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    If you work hard, son, maybe someday you'll RP

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    • Auspice
      Auspice @Tinuviel last edited by

      @Tinuviel said in If you work hard, son, maybe someday you'll RP:

      @Auspice I believe it's an Indian symbol that was absorbed by the various religions originating in and around India. So it could apply to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism to a lesser extent.

      Ah! Yes, I know of the Indian origins of the symbol, but hasn't thought of the broader representation for religions. I only know of the Japan facet because there has been a lot of petitions for the maps to be changed (due to the uncomfortable history with the swastika) and Japan has pushed back since they've had it as a symbol to represent those temples for much longer...etc. I read an article about it a bit back.

      Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.

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      • TNP
        TNP last edited by

        The swastika can be found on Indian coins going back almost 2000 years: alt text

        But it's also found on Greek coins going back about 2500 years: alt text

        Just as a point of interest.

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        • GangOfDolls
          GangOfDolls last edited by

          I grew up near a Buddhist temple that had a lovely handcrafted set of iron fences around its property that had both prayer wheels that you would spin as you walked by and swastikas worked into the bars.

          Aka manji.

          They were really beautiful.

          And on the regular some high concern troll, low cultural awareness jackwagon would stealth in middle of the night and cut the swastikas out of the fences. The monks were able to repair the fences a few times but it kept happening and there is no infinite budget for this kind of thing.

          So after the final time, they just stopped having them in the fences.

          Basically, how to spot the bad kind of swastika is it's the one that got tipped over.

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          • surreality
            surreality @GangOfDolls last edited by surreality

            @GangOfDolls That is incredibly sad on many levels.

            ETA: Horrible thought: it could also be some idiotic hate group thinking they're 'preserving the sanctity of their symbol' by stealing it from 'those heathens' or whatnot, too. Bleah.

            Oh fucking well.

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            • peasoupling
              peasoupling last edited by

              Or, you know how people steal traffic signs to hang on their wall?

              Like that, but for Nazis.

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              • surreality
                surreality @peasoupling last edited by

                @peasoupling Pretty much.

                Oh fucking well.

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                • egg
                  egg last edited by

                  2020 Update: Trying to find RP is still extremely difficult and time-consuming!

                  The end.

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                  • L. B. Heuschkel
                    L. B. Heuschkel @egg last edited by

                    @egg It is. And it's not become easier over the last couple of months when real life stress and shake-ups due to a certain pandemic has sapped people's strength. I'm on three small games and only one of them is kind of starting to bounce back now. People are struggling.

                    http://keys.aresmush.com -- Come to Chincoteague, we have ponies.

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                      Lisse24 last edited by

                      Gotta be honest. Not playing anywhere. Doing my one OTT, lots of reading, binging, and puppy time.

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                        Groth @Lisse24 last edited by

                        I'm finding myself neither having the drive and energy to poke people with pages for RP nor do I have any more taste for 'tavern' RP. So I just end up idling all day long checking my watchlist and where while wishing I could find it in myself to make a scene happen.

                        Maybe someday I'll RP again, who knows.

                        What is obvious to you may not be obvious to me and vice versa.

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                        • ZombieGenesis
                          ZombieGenesis last edited by

                          I'm trying hard to get over the lack of motivation to RP. It's something that used to calm me and relax me. For some reason, over the last year, it's just something I haven't been able to motivate myself to do. I want to get over it, however. To that end I have Heroes and Villains and a Game of Thrones game I play on.

                          I'll say this, Ares does make it easier for me. I can't always sit down and RP for 3 or 4 hours. Being able to start a scene and pose when I'm able has worked wonders for getting me back into things.

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                          • Alamias
                            Alamias @ZombieGenesis last edited by

                            @ZombieGenesis all of this

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                            • surreality
                              surreality last edited by

                              I am still not playing anywhere and not sure I'm going to make an attempt to change that state of affairs any time soon, if at all.

                              Oh fucking well.

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                              • Auspice
                                Auspice @ZombieGenesis last edited by

                                @ZombieGenesis said in If you work hard, son, maybe someday you'll RP:

                                I'll say this, Ares does make it easier for me. I can't always sit down and RP for 3 or 4 hours. Being able to start a scene and pose when I'm able has worked wonders for getting me back into things.

                                I do wish more people would embrace this. Many of us have and it's lovely, but there's still a lot of people in the 'If I can't do it live, it doesn't work' camp.

                                Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.

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                                  bear_necessities Banned last edited by

                                  I don't mind slow scenes, but the 1 pose a day scenes just are impossible for me. It's really hard to get into the groove of writing with somebody if it's that slow, but that's just personal preference.

                                  I still think the real issue is the incredible lack of broad-appeal games. If a couple of people just made a few Ares games that were modern day and weren't WoD, I think it'd be really successful.

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                                    Groth @bear_necessities last edited by

                                    @bear_necessities said in If you work hard, son, maybe someday you'll RP:

                                    I still think the real issue is the incredible lack of broad-appeal games. If a couple of people just made a few Ares games that were modern day and weren't WoD, I think it'd be really successful.

                                    I think there's a lot of pent up demand for WoD with the serial numbers filed off AKA Urban Fantasy The Mush. Let people play vampires, werewolves, fairies and wizards without all the excessively complicated rules.

                                    What is obvious to you may not be obvious to me and vice versa.

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                                    • Alamias
                                      Alamias @bear_necessities last edited by

                                      @bear_necessities Gray Harbor - Modern Day, not WoD. Spirit Lake - Modern day, not WoD to my knowledge. So there are at least a couple.

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                                      • surreality
                                        surreality @Alamias last edited by

                                        @Alamias The sad reality here is that a number of games have been considered along those lines for years.

                                        Various folks have come here to discuss or ask if there's interest, and the torrent of 'if it has/doesn't have X, it's doomed!' and similar worst case scenario doomsaying and nonsense grabs them by the throat and holds 'em under water until they're dead before they start.

                                        Oh fucking well.

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                                          bear_necessities Banned @Alamias last edited by

                                          @Alamias Yes, Gray Harbor is my game which I made specifically because of the lack of those kinds of games 🙂 My point still stands, and the popularity that both Spirit Lake and my game have seen are a result of a lack of games in those categories.

                                          @Groth I'm going to disagree to a point. Like, I think people want that. But I also think people really want the whole "low-to-medium powered humans vs supernatural" where there aren't a bunch of werewolf PCs running around. There's been a few of those games with PC everythings that've cropped up and never really got popular, I just don't think there's as much of a demand to play werewolves as it there is to play humans with a little bit of something extra.

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                                          • Alamias
                                            Alamias @bear_necessities last edited by

                                            @bear_necessities said in If you work hard, son, maybe someday you'll RP:

                                            @Alamias Yes, Gray Harbor is my game

                                            sheepish

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