The Cornerian Complex

[FoxMcCloud]

Toby lowered his head into his arms that were crossed before him. "Yes......" he started to shiver a bit, "And sometimes.....I do them....cause it seems right at the time..." his shivering got to the point it could be felt on the bench, "Sometimes.....it takes over....." he would admit to her.

Jade put her arms around Toby and she tried to help make the tiger feel better "Toby, this voice, I have had it before to. Many don't but some do, and I will do anything and everything in my power that it will take to help you with this." She pulled back slight, her arms on his shoulders and looked Toby dead in the eyes "I am not going to let this voice change the Toby I know"

She then asked. "and the things that happened in the past, about the orphanages, did the voice tell you to?"

[Milkyway64]

(And after about ~forty pages, that problem -still- hasn't improved. And saying timezone differences is not enough this time, Nick was more or less being flat IGNORED by the other two on. This is going to have to stop. Very, very soon. If I see too many more long stretches of one-on-ones, there will probably be mod involvement. I will say it one more time: ENTIRE STORY ARCS THAT COULD BE PURELY DONE OVER PM ARE DISCOURAGED. INCLUDE TOGETHERNESS OR THE ENTIRE FREAKIN' POINT OF THIS RP IS DESTROYED. If it's only you and another person on in the wee hours of the night, then simply don't post 3 pages of new posts together. Learn decent pacing and how to make this feel open and available to everyone, you don't HAVE to be here every waking moment. It's entirely possible to take a break and let people react. If you MUST pursue a lengthy relationship, make a private spinoff and downplay it in the actual RP. Once again, we do not need pages and pages of the same mushy romance that only affects the two involved. This is the -last- time I'm going to suggest a cutdown on the excessive character pairing. If your involvement in the RP seals you and one other person away in your own world exclusively, IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE IN THIS THREAD. Thanks.)

[Kid_Cortet]

Jade put her arms around Toby and she tried to help make the tiger feel better "Toby, this voice, I have had it before to. Many don't but some do, and I will do anything and everything in my power that it will take to help you with this." She pulled back slight, her arms on his shoulders and looked Toby dead in the eyes "I am not going to let this voice change the Toby I know"

She then asked. "and the things that happened in the past, about the orphanages, did the voice tell you to?"

Toby shook his head, "It didn't tell me.....it did.." Toby felt her warmth, but was totally unsure of himself as of late, cause without letting anyone know, he was hearing it lately. He would lean into Jade, "Thank you, Jade...." he would think to her. He would still shiver a bit, but not as much.

[Fluxy]

(And after about ~forty pages, that problem -still- hasn't improved. And saying timezone differences is not enough this time, Nick was more or less being flat IGNORED by the other two on. This is going to have to stop. Very, very soon. If I see too many more long stretches of one-on-ones, there will probably be mod involvement. I will say it one more time: ENTIRE STORY ARCS THAT COULD BE PURELY DONE OVER PM ARE DISCOURAGED. INCLUDE TOGETHERNESS OR THE ENTIRE FREAKIN' POINT OF THIS RP IS DESTROYED. If it's only you and another person on in the wee hours of the night, then simply don't post 3 pages of new posts together. Learn decent pacing and how to make this feel open and available to everyone, you don't HAVE to be here every waking moment. It's entirely possible to take a break and let people react. If you MUST pursue a lengthy relationship, make a private spinoff and downplay it in the actual RP. Once again, we do not need pages and pages of the same mushy romance that only affects the two involved. This is the -last- time I'm going to suggest a cutdown on the excessive character pairing. If your involvement in the RP seals you and one other person away in your own world exclusively, IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE IN THIS THREAD. Thanks.)

[For all those out there, yes. We did discuss this. Just let me clean it down a tiny bit for a more concise version.

Relationships are great in all, but if you are going to go do one-on-one stuff with another player, make it private RP and such. This does include little dates for the romantic couplings as well as simple one-on-one friendship building.

Now, if the couple wants to be together and socialize with other people's characters, that's great! Just throw them out there for others to respond too and such. We are in no way saying character development with one other character is bad, just that it doesn't need to take up a lot of space in the RP for it only.

Thanks for understanding guys. =)]

[Ris Grestar]

(And after about ~forty pages, that problem -still- hasn't improved. And saying timezone differences is not enough this time, Nick was more or less being flat IGNORED by the other two on. This is going to have to stop. Very, very soon. If I see too many more long stretches of one-on-ones, there will probably be mod involvement. I will say it one more time: ENTIRE STORY ARCS THAT COULD BE PURELY DONE OVER PM ARE DISCOURAGED. INCLUDE TOGETHERNESS OR THE ENTIRE FREAKIN' POINT OF THIS RP IS DESTROYED. If it's only you and another person on in the wee hours of the night, then simply don't post 3 pages of new posts together. Learn decent pacing and how to make this feel open and available to everyone, you don't HAVE to be here every waking moment. It's entirely possible to take a break and let people react. If you MUST pursue a lengthy relationship, make a private spinoff and downplay it in the actual RP. Once again, we do not need pages and pages of the same mushy romance that only affects the two involved. This is the -last- time I'm going to suggest a cutdown on the excessive character pairing. If your involvement in the RP seals you and one other person away in your own world exclusively, IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE IN THIS THREAD. Thanks.)

[For all those out there, yes. We did discuss this. Just let me clean it down a tiny bit for a more concise version.

Relationships are great in all, but if you are going to go do one-on-one stuff with another player, make it private RP and such. This does include little dates for the romantic couplings as well as simple one-on-one friendship building.

Now, if the couple wants to be together and socialize with other people's characters, that's great! Just throw them out there for others to respond too and such. We are in no way saying character development with one other character is bad, just that it doesn't need to take up a lot of space in the RP for it only.

Thanks for understanding guys. =)]

(Alright, so here's how I see it.

Two characters meet.  Two characters disappear.  They reappear, and HOLY SH** SHE'S PREGNANT.  Where did that come from?  They liked each other?  Last I saw they were bickering about fast food!  I completely missed the relationship develop, and I feel so left out now!

Ooh, nice one Milky.

Obviously not a fan.  Sorry.  But seriously, dude, you've hardly even roleplayed here and I feel like I'm being lectured by my eight year old brother about things he doesn't even know or care about.

Characters are -more than welcome- to interact with those around them!  I mean, how's it our fault if we have characters on a date and others don't talk to them?  We didn't say they couldn't interact with our characters, did we?  Did we block them out, ignore their attempts, just wanting to see two people make out?  No.  People don't try to interact at those points.  Isn't it better we give them the opportunity to do so instead of just pull the curtain, make their story public, pull it again, something bigger has happened?  I mean, what's the point?  It's not even relationships anymore, but now you're saying if it's a one-on-one thing to make it private.  Not everyone is in the same place in the complex!  Based on who their character is personality-wise, not everyone will want to be all social like that!)

[Milkyway64]

(Alright, so here's how I see it.

Two characters meet.  Two characters disappear.  They reappear, and HOLY SH** SHE'S PREGNANT.  Where did that come from?  They liked each other?  Last I saw they were bickering about fast food!  I completely missed the relationship develop, and I feel so left out now!

Ooh, nice one Milky.

Obviously not a fan.  Sorry.  But seriously, dude, you've hardly even roleplayed here and I feel like I'm being lectured by my eight year old brother about things he doesn't even know or care about.

Characters are -more than welcome- to interact with those around them!  I mean, how's it our fault if we have characters on a date and others don't talk to them?  We didn't say they couldn't interact with our characters, did we?  Did we block them out, ignore their attempts, just wanting to see two people make out?  No.  People don't try to interact at those points.  Isn't it better we give them the opportunity to do so instead of just pull the curtain, make their story public, pull it again, something bigger has happened?  I mean, what's the point?  It's not even relationships anymore, but now you're saying if it's a one-on-one thing to make it private.  Not everyone is in the same place in the complex!  Based on who their character is personality-wise, not everyone will want to be all social like that!)

(Try to keep it to PMs, but since no one has posted since, I'll bite. Want to know the difference between a romance and this roleplay? Read back a little bit. I'm sick of having to repeat it. Romance is utterly monopolizing this thing. I have no problem with romance, I have a problem with no body doing anything with each other. You all come in, pick someone up, flirt, and proceed to go in your own little world. This, when not moderated, is bad for alllllll the reasons I have already explained. This roleplay is NOT ABOUT CARING who the hell gets pregnant and who doesn't, it's a public roleplay meant to develop and build characters in an aimless social environment.

My apologies if I sound like an 8 year old lecturing you, but my reasoning is well grounded in the very foundation of this thread. As for not playing in here, I have two reasons for it, both interconected: 1. I have to read every single post, and with how fast this grows in part to two characters having a date, it can burn one out pretty fast before even having to post and 2. that issue the hotel had, where it felt unfriendly to jump back in after time away? That's still present because no one's social. It's like everyone finds one other poster and pretends this is their story with occasional cameos. That's not how a public roleplay works, and while I'm sure all of you never intended this, it's cause is the excessive romance.

So let me reiterate Nick and I's point. Characters are -supposed- to interact with those around them. This means more than just the one person surgically attached to their ass. If you want a couple, you may have it, but this four pages in a row back-and-forth stuff has got to stop, and the two involved mustn't let it interfere -much- with their interacting with other characters. Of course you may have favoritism, Kage, for example, would WANT to talk to Harmona more than anyone else, I'm just saying he better not let it stop him from talking to that same "anyone else." If they don't, it effectively removes them from other people's idea of the story, and if that's all you're going to do, you may as well just cut out the middle man and have the two of you do your own thing. News flash: after about page 2 of mushy couple activity, people stop CARING as much as the two involved do.

Got it? If you're still unclear about something, I'll explain it as many times as needed. However, keep in mind that I'm one of the GMs. I thought through everything I say, so little snipes at my maturity is less than appreciated. Thank you.)

[Arashikage]

(Ris makes a valid point and I back him up 100%  Especially when he says it's weird how you are lecturing us about this when you hardly even roleplay, nor have you in quite some time.  It's as if you don't even care, yet you want to tell us what to do, I understand you're a GM, but at least act like one, GMs should RP too, it's really weird to have a GM that's active on the site but doesn't RP, Tyler is different, he didn't RP because he was never on, I as a player would like you to get more active, this way you can actually sound credible

That being said, I would like to say that I see that there are really only about 5 people on this RP at any one given time, it's really hard to have all 5 of us interacting at the same time, I don't mean any disrespect by this mind you, I just think that this point should be thrown out there)

[Milkyway64]

(Ris makes a valid point and I back him up 100%  Especially when he says it's weird how you are lecturing us about this when you hardly even roleplay, nor have you in quite some time.  It's as if you don't even care, yet you want to tell us what to do, I understand you're a GM, but at least act like one, GMs should RP too, it's really weird to have a GM that's active on the site but doesn't RP, Tyler is different, he didn't RP because he was never on, I as a player would like you to get more active, this way you can actually sound credible

That being said, I would like to say that I see that there are really only about 5 people on this RP at any one given time, it's really hard to have all 5 of us interacting at the same time, I don't mean any disrespect by this mind you, I just think that this point should be thrown out there)

(Do I have to repeat myself? I read and keep up with every single post, and I've not been joining myself due to lack of openings and feeling like everything will be blown off. ASIDE from all that, all a GM has to do is direct and watch over a RP. Actually participating is not in the job description, that's up to the individual GM. So remind me what difference me actually playing in here makes to my thoughts on it's direction? If it's RP experience, this is not the only place I've done it. I've been around with this business.

As for the people on at any given time, you don't HAVE to all be moving together. Just interact with other people OTHER THAN YOUR LOVE on a consistent basis. The whole argument about being the only two people on? Maybe you don't have to go back and forth in that time. Just because you COULD post doesn't really mean you should, ergo, you should have the common RP courtesy to actually let people going about their lives come back and react somehow. It's entirely possible to wait a few hours before carrying on.)

[Asper Sarnoff]

(Milky's point is a very, very good one, as it hits squarely at what might be the core of the problems that almost ran the RP section down into the drain these last couple of months. I seem to remember DZ saying something along the lines of that if trouble arose again soon, he'd just lock the whole RP section when he cleared up in the last mess. I guess none of you are interested in that happening, and I do thus advice you to listen to the GM's tasked with overseeing the day-to-day running of this roleplay, the GM's you yourself elected.)

[FoxMcCloud]

(Milky does have a good point, all he is just asking to have our private conversations such as dates and stuff handled over Instant Message, Private messaging, etc. Then just break it down in paragraph or two when you come back to post in the Complex. Sure Milky tends to Rant and sometimes confuse the living heck out of us, but hey, everyone has their quirks. That is just the fact of life. Human flaws, everyone has got them.

What I feel should be happening, is more character interaction. I can understand that you were busy Milky, but last week Milky you made an announcement saying about "Events", I was hoping and waiting that night for something, but alas nothing.

My guess is everyone, like Kid would say "Can't We all Just get along". Both GM's have told us that we need to do this. We elected them, and we must listen to them whether we like it or not. I understand wholeheartedly why we don't want to, but The GMs have ruled, and we must comply. We can argue here all the time, but lets get along, or carry it to PM.)

[Milkyway64]

(Ah, right. That event thing got blown off and I wasn't really sure what to do first. If I have time, I'll do it later today. But yes, thanks. As Fox says, PM for any further discussion. It's time this gets back on track.)

[ballisticwaffles]

Reigan and Brelos both sat in a food place, shucking down great magnitudes of food. Thank the  heavons it was all you can eat, but still. Brelos was not eating as voratiously and kept an eye out for anyone familiar. He had more questions about this strange universe.

[The Shaper]

Reigan and Brelos both sat in a food place, shucking down great magnitudes of food. Thank the  heavons it was all you can eat, but still. Brelos was not eating as voratiously and kept an eye out for anyone familiar. He had more questions about this strange universe.

Salvador had seen the two as he entered the restaurant, he tried to avoid them because he didn't want to start another one of their world famous bull sessions. "Not these guys again." He thought to himself as he went to a different table and ordered.

[ballisticwaffles]

Salvador had seen the two as he entered the restaurant, he tried to avoid them because he didn't want to start another one of their world famous bull sessions. "Not these guys again." He thought to himself as he went to a different table and ordered.

brelos had seen Salvador too. Griping his cup in fury, he calmly exited the store and made his way to the Rhapsody of Bohemia. When he entered his private quarters, he raged, lashing out against walls and the door.

Reigan hadn't seen Salvador and had looked in confusion when Brelos Rage quit the resturant. Passing a glance at the patrons, he saw Salvador and gave a wave.

[The Shaper]

brelos had seen Salvador too. Griping his cup in fury, he calmly exited the store and made his way to the Rhapsody of Bohemia. When he entered his private quarters, he raged, lashing out against walls and the door.

Reigan hadn't seen Salvador and had looked in confusion when Brelos Rage quit the resturant. Passing a glance at the patrons, he saw Salvador and gave a wave.

Salvador saw Brelos leave and relaxed himself knowing that with him gone, he wouldn't be arguing with anyone who wouldn't understand him, he waved back and then switched tables. "So, where's Brelos going of too?" He said as he took the seat beside him.

[ballisticwaffles]

Salvador saw Brelos leave and relaxed himself knowing that with him gone, he wouldn't be arguing with anyone who wouldn't understand him, he waved back and then switched tables. "So, where's Brelos going of too?" He said as he took the seat beside him.

"Brelos is a man of little temper. We love him to death for keeping us alive, but the man needs to vent. He is very easily opset, i use that term lightly, and needs to find a vent for his anger. so he goes to his room and punches things like a toddler" Was Reigan's reply as he scarfed down some chop suey.

[The Shaper]

"Brelos is a man of little temper. We love him to death for keeping us alive, but the man needs to vent. He is very easily opset, i use that term lightly, and needs to find a vent for his anger. so he goes to his room and punches things like a toddler" Was Reigan's reply as he scarfed down some chop suey.

"Not surprising to me, but that's who he is." Salvador said as his order came "But anyway down to buisness, I've told you guys about our culture, our tech, our customs, but you guys haven't told me much about where you come from, and what you do. So I need some information of that if it's no problem." Salvador said

[ballisticwaffles]

"Not surprising to me, but that's who he is." Salvador said as his order came "But anyway down to buisness, I've told you guys about our culture, our tech, our customs, but you guys haven't told me much about where you come from, and what you do. So I need some information of that if it's no problem." Salvador said

"ah of coarse. Fair is fair, but i ask you this for me." Reigan said, getting up to get more food. When he returned he continued "judge not our actions until they can be explained and hold not any opinions until my tale is done. Is that alright with you?" He said, a look of unconventional seriousness passing over him.

[The Shaper]

"ah of coarse. Fair is fair, but i ask you this for me." Reigan said, getting up to get more food. When he returned he continued "judge not our actions until they can be explained and hold not any opinions until my tale is done. Is that alright with you?" He said, a look of unconventional seriousness passing over him.

"I won't judge you if you have a feasible reason on why I shouldn't, but otherwise yes it is alright with me." He replied.

[ballisticwaffles]

"I won't judge you if you have a feasible reason on why I shouldn't, but otherwise yes it is alright with me." He replied.

"than i shall begin" Reigan said, his voice dripping into a lecturers format " We come from a galaxy overun with death. From the western part of the galaxy comes the Eldar, Xeno... Aliens who wish to slaughter us all, fleeing from their own sins. From the north part of the galaxy comes the Orks, massive war machines whos culture is based on fighting. From The eye of terror, a nebula connected to a diffrent dimension come the Chaos Traitors, traitor marines allied with the 4 gods of chaos. From outside the galaxy comes the Tyranids, massive insectivous creatures hell bent on the destruction of all life. And then... there is us. The Imperium. We used to dwell on millions of worlds, always fighting. Not for pleasure or conquest. But for survival. Why are we Xenophobic? it is becuase from birth we are taught to hate that which is diffrent, and that which is diffrent is an enemy." Reigan finished sipping on a drink.

[The Shaper]

"than i shall begin" Reigan said, his voice dripping into a lecturers format " We come from a galaxy overun with death. From the western part of the galaxy comes the Eldar, Xeno... Aliens who wish to slaughter us all, fleeing from their own sins. From the north part of the galaxy comes the Orks, massive war machines whos culture is based on fighting. From The eye of terror, a nebula connected to a diffrent dimension come the Chaos Traitors, traitor marines allied with the 4 gods of chaos. From outside the galaxy comes the Tyranids, massive insectivous creatures hell bent on the destruction of all life. And then... there is us. The Imperium. We used to dwell on millions of worlds, always fighting. Not for pleasure or conquest. But for survival. Why are we Xenophobic? it is becuase from birth we are taught to hate that which is diffrent, and that which is diffrent is an enemy." Reigan finished sipping on a drink.

"This is rather interesting, Brelos has called us xeno before, I wish to know why he has called us this as well." He said also taking a drink.

[ballisticwaffles]

"This is rather interesting, Brelos has called us xeno before, I wish to know why he has called us this as well." He said also taking a drink.

"Because he is afraid. Afraid of his species destruction and afraid of our deaths. We come to this new galaxy to hopefully start anew, but old habits die hard. So it is a slip of his tounge. he does mean it, he never twists his own words. BUt he is afraid. Not of you. But your species. He is pridefull of his own race and hostile to others. We hope to adapt better as time goes on." Reigan said, eyeing a particularly nice chickan breast.

[The Shaper]

"Because he is afraid. Afraid of his species destruction and afraid of our deaths. We come to this new galaxy to hopefully start anew, but old habits die hard. So it is a slip of his tounge. he does mean it, he never twists his own words. BUt he is afraid. Not of you. But your species. He is pridefull of his own race and hostile to others. We hope to adapt better as time goes on." Reigan said, eyeing a particularly nice chickan breast.

"He needn't worry, we only kill those who deserve it, so far none of you have committed any horrible offenses to the population. If you are some of the few humans left, then I do see why he worries. The age of man is coming to the end, there are a few humans in this galaxy but they are spread out and can be hard to find. Most have found refuge here because it is one of the places in the galaxy that isn't a hostile environment." Salvador exclaimed.

[ballisticwaffles]

"He needn't worry, we only kill those who deserve it, so far none of you have committed any horrible offenses to the population. If you are some of the few humans left, then I do see why he worries. The age of man is coming to the end, there are a few humans in this galaxy but they are spread out and can be hard to find. Most have found refuge here because it is one of the places in the galaxy that isn't a hostile environment." Salvador exclaimed.

"he will worry regardless." Reigan said before being stopped "you said age of men" He stared at Salvador "what arent you telling me about this galaxy?"

[The Shaper]

"he will worry regardless." Reigan said before being stopped "you said age of men" He stared at Salvador "what arent you telling me about this galaxy?"

"Nothing that isn't military and government secrets, but I will tell you this: the human race was once very successful, spreading from galaxy to galaxy, we once even got a few colonists here, but they were turned away by the absence of hospitable planets. But the humans started to die out, they couldn't protect their territory from enemy invaders. They started losing their territory and eventually were pushed back to a small fraction of a galaxy, the one you were from. I think you know what happened next." He replied talking a bite of his meal.