Stalkers Season 3 Post-Game Discussion and Feedback

[Noblejanobii]

Yeah pretty much what Morzone said. I felt like I couldn’t risk doing any searches because I would lose my shot at an exorcism if I lost any sanity. As a result, I really only did three things in this run: locate Tashy, determine the number of Stalkers in the run, and exorcise that Numel character. Everything else was aimless interviews and solving a maze once. I wanted to do more than just interviews, i wanted to search and solve puzzles but I couldn’t because anything and everything would cost me a chance at an exorcism. And after working so hard to get exorcist in round 2 and never being able to use it, then only using it once in this round compared to two people who didn’t work for it like I had, it felt like an utter let down that their payout was more than mine. And granted, I had a lot of stress irl at the time, but it was the little things that just killed it for me. The big fight that broke out just made it worse. And I get teams won’t see eye to eye. I certainly didn’t with one of the people who I saw as taking over (and no Sarah it wasn’t you, you weren’t as forceful as this person). But the amount of bickering, or at least what I thought was bickering, just made me not want to play. So yeah, I felt excluded and useless because compared to everyone else who got to solve puzzles and discover all these cool secrets about the Stalkers, I was effectively sitting in a treehouse doing nothing because I feared the instant I went out to search for something I’d lose my shot at exorcising someone again just like I did in Round 2.

But it doesn’t matter. From my understanding, You said you’re getting rid of exorcism entirely anyway so my complaint there does little. I’ll just forever settle with the fact that I had a chance at 18 Stalkers and only got 1. Sounds pretty useless to me compared to 2/7. And as for my complaint with a person taking over, it seems I’m the only one that felt that way, so I’ll just let that lie. If it happens again next time, should I choose to participate, I’ll just suck it up if they join too. Though their participation might be a determining factor of if I join.

[Morzone]

But it doesn’t matter. Like I said, pretend I never even said anything. I’m just being self centered and not a team player, right?

Hey, being a team player is great. Everyone loves a good team player. but it's also ok to be a little selfish sometimes. It's pretty unlikely someone else is going to be selfish for you after all. You just gotta be you. And if you don't like being that you be a different you. As a roleplayer you've definitely had a lot of experience with the many different you's in you. Heck, I was really selfish throughout the whole thing. Half the time I didn't read the debates on Yandil and when I got told to do/not to do something by those certain pushy people half the time I said "Screw that, I'm gonna do what I want." So yeah, probably ok to be a little selfish.

I hope you don't quit on stalkers though. I really feel Neo is getting better at designing/running the game over time. This was the first stalkers I really got to participate in, being late to the first one and the second getting cut off, and it really was an amazingly fun experience. This probably sounds kind of insensitive, but I really want you to keep going until you can experience it to the fullest as well.

I kinda feel bad for the jokes I made about exorcist seniority after the end of round 3 though, probably sounded rather insensitive. Sorry about that.

[Noblejanobii]

I kinda feel bad for the jokes I made about exorcist seniority after the end of round 3 though, probably sounded rather insensitive. Sorry about that.

Don’t apologize for that. I knew you were joking and played the part of Madder in that instance. While the initial post was made in my fit of bitterness, all the following responses were me just playing Madder’s role since I knew you weren’t actually being serious. No harm no foul.

As for experiencing it to its fullest, maybe one day. The closest we’ve gotten to that was during round 2, actually, because the event was so big there was no way for one person to take it over. But, it got shut down despite my wishes against it. I only said yes to moving on because I thought Round 3 would be similar. But it wasn’t. Even with its short time, I had the most fun with the season 2 run. Round 1 I missed one cycle and suddenly got left completely behind. And this round, well, you know. Round 2 it actually felt like I did something. I worked for exorcism, I saved Minty the Oricorio, I helped chase down clues for our only stalker kill. I actually participated is the point I’m trying to make.

[Morzone]

Don’t apologize for that. I knew you were joking and played the part of Madder in that instance. While the initial post was made in my fit of bitterness, all the following responses were me just playing Madder’s role since I knew you weren’t actually being serious. No harm no foul.

As for experiencing it to its fullest, maybe one day. The closest we’ve gotten to that was during round 2, actually, because the event was so big there was no way for one person to take it over. But, it got shut down despite my wishes against it. I only said yes to moving on because I thought Round 3 would be similar. But it wasn’t. Even with its short time, I had the most fun with the season 2 run. Round 1 I missed one cycle and suddenly got left completely behind. And this round, well, you know. Round 2 it actually felt like I did something. I worked for exorcism, I saved Minty the Oricorio, I helped chase down clues for our only stalker kill. I actually participated is the point I’m trying to make.

Yeah, I definitely know where your coming from on season 2. Big, complex RPs with enough room for everyone to contribute in their own are definitely what Neo's best at and it really is a shame that they just don't get realized properly here on PXR. I'd really like to see season four be more complex than round 3, even if it is limited to keep things from dying out again.

[Noblejanobii]

Yeah, I definitely know where your coming from on season 2. Big, complex RPs with enough room for everyone to contribute in their own are definitely what Neo's best at and it really is a shame that they just don't get realized properly here on PXR. I'd really like to see season four be more complex than round 3, even if it is limited to keep things from dying out again.

Yeah that’s what I’d like to see. A world where I can participate and explore and solve puzzles! Not sit around all alone in a treehouse talking to a shadow, waiting for the one chance to do something useful.