MU Peeves Thread
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I figure that everyone is just settling back into their RL routines after the holidays, not to mention re-figuring out time for their hobbies too.
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Also, this is not a peeve. I don’t actually have a MU peeve. This is a MU sad sorta. To me.
I have been playing in this hobby longer than some of you have been alive (that’s sad on a different level for me) and I think this year I’ve decided to step away from it.
There is no drama. There is no hard feelings. My life just doesn’t fit around it anymore. As well as play not being available to keep me invested. This is NOT a gripe. It’s my ADHD brain that wanders and fills my time if not occupied. I’m just a little sad to think my MU* time might be just done. I know it will always be there to come back to and I’m sure I’ll lurk on this site because I have a sick fascination with it. It’s just hard to put into words. Like … oh… but that oh holds so much.
That said. I got to spend the last year or so catching back up with people that I haven’t spoken to in years. I got to hear how their RL lives are going and see how their story telling (and mine) have changed. I got to get giddy running into people that do actually cross my mind from time to time. So I’m pretty excited about that and if I have RPed with you this last year. I have ENJOYED it. If I have paged you, I feel HONORED to catch up and I feel undeserving to those that got excited to meet back up with me.
No matter our differences and our opinions and sometimes our toxic rightness, I appreciate the people of this community.
I’m just in my feels about this realization and I’m just sharing to people who might understand (my RL people are not MU* people).
So in conclusion to my brain dump
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@RightMeow It’s a big step to take, but the most important part is making a choice to steward yourself, whatever shape that takes. And no shame if you dip back in later, just enjoy the power of the moment you’re in, whenever that moment is happening.
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@RightMeow The chance I had to RP with you in the past was a lot of fun. What I’ve come to learn is that the paths we choose are usually not right or wrong, since none of us have a crystal ball that can predict the future. If you feel it is the right path, then embrace it fully because you never know where it will take you. You also don’t know if it may eventually lead you back to MUs again in the future.
I know at one point I thought I had stepped away and I did for a bit of time, but surprisingly I found my way back. So I definitely wish you the best on where you choose to go and I’m sure if you choose to return, there will be people who welcome you back.
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People who primarily hang out in the foyer not playing the game, talking about their personal lives, and making snipey remarks to newbies because they’re friends with the mods
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@RightMeow said in MU Peeves Thread:
I think this year I’ve decided to step away from it.
I don’t think you’re alone in this, to be honest. I’m around on a couple of games but my level of activity is nowhere close to where it used to be - a pose a day, maybe. Weekends I’m rarely around to do anything. I’m filling my days with baking (I’m in my sourdough era, it’s how I know I’m old) and spending time with my kids, we’re playing so many video games together and just enjoying each other’s company. We’re going out and exploring. We’re redoing the house. I’m reading so many books.
I’m not really sad about it, though. There are times when I get nostalgic, or I miss writing with certain people, but that’s about it. I don’t really miss it like I used to. It could just be there really hasn’t been a game that’s truly excited me in a very long time, I think since HorrorMU* 2 if I’m being really honest with myself. But I think in a lot of ways it’s just that I’ve gotten older, my kids are older and it won’t be long now before they are out of the house, and I just can’t see myself growing old behind my computer when there’s so much left to do.
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I may be wrong to assume this site is anti-Nazi/etc.
SO!
Pet peeve, when the CWOD discord server you’re on decides to open a politics channel and you see not only the host of the server refuse to say they’re anti-Nazism but also a bunch of people supporting Nazism in the server…
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@catzilla said in MU Peeves Thread:
I may be wrong to assume this site is anti-Nazi/etc
The only Nazi we allow is a grammar nazi, and they’re on thin fuckin’ ice.
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@catzilla I think the recent banning post indicates the general community stance on that.
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@helvetica Fabulous. Then please avoid the ‘Classic World of Darkness’ Discord server for now. The server owner decided to open a political channel and refuses to state their political aligning.
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@bear_necessities This is extremely relatable.
When I got back into MUing ~4 years ago, my youngest was an infant and it felt really nice to have a hobby I could do during naps that also required me to use my brain a little bit. So my days weren’t 100% babies and toddlers and the occasional scrap of conversation with my husband in between a JOB. Now that the kids are older (albeit still little), family life has become more FUN, and there’s more fun things to do at home.
It feels like a natural progression though. I’m nostalgic for marathon RP and constant activity. I’m also happy with my current balance.
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@Nilli said in MU Peeves Thread:
I’m nostalgic for marathon RP and constant activity.
In my case I’m not sure if I’m nostalgic for that per se or if I’m nostalgic for the person I was and the life I had when those things were the norm.
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LOL I still like to RP.
Also other things, but I don’t think it’s inhibiting my life. I go in and out of it, like most hobbies.
I want something else to get me through this
Semi-charmed kinda life, baby, baby
I want something else, I'm not listening when you say good-byeShe/Her or They/Them
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I have spent the longest time away from being active on a game than I ever have in like 30 years of being in the hobby! That isn’t to say I haven’t tried or dipped my toe in (and nothing happened to cause it, I did have fun where I dipped in!) Part of it is starting my dream job, but honestly I think some of it is that I take a med that is amazing (pretty much obliterated all my chronic illness stuff!) but now there’s an understanding that it affects satiety in a big way. I find I don’t crave the rush or busy-ness of a super active MUSH schedule, which filled a lot of that needing to keep my super bouncy mind active to be happy. I totally get being nostalgic for marathon RP and constant activity, it was one of those ways I kept my happiness meter charged for most of my adult life! Now I don’t need to do quite so many things to get that same nice feeling of contentment.
I do think if I found the right paced game that had the people I like in it, I might pick up again, but I’m also okay waiting for that too. I just find the last few places I’ve tried the pace was a little fast for me and I couldn’t keep up. The nice thing is that I wasn’t stressed out about that like I normally would fret at not being able to keep up.
So anyway. I do miss my RP partners, I’m glad I can see what people are up to here, and keep up with what’s going on so if I do wanna dip in I can. I’m sure I will at some point, but I’m also pretty sure it’s probably not going to be on a high stakes or fast paced game again!
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