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I loved the rift. I learned so much.

Gremlynn, I'm not concerned about how to grind memescore. Memescore happens. I am also not so overly concerned about being ultra-mega-super-efficient, especially to the point of killing off all the males. I was merely asking about what you think the leader should be doing. Honestly, next life I'm thinking about starting a news cast.

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Too small, think BIGGER.

There's no need of long dead towns. No need for wells. Just travel towards the wilds. Endless free wild foods. Baskets, clothing and tools given by the Great RNG to those clever enough to see them. Raise your family on the road with fresh organic all natural yums. True freedom from the drudgery of town life. No field work, no animal husbandry, no kitchen duty, no smithing, just free food and the freedom to talk as you wander down the way.

I'm not sure who am I rooting for here? Go Man Go! I can't wait to see where this goes.

#FreeTheWildGooseberry #TownlessLife #IDontKnowHowToHashtag

I think Spoonwood's hook was the forum.

First off, great topic/question. This is a great question because I'm interested in the answer. I'm very interested to hear everyone's story. The answers have already been beautiful and I hope more people will offer up their stories and thoughts.

TLDR - For me it was, being a single father before I was ready

For me it was, one of my first lives. It was my third life. I had watched Twisted, for some time, so I thought I had a handle on the basics... I was wrong. There are so many recipes and caveats of the game, as a new player it's overwhelming. My first two lives were as a mother. I felt like a terrible mother. I could hardly care for them, but I did my best. No one died because of me,  I was just slightly productive enough to help and I died of old age, so I was feeling competent. I hadn't died of starvation yet (thanks to twisted), but I didn't really know any recipes for anything other than the basics. My third life was as a man. With an audible sigh of relief, I was like "Finally I can try and learn something and be productive without having to birth babies". I thought it was going to be a cakewalk compared to being a Mother. My mother was sweet, she patted me on the head and sent me out into the world with an ILY.  I set off on my new life to be a productive member of society. I did a lot of work. I was very productive. I felt great, but in real life I needed to go to the bathroom and maybe grab a drink. So I filled my pips, grab a yummy taco and ran to edge of town. Here I would park my avatar and when I came back, if I was hungry, I could swallow the taco. A simple plan.  I had half an eye on the game as I satiated my needs. I saw my pips were running low, so I hurried over to eat my taco. I swallowed it in one gulp, before I even noticed a baby at my feet begging for food. The little "F" sent shivers down my spine. Of course I had no food on me. I scoped the baby up and ran to the nearest food source, a pot of stew. As I ran the baby spelled out "f-i-g-u-r-e...", just then I slammed a bowl of stew down her throat. She was as surprised as I was. I could barely hear the squeaky little "TY", in the midst of my panic. Still panicking, I ran her to the nursery. No one was there. I called out for anyone to help me feed the child, but no one came. I calmed a bit and I knew what to do. I brought her to the berry farm and told her "Say F when hungry" as I stood there with a berry in my hand. I realized she didn't even have a name. I held here in my arms and I told here "You are adopted". She was named Adore. I set her down and I repeated it "You are adopted". She was now my adopted daughter. I made sure she grew up and became self-sufficient. She thanked me when she came of age and I did the same as my mother. We exchanged ILYs and she was off to start her new life and I went back to work. In my later years, I looked for her. I asked if anyone had seen Adore. When asked who she was I would reply "My adopted daughter". It raised a few eyebrows. I never did see her again. It was a regret in that life, but it was fulfilled after death. I looked up my adopted daughter to see what her final words were and they were as such "I went north, I named my first born after you". Her first born was named after me and all I really wanted to know was what happened to her. She died of old age, with children and she went north, what more could a Father ask for.

For me this was an incredible touching life, it was my hook. Since then I've had many wonderful lives. Each one focusing more on the people I'm playing with rather than the "normal" way of playing. Some lives I will come on to mindlessly grind the game, but the true gem lives, for me, is when I can have a real connection with another player. Such moments are valuable in this game. Sadly, I don't think people spend enough time talking in game. Talking makes connections. Without it, it just feels like a single player game. But what do I know, I'm just a dirty roleplayer.

If you want to split, follow yourself and start a new leadership chain. Problem solved.

Also, bad leaders live thousands of tiles a way. If your leader is living in a different town, you need a new leader. Elect one or campaign yourself.

Edit: Maybe I should of read the thread out before I commented, but I got distracted by all the fence talk.