Corin to Relic (Myrradel MUD related)
Not everyone should be entitled to free help from others. Some don’t deserve it because they want it simply for their own selfish reasons; some want it just to make themselves feel better. Every once in a while comes a person who stands above the rest and desires the help of others to return that help to those less fortunate than himself. By bettering himself, he seeks the ability to then help others. In the case of Myrradel, and my needing equipment and monetary funds, I seek assistance from the higher level characters because, simply, they are the only ones capable of attaining what I need. Without said needed items, I cannot rightly assist the people who may need my help at this point. I seek to better the overall mudding experience by raising my ability and skill as a character so that I may then turn around and assist those less capable. And so I ask you Asylum, why won’t you help me? Do you seek to destroy my enjoyment of the mud? I just want to make the entire experience more fun and accessible to other people. I won’t lie and say that I do it also for myself, having a "buff" character is like a status symbol. Izzy for example, is enormous as a player-character. Few people who have been on the mud for any period of time do not know who he is, and that he is a HUGE character. But a byproduct of that size comes the ability to take on a large percentage of the mobiles in the game. I can’t imagine someone having that ability and then NOT using it.
This is infinitely more difficult because I have no high level clannies to assist me. So I undoubtedly have to seek help elsewhere. I ask the people who of course are most likely to help me. Divine Right. And because of this you may think less of me, but I will explain it like this; what clan has more members and more strength behind it? None. They are the obvious choice to ask for help. But alas, they are not always available, leaving me to seek my help elsewhere. That leaves very few people able to assist me in the way of equipment. This is why I ask you. Its well known you’re an accomplished mudder and a good-sized character. In fact, I was told that your character Asylum is the size that I should some day attain. I strive for that. But I can only go so far with equipment 10 levels lower than my character. I’m sure you could care less about me, I’m very green to the mud. That much is obvious, and I don’t hide it. Why do you think I’m writing this? I need all the help I can get, and I’m not above killing some time to do this. I just want mudding to be more fun for me and for my clan, and for everyone. I wouldn’t sit glued to my computer so often if I didn’t like it. None of us would. But its very discouraging to see your character fall behind on his equipment levels because better eq makes running that much better. I know you’ve been around a long time, and know what its like when only a small group of people could run the equipment you needed. And you waited fir the day when that would stop. What do you think I’m waiting for? The very same thing. I’m tired of begging and asking for favors, but I have to do it, otherwise I’ll never be able to get myself the best equipment for my level, and that’s what its all about. Being better than the other player. But "with great power comes great responsibility" or so they say. I’m sure you’re quite tired of hearing me ramble on over and over the same things, I know I’m getting rather tired of typing them, but I have to make a point. At least that’s what the teachers tell me. My point is this: to have fun, I need to run, to run I need equipment, and to run well, I need good equipment. At this point in my mudding life I want to be a good player, and hold my own for my level. I want to be able to help the lower level characters by spelling them up and healing them. I want to help my clan by running gold and experience with them. And equipment allows me to have more mana to cast more spells for a longer period of time, thereby lengthening the time we run and the need for rest in-between.
And even though I’m almost positive that this argument will fall on deaf ears, I’m saying it anyway. If for no other reason that it kills some time, and may have the minutest chance at swaying your opinion of me. But what can I say. I’m not going to stop asking for help until I no longer need it. I’m sure that day is a long way in the future, but I’m going to be here a while. So you’re just going to have to deal with it. You can either help or tell me to screw off. It is a very simple matter to ignore me and dismiss anything I say. It is however much more difficult to extend me the courtesy and help me. Someone who is in no way a threat to you and is only out there trying to have fun.
If you even read this far into it I’ll be a little surprised since I’m sure you were telling me to do this in jest, but over 900 words later I can only assume I’ve made my point. And If I haven’t at least I managed to write a decent amount of words on a topic I could have explained in five sentences. As a final note I tell you this; The more you help me, the better player I can be, and god knows we have enough people like Alexander and SiB to keep the ones who WANT to play busy. I just want to play and make it fun or as many people as I can. That includes me. And you even though I’m sure you’ll never need my help.