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    • KarmaBumK
      KarmaBum @shit-piss-love
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      @shit-piss-love I don’t know how to put this nicely so I hope this doesn’t seem pricky 'cause it really seems like… just don’t type scenes / visit the scenes-live page if it’s bothering you that much. 😞

      You can also use CSS to hide the “last activity” column on the page -

      .live-scenes-block .col-sm-3 {
          display: none;
      }
      

      On Dragon Wings · https://pern.gaslightswitch.com · pern.gaslightswitch.com port 4201

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      • FaradayF
        Faraday @KarmaBum
        last edited by Faraday

        @KarmaBum Also, scenes/open in-game will only show the open scenes. The scenes page on the portal puts the private ones you’re not a part of at the bottom of the list. FWIW, I did once look into making them collapsible as @Third-Eye suggested, but it’s just problematic because it’s all one big table currently.

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        • juniperskyJ
          junipersky Administrators @shit-piss-love
          last edited by

          @shit-piss-love

          This is 100% accurate for me.

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          • Third EyeT
            Third Eye @shit-piss-love
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            @shit-piss-love said in What Is Your Preferred Play Style?:

            “What were you doing in private with THEM?!”.

            Whether this is an impulse that should actually be maneuvered around or indulged is always where I get stuck because this stuff bottoms out with me pretty quickly, whether it’s via WHO list/where checks or just watching scenes. But, again, whole other things.

            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-bye

            She/Her or They/Them

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            • ScissorsS
              Scissors
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              @Faraday My feeling on this is exactly like yours.

              Unfortunately Async seems to be increasingly becoming the norm, or at least I’m noticing it more in my latest round of dipping-my-toes-into-Mushing-again. And frankly, it’s burning me out a lot faster.

              Run with Me.

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              • tsarT
                tsar @shit-piss-love
                last edited by

                @shit-piss-love said in What Is Your Preferred Play Style?:

                That just seems like a risky move in a hobby that is already full of “What were you doing in private with THEM?!”.

                if anyone pages me that I’m sending them explicit TS poses, you’ve all been warned

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                • JumpscareJ
                  Jumpscare @Faraday
                  last edited by

                  @Faraday said in What Is Your Preferred Play Style?:

                  @KarmaBum Also, scenes/open in-game will only show the open scenes. The scenes page on the portal puts the private ones you’re not a part of at the bottom of the list. FWIW, I did once look into making them collapsible as @Third-Eye suggested, but it’s just problematic because it’s all one big table currently.

                  Random thought, but could Ares benefit from a hybrid of Private & Open scenes? One where people can watch the RP as it’s happening, but it’s closed for additional characters entering the scene. You could call it “Full” or something like that.

                  There’d still be the obstacle of normalizing players of using Full instead of Private, but I feel like it’d help with the penetrability of the game if people could get an eye of what’s happening right now.

                  Game-runner of Silent Heaven, a small-town horror MU.
                  https://silentheaven.org

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                  • FaradayF
                    Faraday @Jumpscare
                    last edited by Faraday

                    @Jumpscare said in What Is Your Preferred Play Style?:

                    Random thought, but could Ares benefit from a hybrid of Private & Open scenes?

                    You can use scene notes for this, though it’s mainly used for scenes where it’s open but only for particular characters meeting certain criteria. Per the help file:

                    Used for open scenes where participation is limited (by quantity, character type, etc.) or other special considerations apply.

                    But honestly, what people are doing in their private scenes is none of anyone’s business. At the risk of being harsh, I’m disinclined to create coded solutions for people who can’t handle that.

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                    • Third EyeT
                      Third Eye @Jumpscare
                      last edited by

                      @Jumpscare said in What Is Your Preferred Play Style?:

                      Random thought, but could Ares benefit from a hybrid of Private & Open scenes? One where people can watch the RP as it’s happening, but it’s closed for additional characters entering the scene. You could call it “Full” or something like that.

                      Spirit Lake had ‘Watchable’ scenes for a while, which was a tag people could use to make closed scenes viewable to voyeurs. It was a lot of fun, honestly, but the code broke after like every update so I don’t think it felt worth maintaining.

                      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-bye

                      She/Her or They/Them

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                      • KarmaBumK
                        KarmaBum @tsar
                        last edited by

                        @tsar said in What Is Your Preferred Play Style?:

                        if anyone pages me that I’m sending them explicit TS poses, you’ve all been warned

                        like… personalized right then on the spot or do you have a dispenser…? 'cause i know where to find you and got a week off coming up soon

                        On Dragon Wings · https://pern.gaslightswitch.com · pern.gaslightswitch.com port 4201

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                        • tsarT
                          tsar @KarmaBum
                          last edited by

                          @KarmaBum said in What Is Your Preferred Play Style?:

                          @tsar said in What Is Your Preferred Play Style?:

                          if anyone pages me that I’m sending them explicit TS poses, you’ve all been warned

                          like… personalized right then on the spot or do you have a dispenser…? 'cause i know where to find you and got a week off coming up soon

                          lol what are you planning on coming to my house and having me recite TS out loud

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                          • KarmaBumK
                            KarmaBum @tsar
                            last edited by

                            @tsar omg i meant what game to find you on. but WAY TO MAKE IT EVEN WEIRDER

                            On Dragon Wings · https://pern.gaslightswitch.com · pern.gaslightswitch.com port 4201

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                            • tsarT
                              tsar @KarmaBum
                              last edited by tsar

                              @KarmaBum said in What Is Your Preferred Play Style?:

                              @tsar omg i meant what game to find you on. but WAY TO MAKE IT EVEN WEIRDER

                              YOU OPENED THIS DOOR YOU SAID YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME AND YOU DO

                              AND WHY WOULD YOU NEED A WHOLE WEEK UNLESS TRAVELING

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                              • KarmaBumK
                                KarmaBum @tsar
                                last edited by

                                @tsar said in What Is Your Preferred Play Style?:

                                WHY WOULD YOU NEED A WHOLE WEEK

                                to test your commitment

                                On Dragon Wings · https://pern.gaslightswitch.com · pern.gaslightswitch.com port 4201

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                                • PavelP
                                  Pavel @tsar
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                                  @tsar said in What Is Your Preferred Play Style?:

                                  @KarmaBum said in What Is Your Preferred Play Style?:

                                  @tsar said in What Is Your Preferred Play Style?:

                                  if anyone pages me that I’m sending them explicit TS poses, you’ve all been warned

                                  like… personalized right then on the spot or do you have a dispenser…? 'cause i know where to find you and got a week off coming up soon

                                  lol what are you planning on coming to my house and having me recite TS out loud

                                  Either beat poetry or Shakespeare style, please.

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

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                                  • bear_necessitiesB
                                    bear_necessities @tsar
                                    last edited by

                                    @tsar said in What Is Your Preferred Play Style?:

                                    @shit-piss-love said in What Is Your Preferred Play Style?:

                                    That just seems like a risky move in a hobby that is already full of “What were you doing in private with THEM?!”.

                                    if anyone pages me that I’m sending them explicit TS poses, you’ve all been warned

                                    I just want everyone here to know that I asked this of @tsar and I didn’t even get a PG-13 TS pose let alone an explicit one so I DEMAND JUSTICE.

                                    BAIT
                                    AND
                                    SWITCH

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                                    • JumpscareJ
                                      Jumpscare @Faraday
                                      last edited by

                                      @Faraday said in What Is Your Preferred Play Style?:

                                      But honestly, what people are doing in their private scenes is none of anyone’s business.

                                      Maybe I’m in the minority, but I don’t like being in private scenes. I’d much rather be in watchable scenes, for many reasons… I don’t like adding to the curtain of private scenes, it gives other players something to read during their downtime, and if it’s going to be shared in the end anyway I have no problem with people reading it before it’s done.

                                      I’m not saying that other players shouldn’t be entitled to their privacy, although I can see how my previous post came off like that. My mistake. I was intending to refer to people like me who prefer being in watchable scenes.

                                      Or maybe I’m the only one who likes that. I don’t know.

                                      Game-runner of Silent Heaven, a small-town horror MU.
                                      https://silentheaven.org

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                                      • FaradayF
                                        Faraday @Jumpscare
                                        last edited by

                                        @Jumpscare said in What Is Your Preferred Play Style?:

                                        Or maybe I’m the only one who likes that. I don’t know.

                                        Oh I’m sure you’re not. My comment about “none of their business” was just in general, not meant to be directed at you. Sorry if that was unclear.

                                        Personally I always found the “+watch” code from days of yore intensely uncomfortable. Not because I was doing anything truly private (I post most of my scenes anyway), but just because it bothers me feeling like I have someone looking over my shoulder. I turn off my “X players watching you” indicator in video games for similar reasons 🙂 So I’m not going to code anything like that for Ares, but like I mentioned, scene notes should cover the basic need.

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                                        • hellfrogH
                                          hellfrog @tsar
                                          last edited by hellfrog

                                          @tsar said in What Is Your Preferred Play Style?:

                                          @shit-piss-love said in What Is Your Preferred Play Style?:

                                          That just seems like a risky move in a hobby that is already full of “What were you doing in private with THEM?!”.

                                          if anyone pages me that I’m sending them explicit TS poses, you’ve all been warned

                                          don’t threaten us with a good time

                                          fr fr
                                          (she/her)

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                                          • SpaceKhomeiniS
                                            SpaceKhomeini
                                            last edited by SpaceKhomeini

                                            I’m primarily distract/async due to, well, life, but I’ve found that there’s async and then there’s ASYNC. I’m fine with async with poses as infrequent as maybe once a day or two but after a while, I find myself in situations where people pose every 3-4 days and I find myself unable to even focus properly as my head just falls out of the situation.

                                            Again, I know this is necessary sometimes, it’s just not ideal for me.

                                            I woke up feeling so good, I think I’d better call in sick/ I need a personal trainer to help me hold my drink
                                            I plan to be spontaneous next time we meet/I’m putting off procrastinating until next week
                                            I’ll get onto it when I give a shit

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