• Star Trek Games

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    @Raistlin said in Star Trek Games:

    what would stop you from playing on a Star Trek game?

    Other people, generally.

  • MU Peeves Thread

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    Social Combat when?

  • Tsar's Playlist

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    @tsar I just want you to know how serious I am about catching these 🐌s and returning them home.

    The BEST Snails.png

  • Celebrities We've Lost 2025

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    Kenneth Colley aka Admiral Piett.

  • Ot The Real, Gorilla Nems Ban Thread

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    @Testament But is the D&D related to the setting of Seven Nations?!

  • Real life happy

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    @RightMeow You’re the cat’s meow, the bee’s knees, you are Doctor Who’s shoes. Congrats!

  • System for Mech Game

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    @Superbia Just be aware that FS3 is not very “crunchy” and so does not have a lot of the kinds of systems you’d typically find in a TTRPG. Like for Mechs in Battletech - there’s no concept of heat, ammo, range, critical hits, etc.

    For a light-touch story driven thing, FS3 vehicles would surely do fine. It’s just not going to resemble any of the “mech wargame” systems.

  • What happened, man?

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    @Prototart said in What happened, man?:

    i don’t believe you

    Do it for her

  • AI PBs

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    @MisterBoring said in AI PBs:

    Use stock photos or other art published online for free under a Creative-Commons (or similar) license.

    I actually did this once, way back when in the Haunted Memories days for a character. Though it was less an ethical reasoning and more that I just happened to find some stock photos that were so perfect for what I envisioned that I had to use them, so I paid a few dollars to remove the stock image watermark. It did feel kinda good though.

    I did the AI thing when Midjourney first came around and before I knew better (I didn’t really look into anything around it I just went ‘oh cool AI images’ like so many people). I wouldn’t touch that sort of thing now.

    I’m kinda in the same boat as some others have echoed, I kinda dislike PBs in general. Most of the time it’s the last step on the process and I rarely find something that truly matches what I was thinking of.

  • PBs

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    @Tez Yeah, I feel like we should be crotchety and stuck in our ways (in our rocking chairs on the front porch) about “pb/played by” versus “faceclaim.” >.>

  • General Video Game Thread

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    I really enjoyed Deltarune Chapter 4. An unexpected amount of character depth and some great music. More fool me for thinking there were only 4 chapters, though. Guess I’ll be waiting for the 5th chapter in 2026! (And… for 6… and… 7…)

  • Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent

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    Finally! My dog has taken two pills!

    a man in a tutu is dancing in a field with a group of people .

  • Banned: Necro, bnuuy

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  • troll thread

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    no need to feed the trolls, folks

  • Your Latest Batch of (Silly) Drama

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    @tsar said in Your Latest Batch of (Silly) Drama:

    @dvoraen I’m about to have so many snails.

    Does this mean you’re playing this game and are going to catch a lot of croblings snails?

  • On Dragon Wings

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    Address: pern.gaslightswitch.com port 4201 Portal: https://pern.gaslightswitch.com/

    We have a few people looking to play Impression on-camera, so we’ll be running a hatching in August, with events kicking off in earnest on the 29th of June.

    It’s a good time to join if you’ve ever wanted to play Candidacy, Impression and weyrlinghood as a character arc. Our “process” is low-key, so you won’t need to write an app or jump through any hoops. Just create a character, sign up to Impress, and go about your regular RP.

    We also have a few big story moments coming up in July, so it’s a good time to join if you’ve ever wanted to play Pern regardless of Candidacy.

  • World Tone / Feeling

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    @Faraday said in World Tone / Feeling:

    The important thing is to set expectations.

    Agreed. Even the most well-thought-out story-based consequence can feel like a capricious punishment rather than an interesting story moment if there’s no communication and the player is blind-sided.

  • Player Ratios

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    I think a lot of expectations seem reasonable on the surface–if games happened in a vacuum or were run by robots. They do not and are not.

    I think everyone is happier in the long run if when they notice that they do not get a response in the amount of time before they start to feel resentful and this seems to be the rule rather than the exception either they need to accept that and play with what they have or it is time to move on.

    Staying while mad and steeping in resentment poisons the experience even when it is your turn, and can also affect everyone you are around too. It doesn’t really matter why. If the Could/Should isn’t happening for you, it probably isn’t personal (unless thats your usual experience across different gamerunners and genres, in which case perhaps some introspection is needed). But it is good to make some realistic expectations shifts in how much mental energy and time you want to invest in a game where for whatever reason there’s a mismatch in what you get vs what you feel you’re giving.

    And sometimes players need time off to recover from a previous bad experience elsewhere. Few things kill staff or storytelling morale (or player morale) than a player vomiting game trauma dumping all over them and having a huge chip on their shoulder about how other people have wronged them elsewhere and are unable to interact without mentioning it frequently.

  • Re: Dies Irae

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    It’s sort of inevitable given the apparent lack of communication going on between staff, along with the sheer amount of making things up on the fly that I had seen during my brief sojourn there.

  • I need an adult

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    @dvoraen said in I need an adult:

    Is this the true Pilk?

    It’s only Pilk if you can use it to replace your car’s oil.