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@too-old-for-this The book halo is my favorite part. Also him looking like a puddle of black ink.

@saturna There is cause for concern

@geeklure Right up there with gold paint!

Ah, Tapestries. Yeah. I used to sandbox there a thousand years ago (2001 to 2015? Off and on?) PM if you wanna trade names, see if we knew each other. Welcome back! Some good games around here!

“Them as can do has to do for them as can't. And someone has to speak up for them as has no voices.” ― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men

@23quarius THESE ARE SO GOOD.

SquishyfacemcGiggles!

@saosmash said in Coming Soon: Arx, After the Reckoning:

@sincerely Girrrrrrrl we gotta get you some clues.

I've been busy making things. The world could be falling down and Joscelin is just gonna be in her shop, making pretty things. Eff. The. World. Her interests are pretty much jewelry, gemstones, precious metals, the history of all three, and learning about the Grayhopes.

@buttercup As far as the hobby and explaining it to someone, I recently had to do this to my therapist (don't laugh) as a basis for explaining relationships in my past that had effected me and where I am now. Using the comparison to correspondence through letters when that was one of the only ways to communicate long-distance, and how people developed feelings through that medium, she understood the concept very quickly, and our conversations on the topic flow pretty easily; she gets it. I was actually pretty nervous going in to that conversation, but I was encourage by friends that the only way I could get better was to tell her the truth, and not alter or shift it around to put myself in a better (saner?) light.

It was great advice, I don't regret that.

As for time and relationships from MUing, the hobby can be a foundation for many, many overlapping interests, particularly in storytelling. Branching out from that can generally be successful, you can pull it into real life and into a real life relationship with effort and consideration, but the success varies. Thinking about what is more important, the story or the relationship (the real one) can also impact where things go. That sounds strange, but I've seen it happen.

As far as time? I spend a lot of time waiting for things in my day to day, and a lot of time idling online while I go about my business, so to that I say it's about balance and not getting obsessed, just like any other interest or hobby, and if you're dwelling on it and your time in it is affecting your life negatively, you need to assess what you want from the hobby and if you can manage it in a healthy way. Otherwise, shit falls apart and that's no good for you or your family or your friends or even the other people who play the game.

All my opinion, based on observations and experience. My perspective is definitely not the only one.

@saosmash I want a full report!

@tinuviel said in Let's talk about TS.:

Do we really need a coded 'system' for this?
We're adults, we can have conversations.

You were actually the best at this. I mean, as far as demonstrating 'those' kinds of conversations in an MU environment, I'd never encountered such forthright, well-mannered, 'Okay so this and this and this and we're good, right? ALRIGHT GO' and it really did set my own mindset as far as, what people needed to discuss if a scene went that way to ensure everyone was on the same page and could have a good time with it.

It -also- demonstrated to me that people who -ignored- my 'pre-game questions' were either RPing for the wrong reasons, or weren't going to respect what I wanted from the story and the scene and could act accordingly.

This is good timing, I'm spending the whole day with my in-laws. These will work great.

Yay!

@arkandel said in Let's talk about TS.:

@surreality said in Let's talk about TS.:

@vulgarkitten Or 'omfg I don't TS and everyone in this room wants to fuck me shit shit shit RUN FOR THE HILLS'.

You wouldn't see their interest unless you expressed yours, too.

I read that as 'exposed'. I need to get out of this thread.

@surreality OMG thank you for letting me know! I was reading 'natural' and I'm like, holding them in my hands, wondering if they're cast lead glass or something. They're dense and heavy, the edges on them rounded like they've been polished, but if they've been exposed to enough heat, that's a possibility on how those edges have been worn down, if they weren't also tumbled. Yay! Today I learned! Also, thank you for your kind words, my stuff ranges all over the place, these were meant to be earthy, rough-and-tumble, post-apocalyptical-fantasy-world type pieces. I just hope the author approves, these were a nice challenge; making custom-fit silver settings for crystals is -always- interesting.

@peasoupling said in Let's talk about TS.:

@vulgarkitten said in Let's talk about TS.:

I've been MUing a long time, and have yet to encounter a single tentacle. I don't know whether I'm disappointed or relieved.

Don't wait for the tentacles to come to you. Be the tentacles.

I played an octopus Changing Breed. It's not my thing, but it's clearly some people's thing, and I think I may have disappointed them.

I ...

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@sunny I'll try to snap a picture of the lady wearing them tomorrow.

@kanye-qwest said in nWorld of Darkness 1E v 2E:

my head canon is that these players are using staff as eHarmony. "I had sex with a werebat! ARE WE MEANT TO BE?"

"Yes, you should immediately add them to your Discord and harass them if they are in a room with someone else IC"

I feel like I'm not allowed to love this as much as I do.