Rhisereld

So... uh... why are we leaving Asulon again? IC, I mean. Because I've read the antagonist lore and this post, and I can't see why we'd migrate en masse.

The verse says a woman cannot have authority over a man. They must be silent. That is what it says word for word. Don't try to wriggle out of this by saying, "Oh, but it's only in X situation". In church, or out of church, this is a disgusting mentality that has no place in society. And saying that it was a long time ago is no excuse for such an archaic and oppressive statement. If this is how things were ran in that time, then why didn't an elightened man of Christ such as this one speak out against the oppression of women? I'll tell you why. It's because religion isn't the word of a higher power that is inherantly "good". It doesn't stand for the rights of women, blacks, homosexuals and transgender people. It stands for old superstition and outdated oppression. Religion is a snapshot of all the bigotry, superstition and irrationality of that time period. As time goes on and people realise that subserviency isn't okay, religion may grudgingly change its mind. But, Jesus, it took God a bloody long time to figure that women aren't animals, huh? No. What was God testing him for? Psychopathy? If so, Isaac definitely passed. In what universe is a willingness to kill your own son a desirable trait? What moral does this teach? That if the voices in your head tell you to kill your own son, you should stab him to death to prove your "faith"? I find that a deplorable example of the filth that is religion. I conclude this particular argument with an exerpt from one of my favourite songs. You can't weasel out of the existance of slavery but hiding behind a slight ambiguity of the word. It might mean 'slavery'. I might mean 'hippopotamuses'. But chances are it means 'slavery', and the fact remains that the modern version of the Bible condones slavery. I actually know quite a bit about what happened before and after, as I have a nice picture book about it and a handy tool called Google. There was nothing said the Jews demanding a King in this chapter. This guy chose to send out his concubine to be abused and raped in order to protect the much-more-important man who was staying with him. Afterwards, he put the corpse on his donkey and went home, before cutting the corpse into twelve pieces and sending it all throughout Israel. Then they declared religous war and killed pretty much every Benjimanite. Then they felt sorry about that because the tribe would die out, so you know what they did? They went somewhere else and killed and pillaged, and brought back some virgins to give to the Benjaminites. Which God supported. "Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword; also the women and the little ones. 11 This is what you shall do: severy male and every woman that has lain with a male you shall devote to destruction.” 12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 400 young virgins who had not known a man by lying with him, and they brought them to the camp at tShiloh, which is in the land of Canaan." "And they commanded the people of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie in ambush in the vineyards 21 and watch. If the daughters of Shiloh come out to adance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards and ****** each man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin." Still think the context of this passage excuses its barbaric contents? All throughout this, God punished the entire Benjamin tribe indiscriminately because of that occurrence, but the man who sent the concubine out in the first place didn't even get a second glance. I'm not even going to touch on the fact that the tribes seemed more angry about the destruction of the man's "property" than the actual loss of the life of a woman. I find this absolutely disgusting.

“I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.” (1 Timothy 2:12) ‘Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt-offering on one of the mountains that I shall show you.’ (Genesis 22:2) “Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.” (Ephesians 5:22) “Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.” (1 Peter 2:18) “So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go. At daybreak the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, fell down at the door and lay there until daylight. When her master got up in the morning and opened the door of the house and stepped out to continue on his way, there lay his concubine, fallen in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold. He said to her, ‘Get up; let’s go.’ But there was no answer. Then the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.” (Judges 19:25-28) The Christian God hasn't changed. He's always been an asshat.

Yes, a poor character would not hire a shopkeeper. No, that not mean they cannot have a shop. The logical solution to that is to set the NPC's name as your own, and run the shop yourself... not deny the opportunity of a shop to those who are under-established on LotC. On that note, the ability to temporarily dismiss your shopkeeper NPC would be nice. I can imagine players RPing their shop when online and using NPCs when offline ^_^

Money is not an indicator of RP quality, and high fees do not prevent non-RP shops. A quality roleplayer will form connections to restock their shop and make it a central part of their RP, as they should. A poor quality roleplayer will always fulfil the bare minimum of the game mechanics, regardless of initial cost. The idea that a higher fee will somehow force non-RPers to RP is a far-fetched at best. It just won't work, and never has. However, raising the cost will create a headache for those who are not well-established in the server, and those who prefer to RP rather than running out to the wilderness to make minas.

I am disappointed by the sheer number of people calling for higher prices for shops. There seems to be some sort of attitude that the average player shouldn't be able to do anything. Combined with excessive regions and the sheer number of applications to be completed, I'm surprised LotC gets any new players at all. Is there no such thing as a poor stallkeeper? Where are the peddlers? This opportunity should not be limited to the kings, queens and mob grinders.

I like this a lot. It will fix a lot of problems associated with being in a bad timezone. As for what might realistically be in a shop, it is up to the players to provide quality roleplay. Not game mechanics.

This was posted about a year back in World History. A elf-orc combination is an abomination, but with a lot of inbreeding (and probably dwarvern blood) we got goblins.

From personal experience, ordinary players are driven away from you for a number of reasons: -too many empty cities with no players -not enough/expensive housing -difficulty integrating into a clique It's fine to do meetings and declaring wars and all that stuff, but to be honest the ordinary player never sees you guys. If people can't find you without TS and OOC communication, there's a problem. Another issue is that the dwarves typically focus on building and huge amounts of resources rather than casual RP. It scares away players who don't want to spend hours mining. So as constructive criticism, stay in one city and establish a hangout zone where casual RP can be found. Sit in this area, or AFK if you must. Don't rely entirely on TS to communicate as it alienates others, rather discuss your decisions in RP to give citizens a chance to participate. Try to make housing easier to achieve, but don't push new players into selling their souls. Allow players to be citizens without requiring they serve you or provide you with resources. Your future lies in new players so help them as much as you can, rather than charge them taxes like so many cities do nowadays. And lastly, accept this as constructive criticism. If any of this was offensive or hurt your feelings, I am truly sorry and will edit it accordingly. I do not wish to argue here.

Tried teleporting to a soulstone pillar for the first time today. Suffocated. Just so you know that it needs a fix.