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    • GashlycrumbG
      Gashlycrumb @KarmaBum
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      @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.

      "This is Liberty Hall; you can spit on the mat and call the cat a bastard!"
      – A. Bertram Chandler

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      • CobaltC
        Cobalt
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        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.)

        Cobalt@Under the Stars
        cob.alt@Discord
        Cobalt#3811@mas.to

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          Popes @Cobalt
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          @Cobalt Are you me?

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

            He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.
            BE AN ADULT

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              Testament @KarmaBum
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              @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.

              I don't know what I'm doing. Poke at Seven Nations sevennations.aresmush.com port 2021

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              • DrQuinnD
                DrQuinn
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                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.

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                • CoinC
                  Coin @DrQuinn
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                  @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.

                  In Occam I trust.

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                  • farfallaF
                    farfalla @KarmaBum
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                    @KarmaBum is this about me???

                    as previously stated, good day.

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                    • KarmaBumK
                      KarmaBum @farfalla
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                      @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.

                      On Dragon Wings · https://pern.gaslightswitch.com · pern.gaslightswitch.com port 4201

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                        Popes
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                        I’m just echoing some shit that’s been said already. Mostly in solidarity with the fact that this isn’t just me. I hate looking at +where and seeing people who are my friends doing stuff together without me. I know this is selfish, but my brain worms tell me ‘Of course they’re playing without you. You suck shit and should just go cry in a corner you pathetic waste of space.’

                        Then I go cry in a corner as a pathetic waste of space instead of doing the smart thing and asking to join in because I hate being a bother to people I like. Which just reinforces the brain worms. Which makes the cycle worse.

                        I gotta get better at asking for RP.

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                        • CoinC
                          Coin @Popes
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                          @Popes Yeah. And Ares’ ‘Active Scenes’ page is essentially like spamming +where but on crack.

                          In Occam I trust.

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                          • AriaA
                            Aria @Yam
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                            @Yam said in MU Peeves Thread:

                            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.

                            Me about 2-3 weeks ago. I don’t know your circumstances, but at least know you’re not the only one.

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                            • shit-piss-loveS
                              shit-piss-love @Coin
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                              @Coin said in MU Peeves Thread:

                              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.

                              Okay I felt petty for it so now I’m glad someone else said it.

                              I have tried to get into Ares games a couple times now and the giant list of private scenes has, and I am using no hyperbole here, taken the wind out of my sails psychologically on both occasions. It makes the game feel impenetrable to me, as if putting all of the RP I’m not involved in on display makes it feel like my part in it is going to be insignificant. I can easily pick apart this in a number of ways that make it feel uncomfortable to complain about, but it’s there.

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                              • DrQuinnD
                                DrQuinn @shit-piss-love
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                                @shit-piss-love Yeah, it hit me like that too. Like, it’s great that there are so many people RPing, but when there’s 30+ private scenes and not one open scene that’s telling me there’s a lot of RP happening on this game that I just…don’t have access to as a new person.

                                I’d much rather see a list of OPEN scenes and maybe a little line saying something like ‘there’s 34 active scenes!’

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                                • CobaltC
                                  Cobalt @Popes
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                                  @Popes Okay, maybe we are the same person….

                                  What color is your hair currently??? Black or purple???

                                  Cobalt@Under the Stars
                                  cob.alt@Discord
                                  Cobalt#3811@mas.to

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                                    Gasboy @Cobalt
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                                    @Cobalt Blurple best colour. 🙂

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                                      Popes @Cobalt
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                                      @Cobalt It brown, but soon will be gone in the biannual shearing.

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                                      • MegM
                                        Meg @Yam
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                                        @Yam said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                        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.

                                        hey, hey. pick me. i no longer RP, but i used to so i get things. i am also non-judgey, i swear. and i make a good therapist, i’ve been told!

                                        these services are available for anyone. hit me up on discord @ gem#2769

                                        eta: doctor-patient confidentiality guaranteed! by my own forgetfulness, that i’ll not remember the conversation after a couple hours.

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                                        • hellfrogH
                                          hellfrog @Meg
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                                          @Meg “your secrets are safe with my indifference”
                                          you can put it on your business card

                                          fr fr
                                          (she/her)

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                                          • PavelP
                                            Pavel @hellfrog
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                                            @hellfrog percy de rollo

                                            He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.
                                            BE AN ADULT

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