I've had one of those days. I saw a post where a person on Yahoo Answers was asking Wiccans for a love spell. It set me off. Someone suggested that it was a troll (idiot posting something inflammatory.) It drives me nuts when I see people claiming a religion they don't follow the rules for. Love spells are black magic. Maybe by some stretch of the imagination are gray magic if they aren't specifically directed at someone. It drives me nuts. I respect Wicca. I couldn't follow the rules. So I'm not a Wiccan. I had one local guy tell me him and his wife are Wiccan. Cool, pagans to hang out with... But, he thought it was the rule of seven and bought money-charm incense. That's gray magic. What did I miss here? And its not just people claiming Wicca. I have seen people claim religions that require compassion and lack of judgment against others, and yet... What is the point of claiming to be a religion if one isn't going to follow it. I asked on Yahoo Answers the other night. Does John 3:16 require following Jesus's example or can one simply pay lip service. Cause all in all, I'm confused. I don't know what path to follow, but I admit it. Is that unusual these days?
One of those days. I hopped into a seemingly new IRC RPG room. I wanted to find a White Wolf OWOD game. VtM or WtA. No problem, right? Well, I got to talking with this person about a WtA TT game. I'm used to WtA LARP rules. I asked if I could get help. He tells me yes. Okay, sounds good. I joined the Yahoo list and pulled up theĀ list's txt file character sheet and prepare to C&P it into my spreadsheet, thinking I'm going to get help making my sheet. After all, although he got cranky about me not wanting someone to send me an illegal copy of the book, I thought I was going to get help with my sheet. I haven't dealt with the WtA TT rules set in years. I haven't even played d10 TT in years. So, when I asked him if he would be helping me, or someone in the main room would help me, he says "I can post questions." Uhm, excuse me. Post questions? I already said someone was going to have to make this sheet and explain the gifts to me. *GRRR* I told him that we had a communication error. Told him I appreciated the convo. Thanked those in the room who didn't know the ass had told me he would help me and then told me he wouldn't. What would throwing a tantrum do? There was a time I would have gotten royally pissed and ranted. Not now. I just walked away.
When I run a game, I offer to help players. I have created more character sheets over the years then I could possibly remember. I have written up backgrounds for new players. What is it with people? Shoving a book under someone's nose isn't always the answer. I don't learn that way.