And in teh roleplay disaster moment.

Sometimes the mood just fails in RP doesn't it?

You've set up the scene. You have an evocative location, emotionally charged situations, powerful, real chaarcters and ONE thing screws it up.

Like this:



He was a tall, hard Malkavian with eyes like blue ice and a stern glare that could put the fear in the vilest Tzimisce, whose fighting prowess and brutal callous ruthlessness made the Lasombra quail. Rumours of his deeds had reached you and gave even you nightmares. His insane imaginations thought up torturesd that no rational mind could hold. His servants were driven mad just witnessing them and even the Sabbat could not endure such torment. He rose to his feet, towering over you even as you reflexively shrunk back, he steps down off the dais and…


At this point we had a hiccough. See I was using a loop of quiet orchestral music as a backing for this scene, switching to a fanfare for the prince – hey music sets the mood. Unfortunately randomness had taken the player. The music that Leif the Sheriff stepped down to waaas… Morris Dancing music. Yes, that’s right, Morris dancing. I battled valiantly on but they players were nearly dead from laughter now at my vicious, terrifying sheriff wearing bells and waving a hanky around. And from that day forth they repeatedly referred to poor Leif as Morris. *sigh* it’s the Lady of Perpetual Motion all over again.

Dear radio people

Yes, Paolo Natini is new. Well done you've played his song.

Now kindly ignore him and return to Sandi Thom. He is perhaps the epitome of BLAH. He manages to make even boybands seem unique and edgy. His voice is nothing special. His style has been done a hundred times before (and better). His song has neither great lyrics, beat, tune or ANYTHING. Sparky has spoken. Sparky has judged. Don't make Sparky send in the secretary.

Oh and it has been AGES since Will Young released anything (thank you gods). So WHY are you still inflicting his insipid wailing upon me? You are wasting valuable Sandi Thom time.

And if you are playing James Blunt (and I approve if you are) please refrain from playing "3 wise men" and play "Goodbye my lover" it is better. Again Sparky has spoken.

And do not play Paris Hilton. She cannot sing. This is known by everyone in the western world. If you must play the music of blonde women who sell themselves on their looks then play Shakira's "Hips don't lie" which Sparky approves of but wishes she would have found a better person to sing it with her.

And you may play Infernal's "From Paris to berlin" and Paltow's "Everyone's going to war" because I like them despite myself and despite the excessive cheese factor of both, so I may as well listen to them until the aversion therapy kicks in.

Heed the words of Sparky. He has a loaded Secretary and is not afraid to use her.


Side note to beloved. I am supposed to be the crazed rock-opera/heavy ballad fan (or whatever group meat loaf fits into - I just like that 80s HUGENESS). You are supposed to like annoying teenybopper rubbish. Now while I am glad that my good influence is rubbing off on you, however, if you keep playing Bonnie Tyler I WILL have to hurt you and not in a good way

And while I'm at it

Why is Cara Dillon's "There were Roses" almost an unknown?

That song should have been piped into every home in Ireland looooong ago.

There's more than a few places in the world that could do with the same message


(and the music mood is all kami's fault :p)

And Blizzard - about this new Patch?

DROP DEAD OF SOME HORRIBLE WASTING DISEASE!

Has there ever BEEN a more buggy piece of crap released since Windows 95?

Yeah I love the amalgamated battlegrounds - saves on queues getting in

But it takes me 20mins for the damn battlemaster to even RECOGNISE me. Then after I accept to go in they won't let me (or make we wait longer than EVER I was queued before) Then i get STUCK in the BG for an hour after it has finished. Nice. Real Nice.

Oh and while we're at it - what madness possessed you to make Silithus and Eastern Plaguelands PVP zones?! Giant battlegrounds you get stuck in (well no, because you get less honour, less rep and a WHOLE lot more agro than you do in a BG). I can't imagine what it's like on the PVP servers - these areas are annoying enough without being ganked endlessly by some Horde trying to claim these bloody useless towers (a feat that appears to be impossible by the way)



And while we're at it - the CANON of having the alliance (or the Horde) try to claim EITHER territory is LUDICROUS

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