Spiral Knights - A apology to 3 knights.

A apology to 3 knights.

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Wed, 07/04/2012 - 03:26

Pilotx

First of all, I would like to apologize to 3 anonymous knights. (I have forgotten some of your names, so hopefully you see this.)

It all started when a kind knight was asking if anybody wanted to join them for a shadow lair, I checked with my parents to see if they needed anything,
being needy parents, so I wouldn't need to go AFK. They replied no. Excited, I told the knight that I would love to join for the shadow lair, and the player happily let me join their party.
-later-
Now were at the clockworks terminal, trying to decide which lair to do. The three knights in my party wanted to do the snarby shadow lair, I said that the ice queen lair was easier in my opinion, even though I was outnumbered, they went along with my opinion, which I very much thank them for.
However, I was dead wrong. The ice queen was incredibly hard, and having not done the snarby lair in several months, I did not realize that it would be quicker and easier, which I am VERY SORRY for. There were many deaths along the way, resulting the revive cost sky-rocketing, and during the run my parents told me to get in the shower, I told them to wait, but I was screamed at.

So I quickly took a shower, hopped out and put my clothes as fast as possible, and as I walk back into the computers room, I hear:
"Get off the bloody computer, go to bed.". I panicked because the 3 knights were probably frustrated right now, and waited till my parents left the room to sneak on. The whole party was dead, and its because I wasn't there to help. I had been revived though, so I revived them finished the room and the rest of the level, there were some arguments about me not helping, which I take the blame for not being there. We got past the Ice Queen rather quickly, and this is where it ends, just a bit after we load unknown passage my parents catch me on and boot me off, and go to bed, also closing the SK window.
(I know I sound like a spoiled child trying to blame everything on his parents, but this is completely true).

I can imagine that these 3 knights must feel very angry and possibly hate me right now, and I am VERY SORRY, you do not know how horrible I feel right now, (typing this from my phone).

Once again, I am so sorry, and I wish I could repay you in some way if I was rich in game, and thank you for letting me join the run.
(Also, I give my thanks to the leader for paying the whole price of the key.)

-Pilotx

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 04:55

Sirenblue

You don't owe them an apology with your beating vitals. Life should come first.

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 05:26

Tersakaff

This is heartbreaking but:
A) It's just a game, not like you got their families killed or something silly like that.
B) If you want to apologize, apologize to them not the forums.

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 06:18

The-Hempire

what an effin nerd

its a silly game dude, chill lol

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 08:08

Aplauses

/sad

Nice story :( That wasn't your fault anyway.

Anyway.. your parent is just making me mad.. -.-

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 08:45

Fallconn

FALCON PUNCH!

If I was in your position, And people got mad at me, My reaction: http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/troll-face-high-r...

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 08:55

Tersakaff

Aplauses sum up:

"OMG I AM SO MAD HOW DARES YOUR PARENT TELL YOU TO GO TO SLEEP SINCE YOU NEED IT INSTEAD OF PLAYING A VIRTUAL GAME THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR HEALTH OMGGGGG."

Dunno man.. they may be strict but they have a point. My parents don't give a honk about me, and well, given that I have 2 months till being 18 it makes sense, but being up till 5 AM and sleeping till 3 PM doesn't have pretty results. His parents are just concerned about his health.

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 08:56

Fallconn

FALCON PUNCH!

^True story bro

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 09:20

Icegill

@Pilotx

To make you feel less worthless and pathetic, Ice Queen Shadow Lair is indeed easier than Snarby SL.

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 12:39

Xylka-Mkii

Tersakaff may sound harsh,

Tersakaff may sound harsh, but he's right. I mean it all depends on the bed time that was set. My parents try to get us to sleep at about 9-10PM, though I still have energy for about two more hours, so I sometimes stay up till 11 or 11:30 just drawing with a reading light turned on. I think its more for my younger brother who is on the Xbox 24/7, and my 7 year old sister, but I dont mind. Its not like I usually have anything to do.

Not much to say other than "That sucks, move on", but something you want to do for sure is try to figure out a good schedule, and find out your family's schedule as well. It helps to know when something may come up, so you dont get yourself into any commitments that may conflict irl. For sure find out what and when your parents do something, or may ask you to do something, so you can find a time open for whatever you want to do. And I'm 15 so I know what its like as well :/

Best way to make up for it is find the people and apologize, then go on a run or something with them. And if bedtime is an issue then get on as early as possible.

And for all those saying Ice Queen is easier than Snarby, I say vice versa. Snarby is by far easier, but perhaps its just me. After going there enough times It all becomes memorization.

P.S If any relatives come to visit, you better wrap up what you have fast, especially during greeting them and saying goodbye, or you'll end up in a bad situation.

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 13:29

#10

Tersakaff

Some parents set bedtimes, yes, and I understand why. It's all fine and dandy, unless their child doesn't sleep anyway after he gets to bed, just sits there and wastes time, or unless they act like machines and accept no compromise. Personally, I don't agree with bedtimes, at least not those fixed in stone like his parents seem to have. I think my parents do it just right- go to bed when you feel sleepy. But I'm insomniac for years, even since when I had a bedtime so yeah lol. But then again, some kids may abuse this and not sleep when they run out of energy.. it's a matter of trust and fairness here.
But as Xylka said, in this situation he can only adjust to the schedule and not get into something big if he doesn't have time.

..this is turning into a discussion about bedtimes and parents.

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 13:48

#11

Guyinshinyarmour

Ice Queen is easy. With AoA. And enemy management where you don't let 6 giant colonies spawn. And not aggroing all the things. Otherwise it's a nightmare.

Call me crazy, but I'd bet their team wasn't all that great to begin with. Snarb is far more forgiving in that sense.

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 13:50

#12

Pokenuevo

While I agree that real life takes priority over a video game, no need to be harsh on Pilot. He's merely trying to apologize for being unable to run the full Shadow Lair with them, and I think that's fine. However, it could've been better if he just did individual messages and not a forum post (Who knows if they'll even read this?).

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 14:16

#13

Tersakaff

Yeah. "However, it could've been better if he just did individual messages and not a forum post (Who knows if they'll even read this?)."
This.

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 16:37

#14

Yumpoptarts

when i was reading your well

when i was reading your well written forum post, there was an action movie playing in the background were there was action going on, and with movies like that you know how the music sounded it just made your story seem more intense then it was.

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 21:11

#15

Shadownox

DEAD BUNNY!!!

Aww. Well, that sucks. I think it's nice that you made an apology, although, as Pokenuevo (Hi! :D) said before, a private message to each of them would have been nice. It's not your fault. Sorry, now I'm sounding cheesy. I have a weakness to kind people. :P

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 23:46

#16

Digibyte

Woah...

Your parents are real jerks.

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 00:27

#17

Evilnut

So long as you are allowed to

So long as you are allowed to play games at that period (i.e. not past bed time, not dinner time, no already assigned chores to do), you should let your parents know that you are together with real people, friends across the network. Making people wait is impolite.

If you are sitting at the couch with a friend watching a movie, they won't pluck you away to take a shower do they? Why would playing a game with other people any different?

Inform them ahead of time you want to play online with other people, and for how long. If there are other matters (need to talk, chores, etc.), complete them before playing, or make sure they can wait.

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 00:32

#18

Keelan

Are you guys still here

Are you guys still here hahahahaha

Considering how large the player base is I don't think there's any chance that one of those other party members are actually viewing this thread...

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 01:56

#19

Pilotx

~.~

It should be known that my parents have anger management issues.. their getting better, but still.. ~.~, I've been very nice to them about the whole situation :|
My mother has sleep issues, so she naps a lot during the evening, I always make sure she has everything she needs (eye contacts case, water, etc..) and see if I've done all my chores.. but then a few minutes after I get on the computer she randomly calls me for something else that no one would have ever thought of or more water or something, she won't reach down to pick up the water x_x or water jug.. thus leading to SEVERAL AFK's I talked to her about other people waiting for me a couple times, she hesitantly agreed to stop, then a couple hours later when I'm playing she calls me to clean up something I've already done, which is already dirty again somehow, I tell her there's other people waiting for me, and she says "This is more important than that." (Even when its a small thing.)

And my father.. wow, sometimes I wonder about him. Every time I start to play a game often more than others (addiction I guess you could say, and he watches the screen sometimes for a few secs so he probably knows which game is which..). and then when I get off, he says "You play "That game" too much, as if I have to play other games, he doesn't force me to stop playing a certain game, but it does make me very uncomfortable. (Although once on a MMORPG you guys probably don't know that I really enjoyed which I had been playing for 2 years,(doesn't mean 24/7) he forced me to give him my password and he changed it. Luckily I figured the password out, the pass turned out to be something that kind of offended me. I almost always have ALT accounts on games I play now, so just in case it happens again I can pretend its my main account.
Then sometimes he'll call me while I'm playing SK to read something for him.. like tiny letters on a instruction manual, when my sister is RIGHT THERE. (not really a big thing though)

They don't really care what time I go to sleep at, I usually go to sleep at a decent time myself so I don't wake up late, but sometimes they'll get in a bad mood and randomly tell me to take a shower and go to bed..
So, yeah I've talked to both of them about other people playing with me, pretty much has had no effect. I've been dealing with stuff like this for several years from them, I've sort of gotten used to it, but it stills upsets me. I've never confronted them about it though. :\

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 02:58

#20

Evilnut

Tough... then I can only

Tough... then I can only offer these advices:

1. Try playing only with friends that understand the situation and will tolerate you AFK'ing.

2. Solo while making use of an alt and Steam overlay (you can run the Steam version of SK without converting your SK account to Steam).

Steam overlay, when activated will keep your account from being idle and logged out after 15 minutes. Create an alternate account, run two instances of SK and always drag your alt along with your main.

Get your alt killed ASAP on each level, and turn on its Steam overlay, use your main to revive it. Then when your parents call you, turn on Steam overlay for your main as well.

When you return, you can use your already revived alt to revive your main, and repeat the process.

While using a bit more Health, you won't lose any progress this way.

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 04:20

#21

Enclavean

Just throwing this in there,

Just throwing this in there, but your parents is the reason you are even able to play Spiral Knights. Who bought the computer? Who is paying for the internet? Heck even the close you wear are paid for by your parents.

Related and hilarious video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn5jlrxcpkI

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 05:28

#22

Tersakaff

Aww. His parents are a little harsh after all. Enclavean does have a point, but that doesn't allow them to treat him like a slave.
I think they're just overprotective, in the worst way possible so...
Move out ASAP.
You can't choose your parents sadly.

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 11:09

#23

Tohru-Adachi

Shrug.

I have bedtimes(10pm), I usually pick the times I play to make sure I abide.

Nextime, pick the right times.

Also, if they are getting vexxed, tell them to calm down. It's a bloddy GAME. Not life. if he's busy, oh well.

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 11:59

#24

Serell

wow....

So if you were to say, play an MMORPG an hour a day for 2 years, your dad would make you give up your password?
One big jerk right there.

Yeah, my parents get on my nerves as well (though not as extreme in your case).
My dad makes ton of excuses for me to get off.
He tells me to go brush my teeth, so I afk in the middle of a run, brush my teeth, come back down, and he's on MSN -_-
I'm just thinking, "wtf, if you wanted on, you could have asked and maybe let me finish my run real quick".
And he could at least shut down the SK tab so my friends don't have to wait for me to idle and get kicked out by the game... ._.

EDIT : Forgot the worst thing, not only does he got on MSN while I go brush my teeth, but there's another computer right in the same room where he could do all his MSN'y stuff and politics and crap instead of kicking me off. That computer can barely run SK, but does everything else just fine.

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 12:25

#25

Pilotx

@Serell

"He tells me to go brush my teeth, so I afk in the middle of a run, brush my teeth, come back down, and he's on MSN -_-"

Ugh, he does stuff like that to me a lot too and its usually for old old music videos, he usually gets up and turns the volume up high, but when I'm on he just sits in the chair, won't move and listens xD.. and what really makes me want to pull my hair out is that he has his own expensive laptop that he can use that has better speed and stuff than the desktop @.@

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 13:19

#26

Tersakaff

Haha oh wow.
I'm so thankful my dad is a technologically impaired duck and my mom is too busy with mom stuff.

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 13:28

#27

Serell

OMG!!!

When my dad inn't reading about politics, he also watches these super old music videos! And he turns the volume up way high for the whole house to hear.... it's the most annoying thing EVER @_@

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 14:03

#28

Pokenuevo

Good thing I have a laptop. Pokenuevo's eyes glaze over... DERP! Anyways, my parents don't care as long as I go outside (which I do everyday for specific reasons) for a couple of hours. I feel lucky :O
And my parents don't blast old music or anything. They're always doing errands, activities, etc.

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 14:44

#29

Pilotx

I would be the happiest

I would be the happiest person on earth if my parents let me go out alone. I would actually be able to do something else besides re-read old books and play online games.. xD

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 18:42

#30

Shadownox

DEAD BUNNY!!!

Oh dang, that sucks. My parents don't kick me off the computer like that. I have to finish my chores and homework before I play, and when I do, I tell them. They don't interfere. Usually, I play when my dad is watching TV and my mom is reading a book or cooking lunch. I don't play at night, because of my bedtime.

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 20:09

#31

Pilotx

~(@_@)~

"My parents don't kick me off the computer like that. I have to finish my chores and homework before I play, and when I do"
xD I do that all the time, but always ends with me getting kicked off right in the middle.. yeah, night time is usually the only time I have time to play at..
I do love wednesdays though because me and my little sister stay home alone, those are the enjoyable SK sessions..

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 20:15

#32

Dark-Flare

I getcha man... SK is one of

I getcha man... SK is one of those live-action games where IRL stuff can screw you over in game. But, you come to realize it's just a game :P

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 21:57

#33

Shadownox

DEAD BUNNY!!!

The great thing about summer is that my dad at work, so that leaves my mom...and she's always so busy herself, since she has to take my sister to her lessons and clean out the tenants house...

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 22:55

#34

Softhead

During weekends(exclude sunday and include friday) abd holidays,

NO BEDTIMES!!

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 03:16

#35

Oolon

Being a parent I believe it

Being a parent I believe it is important that kids go to bed when they are told... because then I can play SK!

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 03:25

#36

Pilotx

^ Nice one. :3

^ Nice one. :3
My parents don't really care I go to sleep at though, and I'll be honest, I don't stay up too late, the farthest I'll go is 11:30 PM because I like to sleep =P

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 03:45

#37

Thunderbog

Pilotx, ye're not the only

Pilotx, ye're not the only one who have strict families..

I came to share a story that some of the people knows, especially my guild. Ye might not understand but.. well.. I speak for the worst.

One small problem turns big, call me crazy or what, but I'm serious about my mind goes blank of what to do.

I also ditched Kennys-Knight and some 2 players I've forgotten on a Shadow Lair Snarbs run, said sorry and nothing else anymore. It was completely unexpected and urgent run I need to run off to. There are some times ye need to give away and leave.. but only decide whatever ye are doing is right or wrong.

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 03:46

#38

Tersakaff

Lol Oolon.

And mang, I feel kinda lucky now despite my stepfather admitting he hates me and making me do all his work around the house sometimes. At least it's not a constant stress not knowing if he'll burst in and tell me to get to bed. No parents can be perfect I guess. Except mom, she cool.

Also Thunder, what the honk?! It's just a damn plant for christ sake! XD

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 03:49

#39

Thunderbog

I know Ters. It was just a

I know Ters.

It was just a damn plant I know right, but we think it was so beautiful that I killed it. /(;n;)\

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 03:55

#40

Tersakaff

And now you're not allowed to play games that you enjoy because of a plant?
Okay now that's what I call stupid parenting.

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 04:13

#41

Thunderbog

That was sis, my computer

That was sis, my computer formatted and everything gone and restricted. ;n;

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 08:42

#42

Serell

...

oh mah gawsh.
It's just a plant ._.
I...I can't... whaaaa?
Dang nabit my dad killed my strawberry garden for his (bleep)ing ratice that only he eats, I was sad but I didn't cry. I'll have to get more strawberry plants next year... though I do feel like punching my dad in the face... moving my strawberry plants to another place for his ratice that no one likes, and ends up killing my plants...

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 08:57

#43

Iron-Dragon-Guild

it's all your fault kid, no amount of apologizing will bring back the dead or save these poor Knights their CE. time to hang up your sword and grab a box of tissues and some ice cream.

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 17:09

#44

Chapiy

Child abuse

@Pilotx
You can sue your parents for child abuse.

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 18:50

#45

Shadownox

DEAD BUNNY!!!

@Sneaky-Jerky

That's not child abuse, that's telling you're kid to go the sleep. Seriously, not everyone can wake up a zombie. >.> His parents didn't hit him or anything. Anyway, I wouldn't sue my mother even if she made me want to punch her in the face. :P

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 19:14

#46

Pilotx

@Thunderbog

Oh wow.. D;

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And actually, they just wanted me out of there sight for some reason, didn't care if I went to bed.. I have no idea why, probably bad mood. ;_;

"His parents didn't hit him or anything.", Oh, you have no idea how many times they've hit me.. *rubs his neck* I do understand you though, which is why I have not sued them, because they are my parents.. xD But I am too scared to ever tell cops or someone in real life ;-;

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 19:52

#47

Serell

...

I feel the same way, my parents don't really ned me to do all this stuff they tell me to do right away or care for me to go to bed, they just want me out of sight xD

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 22:42

#48

The-Hempire

Pilot, you got problems dude.

Pilot, you got problems dude. You should quit SK, sell everything you own and embark on a spiritual journey to India. Then come back after 20 years and run for President.

Fri, 07/06/2012 - 23:50

#49

Pilotx

What's ironic is that my

What's ironic is that my father and mother like to meditate a lot. =P Seems to not have done wonders for them. My dad calls himself a "spiratual person" :U

Sun, 07/08/2012 - 13:41

#50

Tersakaff

HEY GUYS I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING
WHAT IF HIS PARENTS SEE THIS?

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A apology to 3 knights.