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If the pregnancy update is implemented, this will make a lot of sense. In that case, since most /die users will probably /die during the pregnancy period where they can preview the town, there won't be any bones to get rid of at all, and it would make sense that they aren't on the family tree, since many times the mom probably won't even know she was pregnant.

THE LANCELOT OF THE REVOLUTIONARY SET

I came from afar just to say bon soir, tell the king casse-toi, who's the best? C'est moi

edit: eyyy someone beat me to it!

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CatX got it. Drama will be drama; it'll never end unless everyone stops talking about it. We all know DaTruf's an ass. No more words from either side are needed. It's all actions from here on out.

Hoo boy, where to start...

I did read the pitbull post in its entirety and the drama surrounding it because I was curious. (Still am.) Because we're online and have no way of reading tone of voice or facial expression, we really don't have any clues about whether or not someone is lying except textual hints. So that's what we look for.

Based on my interpretation of the pitbull post, you either:

a) Made an elaborate grief and wanted to brag about it. Which, to be fair...it's a damn elaborate grief, must have taken extreme forethought, and if I'd done something that intricate, I'd be tempted to brag too.

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b) Did as you said and decided to try to divert griefers into large towns by providing a fun alternative to Eve greifing. Problem is, it backfired, big time, since (a) it looked like you were griefing and wanted to brag and (b) it's probably way too elaborate for any griefer to actually want to take the time to try. Much easier just to guzzle carrots and kill Eve's daughters or whatever.

Again, we're online, and detecting lying is difficult. You've said it was all an act. Well, if it was an act, it was an act that worked too well, and now you've got lies on your record. Who's to say that everything you do isn't an act? We're online. It's impossible to tell.

I've said I find your ridiculous, but that's really only if option (a) is in effect. If it's (b), well, I'm actually a bit sorry for you, although I'm not sure how you didn't think through your plan far enough to realize that most of the people on these forums aren't griefers and would, believing your act, attack you accordingly. For me it's a moot point either way. I find the whole situation fascinating. It's like a mini-sociology experiment or something.

As for the alleged screenshots you have of Toxic continuing to grief, that could potentially be interesting information. I'd be interested to know who this Fizzy person is too. But no one's going to believe you (track record of lying or putting on acts) unless you present hard evidence, so unless you're willing to do that I'd suggest dropping it.

Finally, you've said multiple times you're not a griefer, but also admitted to griefing as part of an ongoing project. I'd like to suggest a new definition for "griefer" to clear this up:

A "griefer" is someone who is grieving. This can be in game or online. A person is only a griefer while they are griefing. A person cannot claim not to be a griefer while they are griefing, and cannot claim never to have been a griefer while discussing previous griefs.

"Griefer" may be used as a more general term to denote one who griefs often, but is not technically correct.

This might seem weird, but that's how I understand griefers. A person isn't a griefer or not a griefer at all times. It only depends on exactly what they are doing at this moment.

So you're using the word "griefer" to mean "one who habitually or always griefs," which you claim you don't. However, you have admitted to griefing, which means that at at least one time, you were one. Griefing as part of an ongoing project doesn't make you not a griefer any more than stealing for your kids doesn't make you not a thief. Does it add nuance to the situation? Sure. But it doesn't remove the label.

Final note: Sometimes if you want people to accept you, you have to swallow your pride and apologize for things that aren't your fault. It's just how things go. I'm not really sure what your goal is, but if it's clearing your name, that's probably never going to happen (because we're online and you have a track record of lying/putting on acts), so you might as well drop it. If it's to be accepted back into the mainstream community, you're gonna have to do what Toxic is attempting to do. Promise to play nice and follow through. That's all.

Unfortunately there's no way to have your cake and eat it too; you can't play destructively and also fit in with the mainstream community. You gotta choose one or the other.

One thing I am curious about: you say you're taking time out of your own day to respond to community questions for no personal benefit. So why are you doing it? Me, I spend my time on the forums because I enjoy it and even in these weird convoluted ways, it's fun to get to know people.

What's your reason? It's just something I personally want to know.

I've personally always thought meat decay should be a thing, although it would make the game as a whole more difficult, so maybe it's not the best idea on the planet. Say, for example, I run across a bunch of skinned rabbits...how long have they been sitting there? Who knows? Cook 'em anyway! It's super convenient for the early game, but I think it would be more realistic and in line with the game if raw meat decayed after a certain amount of time (say, five real time minutes) of disuse. Maybe cooking and eating said meat could cause character illness and/or death.

Then, in a big city, you could start finding ways to preserve meat so that doesn't happen. Maybe people could cart in blocks of ice and snow from the tundra, keeping it cool in boxes filled with straw and storing it in a cold room. That would incentivize buildings as well, since you'd need a room to keep the meat cool in. That would allow people to store meat indefinitely and support a larger population.

In the case that people still ate bad meat, further medication could also be available to develop to treat those illnesses. Maybe some people could devote their lives to gathering/farming certain herbs that could be combined into cures for certain illnesses that only spread among large populations (Black Plague, anyone?).

With the new language update, language learning is more in demand than ever, and maybe, a schoolhouse could be crafted that would allow characters who speak the target language or bilingual characters (using some sort of language learning algorithm) to teach children different languages, increasing the speed at which they learn and can help communicate.

Like your suggestion about leather, maybe people could devote themselves to practical arts, blowing glass instruments like beakers (for medicine) and drinking glasses and creating large plates of steel for steel buildings (more durable and holds more temperature than wooden?).

Maybe more food options could become available, including the brewing of wine, beer, and other alcohol (which could have interesting effects on gameplay!). Maybe better tech for farming could be developed (like tractors), allowing people to farm huge tracts of land and expand their growing population.

As a side note, I just lived one of my best lives in a large town because our abundance of resources meant we had time for rp drama that wouldn't kill us (well, it killed the guy who I turned down for marriage, but that was his own damn fault for being a drama queen and starving...lol). For people who don't like rp, however, more technology to help with farming would be fun, I think.

Hoo boy, I've never been born into an Amazonian town before and I'm glad. Boys are super important even though they can't have kids! Who's gonna do exploring? Or foraging? Or hunting? It's so hard to do that when you're popping out babies every thirty seconds...and boys can even babysit in a pinch by feeding babies berries. I've done that as a guy to a couple kids who've gotten lost, before their moms or another woman scoops them up again.

I think giving guys more physical strength wouldn't be super helpful in the long run, but I like the idea of passive fertility going up when adult guys are in the area (same age range as moms able to give birth). Or maybe they only give that passive fertility boost to a specific woman when the two get married, which would encourage marriages to happen early on and might lead to some interesting team play dynamics.

Then again, that might decrease the gay wedding rp (which doesn't really serve a purpose other than companionship but makes my heart happy) and perhaps more importantly, isn't super true to real life...I mean, especially in a stone age survival setting, how many people are waiting to get married before they impart their "fertility bonus"? lol

Maybe guys could have like three "fertility points" they could bestow on a woman or different women if they both want, which would up her chances of birthing a child within a certain time period...maybe one to two minutes?

Anyway, as much as I love playing a loving mother, some of my favorite lives have been as men because I get to explore and/or focus my life on a single pursuit like carrot farming or baking, without constantly being interrupted by kids.

I hope you get born into less misandrist towns from now on.

The only issue with that is that I usually die accidentally two or three times before I hit a good life...I think it's just due to me not being experienced enough yet to survive in an Eve town, as an Eve, or when I'm abandoned in a small town, but my general gameplay experience goes like this:

Attempt 1: Ooh, small town -- drat, starved.
Attempt 2: Ooh, I'm an Eve kid! I'm gonna help -- dangit, starved.
Attempt 3 or 4: Oh, okay. Medium/large town...might be a bit boring but I know what I'm doing... (proceeds to live productive life as a farmer or baker until 40-60 yrs old.)

I really do want to live a long life as an Eve or an Eve's child, but until I get more experience through trial and error, I expect this will keep happening. I'm assuming this is pretty par for the course for new players, so how could we make sure that if there's a limit on lives, new players don't get locked out of the game too quickly before they're able to develop enough interest to stick with it? Will there be enough lives per hour that it should be okay? Or do you think new players will be fine with having to wait thirty or so minutes between runs sometimes?

At this point, I'd be fine with it because I'm invested enough in the game. When I first got it, if I'd been locked out after like 3 attempts I might have been a bit annoyed (how will I learn??), but I think I'd have returned. Do you think this would be a common new player response?

I'm doing my best to discover whether this is sarcastic or not. If not, it's at least hilarious.

@Toxic, don't worry about DaTruf. Like others have said, I think he's just mad that you're getting a second chance and he's not (cause you're being an adult and he's not), so don't bother worrying about him. I don't think he's managed to turn even one person against you...he's just making himself look more ridiculous.

Tbh, I'm not convinced DaTruf is even upset by this. Although it'd be nice to think perhaps he has a conscience, I'm more inclined to think he's just having a heyday now that he's found a new person to bother and new drama to create posts about, now that the pitbull post is getting old.

Keep having fun playing OHOL productively, and don't let him bother you.

@DaTrüf! I wasn't gonna get involved but I really want to hear your response to this now. xD