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Aia
Guest
I met Dor at the YMCA for an interview. Here's the result:
Aia: Tell me about yourself Dor.
Dor: Oh, ugh!
Dor: That is most unfair
Dor: Hrmm
Dor: I was hoping I’d not have to think.
Aia: lol
Aia: OK, tell us about your UO life.
Dor: I am an 8-year veteran whom has always resided (and Played) in Felucca…
Dor: since before it existed as a facet
Dor: I love this land, as it contains all that remains of the workd that we fell in love with, so long ago
Dor: My main motivation is to create fun for others so that my world is improved
Dor: *grins*
Dor: It is far more enjoyable, when I am not surrounded by whiners but, rather, by those who are having a good time.
Dor: So you see, I am selfish at hart
Dor: *confesses*
Aia: Hardly selfish
Aia: What kind of things do you do to create fun for others?
Dor: Create and/or host as many events as possible
Dor: All events being open to ALL and no events requiring entrance fee. Ever.
Aia: I know of the story telling events you do weekly.
Dor: Those were foisted on me.
Aia: You mentioned you love Fel
Dor: Aye, I do
Dor: Wholeheartedly
Aia: What do you like most about it?
Dor: Well…many of those things I loved most about it have been eradicated or changed by the Powers That Be.
Dor: *grits Teeth*
Dor: They seem to persist in altering this facet
Aia: What do you miss most?
Dor: I miss… the preponderance of skill
Dor: the lack of items
Dor: I miss…having to make it back to your corpse, to retrieve items one at a time
Dor: I miss NPC interaction
Aia: ?
Dor: Ohh… the NPCs used to have a wealth of conversation and stories
Aia: I didn’t know that
Dor: Indeed!
Dor: There were some 300 phrases and keywords
Dor: that would elicit responses from them
Dor: Lessee, what else…
Dor: I miss sparring for gain on the roof here
Dor: We used to have sparring going 24/7, upstairs
Dor: It was SO fun
Dor: whether they be combat skills, healing, magery, whatever
Dor: I earned all of my GM titles here in this tower along with others
Dor: It was more of a community enterprise than a boring solo activity
Dor: I miss THIEVES!
Aia: ROFL!
Dor: I never was one, but I always admired their deftness and their ability to affect their surroundings
Aia: They are still around, but are scroll thieves now
Dor: Aye
Dor: *sighs*
Dor: Well, what with stupid insurance (in Felucca?!) and so forth it is understandable
Aia: What kept you here? When everyone else left.
Dor: Sheer cussedness
Aia: LOL
Dor: Really!
Dor: I almost quit for good when I was black holed for 5 days with the AoS publish
Aia: !!!
Dor: My entire account. I lost so much…
Dor: particularly my guild mates
Dor: *sighs*
Dor: We’d been together for 4 years’ real time
Aia: Wow
Dor: hosting events for the shard but they couldn’t take the Age of Sh** and I could not blame them
Dor: :-(
Dor: And so…I thought seriously of leaving as my heart was gone
Dor: But then…
Dor: I got angry
Dor: How dare they ruin our world?
Dor: How could they render all that we had done and been…meaningless?
Dor: It was OUR history that they sought to erase
Dor: OURS
Dor: And, well…
Dor: I’m just not having that
Dor: *smiles*
Dor: If and when I leave, it will be because I choose to do so, on my own terms rather than be driven out by someone else’s
Dor: casual…
Dor: ignorance
Dor: I seek to save what has gone before
Dor: what we were
Dor: and what, perhaps, we could be again (if left to our own devices)
Dor: It infuriates me to think of all the lives that were led here being snuffed out and buried as if our word never was
Dor: Believe me, it WAS
Dor: *grins*
Dor: And still is insofar as I can promote it
Aia: Anything you’d like to add?
Dor: *thinks*
Dor: Yes.
Dor: Part of the problem which ensued at the Horse races was due to many PvPers on Sonoma now being off shard transferees
Dor: It is not their fault that they know nothing of our history which always, ALWASYS included everyone here
Dor: The stable master, for instance was the only stable available to reds on Sonoma, for years
Dor: A could of days after that event
Dor: I was able to speak with a couple of the, uhh.. attackers and give them a tour of the Y
Dor: a brief history and asking for event ideas that they could get behind.
Dor: I also pointed out to them that any events here, in Felucca,
Dor: which do not consist of farming or ganking are actually *additional* activities for them to enjoy
Dor: and do not subtract from more mundane pastimes
Dor: In other words, something extra and therefore FUN
Dor: They seemed to find that an intriguing notion
Dor: *grins*
Dor: The thing is we have to figure out some way to get off shard Fel players incorporated
Dor: into the mix here
Dor: Allow them to discover that Sonoma is rather unique, in that regard
Dor: (and it really is)
Dor: Sonoma Felucca, I mean
Dor: If you ask the old time PK’ers about this place
Dor: You’ll see that most of them respect it and support it, in their own strange fashion
Dor: *grins*
Dor: It is a place of neutrality
Dor: fierce neutrality
Dor: that can be employed as a respite
Dor: a chance to get to know folks who would usually KoS
Dor: otherwise
Dor: But most of all, it is FUN, if approached in the spirit in which it is intended
Dor: and FUN rocks.
Dor: It really does
Dor: *grins*
Aia: Thank you for your efforts
Dor: Oh!
Dor: Also!
Dor: I wish to remind everyone that this tower is available for use by anyone and everyone, for events
Dor: as long as those events are open to all, I will do all I can to support them
Aia: Awesome
Dor: This is a public tower not a private fiefdom
Aia: Thank you Dor for your time
Dor: *smiles*
Aia: Tell me about yourself Dor.
Dor: Oh, ugh!
Dor: That is most unfair
Dor: Hrmm
Dor: I was hoping I’d not have to think.
Aia: lol
Aia: OK, tell us about your UO life.
Dor: I am an 8-year veteran whom has always resided (and Played) in Felucca…
Dor: since before it existed as a facet
Dor: I love this land, as it contains all that remains of the workd that we fell in love with, so long ago
Dor: My main motivation is to create fun for others so that my world is improved
Dor: *grins*
Dor: It is far more enjoyable, when I am not surrounded by whiners but, rather, by those who are having a good time.
Dor: So you see, I am selfish at hart
Dor: *confesses*
Aia: Hardly selfish
Aia: What kind of things do you do to create fun for others?
Dor: Create and/or host as many events as possible
Dor: All events being open to ALL and no events requiring entrance fee. Ever.
Aia: I know of the story telling events you do weekly.
Dor: Those were foisted on me.
Aia: You mentioned you love Fel
Dor: Aye, I do
Dor: Wholeheartedly
Aia: What do you like most about it?
Dor: Well…many of those things I loved most about it have been eradicated or changed by the Powers That Be.
Dor: *grits Teeth*
Dor: They seem to persist in altering this facet
Aia: What do you miss most?
Dor: I miss… the preponderance of skill
Dor: the lack of items
Dor: I miss…having to make it back to your corpse, to retrieve items one at a time
Dor: I miss NPC interaction
Aia: ?
Dor: Ohh… the NPCs used to have a wealth of conversation and stories
Aia: I didn’t know that
Dor: Indeed!
Dor: There were some 300 phrases and keywords
Dor: that would elicit responses from them
Dor: Lessee, what else…
Dor: I miss sparring for gain on the roof here
Dor: We used to have sparring going 24/7, upstairs
Dor: It was SO fun
Dor: whether they be combat skills, healing, magery, whatever
Dor: I earned all of my GM titles here in this tower along with others
Dor: It was more of a community enterprise than a boring solo activity
Dor: I miss THIEVES!
Aia: ROFL!
Dor: I never was one, but I always admired their deftness and their ability to affect their surroundings
Aia: They are still around, but are scroll thieves now
Dor: Aye
Dor: *sighs*
Dor: Well, what with stupid insurance (in Felucca?!) and so forth it is understandable
Aia: What kept you here? When everyone else left.
Dor: Sheer cussedness
Aia: LOL
Dor: Really!
Dor: I almost quit for good when I was black holed for 5 days with the AoS publish
Aia: !!!
Dor: My entire account. I lost so much…
Dor: particularly my guild mates
Dor: *sighs*
Dor: We’d been together for 4 years’ real time
Aia: Wow
Dor: hosting events for the shard but they couldn’t take the Age of Sh** and I could not blame them
Dor: :-(
Dor: And so…I thought seriously of leaving as my heart was gone
Dor: But then…
Dor: I got angry
Dor: How dare they ruin our world?
Dor: How could they render all that we had done and been…meaningless?
Dor: It was OUR history that they sought to erase
Dor: OURS
Dor: And, well…
Dor: I’m just not having that
Dor: *smiles*
Dor: If and when I leave, it will be because I choose to do so, on my own terms rather than be driven out by someone else’s
Dor: casual…
Dor: ignorance
Dor: I seek to save what has gone before
Dor: what we were
Dor: and what, perhaps, we could be again (if left to our own devices)
Dor: It infuriates me to think of all the lives that were led here being snuffed out and buried as if our word never was
Dor: Believe me, it WAS
Dor: *grins*
Dor: And still is insofar as I can promote it
Aia: Anything you’d like to add?
Dor: *thinks*
Dor: Yes.
Dor: Part of the problem which ensued at the Horse races was due to many PvPers on Sonoma now being off shard transferees
Dor: It is not their fault that they know nothing of our history which always, ALWASYS included everyone here
Dor: The stable master, for instance was the only stable available to reds on Sonoma, for years
Dor: A could of days after that event
Dor: I was able to speak with a couple of the, uhh.. attackers and give them a tour of the Y
Dor: a brief history and asking for event ideas that they could get behind.
Dor: I also pointed out to them that any events here, in Felucca,
Dor: which do not consist of farming or ganking are actually *additional* activities for them to enjoy
Dor: and do not subtract from more mundane pastimes
Dor: In other words, something extra and therefore FUN
Dor: They seemed to find that an intriguing notion
Dor: *grins*
Dor: The thing is we have to figure out some way to get off shard Fel players incorporated
Dor: into the mix here
Dor: Allow them to discover that Sonoma is rather unique, in that regard
Dor: (and it really is)
Dor: Sonoma Felucca, I mean
Dor: If you ask the old time PK’ers about this place
Dor: You’ll see that most of them respect it and support it, in their own strange fashion
Dor: *grins*
Dor: It is a place of neutrality
Dor: fierce neutrality
Dor: that can be employed as a respite
Dor: a chance to get to know folks who would usually KoS
Dor: otherwise
Dor: But most of all, it is FUN, if approached in the spirit in which it is intended
Dor: and FUN rocks.
Dor: It really does
Dor: *grins*
Aia: Thank you for your efforts
Dor: Oh!
Dor: Also!
Dor: I wish to remind everyone that this tower is available for use by anyone and everyone, for events
Dor: as long as those events are open to all, I will do all I can to support them
Aia: Awesome
Dor: This is a public tower not a private fiefdom
Aia: Thank you Dor for your time
Dor: *smiles*
