@Prototart said in Numetal/Retromux:
That’s all well and good if you’re a normal, heathy, functional adult, but what about the rest of us
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RE: Numetal/Retromuxposted in Rough and Rowdy
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RE: Numetal/Retromuxposted in Rough and Rowdy
That’s all well and good if you’re a normal, heathy, functional adult, but what about the rest of us
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RE: When is the last time you played?posted in Game Gab
I haven’t played since Empire, but haven’t actively pursued and stuck with it since Arc shut down.
I’ve tried a few ares games, but I just can’t seem to stick to them. Asynchronous RP is great if it works for you, but it doesn’t for me. My experience is also someone forgets to pose and after two days of waiting I can’t be bothered to continue.
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RE: Numetal/Retromuxposted in Rough and Rowdy
@Prototart said in Numetal/Retromux:
A lot of the time a moral victory is the only kind you can get.
The best moral victory is just leaving, letting them have their mutual admiration society*, and finding a better game.
*Google says this is nicer than the term that came to mind.
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RE: Numetal/Retromuxposted in Rough and Rowdy
A lot of the time a moral victory is the only kind you can get.
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RE: Numetal/Retromuxposted in Rough and Rowdy
Do note my first response was not to stab Larry the Leader in his face. My first response was ‘staff cannot control my emits or rolls’.
So say staff says ‘you cannot depose the Prince’. And then you go out and do lots of social RP and get most other people to support disposing the Prince and you +roll your big social dice and everyone at court is like ‘New Prince New Prince rah rah rah!’ And staff says ‘despite your successes, you were never allowed to try in the first place. So you fail’?
Now is when the stabbing happens. Because social dice are fast and loose, but combat dice are explicitly laid out, and staff had already shown to everyone they do not care about the rules.
It has to be called out to their face in front of everyone. Because suppose there is a game where every sphere has the same staffer PC in a leadership position, and a bunch of people keep quitting the game because they throw their dicks around. Maybe not everyone, but plenty. And even when the reason is given in private, its private and so you can pretend to ignore the obvious connection.
Going big is the only way to maybe open the eyes of people who are willfully ignoring it.
… what do you mean ‘am I talking about somewhere specific’? What would give you that idea?
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RE: Numetal/Retromuxposted in Rough and Rowdy
@Pavel said in Numetal/Retromux:
The leadership isn’t bad because it’s demanding, or evil, or cruel, it’s bad because it’s a power trip for some prat who has no interest in aiding in the telling of interesting stories for anyone who isn’t them or their cronies/friends/harem.
You also forgot “because sometimes staff just hands out the leadership roles and then those players just ignore that aspect of their character and never actually do anything at all within the PC organization.”
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RE: Numetal/Retromuxposted in Rough and Rowdy
@MisterBoring said in Numetal/Retromux:
I’m suggesting that sometimes, PC leadership (especially in a WoD game) is bad, and needs to be ICly dealt with.
Usually, it needs to be OOCly dealt with. The leadership isn’t bad because it’s demanding, or evil, or cruel, it’s bad because it’s a power trip for some prat who has no interest in aiding in the telling of interesting stories for anyone who isn’t them or their cronies/friends/harem.
It’s far more rare for PC leadership to be bad intentionally, to create that tension and interesting story. Because, typically, the type to seek out that kind of power don’t come with the intention of losing it.
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RE: Numetal/Retromuxposted in Rough and Rowdy
@Wizz said in Numetal/Retromux:
from an objective third party, there is no chance, zero, none, that “I stand up to staff by forcing them into a combat scenario and everyone claps!” works. please understand that I am being frank with you in hopes that it helps, not to mock you.
I’m not suggesting people stand up to staff that way, I’m suggesting that sometimes, PC leadership (especially in a WoD game) is bad, and needs to be ICly dealt with. Now, if that’s causing a scene and berating them ICly or just going full PVP, whatever. But sometimes IC leadership churn is good for the health of the game.
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RE: When is the last time you played?posted in Game Gab
@Ashkuri said in When is the last time you played?:
For those who haven’t RP’d in several years, what keeps you checking in/weighing in on the forum? I’m referring here to the forum parts specifically about MUSHing and RP, not the social/ooc parts like RL support, pets, books, dead people, etc.
It keeps me connected to something I used to enjoy.
