Archipelego's 10 Year Ask-Me-Anything

[Larry Shortoak 297]

[Archipelego 2188]

34 minutes ago, Larry Shortoak said:

Dude it's so good to hear from you. I'm surprised you even saw this. You're responsible for no shortage of my good memories of Lotc and you were, when I was younger, a good role model for the "halfling druid" archetype that helped me to be a better roleplayer and a better person. I hope you're doing well and it would be delightful to hear from you on discord. Since they got rid of discord tags I'm just "archipelego" now. Hit me up brother

[squakhawk 14038]

hey bro been missing u (Can contact you on discord at any time but My Stupid Ass) 

 

what plans u got for the future?

 

if you could change one thing on any level of scale (server culture, rules, mechanics, a single redline in a lorepiece) what would you change 

 

what was your favorite time on the server generally? any map you remember most fondly?

 

would you be available to zoom interview when i get around to making loredump videos for the channel. Idk what about yet. Something. 

 

any advice on anything you’ve gathered either on or off lotc about anything i would want to give not just me, but anyone? 

 

love u x

[Archipelego 2188]

15 hours ago, squakhawk said:

hey bro been missing u (Can contact you on discord at any time but My Stupid Ass) 

 

what plans u got for the future?

 

if you could change one thing on any level of scale (server culture, rules, mechanics, a single redline in a lorepiece) what would you change 

 

what was your favorite time on the server generally? any map you remember most fondly?

 

would you be available to zoom interview when i get around to making loredump videos for the channel. Idk what about yet. Something. 

 

any advice on anything you’ve gathered either on or off lotc about anything i would want to give not just me, but anyone? 

 

love u x

HIIIII BESTIEEEE hope you are well. yeah we should talk more often. sometimes im bad at keeping in contact

 

looking for a job currently, which is scary but i know ill find something. graduated just a few months ago. in terms of passion projects, im working on a novel project im very excited about and i have a few other side things including some short stories and a blog where i post chapters for a side project

 

my desire for lotc would be to strip away a large majority of remaining "gamey" elements. i think lotc is at its best as, essentially, a platform for digital LARPing. it is an extension of forum and chat room roleplay, not an MMO, and treating server elements like an MMO (and the daily trappings that encourage people to get on like nation activity and daily voting) only encourages people to spend too much time on the server, invest too much of their personal sense of worth into it, and it results in more toxicity with less roleplay. (also make druidism freeform again. RETVRN. RETVRN (its ok ive accepted this will never happen))

 

i joined in vailor and i have some pretty good memories of it. but it was axios when i actually figured out what i was doing and started making friends on the server. it was the first time i was old enough to meaningfully engage with others and pursue things that interested me. it was that "click" moment for me where the server made sense, and there was a lot of opportunity i was eager to capitalize on. as time marches on, that desire goes away, and the server became a chore to me. each progressive map after axios was worse in that regard, but i think of axios as the last time my enjoyment of the server was untainted and non-jaded

 

also yeah man i would be delighted to help with any video lore projects you have going on. i think thats a great idea and its something i thought about doing myself back when i had the motivation to engage with the server. there's a lot to love about lotc and the video format is a good way to get it out there

 

for anyone who wants to create narrative art, regardless of format (prose, video, whatever): there's really no magic advice for something like "writing a novel" or "writing a lore piece" or anything of the sort. you need to make the leap to just start creating something. literally anything. it will probably be dogshit but that is okay. you will probably have fun making it, and the only real wisdom/experience you can GET in a creative art like writing is just practice. as much as it might be tempting to look up like "how did george r r martin write ASOIF" 90% of what you learn from that is going to be useless. the truth is that creating art is a deeply personal pursuit and the exact way you end up plotting, formatting, and executing your work is a process you need to determine for yourself. that said, looking up how other people do things can be useful in terms of gathering ideas on how YOU can do it yourself, and what elements appeal to you.

 

kissy kissy xoxo

[Bardmancer 942]

omg it's archi <3 I loved being on the lore team with you and everyone else way back when! What's a favourite memory from that time?

[DarkParty 73]

What is your favorite city in the server?

[Archipelego 2188]

On 3/24/2025 at 4:48 PM, Bardmancer said:

omg it's archi <3 I loved being on the lore team with you and everyone else way back when! What's a favourite memory from that time?

HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII BESTIE

 

Not sure honestly. I don't remember a whole lot beyond shitting on just about every decision the admins ever made. Which, admittedly, was REALLY fun to do as a group.

On 3/25/2025 at 1:36 PM, Postmortem said:

What is your favorite city in the server?

Currently? I got on briefly and spent some time in Caurost. It doesn't have much competition because I don't know how the other cities are doing, but it was pretty fun. Lots of activity