LARP Rant!

[matteo_mj]

Alright...I've had a little over a week to digest this, and I'm still angry.  Very angry in fact.

I love MJ.  It's the LARP I started with, and the one that I drop everything for.  This is not a knock on MJ the game, the owners, or managers.  I think that for the most part, everyone does what they do awesomely.

However, when I have to get a 30 plus

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*hug*

[melamitra]

You're not alone, my dear.

[torilgrey]

agreed bud. SAdly it seems long gone that someone would pull someone else aside and say hey you are offending X,Y,Z person. etc.

I was really bummed when I was talking to Paul sunday morning for a while and missing court. It sucks that it comes to that, but with a large part of the community feeling gone from the game its much harder to say something to someone you don't know except barely IG...

peace.

[matteo_mj]

I know...and this was a good productive way to vent really. It just makes me sad that somewhere from the middle of MJ to somewhere about a year and a half from the end, MJ went from feeling like a family where you could talk to anyone, and became a whole lot of people I don't know not trusting anyone.

Now...I see a lot of friendships being made, and I'm very hopeful that it becomes that family again.

I'm still hopeful that the majority of the offenders grow up, or go play in someone elses sandbox.

[gray_enchanter]

Also feeling this pain. Matt dude don't leave us, many of us care and are realy trying to make sure Paul and everyone else never feels like that at End game again

[matteo_mj]

No sweat. I'm not going anywhere. I said that I considered leaving. I didn't say how long I considered it, or how close I came to leaving...

I've invested too much time and effort into the development of both Jonas and the Defenders. I'm not going anywhere. I do hope that Paul was serious, and that some of the multiple offenders are shown the door. I'd still rather it happen my way, where people are adult enough to just pull someone off to the side and say something to them...but something needs to happen.

[zahnarabai]

He was definitely serious. Please submit personal Feedback so we can weed these people out. I was surprised... after all the people talking about that One Incident, You Know Which I Mean, as of last Thursday (?) there was not one Feedback about it.

Sigh...

*Hugs*

[matteo_mj]

Which incident? The invincible orcs, or the really bad choice of language? Another incident? I really don't know...could be the concussions.

My first choice isn't to weed anyone out. I'm sure a friend or two of mine are on that list of people that did something incredibly stupid. However, if they can't change, then they need to go.

And if I submit Feedback, I would definitely be a hypocrite. I just got done saying in my post that someone needs to pull these people aside...I'd be doing what I hate. I would probably be the last person to submit that kind of feedback. Maybe dangerous play or someone being especially abusive would do it.

I have, however, reported myself. That's fair.

the new peeps?

[chris_warrior]

i was going to ask if MJ had gotten a huge flood of new people, esp people completely new to larping. i agree that the best first line is to have players deal with players, as long as it's done tactfully, and doesn't make the situation worse. maybe they just don't know how they should/are allowed to behave (ie - not OOG swearing or making personal insults, etc)

i love that more new people are trying LARP, it makes me happy. but, yeah, some of them aren't going to get the honor system right off.

if either of you talk to Paul again, give him a hug for me.

[matteo_mj]

I totally get that. And I don't really want anyone to have to go. I just want people to grow the hell up.

I liked that everyone got in on the ground floor. As much as I liked being super powerful as Matteo, part of me missed running with my boys. Getting in on the ground floor let us do that again, and I swear I never had this kind of fun as Matteo.

I never thought of it like people "who really belong at other games".

Honestly...I had a really good event. It wasn't rough for me at all. I witnessed some stuff that sucked, but that happened at MJ1 too. Shoot, I probably forgot to take a hit or two several times over at MJ1 (I like low vitality systems though...1 hit and I'm down...no math involved).

Please be really really careful with the "purging". It makes sense to do, but there are some really great people who will more than likely be shown the door. Great potential too...

Some real jerks as well...