@Derp said in Faraday Appreciation Thread:
@saosmash said in Faraday Appreciation Thread:
Faraday is a class act and a half, and she won't even take money for the work she does for this hobby even when people are trying to throw it at her.
I would, no lie, contribute to some kind of tip jar for her work.
Back on BSU, when Ares was but a baby of a project... Faraday and I butted heads big time. You see, a player wanted to be able to report a page convo and was struggling to do so because they were on a phone client and it didn't log.
So one of the feedback/feature requests I gave Faraday (because damn, this brand new nifty scene logging thing was SUPER COOL!) was 'Why not put in a way for people to log pages?'
Fara rejected the idea. Because why can't people just log stuff themselves?
We argued. We argued big time.
I know people who are her naysayers might think I'm some big Fara fangirl (I mean, I am) who thinks she can do no wrong (she can; everyone's fallible). We've fought. And that time we fought enough that we probably didn't talk for three days.
But the thing is? She sat back down with me and talked it over again and she realized that in the interest of providing tools to help players, prevent harassment, and support the web portal she was still developing and making richer, that page logging would be a good thing.
And this is why I tell people that she doesn't just reject everything. She might reject things then and there. So what. We all do that sometimes. Unlike many people, she will frequently revisit an idea and if she finds merit in it, implement it.
That whole encounter is why I consider her a good friend, why I will support any endeavor she has, and why I respect her decisions (even if we do still butt heads sometimes). Because I know that she does respect peoples' insight.
@silverfox said in Ansible Peeps:
I'll see if I can dig it up again, I think he passed it to me the other day. It's been a rough year for him and Chey, so I'm sure they'd love to hear from you.
I miss talking to him! But I sort of rushed off of Facebook and didn't do my due diligence in grabbing everyone's info and he's one of the folks I've been regretting. More and more the past few months; I keep thinking of him.
@Seamus said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@Auspice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@Darren said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@Auspice When I first started tinkering with Ares, some of my friends warned me that Faraday was not at all receptive to people modifying the server in ways she did not personally approve of and that she and I would most likely end up butting heads. I took that warning to heart and have avoided asking her any questions, participating in the AresMUSH forum, or discussing my projects on sites like this (ok so I have not been so good about the last one). That heads-up no doubt saved me (and Faraday) some unnecessary drama, so I am extremely grateful for it.
Not really being critical here since it is her project, time, etc etc, just relaying my personal experience.
They told you wrong.
Ares is built for custom code. She even welcomes people to submit 'extras' for it. @Tat has provided a few. The Open Weather extra that someone made is amazing and just something Faraday didn't have the time/headspace for.
The issue that a lot of people run into is they demand X feature and Faraday says no and if you want it, make it yourself.
Which she has every right to because it's her code and her time. She has no obligation to make things for other people.
I'm sorry @Auspice but I really don't think they told them wrong. Faraday is real quick to say "no" to anything she doesn't agree with. And as you said, it's her right. But warning someone... That's a good thing too. I've contributed a "Dark Skin" for Ares.
This bit: 'some of my friends warned me that Faraday was not at all receptive to people modifying the server in ways she did not personally approve of'
That part is entirely false. Ares is meant to be modified. You're even saying you contributed something.
This is ridiculous.
I'm looking to get in touch with sean, the coder?
We were FB friends and chatted regularly on FB Messenger. Buuuuuuut I shut down my FB a few years ago and he's one of the people I lost touch with as a result.
If any of you happen to have his contact info, would you be willing to reach out to him and ask if you could pass his email (or maybe Discord or similar?) along to me? I'll PM you and let you know the name(s) you can provide him.
I'm this | | close to activating FB messenger long enough to contact him, but I'd rather avoid doing so if I can.
@Darren said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@Auspice When I first started tinkering with Ares, some of my friends warned me that Faraday was not at all receptive to people modifying the server in ways she did not personally approve of and that she and I would most likely end up butting heads. I took that warning to heart and have avoided asking her any questions, participating in the AresMUSH forum, or discussing my projects on sites like this (ok so I have not been so good about the last one). That heads-up no doubt saved me (and Faraday) some unnecessary drama, so I am extremely grateful for it.
Not really being critical here since it is her project, time, etc etc, just relaying my personal experience.
They told you wrong.
Ares is built for custom code. She even welcomes people to submit 'extras' for it. @Tat has provided a few. The Open Weather extra that someone made is amazing and just something Faraday didn't have the time/headspace for.
The issue that a lot of people run into is they demand X feature and Faraday says no and if you want it, make it yourself.
Which she has every right to because it's her code and her time. She has no obligation to make things for other people.
@Seamus said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@Auspice Oh no.. I bitch as Ashen-Shugar too... I don't do anything with Evennia directly, I have someone on my dev team that is a wiz with Python and such, so we can make what we want happen.
It was a general 'you' anyway. 
Like I said in the post, multiple people have spoken of Faraday in this way which is why it has grated on me so bad. It's just the fact that someone is actively using an email campaign to harass her that is really pissing me off at this point.
So I'm gonna vent for a minute.
The amount of complaining I have seen in the past year towards Faraday is some bullshit. Some sexist bullshit, in fact.
I have heard so many layers of people demanding she develop certain things for Ares in some goddamn entitled ways.
Guess what: you aren't paying her.
She develops Ares on her own time, at her own pace, for free.
She releases it for free.
She doesn't have to include anything she doesn't want to. She doesn't have to justify herself. And yeah, she is blunt and brusque sometimes, but also: she doesn't have to fucking say anything other than 'I don't want to' when telling you why.
Jesus Christ I have had multiple people privately PM me to whine that they were told 'I don't want to' by Faraday as a reason to not add something and they didn't like it.
So?
Should she write up an emotional, empathetic, multi-paragraph reasoning? If it was Tehom or Ashen telling you 'Nah, I don't want to add that' would you feel the same? Or would go go 'cool, brah, thanks for listening.'
I promise you, Fara and I have butted heads more than a few times (we fought, big time, over the addition of page reporting back when BSU was open and Ares was still a baby... and people have probably seen a couple of our arguments in the Ares Discord), but I have never sat there thinking 'How dare she say it THAT way.
She's never been insulting. She's never been rude. She's just been blunt.
She doesn't owe anyone an explanation for why she's doing things, goddamnit. Until you are paying her for her work, she can design and release Ares however she damn well pleases.
finished the page on the left last night.
Begin page on the right tonight.
fuck the castle.
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck the castle.
It's 5 browns. And they're all so similar. It LOOKS good once done but the doing of it is horrendous.
@Ganymede said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@Auspice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Like wtf is it with grown ass adults wanting their parents to save their ass from their own shit.
Wtf is it with adults wanting anyone to save their ass from their own shit?
I feel like that goes both ways.
My parents never did anything with me as a kid that wasn't part of their interests. No involvement in any activities. 'Kid shit sucks so I'm gonna avoid it'
= My parents made it pretty obvious they did not support me one bit.
If we get into gifs I'd vote for this style:
gdi asshole cat figured out how to open the cabinets at the new place.
@Tinuviel said in PB 'realism':
@Derp said in PB 'realism':
The fuck do you people do to mac and cheese? O_o
I didn't say anything about mac and cheese?
@Derp is referencing the horrible thing certain people do to mac and cheese which is put it in the oven and let it bake until it is crunchy pasta.
It's always the most disappointing thing to be served at a dinner.
@Tinuviel said in PB 'realism':
@Groth said in PB 'realism':
@surreality
It's spiral pasta or nothing! Especially if you fry them in a pan after boiling so they become crunchy on the outside.Pasta should only be crunchy before it's cooked.
@eye8urcake said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@Auspice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
5'3".
I climb onto counters.My 6'3" ex-husband would fuss over how dangerous it was until I'd remind him that he'd always complain about people asking him to get things / flat out refuse.
... I really just need to invest in a step stool.
This is me, unless it's something not too heavy I can nudge to the front edge of a shelf or whatever with - IDK, tongs, a wooden spoon, whatever is long that's handy. If something's on the top shelf, I forget it even exists, period. Meanwhile, my six and a half foot tall husband just snrks at me.
the big tongs are absolutely 'for grabbing things'
5'3".
I climb onto counters.
My 6'3" ex-husband would fuss over how dangerous it was until I'd remind him that he'd always complain about people asking him to get things / flat out refuse.
... I really just need to invest in a step stool.
@Groth said in PB 'realism':
@surreality
It's spiral pasta or nothing! Especially if you fry them in a pan after boiling so they become crunchy on the outside.
@surreality said in PB 'realism':
@Auspice ...countdown to the totally reasonable 'pick imagery appropriate to the game you're playing' being represented as overly picky and bigoted and the reason the hobby is in a death spiral. I'll get the vodka ready if you want some.
everything is why the hobby is in a death spiral
My preference for shells over elbow macaroni is why the hobby is in a death spiral.
