You'll steal cars and you'll like it!

[10:05:22] <JadeNSC> http://community.livejournal.com/sf_drama/2048760.html ...
[10:05:37] <JadeNSC> Well, there go my plans to ever buy Animal Crossing.
[10:05:49] <JadeNSC> I guess I should stop playing Mario Kart too.
[10:07:47] <N_X[Elsewhere]> o_O
[10:08:14] <JadeNSC> I'm an adult. I can't play fun games. :(
[10:10:02] <N_X[Elsewhere]> Nope. You are only legally allowed to play huge gorefests. >:(
[10:10:49] <JadeNSC> ;-; But I don't want to beat a prostitute to death with a bat.
[10:11:22] <N_X[Elsewhere]> Too bad! And take her money when you're done - it's wasteful to leave cash on the ground like that!
[10:12:00] <JadeNSC> Can't I just let the hobos steal it?
[10:12:41] <N_X[Elsewhere]> No, because they'll use it on drugs. Those are your drugs!
[10:15:08] <JadeNSC> But...but drugs are bad.
[10:15:40] <N_X[Elsewhere]> Yes, yes they are. What's why you're doing them.
[10:15:58] <JadeNSC> I don't want to be a bad guy~!
[10:16:37] <N_X[Elsewhere]> Too bad, you're an adult now! That means villains and gorefests, all the way down! Fun is verboten!
[10:17:16] <JadeNSC> :(
[10:17:31] <JadeNSC> (OK, I think we played this one out. >.>)
[10:17:32] <JadeNSC> :p

[Triumph] Stop being little brats!

Dear Triumph Players,

It may have occurred to you by now that we are not running a pre-school or daycare center. The fact that we have a "PG-13" rule in place does not mean we expect you to act as though you are under thirteen years of age - quite the opposite, in fact. What we really want you to do is act reasonably mature and show respect to your fellow players and GMs. Seeing as most of us are given to moments where we act like we have the mental maturity of a twelve year-old who has just discovered National Geographic shows pictures of boobs, our definition of "maturity" boils down to "please don't post any links to tubgirl or goatcse, thanks." However, it would seem a few of you haven't quite left the playground and feel it necessary to fulfill the role of tattle-tale and GM's pet.* Don't believe me? Well, I give you Exhibit A, a /query I got this afternoon:

[14:05:47] <Tattler> I was wondering, is it allowed to choose the same Attribute to increase twice in a row?
[14:06:01] <Tattler> In other words, Level 2 you take +1 Str, then level 3 +1 Str.
[14:06:39] <JadeNSC> No. It is in the rule book you can't update the same attribute twice in a row.
[14:07:04] <JadeNSC> You can do level 2 +1 STR, then do +1 VIT for level 3, and then come back to STR for level 4.
[14:07:26] <Tattler> Yea, I figured. So a level 3 char can only have Racial Max +1 for it's Attribute?
[14:07:48] <JadeNSC> Yes, assuming he/she started out at the racial max at level 1.
[14:07:58] <Tattler> The reason I'm asking is because [Player] might have made a mistake, upping Vit twice in a row.
[14:08:28] <JadeNSC> I'll take a look.
[14:08:44] <Tattler> Thanks. Just wanted to let you know.

We currently stand at fifty accepted players. Quite a few of them have played and gone up at least to level two by now. The fact that someone can go through all those sheets and tell me at only level three that someone has broken a rule - one that is only possible to first break at level three - tells me a great deal about the tattler. I am forced to believe that either you have way more time on your hands than is healthy given that this means you went through several player sheets searching for possible errors so you can get players in trouble (though what sort of trouble that is remains to be seen), or I start to think you might have a personal grudge against said player. Either of these are bad, the latter moreso because grudgewank is only fun when it does not directly affect me and I don't have to do anything other than sit back and laugh. The former is simply pathetic. Both are really annoying. Can you guess why I am displeased?

To the players who don't know or think we won't catch on when it comes to increasing attributes, allow me to quote from page 35 of Chapter 2: "Characters receive 1 Attribute Point every time they gain a Level. This may be allocated to any of the character’s six Attributes, provided that Attribute Points are not spent on the same Attribute two Levels in a row and that the increase does not raise the Attribute above the character’s Attribute Cap." Yes, it is a rule, and yes, we will enforce it. We may not catch on right away, but in later levels, it will become painfully obvious who has broken this rule and who hasn't. It's called basic math, and with wikispaces handy little history feature that highlights changes on a page after editing, we can go back and see exactly what you changed and when. Please, don't be stupid. It makes us sad.

To the players who think it's a good idea to tattle on other players, or who think it's their duty to check over other people's sheets: 1) Get a life. 2) You are doing our job and overstepping a big line. Stop it now before we smack you.

Finally, please do come to us with legitimate complaints. If a person is having a trouble with IC/OOC information bleed, we would like to know. If a player is threatening your character, we want to know. If a PC is inserting himself/herself into your plot, or you just want them to back off and they can't take a hint, go to the GM team and we will handle it; it's why we get the big sticks. Don't go looking to get others into trouble. If they're bad players, they'll get their comeuppance, trust me. I've been in two guild games (three if you count Silvertech, but that's putting Silvertech down in a big way), one of those I GMed in myself. I kind of know what to expect when it comes to PC douchebaggery, and I won't tolerate it.

Now, stop trying to kiss-up to us.

Your GM,

Jade

* = There are currently no GM pets, and you should be very glad for that. Besides, if I did have a pet, I can only think of one player who would want to be it as he knows I don't think of brown-nosing kiss-ups when I hear the term.