I can tell you John Madison was not trying to be offensive toward you in what he posted. Soldier was ticked off that his character was mind-controlled and I think he had legitimate reason to get upset over it. Only because I know the Soldier character fairly well. I guess, as well as one can know that character since its a giant bag of crazy. As I said in my own post, I didn't question anything. When Shane sent me the main event with the segment already in place and included, I ran it the way I received it which told me that Shane approved of whatever was going on in that segment.

I don't think this is something to up and quit over. It was a pretty cool segment, as most ESP related segments are. A lot of thought and work goes into your segs and roleplays and I understand now, why that one time when I changed some of your coding and what not, you got a little miffed. That was a cool seg too, by the way, even if Duke was the victim.

Anyhow, back on track here. The only thing I can say is that no, this is not something to quit over. In the future, when something of this nature is coming down the pike, it would be wise to get approval from other handlers before putting their characters into a position like this. ESP, you have to realize that as much work and thought that you put into your character, most of us put into ours as well. If it were me, in Soldiers position, I would be upset. Being mind-controlled, hypnotized, or whatever the case is, absolutely DOES have an effect on the characters. If you've built up a character over many years that has been controlled by Satan and Satan only, it could become detrimental to all of his work when some smokin hot Egyptian Godess is also able to control him.

Think of it this way. What if I ran a segment where Duke Illuminatus had ESP in the middle of the ring and she just laid there willingly while Duke and his 200+ "brothers" ran a train on her? It'd be kind of shitty that I didn't get your approval first. Also, I really wouldn't do that, I was just trying to create an example for you.

Certain thing need to be approved of by handlers. Taking creative liberties in minimal cases is cool, like simple attacks and things of that nature, but I can see where mind-controlling could be a major concern. So, as I said earlier, I don't think it's anything you need to leave town over. It's just something to keep in mind in the future, that perhaps some kind of approval or permission should be sought before things of this nature are run.