Hello, friends. Some of you may know me better as
Noctis Ryder, Auron Ryder, Brady
. I started roleplaying on this game around 2011 when I was in high school and have since not only dropped out of the community, but also quit the game for the most part, logging in only briefly to say hello to some friends I'm still in touch with.
The reason I'm posting this thread now is that after seeing the gradual decay of the community, I think it's important to reflect on the things that brought it to this point. It's been a couple of years since I was active, stopping rping altogether around the 2014-15 time frame. At this point, I think it's safe to assume that I have achieved a sort of "outside looking in" approach when I look back on why exactly I left in the first place. Perhaps this will turn into a shitpost, perhaps not. I do think, however, that it's something of a closure thing for me personally before I completely lay this bed to rest.
I used to love rping on W42. The server and everyone that comprised the community was a source of escape for me while I was going through crippling depression during my later high school years. I was rather good at avoiding the OOC drama that plagued the server for the most part, but still, good friends of mine seemed to be caught in the thick of it enough that it began to affect my attitude and overall enjoyment of rping.
The toxicity was astonishing in how much it was allowed to fester. New rpers were criticized heavily and even bullied when they rped in the taverns, namely Falador. Emphasis was put on wars over pixels of land over taking care of the needs of the players that comprised the various clans. IC alliances turned into OOC cliques, making progression for any new players or those that fell outside of the clique non-existent.
It became clear that the W42 community was no longer a community. It was the lion's den where you had to change the person you are to achieve imaginary gains ingame.
#HeilZaros
The reason I'm posting this thread now is that after seeing the gradual decay of the community, I think it's important to reflect on the things that brought it to this point. It's been a couple of years since I was active, stopping rping altogether around the 2014-15 time frame. At this point, I think it's safe to assume that I have achieved a sort of "outside looking in" approach when I look back on why exactly I left in the first place. Perhaps this will turn into a shitpost, perhaps not. I do think, however, that it's something of a closure thing for me personally before I completely lay this bed to rest.
I used to love rping on W42. The server and everyone that comprised the community was a source of escape for me while I was going through crippling depression during my later high school years. I was rather good at avoiding the OOC drama that plagued the server for the most part, but still, good friends of mine seemed to be caught in the thick of it enough that it began to affect my attitude and overall enjoyment of rping.
The toxicity was astonishing in how much it was allowed to fester. New rpers were criticized heavily and even bullied when they rped in the taverns, namely Falador. Emphasis was put on wars over pixels of land over taking care of the needs of the players that comprised the various clans. IC alliances turned into OOC cliques, making progression for any new players or those that fell outside of the clique non-existent.
It became clear that the W42 community was no longer a community. It was the lion's den where you had to change the person you are to achieve imaginary gains ingame.
Lord Commander of House Ryder
I
the Fallen One
I
Lover of Gingers
#HeilZaros
17-Sep-2018 07:37:42