My Galaxies Ablaze Experience

This is my online diary about my story and experience while playing that truly entertaining online game Galaxies Ablaze.

Thursday, April 05, 2007

Not Again!

It happened again!

Received from
The Gamemaster (29:11)
Apr 2, 7:07 am Please change your System header to something more appropriate for a family game. As SL, you are responsible for the content.
Thank you.

The Gamemaster

I’m not as upset with this second notice, as I was when I received the first messaged. I know that most people do not believe it’s my fault. The Gamemaster only message me to change it because I was the SL at that time and was only notified to change it.

I had changed the system’s logo, 2-3 hours ago before I received this message, as soon as I discovered that horrible picture.

I was reading one of the topics on the system’s forum, and had just updated my planet’s building and military units, when I realized I had the power to delete system’s topic thread. This could only mean one thing. I became our system’s leader. I was a bit surprise since I read somewhere that Sanskrit Jagannatha will hold the status leader permanently, to stop the abuse of sliding SL strategy and post indecent pictures.

I immediately click the system politics link to check who voted for me. I thought I knew what to expect when I click that link, given that I have become a system leader before, what I did not expect is that hideous picture showing at the bottom of the page. I had turned off the view system logo some time ago, that is why I can’t see those pictures on top of each system, but it does not prevent the hideous picture of our system from showing in the system politics page of the current system leader. That’s me.

I tried hysterically to change the logo, but in my panic, I forgot that certain rules must be followed; that is why I kept failing in my attempt to remove that yucky picture.

That is when my mother entered the room and asked me to send an email to one of her cooking group.

Oh gosh! I was horror-struck at the thought of my mother seeing it! Fortunately, I had enough presence of mind to launch a new internet explorer window to cover that atrocious picture. I told my mommy that she can leave the letter and the email address and I will write and send it later.

When she left, I check again how to change the system logo, and found out that only filename ending in .jpg were allowed (the one that I was trying to substitute does not end in .jpg). It also does not accept a link ending in capital letters like .JPG.

With this knowledge, I successfully change the system logo, and replace the bad one with a temporary picture of my Jenova avatar. What a relief!

Much later, I passed the SL status to Trinity. I am a bit inactive this round, therefore, I wont be a good system leader. From the look of things, Trinity seems to be doing a good job.

Note: Eevenflow deleted his/her account while Sanskrit Jagannatha teleported somewhere.