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[Wandering Star]

Why Aren't People Having Fun?

[kafkaguy]

Wanderingstar... should we be having fun the whole time? I'm ecstatic and for a nerd who doesn't have a lot of folks in the vicinity to share his esoteric interests with this community is beyond killer. The story is amazing and the depth of ideas that have sprung from me since I became re-obsessed with silverladder is mindblowing. I've been a silverladder devotee for years and now the chance to meet others who are on the same trek?... that's fun...

but at the same time i've felt the rollercoaster of emotion.

[I just thought about the game. Therefore I lost the game. You have heard me now, therefore you also lose the game. Enjoy playing the game.]

Sometimes I'm frustrated and feel like I'm just a tangential part of the experience, but the journey is just beginning and already I'm anticipating the next plot twist in this alternate reality.

I agree with your concern though. For this thing to thrive, like Lovelump, BSP and Silverladder... it MUST be hydrated, that is watered. And the element water represents love. This is, I believe, a learning experience and a magic mirror where you get what you give, but we'll all get the most out of it if we reduce our petty squabbles and work together as a team and learn to form a community within.

Here's hoping this thrives, grows, evolves, devolves, crashes of a cliff, is resurrected, becomes mayor, rises to antichrist and is then salvaged by the love of PLUR and AICL.

bis dann,
philipdskff/kafkaguy

[Wandering Star]

I guess "having fun" wasn't the right term. I should have said "enjoy" or better yet, "appreciate." When you're angry, sad, agitated, etc. you're not necessarily having fun. But what ARE you doing? FEELING something, for goodness' sake! When's the last time a network sitcom did that for you? At least this thing is evoking emotions. People need to appreciate that fact. I view this thing like a good book that doesn't have a conclusion written yet. Each sentence starts getting formed as you get to it. I may not LIKE what some of the characters do. Hell, I may not LIKE where the whole plot goes sometimes. But I am appreciating what is behind it all. Emotions (even negative ones) are better than the alternative... emptiness. Trust me, I'll take being mad or sad over feeling nothingness ANYDAY.


Wandering*

[Metabolic]

I'll give a hoo-ha for that wandering.

*hoo-ha!*

[Freezestate]

Whoa, drama in the IRC? Oh my, gotta read the logs...

I find this as ridiculous and immature as drama about the Top Friends. Like Wandering said, you're missing the entire damn point, and since we've run out of things to analyze as far as what the nature of The Rabbit Hole is going to be you've started analyzing the cards actions towards each individual.

Come on guys, sometimes things need to be taken at face value. Knowing when you need to start analyzing is sometimes more important than how or how well you do it. Don't get caught up on tiny details that have nothing to do with the larger picture, get caught up in the inertia that we're gathering as a team.

Again, Wandering is right... Look at all that has come, and this isn't even the beginning of the real beginning of Silver Ladder.

[kafkaguy]

Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips said of Bonnaroo, the music festival and all festivals in general that they shouldn't always be FUN, but we should enjoy or at least RELISH the Feeling. I agree the emotions evoked, the creepy twinge of paranoia and the excitement at what will develop next have driven me further within the rabbit hole.

But I believe many of the dedicated people involved in this thing are at least quite appreciative of the chance to be involved. And yes, it is like an unfinished book or that game where everybody writes a sentence and the story is collaborated upon based on what came before...

here's hoping the team can stick through the rollercoaster of emotions which I'm sure has only just begun...

[Kaldais]

Being constantly surrounded by the same people has the same problems on IRC as it does in life. You notice people's faults more and more, and you start to get angry over them for no apparent reason. It happens when any group of only vaguely similar people get together to do something for a prolonged period of time. Sooner or later, everything breaks into fights.

That being said, however, I think we work pretty well despite it. Conflict is inevitable among humans, but we always seem to forgive each other and get back to the matter at hand.

So no, I don't see drama. I see us overcoming obstacles that could be breaking us apart.

[nbnewell]

Hmm, I think that the things you say last evening Star just didn't translate well to text for you.

Most of the comments about cards irritating people etc were made in jest. Yes there were some comments, but they were more conjecture than complaining. Of course, some of us took advantage of the situation to try and lure out a direct comment from the Aces as well.

Admittedly, there is the occasional personality conflict. But I saw that happen only once yesterday and it was brief. For the most part we have leaned to no take chat seriously. It is more of a place to connect and blow off steam. I am sorry if you got a negative vibe from chat, but I can assure you none of it was meant that way. Again, text doesn't always translate well and can be mis-interpreted easily.

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