Making a MU* of your own

[Swaggot]

@surreality said in [Making a MU* of your own]

consensus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum

Lmao, your intelligence is subhuman.

[surreality]

@Swaggot <pat pat> Maybe I'll believe that when you can actually make an argument for your 'too interesting' theory.

[Swaggot]

@surreality I've already objectively disproven your basis for disagreement, so I'd say I've made a really solid argument. Successfully defending your argument is, in itself, an argument.

Sorry, not sorry.

[Haven]

After careful review, this thread has taught me blessed little about starting a MU*. For this, I thank none of you! Rar.

P.S. I didn't read the whole thread.

P.P.S. I wizards

[surreality]

@Haven Really, this thread is a pretty good primer for staffing. Sooner or later, you will get someone so in love with their idea that the very notion of changing from a verb form to a noun form of their character's secret clubhouse name means that you're castrating their concept for being too interesting.

And thus is the life of a staffer, in a nutshell.

Be prepared.

[Swaggot]

@surreality It also teaches us the lesson that when the general population incorrectly believes something, they'll believe that they are correct because the general population believes it. See also: @surreality and @Kanye-Qwest

[surreality]

@Swaggot <pat pat> You just keep on keepin' on there, in those interesting times, man.

[Swaggot]

@surreality Just out of curiosity: do you actually believe that if enough people believe something, it becomes true? Or was that just a useful rhetorical device in the moment?

[Kanye Qwest]

@Swaggot You can't incorrectly believe an opinion, you silly goose.

[Arkandel]

@Swaggot said in Making a MU* of your own:

@surreality Just out of curiosity: do you actually believe that if enough people believe something, it becomes true? Or was that just a useful rhetorical device in the moment?

Do you think because a minority (or even one person) believes in something its chances of being true are similarly increased? Not every special, unique opinion is true on the merit of it being special and unique.

[Haven]

If this were a political rally, I would yell slurs at candidates I hate then forget to register to vote!

[Swaggot]

@Arkandel No, but I can't take seriously the opinions of people who appeal to the majority, either. When things amount to, you're being stupid, because everybody thinks you're being stupid, it, to me, says that the whole point is to just dogpile me, or whoever else is on the receiving end of that. It says they have little basis for their views, and just want to dodge that fact with their popularity.

I see it a lot in these kinds of forums, too, and I'm not always on the receiving end, either.

"You're an idiot," one person says, in so many words.

"Fuck off bitch," that person responds.

Then come the le gasps. Oh me oh my, how could you insult back? That makes you the bad guy even more than you already were.

I have very little inclination to be respectful to people whose main arguments are "like omg I can't even" and "you're an idiot," which, like it or not, is pretty much directly where surreality went.

[Haven]

Can we all agree to put a pin in it for a moment?

I totally want to start my own game now!

[surreality]

@Haven It's definitely not the right forum for this kind of craziness, and I already have him on ignore now, so... have at!

[Haven]

@surreality You may be right. Uncertainty excites me. Let's make a game!

[surreality]

@Haven Already workin' on it. (Not the first time, either. Soooooo not kidding about that list of examples. )

@Arkandel ...sadly, I think the answer to that is already covered.

@surreality said in Making a MU* of your own:

And let's not forget the cavalcade of idiots that define interesting as:

• Thinks the concept is such genius the rest of the unwashed masses just can't understand when it actually makes no sense. ("You would realize it's brilliant if you weren't so stupid!")

I get sad when people stick so closely to such a cliche script.

[Thenomain]

[mod voice]

Guys, this thread is in the Constructive board. Keep it civil or I put this whole thread in the Mud Pit, and I liked the conversation up until then so I'd rather not.

[ThatGuyThere]

Alright in an effort to avoid further name calling and guide things back, what about the name change made the concept you wanted to play, (I can only assume you wanted to play since you apped) into one you didn't want to play?
I can see not taking Thanatos as a shadow name becuase that is utterly cliche', but there are obviously plenty of other options.

[Swaggot]

@ThatGuyThere Actually the topic is what goes into running a MU*. But to answer your question, I quit on the spot because if you can't even choose your own name, they're likely to have other unreasonable demands about your guy.

The only possible reason I can think of to take Thanatos over Exsanguinate is that it's more boring

[il-volpe]

@Nausicaa said in Making a MU* of your own:

You can subscribe to every 'this is how to do it best' and still fail.

You can ignore almost all of them and still do okay, too, in my experience.