meh. you have to separate the wheat from the chaff whereever you go.

Yes, because I want overly sensitive man-boys such as the OP to leave.

It's a forum...I'm NOT going to give you the sympathy you crave.

2 things:

1) the OP is gone. saying things to her is kinda pointless. she started this thread, announced "i'm gone, goodbye", and then left.

2) it doesn't particularly bother me that she (or any other specific individual for that matter) leaves. i suppose i'm somewhat in agreement with deek about that (though i wasn't about to bother posting anything on it) that said, there's no need to go out of your way to add hostility to the boards, cerebral. and don't bother responding, you're ignored now anyways.

My guess on the hairsplitting is that most of the material is of a known quantity for anyone familiar with a previous edition. So whats left to post about are the new stuff, and so far its been more old then new...

Ah yes the "I have a medically valid excuse for being an asshat" gambit, one of my favorites...

I don't think Chrysalis particularly craves your sympathy, CREbralFIX. At all. And Chrysalis has contributed a great deal more to this community over the years than you have, with numerous interesting posts.

As someone who has previously been in the same position, I can say it's the result of caring a lot about this community and getting exhausted from confronting disruptive elements at great length. Larme, myself, Chrysalis, FrankTrollman and others have all been in this position of long, pointless threads turned into arguments with people who aren't interested in actual debate but only in proving a prejudice or being right at any cost. It's enervating and you don't put yourself through that for pleasure. You get caught up in it because you care about and enjoy the game and don't want to see it undermined by those that just want to attack it for the sake or attacking it.

So kindly don't insult Chrysalis for this thread. I am grateful for all the contributions made over the years and I would far prefer to know that Chrysalis has left and why, than just an unexplained vanishing.

We're worse off for losing her.

K.

Since the original post was a public announcement, I guess it's time this was clarified. I'm sorry, but I have no clue why he does it.

I got the impression that Chrysalis was female and checked the thread and found another poster referring to "her", so took it for granted. It doesn't matter. This is not only the Internet, but a part of the Internet dedicated to role-playing too. I don't care - Chrysalis has been a real contributor to this community over the years and there's no good reason for people toss around insults out of spite.

K.

Always thought he was a girl too. Something about his internet voice came across feminine.

I get the same thing when I leave messages for people at work. "Hi, a girl named Andrea left me a message about my credentialing?"

"Uh, that's Andrew, and that's me."

I'm pretty sure Lauri is a girl.

Wikipedia begs to differ. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Right you are.

Now that I think about it Christina is a pretty butch name too...

Lauri is for sure a Finn male name. Laurie isn't a Finn name and it sounds feminine... Being half Canadian could cause parents to give such a name to ... either boy or girl (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (Not saying Canadians get stuff confused, just meant that being from some other country can have a separate meaning for almost any name.)

cute (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohplease.gif)

Far too true. A little advice for everyone perusing the nets these days:

1. The men are boys.
2. The women are men.
3. The girls are the FBI.

@Chrysalis: See you 'round, I hope. At the very least, I hope your PbP games last. (They're good readin'.)


You say that like its a recent development.

-paws

Ahh he/she will probably end up like most of us. Take a long absence and then notice something big on the SR website and then get sucked back in. That's what happened to me anyway...

I've always wondered what the point of threads like these are. If you're telling the truth and you're leaving no matter what, why make a thread for people to say goodbye (since it's not like you're going to read it)? If your mind isn't really made up to leave, why make a thread condemning the community as worthless and stirring up drama?

Stay, or go. Why the big production? I've never seen anything positive come out of these sorts of things.

Believe it or not, message boards become communities and friendships are made. When someone vanishes/stops posting some people begin to wonder and worry. It is courteous and respectful to let friends know that you'll be leaving the community and what not, especially a prime contributor like Chrysalis.

Laurie. Sorry to see you leaving. It is understandable. You'll be missed. Like others have said, the threads you started created wonderful discussions about the Shadowrun world, and the replies you submitted stimulated a lot of further conversations. Dumpshock, is going to be losing one of it's more positive members and will not be as good of a community because of it. Good luck focusing on your career in the Middle East, and I can't wait to see how Behind the Shadows ends.

Chrysalis--Good bye and I hope that I will still see you on the other side of things proofreading for us. All the best.

Good bye, Chrysalis. I'm sorry to see you go. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)

You know, your reasons for vanishing are why I stopped posting for a number of months. So I hear and understand your feelings on the matter.

But at the end of the day, as long as you got some six sided dice and some players, you can play Shadowrun. You don't need Dumpshock for that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)