Posts made by Arkandel

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I didn't know about this but apparently bicycles were a huge thing for women's rights? I suspect there might be some hyperbole involved in the article though.

@Ghost Yeah but put that behind spoiler tags please.

@Rinel I wonder if we actually need a spoiler for this since we're just speculating, but maybe just so anyone who hasn't watched yet doesn't have to know these things are still being speculated.

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@Tinuviel I thought you wrote Reuters should respond appropriately to threats of violence, and I wondered if there was a scandal I missed.

@Ghost said in Game of Thrones:

Man, I am such a Lena Headey fan. She's really brought out the character and is the perfect Cersei.

Watch Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Man, I miss that show.

@faraday Oh, sure, if staff went ahead and made Manhattan (or Zonix 6) a viable place to play away from their 'home' then they can't complain the playerbase is spread out.

But although I think that's a bad choice to make, it's still a choice for game makers.

At some point it's down to players to not be idiots about it and not about space travel. If you're in a D&D campaign and you continuously split the party up just to travel you're probably not being a good sport, and if you're on a Mage game set in Maine but you and your buddies spend most of the time living in Manhattan then why are you even on that game?

It's the same thing for sci-fi. There shouldn't need to be artificial barriers keeping you to a certain geographical location - just the reasonable OOC obligation to be a responsible player who contributes to the MU*. Games are free to play, the least we can do in return is make our characters available for others to meet.

@Ghost said in Space Games and Travel Time? Why? Why Not?:

I personally find "this sector only" to heavily hinder the space sci-fi genre. It's also very hard to justify only remaining in one sector when you're flying around in ships with hyperdrives.

It's not trivial to strike a good balance between allowing the universe as your players' playground (which is fun) and splitting up the playerbase too thin so you can't ever find RP outside of your immediate social circles since everyone else is on a different planet/solar system (which is less fun).

I agree with @Lotherio that these things need to be set up from scratch. For example just because you may go everywhere you goddamn please and have all kinds of whacky adventures there, there's a thematic reason why the actual PCs keep returning/hanging out primarily at a certain 'home' turf. But that, to emphasize the part, is not effortless and it won't happen unless it's made that way.

I guess I was never into sci-fi for roleplaying purposes although I read a lot of it and I certainly enjoy science fiction movies and shows.

The sole exception to that is playing Force users because lightsabers.

Moar art (this time without a spoiler warning)

@Kestrel And frankly - no need to use spoilers for this one - the show has established pretty well if not explicitly said it that Jon Snow isn't uh, a genius. He's not a military prodigy, there are probably several swordsmen I can name on the show (and at least one swordswoman) who could beat him straight up. He's at best a passable politician since he's not even trained in that - there was never a need for it, since he was supposed to have served on the Wall for the rest of his life.

In other words one of the shows (and books') most major characters has a crapload of weaknesses. Those don't make him worse as a character, they make him better because he's still vital - because he has other qualities people look up to, and he inspires loyalty in others just like his father/uncle did before him.

If anything else I'm more annoyed about Cersei sitting on the Iron Throne because they haven't shown her to possess almost any positives. Those (in the books) were her kids; she was fiercely protective of them - that's something. On the show she had a backbone, as we saw during that SHAME scene but other than that she's been a terrible leader and... well, person end to end. She barely mourned for the son she drove to suicide. And that's a bit one dimensional, there's no way to root for her.

@SerenityMush said in SerenityMUSH - Discussion:

No reset has been done on the game in recent years, and doing so would require a conversation with the other game admins. Some of the long-standing, overpowered players are gone, and some still exist but don't really play any more.

I don't know anything about your game but it sounds like it's been going on for a while which, in a way, might be one of its strengths; longevity encourages nostalgia and loyalty, both of which are very good traits for any MU*, especially since the shelf life for most is very limited.

I'd be pretty careful with resets since it might mess with that. That doesn't mean you can't do some spring cleaning - code updates, new features, etc - but if too much changes too soon you might as well start a new MU*, and... again, shelf life. You probably don't want to alienate your existing and returning players by making them look at the result and not care any more.

@insomniac7809 Try now for the second image.

The wince from my coworker who's fifteen years younger and eight centimeters taller, when he realized I was the one defending him in our basketball run tonight.

Hell yeah, it's kind of silly-competitive because who cares about this stuff, but it still makes me feel like the work I put in is paying off.

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Kingslayers of Westeros:

@bored Oh, one more thing I just responded to a buddy of mine on FB posting (spoilers to anyone who visits the link) this YouTube analysis from a strategic point of view.

My takeaways from it:

1. This is a TV series, not a tactical simulation. Spending 20 minutes to discuss fantasy-military siege strategy is missing the point by... a lot. This isn't an RTS game.

2. Comments like "I still enjoy it but..." just baffle me. But what? What the hell...? What do people want more than enjoyment? Life-long fulfillment?

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