What about the parents, with the last name of Wolfe, that called their children Grey and Timber? Or the parents, with the last name of Thyme, that called their son Justin? Or Frank Zappa who named his children Moon Unit, Dweezil, and Diva Muffin? There are lots of parents in real life who give their children names that many online RPers would complain about if they saw them in game. ~ Cerilynn

My biggest fear is that I will never learn how to heal or tank properly for groups. This is a problem for me because it puts me into a catch 22. I don't want to mess up in the group, especially if it's a group of strangers, but as long as I don't group because of this fear, I'll never learn how to do the jobs well enough that I'm comfortable enough to help in groups. ~ Cerilynn

This might sound odd, but was his response in text or voice? I know I will say something along those lines as a complement. It doesn't sound like one in text, but it actually is. Imagine the person with a thoughtful look on their face and nodding while saying it with a positive tone in their voice. Sometimes it means that the person wasn't expecting it to look good and was pleasantly surprised that it turned out better than they expected. (Personally, I'm often surprised when any MMO outfit looks really good. They usually have some quirk that makes me wonder what the artist was thinking. For example, the slave outfits, why are there TWO waistbands? For that matter, why is the loincloth part attached to the top? ... sorry, I'm getting off topic here.) It also can be the person's culture. If it annoyed you enough that you felt it necessary to post here, did you bother asking your friend for clarification? If not, you might want to think about your own actions before calling out others as passive aggressive. Also note that passive aggressive techniques sometimes aren't intended, but instead tend to feel to the person doing it as a more polite way of dealing with an issue. I know that I do it. I usually don't mean to, but I do. Edit: - Sorry, I missed the bit about oneupmanship. That also can be an innocent/unaware thing. Sometimes it's a challenge, if I do better than you here, will that drive you to do better than me there? Who's going to be the first under the table from the beer? Sometimes it's a self confidence thing, or rather lack thereof. I don't feel good about myself, so when you are going to show me how good you are, I need to point out how I'm better so I can feel good about myself. This one is especially true among teens. So... in the end, there can be many reasons for both passive aggressive behavior and for oneupmanship. If you don't ask your friend, you may never learn why. ~ Cerilynn

My BH chiss is known as Inniskillin. Oh, you mean her birth/family/given? She has none, or, at least, none that she'll acknowledge. Ever. ~ Cerilynn

Considering that the local US Air Force base has their Fighter Jets scream overhead quite a bit, I don't see anything wrong with the description. (And, yes, that is SCREAM, not SCRAM - Scream refers to the sound, scram refers to the speed at which they are sent out.) ~ Cerilynn

Well I'm finally all moved. Not particularly happy about it. I was on two servers. One was my (kind of) serious named Legacy - Jynxed, with all my characters being named after historical or mythological cursed people. The other was my far more light hearted Legacy. The server that the light hearted legacy was on was opened up for transfers first, and so I moved, establishing that Legacy on Ebon. Then came the news that my other server was to transfer to the same. Welp, so much for the Jynxed Legacy. Almost feels appropriate. Anyways, if you see any tall drinks of ...wait, that's not WATER, around, it might be me. ~ Cerilynn P.S. I'm not posting my Legacy or any of my character names, because there are some who might get offended. However, I do regularly check the Funny Guild and Character Names thread in case someone decides to call me out.

What they could do is listen to the customers and give a little bit more leeway in the transfers. For example, create groupings of origin and destination servers to allow people to have multiple choices of where they can move their characters to, for example, remove the time zone qualifications, and just open up all PVE origin servers to transfer to any PVE destination server, or replace "PVE" with any other server category. This would allow people with more than 8 characters on the current origin server group + the destination server they are attached to, to be able to keep all their characters by spreading them across multiple destinations. This would also allow people who are attached to their character names to try different servers in an attempt of finding a destination server that would allow them to keep the names they have. Along the same lines as the character names, this would also allow people to not be forced to combine legacies. Working with the customer, and respecting the customer's wishes as best as possible, is "What else are they supposed to do." Heck, I'm willing to pay, and was willing to forgo the special treats that they're offering to get us to transfer so that I could pay to transfer to the server of my choice, so I didn't have to combine legacies, so that my hubby didn't loose characters. (He's one of those with more than 8 total on the origin + destination servers.) And now? Well, I don't know if I'm going to keep playing. I'll admit, I probably will, as long as he does, but I'm going to have to do some convoluted creation and transfers to work out my character names and such, since about half my characters are losing one legacy name and acquiring another, one that their current names don't fit. And on top of that, I'm going to be setting up name place holders on the server that I'd RATHER they have been transferred to, so that on the day paid transfers become available, I'll be able to separate the legacies again. ... you know, the same day they add the same sex relationships, and skimpy male clothing, and all those other things we ask for that they promise they're going to add but never do. ~ Cerilynn

Why is it that I might not have my own buff on me? Two main reasons. - I recently logged in, or recently died, and forgot that I needed to refresh it. - I didn't notice that it had faded, as it is not a permanent buff, but does hang around a long time before it needs to be refreshed. Gripe follows: I will try to remember to buff myself, but I'm no longer worried about every little detail, and sometimes they escape me. Oddly enough, I really like helping others, and what reminds me to buff myself is when I go to buff others and then realize that I needed to rebuff myself.

Currently I have two, but if BW has its way and forces my second transfer, to the same place where I already transferred the first legacy, I'll lose the second. My first one, I already posted here, The Jynxed Legacy, the second, I cannot post without the permission of the person who my alts are often paired with, as the two legacy names go together. However, I keep looking for them to get posted in one of the humor threads. ~ Cerilynn

You, sir, are awesome. The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! ~ Cerilynn

I generally play body type 2, well, because I identify with that body type, even though I'm somewhere between a 2 and a 4. However, this weekend I created a trooper. I had to remake her as a three because her voice did not fit with a 2. (Personal opinion 1=teen, 2=average, 3=amazon, and 4= ... um, exotic? Not sure how else to describe her, but this thread isn't about 4, (and no, she's not fat).) Now my only issue is that so many of the trooper voice responses come across as stereotypical brainless jarhead. (With all respect to any and all Marines, please note I did state it was stereotypical.) My trooper is beautiful. In my head she is also highly intelligent. She didn't get to where she is just because she's willing to kill and does so with a minimum use of ammo. I just wish that the conversation options reflected this. This is my trooper. ~ Cerilynn

I do very much like the story lines presented in the game. However, recently bouncing between my smuggler and my bounty hunter, I had something come to my attention. This is going to seem odd, but it was both a reminder of something I've seen commented on the forums and something I'd like to see changed. I hope you'all don't mind my rambling, but hopefully the points will come together in the end. I have often seen on the forums people complaining about how, while there seems at first to be a mirror between the Imperial and the Republic, there really isn't. Usually the comments are that the Imperial side is so much better - gear, special effects, that sort of thing. With the Light side vs Dark side AND Imperial vs Republic resulting in four possible alignments, that previously noted 'something' jumped out and jarred me. I wish the game was not presented as good vs evil. It doesn't have to be. Good vs Evil would be Light side vs Dark side. It shouldn't have to be Imperial = evil and Republic = good. In the Republic side, there are a number of quests where you help poor orphans and families torn apart and other general help this sad story turn happy. But I have yet to encounter any corresponding stories on the Imperial side. Instead, I usually find stories that even the good choices are hurtful. The Republic side does have occasional stories that show that some Republic members are occasionally blinded by duty and revenge, and rarely the truly evil person. In theory, this is what the Imperial side should be as well. The common person in the empire, civilian and low to mid ranking members alike, should be focused on things that are good. Both sides should have issues that when seen from differing view points should paint the viewing point as good and the opposing point as evil. But I don't see these in the Imperial side. As a person who is generally good at heart, I don't like playing the Imperial side at all because of this. If new storylines are added to this beautiful game, would it be possible to add some that present the Imperial side in a positive light? With how dark, hurtful, and unscrupulous the Empire has been presented, it is amazing that the general populous, (npcs, not players), hasn't just tried to move to Republic planets for better lives for their families, increasing the strength of the Republic just through sheer numbers. I hope this rambling post made sense. It does in my head, I'm just not sure if I put it into words right, and I also worry that I might try to say the same thing too many times, (teacher instinct), to try and get it across. ~ Cerilynn

Hi. I've been following this thread for a while, but only now, (probably due to the influence of flu medications), have built up the determination to respond. This is not a response to wherever the thread has managed to travel to, but more to the original post, and I apologize for the length, but knowing how long it would be was one of the reasons I kept putting off responding. I am a married older mother, but, (for those who want to indulge my vanity and view the RL picture thread), I think I still qualify as a "hot gamer chix," and that has been repetitively stressed to me by friends and acquaintances other than my husband as well, so not just me and hubby bias. I am a mix of stereotypicical male and female characteristics. (M) I am an engineering technician - I do CAD drafting. (M) I am mechanically inclined. (F) I am art inclined (M) I do math, love science, (F) I do drawing, painting, sewing, and crafting. (M) I hate shopping, especially clothes shopping, because as a costumer, I know exactly what I want, and as a nerd, it is never in fashion, so it cannot be found. (M) I do not multi-task well. I cannot do many things at once. Instead I HAVE to do them one at a time, or they will just get mixed up. (F) I am very protective of those I deem under my care. [Edit: This one might be genderless] (M) I tend to get tunnel vision when in urgent situations, and have a hard time seeing things outside of my center of both literal and figurative focus. (M) I am very detail oriented at home and at work. And I game. MMOs. EQ1, COH, WoW (OK, had to list that one as a technicality, was only there for a week. Gaaah), SWG, EQ2, LotRO, and now SWTOR. When I game? - I like to relax. - I don't PVP - Long story short - I'm very sensitive to bullying. I don't like receiving it, I don't like OTHERS receiving it. Many PVP activities come across as bullying to me. Therefore, I just. don't. do. it. - When in combat, the tunnel vision is a killer for me. Always being on the watch for enemies disrupts my focus and reduces my ability to get other jobs done. This is usually not an issue, especially since I don't PVP (see above), however, (see below on in game organization), large number of abilities available, and complicated ability setups also tend to mess me up with this. - I do well as a tank because of my protective nature. I hate mobs attacking MY healer. - I don't do well as a tank because tanks tend to be the leader of the group, and with my tunnel vision, I tend to not learn the zone as easily. I'm so focused on the battle, I don't pick up/remember the details. I'm willing to tank if you are willing to be patient, either having someone else tell me what to do/where to do, (NO hand baskets allowed), or wait while I constantly check a walk through. In this game? The only people I have found who are willing to do this are those who knew me from RL or other games. - I heal VERY well. However I currently don't heal in SWTOR because I'm still not used to how healing here works, and I refuse to take on the job of a healer, especially for strangers, until I know that I can keep them alive. - I'm fairly good at DPS. - I SUCK at min/max. PERIOD. I have to do mass organization at work and at home. When I game, I just want to have fun. Having to organize my gear, my skills, my gear modifications, my hotbars,... this is not fun. I am Minsc - "You point. I punch." (or heal, or whatever). - I have learned that it is hard to ask for help. Usually I'll get either "You suck" or "Here's the info, figure it out yourself" If I wanted to figure it out myself, I wouldn't be asking for help. So, I'm a female gamer. But you know what? Very little of my attempt to describe me was described in the original post. TL : DR version: In the end, Male, Female, we're all different. We're a mix. I'm not trying to be snarky, but please, if you're going to try to describe a group of people, please acknowledge that your description might not apply to all those in the group.

I do have that toggle set. My problem is that the gear doesn't look like upgrades. It seems like every time something has an increase, it also has a decrease that makes it not really and upgrade. Choosing what to drop in order to upgrade something else always makes me frustrated, especially when told - raise everything! ~ Cerilynn

Ravinking, thank you for the spec layouts. I'll admit I was hoping for the names of certain armor pieces or armor components, rather than just general - keep playing it'll get easier- type comments. Still, I will work with what I got. Thank you. ~ Cerilynn