Posts made by Cupcake

Fuck you, Legends of Tomorrow. You know what you did.

(Vague to avoid spoilers.)

@Arkandel said in Good TV:

@Cupcake It seems to be a very odd series to be in if you're anything-phobic. There are several characters with different sexual orientations in it.

Exactly so. Jamie Clayton has been pretty vocal about how she's glad the previous actor is gone and has been stressing that hatred and bigotry isn't cool, without specifying what form of it was apparently taken. Given that the trans actress is the one singing loudest about Aml Ameen's ass not hitting the door on the way out, it's my suspicion (and apparently most people's) that the hatred in question was transphobia. Clayton refused to confirm or deny.

Sense8 Roll Re-Cast

The implication seems to be the actor got transphobic with Lana Wachowski. Whatever your personal beliefs are (and his are apparently pretty fucking awful), shitting where you eat is a bad idea.

I love this show, so here's hoping that the consistency of character remains smooth. They managed it with Spartacus, so...

Still unable to connect on my current device, but I'll try a different machine later.

@Crysta Yeeeeaaah, that's crap behavior and rubs my sense of ethics the wrong way. Wanting to remain anon I can accept; using it to deceive people as a means to engage in shitty behavior, not so much.

@Crysta I think I know who you mean as well. Is there a rule on the books saying you're not allowed to do that? I can understand the lure of anonymity, especially if you're worried people are going to judge you without an opportunity to consider the character without prejudice.

For me, personally? I wouldn't do that, even knowing that my own ID might carry some stigma to it in other people's eyes. But without an explicit "you're not allowed to do that" from staff, I don't know that I can criticize someone for making that choice. I'm pretty sure people do it on non-wikidot wikis for other games too.

@scourge I've been participating in DWRP for the past couple of years (and still participate). I know that there are high population comm games, I'm just relaying that I haven't really played in them; most of the games I've participated in over the years topped out at around...60 maybe? But yes, I'm acquainted with HMD, Baker Street (which to most people is the main meme community), ATP, the various voice testing communities, etc etc.

4+ player scenes are possible, I'm not denying that it's possible, only that it's very, very impractical and difficult to coordinate, to the point where most people don't bother. Which isn't like say, a giant event post where 2-3 people each have their own individual scene, but rather, 4+ in a single thread. And the linear problem is still an issue. Another big difference is that a lot of DWRPers utilize Plurk as the OOC communication tool of choice.

Definitely would say Wankgate is more like WORA/The Hog Pit, though. And while WG is definitely nasty, I have to say that on a personal level I've found DWRPers to be a more compassionate lot in individual interactions. But there's also more of a willingness to share personal details and that may be a contributing factor to access more empathy. Or maybe just the company I keep. It's a wider pool of contact.

@Three-Eyed-Crow I think the main flaws in terms of rp via Dreamwidth is that scenes involving 4+ players aren't really feasible - the most you can manage is a thread with two other people and it involves taking turns, 3PR doesn't really work in this format. Also, events that require a specific chronological timeline are difficult, because since the format lacks the immediacy of mu* responses can basically come at any time of day or night. Add to that you get individual threads of people reacting to an event and so you wind up with multiple but unrelated reactions somehow all happening at once.

That being said, for one on one scenarios and general writing expression, it can be a lot of fun. I've personally never played on a game with 100+ people (and some of the people your friend mentioned might be a lot less in number but have multiple characters on the game), but game set ups do have their allure. There's also a lot of RP meme play in "what if this happened" scenarios on communities like Baker Street and Six Word Stories.

Dreamwidth has a fairly huge play-by-post population, apparently having migrated from Livejournal some years ago. They even have their own equivalent of MuSoapbox, called WankGate.

The differences between the game styles is interesting, particularly since MU*ing tends to focus on creating original characters (with the exception of very specific genres of play), while DWrp tends to be almost exclusively feature characters of various media thrown into a lot of cross-canon circumstances.

I can confirm that pregnancy rolls have become optional.

I do believe Gareth to be well intentioned, but the G/G stuff involves details that I'm not privy to so can't judge either way regarding them.

I do think there's been a lot of flaw in the transition - that actions were taken out of eagerness to move forward than malevolence or any kind of notion to stick it to anyone.