@silverfox Going to third this. The grid and its room descriptions need not be extensive, but they provide a lot of feel for the theme and the intended flavour of the game you are invited to play. It's a very powerful way to communicate where the focus is.

If anyone experienced with Ares and FS3 is interested, I'm looking for staff. I have the wiki mostly done and the majority of the grid done, so I'm mostly looking for Admin help with apps, running combat scenes, plots, etc. I had a small but very solid group of staff on HorrorMU that handled all the paperwork and it freed me up to run stories. Looking to do so again.

The Dresden files fate based game I played on definitely didn't need a GM around for magic anymore than a WoD mage game would.

Looking forward to seeing where this all goes

@tiredewok I appreciate that, and will likely take you up on it!

@darren said in Designing for Mobile:

At least I think that is how it works.

Yeah it depends on the OS, the phone settings for background tasks, and how the app itself works.

Even if you can keep the connection open though, it's still not ideal. Keeping a telnet connection constantly open requires a lot more cycles than just waking up every so often to see if there are new emails or chats. Mobile apps are typically designed for the latter use case. MUSH servers don't work that way.

In the very early stages of coding a fresh SW5E (sw5e.com) version of this game, still supporting this system and theme until the switch over. Had a few inquiries but could still use theme and writing help.

@kumakun Sure thing. PM me anytime. I'm really more of a concept/idea kind of guy who knows fark-all about coding. But whatever help I can be, happy to provide it.

So the game would be centered around a location - a building - that can move as time passes and Wastes build. It reaches a certain point and the building literally moves, often from one city to another, and takes on a new appearance and shape. The alchemy involved makes the average populace just assume it's always been there and ignore it. Within the building, Azoth is masked to outsiders (Pandorans, Centimani, alchemists, etc.), Pyros use is masked and no Wasteland forms. OUTSIDE, however, all is as you'd expect and all bets are off. A cell phone is always kept within the building that all residents can call if they are out when a move happens (there's never any warning) so they can find out where to go. They still have to travel to get 'home', or have someone come get them, but few get truly left behind.

Also, this would a be a Promethean-only game in the strictest sense - Chronicles of Darkness, God Machine, and all other spheres and lore aren't a part of it. The Refinement of Silver is not used/canon. If anything else supernatural is out there, it'll come up IC. Human Alchemists exist and are a known danger, however.

Back in the midst of the Lockdown, I had a strange fit of nostalgia and decided to go back and play on one of the old RPI MUDs I used to enjoy. I made a relatively quick and simple character and was lucky enough to get in the game within about two or three hours.

What I had not remembered was how difficult it was to find RP on those places—no OOC communication to organise RP, no +where command. You had to either linger in one spot hoping somebody would cross your path or wander the grid until you found someone and then try and fabricate a reason to be there. I used to enjoy it years ago, but now it was positively nightmarish.

I think the beauty of a MUSH is just being able to page someone and go "Hey would you like to go to X and RP about Y" even though a lot of us get in our heads and worry about doing it. It is a big luxury when you try playing without it.

ETA: In a MUSH, you are much freer to direct your own story about your character. In other formats, you are inserted into a world which will dictate a lot of your story for you. Even just in terms of which characters you will meet and what opportunities for scenes you will have.

@GreenFlashlight said in Interest Check: Time Travel Agency (Ares/FS3):

Fun fact, at the time that poster was shot, Damon was 41 and Blunt was 28.

Okay, it's not really fun, but it's a fact.

Ehh. It's not as big (or gross!) a time difference between romantic leads sometimes are in Hollywood.

I looked it up! https://www.insider.com/age-gaps-movie-couples-2018-9 . Sean Connery + Catherine Zeta Jones, 68 to 29 if you please.

@krmbm I misread your question! My bad! Thank you.:) Yeah, I'd love to make data from the external MySQL available through HTTP service as well, for rich web interaction ala Ares!

@secretfire

Here is the new link. Apparently, the link defaults to expire in 1 Day. This one NEVER expires.

https://discord.gg/YtazHr8g33

@faraday said in What do player-STs need?:

It's a hard balance to strike, maintaining continuity, theme and fairness without discouraging folks in the process. You can try to be positive and encouraging, but some folks are just going to take it hard no matter what you do.

And sometimes, as a player running things, you just need to accept that not every game is made for you. Sometimes, what staff has laid down is not what you want. It doesn't mean anything else. Adapt to their vision, or find a game that is more aligned with your ideas.

Staff can lay out pretty clear guidelines. And sometimes, that's just not enough, or it's the wrong game, and it really doesn't mean more than that. Can't please everyone, can't get it right for everyone.

We're still kicking around, reworking some stuff on the wiki. Stripped it back down to a more manageable wolf/vamp/mortal/M+ layout again.

@SixRegrets Not to worry. I hope I'll hear from you about it. Thanks.

What @bear_necessities says.

You've got some enthusiastic responses. Players'll come.

@silverfox said in Web portals and scenes and grids oh my!:

Anyone who doesn't pounce @L-B-Heuschkel when there's a chance to scene with them are crazy as futz.

This is absolute truth. I've only played with him on one game, but it was great fun.

I have a personal wiki. I jot down ideas on a page or two, use tags to get some idea of what a given page is about.

Sometimes an idea is more about how to approach something like player involvement or a generic way to handle resources. Those things go on their own page, but I make sure to keep a link up.

I also keep a small number of blue stickie note with me, and write down anything I think of, even if I've written it down before.

Its those stand out things that shine or draw you or excite you that you want to capture and try to retain.

@Paradox omg yes please