Dad fell and broke his neck almost six months ago to the day (November 2). He’s alive but quadriplegic. As you might expect, my schedule has not been conducive to MU*ing (mostly because I can’t personally manage asynchronous play; otherwise I’d be at least waist-deep in Ares games).

@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.

A morbid longing for the picturesque

@Wizz what a handsome

@MisterBoring said in Non-toxic PvP:

Also, if you approach IC conflict in a fully RP MU (so a MUSH or MUX or whatever) as though it’s a round of all slappers in Goldeneye, I would suggest that you’re in the wrong place and would better be served by a PvP MUD.

I promise you I am in the right place lol.

Also - my bros and I never demanded no contact orders from our parents after a round of GoldenEye slappers. So maybe we had it right after all?

@Kestrel said in Non-toxic PvP:

There are players who enjoy playing weird little gremlins or satirical characters they see as totally separate from themselves, where they get to have fun at that character’s expense.

This is me.

@Kestrel said in Non-toxic PvP:

…is basically a service you’re providing other players…

you’re welcome.

@Rucket said in Real life happy:

@Rucket said in Real life happy:

I, uh, have a crazy job interview on Monday. I really can’t believe it but going to prep this weekend and hope Monday goes well!

Quoting my own post to say I had a 2nd one on Thursday and hope to hear something early next week about Interview #3.

patrick star from spongebob squarepants is holding a green flag and a yellow finger

@Wikibara said in Tales of Zalanthas:

@Juniper It’s for people who want to live in both denial and sadness simultaneously, I guess.

Ah. Marriage.

@Gashlycrumb I showed my husband the series The Human Animal last year and it took me back to when I watched it during the original US broadcast. I had to sneak watching it because my religious household fordbade secular television, and looking back I’m pretty sure it is part of what helped me eventually break the spell of religion and find peace with a scientific world view. Thanks for everything, Desmond.

Here’s a link to the mini series. https://archive.org/details/vid-20230113-091100

@MisterBoring said in LFRP: Light and support character acceptable places?:

Brain meats failing happens.

More and more frequently, as the decades continue their inexorable march…

Does anyone else increasingly feel like you have no time ever for recreation? Here’s an idea of my backlog, assuming I did full completions including postgame:

finish Octopath Traveler I - 20h? (Postgame quests and bosses) Octopath Traveler II - 120h? Dragon Quest I-III (HD-2D) - 200h? <- hard to judge; probably higher Dragon Quest VII Reimagined - 150h? <- estimate due to 200h on DQXI Horizon: Forbidden West - 70h? God of War: Ragnarok - 70h?

Now let’s add in stuff just released or soon to launch that will undoubtedly consume focus!

Windrose (EA launch) - > 50h easily I’m sure; depends on content. Soulmask (1.0) - > 100h if I commit to it

I’m doomed. 😭

Not a scene, but I have to give shoutouts to Arx staff because multiple action responses to me led to some of the most impactful character development I’ve ever had in MU*ing.

@Pavel said in Deep Shadows MUSH - Closed Beta:

Best we can do is a bunch of mentally ill queer folks with angst and a penchant for metaphor.

… that sounds like a very long way around to say something that might just piss some people off 🙂 But very well said.

@howyadoin said in MU Peeves Thread:

@Kestrel Would you be comfortable naming who it is? Some of us might have similar stories about this person, too.

Nope. I wish them well.

@Arashi Hey you! Haven’t heard from you in forever, hope you’re doing well!

I’m going to have to lay down more one-line pithy metaphors, just so you all can give me poetry in response.

Big things for me:

Is the house rule clearly explained so I know how it is likely to affect my play? Does it pass the “smell test”? Which is to say, when I read the rule, can I see what it’s trying to do, do I agree with what it’s trying to do, and do I think it will actually accomplish that? (And, honestly? WoD/CoD generally DOES need a little more houseruling than it gets when trying to blend spheres that have conflicting powers/themes/foci.) Do I think it’ll be fun and fair to all players?

If those three things are a yes, then I’m willing to run with it. When you’re talking about big changes–adding or removing or completely rehauling a system like pledges or whatever–then I do want the new rules to maintain the theme and appeal of the game for me. Like, HR rules to streamline making spirits and how they interact with the world from the rather complicated setup in CoD? Sure, I’m in, as long as spirits are still CoD spirits in recognizable ways.

So I’ve been keeping an eye on the GitHub for a bit and was >this< close to opening a thread yesterday about Arx seeming a way out but coming along pretty neat! Very interested to see what you’ve got cooked up.

@Pavel right and i think it’s better to focus on creating culture/implementing rules that determine how those systems are utilized rather than scrapping a nice thing

@bear_necessities I think it’s more just a clash of expectations.

Some people see async as merely a “last resort” when you can’t sync up to play live, but still expect a degree of responsiveness to get the scene done. For example, even back when folks were doing async with LiveJournal or Google Docs, it could be considered rude to let a pose go three days without a response. At that point, it’s not really about syncing up timezones and can start to feel more like the other player just doesn’t care enough to reply, isn’t engaged in the scene, etc. (Or they, aka me, just have ADHD and forgot the scene exists. 👀 )

Other people (including those who are influenced by other, slower RP modalities like forum RP, storium, etc.) might not even think twice about going days between poses.

@hellfrog and me 😞