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    • PrototartP
      Prototart
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      Rena said everything I would have - in fact, she said many things I’ve repeatedly said in this very thread - but, really, thank you for explaining what this situation involving someone I have known for a decade is actually about. Total blonde moment, el oh el, you know how bitches get, smile emoji.

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      • PavelP
        Pavel
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        So the game is shit, run by people who are shit, and played (not exclusively) by people who are shit.

        Why d’you wanna play there, again?

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

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          renaveleigh @Pavel
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          @Pavel Why do people play shitty WoD, Star Wars, or any other game in this hobby?

          Because there aren’t any better options, their friends are there, and they intend to avoid as much of the shittiness as possible. This is not remotely unique.

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          • PavelP
            Pavel @renaveleigh
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            @renaveleigh Of course it’s not unique, nor did my question imply that it was. It’s still an important question for one to think about when this much hassle comes from simply trying to take a character from a roster.

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

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              Popes
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              Honestly the three big issues with HA are thus:

              The cult of Vorpal, who is a piece of shit asshole who drove my good friend from the game for the crime of saying ‘Maybe don’t be toxic about shipping comic book characters?’ regarding that group’s apparently vile hatred of Beast Boy x Raven.

              Chaucer in general, who is a shithead asshole AND a bad writer with terrible ideas about how things should work all the while being a condescending fuckwad.

              Finally, somehow the least egregious of the three being the fact that NOTHING HAPPENS. There’s no metaplot, there’s capped scenes run for cliques and groups and if you’re not in on them fuck you, drink coffee with randos to keep your character.

              (Edited 'cause I typoed Vorpal)

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              • PrototartP
                Prototart
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                <Questions> Chaucer says, “This all circles back to one of the core concepts in the game, how ‘harmony’ works and how the mortal soul is the purest force of creation. It takes a soul to make a soul. Elf lords have fallen in love with mortals and if they love, and are loved in return, a soul can come from that. This is how you end up with demigods and half-fae and all those other interesting permutations. Also the unasked question is, ‘what becomes of a half-blood that never knows love’ and I am sure that’s how you end up making Old Gods, but I might save that for a story arc.”

                would you ever guess that this is a Marvel/DC superhero game

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                  GF @Prototart
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                  @Prototart “What becomes of a half-blood that never knows love” is maybe the yikesiest sentence I’ve read.

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                    Popes @GF
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                    @GF Sounds like <Censored because I don’t support TERFS, but you know who I’m talking about>

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                    • PrototartP
                      Prototart @Popes
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                      oh, hi

                      ok, short story:

                      some people I know were like, “you should join us on HAM”
                      i was like, “yeah they’ll ban me within twelve hours, it’s entirely The Chaucer Show now”
                      some people I know are like, “oh you’re being paranoid”
                      i was like, “well, maybe it’ll be funny”

                      anyway,

                      Shakespeare (S) pages: Hey there. See from your IP that you’re the player who went by ProtoTart. There was past acrimony, including issues from games that predate HAM, that came up last time. Ending with you deciding to leave. I think that clean break was the right call for everyone. It’s a game and pastime and should be fun for all. Given the longstanding feelings I think a repeat is likely enough we’d best stick with that call and all move on our separate ways. So going to go ahead and formalize it on our part. Wish you well wherever the future takes you.
                      [21:12] Idle message sent to Shakespeare.
                      You are politely shown to the door.
                      Thank you for visiting.
                      Please return soon.
                      *********** D I S C O N N E C T E D ***********

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                      • JennkrystJ
                        Jennkryst @Prototart
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                        @Prototart Guess that means there’s plenty of time for Exalted shenaniganz?

                        Mummy Pun? MUMMY PUN!
                        She/her

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                          junipersky Administrators @Prototart
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                          @Prototart said in Comic Games Are Fun!:

                          You are politely shown to the door.
                          Thank you for visiting.
                          Please return soon.

                          Someone needs to work on this message. I’m getting mixed signals.

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                            GF @Jennkryst
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                            @Jennkryst There’s an Exalted game?

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                              Gasboy @GF
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                              @GF Yep!
                              https://exalted.mushhaven.com
                              mushhaven.com:2526

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                              • JennkrystJ
                                Jennkryst
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                                Admittedly, the wiki could use a makeover, and the character list could use an update (a bunch of them aren’t on +census… and +census has folks not on the wiki, I think)

                                But! It is totally there, and I totally have semi-regular arguments about how the chargen is dumb and I hate it, while they mostly tolerate my presence. FOR NOW.

                                Mummy Pun? MUMMY PUN!
                                She/her

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                                  GF
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                                  Huh. I never thought there’d be such a thing. Thanks, you two.

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                                  • ArkandelA
                                    Arkandel @junipersky
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                                    @junipersky said in Comic Games Are Fun!:

                                    @Prototart said in Comic Games Are Fun!:

                                    You are politely shown to the door.
                                    Thank you for visiting.
                                    Please return soon.

                                    Someone needs to work on this message. I’m getting mixed signals.

                                    “Please leave immediately. We love you.”

                                    I think it’s pretty clear!

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                                    • PolkP
                                      Polk @Pavel
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                                      @Pavel said in Comic Games Are Fun!:

                                      So the game is shit, run by people who are shit, and played (not exclusively) by people who are shit.

                                      Why d’you wanna play there, again?

                                      I wish we had a gentler way of saying this.

                                      Quitting a game is HARD. If you’re the kind of person who’s on a lot, having that window there, talking to people, thinking about the game, working on your character(s), playing, it becomes a part of your life.

                                      Leaving a game leaves a gigantic hole in your life. It’s a loss. And I’m pretty sure it on some level works psychologically like any other loss.

                                      So I wish there was a very, very gentle way to suggest that a person quit a game, that doesn’t come off cold and a little condescending. Because I’ve done that, and I hate how I sound when I say it.

                                      I’ve managed to do it, quit a game. And it’s hard. It hurts.

                                      But in the end it’s often the right thing, if a game has soured.

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                                        Jynxbox @Polk
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                                        @Polk said in Comic Games Are Fun!:

                                        So I wish there was a very, very gentle way to suggest that a person quit a game, that doesn’t come off cold and a little condescending. Because I’ve done that, and I hate how I sound when I say it.

                                        Polk pages: Don’t contact me in nay way. GEt out of my life.

                                        If only there were a better way. /sarcasm

                                        You giant, performative, insincere phony.

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                                        • PavelP
                                          Pavel @Polk
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                                          @Polk said in Comic Games Are Fun!:

                                          And I’m pretty sure it on some level works psychologically like any other loss.

                                          I imagine it’s similar to leaving an abusive relationship. It doesn’t really matter what we say or how we say it, it’s entirely up to the person involved.

                                          That said, sometimes a splash of cold water helps. Sometimes it doesn’t.

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

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                                          • ArkandelA
                                            Arkandel @Polk
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                                            @Polk said in Comic Games Are Fun!:

                                            Quitting a game is HARD. If you’re the kind of person who’s on a lot, having that window there, talking to people, thinking about the game, working on your character(s), playing, it becomes a part of your life.

                                            Also, aside from the sunk costs factor over your character’s achievements, there is also the cold reality that just because you have had enough, and you want to leave, that doesn’t mean your friends are quite there yet.

                                            So you’re also dealing with fear of missing out and the social exclusion from your tribe of buddies. Hell even if they were to leave (and that’s never a given) who’s to say they’d all go to the same game, or that your new PCs would be associated again?

                                            Once you’re gone, all that is gone too.

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