@Auspice Gimme that DOPE-amine

In contrast, I care where what behavior goes. It's a utility thing.

Altered Carbon, as a major inspiration for Eclipse Phase, has re-ignited THE ITCH.

@Tinuviel Somebody got the reference. <3 <3 <3

Since some people have expressed interest in checking the game out again, I thought I'd share this link here. It's where we try to keep an updated list of 'staff wanteds' because people often ask what the game needs or doesn't need. This is more general, if a player is interested in doing something really specific that we'd like to have for a plot or what-not, then we can talk about that! Just mail or page Asherat or Yeshua and we'll hash out details. https://www.kushielsdebut.org/index.php/CharGen/XP_Bonuses

@Jennkryst said in Kinds of Mu*s Wanted: Let me rephrase. I will be your Time TS-slut. It's still not 5 PM, so I don't have time to reciprocate. Go make me a sammich.

@Auspice They have to be very close to you in order to slowly drain your soul.

Hey guys? Maybe move the discussion to a thread not about dead celebrities, please?

@insomniac7809 Oh it was terrible, but I own it and I watch it like once a month. XD

I found this link as one of the more recent articles about China's political pressure machine that has a lot of the stuff I mentioned and a few other examples. There's lots of material out there if you're looking for it. This just happens to have a lot of examples in one place and has more on the hotel guy that got fired. Just in case someone wanted more examples about slighting China, emphasis on 'slight': http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/lebron-jamess-statement-on-china-was-disappointing.html With 1.4 billion people and being more capitalist than communist in recent years, obviously there is a lot of money to be made in China so I can't imagine anything but a hands off approach to them. But that's why I think a bigger push should be made towards India, who is expected to soon surpass China in population and is less 'hostile' in relation to the US. But no country is perfect and the US has plenty of its own problems so... grain of salt and all that. The use of sports in aiding diplomacy has a long history, though, in several different countries. So there's more to be gained than just profits with situations like these. Spreading culture and opening lines of communication that weren't there before are more valuable in the long run than they might appear. And yeah, when you talk about any organization as big as the NBA separating politics and economics isn't realistic, especially once a focus on something draws all eyes. I don't think this situation would have been as bad if not for the current trade war or the US issues with Huawei. China is on the defensive already of all things American and if this is just another proxy battle, then the US lost handily and exposed one of its greatest weaknesses: $$$

Keep it clean, thanks.

@mietze Oh! Oh, one more thing. As a player ST I feel I get to choose who I run things for. Is it my own friends that I enjoy playing with? Although the funny thing is it never turns out like that because soon enough I'm running one-on-one scenes for people I've never met before, at least I still have the liberty to say no and not have to explain myself. As staff I'd feel really awkward and probably for a reason - after all it's my job to spread plot around. If two people come to ask me to run a plot and one sounds way more fun than the other I'd feel inclined to run both or neither. I can't play favorites.

I'll check it out when you've got something concrete. Still iffy on doing unique theme over FS since it would just save you a lot of work and unique tends to be harder to get and keep players for, but I'd give it a go regardless.

@Cobaltasaurus Been using those! I never go to raids so it was nice to do without standing in the rain with a bunch of people from around here I REALLY don't want in my life!

@Vorpal said in Comics Stuff: It's a very rare moment right now. A lot of what DC is doing right now is good. I haven't said those words since, maybe, 2009... maybe even longer. I'd say enjoy it while it lasts- Marvel is currently doing not-so-hot with their Civil War II fiasco, which is bogging down the entire line with its gloom, doom and haven't-we-done-this-already? Jesus Christ I wish Civil War II would just END. THIS WASN'T GOOD THE FIRST TIME, MARVEL.

@apos said in Alternative Formats to MU: Could probably change how people enter a scene to accompany a set, to formalize the culture for whether someone is 'in' or not, compared to the whole, 'I'm here but I'm not here because I haven't made a set' thing that I find vaguely ridiculous and awkward. That's again one of those things that I think becomes much easier in a web-only game. The scene is a web page. You can access it if it's public, or if you've been invited to. You join a scene when you pose into it, and you can do so from any of your alts. The lurking state is still there - it's what you do when you're reading the existing poses on the page to see what's going on. But it's invisible to the other participants. But alas, telnet.

@Scissors said: Speaking of Trolling, we were just having coffee RP the other day when we were trolled by a faceless man, who came through the door but was only detectable by some of us. That caused a bit of IC freakout! Shakes fist at @tragedyjones (P.S. In case that wasn't clear, this refers to a a GOOD kind of trolling). Kill it with fire?

@tnp That would have the potential to be a hell of a lot of fun.