Comments on: Second Life Back Stories: The City of Lost Angels

By: Kesia Gabreski

Kesia Gabreski — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:55:38 +0000

Wow, I have rped in Cola for a while now but to be honest had never bothered to read the back story. And an excellent one it is at that. I am very impressed and hopefully, when sl stops making it damn near impossible for me to play without having a nervous break down, I can continue to rp there
Cola Rocks!
Kes,
xx

By: Suzanna Soyinka

Suzanna Soyinka — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:08:51 +0000

Sorry I haven’t had the time to personally comment on this but wanted to thank Uri for coming to me and asking to do this. I was very surprised by it and I’m glad people enjoyed the story.

My apologies for not replying immediately but CoLA and CCS are alot of work so I tend to get constantly sidetracked on a daily basis.

Thanks everyone for your input and thank you for enjoying our community.

By: Damia Savon

Damia Savon — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:41:41 +0000

Christie, so you bash everything about the sim and then tell people to check it out??? Weird. Every RP sim has its bad moments. Nothing run by a bunch of humans on their free time is going to be awesome all the time. All the issues you raise I see happening among the newer or more immature players in the SIM. The experienced players and the GM staff are remarkably patient with those new to the sim. If you read the notecards, actually interact, get to know the background of what is going on then a new player can expect to get integrated in easily. If you waltz in without reading anything, decide your level 1 character is the supreme Vampire in the universe and all should bow before it, cop an attitude and general act immature then you run into the issues you list. The only faction that suffers regular “grief” are the demons because 1)they have played their role really well and have a long history of general badness among the experienced players or 2) every newb in the sim sees a player with horns, screams “demon” and starts shooting. *shrugs* If you would go to the CoLA website you will find about 5 pages of discussion among the players on how to deal with the situation so demons can RP without being “griefed”. I haven’t been in any other sim where that type of discussion takes place.

By: Christie Heaney

Christie Heaney — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:30:34 +0000

Let me just begin by saying that the simbuild itself is extremely well done..but as for most other categories? Well..
I myself have been let down by the level of roleplay on the sim. I’m not going on about the bunch of noobs who rush into the sim, whispering via Ims for sex, or what Roleplay is..no..Im talking of the factions, and day-to-day roleplayers that exist. Most of the time, you will see some 30+ players, lifelessly standing about the city..or travelling back and forth, praying for something to happen; then from the blue, all chaos breaks loose as two people engage in combat, which signals to the rest of the sim “Let’s rock” which equals sim lag..and in the rare cases, sim crashes. I’m an avid roleplayer, and spent time in most of the varies forms of RP that exist in SecondLife, and like most of the others out there, I am disapointed in what this sim offers. Constantly, quarrels end up in OOC fights, which makes you want to avoid roleplaying, and depending on your faction, you can expect to be griefed quite often. There is ample godmodding in the rp, thrown in with OOC revenge and vendetta’s, which can bring about a bad day. Also, the level of maturity that some GM’s, and players have is quite disappointing, where if your not one of the favorites of the sim, you can expect little help in situations, and sometimes an unncessary ban, as I’ve known to happen. Now, there are worse sims out there..a few gorean sims..NOR sims which is related to CoLA..and Toxia..which is strictly a SL Quake/Doom..But I do recommend you checking it out, and give it a try, it is worth the effort, usually,

By: Guiles Tidewater

Guiles Tidewater — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:06:19 +0000

Great story. I enjoyed the read. Uri, I want to say great idea of printing the back stories of some of the RP Sims. I have alway loved reading about different RP worlds, as my large collection of unplayed, but well read RP books, can attest. I look forward to the next one.

By: Charm_Chase

Charm_Chase — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:34:55 +0000

I stand to applaud a well thought out back story. My compliments to the chef

By: Jack Cardozo

Jack Cardozo — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:49:42 +0000

Cola is one of the most interesting and highly diversed rp sims. The thing that’s great about cola is that, even though Suzanna wrote the back story, every character’s background and actions are a part of the constantly ever changing story of lost angel’s. Everyone is connected to each other somehow, whenever through the factions of personal friendships, every story written, the character you rp as, can feel the reprecussions, directly or indirectly.

By: Mystyka Gray

Mystyka Gray — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:25:02 +0000

I was absolutely thrilled to see something written in the Herald about CoLA. I used to roam the streets there and couldn’t have found a better place to start. Long since, I’ve moved to CoLA’s sister city, Nation of Remembrance (NoR). Even though I spend a good 98% of my time in NoR (opposite of Spey, I GM in NoR), I visit CoLA occasionally and still have good friends there.
Suzanne has done a wonderful thing with CoLA and things just keep getting better. For the most part, the people that bring the RP alive there are fantastic. The staff is great, as well.

Congrats Suz on a great story that tells the tale behind CoLA. I hope it draws more people into our world

Oh.. and Gunther… if you don’t like it, don’t be apart of it. Plain and simple.

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By: Gunther

Gunther — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:52:05 +0000

Blah blah vampires blah ancient blah stereotypical blah goth blah blah boring blah blah