Sunday, July 25th, 2010
Issue: 38   Editor: Nyxxie


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R.I.P.

Rest in Peace. Those three words are thrown about more than a puppy in a washing machine.

The R.I.P topic is as common to Bootleggers as a condom is to a frustrated schoolboy. When I log on, I expect to see at least one R.I.P topic in the Game Forum, just like I expect to see no beer in California, half a dozen abandoned poker games, and BSF2000 to be "Busy".

But it's struck me how the R.I.P abbreviation is used so incorrectly on Bootleggers. This isn't someone's life we're talking about- this is a few bytes in the Bootleggers database. Coming back to life is as easy as typing in a new username.

If R.I.P were to be taken seriously, it would mean "Piss off, [User]. Don't ever come back. Rest now, GODAMMIT REST! We don't WANT you here! GOOO AWAAAAY!"

But it doesn't. You guys don't want your friends to rest in peace. You want them to come back ASAP. You're saying "Rest in Peace", but you mean "What an unfortunate delay this is. I hope you are able to log in again in the next few minutes."

It's like ordering a Big Mac (or a Quarter Pounder with cheese, for you American readers...), and being asked "Do you want fries with that?". You SAID "yes", but you MEANT "No. Give me a Caesar Salad, buy me a lacey bra, and push me off the Eiffel Tower."

It's like asking how much that mirror costs, and the seller telling you "£12". That's what they TOLD you, but what they MEANT was "Hey, did you know that an anagram of 'Desperation' is 'A rope ends it'?"

It just DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!!!

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On another note, you may remember my article last week asking you all to reply if you had read the article, so that we may get an idea of how many people read the Buzz. Well, I can tell you that 18 people replied. So, hello, you 18 people. How are you?

It's a disappointing figure, really. I mean, I know that there must be people who read the topic but couldn't be bothered to reply. There must be people who read certain topics in the Buzz, but didn't happen to read my one. Who knows, maybe there are ten times as many readers as the experiment's result suggests.

And maybe not. Maybe that's a good thing. You may have noticed that I'm running out of ideas, or at least the creativity and patience to pull them off successfully... this way, only a handful of people will be monitoring my painful decline. Maybe my 2-week choir course (resulting in a vacation from Bootleggers) has thrown me OFF course, so to speak. I feel out of touch with the Bootleggers world.

Do we all feel like this, sometimes? I've just re-read the above paragraph, and it sounds unintentionally depressing. Maybe I should stress that I'm actually very happy, having just returned from a few days in Paris, with a nice tan and some duty free booze... but that's the REAL world. As a BOOTLEGGERS player, I feel a little bored.

I've been playing since 2004. In that time I've been really into Bootleggers, and really bored of Bootleggers, countless times. I suppose it's like the seasons... lazy, sunny, carefree bootlegging for a couple of months, and then it starts to piss down. The house gets flooded, the flowers die, the trees lose their leaves, the heating bill starts to rise.

For me, these 'seasons' last a couple of months at a time. But there is no gradual movement into winter... one second it's sunny, the next moment Santa's here, and you DON'T want to know what he's put in your stocking!

Honestly, I'm not exaggarating. I'll be perfectly content, doing an OC, when suddenly it hits me- "Kate, why the heck are you wasting your free time on HERE?!" Then follows at least 6 months of freedom... a chance to regain my Bootleggers virginity.

I've played for 2 months on this account. Unfortunately, I'm nearly due for a change in the weather. NOT due, I stress, but nearly due. I wonder if it is just me, or if everybody has these changes in can-I-be-bothered-ness. Do some of you have metaphorical summer all year round? Do you go from hot to cold 3 times a day? I'm definitely in the middle of Autumn. Oh god, here come the wasps...

Let me know! But please, do it before the trees are naked...