Suspected Superhero Creeping Or Something

[Pavel]

Could he pay for my college tuition if I make a hot enough female character?

[L. B. Heuschkel]

Question: Have you alerted staff on the game in question?

[Adora]

@Pavel I have student loan debt and am willing to be a virtual sugar baby so let me know if this works.

[Pavel]

@L-B-Heuschkel said in DWOPP-spotting:

Question: Have you alerted staff on the game in question?

This is a cross-post from MSB, @Snackness isn’t the original poster so you’d have to ask over there for more details on this particular case.

[L. B. Heuschkel]

@Pavel Ah, sorry. Appreciate the heads up anyhow. This guy is somebody no one needs on their game.

[Testament]

[Snackness]

@L-B-Heuschkel Yeah, I’m just the signal booster. The thread is public on MSB if you want to ask on there. I can’t because I’m banned

[Roz]

@Snackness It might help if you put the copied post portion in a quote thing?

Like this

For clarity.

If you just copy it and start with one > and then paste it’ll fill in the > symbols for subsequent paragraphs.

[Snackness]

@Roz Oh good, I was trying to figure out how to do that.

And it is done!

[Runescryer]

Hello.

First, thanks to @Snackness for helping spread the word.

To answer @L-B-Heuschkel; yes. Staff on the game in question have been made aware and are conducting their own investigation.

I know that the ‘trust the process’ line isn’t going to be all that comforting to a lot of people in light of everything that’s happened, but I’m giving the game a fair chance to work their process as well as the player in question a fair chance without smearing them with the DWOPP label. Receipts are being gathered and analyzed, and will be presented when there’s harder evidence than ‘I got a bad feeling here…’ All there are at the moment are behavioral patterns that match. Could be DWOPP, could be some other/new toxic player. Theno and I had a conversation on MUHaven last night with a newer MUSHer who liked the idea of a completely ‘no-holds barred’ game and didn’t see anything wrong in emotional manipulation of players. No accusations, just that IMO, the hobby tends to attract players of all sorts, good and bad.

Like I said in the post, this is just the smoke alarm going off. There could be a fire, there might not be. I just think it’s better for Staff and Players to be aware that DWOPP, or someone like them, might be back active again.

[eye8urcake]

@Runescryer Even if it’s not that creepy fuckface, it sounds like it’s a creepy fuckface and either way, needs dealing with.

[KDraygo]

@eye8urcake said in DWOPP-spotting:

@Runescryer Even if it’s not that creepy fuckface, it sounds like it’s a creepy fuckface and either way, needs dealing with.

I think this is the more important point to focus on than actually finding DWOPP. Instead of trying to find out if a player is DWOPP, staff should be focused on verifying if a player has those tendencies and qualities, and taking action. It doesn’t matter if that person is DWOPP or not and they don’t have to fit the bill perfectly. There should be a line where when enough boxes are checked, they should be shown the exit.

DWOPP just fits the type of player that should not be welcomed in any game.

[foksthery]

There’s some A+ level flouncing from the dude in question on the MSB thread.

[Coin]

Did some snooping.

The player banned was Lithium@MSB. Def not DWOPP or anything close to it. Asked around, too, and apparently the people he had issue with, one of them is the headstaffer for Elseverse (who actually DOES have DWOPP tendencies in how he tries to gaslight, manipulate, and love-bomb people) and Macha@MSB, who… well, it’s Macha.

Shady AF, if you ask me.

But the point is, maybe instead of crying wolf to the four winds, next time make sure the behavior is actually happening, too, because by all accounts, it wasn’t.

[foksthery]

@Coin Uh, the Elseverse headwiz is nothing like you’re making him out to be.

Also glass houses and all.

[Coin]

@foksthery said in DWOPP-spotting:

@Coin Uh, the Elseverse headwiz is nothing like you’re making him out to be.

Also glass houses and all.

Glass houses?

What exactly do you mean, pray tell. Are you insinuating I’m a gaslighting manipulator who guilt trips and love-bombs people?

If you’re gonna say it, say it.

[foksthery]

@Coin Everything I’ve ever seen and heard about and from you paints the picture of a petty, abusive narcissist edgelord.

[Coin]

@foksthery said in DWOPP-spotting:

@Coin Everything I’ve ever seen and heard about and from you paints the picture of a petty, abusive narcissist edgelord.

Oh yeah?

From whom? Or is it again, just hearsay? Lord forbid I not get along with everyone. But hey, you have stories right? You’ve been given details?

Tell everyone how nasty I am.

[foksthery]

This post is deleted!

[foksthery]

@Coin why, when you’re doing such a good job yourself?