The Strange Way Things Happen(Not an April Fool)

[Puns McKenna]

Ok so Sunday the 26th was my 27th birthday. Woo hoo, kudos to me. Right? Well in truth my Birthday was great. Sent the kids to a sitter, and went out for a nice quiet dinner with the hubby. Came home, went on line to one of the many forums I frequent, and well... low and behold the good feeling was gone. So it started out with, "you aren't doing this my way, so it isn't right."

Ok so a little background first. I'm playing a character in an online RPG. Well it seems that folks think I'm playing the character wrong. Now how callous is that? It isn't even this person's character, it's mine, and here he is telling me that "You're not playing the character right." I'm appalled. The nerve this guys has, right?

Ok so I procede to explain why I'm playing the character the way I am, and give him a little bit of background into what is in the works for the character's development. He isn't happy with that. He wants me to stop playing the character the way I'm playing her, and push her more into the background. I stood my ground and very politely said, no.

Again this guy's not happy. And this didn't just stick to Sunday night/Monday all day. It spread out across the entire week. So here I am spending an entire week, livid and ready to spit nails across the pond at this guy. You know I really could have let it go if it hadn't been pounded at me from six different directions all week long.

So y'all want to know the lesson I learned? Hide in the wood work. Make yourself as invisible as possible and then no one can complain. But you know what, I say to hell with that! Life is meant to be lived to the fullest. And You can't sit around trying to make everyone else happy, because the person who's gonna be the unhappiest, is you.

[Motown Scrapper]

Sometimes the best defense is a good offense. Start telling him how he is playing HIS character like an idiot. He does not have to be doing so for this to work just bust his chops at ever available opportunity. after a while he might get the message and even if he does not you can make his life hell as much as he has yours.

[Puns McKenna]

Ah well thanks for the advice Mo. In truth, I'm letting a Mod handle it. I don't want to get in trouble for harrassing him, but i have made it known that he has made my last week a living hell.

[Munchkinman]

Grrrrrrrr.

I HATE when that happens!!!!! Several years ago I faced a similar situation, and I would always just 'let it slide'. I wound up with a character that I didn't enjoy playing and just stopped using it. I have lost touch with those people, but it still grates on my nerves.

[Motown Scrapper]

munchkinman said:

Grrrrrrrr.

I HATE when that happens!!!!! Several years ago I faced a similar situation, and I would always just 'let it slide'. I wound up with a character that I didn't enjoy playing and just stopped using it. I have lost touch with those people, but it still grates on my nerves.

That is why I say the best defense is a good offense clods like this one will bully you until they get their way if you try to ignore them. On the other hand they generaly are thin skinned and fold quickly when the are given a dose of their own medicine.