Dear Soapbox. I've been bad. Very bad. You see, I quit MU*ing back in late 2004, and while I kept checking in during the odd incarnations of this board (from Snark to now), I never had an inclination to play anymore. Sorry? Not sorry? I don't know. But as the year draws to a close and another decade almost gone, I'm missing the creative back and forth I once enjoyed with some of you back in the day.

I'd played since '92. Furry (3 months then never again), TwoMoons, AmberMush. Chivalry 1-3 (4 didn't exist. Really. It didn't.), Camelot, Tapestries, Incarnations of Immortality (muck and mush), DWR (first and second), Persistence of Memory, Columbus Twilight, and probably a smattering of others I'm forgetting.

So. What's a good game or two to check out after my 14 year hiatus?

@sincerely tbh, I don't even remember what character name/names I used on Tapestries now, it's been too long! Otherwise I'd trade.

@krmbm I had come to the conclusion once upon a time, that mushes were mirroring soap operas. There were tarot readers in cafes, unsolved murders in the woods, and all the usual mayhem. And I saw these mirrored between the games I played and the soap operas I used to watch. Sounds like this game just shrugged and embraced it. grin Thank you for the pointer!

@iluvgrumpycat We were in our teens/early 20's. Of course we were all crazy. (Well, most of the people I played with were, with about 3-4 exceptions in their 40's.) Upside, in those days of crazy, I met my husband on TwoMoons.

@egg Thank you very much. And yeah, hiatus' are hard. Stay away long enough, you feel like a wide eyed newbie again and try to remember how in the world you ever found your playgroups/friends in the first place. It's hard to get back in, but I know it's worth it when you do. So I'll certainly give it a good try. (As soon as I decide on a game or two.)

I honestly loved... well, most of those games. Each was left for various and sundry reasons from game closure (AmberMush), to the usual admin drama that blows up games, leaving them barren wastelands.

@iluvgrumpycat We were in our teens/early 20's. Of course we were all crazy. (Well, most of the people I played with were, with about 3-4 exceptions in their 40's.) Upside, in those days of crazy, I met my husband on TwoMoons.

@iluvgrumpycat I stumbled across an archive of TwoMoons logs from back in the day (92/93). Emoticons in RP. That's all I'm gonna say... (Seriously, what were we doing?)

@auspice It's not actually yellow. It's a glorious shimmery peridot green. Source: I own this palette.

@krmbm I had come to the conclusion once upon a time, that mushes were mirroring soap operas. There were tarot readers in cafes, unsolved murders in the woods, and all the usual mayhem. And I saw these mirrored between the games I played and the soap operas I used to watch. Sounds like this game just shrugged and embraced it. grin Thank you for the pointer!

@roz pokes around the web page That certainly sounds right up my alley. Thank you for the suggestion!

Breaks are good. I hadn't really intended to stay gone as long as I did, but play by post was keeping me happy. It's less satisfying now.

@sincerely tbh, I don't even remember what character name/names I used on Tapestries now, it's been too long! Otherwise I'd trade.

@coin Lulz indeed! Honestly, it's kind of astounding (but reassuring) that the hobby is even still around if you think hard enough about it.

@sunny Thank you, thank you. Don't need so much hand holding (unless I were to be nuts enough to want to code again. Which is a big fat NAH). Being away from tooling around on unix has been a small learning curve, but Google has helped refresh very rusty knowledge (Because. Tinyfugue).

At this point I'm half convinced everyone I used to play with is either dead or retired. LOL! (My only remaining friends from that time that I'm still playing with are with me in WoW and play by post games in Google Docs.)

@roz Medieval, fantasy, sci fi, WoD, OT. If it's interesting and fun, I could be interested (even in themes I'm burned out on, like Star Wars. Disney might have ruined the hype, but good players could bring me back.)

Yeah, that was one hell of an absence, yeah? Hahaha!