Posts made by Roz

We do have a long-running Liberation post over here, for reference.

I’ve had this post bookmarked for a long time: Writing with Color.

@Jennkryst said in MU Peeves Thread:

@Roz said in MU Peeves Thread:

@helvetica said in MU Peeves Thread:

Not a peeve per se, but one of the things I do regret not really doing is engaging with the generational aspects of L&L/fantasy theme yet (in a non-kinky way, SORRY). Even though I closed out my big char on Arx with a kid to contribute to whatever imagined future for her situation, it was kinda just something I tossed in at the end cause it was on my bucket list.

Generational stuff is one of the reasons I was sad when Arx shifted from 3:1 to 2:1. Just reduced the chances of exploring it. (Plus there were always people who insisted on loudly declaring they never wanted staff to turn on auto-aging because they wanted to play an unaging 20-year-old forever.)

It’s me, I want to play the forever-20-year-old, with a body that isn’t randomly falling apart from too much marching band.

Cool, then don’t play on games in which legacy and generational inheritance are core features of the lore.

@helvetica said in MU Peeves Thread:

Not a peeve per se, but one of the things I do regret not really doing is engaging with the generational aspects of L&L/fantasy theme yet (in a non-kinky way, SORRY). Even though I closed out my big char on Arx with a kid to contribute to whatever imagined future for her situation, it was kinda just something I tossed in at the end cause it was on my bucket list.

Generational stuff is one of the reasons I was sad when Arx shifted from 3:1 to 2:1. Just reduced the chances of exploring it. (Plus there were always people who insisted on loudly declaring they never wanted staff to turn on auto-aging because they wanted to play an unaging 20-year-old forever.)

@TNP I am so, so sorry.

@Gashlycrumb said in MU Peeves Thread:

@Roz Not sure there’s a new story.

I just don’t think I’ve ever seen the thing you’re talking about as if it’s commonplace (someone getting banned just for complaining). I may have seen one or two bans that involved some forum posting, but as part of a much larger picture of issues. So when I was asking for a story, it’s because I don’t really know the old ones you’re referring to, either.

Games with stated rules “Do not post about the game, it makes the game look bad,” pass without much comment, even when they’re not ‘Blood of Dragons.’

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a game with this rule. What others have been around with it?

@Gashlycrumb said in Good things in Mushing:

@Roz Yes.

Sorry, though, it’s not the thread for it. I was being implusive.

lol okay i’ll MOVE THREADS, what’s the story then??

@Gashlycrumb said in Good things in Mushing:

@Jumpscare Naw, it’s the same shit, but it’s no longer considered wankery to punish players for pointing at it.

I’m trying to parse this. Are you saying that you think it’s no longer considered a bad thing if a player is punished for what they say about a game on forums and such?

@Rinel said in why is nobody talking about Veilguard:

@Testament said in why is nobody talking about Veilguard:

Probably better than Origins. Like, who the fuck ever used Wynn.

Wynn is my favorite companion from Origins, haha

DA2… well. It certainly looks good in retrospect, doesn’t it?

@Testament said in why is nobody talking about Veilguard:

@Roz I dunno about most daring narrative, but I’ve never disagreed with DA2 having had the best group of companions. Certainly better than Inquisition by leagues.

Of the first three DA games (just because I haven’t finished the third), it’s the only one that has a narrative built on the arc of a tragedy. It’s not the traditional heroic arc that most games are built on. It’s a narrative where you cannot win at the end. It’s not just the most daring of the DA games, it’s the sort of narrative structure that most video games don’t dare to embrace.

Probably better than Origins. Like, who the fuck ever used Wynn.

Omfg Wynn is great

@Testament i can’t hear you above the sound of the best cast and the most daring narrative

@Testament said in why is nobody talking about Veilguard:

Say whatever you want about continously reused and recycled maps/environments

da2 best da fite me

@Testament said in why is nobody talking about Veilguard:

I have issues with the voice acting. At some points it’s fine, even good(at least with interactions with Solas and Varric because their VAs know what the fuck their doing), but I have a particular disconnect with some of your companions VA(Neve especially)where they delivers lines either unsure or stilted or something that I can’t quite put my finger on.

Agree that Neve’s voice work in particular feels oddly stilted.

A number of people on the writing team had barely, if any, legitimate writing credits. When you factor in that I suspect some of this was happening during the writer’s strike, and knowing EA’S penchant for not wanting to pay, they probably just pulled people who had some kind of, if minimal, writing experience off another team.

I’m not sure why the writer’s strike would have an impact here. Video games weren’t one of the industries that the WGA was striking against, and the WGA doesn’t include video game writers AFAIK.

@Faraday very kindly went through the plugin files and our game files to put things together in a proper Ares plugin packaging, so I updated the links! It’s possible things may be missing or still require fiddling, of course, but hopefully it’ll make things a bit easier.

I’ll try to maybe put together a little bit of documentation for the Ledger plugin. It’s a nice, flexible one that could be used by any theme.

Over at City of Glass, we’ve had the great pleasure of getting to use a custom Ares plugin for Chronicles of Darkness made by the community’s one and only Glitch. He’s had to since leave the hobby, but the plugin has remained stable enough for three non-coders to continue using it and staffing with it without too much difficulty, minus a few hiccups. He also let us know that we should do whatever we thought was best with the code, and we figure the best thing is to open it to the wild.

We’ve done our best to pull together the necessary files on this repo: https://github.com/tezafofeza/ares-cod-plugin and https://github.com/tezafofeza/ares-ledger-plugin.

The code includes support for Mortal/Mortal+, Changeling, Mage, and Demon, along with the M++ templates Atariya, Dreamer, Infected, Lost Boy, and Psychic Vampire. (We only use Atariya and Psychic Vampire on CoG, so those are the only two I can fully attest to.)

This also includes the Ledger system, which is technically a separate plugin entirely, but one we’ve used extensively on City of Glass to manage locked notes. Ledger is fully customizable and flexible, so people can freely use the config files for it as just a reference for other stuff they want to do with it.

Here’s the catch: none of us are coders. We are not offering this with any form of support. This should be considered abandonware: nothing in it is going to change or be updated, and the documentation included is all you get. I might answer occasional questions about usage, because I love answering questions, but I make no guarantees.

This is also not packaged like a traditional Ares plugin. You will have to be familiar enough with Ares to know where to put these various folders and files.

ETA: Thanks to @Faraday, these have both been packaged as proper Ares plugins! It’s possible they may still require fiddling, though.

As this is being released into the wild, we fully expect there to be people forking off their own copies, and maybe someone will continue to develop it and package it into a proper Ares plugin. We just ask that anyone who does so to please credit Glitch for the foundation. He did some really amazing work.

@Jennkryst I really don’t think we need random updates about lack of activity on another board. I think plenty of folks knew what you were vaguebooking about, it’s just not fun or interesting to linger on it.

oh also, important update, since one of the rook faction backgrounds are the ANTI-SLAVER LIBERATORS i made my rook aleksei

@Rinel I’ve only gotten to play a bit. It’s hitting my motion sickness kind of bad, so I can’t do sessions that are too long Haven’t hit any smooching opportunities yet

For when you have random game keys to give away!

I grabbed the mystery game Humble Bundle that’s out, but I had a few of them already. Whoever clicks first wins the prize!

• Syberia Trilogy Package (Syberia 1, Syberia 2, Syberia 3, Syberia 3: An Automaton with a plan): https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=HAWb5kSXxqaK3Vsy
• Syberia: The World Before (AKA Syberia 4): https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=Udtua2cDFFdSp7z
• Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders: https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=fMav8qx68snRnwpF
• Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot The First Cases: https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=ASStBurB2xYmb6DG

The Syberia games are really good. 3 had a bit of a dip in quality, but I think that 4 was a good return to form.

I haven’t played the other two yet, they’re just already in my library.

@dvoraen I’m really looking forward to this one.