MU Peeves Thread

Testament

@SpaceKhomeini said in MU Peeves Thread:

A “them” problem as opposed to a “me” problem and if they can’t be bothered to be open about it, fuck them. I don’t have time to troubleshoot someone else’s coward-brain, I have my own to deal with.

This reminds me of a conflict I had with a co-worker some years ago. Admittedly, I had screwed up and upset this person who I did consider a friend, but I had no idea it was upsetting, and only heard through another person. I remember it being for something super petty but blew up into a bigger thing. And when I heard I went to talk to them about it, notably to apologize and that I hadn’t known it was upsetting. And they just didn’t want to resolve or talk about it or anything. But still held it against me personally.

Eventually I just decided that, you know what? No, I’m not going to handhold your feelings anymore and trying to placate to your bruised ego. This is a you problem especially after I tried to resolve it in a matter that hopefully, would be good for everyone. So you staying mad is a you issue, because you want to stay mad. So stay salty if it’s that important to you.

Polk

@Testament Nobody’s obligated to forgive the repentant, but nobody’s obligated to think well of people who refuse to forgive, either!

Gashlycrumb

For fuck’s sake, if you are using a published RPG, don’t make a fucking house rule that directly contradicts the published rules after some poor player made a choice based on the published rules, and then force them to live with their “IC consequences.”

BloodAngel

@Gashlycrumb That is fucked!

CUmush

@Gashlycrumb Surely “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose” is clearly listed as a Game Policy in the FAQ.

Coin

@Gashlycrumb said in MU Peeves Thread:

For fuck’s sake, if you are using a published RPG, don’t make a fucking house rule that directly contradicts the published rules after some poor player made a choice based on the published rules, and then force them to live with their “IC consequences.”

gimme deeeeeeets

Gashlycrumb

@Coin I ought not to, really, as it didn’t happen to me.

Well, it did on another occasion, but like, two years ago now and on a different game. That one had only been open for like six weeks at the time, so it wasn’t so shitty. Except for the bit where the ruling wasn’t actually in direct contradiction to the rules, just eyeball-searingly stupid and accompanied by a lie that it was common to MUs and I a bad player for not knowing to ask if it was in place.

Pavel

@Gashlycrumb That’s literally the opposite of details, man. Spill!

KarmaBum

I don’t like playing with people’s personal NPCs.

I don’t even really like playing with metaplot NPCs if I can avoid it, but super not into meeting some character’s gramma on-camera.

Using them as a quick prop in a scene? Even giving them some depth and flavor with the occasional on-camera moment? All good.

But I get super-bored meeting random NPCs from someone’s background.

Cobalt

I want to RP, but I am physically and emotionally miserable at the moment. I want to RP so bad tho. Tantrum

Yam

I’m glum about a circumstance that I can’t really talk about with anyone and it’s just one of those things where I wish I had some no-judgment RP therapist to vent at. I feel dumb about it, but then also angry and hurt and offended and sad and scared/anxious. The answer is to walk away, but I don’t want to walk away. Meh. I’ll get over it.

Gashlycrumb

@KarmaBum I rather like meeting NPCs. But I hate deals where I get the impression that the lion’s share, no, the giant fucking manticore’s share, of significant action is between metaplot NPCs, and/or where those PCs who have plot related agency are all doing it via NPC retainers.

If I wanted non-interactive situations where I can’t see what’s going on, well, there’s shitloads of teevee that fits the bill and is a lot more entertaining. If I wanted a play-by-email I’d have joined one.

Cobalt

The ever present feeling that people are RPing with me because game policy says they have to include people in public spaces, but secretly they wish I would just go away.

(Which is wholly rooted in my own brain, and absolutely not anyone making me feel unwelcome.)

Popes

@Cobalt Are you me?

Pavel

@Popes That’s the last thing we need, Pope Cobalt.

Testament

@KarmaBum They’re all characters, so what’s the difference? Like a PCs NPCs, sure, I can vibe with that to an extent.

But staff NPCs or metalplot NPCs? Generally that’s one of the main methods on how the metaplot is delivered via interactions with whatever NPC is being used as a plot device.

DrQuinn

There are things I really like about Ares, but if you’ve got ‘is everyone hanging out without me’ brain weasels it sure does love to show you scrolling pages of private scenes that say yes, yes they are.

Coin

@DrQuinn said in MU Peeves Thread:

There are things I really like about Ares, but if you’ve got ‘is everyone hanging out without me’ brain weasels it sure does love to show you scrolling pages of private scenes that say yes, yes they are.

Yeah. I kinda wish we couldn’t see who was in private scenes or how long ago they posed and whatnot.

The main draw of having a page for ‘active scenes’ is that it tells you ‘there are people rping on this game, look, see?’ Anything beyond that, like knowing how long it’s been since there was activity, or knowing who is in each particular scene feels more detrimental to the collective psychological stability of a game’s playerbase than anything. I could make a case for staff-run events so that new players and guests can see how active staff is in running stuff, but otherwise… it’s just food for the brain weasels.

farfalla

@KarmaBum is this about me???

KarmaBum

@farfalla said in MU Peeves Thread:

@KarmaBum is this about me???

lololol not even a little bit

It was actually 'cause I was playing with someone who uses her NPCs very well (Hera@LA2043), and it naturally triggered my cold dead heart to remember how much I hate when people don’t know how to send their NPCs off to NPCland.