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    • Cupcake

      Eurovision!
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      If it isn't Vitas, I can't be bothered.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWVc-xVZxho

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      Ares Asynch Scenes
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      @tinuviel No, sorry.

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      Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
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      Auspice

      I just gotta say: fuuuuuuuuuck the SOS task to get 10 formidable pixies.

      I get common and imposing but in the past 2 weeks I've gotten only 2 formidable.

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      Re-Igniting Playspiration
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      Ghost

      @Cupcake said in Re-Igniting Playspiration:

      Should I be Kondo-ing, or grit my teeth and keep trying? Is there some other tactic to consider?

      I wouldn't suggest muscling through it and gritting your teeth. That tends to result in resentment. Sometimes no matter how hard you beat the horse it won't Jesus.

      My advice:

      Step away. Make some tea. Ask yourself what you are really looking for in the hobby, if there was a time you had that, and how long it's been. Ask yourself if you currently feel like it's possible to get back to that. Is there hurt? Does the hobby make you feel negative things that dont feel good? (Self esteem, exclusion, unwanted).

      You know you, and if you don't, knowing you will almost always help you find your way through times like these. When it comes to hobbies or social stuff it's not always a particular game or a person that is ruining it, but it can be tied more to unfulfillment of something that you may not be consciously aware of.

      Example.

      I was "forever GM" for my RL tabletop group for about 12 years. For 12 years I held this candle that I would get to PLAY in a Star Wars RPG game. For 12 years I kept running games my group loved and would always dangle this "okay who is running next?" carrot. No one ever bit. Eventually I said "after this one I'm done running, so if we want to keep playing one of you needs to step up." The group drifted apart rather than try to run, and I never got my SW game.

      I was upset. After some tea and instrospection I realized that it wasn't because I never got my SW game, but because I had relied on my friends to give back and they never did.

      Now, as a result, it wasn't a happy ending, but at least I am more aware that I need to seek a new gaming group rather than try another single year of beating my head against that wall. Unfortunate, but at least now I can own my feelings on the issue.

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      Seeking Concert Buddies
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      When To Stop Listening To Those Voices
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      Thenomain

      @krmbm said in When To Stop Listening To Those Voices:

      Write with your enjoyment in mind.

      This post does not have enough upvote buttons, so I'm quoting it again. Here, let me do it again, with a bit more emphasis:

      @krmbm said in When To Stop Listening To Those Voices:

      Write with your enjoyment in mind.

      This is a hobby. The point of a hobby is to do things you enjoy.

      Of course you know this (you @Cupcake) else you wouldn't be saying, "I'm not enjoying myself; please help." But this could probably be Rule #1. (late edit: Rule #0 is: "RL Comes First." I will go to my grave saying this.)

      There is only one person you can make happy. There is only one person whose responses you can control. You.

      Doing things for others can be poisonous for your well-being, but if you work with the foundation of what Krmbm said then you should be fine.

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      Sully @ SanFran?
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      Cupcake

      @sab Good to see you, man! The sphere is under new management, but I imagine as long as you weren't purged, it'll be okay for you to come back.

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      Greyhound Walk-Athon!
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      Resurrecting this thread! I'm doing a walkathon for my local greyhound rescue group. Even a $5 donation can supply treats for the dogs for a week. My original goal was $1,000 but if I can make it to $500 I would be super happy. Please consider donating!

      http://greytwalkathon.org/seerockrun

      Please enjoy pic of Rock in party hat. 🙂

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      Cupcake Dream Project - Feedback Wanted.
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      H

      You could also consult with your local chapter of the NCJW to see if they might have any resources. They'd probably be especially keen if you had an interest in the Women of the Wall or feminism in Israel or the work of the Hand in Hand school.

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      Mysterious MUSH I Can't Remember
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      The gods were named after birds, and their priests could grant blessings/favors.

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      Last Chance LulaRoe Pop Up
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      tek

      Ugh, of course I see this too late

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      Dystopia Rising
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      GangOfDolls

      DR is national larp, where individual chapters buy the licensing rights and run their local games. This leads to a mix of quality- some games are plot heavy and some games are super plot light and its a lot of larp combat all weekend with not much else.

      The premise is interesting but having personally tried DR, I don't think it executes very well. This isn't really premise related. It's more that the franchise has been around a few years now and inertia has kind of mired it in its problems.

      The three main difficult bars for entry for DR are (imo):

      U R Trash Mob: The way XP and sheets work in DR is that older PCs who got into the ground floor start of local chapters have way, way, wayyyyy more skills than people who are starting out. As a result, it in reality takes 1-2 years before your PC can be effective at many things because there are already PCs who are established and way more effective (sheets and points wise) at the thing you want to do. Some people are understandably not interested in sinking 2 years+ of weekends, game fees, and sleepless nights getting rained on for the pleasure of all that. Others? They're not playing for those reasons so they don't care. YMMV.

      Starting Solo Sucks: It's possible. People do it. But its harder and its not fun. Survival in the game is a single burden, which can really break your experience in terms of combat and resources. But the way DR functions is that it lends itself and is much more supportive of group concepts. Single/solo players often have a hard time getting integrated into a larger group, which isn't unlike some of the problems people sometimes have on MU*s where group concepts get better returns on their fun and efforts. You can reach out out to DR players and try to get meshed into a group before you start playing which tends to be a little better.

      No Sleep Till Monday: DR (and a lot of larps) thrive on boffer combat. DR tends to like to send constant waves of zombie NPC mobs at players all night and through most of the day. The result is - you get very little sleep for 36+ hours. For some people, that heightens the experience but for others, its pretty miserable and especially so if you don't know how to fight, so you're being constantly terrified and relying on other people to save you and not sleeping. It's not a game that's set-up for people with steady 9-5 gigs who have to show up productive and awake on a Monday, unless you're able to take the Monday after off to recover. There are certainly people who manage around this issue but a lot of larping is physical discomfort: wet, cold, no sleep, etc. People who aren't as familiar with weekend larping are less aware of the physical demands and its not really a game that has a lot for people to do who have serious physical or health limitations.

      3a. Bonus Mention - Unsafe Combat: I've boffer larped for a long time and I also belong to Amtgard. We hit each other with padded sticks super hard and then take each other out for beers. But we're safe about how we hit each other with padded sticks and DR combat the last time I played was not safe. Even though boffer weapons are foam padded and less likely to do any real damage, you can still fuck up someone's world if you hit them in too hard in the face. There was a lot of charging, shield bashing, machine gunning, full contact swings (you can hear the sword smacking against a shield or a person and in larp combat you are swinging toooo hard if that's happening), and people getting hit in the face, eyes, mouth, and junk which are all places you shouldn't be hitting people. Also, there was cabin fighting and people were falling out of bunks and hitting their heads on surfaces in the adrenaline panic that results. I'm told efforts have been made to stop setting up combats that have people doing this but that was enough to not make me come back.

      This is all not to say that you shouldn't try this but I think its better to know what you're getting into at the drop. I think all larping is about managing personal expectations (like MU*ing) where the premise of the game needs some help. I didn't like DR but you may really like it. I love larping, and there are lot of other games in the area if this one doesn't work out.

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      Rewatches
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      Coin

      @Arkandel said in Rewatches:

      Next thing @Coin says will be that there was some sort of Matrix sequel or something.

      Don't make me make the World War II analogy.

      I don't want to skim that close to Godwin's Law, but I will if I have to.

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      Haunted Memories Login Assistance
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      Cupcake

      @Tanvia It has not. Feel free to pm me.

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      Considering Arx? Consider Deepwood!
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      Orrin Seliki (see link above) is now officially on the roster.

      While not Deepwood, there's also an opening for a House head over in Lyonesse, who are related to Deepwood through marriage that are now open as well:

      Demura Lyonesse, the Martial Marquessa is Marquis Rymarr's sister and the head of Lyonesse.

      A new opening has also popped up in Riven!

      Dame Irisa Wainright.

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      Course Corrections
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      Ghost

      DOUBLE POST

      One of my favorite ways an RPG system approached stuff like this was in Eclipse Phase. In the setting Earth is a destroyed nightmare wasteland, which requires all of society to live in space on stations, habitats, etc. It's a trans-humanistic setting.

      In the flavor text around culture and how it's approached, they mention that since money isn't needed anymore; that old, obsolete Earth concepts had become a sort of fashion.

      A gypsy-esque coin bra made out of nickels and dimes A lucky chain keepsake of a tearing from a $5 bill trapped in a clear, plastic case Old AMERICAN EXPRESS and DISCOVER cards hanging from a mobile in a cramped habitat dorm room
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      Looking for Aleph/Nat @XMY
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      Culture Building
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      Ghost

      @Cupcake said in Culture Building:

      I've already stated that should I submit this org, I'll be removing the feminine element, but in the interim, boy you sure did out me for the rabid feminazi I am!

      I was being constructive. Take it personally if you want, or don't.

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      MUSHClient questions
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      Bobotron

      I was provided a plugin that does what you want. It's actually really nice and easy to set up.

      Download it from here: http://qon.pennmush.org/chatgrabber/

      Once you enable the plugin, you'll have to set it up.

      Right click the mini windows and hit 'update channels'.
      After that's done, right click again and hit channels and choose the ones you want to send to the window (likely all of them, you can shift+click or ctrl+click)
      That should default send them to the mini window.
      If it's still echoing in the main window, click echo to turn it off.
      You can send pages and local OOC to there under the Other communications tab.
      I've been testing it this morning. Seems like it also linkifies URLs.

      To resize, the bottom-right of the window is a sizing block. Click it and drag to resize.

      And enjoy. Seems like it grabs all colors and everything too.

      EDIT: You may want to change the font as well; it starts out really small. I just set it to FixedSys at 9 like the core MUSHclient and off we went.

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      The Secret Life of (Your) Pets
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      Pondscum

      @Arkandel Absolutely not! I think cute only gets snarky with cute when MUing. And I don't let her mush.

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