Posts made by Bananerz

I'd play the heck out of a Dark Crystal MMO too.

Gelflings: Pick a clan with its starting zone, most classes/careers open.
Firelings: Restricted to one starting zone, restricted classes/careers open.
Podlings: Two starting zones with Gelflings, restricted classes/careers.
Arathim: Restricted starting zone, most classes/careers. Generally against Gelflings like PVP.
Makrak: Starting zone with Firelings or Gelfling Grottans, restricted classes/careers.

Depending on the time selected, you could have NPC powers of Skeksis or Mystics, or they could be gone and you're dealing with the aftermath.

I'm just waiting over here wanting to play a podling paladin while you're coding that 23,851st WOD game.

There's so many times you could choose to set your game. So pretty please, make it.

I do like the job systems in FF 3 and 11 and wished a MU game would adopt such things to allow flexibility for the player to adjust while at the same time making decisions impact on end game levels.

And I'd like to breed, race and sell chocobos.

@Sparks It depends.

I like the job class system of earlier FF's, but the stories not so much. 3, 7 and 8 were nice stories, 7 I really like. I could see you creating a game based on the world of 7 for example, taking on the job class system and us living as one of the citizens/SOLDIERs/Shinra employees/Turks/etc. We might know the ultimate conclusion of the game, but we're living in a different chapter where the main characters of the game aren't exactly the main characters of our story.

Some themes I'd like to play on:

• Call of Cthulhu (others already pointed out)
• Earthsea
• Endymion
• Final Fantasy
• Incarnations of Immortality (but playing as a Lesser Incarnation, Mage, etc)
• Potterverse (seasons focused on interesting points in time like WW1/2)
• Ready Player One
• Wheel of Time (others already pointed out)

I've been playing Tales of Vesperia since I bought it at a bargain bin on the weekend. Such a pretty world and challenging gameplay.

I voted no.

I zip away a lot, I'm not that active much on the games I do play so I'm probably not enjoying the hobby more than I don't. When I am active on a game, it can be fun especially when something new happens that hasn't happened before but that's a bit rare.

Bananerz, don't go crazy, don't go cra.....

Cost, time and how folks were raised/personal likes can create a lot of negative perceptions to a vegan lifestyle, and I don't help when I get on my soapbox and preach regarding the treatment of animals.

I don't like impossible foods personally, I don't want to taste dead flesh but if it means that more folks would be interested in swapping out meat for a substitute, that makes me happier. A sudden drastic change isn't realistic but slow and steady can do it.

The swap though of the animal-based industries with non-animal based industries will have a lot of negative impacts to a lot of people worldwide in terms of employment and living, and that's a big problem needing solutions such as universal wage, housing and healthcare. That isn't at all an easy thing to address.

An aside: maybe if there was truth in food labels which outline the environmental impact of that particular food item, that could help folks make better decisions for those wanting help. Perhaps showing actually where it's sourced so you can see for yourself the conditions/etc.

@egg Gotcha. Maybe Arx isn't a fair comparison with other games that might not have such a large playerbase and engaged staff. All I can say is Arx staff give a lot of tools, lore and opportunities for players to create adventures themselves, their characters are pretty well fleshed out with established relationship webs, hooks in present situations and they're happy to update secrets if you're feeling still hungry. I like that.

I think you might find some luck at Arx with that type of RP, if it leads to you forming sort of an adventuring party (think D&D with a diverse party base such as wizard, warrior, thief instead of all warriors) to do some fun things later on too. Check out the +where, see those who have lrp on and instead of saying no, just go out and directly RP with them.

I've been enjoying random encounters and a some of them have blossomed into solid regular RP that I look forward to and I'll go out of my way to RP with them again.

@egg If you're on Arx and ever are looking for a scene or RP that isn't just sitting silently sipping a drink in a bar while giving brooding eyes, send me a message and I'll send my character your way. You can join Arx here.

Not to sound irritating, but what is your expectation or definition of basic RP?

@Auspice said in General Video Game Thread:

The EpicGames launcher has World of Goo for free right now. If you've never gotten to play the game, now's your chance.

(And if you want to play it and desperately need it not on Epic, I think I MIGHT have a key on Humble I can give out.)

It's a really fun and cute game with lots of hidden layers to explore and find. Plus you can decorate your ranch with colorful plorp!

Looking forward to Mineko's Night Market.

Animal Crossings + Harvest Moon, but with kitties.

Welcome to the world of walking in your mismatched rainbow armor, waiting for a group to form outside.

If it doesn't have quivers and pet food, it isn't classic enough for me.

@Auspice Oh wow, you caught a wild shopping cart in its natural habitat and free from the cart corral slavery. Be careful, these have a tendency to cause bumps in cars nearby.

By the way, that's a very clean parking lot.

Picked up Battlefield V in the discount bin for $20, so I'm quite late to this game.

Gripe 1: Squads that don't want to act together or talk. We get extra goodies! But, judging by all the cool looking avatars versus my Generic GI, I think they've got it all and I'm cheering at my little receiver skin. Still, it's far more fun to play as a squad and work together on taking over objectives. Mmm, feels good.

Gripe 2: I dislike the whole battle royale thing. It's like when zombies were a thing, and every game out there had to have a damn zombie.

Yay 1: I really like being able to revive anyone if I can and it makes sense.

Yay 2: Building is fun.

Because everyone would complain how OP Sub-Zero is and that player gets all the wins and is in all the stories and games.

1. Base. I want transparency, candidness and a minimum level of mutual respect from the people who run the game I play on. I know I’m a guest, and the game is not made for me, it was made for them as the creators. Likewise, I owe it to the people and fellow players on the game I play on to give that to them in return.

2. Fix it first myself. If I have a problem with someone, I should take steps myself first to fix the situation. This could mean the game gives me tools and rules to support blocking people I don’t want to interact with on an IC or OOC basis (except in the situation of avoiding a consequence to my own idiocy or action). A clear and easy to understand set of policies regarding appropriate behavior and expectations of players and administrators is good. Help files for the code regarding the tools and rules is also beneficial.

3. Get help. If I can’t resolve the issue myself, I can follow the tools and rules of the game and submit a complaint with a suggested course of actions to be reviewed that deal with the issue. Having admin step in as arbitrators on situations sometimes is warranted, not always. I should be able to show that I’ve tried to fix it myself with step 2, and that I’ve been following step 1. If I’m an idiot and call out idiot behavior in others, then I don’t see why I should be getting help for the same issue I’m causing others. If I haven’t tried to fix the situation myself, then I might not be mature enough for roleplaying in this environment (I am not a fan of someone submitting complaints on behalf of others unless they are direct witnesses). If I’ve done these things though, then I should feel that admin will review the situation and abide by their own policies in dealing with it. I should know that my issue would be reviewed within X days, that I won’t get a direct response on what action if any has been taken but that I will be notified that it has been reviewed and acted on. At some point, I might not agree with the decision by admin and that’s okay because it is their game and I’m a player. I can choose to not play there, just as they can choose how to use their thinly spread resources to deal with all sorts of issues and creative/ooc direction I’m not privy to.

There’s lots of examples of bad admins and bad players. There’s a lot more examples of great admins and great players, we just sort of hone in with our horoscope mindset that the last negative moment is representative of something greater. If the hobby was that bad, I don’t think it’d have last this long with the growth rate it has. I give the benefit of the doubt to games, especially when I see that they take steps to empower their players instead of being gatekeepers.

@buttercup

Arguing about what is real when you're in a simulation.

Is there an opportunity for a signup list to be considered for future players? Asking for a friend.