@Narrator said in MU Peeves Thread:
But that was discarded in favor of World of Darkness MUSHes where most of the game is in the character application process and in making sure you never offend the right clique in the OOC foyer, and not in the scenes your character is in.
Methinks Narrator was an asshole in the OOC room one too many times and, as such, has decided to complain about it obliquely on here. Thankfully they’re banned, so …
I am so weirdly excited to hear that Jill the Guest is back! If there are any new MUSHers on CoG, this is like a total eclipse event for them!
@mietze said in MU Peeves Thread:
so you may have to ask would you prefer the vampire alt or the werelobster?
Werelobster for me every time.
@Pavel said in MU Peeves Thread:
This may be something that only annoys me,
nope! Seeing messages on channels about how there’s nothing to do is like the non-constructive feedback version of saying you want to RP, in my opinion. “I’m at blah blah area for whoever wants to join,” then hanging out there is way more constructive and could even result in something. Even if no one does and you grumble to yourself about nothing to do, you’re still being proactive. Besides, you might meet someone you didn’t know before.
@Gashlycrumb said in MU Peeves Thread:
But definitely an invididual thing, too – GoB’s popularity was firmly linked to that of Game of Thrones and most other MUs don’t see a burst of new apps every season premier and finale of a television show, or have people lose enthusiasm when the show’s quality falls.
This is a side note, and I do have thoughts about the main topic, but I wanted to point out that this was a fairly common occurrence in the past. In fact, I’ve been surprised that there hasn’t been a resurgence of Dune or Cyberpunk 2020/77 games in the last few years. At the turn of the 21st century, for instance, DuneMUSH got a big surge of players due to the sci-fi channel miniseries that had come out around that time. Final Fantasy MUSH always saw player surges when new games were released, and so on.
Game creation is far more accessible these days with regards to genre emulation thanks to Ares and Evennia (i.e., without specialized systems like the modiphius engine for Dune or CyberpunkRED but able to provide the aesthetic and setting with theme/story customization), so just a bit surprised they haven’t popped up. Like, no D&D-style fantasy adventure games after BG3? That would have seen a huge surge, I would guess.
Musing complete. Please return to the normal thread. @Coin makes some very good points and I appreciate your perspective here @Gashlycrumb.
@Pavel said in General Video Game Thread:
@somasatori said in General Video Game Thread:
I’m a staunch Kantian
That phrase has a very different meaning in Australia.
Both meanings fit me, I think.
I picked up Broken Roads, which is a new Dingo Elysium game (dialogue 'em up set in Australia). It’s all right so far! Still figuring out if I’m enjoying the philosophical system as it sort of seems like the usual RPG choices but with a reference to Hume or Machiavelli. Like, should I save the raider chief’s life because all human life has inherent good and I’m a staunch Kantian? Or should I kill him for the utilitarian greater good? OR should I kill him because he might come after me and I’m a nihilist and therefore must maximize my own chances to survive?
I mean, it’s cool so far. The controls and pathfinding are a little clunky. It has an isometric fallout feel, as it’s post apocalyptic.
Edit: It has terrible reviews, seemingly because of the clunky controls and bugs, but they haven’t really bothered me yet. Maybe it’s like a YMMV situation.
Let me say my old catchphrase, ahem:
I promise that the Reach will remain in an alpha state for only a few additional months before our grand opening!
Did anyone answer if you have to eat it or if it has to be involved with the intercourse in some way?
@Prototart said in Comic Games Are Still Fun!:
(the LAST char i made, he gave a glowing approval for as a concept pitch & then rejected outright and told me i was trash when i very lightly pushed back on something he said during review)
Damn, is he my thesis advisor lmao 
@Roz I remember reading him for a comedy in lit class and was particularly taken by his work (Baby With the Bathwater iirc?). Sad to hear he’s gone 
@STD Always here for quality Changeling: The Dreaming discussions. Mentally I have largely moved on to The Lost, but Dreaming always holds a special place in my heart.
Changelings are, indeed, terrible people. This comes from the whole orange/blue morality that comes from being Fae.
One thing that I rarely have seen on CtD games was a discussion of class politics. A lot of players play it off like the Accordance War wasn’t that big of a deal, and that most commoners are basically ‘ho-hum, this is how things are.’ I get that it’s not all Changeling players who play it like this (though as the former Changeling wiz on Metro 2, there was a significant majority), but there’s definitely some good quality story to be mined there. The commoners who existed during the interregnum still instituted a form of feudalism, but I would imagine that was starting to give way in certain demesnes, especially since they are often driven by human trends and desires.
Anyway, agreed: humanity did nothing wrong!
If I recall @Jumpscare did something with Evennia that has a good crafting system. I didn’t roll a crafter on Silent Heaven when I did (Simon was a disgraced med student), but it looked super cool. Maybe that might be compatible?
Relevant to our hobby, James A. Moore, the author of many White Wolf supplements, from Vampire the Masquerade to Wraith the Oblivion. Also the author of the novel series Seven Forges, and co-author Bloodstained Oz.
@Kestrel said in MU Peeves Thread:
Watching a known jerk continue to do jerk things in the MU* community and feeling unsure about whether it’d be the right call to just let people know that’s a known jerk. Idk, do people deserve second chances if they wanna be anonymous? … atm I’ve settled on the feeling that maybe it doesn’t really matter whether people know who they are or not, since the culprit seems eager to dig their own grave on a brand new identity anyway.
I agree with the others, though if you know of anyone who was directly harmed by that person it may be a good idea to quietly mention the player’s identity to them specifically so they know not to get involved.
