Okay because my last one died and everyone else set the trend i'll do another opinion thread. If I don't know you well enough I'll probably skip you and come back to do yours when I feel like I have a better understanding of you as a person and player :-)
Elmo, my amazing friend, org buddy and confidante. I think we really became close when we both began our first non-em orgs, and needed someone we could relate to and talk to. I never imagined we would click as well as we did, and not a day goes by that I'm not incredibly thankful for our friendship.
I remember when we decided to call "for half an hour" and three hours later we forced ourselves to hang up because it was the crack of dawn for you. You're incredibly intelligent, easy to talk to, kind, and caring. I honestly don't have a bad word to say about you, except this: You need to try and see yourself the way that others see you. You're so wonderful, but you put yourself down so much and it's not fair on yourself. You deserve so much more, because you have only good to give (and the only person who can't see that is you).
As far as game play goes, I think that your biggest flaw is that often alliances with you which feel incredibly genuine and close become less so as the game goes on. I don't know if it's because you become comfortable with your alliances and don't feel the need to maintain them as much, but I think if you put more into maintaining those genuine connections as the game progressed you'd find yourself doing incredibly well.
Honestly I sort of hoped you wouldn't post. I consider you to be an enigma which sometimes really bothers me. I lowkey wish I could be a fly on the wall and watch your actual human interactions and compare them to how you are online, because I'd bet you are somewhat different. You're clearly a remarkably intelligent person, yet you have a huge amount of patience for dealing with others, demonstrated by you currently hosting three separate ORGs (that I know about). You're also clearly committed to improving this community, but you don't seek any recognition like so many others do.
Overall whilst I know we aren't particularly close, in the short time we've known each other I've come to see you as a really down-to-earth and chilled out, yet rather closed person. You are always reasonable to talk to, and your advice is always well thought out and never given without purpose; something which is always appreciated. You don't necessarily enter into heated conversations if it's about something you are not passionate about; and whilst you recognise your own strengths you don't flaunt them. All wonderful qualities. Yet that being said there is a quiet confidence about you which could come off as arrogance to those who don't know you well enough. I think when they do get to know you they'd just come to realise that you are super sure of yourself, but not in a particularly condescending way.
I can't say a huge amount about your game play given that we haven't played together before, but I hear you're a demi-god so let's go with that :-)
Overall, it's been a pleasure getting to know you over the last month or so, and thanks for everything you do in regards to EMBB and EMVivor and mentoring etc. I think a lot of it gets overlooked, but in my eyes you're the captain of those ships and you should be recognised for it.
hi Dari :3. You're always such a kind and lovely person, who greets everyone who comes into the lobby, and commits a lot of time and energy into making the community a safe and happy space, so thank you for that.
Sometimes you confuse me with the things you say and do, and I'm not sure if you're putting it on to impress others, or if you just say random things sometimes.
As a player I think you have a lot of strength, but there is something about your social game that is lacking and i'm unsure as to what it is. A lot of the time when we ally, I'm really unsure as to how committed you actually are, which leaves me less committed at the end of the day. I think if you took the time to make those connections more genuine in game you'd be a force to be reckoned with.
Of all the people in the lobby, you're one of the few who remembers everything, and takes the time to ask after people, about how they are feeling and showing them that they are acknowledged, and cared about. It's one of the really special things about you. Thanks for being such a wonderful friend <3
