Quote Originally Posted by shlin28 View Post
I don't have a runic thingy, maybe Firefox blocks it or something? because I think pever said he used Firefox and he can't see it either.
Maybe.

So he took his personal, individual experience, and gave universal advice?

Originally Posted by pevergreen
@ CA: Townie PM's have no runic inscription.

::decides to download Firefox again, to see if it's true::

Setting that aside, I'm sure many, if not all, the non-voters have excellent excuses for their non-participation. Exams (always a favorite), dog died, war in Georgia, got bored, whatever.

At the risk of totally pissing off 9 people all at once: I have a life, too. I work 10-12 hours a day and spend a few other hours moderating the rough-and-tumble backroom forum, but I suit up and show up every day here, and read all 30+ pages of posts, and contribute what I can because I said I would. My word ("in") is my bond; or else my word means nothing.

I know it's 'only a game, dude', but do you realize the work the host has to do to try to make our experience enjoyable? Non-participation, after promising to be 'in' = disrespect of that work, and a cavalier disregard for the work/efforts of the other players.

The honorable thing to do, in my opinion, if I cannot do what I said I would do (that is: play this game) would be to contact the host, apologize for wasting his time and effort, and ask to be character-killed; then making a public announcement, that "stuff came up" (as it always does. No argument there) that prevents me from participating in the effort.

Anything less is cowardly, lazy, and 'personally convenient'. In my opinion.

These are not buy-off-the-shelf, play-til-you're-bored, then disregard games. These are products constructed by our peers and friends to amuse, entertain, educate, and [u]involve[/i] our other peers and friends. We should treat them as such.

And so, I step off my and yield to the next speaker.