IC: Raze and Victoria were killed outside of pod while traveling on a shuttle to an unknown destination.
OOC: I did not anticipate quite the fallout caused by my decision to stop playing Raze and for that I sincerely apologize. Suffice it to say, there's a number of outlying circumstances that made continuing to play Raze more a chore and less of a fun experience. Raze was the first character I ever made in EVE and I made a lot of RP mistakes with him that backed me into something of a corner.
My wife (Victoria) joined Faction Warfare at my behest and found that she was not enjoying herself at all, in fact she spent most of her time avoiding flying because of it. This was an extremely frustrating experience for her and I did not wish to continue to make things frustrating for her by pursuing Faction Warfare further.
As for myself, RPing Raze was an enjoyable experience when I started him. I wanted to make a believably good-hearted man in an otherwise bleak setting and I did a lot of studying of the theology and culture of the Amarr Empire before I began playing him. I was hoping to challenge the conservative "status quo" in a believable and radical way. What ended up happening, however, is that I apparently challenged things too much. I began getting an earful OOC from people who felt I was betraying Prime Fiction. I heard a consistent stream of "Raze should be a heretic," "Raze shouldn't be fighting for the Empire," "Raze's beliefs would put him in disfavor with the Empire," etcetera.
I've been told a number of times "just ignore those people," but the honest truth is that I don't enjoy dealing with it and I shouldn't have to deal with it. This is a game, it's meant to be enjoyed. If I'm feeling like it's a chore to log in each day, something's wrong and I'd frankly lost the will to try and fix it.
I have probably upset a few people with my sudden decision to stop playing my character and if that's the case, I truly am very sorry. I enjoy most of the people I've interacted with on this game and I hope that maybe my transgression for lack of foresight or mishandling my frustration can be forgiven. Thank you to the ones that helped make Raze the awesome character that he was for the time that he was.
I will still be playing EVE and if any of you have an interest in meeting my new character, just let me know. He's hopefully going to be enjoyable to interact with but should allow me to steer clear of the people whose lives I was making miserable with Raze. (Most of you will probably figure it out pretty effortlessly, I'm terrible at hiding things).
Once again, sorry if I have let anyone down or upset you - that wasn't at all my intention.
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Topic: [Character] Raze Valadeus (Read 7089 times)