The following is a public service announcement from N.A.D.S: Noders Against Drunken Stupidity.
My Fellow Noders... there is a
menace among us, slowly claiming the
respect and
reputation of noders from all walks of life. I speak of course, of the
crazed monkey noding spree sessions that can erupt when a noder has
consumed too much alcohol. Once a certain
drunkeness point has passed,
Madness flows from the fingertips into the
nodegel bringing
descruction and
mayhem everywhere it seeps.
Some noders it would seem thrive on this type of
pain and
disorder, but for the rest of us, it's well... embarasing.
The worst part of this entire ordeal is that, quiet frequently, the noder will not even
remember noding the fruits of his or her
delirium until the next time they visit everything2 and see that dreaded "You have lost exp" message in the
epicenter. This of course leads to a review of their nodes, and a
somber reminder that yes, indeed, they have made a fool of themselves.
Even I, a
humble lvl 1 noder, who's been around here for two years, yet only written 15 writeups (mainly because I only
node what I know or
node what I feel most of the time) have made the trip to
drunken node hell. It's been over two months since that node was written, then promptly (when I had
sobered up) cleared out and left to have something
good come of it later.
But sadly, even after two months, it serves as nothing but a reminder of a
foolish drunken noder who should have stayed away from the keyboard that night. I know the future of that node will eventually lead to the great
bit bucket, and to be honest, I wish it would just
Rot In Peace at this point, as I hate being reminded of what I had done with that
poor helpless node in
the middle of the night. I know nothing can
make it all go away completely, that somewhere there is a little
node family who's
newborn-nodette I stole away from them to create a drunken ramble, only to later clear it out to
nothingness.
So Remember, the lesson here is: "
Drinking and
Noding can kill a
reputation. Friends don't let friends
Node drunk. Take their keyboard, rent a movie, give them more alcohol until they pass out; whatever you have to do, but for the love of
everything, don't let them node!"
Perhaps future releases of E2 will come bundled with a
breathalyzer and require you to pass a test before you can node, but until that time, it's up to
all of us to help our fellow noders out, and keep the nodegel from becoming one gigantic
morning after puke bucket.
Update 01/26/01: I want to just drop back by and say Thank You to whatever god/editor/whomever hath smiled down apon me in the last 24 hours and deleted the node I created in my drunken madness that night. I thank you, and more importantly, the nodegel thanks you.