Posts made by Arkandel

@coin said in MUs That We Would Love To Make (But Won't):

@three-eyed-crow Yeh. I don't get it. It's especially jarring when those positions of authority also come with responsibilities to create and distribute plots and RP and they don't do any of that, or do it once every blue moon, lol.

Speaking of rostered characters specifically maybe they think that's the right way to play their character?

"I don't think Batman would go socialize" versus "I think Batman would go on this mission to rescue hostages".

@greenflashlight said in MUs That We Would Love To Make (But Won't):

I dunno. For something no one wants to RP, I'm surprised how many scenes seem to be strangers making awkward chit-chat in line at the coffee shop or whatever.

I may be missing context but I'll disagree with you on this one.

Coffee shop RP (aka bar RP) is very often a symptom of a game not providing players with more meaningful things to do.

Sure, there can't be PrPs and big events happening constantly and, after all, characters need to introduce themselves to each other and have some downtime at some point, but it very often ends up being all that's happening.

@l-b-heuschkel said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

Somehow, 'enjoying life' does does not extend to sitting in the bathroom all day the day after eating that pizza in real life.

More time to play mobile games on the porcelain throne!

So here's the thing. I'd never go to someone, even people I know well, and offer advice on their health, diet or exercise. Giving unsolicited suggestions is a shitty thing to do.

But it really bugs me when folks come and ask for advice, then after the fact get defensive.

For starters I didn't make the rules. Yes, it really sucks that delicious food has more calories than less delicious food.

I also don't know how to respond to weird workarounds to that. "I eat fruit-flavored <X>, it's good for you!" where <X> is basically sugar doesn't give me a lot of leeway. I actually try to not say anything because of the mixed bag of reactions I've gotten. A while ago a family uncle talked about eating icecubes with his food because 'it burns more calories'. Well, okay.

So anyway, to the point of this rant... what really gets me is when the conversation is turned around. "Arkandel, I want to enjoy life. I like bread."

So. I didn't go to them to offer counsel. We all do what we do based on our goals and priorities. If you want to eat whatever, eat whatever! I am not your warden.

But motherfucker... that sort of comment implies I don't enjoy life. You think I wouldn't kill a large pepperoni pizza right now? That I don't like caramel ice cream? I do my best (and certainly don't always succeed) to moderate these meals because of my own goals and what makes me happy.

Grumble grumble.

@runescryer Disclaimer: I haven't played on a comic book MUSH for long, so this is all conjecture.

But the issue is that in the comics the plot takes care of the power discrepancy. It's how you can get Thor and Hawkeye on the same adventure and still give them opportunities to shine.

On a game all that goes out the window unless players are very considerate of each other. Thor's player will optimize the use of his myriad powers because fuck Hawkeye.

Some of my critters still aren't over feeling endangered and it bugs me sometimes.

Ruby, my oldest, was a stray when we found her in the streets... in 2007. Dog, you don't need to flinch when I reach out to pet you. You've had 14 years to figure out I'll not actually smack you instead, given that I still haven't.

Roo, my youngest cat, has been around for three years. He was a tiny kittenball when he was adopted. He still freaks out and bolts into a closet if I get up from my chair, walk towards him on the way to somewhere else or in general if I am active while not immobilized (sitting or laying down). Wtf. Get over it!

Bemusedly the other dog and cat in the household couldn't care less. They will both lay across my path on the stairs, making me trip over them, with no shits given.

What day is it today?

It's shut the fuck up Friday!

@山口-二矢 said in MU* Clients:

@silverfox I can't say I ever considered playing any MUDs on my phone. Something about it feels off. I like my real keyboard.

My issue was always just keeping up with poses. The screen scrolls a lot. Even my screen scrolls while I edit my own pose, which I then can't see in its entirety before I send it out.

And if the scene has 3-4+ people in it... or I want any channels on at all... good luck.

Loki was great!

***=NSFW content***

@runescryer Continuity in older shows (and I mean that as in... anything before probably the late 90s or early 2000s?) was always sketchy. Sometimes intentionally, other times because the writers just didn't care and everything was so episodic.

In my opinion the real catalyst was Buffy. A lot of shows that followed it were influenced by its "2 stand-alone, 1 meta" episode format.

@ganymede I feel that a lot. My team only supports technical issues internally; we do not get in front of customers.

Every other team: "Can you be on a call with me in front of a customer?"

@wretched said in Good TV:

@derp Lower Decks is best Star Trek

Orville is best Star Trek.

@ominous said in RL Anger:

Who the fuck doesn't like fried chicken and watermelon?

<shiftylook> Uh, I don't love spitting out seeds.

@tinuviel said in RL Anger:

@arkandel said in RL Anger:

It's just not based on the color of one's skin.

Hey now, we Europeans have that too. We just have white-on-white racism too.

Oh yeah, and it's probably different these days than when I was growing up. But for instance I haven't spoken to a black person until I was ten or eleven. It's hard for people to make you discriminate against folks you've never even been near.

Now discriminating against each other? The Balkans are... a special kind of place for that. Everyone hates each other, with the reasons buried deep, deep in the history books; what about that time your people massacred mine three centuries ago, you asshole? Nevermind the other time the exact opposite happened.

It's just not over subwoofers. Or chicken.

Despite living in NA for the past decade, having come from Europe originally all of these weird racist things are so weird to me.

Like, we have our own racism over there. It's just not based on the color of one's skin. But I had to pretty much learn about stereotypes for... fried chicken? And subwoofers, what the hell? That's new!

@lotherio What I want from a MU combat system:

• It has to be straight forward enough to not be intimidating. It's a real blocker for (especially new) STs who often won't run plots if it is. Fit the rules in one page and you're on the right foot.
• It needs to be relatively fast-paced. This may be a personal preference but I don't want to spend more than an hour in one combat session.
• It should offer diversity in viable 'builds'. If two-handed swords are the best then somehow everyone ends up rolling characters who use two-handed swords.
• If possible it should let non-combat or support-oriented characters contribute meaningfully.

So given your choices above I'd go with a midway automation approach. It's tempting to just have the combat system spit out the result but the key to all MU*ing is interaction, and having the big climatic battle resolve in 10 seconds flat feels wrong. Let characters take turns, make decisions and then resolve those in swift order.

I wonder if this trend of very high budget, carefully cast and directed Marvel shows and movies aren't going to cement the company's superiority compared to the far cheaper DC shows that churn out seasons.

I mean compare Loki to Superman & Lois, even though it's easy to argue Superman is a far more important property for DC than Loki is for Marvel.

@wizz The problem for people after a certain age is that it gets hard to meet new friends in the first place. Once we're out of school, most everyone has started a family or has kids... it's very difficult any more to get that "old friend" status out of anyone. Much more so if you have had to relocate at some point since you also lost your existing buddies in the process.

So what we are left with are... well, whatever comes our way. Online friendships, activity-based matches, etc. It might be imperfect but it beats... you know, nothing.

I don't know how it works with women but with men it's also that we don't talk about our personal lives nearly as much; girls seem sometimes weirded out by the fact guys can hang out for hours a week but know next to nothing about each other. It's comfortable, but it does leave us without outlets if we do need to let something important off our chests.