has sindome been getting better or worse?

To say 'all the oldbies have left' is a pretty far cry from the truth.

The reality of the situtation is that people come and go ALL THE TIME. People form groups, which eventually get disbanded for whatever reason. They make friends, who later turn into enemies. There's oldbies aplenty in the game: People who have been playing it for 2 and 3 years. Even longer.

People also tend to have a very myopic view of the game: They think that because their group of friends left that that was 'all the oldbies'. But they never stop to consider the people they don't know, or the people who will come after them, and in time, become oldbies themselves.

It's an open community, and that means that people are going to come and go all the time. Even people who have been members of the community for a long long time. It's just the way it is, and there's nothing wrong with it. If anything, it helps the community to stay fresh and fun. Personally the last thing I want is a bunch of old farts with no energy left reminicing about the good old days. Give me a newbie who's full of energy and curiousity and ready to put his heart into it any day of the week!

If the game isn't fun, it's probablly for a multitude of reasons, some of which usually have nothing to do with the game itself or it's direction of development.

People fear change. It's in their nature… it's how we're raised and the society we grow up in. But when change happens, people usually find that it's A Good Thing(tm). Take the speech system: At first people were very afraid that it would endlessly frustrate people and make something basic like communication a hastle. And for a few it did. But exactly what we predicted would happen happened: People started getting more expressive with their RP, and finding alternative methods of communication. And when this happened, people, the same ones who said 'No!', actually became some of it's greatest supporters.

Is this always the case? Of course not. And when the player base makes itself known that it's not happy about a particular change, something inevitivbly get's done about it.

And your right: We the admin develop things that players ask for. That dosn't mean we ONLY develop things you ask for, or that we ALWAYS develop things you ask for, but as a general rule, the squeeky hindge get's the oil.

So if development is heading in a direction that's taking away from the game you have two choices:

You can get frustrated and leave. Many people have chosen this route, and we have never faulted them for it. We accept it as part of the dynamics of the community. It dosn't help the game, but it dosn't hurt it either like a lot of people seem to think.

OR...

You can voice your opinion in constructive ways (like you did here), and see if others agree or disagree with you. If there's a loud enough squeeak, chances are an admin will come around with an oil can sooner or later.

It's not a democracy: It's a monarchy. But we have a very benelovent dictator, and your voice, when used properly, has a very real effect.

So if your complaning that some people seem unhappy, I think you should probablly worry more about yourself: Are you happy? What's keeping you from being happy?

How do you think the direction of development is affecting the game, negatively or positively? You asked the question: "if players and good RPers are unhappy and are being turned away by the way the MOO is developing, isn't that development completely counter-productive?"

The answer to that is 'Yes'. But the real question you should be asking yourself is: "Is that happening? Why is it happening? What suggestions can I make that would help it to not happen?"

-Kevlar

Yeah, they could do interesting things if they wanted to (read:  if they actually had the time to), but the -real- fun comes when the plots start with the players.

In other words..  sure you can pose and emote better than anyone else on the MOO..  But are you creative enough to actually make a complex and engrossing contribution to the game?

Give it a whirl.

/ramble

In that time a lot of things that are very common to MOO environs have happened. Ebs and flows in the player base, adminbase, and of course the largest being the 'schizm'. We had a split in the MOO and some of the administrators: Rastus, Damon, Nixxi left. There sprang up a splinter-moo, Steel-Sky. It was far from an amiable splitting, but it was also far from as bad as they can get.

For a far more counter-productive split, take a look at the way Sindome was born in a splintering from Cybersphere. There was a massive anti-cybersphere sentiment, still is in a lot of ways. We often refer to it not in name, but code. CS. Elsemoo. That-other-place.

Also, having had a character that is well over 4 years old, after 4 years...it gets boring. There is not a lot of spice left for you. People revear you, they hate you, they talk about you rarely. They take action against you even less. It's a dull life. Street cred has piled up so high that even players who have never met you know that you are hot shit. You've been emoting and playing the role so long that the character has etched itself into the game vibe, and even newbies who don't know any better leave you alone.

So you get bored and leave.

Or if you are really smart, you let the character die and move on to the next character. Aboslutely nothing wrong with letting the character die. In fact, for anyone who feels a character they are in is stagnant, let the staff know, and we will gladly work with you to create an ending for that character that is exciting and game etching. (ie: Memorable to the playerbase after death).

Another factor is that a great many Oldbies are often offered a possition on the administrative side. I myself have always been leary of doing this. It has some pros, it has some cons. One of the cons is that a lot of oldbies are sort of 'player oriented' rather than 'game oriented', and when they move over they can't make the switch to the mindset needed for administrating. In other cases they just don't like it, or they do not like how the administrative side of things work on Sindome. Kevlar nailed it on the head, we are a monarchy, not democracy. Though that is something that has been debated and challenged on a fairly regular basis adminside. Some very good staff have been unable to work in that environment, and have left us.

Of the last 4 or 5 administrators we've tapped for GM possitions from the player base, I would willingly say that any of them who were older than 2 years typically were unable to make the transition for some reason. They typically just fade into the background, logging in now and then.

Others have fallen pray to life's woes. Loss of income, laid off. Or worse, given promotions that have forced them to work more hours in the week than they have. Or illness, or college, university, or any of a thousand things that pop up. Administration is a very unique situation. We are not here for 'FUN' in the same way that players are. As a player you are here to participate in the community and game as a source of entertainment. As an administrator, I personally am here because Sindome has evolved from being about playing a game, and become about a hobby. Sindome is my model toy train set. Rather than devote space in my house to build a realistic train set with really nifty steam engines and plastic cattle, I work on Sindome.

Does that mean I devote all my spare time to Sindome?

No.

It means that I devote as much as I can to do what it is I want to do. I no longer get a great deal out of player side activity. But I get a massive feeling of enjoyment from helping to build the game world. I enjoy written descriptions for room, NPCs, items. I -LOVE- doing things like writting a 20-25 page document that details the history of the world that Sindome takes place in. I like doing puppeting, and plots, and all that GM interaction that is needed on a day to day basis.

But I also enjoy other things in life. Like spending time with my girlfriend. Like walking in the rain. Like training in martial arts. Like finishing my degree. Like working. All the aspects of who I am, though they take away from the time I can dedicate to Sindome, also add to the potency of what I can bring to the game. Without a balance in things, burnout in life, work, and on the MOO occure. You loose the Mojo as Kevlar calls it.

And loosing the Mojo happens to players as well as administrators. It is an easy thing to do. Either you spend too much time in the game, or you take a break for too long and can not get back into the flow. It has happpened time and again to players of all sorts. Sometimes it is a good thing to move on, there are times in ones life when entering a dark, post-apocolyptic world full of desperation and gallows-humour is most definately a bad thing for ones health. There are other times when it is needed and enjoyable, a way to open up the eyes to the world around us and maybe try to do things to prevent a Withmore City environment from becoming reality.

Now, as to large plots, yes, they have been missing in the last 8 to 12 months. Why? Well, I for one have been very occupied with school and work trying to finish off my degree. Jinkorei, one who is still concidered the Head GM on Sabatical, has been busy with his life, and trust me he is a very full person with family at the front of his duties. There are a scattering of other GMs about who are absent due to school, life, and in some cases not wanting to administrate. We've also had some staff leave, like Stonemonk, who was a fantastic Head GM, and who was amazingly able at driving energy into the player base.

Do not dispare players. We have some fantastic staff right now, though we are manning the ship on what I like to think of as 'Skeleton Crew'. Bixby puts in a massive amount of time here, as much as any one person can without going insane. Kevlar and Johnny are working constantly to improve things on the MOO. Things players may not even concider a worry. Things like database performance, database size management, and getting around many of the limitations built into a Lambda MOO core. I put in hours a week as I can in a shifting globluar manner that spikes and lulls like the tide, depending on where I am and what I am doing at work or in school.

We have a solid core of staff, and a good many GMs that come in and out of things as hey have time. Helping where and when they can. Are we looking for more staff? Of course. We are always looking for people with experiance in coding Lambda or Object Oriented languages. We are -ALWAYS- looking for GM staff, though we have become very very cautious about who we look to these days. We have had too many people leave the game once they see the other side of the curtain.

Now...to roll back onto the topic at hand here, Oldbies leave. They get old, they know the game too well, and it gets boring. Also, you would be suprised to know that some of the people you think are 'Newbies' or 'Midbies' have been on the game for a long time. As long as I have. Or longer in some cases. Some have had 3-4 major characters. Some have only had 2...We have even had some come back from a long hiatus after being reaped and make a new character and start from scratch.

If I could give one honest critique of the situation on Sindome, it would be a lack of GM cycles to imput energy into the game. One of the biggest roles of a GM is to puppet, to stir, and to run plots. And currently on Sindome there just isn't enough manpower to go much beyond a sort of 'status quo' maintanance in which the GM staff keep the games basic funtions running. Pulling together a large plot takes a massive amount of cycles, which are just not available. If there was one more full time GM logging in the level of commited and semi-commited time that Bixby logs in, that would probably free up enough cycles to start putting in some small and mid-sized plots. If we had another full timer and  a dedicated part timer then we would begin to see a lot more vitality in the plots and game environs.

As Bixby said to me the other day, even having someone to bounce ideas about with is a massive help.

Anyhow, I'll wrap this Iga rant up and let some other people post. And I hope to hear from some players more on this, as it helps direct us GM staff on what we need to do most.

One sees some serious problems with this really quickly.

Its up to them to take on the initiative by creating or using there character(s) towards that disposition.

If your not happy with your character, do something about it.

Reef.

(Edited by ReeferMadness at 1:33 pm on Aug. 23, 2004)

Its up to players to take on those positions.

Its up to them to take on the initiative by creating or using there character(s) towards that disposition.

That's correct.

And the reason is: If a player can't do this with their existing character, why should they be entitled to more power and less restrictions? These things are reserved for thoes who do demonstrate that they have a superior ability, and that by giving them more power and less restrictions, they could do more good. You don't reward thoes who don't put in the effort to move beyond their current situtation…

Being a GM of any stature requires communication with the staff on an admin basis: The minute this happens, they cease being players, and are GM's. From here on out, their entire role takes a dramatic shift from what's fun for them to what's best for the game. This requires effort on both the GM's side and the rest of the staff. If the rest of the staff is putting in this effort, we need more than just a uber-player out of it: We need a full fledged GM capable of doing all the things GM's do. And let me tell you: That's a lot more than any player could immagine.

And the reality is that very few people succeed in making this switch. There's usually a transition period involved, and sometimes they arn't able. Usually when this happens the worst that comes of it is they stop logging in.

Players are perfectly capable of doing all the things you mentioned except for 'switching' their character without doing any of the things required to be a GM. They can be leaders of the arts of sinners, or hold a high position at a corperation.

The problem is: No one tries. Or if they do, they fail and don't bother to try again. Only the rare few who don't stop trying even when they've failed succeed (or die trying). If there's one thing I could impress upon you it would be: Never say never, and never take no for an answer. If you set a goal, and don't stop until you've achieved it or your dead, you'll be a lot more satisfied.

Unless you make the switch from being a player to a GM, you've not made the switch from being about your fun to being about the game's best interest. And no inbetween state can exist in that space, or there WILL be a conflict of interest (I need not name names for examples here).

The REAL problem I see with oldbies: They stop setting goals for themselves. If you're bored with your player, set one final goal: To go out in a blaze of glory. Chances are you'll have a blast doing it.

Iga said: Or if you are really smart, you let the character die and move on to the next character.

And sometimes I think we would be doing people a great service if we required this of them (again, I won't name names, but there's some people who absolutely refuse to learn this lesson and insist on being consistantly frustrated and bored with the game because they still have the mindset of 'power is fun and starting over isn't').

Of course thinking we should require this of people, and executing on it are two different things. At best we can suggest it to them.

-Kevlar

And sometimes I think we would be doing people a great service if we required this of them (again, I won't name names, but there's some people who absolutely refuse to learn this lesson and insist on being consistantly frustrated and bored with the game because they still have the mindset of 'power is fun and starting over isn't'). [\quote]

Don't I know this… sad when to have "fun" you need to be the most powerful... or you just can't say goodbye.  Happens to some of the best RPer's too.

A character deserves to last as long as he can survive, and as long as the controller feels they should last. The only things that should ever end a character should be IC circumstances, or the controller deciding.

I know how an oldbie character can get old, but sometimes all someone needs is a break.

I definitely think this would be a bad idea. If there were actually some kind of time limit like this, I'd probably quit playing.

Not that I think I have any influence, I'm just saying.

*ponders this idea for a while*
hrmmm...

Anyways....

You wander off the moo for too long and you get reaped...  You spend x months not really doing anything other then idling, pick pocketing and buying/selling gear from, to and for the same people you've always bought and sold gear from, to and for. ...  You just spent x months doing just that while NewbieBob dies at 3 weeks after having started a intergroup war which rages on past his/her/its death and sweeps up a ton of players into its wake. Or maybe you play some MiddleLife chars so well that most of the playerbase�s RP revolves around your fate in one form or another? Long life doesn�t automatically equate to legend�

If you're now thinking "For the love of all things holy, what is her fucking -point-?" Uhm... only this:
Maybe Iga's idea of an all powerful Death Knell is a bit too extreme for some people to swallow. How about: "After xx amount of time we hope you'll have done -something- memorable with those uber stats."

After 48 months your char comes up for review and you talk to a GM or two: How have you spent your time? How do you feel you contributed to the world? Do you think you're in a rut? If you have any future plans/hopes for the char and maybe just maybe the possibilities of a big, banging, fireworks loaded, exit scene while things are still all tastey fresh? I guess that would put undue pressure on GM's yet again but... eh, *shrugs.* Supposedly it's been done a few times with variouse degreas of success with some of the very long lived chars out there.

Simply surviving in the Dome is -NOT- (oh my god how can I put more emphasis on that -one- word) hard… it really really fucking isn't.

This has been brought to you by the letters T and coconut RUM. Fuck yes.

Coconut Rum.

Muwahahahahaaaa…

I don't think starting over would be a bad thing.

I personaly enjoy making a new character and making friends all over again.

Who really thinks that 4 years isn't long enough to have fun?

But maybe we have to look at the other side of it. It's not all about combat. Being invincible in combat wouldn't ruin your RP, well unless -all- of your RP is based around combat. Heheh.

*chuckles*

I -do- however think that the 4 year rule is an AWESOME idea.  

Go one step further.  Maybe we could store the 4 year old charcters until we have 10-15 of them, then either

A: re-release them for another, shorter peroid of time, since there are so many they can balance eachother out. (ok that's not that great of an idea.)

B: wait till we have a bunch of uber charcters and  have a uber moo.  I know there would be issues with server space on this one so maybe charge or something.

C: hell if nothing else just let them hang around for Rampage MOO. from time to time.

Main point is:  If space for charcters isn't a HUGE issue, then just sideline them until you can think of something fun to do with them.  NPC maybe…  but maybe not totally eliminate them.

The review wouldn't say, alright your character's no more, we're reaping him as we speak, have a nice day and rememeber SD for your RPing needs.  If it's IC for your character to leave the city, it's completely doable, has been done, and will be done again no doubt.  

I even kind of like the idea of ubers taking a break till we get a good little flock of them waiting to return, problem is with you people, Grudged don't hold from where I'm standing.  Everyone wants to make nice and not perm anyone.  

People realize that players get attached to thier characters, and loose sight of what's IC, working hard OOC'ly to find reason's to explain why not to kill someone.  

Someone steals your girl, hate thier fucking guts, get a group of people together, pay them to help you and drive the fucker into hiding.  Maybe he's able to get some people to come to his aid, now we got two good little groups going at it, hating eachothers guts, and talking mad shit to eachother over SIC and the Grid.

–eep gotta run this is unfinished so to speak, maybe finish it at work if the network is working.

Regarding "uber-ness", there are layers and layer of powers within' the city. I always figured they would reveal themselves as my character grew in power, because if your a badass motherfucker some other badass motherfucker is gonna know about you. I'm not saying that the CJ should be walking the streets busting skulls, but for every action there is a reaction.

This is purely speculative and based of personal experience in other games, I don't know enough to really critique the matter but I figured I'd just toss out my 2 chy.

Everyone is talking about oldbies and there uber combat stats, and how thats bad.  Well, why is it bad?  Because they can perma your ass anytime they want?  Well if It's IC for them to do it, then whats the problem?  

The same people that are saying oldbies with uber combat stats should be retired, are saying the perming is good.  Well, due to the smaller player base we have, and the crazy diffrent time zones we all play from, its pretty hard to get a sizeable group together in order to act out any large scale perma plot.  Therefore its basicly only the older, combat stat characters that -can- perm anyone.  Or the older richer characters that can hire an older combat stat character to do the perming.

I mean everyone always bitches about characters being strong, and then I hear the same people bitching about how noone ever perms anyone.  

It seems the two views, in my opinion, are conflicting.  Then people say, well Oldbies can definitly help out newbie characters with work and all that.  

Well that, in my opinion isn't IC either.  Why the hell should an old character higher an incompetent newbie to try and do something (and probably fail, or quit playing before he finishes), when they could just do it themself?  Especialy mixer characters that need -all- the money they can get, why would they -spend- money on someone, if they can just get it done themself.  

Why?  Because it helps the game.  It makes everyone happier.  Just liked not perming characters when you don't really have too helps the game in my opinion.  

But if everyone thinks that being IC all the time is better then letting things slide, I'll go with it..

Quote: from Lena on 7:05 pm on Nov. 1, 2004[br] Having a GM, a certified 'know what I'm doing' personage, to bounce your thoughts off of can't hurt, right?

If I had a dollar for every time I've told a player they were being a tool and been bitched at over xhelp for an hour or three I'd never have to work again. (I'd invest wisely…)

*winks*

And Perming is a good thing. Though perhaps it is too difficult.

Perhaps we should make it easier...or make the side effects of cloning more apparent. Should we increase the occurance and grittiness of Degenerative Clone Disease? Make it more common? More dangerous? Harder to treat? A higher occurance of DCD may just be the key to easier permings on all sides of the equation, newbie and oldbie.

And there are some very simple REASONS one hires someone else to do your dirty work. (And they are IC even!)

1) Clean hands don't need to be washed.

2) Street Reputation - at a certain point you become a kingpin, and a kingpin only fucks up someones face when it is personal.

3) To set someone up.

4) Character Aura. There is an Aura to a character. Anyone who's played with Nicad knows this, there is a feel to him, a general nature that flows into a room about 3 seconds before he enters. Never underestimate the power of your characters Aura. Paying other players is one hell of a way to build up particular types of Aura.

5) Because you are Fronting. You wanna seem like hotter shit than you are? You pay other people to do the shit that you wouldn't do if you had the money to pay people to do that shit you hate. Even when you can't afford to.

6) -I-M-A-G-E-

7) To get someone under your control.

8) To get a group of someones under your control. You may be uber, but you gotta sleep at some point. Life is better when you have paid lackies to do things for you when you are passed out on MrC and Vanilla Silk.

9) To ruin someone elses network of lackies. You basically fuck up the economy for someone else by over paying your lackies, and then someone elses lackies jump ship to you, then you crush that someone else and hang your lackies out to dry. Or 'right size' your black market corporation.

10) Because you are a nice character and care about your fellow man....*snicker*

See, all sorts of reasons. All IC. If you are just hiring someone to pay them because you want to help 'the game ecomomy' that is...well... lame. That is one of the roots of Fluffy Bunny Syndrome.

You should be paying people to do things because you need to have a certain IMAGE in the mix. Or you �need to CHANGE your IMAGE in the mix. Or you need to get a JOB done. Or you need to fuck up someone ELSES job.

You dig?

Paying someone to make you clothing just to spread the wealth around is, sorry to say this, pointless. It does not further your character, or the environs of the game. It just breeds an environment in which players become dependant upon people to be charitable or 'giving'. And I tell you what, Cyberpunk ain't 'CHARITABLE' or 'GIVING'.

*goes out to Staples and purchases a giant 'UP FOR REVIEW' stamp and ink pad*

Perhaps we should make it easier…or make the side effects of cloning more apparent.  

People jump out of the tanks as if they just took a refreshing pee. I mean it doesn't have to be RPd as agonising but come on… You just got reconstituted from goo...

It's 2am and i've got another bout of insomnia so... mulling this over...
Tiered Clone packages?

I personally think the whole clone system needs a good revamp but i'm aware that that's a hell of a lot of work and not something that is on the list or will be anytime soon due to just how much work -would- be involved. So that's the last I'll say about that and I'll now go watch whatever ancient episode of SNL is being broadcast on the TV.

oh my... Meatloaf on SNL...  ... ah the good old days when the singers still sorta.. sung....

I'm not sure if the admin would approve of me asking this (and I know many of you don't even really know who my currect character is.. �and if you do, please don't say anything about him/her on here), but I was really wondering what those of you who do know who my current character is thought about this.

This goes for admin and players, alike. �I'd just like some feedback. �I try my damnedest to get stuff rolling at times, but everyone must remember that I am not in a position to know everything, or know exactly what needs to be done.

If any admin think this post should not be here, please feel free to delete it. �But please hit me up sometime and let me know your thoughts on it as well.

For some reason, I get the impression most everyone is talking about me.

(Edited by Aikao at 7:55 pm on Nov. 3, 2004)

To summon up : two thumbs up.

Quote: from Bixby on 5:40 am on Nov. 3, 2004[br]

Quote: from Bias on 1:14 am on Nov. 3, 2004[br]
oh my… Meatloaf on SNL...  ... ah the good old days when the singers still sorta.. sung....

Sorta being the key term in this instance :bugeyed:

my god bixby, i hope that you didn't take me seriously.

Anyways. Back. To. Topic. sorta.

it's never too late for people to learn from others. even a few direct words can make someone who's intently focused in on their own shit stand back and take a look at how they've been doing things.  plus i don't think any one person is in any position to pass judgment on someone elses RP. Be they Oldbe, Newbe, Middlebe, Nanobe or even Eonbe.  
i guess what i advocate is for there to be communication. collaberation and respect.

but now…
*eyes Iga*

hot lemon ink frugen nuegen?

(Edited by Bias at 2:32 am on Nov. 5, 2004)

Unfortunately it's not always that way.  I won't say anything about recent events (cause it's too IC) other than much fun is goin on lately and if your not involved it's probibaly your fault.

Don't be afraid of characters with jumbo stats. Find their weakness, and drop a nuke on it. EVERYONE has a weakness…

Just two chyen from a returning midbie :)

Grim

I'd love to see more factions, cliques, etc. (I know a good few OOCly, but I'm saying it would be cool to see the obvious ones)

More gang violence. Gang life is a big part of the mix in my opinion, as people need to band together for money, protection, power. All the gangs should @hate their rival gangs and should be breaking their teef open in hopes of getting their money and power and expaning their turf and ranks.

The WJF is another big power player that is only really doing anything (again, anything obvious to the entire player population) When a PC is active on the force. There should be more food riots atleast. (And I know we've been doing alot of have been given alot, but being restricted to GOLD and the upper levels are pretty boring without GM intervention or some random punk jay walking)

I also think drugs should be made illegal, as one post by King-Fu outlines in the idea thread.

Yeah, that's my rant out of boredome. Feel free to pick it apart and tell me I'm wrong heh.

Just b/c Bio isn't as soft as a fluffy bunny doesn't mean he isn't affected by someone else's fluffy bunny-ness.  His complaint is very valid. Why would he complain if he was fluffy bunny? that should be the question.

Cyberpunk is not all compliments and hugs. Its dark, it pushes envelopes, its not love, but lust. Its not genuine, its superficial. Who can be my tool for today?

When someone who doesn't understand the genre fully begins to play and is all fluffy bunny it effects everyone they have RP with, and the people those effected directly RP with. It's a rippling effect much like dropping a coin in a body of water. The Fluffy Bunny effects everyone, though it may lessen as the directness is lost, but it ripples out into the entire MOO.

Case in-point: My last character Kit/Kalea/Allie/Katherine … She was not a combat oriented character at all. She had roots in a skill she could use to get by, and all of her life in the game was bent on one thing, finding out information on her past. She had a great plot with thanks to the Admin and she never got to see the end of that story arc.

Now sure, I did -some- combat with her, but only so she could defend herself. She rarely ever started any physical fights herself. In the end she was the kind of character that would report a known "non"mixer for being a mixer and faking a crime to have him fined. She had her friends and the ones she cared enough about to know they would make useful allies and better tools when the time came, and she had her share of enemies. The plot and story surrounding her was very CP-ish IMO and she didn't go around killing everything she saw, and she was still not any sort of fluffy bunny.

Quote: from Damarung on 12:58 am on Oct. 20, 2006[br]Well, my apologies, I got a little aggitated. �Allow me to give you my perspective on one thing though.

Take my character, yes, he has ze fluff going on, �but, at the same time, he gets gritty, he's done his fair share of CP. �He will bust your ass if he can and your char deserves it. �BUT he's not stupid and neither am I. �I'm not about to send him to RED alone so you guys can kill him off easily so you can get your CP jollies (tool, your excluded). �The chars he is up against, he knows he stands little chance fighting alone, he's tried and died ALOT (and..after the first 2-3 times you learn, hey this guy is a badass, I'ma need backup), �and unfortunately I can't get any backup half the time. �So, while I wait for support, gonna hafta take the fluff cuz I'm tired of him being brave and dying for no reason.

don't be brave, bro. Be smart.

Fluffy is being nice to everyone you meet. Nodding to the first person you see walking into the bar for no reason, then offering to buy them a drink. Complimenting someones nice dress then hugging them. Holding hands and skipping down the street. Makes me wanna puke.

Some characters help other characters because it's their job (IE: A judge helping a corpie, or a corpie helping a Judge, that is IC)

I'm talking about someone walks into a bar, there fresh into the dome, and everyone is liek HAY GUY WANT TO KNOW WHERE TO FIND A JOBZ!?

You should be saying: HAY GUY WANT TO KNOW WHERE TO FIND A JOBZ!?

But thinking: SO I CAN GET MY CUT BITCH!

There are CP ways to help people.  Take a cut.  Make them owe you.  Make them do something YOU don't want to do.