A group for those looking to RP on the forums.
@Tapewyrm I vaguely remember seeing the name! But I barely remember yesterday so things 20-ish years ago are fuzzy. I don't have a ton of time these days to play (new job, much adulting) but I'll try to swing by on the weekend. It's cool that you all are trying to revive it. Tolkien is still a huge love of mine.
@Tapewyrm Yep, I was Helle in Dale, too. I've had versions of this name for long enough to feel super old about it. Is it the same address as always, or have you all started up a new server?
Sort of yes? I've been toying with using the Storypath Ultra system to do a WoD-style game. I'm a big fan of the system and think it could be a good way to give a fresh coat of paint on things while keeping it familiar and comfortable.
@Tapewyrm I used to, as well. I was in Amon Thranduil mostly, as Aranellome and Hellaia. God, that was a long time ago.
Edited to add, I'm RL friends with player of Orosul still, too, though he doesn't MU anymore. And I still have contact with Gilgurth-player as well, not sure if he MUs anymore.
Depending on the scene/story, one of my core goals is to focus on helping the character evolve (or possibly devolve) by providing them with (hopefully) difficult choices to make.
I think the killing blow for text generation apologists is that RP with AIs is already accessible. If it's so good, or better than human RP, or indistinguishable, why not go RP with AI? Why bother using AI as a crutch to interact with human RPers? It's like saying AI is good enough to serve up to other people but not good enough for you. Which is just kinda dishonest. People know the shortfalls of AI, they just want to use it as a shortcut to access the juice they really want (the other player's response).
@Ghost said in A.I. in the Community:
Is there anyone anonymous who uses it under the radar who wants to chime in?
Not exactly but I experimented with RPing with AI dungeon, put quite a bit of work into prompt design and still got bored out of my mind because AI writes like AI. Passive, repetitive, and using a lot of words to say almost nothing at all.
I've also mocked players (and even storytellers) for using it because you can 100% tell, especially with dialogue.
As players in a writing hobby, it's looked down upon to outsource writing to AI because the writing is kind of the point.
AI images are just visual aids produced by people who are primarily writers, not artists.
If we were a community of artists, the use of AI art would be less appropriate.
We live in a personal privacy hellscape. Nothing is above being scraped and sold. Very depressing.
