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Meant to post this yesterday but spent the entire day watching the charity stream instead and forgot

https://gamersforgiving.org/

One of my favourite charities is hosting a weekend-long charity stream. I'm personally watching/donating to the Hermitcraft stream

https://tiltify.com/@hermitcraftgo/hermitcraft-2025
https://www.twitch.tv/goodtimeswithscar

But whichever way you watch, it's entertaining and for a really great cause, if you have the capacity to donate. Gamers Outreach focuses on providing entertainment to hospitalized kids via Go-Karts, which are portable gaming carts designed specially for hospitals.

@Mercutio Is there a way to take the survey without supplying personal information by logging in through Fb, etc? Using email requires one to be a member of SharpMUSH.

@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.

bless faraday for having the patience for this

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.