Telmster

I don't remember if it was mentioned before but I highly recommend not sitting around passively waiting for RP to come to you. Find something that drives your character and gives them a reason to go up to others, and generate RP from there! It's so much more fun and there's a lot less frustration when you dont rely on others to take the initiative. And dont be afraid to make things intentionally harder for yourself. Sure, you could read a forum lore post and pretend your character already knows it. But you can also make it a quest to try to seek out that information in roleplay! Same with CRP situations. If you try to dodge every attack it gets boring quickly. But if both sides are being honourable and having fun expect that you might take a few hits and still stay alive, which can just help drive the narrative forward. How does your character feel about being injured? Are the injuries permanent? Do they feel angry or ashamed? Does it spur them to want to become a healer to be able to pay forward the healing they got? Things like that! Lastly, I'm pretty sure some others have mentioned it but LOTC can be pretty addictive. You're living a whole second life which is great and amazing, and there's nothing quite like LOTC for fueling creativity, but it's not great when it starts to become more of a priority than your real life. I had to have a few ground rules for myself which might help other people as well: - Don't play LOTC past midnight - Never cancel anything irl for LOTC - Don't play when you're feeling really bad - If you cant seem to get any rp going in 15 minutes, log off and try later (as opposed to mindlessly jumping around all day. surely there are more fun things to do!) LOTC can be really really fun but it is important to keep in mind that at the end of the day it is 'just' a game and it is best enjoyed in moderation :) Anyway, those are just my two cents. I hope you have a great time on the server!! whoops this became really long. one more thing i forgot to add is that keeping a character diary/journal is a really fun way to keep track of what your character knows!

idk why the quality got so bad but they're rly cute i promise. their names are Doris and Wilson

I think it might be Hyacinth for me I love her she's so cute

yes! I have noticed I go through phases like these (n a lot of people do) which is okay! I tend to get active when map antag gets rolling, and then I stay for the transition and for a few months after, and then eventually the motivation starts waning and doing things irl starts to feel more fun. its been 7 years and this has happened so many times by now, I don't know if I've ever really experienced the middle of any map. there's nothing wrong with taking time off though!! LOTC is a hobby first and foremost. if other things feel more fun, go do the other things. eventually you might start to feel the itch to return. or maybe not, which is okay too! for me personally it's so hard to nail the balance. I either overindulge and think about LOTC all the time, or logging on feels like a chore (and currently its the latter). i don't actually have an answer or solution for this, it's always one of those 2 options so if anyone has any advice let me know LOL

hey, i remember you from a few years ago! welcome back!! :)

this is such a fun question i had to think about it for a while. i do actually have one that fits really well but i dont wanna put it out on the forums due to metagaming concerns LOLLL rip. but i have another one kind of! it relates to like meta's whole arc of becoming a person and whatnot. back when Meta was made, there was the Redshroud group of Sorvians that she really looked up to, but when that fizzled out she really just spent all her time with descendantkind & she wanted to be just like them. her little pinocchio arc. she became such a good mimicry that at this point she has been accepted into several descendant families, people treat her like one of their own, and she herself considers herself a person. but then at the same time she has always kept idolizing this group of 'wise sorvians' that used to be around, hoping that they'd ever come back. and then recently she actually did get the chance to be with a whole gaggle of Sorvians that were genuinely very reminiscent of those she used to know 150+ in game years ago. and it was like really genuinely super awkward where everything meta has learned to do to fit in actually made her stand out. it was soooo fun to realize that she had actually become 'too human' for those sorvians. like that was such a fun full circle moment where she has spent her entire life feeling too sorvian for descendantkind and suddenly she felt too descendant-y for sorviankind. meta ily but you would not fit in with ur old friend group anymore <333 I have taken several breaks and I can't really pinpoint a major one that was a turning point but overall LOTC feels incredibly different to me now compared to what it used to feel like! I think I have a much easier time seeing it for what it is, now; a storytelling platform and a game, as opposed to like an actual way of living LOL . i used to have so much anxiety surrounding it and all of that is gone now bcs i know that my day will not be ruined if someone ignores an emote one time, & if i don't want to rp something i literally just. dont. whenever i feel that lotc is not making me as happy as it should be i can genuinely just take a break because I know that there is more to life than this block game. and on the flip side, if i feel bored, i literally just go up to people and start rp. even when there's only 40 people on the server! u only need 1 person to start rp, and other people are likely bored and they will join. unlocking that was a game-changer. and also i've started seeing it wayyy more as a collaborative storytelling experience! it's not just about my characters vs the world. i don't envy other people's characters and storylines like I used to because I'm happy viewing even the stories that aren't mine, and if I can play even a little part in them that's great! getting invested into other people's characters has been such a positive change because instead of the 'I wish I got to do that, i never get xyz' feeling I'll get a 'that's so cool please tell me more' feeling now which is infinitely more enjoyable. this response was way too long bcs i'm procrastinating going to bed but these were some great questions ty <3333

hi rocky!! 1. Meta. For sure!! Easy winner. Though honourable mentions go to my druid Lei and my halfling Bear. I've played a few other characters too (Elowyn, Delia, Dorothy, and Raelyn) but they werent as memorable to me. 2. I answered this earlier by giving a list of a few different fun moments because I cant think of 1 big moment. So I will simply expand on this list by giving a few more fun moments! Meta getting a palmreader tarot reading & finding out she was going to be an adventurer. The entirety of Kalldur. The lodestone eventline in Haelun'or on my old character Elowyn. Having Meta confront her old friend at the Black Church. Lei's teenage years in Haelun'or. Bear's shenanigans with @salamanderfantasy's Sorrel. When Meta was adopted by a human after feeling like an outsider for so long. All the rp with professor Elijah @docHP& their little project. The first weeks of playing Meta when she was learning so much (& she got to look up to the Redshroud Sorvians. shoutout to Itulan he was my favourite). & there's so many more !! i've never really experienced any one impactful hero 'saving the world' moment or anything like that but i've had so many little encounters that have shaped my characters and i appreciate them all. 3. absolutely akuvae is the best cousin ever <3333

Never! She's only even been injured 4 times in all the 3 years I've played her, actually, and 2 of those injuries took place during mass antag events (& the other two took place within a week of each other, funnily enough!)

I wish! I don't think I've ever really been relevant enough as a player to achieve something like that. like I genuinely cannot think of anything whoops. I think there have been lots of positive changes to the server since I joined but I can't take credit for any of them! I'd like to play something evil! I've never even dabbled into villainy at all aside from robbing halfling houses as a new player (sorry halfling community ily). I think it would be fun to sort of explore that side of rp too! alternatively I'd like to play a character that actually generates rp for other people. like a quest-giver of sorts. someone who is really meant to just be a side character for other people to allow them to have more fun & maybe inspire them to do something new! I think Aevos' map antag eventline is definitely up there due to how much I got to be involved & how much character development that got me! That has been really fun. I also get really invested into other people's character's plotlines and as u know Njáll's whole arc has been one of my favourites <333 if LOTC was a book he would be the protagonist. at the end of the day I don't think I'll ever escape my slice of life box but it has been really nice honestly. just watching relationships change and develop, from the gut-wrenching angsty rp that sticks with you for a few days to the most wholesome interactions that make me smile at my screen like an absolute loser. and especially the balance between those moments is really nice :)) honestly there's so many things i've never played. aside from Sorvians, alchemy, druidism and bardmancy I haven't touched a thing. so literally anything would be cool!! as i mentioned before something evil would be really cool for in the future since i haven't really interacted with that at all. also shamanism. shamanism is cool.

It's hard to pinpoint one so I'll just name a couple of moments that stuck with me! Fighting the inferi during the Arcas end of map event. Having Landskar play on my birthday yayy. FInally getting attuned after a nearly 2 year dedicancy. Parion's Athera event. When @RMW01's Amber taught Meta how to draw that was so cute. 1. good question. my activity comes and goes in waves and sometimes I take long hiatuses in which I imagine I might never come back but at the end of the day I'm never as creative as I am when I am locked in on LOTC. I can spend hourssss drawing and writing things related to my characters. & the community has generally been very nice to me, too! 2. Don't overthink it. Genuinely. Don't worry about whether your English is good enough, don't worry about being 'cringe', don't worry about approaching people irp. I was so anxious for no reason when this game is supposed to be fun! 3. probably not :( I'm currently focusing more on IRL and I fear that starting a new character would re-trigger my LOTC hyperfixation </33 4. oooo another good one. honestly, I feel like the CA is in a pretty good place right now. though I will say that one thing I have enjoyed a lot with Meta is really leaning into the 'nature vs nurture' bit and starting with a pretty blank slate. it has been so fun to watch her develop organically and she's come such a long way since I started playing her 3 years ago ! it's not something i would change or implement lore-wise, but i'd just really encourage other players to consider the depth you can get in terms of character development with a Sorvian. of course they can just be silly little whimsical dudes from the start & playing a drawn out 'robot develops into a person' arc isnt for everyone but its been incredibly fun for me :)) 5. i'm doing great actually!! genuinely so excited for what the future holds for me now that I'm looking at master's programmes. i'm really lucky to be super passionate about what i'm studying & i'm surrounded by people i love. if any minors are reading this please don't let the people of lotc scare you into being afraid of growing up <3 real life can be scary but it can also be so fun!

it has been exactly 7 years since i joined. crazy. i pretty much spent all my teenage years on LOTC and now i'm about to graduate from university! i have kind of a love-hate relationship with this server but at the end of the day i'm grateful for what it brought me. some of you are really nice people. <33 ask me questions. please . i beg . im going to die of embarrassment if i get none.

what was your most impactful moment of rp . like is there any encounter that still lives in your head rent free (despite it not necessarily being recent)? either something that left an impact on your character irp or on you oocly.

I'm a little late but I have a couple of questions! - What are your favourite characters that aren't your own? - Do you have any character goals that you would still like to achieve with Hick? - What are your favourite places on the new map?

A small, pink-clad Sorvian clutched the letter they had been sent. I will, they thought determinedly. I will. It had taken years, even decades for them to meet again after their first encounter during the battle of Koyo-Kuni, but the second crossing of their paths came at an even more important time for the construct. In a short time, they had grown to truly admire the woman. They vowed to themselves that they would cling to every word of wisdom that she had bestowed upon them. I will make you proud.

The moment Meta was told of their sister’s passing, it was as if their little soul fled their body entirely. They sank down somewhere so deep that they could no longer reach the world around them. A lifeless husk. A broken doll. Somewhere within that all-consuming darkness, they were dimly aware of being carried. Tucked in. A familiar voice. Then carried again. Tucked in. But most of all, they were aware of that horrible hollowness expanding within them. A loss big enough that it tore at the very core of their being. Though they had been unable to read the letter addressed to them, in some ways, their soul had still managed to do exactly what Catherine had asked of them: self-preservation. When existing became impossible, they froze instead. Suspended in time, in that very moment where they were first told of her passing, somewhere far beyond the outside world’s reach. Days would pass. Weeks… Maybe even months. Dust would settle on their unmoving form. A life had been taken. And while others grieved together, Meta could not. It would be so easy to let go. To wake up anew. As someone else entirely; to shed all the grief, all the pain they had collected. And yet, even in their state of unconsciousness, their fickle soul was fighting to keep what they had become. Existence was loving, but it was also losing. And they had loved Catherine so dearly. Their sister. In some ways, they were opposites, but in others they were alike. Both forged, not born. Both destined to a life of mimicry. Meta had only known Catherine for a fraction of their life, but it seemed impossible to accept a world without her. And yet, if they wanted a chance of waking up as themselves again, they knew they would have to try.

FULL NAME: Meta Alusa AGE: 155 PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Not really ☺ SIGNED NAME: мєтα METHOD OF CONTACT: telmster/Telmster

favourite character you've played? favourite piece of lore? most fun experience on the server?

I have a couple! 1. If you could change one thing about the server, what would you change? 2. Are there any (IRP) decisions that you regret or that you would do differently if you got to do it again? 3. If you got to create a (new and original) biome, landmark, culture or creature on LOTC, what would you do? Basically, are there any niches that you feel are underexplored? 4. Do you have any ideas for characters that you never actually ended up playing (but might in the future)?

Is there anything that you would like to achieve/experience on the server in the future? Like creating a certain type of character, attending a specific kind of event, or getting a magic or a feat or anything like that.

I play the least crime-y character possible now </3 Though I have considered getting into reverse-crimeing. Breaking into people's houses to give them gifts (and leaving apology notes for breaking the door). 'Banditing' people but giving them mina and compliments instead (didn't the halflings do a thing like that?). Things like that. Plans are being made... Way back when I started I mostly played characters that tended to stick to interacting with a couple of specific people or that stayed in different places. The first time I really felt like I was an actual part of a community was when I joined Haelun'or. I really enjoyed the cultural aspect there. Lots of lessons, debates, etc. The whole purity thing was very interesting, and (sorry haelunorians) the thing I enjoyed most was playing a character who kept pushing the limits of what she could get away with, LOL. She was the least high elven high elf and in hindsight I get how that can be frustrating for the community (again, sorry!) but I had a blast with her. I've also played a druid, and there was a time where I was more active in that community (specifically mother grove). I always liked druid RP, but timezones were a bitch and the whole process took so long. Lovely community oocly though. And the dedicancy tasks were fun! I always wished I could have integrated more into this community but I think timezones (and back in the day, shyness) really limited that. The halflings were another one of my main communities. There was so much funny and wholesome slice of life RP. I loved the character I played, a grumpy little hoarder halfling child named Bear. I think she got adopted and re-adopted several times which was pretty fun. Again, lovely people. My current character is most closely affiliated with Nevaehlen. Unfortunately timezones get in the way (can you tell this is a recurring problem?) so I don't always get to RP there all that often. My Nev character is a Sorvian, and I'd argue that it's probably the most fun character I've ever played. The way they're written allows me to interact with lots of different people which is something I struggled with back in the day, so that's been great! I hope all the other Alusa Sorvians make a return, too, some day, because I loved being part of an active family in the vale. Sorvians are great in general, and I got lucky with my character's creator because they're fantastic.

I think my very favourite event was Parion's Athera event with the high elves. Or maybe Crow's eventline in Haelunor with the lodestones. There was also an eventline with the NGS that I really enjoyed. Generally, I think non-crp focused ST events with small groups scratch a very specific itch for me and I have been chasing that high ever since! I've only gotten to experience them a couple of times, which I suppose makes them extra special to me. In terms of my overall favourite time periods during my time on LOTC, there have been 2 notable periods that I still sometimes miss. The first is back when Lei was young and Haelunor was such a tight-knit, active community that I really felt like I was a part of. There were a few weeks were so much was happening and it was awesome. To this day, Lei remains my most dear and well-developed character. The second is back when I was active with the halflings at some point. The RP was just really wholesome and the people were so chill OOCly. A very specific instance I still remember and think back to is back when @salamanderfantasyand I took our halfling kid characters to Haense to be menaces in the most subtle innocent way. I think they used to leave fingerprints on paintings or stuff like that. It was just such cute and light-hearted fun. LOTC at its best is just so good. It boosts my creativity in the best way and the community feeling is lovely. The endless possibilities feel addictive. It's not always that good, though, so I keep leaving, but I think the potential of what it could be is what keeps bringing me back. Strangely, I don't think I ever have! I think maybe back when I joined the orcs had a bit of a reputation OOCly, so I might've just been too intimidated to ever consider it. These days, I just don't have the time to make a new character. Maybe if Sorvians are ever shelved I might consider it. Or if another pandemic hits, leaving me with too much time on my hands. I know very little about orcs, but I've always found the culture to be interesting, so who knows!

I just realized it's been far too long since I joined this server (feb 2019, wtf it's 2025 now, how did that happen???) and I've never done an AMA before! Throughout my time on LOTC I've experienced several maps and I've been in a couple of different communities. I'm a serial hiatus-er, always telling myself I'll quit and then somehow ending right back here after a while, so most of you won't know me. To be honest, even during active periods I was never a well-known player, so this might not be the coolest AMA ever. Still, I'd love to answer some questions! pls i'm hoping for at least 1 or i'm gonna be really embarrassed

THE BALLOT ((MC Name: Telmster)) Name: Lei Vote 1: Eistalyn Othelu'maehr Vote 2: Eistalyn Othelu'maehr

OOC INFORMATION Minecraft Username: Telmster Discord Username: Telmster#0452 RP INFORMATION Persona Name: Meta Alusa Age: no idea, kinda ageless Race: Sorvian Applicable skills: Writing, drawing, beginner melee combat, mediocre archery, manning a cannon. Great balance and flexibility, very dexterous. High pain tolerance and no fear of dying or getting hurt! Affiliations: Nevaehlen

THE BALLOT ((MC Name: xTelmster )) Name: Lei Vote 1: Kaelan Maeyr'onn Vote 2: Kaelan Maeyr'onn