The Seekers of Illumination

[Zardoch]

Why do you consider yourself an altruist?

I do and don't consider myself an altruist. I don't consider myself as such because I don't feel the need to help everyone, but I do consider myself an altruist because I will give my service to someone who deserves it. If someone needs help with role-playing, playing a game, or just something about life, I'll gladly give them what I know to help. I'm definitely an altruist to my friends, family, and to people I respect.

So yeah, that's my answer to the question, lol. Now, to answer the others.

1) Would you consider yourself an open person or someone who's guarded?

Both. There is something I guard very close to myself that I feel is something that's my own business to deal with and not someone else. However, as that's never brought up I'm actually quite open with myself. As I've come to accept who I am I don't try to act any differently and I'm completely honest. I'll answer 99% of all questions asked and don't regret what happens.

2) What do you think are the pros and cons to being either too open or too guarded?

The pros for being too open is that people will find someone like that a person they can talk too. They're often friendly or at least fun to talk too, though like Sin said, they might just be boring and annoying more than useful. The con, however, is that being too open about yourself may make you more gullible than you should be. That leads to being too trusting and some times plain ignorant to the things around you. I mean as I am very open about who I am, I know what to keep to myself and when not to butt in with things that are none of my business. You shouldn't put yourself on display, only act like the person you are once you've figured that out in life.

As for the pros for being too guarded, well, I don't think there's many pros to isolating yourself away from others. If you're a specific kind of person than being guarded about your life may be alright, but the con is living a solitary life and that's something no one should go through. There's an insecurity that exist with such thinking and your fear will rule your life. That's not right.

[Sinister]

I can vouch for Vicious, Oskar. You can do the checking yourself, but keep in mind that Vicious has my support.

Either way, what was the word on the RP? I never heard the end result of that. Was away for a while...personal issues. Let me know.

-Sin

[T.G. Oskar]

@Sinny: no need for that. Vicious asked me personally via MSN if he could join, and he explained to me some things that so far, have made me realize he could be a good asset. I know how he can take the discussions, and he has that kind of quick, sharp wit oft looked. Hence, I have no qualms upon his approval, considering the current status. I know he's still a Master, but given the current explanation he gave me upon the matter, I feel there's no restriction upon it.

As for the RP, it's still in hiatus, but I may revive it given the sudden increase in activity. Lemme know if you're still interested. If unsure whether to RP or not, Vicious over here is working on a solution, but I believe this is a good time to revive the club, given that there are few people interested in it. Just tell me if you're still interested. As of it, we'll use the old RP OOC, so if you're really interested, just spark the activity there and I'll work around it.

Here's the old OOC if you're interested, so if you're still seeking for it, place your opinions here. Note, OPINIONS ONLY; I might need to edit the first post, and that may cause the deleting of any post. In any case, if you want a new OOC, I'll make one just for it. If you have any idea to which to work with, you may place it with the opinions, otherwise we'll remain with the old storyline, but with a massive rework.