Getting Young Blood Into MU*'ing

[Alamias]

EDIT: Well, that doesn't work as well when this is the first post of a new page...lol. Ah well.

[gryphter]

@Alamias I'm stoked about how into the title of this thread you are.

[Thenomain]

I personally don't look at Mucks and Moos because my learning curve from Mush is more than I care for. This is what you get when you stick to a niche. It's not toxic, per se, but it is what it is.

I mean, I am American.

[Auspice]

@Thenomain said in Getting Young Blood Into MU*'ing:

I personally don't look at Mucks and Moos because my learning curve from Mush is more than I care for. This is what you get when you stick to a niche. It's not toxic, per se, but it is what it is.

I mean, I am American.

It did take me about two years to go from MOO to MUSH/MUX.

ETA: unfortunately my first MUSH was Dark Metal.....

[Tinuviel]

@Ghost said in Getting Young Blood Into MU*'ing:

@Tinuviel said in Getting Young Blood Into MU*'ing:

There are too many incredibly smart people here, and too many smart people gathered in one place don't make decisions, they make arguments.

No. This isn't what smart people do, and perhaps as a culture it would be better if we didn't apply presumed genius to a group of people who can't get along. Smart people who are invested in a hobby are smart enough to ultimately understand that the hobby would work better if people weren't so constantly distracted with OOC PVP infighting and drama.

It's healthy to question whether or not you like hearing that you're smart or if you're actually using your brain. In this case, we are discussing why new players dont often stick with the hobby. I can ensure you that it's not because the people are just so smart and I was okay with the social issues because everyone was so smart and that's just what geniuses do; they argue.

If you ask me, the social issues have less to do with dogmatic scientific community discourse and more classic high-school territorial pissing contests, but the pissers often liken it to their intelligence or talent because doing so makes it sound less ego-driven than it usually is.

Alright. I'll use smaller words.

1. Wasn't talking about the topic, was replying to the exact thing I quoted from your post about why we have tangents.
2. I said smart, not clever and certainly not genius. Smart people are stupid. Groups of people are stupid. Smart people in groups are stupid. Stop putting words in my mouth when you don't know what you're talking about.
3. Dogmatic community discourse is one of the main reasons we have social issues of any kind. When there is One True Way to do something, it causes problems.

[Ghost]

Translation: Veiled insult. You're not intelligent. I'm super intelligent.

Moving on.

[Tinuviel]

@Ghost Veiled?

[Thenomain]

@Ghost

The irony is his dogmatic definition of "smart people".

[Ganymede]

Keep it clean, thanks.