Communities and the leaving thereof.

[Blue_Kryptonite]

Some background: Hi, I'm Blue_Kryptonite, formerly known as Doctor Anomalous. I have some weird medical stuff that baffled physicians for a long time, and until recently, there were no numbers on how many people there are like me. Turns out 5,000 or so have my exact set of problems, and over a quarter million have the "parent" syndrome my genetic mutation switches it into. Between this and discovering some large-ish number of like-minded White Hat/Silver Age/Trek type fans, I didn't feel very Anomalous anymore. So the new name is more reflective of who I am.

With that out of the way, the point of the post.

I'm a Gygax-Era gamer, although I was eight when I first played the game in the early 70s. I went into IT back when it was called Computer Programming, and somehow missed MUD. I didn't trust it, let it slip my mind while I played on BBS machines.

When I was on disability in the 90s and went back to college, I got introduced to MUSH and MUX. I never went back, building an "antediluvian grognard" reputation among Superhero games. Within a year, I had my own game running. I made friends I love, enemies I love to hate, and a history of stories and characters.

Last week, I left it all behind, dropping all my alts and closing my game. I sent this in explanation to the people I care about:

"I have to budget my free time and, stupidly enough, my anger kind of tightly. I use anger like the Hulk. It keeps me going when my body wants to give in. I was using it all up out in MUXland, and when I wasn't angry, I was spending most of my time and attention there. Its time for a re-prioritizing, and some things have got to go, at least for a while."

In the same timeframe, I also quit City of Heroes and deleted all my characters for similar reasons. So now, my only communities are RPGnet and ENWorld.

Thanks for checking in if you read all this, and I wouldn't mind reading analysis, sympathy, or similar stories of Communities... And the leaving thereof.

-BK

 

[elforcelf]

Please e-mail me. I have very rare med stuff. It may help me. zephyrmev@aol.com

 

[Blue_Kryptonite]

Please e-mail me. I have very rare med stuff. It may help me.

Email sent. I attached the web page I wrote as a primer. If it sounds familliar, we can open a dialouge.

EDIT: elforcelf, I logged myself into my wife's email on that same server when I sent that. Duh. I'ts coming from Superwoman, but I'm Blue_Kryptonite. Sorry.

 

[the Jester]

Well, all I can tell you is, you chose a good community to stick with.

Best wishes on all the rest!

 

[Angel Tarragon]

I hope everything works out for you.

 

[elforcelf]

Yes,it lots of it is true for me too.

 

[WayneLigon]

I did a lot of MUSHing, mainly on GarouMUSH, for almost eight years. I found some good friends on there, but it eventually wore out as all things do and I left it. I didn't do much until Crucible City, the first M&M MUSH went live, and I played there for more than a year as Paragon and a few others. After that paled, though, I pretty much left off all MUSHing for a time, though I might go back to Brave and Bold. Maybe. It was a large time sink and most other places I see pop up don't really appeal to me at all.

 

[Blue_Kryptonite]

I didn't do much until Crucible City, the first M&M MUSH went live, and I played there for more than a year as Paragon and a few others.

I had one character approved there, and one scene, mostly because Jessica Fierstone/Manitou wouldn't leave me alone til I did. It was at the point I was maybe playing one-two scenes a month, tops.

It was a large time sink and most other places I see pop up don't really appeal to me at all.

I manages one scene in 2004, and none at all after. I sort of lost the will to go IC. But I was spending just as much time being social. At the end, I was being mostly ignored by all but one or two people per game, so I stopped seeing the point.