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    • kalakhK
      kalakh @Polk
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      @Polk said in A Constructive Arx Thread:

      @real_mirage

      Arx 1500

      The Confederation of Arvum and the Mourning Isles has launched its first airships to police the new airborne smuggling trade, while Pravosian Republic is building undersea tubes connecting its islands… and Lenosia… bypassing air-based policing.

      The wealthy Alan Grayson, Mayor of the City of Arx, has announced that he is running for Chancellor of the Confederation. He claims the current government is too focused on high technology, and needs to get back to the Old Faith, and the needs of the common people, including expanding carpool lanes on Great Road 1.

      In a speech at the port of Lenosia, the first of his campaign, he pointed up at the sky and began to denounce the Faithless ways of the government, focusing on the needs of the great corporations instead of the common man, at which time he was devoured by a sea creature.

      Horrified by the attack, the neighboring Republic offered undersea assistance to find the attacker, but is rebuffed by the government, still angered by the smuggling trade.

      Angry mobs of Grayson supporters begin to blame the government, saying its focus on sky smuggling caused this sea-based defensive gap.

      Look, Arx is a fantasy game, you can’t just wholesale copy current events and expect people not to notice the death orcas.

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      • kalakhK
        kalakh
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        quietly pencils in ‘death orcas’ on her schedule.

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          real_mirage @kalakh
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          @kalakh dont forget the death orca shifters.

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          • CobaltC
            Cobalt
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            ‘death’ + ‘orca’ is redundant, for orcas are just a form of death.

            Cobalt@Under the Stars
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            • kalakhK
              kalakh @Cobalt
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              @Cobalt Sharks fear them, yachts flee before them.

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              • WuffW
                Wuff @Cobalt
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                @Cobalt

                snorky talk

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                • RinelR
                  Rinel @shit-piss-love
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                  @shit-piss-love said in A Constructive Arx Thread:

                  I have a lot of good memories from Arx. And a handful of really great ones that I will treasure forever. I met a non-zero number of treasured RL friends there. It is however impossible to savor that nostalgia for more than a minute or two before a mountain of frustrating, disappointing, and sad experiences ruin the after-taste. So I guess news of its death leaves me feeling like pouring one out for my homies who moved on before I did, one for those I moved on from, and one last for the messy, murky spectacle itself; which occasionally approached the sublime.

                  I left Arx in a way that was probably unpleasant for everybody involved (though certainly there were people happy to see me go), and I’m still sad to hear of it apparently winding down. It was ambitious beyond its means, frequently infuriating, and, bar none, the most exciting and creative roleplaying experience I’ve ever had.

                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chOiVoScz8A

                  bird's still the word

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                  • kalakhK
                    kalakh
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                    For the record though, the game’s not winding down, as in it’s not coming to a close and the plot continues, but staff’s been repeatedly hit by real life, emergencies, health, just general Things, and this time of year is usually slow for us in general.

                    edit: which is to say, I’m completely familiar with the anxiety around activity being low and folks leaving from the player side, but this is me saying we’re all still in, shit’s just getting in the way.

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                      Rowan
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                      Arx has been down for hours, anyone know anyone that can poke someone on staff to kick the server?

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                      • devuD
                        devu @Rowan
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                        @Rowan it’s back up!

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                        • PolkP
                          Polk
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                          Every. Dang. Time. I do a quick internet search to refresh my memory of some Arx name, and the Punishment of Ari Corsetina log pops up in the search, it just nails me.

                          I really had fun there.

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                            Rowan @Polk
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                            @Polk Had is perhaps the keyword here. Following the retirement of @apos and @tehom, the database crash and the general burnout of staff in it’s wake, the game feels to be just stumbling along. It’s sad since I’ve played here since forever.

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                            • PolkP
                              Polk @Rowan
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                              @Rowan I left after Ari died because I just could not get another character that had that spark for me. I briefly tried another bit but it didn’t grab me.

                              I think if I had stayed there for the decline I’d have hung on like the last guys on the Titanic. Because it deserves to go out with a song.

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                              • CobaltC
                                Cobalt @Polk
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                                @Polk While I’m sorry it is causing you pain, it does bring me a sense of joy that Ari as a character spoke so much to you as he was one of the rosters I wrote.

                                I think only Sorrel and Kenna were as well embodied by the people who picked them as you with Ari.

                                Cobalt@Under the Stars
                                cob.alt@Discord
                                Cobalt#3811@mas.to

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                                • PolkP
                                  Polk @Cobalt
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                                  @Cobalt It’s not pain. It’s just a wistful sigh. 🙂

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                                  • SmileS
                                    Smile @Rowan
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                                    @Rowan Retirement? I don’t think so.

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                                      icanbeyourmuse @Rowan
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                                      @Rowan As far as I know Apostate is still staff just stepped back into coding and place Hejra (right spelling?) as theme lead. Tehom, semi- retired from staff. I forget exactly on that part.

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                                        Rowan @Smile
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                                        @Smile My bad. I used to see him logged in all the time and a physical presence on the game, but don’t anymore. My brain forgot he stepped back to code.

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                                        • CobaltC
                                          Cobalt
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                                          https://www.facebook.com/reel/1255921535086702?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V&mibextid=0NULKw

                                          Arx shouldn’t have tequila!

                                          Cobalt@Under the Stars
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                                          • hellfrogH
                                            hellfrog @Cobalt
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                                            @Cobalt said in A Constructive Arx Thread:

                                            https://www.facebook.com/reel/1255921535086702?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V&mibextid=0NULKw

                                            Arx shouldn’t have tequila!

                                            Excellent! Highly topical for 6 years ago! a post crafted just for me ❤

                                            fr fr
                                            (she/her)

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