@Auspice said in Serious Question About Making A MU:

@Packrat said in Serious Question About Making A MU:

@bored It does not help that quite a lot of games have implemented FS3 without the people running it actually reading the documentation at all. I have been on more than one where various stances/weapons/whatever have actually been doing the opposite of their stated intention with staff utterly oblivious until I pointed it out to them.

Things like shields making it easier to hit you, that kind of stuff.

@Seraphim73 and I may have sighed at one another a time or ten about people not reading the rules.

I mean. There's fewer rules to FS3 than D&D or WoD. Cmon. 😉

There's fewer rules but I never really got my head around them or saw how they clicked with what was happening on game. It was all very confusing, tbh.

Names of places are re-used in real life though as well, it's not something unheard of in the real world, and you will find that North America for example has many towns and cities named after places in Europe.

It extends even further to, so like..

You have the PROVINCE of Ontario in the Country of Canada.

You have the CITY of Ontario in the State of California.

If this kind of thing has been covered, or mentioned; please ignore me. If not, it seems kind of silly to be distraught over a place sharing a name with another place in fiction since it happens in non-fiction every single day.

Edit: That's weird, this was the last thing I read awhile back and I wrote a post and now it posted as soon as I logged on. Sorry to necro.

Damion, Daimon, Damien, and all other spellings.

Dante or some spin off Dante.

And you gotta have a name with a Z in it.

Saw this. Thought it was informative. Maybe someone else can be helped by it.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/20/us/asexuality-explainer-trnd/index.html

@Auspice not sure on that one. I'm the idea maker, @krmbm is the "put my ideas to life " person lol

@Ghost said in All Our Heroes:

there should be no OOC angst.

And yet there always is. And it always comes back to the same thing. Some people will use any means necessary to win the MU and that includes using ooc as a tool/weapon.

You have to get rid of the root of the problem, not just hope the problem suddenly decides to become reasonable.

@Ghost said in Dark Ages Vampire -- Terra Mariana:

@Admiral said in Dark Ages Vampire -- Terra Mariana:

I would enjoy this game but I am a giant history nerd and I think a historical game like this that isn't 100% ACCURATE TO MY EXACT AND NO DOUBT WRONG STANDARDS would trigger me.

So what you're saying is that you're a "Knights had shotguns" denier. Tsk.

I'm not saying Mummy 2e would solve this problem.

But.

With the idea that MummySleep hapens in a non-linear fashion? You go to sleep in 2019 CE and wake up in 256 BCE? This could totally be a lolzy thing, and while the timey-wimey sleep would be the first thing I would HR away for a MU, it is a thing that exists. Hilariously.

@Ghost said:

The task at hand is to break down these behaviors to minimize damage to innocent people and maintain neutrality.

This was in the middle of a longer statement, so I wanted to draw it out.

I don't even think neutrality is critical. Neutrality in breaking down the noise, yes, but sometimes what is exposed is a problem that needs dealt with. e.g.: Venomous, not-cool people.

Um I tentatively am doing a bit of alpha testing now. We think we have our ducks in a row but need people with new eyes to come, make a character, and play to see if we have.

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@surreality I do not think either structure is wrong, as long as it is disclosed up front. For example I think a very limited slot game that has a great deal of staff attention and interlocking storytelling as the reason for those limited spaces probably doesnt want a people only interested in hermiting with the same person with little interaction beyond that--they are taking up space and not really a good fit for a game where it is important that people participate beyond that. Or even in an unlimited slot game really, depending on game vision and scope.

By the same token, it is just as okay to have an unlimited slot game with minimal metaplot and more hands off staff, and an expectation that players are primarily responsible for creating all action and story on the game, with staff proving some ic and ooc feedback and arbitration for disputes. If someone is constantly talking about how they hate it on channel, or taking up 5 times the amount of staff time than anyone else does because they are in need of a ton of handholding and personal guidance, then it is ok for /them/ to be told that obviously there is a mismatch of styles and needs here, so they can be ushered off before they burn people out or become super disruptive to everyone else due to their distress.

And everything inbetween!

I do not think that any game is beholden to try to meet all comers' needs while trying to keep true to the vision of the people running it, and practices that make their life easier.

But clearly I do not believe in "the customer is always right/every player who finishes CG is to be accommodated at all costs philosophy either, so I know that's easier for me to say than a nice person. Though I think that you can be kind and still enforce/preserve your vision, regardless of whether the player is able or willing to accept it.