[Discuss] Angry God?

[Gloria Santos]

On 7/1/06, Anthony Anderson <phoenixsunrise at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Plain and simple.  "Angry god" is Tom taking over as sole "Titan" of
> EI.  It's all part of the test he's been running to determine which,
> if any, system seems to work the best.




What about the islands where we are still supposed to have Titans, like
Beluaterra, where we just witnessed two Angry God lightning bolts?


> They will always be incorporated with violations of the Social
> Contract.  There is nothing Random about them, nor should this be
> considered In Character actions.



I assumed that at first but then I started doubting it.  Glad to know that
is supposed to be the case.



Essentially, the violating player is
> getting smacked by the game creator.  A "Lightning Bolt" is simply how
> the characters themselves view what is going on.
>
> If you think it shouldn't be taken seriously, then there's a larger
> issue to deal with.


There is.  I don't know what I'm supposed to do when a realm mate is
lightning bolted.  Is it ok to react in character?


Consider a bolt with no permanent record a chance
> to change for the better.  Or else perhaps the next bolt will delete
> the character- or the account.



I see.


I'd say there's no "higher ranking
> human" than the game creator.



Yeah, but he's not human in game.  He's a God.  And Tom does not exist in
the BM universe, only in real life. And this Tom-as-angry-god thing makes
the line between the game and the discussion-about-the-game a bit blurry.
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