I recall saying this a very long time ago and you attacked Me for it.
I weant to great lengths trying to do something about it and you insulted me.
oh and now its YOUR idea?
you are Pathetic, and one of the MAIN reasons why gor is what it is today
and not what it used to be.
And I havnt been here for over a yr so dont try and blame me, as if one person could destroy it all, but some would try and say so.
ya...good on You ....Ubar....You, and those like You...Have killed Gor...look around...its empty, when it used to be full... Rooms are void of members, when there used to be many. You are entittled to your opinion, but even you...must look around and see the change. And you still think you are right?. You criticized Me.. When I fought against You and this ~change~ in views of gor...well I hope you are enjoying the emptiness you helped to create
hELLO OUT THERE, i AM LOOKING FOR "few"FRIENDS.i HAVE LOST CONTACT WITH AND FRIENDS, THEY ARE TO PRECIOUS TO LOSE.
I WAS ONCE OF THE PLAINS, YET i HAVE BEEN MANY PLACES ON GOR.I mISS THE DRAMA, THE REAL FRIENDS. ALSO GOR
cALL ME VEL,NORA,DREAMXO AND MANY MORE
IF YOU HAVE INTEREST VISTING,I AM HERE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO IT WITH A JOYIOUS SMILE ON MY FACE
i hear a great deal of discussion regarding old Gor and new Gor.... rp and sp... yadda yadda yadda.
old Gor is gone, new Gor sucks, rp is gameboard and soul play is in... blah blah blah.
in my opinion all that is a sack of dung that never dries.
what old Gor means to me... is naught the horses some used.... naught the pet wolves or larls... the chainmail, sword swinging babes, the old language, etc.... what old Gor means to me is the ideals, principles, and yearning for exploration. exploration of Gor in its entirety. naught just individual aspects as it pertains to the individual, but the search for overall knowledge and the practise of the Gorean mindset as a whole.
Gor never focused only upon combat. combat is useless if there exists nothing worthy of a Warrior fighting for.
Mastery is useless without the existence of aspects to assert Mastery over.
what is slavery without the existence of servitude and subservience to something masterful or dominant?
what makes Gor online what it should be? is it rules regarding rp? is it a correct order of pulldowns or a set number of posts to pass through an area? is it an all consuming urge to be an egomaniac feeling one is the greatest with a cybersword bragging incessantly? is it a girl who seems to be able to type beautifully in a dance... or is it the girl who types with just enough flair to show her true belly? is it a Panther toting weapons living on the wild side or is it a simple yet proud Wagon Woman tending a cookfire?
is it the beauty of a flower or the clouds moving across endless sky... the grandeur of the bosk on the plains... the billowed sails of a ship on the Thassa?
the list can go on and on without any seeming end of what Gor once was as a whole, what it is, or even what it may become.
but to me... old Gor is the semblance of all we learn and place together in order to understand the world we live in. how much more we have yet to discover regarding both our world as well as ourselves. it is the realization that even though some of us have accumulated vast knowledge, it is naught even a slight scratch on the surface of what is yet to be discovered.
old Gor was the pursuit of what Gor was meant to be... with enjoyable and colorful rp added for a sense of adventure and laughs. the chars we use meant something to us and each tended to be "real" in regards to our own person. it is what our inner selves were and may still be in some cases. it was naught a game to win or lose in the strictest sense, where if you were killed at 10PM you started over again by 11PM. if your char died it was felt as an actual loss. a part of you perished. one took the good with the bad and lived through their character the best they could regardless of what twists and turns your rp life took.
naturally i speak in terms of generalism.... as there is always some who do seek only their own gains or gratification through self serving means... butoverall "old Gor" had a flavor all it's own, a new and unique each day as it was the day before.
perhaps the drive to accept the books as the beginning and end of it all.... a script to be followed as the grand Gorean Bible... was the beginning of changes that instead of drawing us deeper into the true understanding of Gor forced us into a ruled and regulated state which robbed us of that same interesting discovery and imaginative rp classroom of learning and drove Gor deeper into a ruled game where the importance of enjoyable rp and exploration took a backseat to ooc vendettas... gameboard rp... egomania... etc.
i feel it is still very possible, as well as probable to take a step back and allow ourselves to use the knowledge obtained from the books... and mesh it with the old Gor enjoyment in order to establish naught an old Gor nor even this new Gor... but rather a Gor where all can find their footing and receive something in return for their participation in something that is greater than only one aspect of Gor, or an individual.
just a short and in some ways a vague view... but others may feel free to add their own opinions to flesh out my own views or even state their own.
who knows.... something good may come of this...