@Tapewyrm

So, with that, the plot I was sharing wrapped up. Since there has been absolutely zero interaction on this thread, I'm going to finally take the hint and stop spamming you folks.

For posterity, here is the Plot page for it: https://dale-lands.weebly.com/mountains-of-dread.html

Bye!

Mountains of Dread

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When packs of Wargs begin attacking the borders of the Dale-lands along the Mirkwood, patrols of Royal Wardens are called in into investigate the fearsome forest and discover their lairs. To this end Daveed, a budding cartographer from Laketown becomes swept up in their affairs, yet little do the rangers find of their quarry. Instead, thought is taken that perhaps the true lair lies farther afield, in an old, presumably disused fortress of Mordor hidden in the Mountains of Mirkwood, and so a taskforce of King's Men is assembled to accompany the Wardens in searching for the ancient stronghold.

Among them is Mastiff, aged yet hale veteran of the Royal Wardens, a young recruit named Lotharc, and Sergeant Balder of the King's Men, commanded by Lieutenant Margon. Together with many others they brave both the depths of the forest and the slopes of the mist-shrouded mountains, with all the perils contained therein. Alas, it may also be that the stronghold is far from empty, and guests are not exactly welcome...

@Clarion Good idea. I will implement this.

Great, I'll pass this information along to my friend.

And I assure you that I would never do any such thing for personal entertainment value.

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.

@reimesu

Pretty sure that was just a weird badly programmed AI. I deleted the posts because there was nothing substantive there.

@Ghost I hope it's good. Mel Brook's humor is such that I think a lot of his old stuff couldn't be made today.

Bob Newhart, 94.

@Ghost said in Telnet Safety:

NEVER give your address, phone, banking, fullname, general location, business information, etc over pages/chat in MU even if you trust the person because THE DANGER ISNT YOUR FRIEND, BUT THE SERVICE/PROTOCOL YOU ARE USING.

Fixed that for you.

You nerd.

When your friend's new project takes off and you can't help but be so happy to see everyone else admiring the work they put in. ❤

There's a word for it, finding joy in others' happiness, but it is Sunday and I am too lazy to look it up.

On the rare occasions I dare it..

I want to give each character a chance to do something cool/different. Everyone deserves a moment in the spotlight, so to speak.

I want to give the characters something that when it's over, they feel like like accomplished something.

I want the characters to learn something - about the world, about a subject, about themselves, from the experience. Give the player a chance to grow their character in the way they envision.

@Ghost said in A.I. in the Community:

@faraday said in A.I. in the Community:

I don't think this practice is as widespread as you assert it is. (Though doubtless it does exist.)

Is there anyone anonymous who uses it under the radar who wants to chime in?

Its really being discussed as though it is black and white. It isn't always. But I understand that there are certain people who are just fundamentally against AI and aren't going to want to give any quarter.

Just using AI to substitute for writing isn't a great way to go about things at all. But if you use it as a tool, it can be great. Not everyone's writing is good. Some people are awful and I imagine there has been far more mocking of people's crappy writing than there has been of their use of AI. So if someone's writing can be enhanced and improved by AI, I am all for that. I am not at all opposed to great writing, and I honestly don't care if it comes from an AI or a person.

I don't have the time or inclination to really think the thought through, but playing video games is a valid form of entertainment wherein you don't have to interact with a human. Someone programed the video game. Just like someone programmed the AI.

If someone uses AI to tell good stories on a text game, then to me, it doesn't matter much at all. But that generally involves having to write text themselves then have the AI improve it. If they are just copy pasting AI responses, then it probably won't be good writing. Parts of it might be. But other parts will either not make sense, not fit the story, or be super repetitive, which is common.

At the end of the day, if the writing in the story is good, I don't care what tools were used, wholly or otherwise. I am entertained.

I get that not everyone holds the same opinion, but I think its hilarious that people would turn away good RP regardless of where it comes from when people have been complaining both about not being able to get good RP for decades while also having to deal with fickle/irrational/psychotic/etc personalities in the hobby.

@Juniper said in A.I. in the Community:

If it's so good, or better than human RP, or indistinguishable, why not go RP with AI?

If it were, people would. I know I would. If I could avoid some of the headaches of dealing with certain individuals and still have good RP, that would be absolutely lovely.

But it isn't.

Not on its own. Its still a tool that a person has to use to make it truly effective. And even doing that is still a skill that comes from a person.

We live in a personal privacy hellscape. Nothing is above being scraped and sold. Very depressing.

@Juniper That's kind of the best resolution to that kind of petty stomping out. "Ok. Bye." sounds of fun being had without them.

I had just done a college essay on Michael Faraday, and he was a pretty cool scientist/engineer. Seemed fitting for my first staff coder bit.

For PCs, I tend to just use names that I like, since I'm going to have to constantly be typing and seeing them. Occasionally I'll come up with a unique one special to a setting/etc. (on The 100, for instance, they used variants of local place names/signs), but mostly I just rotate ones from my 'stable' of names.

Another idea I had or came across a while ago was to complilate a collage that encompasses the look and vibe of the character. So their face is ultimately less important to their vibe and presentation, right?

It's fun to do this anyway to get into the character design mindset.