[Breakaway~totheweird]

@Clockworkers Doll.

As presumptuous as this will sound... I believe I'm the antithesis of most problems you've stated. I refuse to touch the arena, I RP with almost everyone I come across, and I don't have any trouble at all. I do RP with the strangers and I make damned sure I don't stick to my friend groups. As I once said: No one will RP outside the arena until y'all actually stop RPing at the arena. You need to be the change you desire and I've always tried to do that. (I'm not saying my character is super popular, but a lot of people have RPed with Valyrie and I've touched the arena maybe 5 times this year.)

I've had almost every issue I needed resolved through GMs and I suggest people talking to them when you have your issue. If people aren't... that's not really the GMs fault anymore. Don't be so scared and say something.

As for events... I love Dyst events, I try to attend as many as I can because they're a blast.

The rest of the rant is based off experiences that ocurred where it was too old for me to comment on.

You'd be one in a million, Cerrik. I suppose a portion of that rant is to acknowledge the overwhelming majority of individuals who don't do the same, and probably will never do the same. No one is innocent in that regard, though this can be tacked onto the call for action. RPing away from the arena is similar to pulling teeth right now: unnecessarily painful.

As said earlier, I know of so many people paralyzed at the thought of speaking to admins or Dev for essentially the reasons Kyle mentioned. They're not approachable entities/ people/ etc. since most of everything seems to be swept under a rug. Maybe they aren't? Who knows? It's never really evident.

I could criticize Dyst events for various reasons, and probably will in a final post.