[7.1.3] Okay, we're gonna make some DJs - Syntax - 3/22/07

As a great man once said to me...

... Uh... I forget.

Anyhoo, the point is that when you have a party in a public space, you've got to follow certain basic procedures to make sure that it doesn't suck. A lot of careful planning and preparation go into these things, and it can be a lot of work to get past that and really get down to some meaningful person-to-person interaction.

And, you know, it's important to remember that people come in all colors and shapes and sizes, and that fortunately we're in a world where these things can be changed to spice them up a bit.

So love your neighbor, pass the cake, stay off really big pipes, and leave the rest to the experts.

Great party! 

Illyria

Great party! 

Illyria

Curit accomplished all four of his lifelong goals in one short day:

Meet the Effectuator

Be complimented on his shirt by the Effectuator

Be turned into something by the Effectuator (A fridge!)

Being called "cool" by anyone (because he was a Fridge!)

...is there a subway train in there?

I wonder what the Oracle thought as she glanced out the window.

Wooo! I've finally got my picture in a live event, that almost makes up for having to leave before Effy arrived, and by the looks of it he arrived just shortly after I left - grrr!! But whatever, I'm there with my party afro on, and I got a shout out live on air - woooo! It was a fun event, even though I missed the best part.

I threatened the Effectuator with my RafterMonkeyDance to transform me into a helicopter. He just said that's soo old. So he tried making me into a crane!!! It didn't work, so he made me into a spotlight!!!! Godgvier - Spotlight Phaydren - Terminal deviljonny - Hardline Mathalos - Pumkin Grod - A Pile of Garbage Serenpidy - Katana Someone - Cryptos Box Someone - Subway

FrozenFyre wrote:

Wooo! I've finally got my picture in a live event, that almost makes up for having to leave before Effy arrived, and by the looks of it he arrived just shortly after I left - grrr!! But whatever, I'm there with my party afro on, and I got a shout out live on air - woooo! It was a fun event, even though I missed the best part.

I waited for you to leave, 'cause...that yellow thing you were spamming was making my eyes hurt, but I didn't want to have to CTRL+F and miss other stuff.

As awesome as the party was we've already gone through this.

Non canon = No chapter tag.

Imagine a potential player coming into this board, he's a big Matrix fan and is excited about the idea this game continues the story and is officially recognised by the brothers.

Then they see this.

They label the game as one big p1ss take, turn around and never look back.

Heck, i'm still dissapointed the halloween ones havn't been removed. They're even up on www.mxostory.com as chapter relevant events. Hardly helpful to the integrity of the storyline. 

As awesome as the party was we've already gone through this.

Non canon = No chapter tag.

Imagine a potential player coming into this board, he's a big Matrix fan and is excited about the idea this game continues the story and is officially recognised by the brothers.

Then they see this.

They label the game as one big p1ss take, turn around and never look back.

Heck, i'm still dissapointed the halloween ones havn't been removed. They're even up on www.mxostory.com as chapter relevant events. Hardly helpful to the integrity of the storyline. 

cloudwolf wrote:

As awesome as the party was we've already gone through this.

Non canon = No chapter tag.

Imagine a potential player coming into this board, he's a big Matrix fan and is excited about the idea this game continues the story and is officially recognised by the brothers.

Then they see this.

They label the game as one big p1ss take, turn around and never look back.

Heck, i'm still dissapointed the halloween ones havn't been removed. They're even up on www.mxostory.com as chapter relevant events. Hardly helpful to the integrity of the storyline. 

i dunno man, if i was new to the game and saw a character effectively being used as a cypher for a powerful program able to "reshape" elements within the matrix - i'd think that was pretty awesome and entirely in line with the idea of "computer simulated world where stuff can be fiddled with".

Rarebit wrote:

FrozenFyre wrote:

Wooo! I've finally got my picture in a live event, that almost makes up for having to leave before Effy arrived, and by the looks of it he arrived just shortly after I left - grrr!! But whatever, I'm there with my party afro on, and I got a shout out live on air - woooo! It was a fun event, even though I missed the best part.

I waited for you to leave, 'cause...that yellow thing you were spamming was making my eyes hurt, but I didn't want to have to CTRL+F and miss other stuff.

You coulda just asked!! I was just bringing some unnofficial disco lights to the party!! Aww, now I'm hurt - I get close to being in a LE and they wait until I'm gone to start the party... story o' my bloomin' life!! Well I can undestand your point- but couldn't Effy have said "woah- turn out the lights" or something? Ah well, you at least took a screenie of me, I thank you for that!

I mean, ya didn't do it for the holidays why start again?

And man, are we still hung up about "canon"? Stuff happens. Whether or not it's worth remembering is a matter of opinion.

This line worries me, it really does.

I'm starting to gain more and more concern over just how seriously some people are taking the official continuation of the Matrix storyline.

You can't just go do crazy, albiet fun, *CENSORED* - label it as part of the storyline then say 'if ya don't like that bit ignore it'. No way.

This event, as the other crazy effy events, should be clearly labelled - or not labelled as the case may be - as non canonical. Simple as.

And to people saying "if i was looking in i'd say 'yeah thats cool'" Yes, yes it is cool and yes people will look in and think that. But those same people would think that even if it wasn't marked as story. Those same people would talk about it and be happy if it wasn't marked as story. But those who actually care about how the future of the matrix is being handled will look in and think differently.

And to people saying "if i was looking in i'd say 'yeah thats cool'" Yes, yes it is cool and yes people will look in and think that. But those same people would think that even if it wasn't marked as story. Those same people would talk about it and be happy if it wasn't marked as story. But those who actually care about how the future of the matrix is being handled will look in and think differently.

Why do you always catch d4shy dancing!

FrozenFyre wrote:

Rarebit wrote:

FrozenFyre wrote:

Wooo! I've finally got my picture in a live event, that almost makes up for having to leave before Effy arrived, and by the looks of it he arrived just shortly after I left - grrr!! But whatever, I'm there with my party afro on, and I got a shout out live on air - woooo! It was a fun event, even though I missed the best part.

I waited for you to leave, 'cause...that yellow thing you were spamming was making my eyes hurt, but I didn't want to have to CTRL+F and miss other stuff.

You coulda just asked!! I was just bringing some unnofficial disco lights to the party!! Aww, now I'm hurt - I get close to being in a LE and they wait until I'm gone to start the party... story o' my bloomin' life!! Well I can undestand your point- but couldn't Effy have said "woah- turn out the lights" or something? Ah well, you at least took a screenie of me, I thank you for that!

I guess my concern was that you might have refused, and then turned into some kind of crazed griefer who would have insisted on coming back and spamming big area FX no matter how many times I booted you. Been known to happen... So it was a lot safer just to wait it out, especially since you happened to announce you were leaving in area chat just as I got in earshot.


What kind of surprised me was that nobody else was mentioning the FX you were spamming (that big yellow circle one). I wonder if that's just because they're used to people doing that at parties and not listening to requests to stop, or because they had CTRL+F toggled off already, or because they send such requests via tells so as not to spam area chat with spammy "stop spamming" messages, or because they liked the FX. I also noticed that you didn't get too many replies from your area chat messages, and I started to think it might have been because everyone had you on ignore--which I guess would have supported the "they're used to it" theory. But that was all just more or less idle speculation on my part at the time.

Woohoo!!!! Effy said I was weird!!!! YEEAAAAHHH!!!!

And also, he turned me into a woman...

Right, now i'm just confused. In the past Rare has himself said the game and it's development team have an obligation to continue and value the storyline the brothers have handed to them then the next it's "Stuff happens. Whether or not it's worth remembering is a matter of opinion."

What is it then? A serious obligation with fun thrown in or just one big joke?

Cos if it's the latter i just don't know how i should view this game anymore.

Right, now i'm just confused. In the past Rare has himself said the game and it's development team have an obligation to continue and value the storyline the brothers have handed to them then the next it's "Stuff happens. Whether or not it's worth remembering is a matter of opinion."

What is it then? A serious obligation with fun thrown in or just one big joke?

Cos if it's the latter i just don't know how i should view this game anymore.

Rarebit wrote:

And man, are we still hung up about "canon"? Stuff happens. Whether or not it's worth remembering is a matter of opinion.

This line worries me, it really does. I'm starting to gain more and more concern over just how seriously some people are taking the official continuation of the Matrix storyline.

You can't just go do crazy, albiet fun, *CENSORED* - label it as part of the storyline then say 'if ya don't like that bit ignore it'. No way. This event, as the other crazy effy events, should be clearly labelled - or not labelled as the case may be - as non canonical. Simple as. And to people saying "if i was looking in i'd say 'yeah thats cool'" Yes, yes it is cool and yes people will look in and think that. But those same people would think that even if it wasn't marked as story. Those same people would talk about it and be happy if it wasn't marked as story. But those who actually care about how the future of the matrix is being handled will look in and think differently.

Right, now i'm just confused. In the past Rare has himself said the game and it's development team have an obligation to continue and value the storyline the brothers have handed to them then the next it's "Stuff happens. Whether or not it's worth remembering is a matter of opinion."

What is it then? A serious obligation with fun thrown in or just one big joke?

Cos if it's the latter i just don't know how i should view this game anymore.