just a total mess in some places. I've seen oldies gnaw on each other instead of working together. I've seen newbies run havok. I've seen a sheep make one hell of a mess of the castle and live to tell the tale xD..but that isn't part of Granny's point. I'll cut to the very fine line here.

The real reason why I lurk on AiM instead of signing on to Aol to RP at GM .. or haunt another one of my Sns is because I think I'm getting old, feeling tired of the madness that surrounds GM, the fighting and turmoil, the people coming and going as if they don't know where to go or what to do. The ranking system to these old eyes is just a little too much. I wish things could go back. back to days that some of you weren't even around, days that some remember like it was yesterday. Those days when Cyan had the kingdom on track, or the days that Oryx held those countless but fun adventures. Or the ones where Paul had us all on one key.. the same page. Where KoGM's name wasn't associated in so many places (and this I know..I haunt ALOT of places now) with the words full of newbies. KoGM's credit with it's old members whom I have crossed paths with on other Sns have declined so gravely it actually hurts me to the core.


We've all struggled to keep this place up, some have tried to bring it down. Others just want those days of peace back. But we can have that can we? Things move forward not backward. What some don't understand is.. We're all just pawns. When you leave GM... It's like your world stops but for GM's members.. PFFT consider yourself just another name in the book or a face in the crowd. So what Has GM's members done besides withstand the crumbling of the kingdom walls, the fall of it's era and people both icly and oocly?

Hmm We've hurt each other more than anything and the funny thing is about guests with no names. You never know who they are until they tell you. Yet see Granny's nice.. she'll let you know it's her all because I stand by each and every word I say (type). If I make a mistake and I feel it's deemed an apologize it'll get one. Yet this is a bit much...

Honestly I think I'm growing tired of GM itself..
It might be because it's summer and I've been living my life and not sitting at the comp as much ; People have been telling me I'm always AFK now. I never really did before. Now believe it or not folks.. I think a few souls haven't realize they've hurt someone, I pray they realize it soon.


Ha.. Maybe I'm just old as I said before.
Just don't feel up to Par with RP

Luv Ju Maggie Hun
Let you be In or Out of this crazy Loop
You know how to catch me if needed.

[Tempest]

::blinks at Rowan's post:: I am sorry I did not know you. You sound cool and I am sorry for any hurt your feeling even if I don't know you. Yep yep sometimes I have a big heart. Sometimes.

::glances at Shari:: Yea I know I am a freak. I get up at five. Make coffee. Turn on the puter. Go to the bathroom. Have a smoke. Check the boards. Get dressed. Go to work. Punch in by seven. IT SUCKS!
Try working nights for five months and then work first shift. Talk about screwing up your karma. And I still don't eat til about seven at night. ::clings to her bear:: I think freak does not even begin to cover it. There is no help for me. Oh and I fell off the wagon. Only so long you can remain. Well you know. Oh gods to be working nights again. ::slams a Dew and huggles her::

[Nym Zeal]

Putting a face to a guest name doesn't change much. You know I adore you but what I said was the truth. You can't expect change that quickly and without a sacrifice. Though, it was more influenced by the world today than KoGM. And why do you have to post anonymusly, dear? That is the thing with the anonymus names I don't understand. If you know we love you, why do it? I don't know if you'll get this and I am sorry I haven't written much. Quite honestly, I didn't want to send an email full of bad news.

Not sure you'll even see this.

And yes, I've been told KoGM is full of newbies too. Not in the groups I am in, of course, but other places. I've even had cause to be embarassed by behavior when one of my RP friends entered. It is hard to defend the group when they treat someone you respect like dirt. But you know? I do. If we do not take steps to teach those that are new how they are supposed to interact then who are we to complain about what we are called? There are newbies... but KoGM isn't about going to war everyday and it isn't about harming other characters... it is about having a home, a sense of community, and it succeeds at that! I spent the beginning of my RP history in Pern guilds and Goldenmyst is much like the lakes there were. A place to gather to play and converse at the beginning of whichever adventure. We don't push people around simply because they aren't good with their role play or they are new and don't quite understand yet how to react to things. So long as they play then we will welcome them. How is this a bad thing? I'm proud that we accept newbies. Sometimes thats the only way to keep the group passionate. Can you still remember the first time you RP'd certain things? After a while they just don't seem like magic anymore but the new ones can sometimes remind you of that. They are charming, not annoying. They simply don't get appreciated like they should.

Back to Maggie Mun. I miss you... but this thread was pretty painful. Having it brought back with all the happy, fun threads was a bit of a blow. So yeah, we react. You know us so why was this surprising? Please don't go away. Not for good. Not forever. As much as it looks like you aren't remembered, you are. And very much so missed.

Oh, and 5am is evil. I know it well, though. Unfortunately. Though for how much longer depends on the dr appt tomorrow.

[LadyGelinaGrey]

Are you all done now? Are you finished bashing what we have worked so hard on? Are you finished making me look like a fool? Are you done tossing up in our faces that we don't care about you?

I certainly hope so.

Rowan. You know damn well that if I had known it was you, I wouldn't have gotten so nasty. And yes, I can see sometimes why it's necessary to post anonymously, but in this case it didn't need to be said. As for your IM today of "Shari, where are you?" I have been spending time with my husband. And then I went to a meeting at my town hall to stop a god damned developer from coming into my little town and turning it into something big and ugly, not to mention bring in more kids we don't have schools for. So ya know what? I do have a life. And I don't recall saying you were a bitch.

As for this being "our" boards. Well yes, they are. And no one ever told you to go away Rowan. My "go away" was directed at anonymous posters that don't have anything better to do. I love you dearly, you know that, but sometimes I think you do it to stir things up. If I'm wrong, so be it. Then I'll eat my words.

Aya. I don't know what your problem is and I don't know what you've heard. But what other people say is not my problem. Nor Nicho's, nor any other member's. I refuse to base my rp world on what others say.

And yes, it was wonderful when Cyan, Oryx and Paul where here. But they are gone. Let me say it again. They are gone. There is nothing we can do to change it. There is nothing we can say to make them come back. Those were wonderful days, and I miss them too, but it's time to usher in a new era. What's done is done. Let it go. If you don't like the roster? Oh well. If you don't like that we except Newbies and help them to learn? So be it. And let me tell you that we do help them. I have helped a handful of them lately to be precise. I don't think it's so bad that we let them in. Where else could they start out? Why should be like everyone else and tell them no? That's not right.

And I swear, if I hear one more time that the walls of GM are crumbling? I'm gonna SCREAM! It's NOT falling. (yes Kolava and Nicho I am using capital letters) I am sick and tired of those of you that have gone and left, coming back and telling us that the sky is falling.

As for me? I tried to leave. Several times as a matter of fact. My track record says it all. But I have made it through the roughest of times and I have to say that it's pretty peaceful right now. What people don't understand is that there are always going to be squabbles amongst the members. Not everyone gets along with everyone. There will always be differences of opinions. There will always be politics. I myself tried to get away from it, but I just didn't work out that way. Seems I am sorta stuck here. So since I am, I'm going to make the best of it and do what I can to make this kingdom flurish. And I refuse to give up on it. I probably should have a long time ago, but something inside me told me that this is where I belong and that I am needed. So here I sit. Defending the place that I love. If that makes me such a bad person. Well great. Then I suck. If not, great too. I don't care either way. I am happy here and I am not going anywhere. I may switch charries every now and then, but *I* will never leave.

Now I am not fishing for a pat on the back or anything like that. I used too. But I have grown and now I rp just simply for the joy of it. Rp became fun for me again. Why would I want to give up now? No way.

Those of you that have left and sit there watching through the windows, you better get some glass cleaner. Because things are not as bad as you see them. You choose to see the bad, not the good. You choose to see the fights and the disagreements, not the wonderful adventures and the gatherings in the main hall at night over some of Maggie's honey cakes and Klah.

If you've left and you feel you did the right thing. Great. But don't come back and make smartass comments or tell us that it's "crumbling". It's getting old folks. Let it go if that was your intention. Am I being harsh? Probably. Will I apologize for it? Nope. This is me. You all know me. I tell it like it is. If you hate me for it? Fine. If you talk about me for it? Great, that means you are leaving some other poor soul alone. I can take it. I am thick-skinned. So with that said, I am going to go have "fun" roleplaying.

[Lady Desari]

::rubs her hands over her face and groans:: Haven't we been thru all this like a million fricken times? Weren't we all newbies at one point? Weren't we all new to this and had no clue what the hell we were doing? I remember the first time I RP'ed in GM...Talk about screwing up...But you know what you live and learn...You make mistakes and go on...If it wern't for people, ie Shari, Paul and Kyle, I would have said f**k it and givien up and missed out on some of the best times I had online...There have been people who made it sour for me and plenty of times where I have wanted to throw in the towel but someone talked me out of it...I have played many chars in GM and some worked and some didn't...Two of them have worked and I love them both...I am greatful that Kyle has been so understanding as to why I can not RP right now...If I lost Desari I would loose a part of me...I may get to the point my sister did and bump her off but I may not...I guess what I am trying to say in all this mumbling is things change...I too miss the days when Paul would throw an adventure at one in the morning...Or Oryx would run around with a pot on his head...Or the fuzzy bunny would show up and so and so on but that is the past...Leave it there and try to be understanding of the changes made...I may not always do the best job but I try...SO go forward...Have fun...And see what the hell happens...Jump with both feet and hope for the best...