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    What do you look for in a game?

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    • T
      ThatGuyThere last edited by

      For me it is two things really, co-operative OOC atmosphere and availability of the spheres I feel like playing.
      No place is perfect and while there are a lot of things that i would want that would make me like games more those are the two basic qualities a game needs to get me to play there.

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      • Shebakoby
        Shebakoby last edited by

        well, for me it's a mix of flexibility (within reason), well-behaved players, well-behaved and efficient staff, half-decent rules, and an interesting theme.

        I'm spooning a Barrett .50 cal.! I could kill a building.

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        • 3543thrh67
          3543thrh67 last edited by

          For me theme doesn't overly matter. I generally superficially pick a place by its name unless I am looking for something specific. It's all about the people for me.

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          • Ycevolod
            Ycevolod last edited by

            My standards for WoD are so woefully low these days. If I log in and pubchat doesn't make me sigh in the first thirty minutes, usually it's good. And it helps if there's a limited selection of spheres. And as little OOC emotional fidelity required as possible.

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            • MrMaker
              MrMaker last edited by

              I look for a nice playerbase, but the make or break part for me is how easy it is to create a character and actually join the play.

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              • AmishRakeFight
                AmishRakeFight last edited by

                Relatively easy to follow CG, staff that don't have too much overt drama going on, and a fairly cooperative playerbase, that is generally all there to play the same game and accepts that conflict can be PvE or PvP.

                I ask too much most of the time.

                "...and a single tube of glorious MAC Russian Red lipstick because I am a fancy motherfucker." - Muffy Bolding

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                • Ycevolod
                  Ycevolod @AmishRakeFight last edited by

                  @AmishRakeFight said:

                  Relatively easy to follow CG[...]

                  I should've added this. Due to being painfully retarded and entirely code-illiterate, the more hand-holding CG gives me, the more likely I am to actually finish it and start playing. I know this makes me negatively exceptional in the world of Telnet, but I'm sorry.

                  I'm just stupid, okay?

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                  • surreality
                    surreality last edited by

                    Thankfully, most places have a CG channel now where you can ask questions even if the CG itself doesn't do that. You mentioned taking a multi-year break -- I had as well for a long while, and that seems to have cropped up as a trend while I was gone, so it may be the same for you. (I dunno, but it is a helpful thing either way.)

                    Oh fucking well.

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                    • Saulot
                      Saulot last edited by

                      Magic. That's it. That's the only thing required for me to check out a game.

                      Y'all finished or y'all done? I ain't go no more talkin'.

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                      • Olsson
                        Olsson @Saulot last edited by

                        @Huzuruth said:

                        Magic. That's it. That's the only thing required for me to check out a game.

                        Yet you won't try a My Little Pony game.

                        I name you a liar, sir.

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                        • Saulot
                          Saulot last edited by

                          I hate horses. That's just a line I cannot cross.

                          Y'all finished or y'all done? I ain't go no more talkin'.

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                          • Misadventure
                            Misadventure last edited by

                            No earth based medieval for you then.

                            How do you feel about riding bears?

                            I have a waggish sense of humor.

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                            • Arkandel
                              Arkandel Admin @Misadventure last edited by Arkandel

                              I suppose I should add this.

                              My main expectation of a game is to entertain. That supersedes just about anything at all. If I'm playing and not having fun then no combination of theme, mechanics or character concept will keep me there.

                              The sole exception is if I'm expecting things to change, but it'd need to be pretty imminently. The days where I looked at games I thought had potential but were staffed badly and waited for them to change their ways are well behind me; these days it's no fun => no @Arkandel.

                              • He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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                              • SG
                                SG last edited by

                                Easy character generation. If there are a bunch of hurdles to jump before I can have fun, I'll check out without giving a place a chance. Required backgrounds are included, I prefer to make that stuff up during play.

                                A set of rules that is easily accessible. If I can download a copy of the rulebook, hooray. Is everything on your wiki? Even better. Is everything in a house rule bboard or some obscure news file that isn't labeled 'news house rules' that everyone is expected to know off by heart? Fuck off.

                                Friendly staff that encourage RP rather than just idle and yell on +pub Why you not RPing?!

                                A fun OOC atmosphere where players are able to run their own pickup plots with actual rewards like cash and prizes. If things are super difficult to get, then you bet I'm going to be a baby and blow a spaz when a boring staff run plot takes them away.

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                                • Hella
                                  Hella last edited by

                                  Anything not run by Troy/Spider.

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                                  • Saulot
                                    Saulot last edited by Saulot

                                    @Misadventure said:

                                    How do you feel about riding bears?

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                                    Y'all finished or y'all done? I ain't go no more talkin'.

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                                    • Ganymede
                                      Ganymede Admin last edited by

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                                      “It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.

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                                      • Saulot
                                        Saulot last edited by

                                        Majestic as fuck.

                                        Y'all finished or y'all done? I ain't go no more talkin'.

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                                        • Olsson
                                          Olsson last edited by

                                          You're both getting it wrong.

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