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Before you tear me a new one for the title of this post as being 'click bait' or 'Rep farm', I do want say that this is an actual piece that I'm writing because of the current state of the server as seen through a regular, normal, forgettable player's eyes. You in no means have to respond to this or upvote it, I just felt like these opinions needed to be stated. Now since that's out of the way, let me begin by saying this. I've been on LOTC since the beginning of Atlas. I'm by no means a veteran or a new player, but I've had my fair share of interactions, stories, events, and bad encounters with the people of this server. LOTC has been a place where I can go to put off steam and simply run around and have a fun time. Yes the constant Tavern RP simulator can get boring, but its bearable when you make your own things to do. Wacky, over the top characters are my specialty and joy of my life here on LOTC. Running around as a homeless crack dealer throwing spiders at people, being a chef who follows the words of a Kitchen pantheon, a tavern owner of a sewer nation for some time. The most fun I've ever had in RP is on these characters. The problem is either the gates being closed at every nation, the people of said nations sticking themselves in the tavern for Tavern RP sim, or being shot down by a guard every time I walk ten feet. Playing over the top characters has become immensely unenjoyable because of the fact that every time I walk into a nation like Elysium, I'm told that someone is going to kill my character OOCly just because they can. What can I do about it? Nothing cause I don't put PVP or meta combat build weapons on the character cause I want to have fun. Its been around for 3-4 years, but these days LOTC is slowly losing its fun factor. Rules and workarounds have slashed fun RP encounters and make everything a war on who's build is the best and who can do the most damage while not having a single ounce of fun. I get people want serious RP, and that's fine! I just want to go back to a time where nations didn't bash me for playing a Chef who just wants to give free food to people. People desperately seek out STs to run events, and then look at the players who want to make fun interactions and ignore them, or lower their want to play the character because they personally don't like a concept. But hey, who knows. Maybe next time I walk to the Vale and say I can't remove my helmet for religious reasons they won't shun me for wanting to give them free food. (Yes this did happen, yes I do not regret going there on two occasions screaming to let me in to feed them stew.) I know this rant won't get any attention, but if you've ever played an over the top character, might as well share their story here. Plus its good to hear about who's played what and what their own view on this topic is. (Btw this isn't mean to bash any nation besides maybe the Vale. Elysium is chill tho. It's where I go to get Zooted and Hammered IRP.)

Tale of The Boogie Man (A short tale about my character, the Boogie Man. Just for fun while I remember of wtf I did with this server, a lil' quick tale.) „That's so much fun! Let's do it again till more funny noises comes out of them!“ A little annoyance started in Anthos as a humanoid shaped person, wearing multiple spots of clothes appeard out of thin air. Of course thin air is not the case, more a loud explosion in the middle of a well populated town. He was just a annoying man wearing strange clothes and a mask in sick green colors, annoying the nobles of the human realm most of the time or a few elves once or twice. He earned a liking of annoying the people with his jester like behavior, making fun of them, making bad jokes, nothing too serious ever has been released. He called himself, the spooky Boogie Man. Of course the entertainment only started and soon he would be brought into the nasty hands of the antagonist of the realm of Anthos. Corrupted and twisted by the Black Scourge, his body was a mere mystery since the clothes covered the nightmare underneath their thin layers. Green glowing eyes followed the steps of any living being from within the costume, a cackling and scratchy voice occupied the magnificent disgusting look of the corrupted Boogie Man. Spitting bugs, mostly maggots, nasty crawly critters at all times. He became just another corrupted soldier by Setherien, yet of course, the entertainment just began and he would be promoted! Earning the liking of the Drakaar himself, the Boogie Man has been even mored corrupted, but without being too disgusting of course. The touch of a bloodshard and a Harbinger has given him the name of the Puppeteer, a commanding cultist. His body was weak, his frame was unnatural and crooked, at least covered by the cultist outfit and the metallic mask. What once was a simple annoyance has turned into a blood hungry monster and tyrant, following the order of his master at all cost together with the aid of his fellow cultists (Aid as in, slapping them till they do it). Oddly enough, the Boogie Man soon earned a liking in the Druids, he was disgusted by their believes in the Aspects. He was seeking entertainment and the Druids turned out to be a well rounded source of entertaining himself, but of course it would never be enough as it just began with the fun! __________-~*~-___________ -~*~- He commanded and lead the destruction of Malinor and it's Druid grove through the use of a corrupted tree, following the corruption of the Cloud Temple itself, turning it into a twisted slave facility and mine. Rumours has it, that the Boogie Man was commanded to get something from under the area of the ancient Cloud Temple, but of course he was just doing it for his own enjoyment at this point. The connection to Setherien was weakening, the Boogie Man started to feel like himself again, having more control over his own actions instead of following orders. He removed himself from the cultists, following a new step in his life, he founded something new and very amusing! The Boogie Man, called Puppeteer, really earned the title as he created with the aid of a unknown person, the dark art Soul Puppetry. The nasty and disgusting believe of the magic was to control the soul of a mortal being, playing with it like a child with it's doll. Of course for one, who was seeking eternal entertainment, who never had enough and wanted more and new funny ways of exploiting somebody, Soul Puppetry was the perfect tool. His previous disgusting appearance cooled down and he somewhat turned himself into a puppet, a scarecrow, resembling his most favorite tool of enjoyment even in appearance alone. Fear was playing a great role in the Scarecrow like person, he wanted to cause fear instead of death. Dead men tell no tales, was always his main goal, he wanted to get known in order to become a icon of fear in the realm of the mortals, so much fun! Ultimately, the curses he created with his new found magic caused terror among many people. Terrible to imagine how many had their skin turned into chocolate or were chosen to live in their own nightmare, but it was never enough for the now self-made villain. He always wanted more, the more fear the people had, the better and the more fun he had! So he needed another tool and summoned the very first Apparition into the realm of Anthos! A being made through the combination of many bodies, a being of pure hate and darkness slithered out of it's pile of corpses to terrorize the remaining towns. The tale of the Boogie Man continued, from his large lair underneath the canalisation in the dwarven town Vaerhaven into the new realms followed quickly after. His many crimes are unable to be counted in detail, atleast he had one amazing roller coaster in one of his lairs in Athera. Speaking of lairs! Even while the Boogie Man was truly a fearsome and wanted criminal by the holy orders and obviously the Druids, his well made lairs were fascinating. Well hidden, maybe inside a tavern behind barrels was a entrance or underneath pillows, was a lair by the Boogie Man. A long hall with a very small door was always the entrance, entering would reveal a roller coaster or a boat tour through the Theme Park shaped villain home. Within, his tea parties were legendary, forced to drink green tea while eating cookies filled with all kinds of bugs. Not enough? A piano was played by a puppet, the other guests were puppets (or perhaps people stuffed into the puppet outfit, who knows?) and the Boogie Man himself was singing while telling bad jokes. A very fun place, totally. Athera was a prime time for the scarecrow man, but leading up to the end of the realm, he suddenly disappeard! Many years passed, yet his shadow always remained. He was still around in the realms followed after, but more sneaky and hiding in the shadows, lurking for new prey, for new entertainment, his hunger for his own enjoyment didn't cease. He became what he wanted to be, a villain known by anyone, a spooky tale to tell the children if they don't listen to their parents. His terrible crimes have been noticed, but are unable to be counted. He escaped the holy orders and others trying to finally end him, at the end, he won. But did he truly won, who knows? Someone who did so much bad and suffering just for fun, can't be considered a good person and most likely he knew it, he accepted his life and emotionless actions. Once in a while, people might spot the scarecrow man wearing a fancy suit and a top hat, having a grand smile on his face at all times even today. Those people can chat and interact with him how they want, but should never trust him at all cost as they are mostly unable to know, of what he caused in the past. Obviously you should never trust a walking, talking scarecrow. _____~*~_____ ~*~

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