Archipelego's 10 Year Ask-Me-Anything

[Keening 1264]

4 hours ago, Archipelego said:

probably erick the halfling paladin. it was cool to do something so unique and specifically challenging.

 

bro never came back to get his dagger

[Archipelego 2188]

13 minutes ago, Keening said:

 

bro never came back to get his dagger

I FORGOR IM SO SORRY

[Helmet 1454]

What specific scenario, story or event on the server has stuck with you the most?

 

Also, whats the biggest tip ya could give to people looking to write their own lore for the server?

[Archipelego 2188]

4 minutes ago, SlitheryC1 said:

What specific scenario, story or event on the server has stuck with you the most?

 

Also, whats the biggest tip ya could give to people looking to write their own lore for the server?

Druidism used to not really have much written lore, so you could get away with a lot more. Like, there were no defined "spells" in the pre Lore Games era. So I think fondly of some pretty nuts CRP encounters defending the grove against the same like 3 Darkstalkers over and over. Eventually got to be friends with most of them so the combat was always friendly and almost cooperative OOCly rather than combative like how it is sometimes. I think of those encounters fondly because, to me, it represented the best of the cooperative storytelling LotC has to offer.

 

Writing lore is awesome and you should do it. But try not to put your entire self worth into it. I used to get a ton of dopamine from writing lore and getting it accepted, but it meant I didn't really know how to handle when a piece I really loved got denied. Eventually, as my creative inclinations drifted away from the server, I realized that as much as writing for LotC was a useful exercise, it is also important to write other things.

[HenryCore 411]

Whats your current plan for life? Ya got anything cool going on?

[Archipelego 2188]

14 minutes ago, HenryCore said:

Whats your current plan for life? Ya got anything cool going on?

Oh hey I dragged you to the clinic today. Whats up man

 

I graduated college a few months ago and I'm currently looking to start an actual career. Which is weird, and difficult to fathom, but I'll get there. Otherwise, I'm writing a novel, publishing short stories, and posting chapters for a side project onto a Tumblr blog. LotC is responsible for a lot of my love of writing but I'm happy to say I didn't stop once I went inactive.

 

https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/aislings-bargain-part-1/ <--Short story

 

https://www.tumblr.com/thedoorofheaven/774701809694539776/summary-links?source=share <-- Side project

 

Thanks for asking bestie

[Johann 2498]

as you've lost interest in the server will u finally teach me sorvian bro pls teach me sorvian

[NightOfTheWind 3226]

10 hours ago, Archipelego said:

hi big dog good to hear from you. i dont really upload anymore but i like that i could go back to it at any time if i wanted. cool passion project. i mainly write these days. ive got a short story published and ive got a tumblr blog where i post novel chapters for one of my side projects

its good to know that you havent dropped the pen even though you've dropped the camera

[Zarsies 6795]

What do the folks you keep in touch with possess or have about them that you like most? What sort of qualities do you think they have in common? I know a handful of folks who keep in touch with you (aha 💅 ✨) and everyone is just a doll. Love your crowd! Love being a part of it too. 😛

[IsaaKc 1240]

what is your favorite piece of lore and why is it archons?

[Archipelego 2188]

8 hours ago, Johann said:

as you've lost interest in the server will u finally teach me sorvian bro pls teach me sorvian

sure bubby. once i actually read the new sorvian lore (which i will probably never get around to doing)

3 hours ago, Zarsies said:

What do the folks you keep in touch with possess or have about them that you like most? What sort of qualities do you think they have in common? I know a handful of folks who keep in touch with you (aha ) and everyone is just a doll. Love your crowd! Love being a part of it too.

Well, as you know, its mostly gay people. Also people who are no longer particularly active. LotC is such a time sink that its hard, at least in my experience, for a friend group to play LotC without being dominated by it. My immediate ex-LotCer friend group is mostly people who have no further interest in the server, which is sort of like an AA meeting for Minecraft addiction

 

Love you Zarsies xoxo

52 minutes ago, IsaaKc said:

what is your favorite piece of lore and why is it archons?

It is actually shade rewrite 5 slots 2 abilities

[SethWolf 2340]

I have never played a druid, but I am curious as to what your opinions are on druidism as a MA today in comparison to when you were playing it pre lore-games. Was it better back then? If so, in what ways?

[Archipelego 2188]

3 minutes ago, SethWolf said:

I have never played a druid, but I am curious as to what your opinions are on druidism as a MA today in comparison to when you were playing it pre lore-games. Was it better back then? If so, in what ways?

I think the druidism rewrite is pretty good given the limitations that were imposed on the community. Of course I miss before the Lore Games because being an experienced practitioner of a basically freeform magic was awesome. But I think the community did a pretty good job with the rewrite.

 

When I think about things I miss about druidism, I am sort of sad that the Order has mostly disappeared. For the majority of my time on the server, druids had a significant enough presence to represent their own nation. I don't know much about how they do these things days, but I find it sort of sad that a lot of the traditions and community structure I helped reinforce aren't so widely used by modern druids

[_Elrith_ 4525]

you're a cool fellow

[Archipelego 2188]

5 minutes ago, _Elrith_ said:

you're a cool fellow

thanks big dog