BrandNewKitten

Just saw this today! TYTY

@Nug I’ve actually been an A.I. this entire time, muh dude. 

Oh! May I know who is the writer? I am OG creator of the magic & wanted to tip my hat at them.

your formatting is very nice though!

Cat kibble in water is soup 

hi coooki

@Zarsies

Thulean Druidism was inspired 

@Adelemphiibeardmancy should be more than a meme!!

@Jenny_BobbsI have always wanted to use Pyromancy but it lends itself to villainy & I only enjoy villain activity as event characters. Aka no consequences. 

@Jentosis that shamanism?

@Puglordif I guess it right will you tell me? Mysticism. Specifically the creation of Pale Knights?

@KornazkarummI am partial to Golemancy but in the same dwarven aesthetic. 

A “Badlands” area has existed on other maps. It’s always a bit of a mess but people have a lot of fun in them. 

While I can’t speak to the OOC dealings that you have experienced (You won’t catch me bad mouthing you in DMs) what I can say is most of the time, like 8/10 times, the Vet chat 100% has no part in Maheral selection. We just go “Okay this is the person the last Maheral chose as a successor.” Which leaves the door wide open for newer players. 
 

One person decided that Elesia Elervathar’s constitution was un-Maheral-like. Realistically the way Elesia was pushed out was the problem here since it should have been a vote of no confidence from everyone. But it happened & a new Maheral doesn’t pop out of nowhere so the chat got the ball rolling again because largely that is what we are there to do. Keep the baton passing. Our names are on that document not as a vote, more like a stamp of approval that the new Maheral can reference when trying to leverage their station. 
 

Does this one part of the culture happen off the server sometimes? Yes but it almost always is led by the active members of the Malaurian. I personally don’t have a device for LoTC atm so it is the camaraderie that brings out the want to include all the oldies. 

Again it doesn’t take all of us voting for a new Maheral to be chosen. The rest of us were just invited out of respect & stayed tuned in when we realized how messy things were OOCly. It’s not that we try to dismiss change. We just have had to deal with OOC spite-fueled rampages time-after-time. The way we have been dealing with it is by trying to boost active player morale, engaging them in proper debates, elections, etc… because that is how the nation is ran. Not by the whims on 1-5 players.

There is a story to be told here. It can’t be told in PvP & it can’t be ignored until it is gone. Otherwise your side is just a fad & won’t last. There has to be compromise. 

The title of Maheral is passed down from Maheral to Maheral. It is and has never been a role that is voted on. 
 

When a Maheral steps out of line (i.e. claiming power or writing in laws without having the entire citizenry vote) the Malaurian (some active, some not) decide whether or not to publicly denounce that character. That leaves a void. The void is then filled by another character. Usually the active Malauriran come to the group and ask for input because in the end you want a reliable person in that position. Someone who knows the lore, culture, and community.
 

The Maheral is just a figurehead. A teacher. Sometimes the written constitution gives them more power but really their only power comes from people willing to listen to them. 
 

But there was never going to be a point where you personally got to choose the Maheral. It’s never worked like that and we have always either respected the decision or called for a vote of no confidence.

Especially after we all got to read that OOC statement from Kiwi. We all were taken aback by the pettiness. It’s been full on OOC since January. Like a constant **** you to our entire sub-community. 
 

Roleplay the culture, the voting, the debates, and maybe people will finally start to respect the story you are pushing. Otherwise what you really want is the shell of the nation. Plenty of other tiles to go do that on. 

This message is brought to you by the people who gave you REEEEEE: Magic

Andruske#1293 o7

And this is just my perspective. I celebrated my 9 or 10 year stay on LoTC this last month. The division in Helfdom community is difficult to process from the outside but I am confident it will eventually produce an adequate story for roleplay. 

If you don’t want to respect the traditions of a 10 year old playerbase then RP somewhere else. Plenty of other choices out there that don’t involve the OOC drama that you are inciting.

We are here watching, visiting & the Maheral is not NL. The Maheral simply is. 

Enjoying Spring yet? @Cloakedsphere

Leave your homophobia at home, please. 

Holy **** it’s my troublemaking friend Aislin! 

Me and my brothers were obsessed. The cheeseburger song? Deadly good. 

Seems a bit more reasonable then

@Laeonathan either you aren’t following the same math as those above or you are out of touch. Can you explain how 1 player can get 210 mina a week off of 2-3 mina a vote? @jdesarno says 1 player can make 75 mina a week if they vote consecutively. 

Seems extreme. Like a **** you to casual players.

I haven’t been able to play for awhile now but I hope when I can return this system has worked itself out.

Do mobs drop minas? Is voting the only way to acquire minas? 

BrandNewKitten did. Evil lad.