I am one of the very loyal members of Black Stone and play on this server exclusevly for about 3+ years. I like it, I do, I feel right at home, I have met a lot of great people here and become friend with many of them. I get excited with every change that happend and I see how different waves of people come and go and how ambiance of the Black Stone changes with them. But never in all those years I felt that my characters and my identity on the server is in danger, until now.
In October of last year (2006) I came from the long trip to Europe and art retreat where I could not play the game and logged in one of my favorite characters to be absolutelly shocked!! My character came out to be naked, I open the inventory and to my amazement, there was nothing there: no gear, no weapons, no bags, no stones, no money, few scrolls were left and few insignificant things were spared!!! I simply could not believe what I saw. I thought to myself, well because of the summer updates, it is probably some kind of program glitch and no one would be able to do anything about it. Bummer, I have lost a character, I will not be able to replace all that I have lost, but I can make a new one. ...
But I got qurious and decide to log another character to see if he got "infected with the same bug" - damn- he was too. Same story- naked dwarf in the middle of the city under the tree with nothing to put on in his back, and no money to get anythying at the nearest store.
I decided not to do anymore experiments like that for one day- too much stress. Perhaps if I logg in tomorrow everything will be back to normal.
But the next day I discovered another character that lost everything in the void. The "bug" seams to affect only the most advance characters, and in the last character had definit preference to the most valuble items, leaving not so valuble in place. That was slightly odd but I didn't pay much attention to that, I was devistated as it is.
After that day, It seams that none of my characters didn't appear naked anymore and I convince myself that it was computer bug and no one can do anythign about it.
When sudenly, just not long ago, I start to knowtes that I am missing things here and htere. So, I mentioned it to one of our DMs to find out if there is some "bug" or glitch? Just to get positive answer that no improvements that has been done should affect characer in shuch a way. But suggestion was made that someone guessed my pass word and stilling my stuff. That came like a shock to me and sudenly all the little puzzle pieces start falling in to places. Things start making sence.
Finally last drop that encoarage me to come out of my shiness and write this long message is- I decided to check all my characters if they lost anything anything in the last weeks. .... Oh. my dear GOD!!! ... !!!! .... !!!!
....!!! Guy!! you know, that we have auctions, right now, right? Guy!!! You are byeing my stuff!!! No kidding!! Things that I accumulated for 3+ years of playing with about 20 characters, being a junk collector- can fead 20 auctions... it is all gone. There is no character left untouched... inventories looked like they were brushed with pooper scooper- leaving only single items here and there on pages, stones are gone with the bags, pages that were filed with scrolls look like oceans with remote islands, where use to be amount of gold you can see lonelly single digit "yawn" of "0" !
Now STOP! OK. you stall my pass word, ok, you guessed it- good for you. You tryed it- it worked. You robbed one character, that wasn't enough, then second one- still not enough... (you are not thinking that the person you are robbing spent time and effort getting all that stuff somehow, ok, it is just a game no biggy) , then you went and rob 3d character..
when is enough? Now you robbed ALL my characters, you left them with nothing, I can't repare damage you caused to my characters ever. It was accumulated for 3 years. I can't return 3 years of playing. What is your goal? If you are reading it... WHAT IS YOUR GOAL? Do you want me out of the server? Why? what did I do so bad to you personally that you decided at your own will to make my playing experience so devistating and sed? You stall my identity, whether it is in the game or real life doesn not make any difference, you robbed me and kip robbing me and I feel violated and raped, no, not after losing stones, but after repeated abuse.
When do you stop?
No, I am not going to leave. I will make a new account with harder to figure out pass word and be like a sore spot on the ass of the loser that robing my characters. Let him rob and rape dry corps of what is left.
As far as you guys, make your pass words harder to figure out. Because among wonderful people we meet and great friends we find in the game some times we overlook one disturbed puppet who would make your game temporarelly set back. And that might even upset you for a day. But at the end it is only a game. However our character very often opens up in the game like that. So, think of it this way. after you close your computer and go to a soft, nice, fresh bed. he might be going back from the prizon libriary to his sell to spend a night with a "Harry Barry".
*smile*
