[Zz] AN ANGRY/SAD MESSAGE FROM TREISKAIDEKA TO THE ZEDKINS:

[Cuttlemaster]

Due to the recent lack of anyone coming to the highly important and fun Zedkins meetings, a formal angry / sad message has been requested by the director, Treiskaideka, in order to inform and chastise the community of our deep and very personal feelings. As we were not sure whether Treis wanted angry or sad (it was never specified) we have made the decision that alternating between both angry and sad will provide the ultimate Treiskaideka experience.

YOU IDIOTS. YOU FOOLS. YOU’VE BETRAYED US, YOU’VE BETRAYED YOUR SOLEMN VOWS, AND WORST OF ALL, YOU’VE MADE US ALL SEEM WORSE (WORSE!) THAN LVS. IF I HAD MY WAY I WOULD PERSONALLY TEAR OUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR SPINES, GRIND THEM TO DUST, AND SNORT THEM.

Pls i am not a happy person i just want to be alone forever : (

OK guys. The game is up. I know why you were not there. It’s because you hate me, isn’t it? Well, that’s OK. I’m used to it. But y’know, I thought, perhaps, you guys might have turned up. If not for me, but for Treiskaideka. She is very sensitive about these matters. I just thought, maybe, for once, I could be part of something. I could make a difference.


An exciting snapshot of the last Zedkins meeting in full swing

But no. You couldn’t allow that, could you? You couldn’t allow us one thing. You couldn’t let us be happy. You’re a real piece of work, aren’t you (yes, that includes you)? You couldn’t be bothered, bothered, to come to one little community meeting. Now listen here, you little slime. You will come to future meetings. You will enjoy them. You will revel in the fun and happiness of a friendly online community. Or we will find you and break your arms.

I hope you take this message to heart. So before you go, I’ll tell you a little story of a young orange vegetable. This little pumpkin was left all alone throughout his first few years. His parents wasted away on a crash course of drink and drugs, eventually leaving the pumpkin outside of an orphanage all alone. But the little pumpkin was turned away, and left on the cold, hard streets to fend for himself. Without any family, he looked for friends. But they all rejected him for his pungent odour and oddly shaped nose. Lost and alone,he consigned himself for the sweet release of death. But wait - what was that? A community meeting - a beacon of hope in his drudge filled life, a light to shine through the darkness. The Zedkins meeting saved that little pumpkin. But then everyone stopped going so he died. I hope you are happy.

In conclusion, please come to the meetings if you’re on Zedkins (if only to provide us with a bit of interesting content for the seconds). I hope you’ve all absorbed the requisite sadness/anger from this post so you are all feeling pretty emotionally pressured, ashamed, and guilty - you certainly should! See you at the next meeting!

[Forseth]

I sure hope this is a joke..

[SirOverskill]

I sure hope this is a joke..

: (

[Cuttlemaster]

>:|

[Forseth]

Its not a joke? You are serious? Can I even begin to express my disbelief?

.. ok.. lets see. For starter you refer to [LVS] as the lower of the two, and refer to it as if lacking in participation would make [ZZ] more like [LVS]. I disagree with that, and although I have no idea what the zedkins is trying to assume, its not fair to put that pressure on either the players or the other servers. It only creates animosity (Hell one of the reasons I'm writing this is because I play on [LVS])

Then we add to the fact that the message above, although written by another than the sender, is childish. This is a game.. and as such has lower priority than real life. If something comes up in real life that means that the player cant arrive on time or participate in events.. they shouldn't be blamed or pressured into feeling ashamed.. Now I agree that If this was a planned event and that the players said they would participate, it would have been polite to let the host know that they had to cancel. But If they cant, they shouldn't be threatened..

I'm sorry If this is a generally accepted behavior in "zedkins" or if this indeed was a bad joke that you can't confess on making... but I would be ashamed to be a part of a group that drops down to the low level of threatening the players in the group, when they cant make a meeting..

[Memery]

Forseth have you ever met the pumpkin brothers before xD this is sort of their thing. It's meant to be a funny way to encourage people to Zedkins meetings. Check out some other things they've written and you'll sort of get what i'm talking about.

From your good pal and proud Melon-loving LVS player
MEM-ER-REE

[Forseth]

Nope, cant say that I have Memery. And I'm sure that not all who read the forums do either.

Just try to be clear with your intentions. Inside jokes works best when shared inside the group, the forum extends beyond that.

[Skappy]

I can't believe that someone would interpret a post declaring it will be "alternating between both angry and sad" as anything but a joke. Especially with the two writing styles being marked with color to really drive the point home that it isn't being serious but an over the top performance.
But at least one person did, so fair point.

[Forseth]

Well that doesn't matter. It wasn't a serious post, which makes me wonder why it even was posted, so I guess my fears was unfounded.

[Treiskaideka]

Oh, god, ahah, sorry Forseth, that you misunderstood something here. (to be fair, basically ever Zedkins Second have been written a bit like this. as have other posts by The Pumpkins)

Tho, i agree, maybe Council Threads should have their own sub-topic...

Basically, my point is, that our little council on Zurvival barely has more than 3 participants in the last few meetings, meaning something has to change... I'd say we should move meetings to monthly and stop with not counting attendance... if we end up with 2 members after that, we'll know that a council is not what the Zz players want

another option would be on a meetings-as-needed basis.

I'll post a pre-Agenda about that later.