Posts made by Rucket

Sad to hear Glitch had to leave the hobby but this is some really slick work!

Been trying to engage less online and focus more on myself, especially the last few months. Seems to be progressing well, since July 1st I’ve lost 50 pounds and focused on doing more physical activities despite the triple digit heat (though getting used to it more now… kind of).

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

@dvoraen I’m not saying I am RPing or not RPing, but I’m definitely not RPing, because I’m too cool and busy for RP, having a real life.

(Actually, I just play CS2 instead.)

At least it’s not CoD

@Tez said in MU Peeves Thread:

@Aria Ooo, TY.

I was reading OP’s reddit AMA the other day and the business decisions Paradox is making with their licenses didn’t surprise me, but did disappoint me. Paradox seems to be leaving a lot of lines dead in the water, presumably to avoid cannibalizing their own base for other lines. Gotta streamline those business efficiencies and maximize your gainz.

I’m still waiting for Bloodlines 2 goddamn it. I don’t know what all happened with the development of that game, but it was supposed to be out years ago.

Getting out of the shower and looking into the hallway and wondering… am I losing my goddamn mind as something seems to be moving on the floor. Oh no, a damn scorpion These things freak me out to no end.

@bored said in Comic Games Are Still Fun!:

assumed no one here played comic places anymore

There’s still some Ares-based comic games, but they tend not to be so explosive with drama I guess. Anyway, my experience with HAM was from 2020 and both Chaucer and Shakespeare can fuck right off imo. They let some obscenely toxic behavior go along for way too long all because they were afraid of hurting “their numbers”.

@Rinel Oh, I knew it wasn’t about me, I haven’t had much time for MUs in a bit lol. I just was in the mood to post an office gift, sorry

@hellfrog said in MU Peeves Thread:

It’s barely a peeve, but it doesn’t seem appropriate for ‘good things’, either.

People are really just not as slick as they think they are, in general. I see you, buddy.

Working 60hr weeks since mid-November, finally told to go back to normal 8 hour days and then shit happens and now its time to go back on the overtime train.

@Coin said in Thoughts on pre-planned Time Jumps to Retire Characters and Play Their Descendants:

@Alveraxus said in Thoughts on pre-planned Time Jumps to Retire Characters and Play Their Descendants:

@Roz said in Thoughts on pre-planned Time Jumps to Retire Characters and Play Their Descendants:

@helvetica said in Thoughts on pre-planned Time Jumps to Retire Characters and Play Their Descendants:

I would say don’t do secrets, either. Talk about a storyteller resource sink.

Double-post because I missed this, but I do very much think it’s worth thinking hard on the fact that the overall game setting and framework sounds like it’s gonna be catnip to a fair number of people, and you might end up with a crush of players.

From your lips to AresCentral’s ears…

If you’re using Ares, you’re going to run into a naming issue at some point as entire swaths of character names become unavailable as they become part of a bygone generation.

Just start naming people Coin_II, Coin_III, Coin_IV.

Blah, I should have kept reading since I see the same joke was already made. Damn, lmao.

who is just calling people “daddy” out of the blue? jesus.

@GF said in Pax Republica - Discussion:

I get wanting to allow padawans or whatever, but this hobby really can’t be trusted with the responsibility to treat children as children rather than sex objects.

I think people can be 18 year old padawans. Plus that can allow growth into a full Jedi Knight on the grid over a short period of time and actually make sense.

Sorry for double posting but

Characters must be at least 16 years old

NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
PLEASE GOD NO

Please do not allow under-aged characters.

@doodletilidie said in Pax Republica - Discussion:

@Roz Yes as along as they abide by the rules and conduct themselves appropriately. I doubt we will get anyone that young but if we do, we will allow it. If you’re wondering about our rules regarding mature content you can read about them here: https://paxrepublica.net/index.php?title=Adult_Content

I gotta be honest. I don’t know how you can have a game with an “R rating” but also allow 13 year olds. Why not just keep the R rating and say 18+ only?

@somasatori I can probably take a look. Feel free to pm me with what the problem is

@Cobalt said in Predators and Roleplaying Communities:

@Arkandel I appreciate the support but there is no need to be sorry. Very few people in the community knew the details of what was going on. You get conditioned to keep things quiet.

I have other thoughts about stuff re: trans women, male, and neurodivergent victims but my brain is a touch mush right now.

Yeah, abusers get off on things like control, and gaslighting people into keeping quiet is a big part of that. I am sorry you went through everything. My mom has been talking more about her experiences dealing with my dad and I think not only is it helpful for her to be doing so but I believe she has found some peace in trying to warn younger people about signs to keep watch for.

I’ll add to this thread.

Back in 1996-2000, I was RPing in AOL chat rooms and starting my MU RP journey. I had a number of cyber/TS scenes throughout that time when I was 15-17 with people who were admittedly in their 20s and 30s. There were people who knew I was not 18 and would still engage. They presented as female.

At the time, I thought it all very fun and exciting but I was also a horny ass teenage male, so you know, my brain wasn’t thinking of whether or not such things were appropriate. My brain was very much like sexsexsexsexsex.

I lived in rural Atlanta at the time and I even had invitations to see some of these people at Dragoncon. I never went, and over the years I’ve wondered what might have happened. Now, I just look back on it and am kind of like “What the fuck”

As an adult, I’ve strictly tried to keep any RP with people who are 18 and up. I think 18+ is generally the best policy for a MU or RP game simply because there ARE people who would do creepy stuff. In fact, I’ll go as far as to say that I think RPing as underage people is super borderline to me and I will never play someone who isn’t at least 18 or 19.

@Coin But I don’t want a description of Spider-Man.

ANYWAY. The AI stuff is kinda whatever, but I’m glad they acknowledged what they are doing and we can move on. In the future, I think games should be open about having an AI policy because using it isn’t bad or anything, but being transparent is always a good thing.

@Roz said in Concordia Thread:

So like — I know that AI detectors are far from perfect. But when a ton of text READS like AI-generated content, and then multiple AI detectors find high percentages of probability on items ranging from rosters, theme files, to GM poses, I am left with a lot of strange feelings about it. Like — idk, you do you, but if it IS the case, I think it the game should be transparent about it.

I hadn’t even thought of this.

I guess it was a matter of time for AI stuff to get involved in text based games. Time to look forward to AI driven scenes/events and/or AI TS I guess!