You know you've been gone for too long when...

[Bert]

Took a break for a while, logged back in for the first time today and was welcomed with combat within a very short time.

Things went sorta like this...

X flies in.

X does something.

Me : Hey, I remember him. Though I don't recall that attack...

Me : dirt, and see "Your feet get dirty"...

Me : Wtf?

Me : Score

Me : oh yeah, I can't do that...

Me : get lagged repeatedly by X.

Me : Wait, what CAN I do...

Me : skills

Me : more lag

Me : Try to read skill list as my hp continues to fall.

Me : Hmm...think too much spam..

Me : wait, am I even spelled up?

Me : aff

Me : Uh, sorta looks like it..

Me : Oops, no, missing a lot... Flee

Me : wait, where am I?

Me : Get attacked again

Me : where

Me : oh yeah, Thalos..

Me : Wait, where is Thalos?

Me : Hmm...sure don't have much hp left...

Me : Flee and run away.

People then try to talk to me on various channels...

Have to read several help files to remember how to respond.

Read my skill and spell list several times and try to remember what it is I can do.

X flies in.

X does same cmd.

Me : HA! I remembered what to do to counter it..

Me : dirt...

Me : my feet get dirty again.. Wtf..

Me : Score

Me : oh yeah.

Me : spam a command a few times...

Me : that isn't working...what can I do again? Spells...

Me : Oh yeah, execute cmd..

Me : Sweet, that worked...now what..

Me : skills

Me : Nope, nothing good there...

Me : spells

Me : Hmm...hp almost gone again..

Me : where am I again...

Finally, overwhelmed by utter confusion I log out.

Need to find me a nice quiet place to kill a few mobs and remember how to play again.

[mya]

You have not been that long...

[Ali_gmud]

lol, come'on man. Surely you couldn't have forgotten to flee straight away rather than reading scrolls while you're being pk'd. How you can even read the scrolls while tics of combat are happening is beyond me.

good to have you back though, bernie.