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[kk]

Where do people think is good to play right now?

[SixRegrets]

Right now, nowhere that I would recommend, really, but there's a decent list of active Ares games here: https://arescentral.aresmush.com/games

[3543thrh67]

https://atharia.vertinext.com/

We opened for public and people on it seem to enjoy things. I'm generally pretty open to listening to all suggestions and such that people present towards my staff or I. And we just started a couple plots things for people to get involved with. We're kind of a high fantasy L&L, I would think.

[Shaggy]

All the new games are Ares.
Am I the only one who just doesn't really care for Ares?

[Derp]

@shaggy said in Games:

All the new games are Ares.
Am I the only one who just doesn't really care for Ares?

I mean, honestly?

You're kind of in a minority, to be sure.

For every person I've heard say they really don't care for Ares, very few of them can point to anything in particular aside from, potentially, pacing. And most people that I've heard have reservations about Ares eventually come to love it. Or at least hate it less than they hate the old-style MU formats.

So you might not be the only one. But given the march of technology, you're definitely a dying breed, I think.

[GreenFlashlight]

@shaggy said in Games:

Am I the only one who just doesn't really care for Ares?

Even if I didn't (and I think it's pretty good actually), given that its creator is fairly present on these forums and seems like an abundantly decent person, I would not say so like this.

[Shaggy]

@greenflashlight said in Games:

@shaggy said in Games:

Am I the only one who just doesn't really care for Ares?

Even if I didn't (and I think it's pretty good actually), given that its creator is fairly present on these forums and seems like an abundantly decent person, I would not say so like this.

It's not meant as a personal attack. My not liking something doesn't mean it's bad - it just means it's not for me. I don't like Mafia movies, but I'm sure the Godfather is a good movie nonetheless. Making a code base and doing all the stuff involved is a monumental, admirable task. I mean no disrespect. But I can just never seem to get the hang of it, for whatever reason, likely my own defect. That's okay. The world is not custom made for me.

I just wondered if I'm the only one. And I am. And I'm okay with that, too.

[Wizz]

@shaggy said in Games:

I just wondered if I'm the only one. And I am. And I'm okay with that, too.

You're not the only one, but before the Great Ares War starts again can we just not, everybody? Every single time this subject gets brought up the same extremely bitter and extremely vocal sides get involved and it's pretty tiresome, y'all.

It's OK To Not Like Things. (Just, as we all know the song goes, don't be a dick about it.)

[Three-Eyed Crow]

@shaggy said in Games:

All the new games are Ares.
Am I the only one who just doesn't really care for Ares?

It's the easiest way to set up a game without a ton of coding ability. It's the same reason most Ares games default to FS3, because it's so well-supported and integrated with the portal compared to even the other plugins.

I'd love to see more variety but people have to make it, so!

ETA: Ares is very well-suited to me as a player in most ways and I like it/admire it a lot, but the reason you see so many new games using it in similar ways at the moment isn't some kind of mystery.

[krmbm]

@wizz said in Games:

before the Great Ares War starts again can we just not, everybody?

[Ganymede]

@krmbm

Try Jesus.

[Testament]

@wizz said in Games:

before the Great Ares War starts again can we just not, everybody?

The entire argument in a nutshell.

[3543thrh67]

@three-eyed-crow said in Games:

@shaggy said in Games:

All the new games are Ares.
Am I the only one who just doesn't really care for Ares?

It's the easiest way to set up a game without a ton of coding ability. It's the same reason most Ares games default to FS3, because it's so well-supported and integrated with the portal compared to even the other plugins.

I'd love to see more variety but people have to make it, so!

ETA: Ares is very well-suited to me as a player in most ways and I like it/admire it a lot, but the reason you see so many new games using it in similar ways at the moment isn't some kind of mystery.

I wanted to use Arx-code because I would like to see more games using their pretty extensive systems. They put a lot of effort into the code. But, Arx-code was opted out because I couldn't figure out how to properly set anything up, couldn't find a coder to help me, and I was unwilling to demand my coder to do something that they felt was to much for them to do. I made it clear, or tried to, to them that I'm not concerned about quick or anything. I let my coder decide what they felt right about dealing in and decide what they felt was fitting for their time/interest/availability. I would rather my coder (or an of my staff types) mostly enjoying themselves over feeling like connecting as staff is a chore.

I guess that was my long winded way of saying I would like to see more variety too.

[Carma]

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