Of course I don't actually think people will believe me when I say it's an act, that's sort of the point of an act, you're not supposed to be a part-time asshole. Yes, this is a tautology so I guess sorry for not bothering to explain better. I just wanted to hint at the fact that people take things too personal. Something I don't do is bring up personal stuff, if I talked to you on TS and you told me something personal, I would never use that against you. I won't say that nobody likes you because this and that, I think it's a cheap way of lowering someone's self-esteem. I may have done so in the past but that was then, years ago. Last time I did this was against Gingerpussy from Mercs. I really regretted it the moment I said it, and I got seriously warned by an admin. I'm still today feeling bad about that and I hope he reads this.
If I ever truly felt like a complete and inconsiderate piece of shit, that was then. Trolling with IRL info is the lowest form of trolling. I've seen people who call me a troll do it regularly, mostly against me, but occasionally against others. IRL info trolling is when you use something personal and skew it into something that is humiliating for the other person, and that shit is weak.
Khorin said that people don't have the ability to see through an act when you behave like that 90% of the time, and you're absolutely correct. I don't expect people to either.
But what I expect is that people open their eyes a bit. That 10% of nice guy may happen rarely, but it does happen. And when it does, use your wits if you have any.
If any of you have seen the movie "Megamind", I like to think of myself like him sometimes. Sure, I may have started out as an angry kid with self-control issues, but that went away after the first year of cRPG. I just didn't see the point in lashing out like a crazy person in the chat all the time. However, even as I stopped the "actual" rage, people kept treating me the same, so I just went with it. I talked to some peoe on the TS and one thing they always said, when I first talked to them was this:
"Wow, I didn't think you'd be such a calm guy on the TS. In-game I always see you raging and insulting people. What a surprise."
Even people like Ragni has said that, and if you've been around for a while you'd know he doesn't think very highly of me. He still doesn't, but I thought it was worth bringing up.
Of course I can still cuss at stuff that happens in-game when on TS, but I'm completely different when talked to in person. I hope many people can attest to this, even people from NA from when I've snuck into their TS and chatted them up.
Anyway, you're all free to think what you want, I'm not going to lose any sleep if you think I'm a bad person.
