*sigh*
It seems that what was a joke was completly misinterpreted. I've been studying for a huge test, and every five hours or so I've been taking a break and letting my brain rest. Near the end of one of those breaks, I was on MOL and playing a game with Istanbul.
Much earlier than the place in the game called into question, he had used an X spell to put me to one. He also had three other mana that he did not tap to kill me.
This shows how serious the game was beyond that point. I started a tirade of jokes prefacing each comment with "damned," a word that MOL doesn't censor, for some reason. I cursed just about everything you could think of, in an obviously facicious way.
Then came the Wish for a Zap. I'm at One. It's seven AM, I've been up since 2 AM studying, and it's time to cut short this over-an-hour long break.
Isty makes a some jibe about "now I've got you" or something of that nature, implying that I cannot avoid losing.
"Damned guys that drop right before they lose."
I then close the game, as I would've if I had said "Well, that's game. I've got to go study now. bye!" instead of what I had said.
The only difference is that I did not click "OK" for that Zap to resolve. It was on the stack. Targetting My Head. And I made a joke poking fun at those jerks that drop out right before losing. Then I dropped-- and that was the joke part of it.
Now Istanbul is quite mad at me, even though I've apologised-- and I apologised the moment I saw this thread.
As for the rudeness, I somewhat agree. If this had been a chronic thing, as in my connection drops oh-so-conviniently every time me and Isty played a game, something of this nature would be warrented. However, Me and Istanbul have played this game since the Beta test, and the only time I've dropped is when the power goes out-- and if there is a storm happening, I'll warn when that's a possiblility.
Granted, that doesn't do anything for the Florida Brown/Blackouts that happen and go away after an hour or less...
But this was a simple JOKE. I know it was a rude action on MOL... but I thought the joke would simply get a snicker and then a shrug.
The corny joke was a way of saying "HA!" and throwing the brag back into Isty's face. That's pretty tough to do with such a good player, though...
I've already apologised, and I've a screenshot of the conversation if proof is needed... which I hope it isn't. I don't know why Isty is taking the joke so badly, as I even tried to resolve the game from the abeyance it is being held in.
To quote Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. "So it goes..."
