Posts made by deadculture

@Tempest Remember to choose your color when you do that.

@Auspice

Staff needs to set some guidelines as to what is reasonable as far as decision-making goes and what isn't. And if a player is adamant on something happening or not happening, they need to negotiate with staff to come up with a compromise for playability and enjoyment.

Players should have no responsibility to 'play right' according to other players, but they should according to theme, setting and canon. Of course, sometimes a player earns a reputation as being able to recite canon or thematic guidance in what some people call 'backseat staffing', and this can be a problem. Especially since it can undermine staffers.

If there is something I learned with the study of law, though, it's that any decision that doesn't work or can't be implemented should be overturned for something that works and is easily implemented. Staff should always have reserve the prerogative to revise policies, including retroactively.

I think some games have it right, regarding safe middle-grounds, that trying to avoid interaction that isn't purely in-scene helps to decrease attrition.

@dvoraen Garruk is a funny PW because he's insanely good for some token-centered decks. Sarkhan Dragonspeaker does the same thing with Red, that said.

A lot of PWs are afterthoughts, more or less. I'm glad they killed Gideon. Just a shame they couldn't kill the rest of the Gatewatch with him.

@Auspice Not gonna lie, a Dark Ages: Vampire game would be great. But that requires oWoD.

@insomniac7809 Nothing wrong at all! Just to add another name: Tobias. Frequently used.

William

@Livia Something like that.

Who wouldn't want to play Sorin Markov or Sarkhan the Dragonspeaker, though?

My best played (as in, 9 w/1 l) deck in Magic Arena was, ironically, a monoblue Jace control/denial deck.

@Bananerz So basically everyone vs Emrakul or Nicol Bolas?

@Arkandel Just as in a sword fight, politics take a level of strategy. You can turn that early loss into a long-term consolidated win if you have the right resources or if you manage to make your interests align with those that have said resources, while trying to obtain a measure of them for yourself in order to be autonomous. Pulling rank almost never works in MUSHes; players are very oppositional to this kind of stuff and would rather have their character be seen as the rebel if they're overt, or they will subvert your character's demand of obedience with a subtle power play if they're not. There's no outcome that's pre-written when it comes to human dynamics, because the human element strips politics of determinism.

You're right regarding the best politicians on MU being also the friendliest.

@Tempest Which is something most Lords and Ladies games sorely lack: compelling political vicissitudes to drive a story. It always ends up being a zero-sum game where two political interests are aligned in complete opposition, because even if there's a peaceful transition for someone's rise, someone likely gets dinged for it. Conversely, it is why player vs player action like civil wars and stuff never end well or are just killed in the cradle by staff: because the attrition will cost the game players or derail the theme.

@Ganymede Most L&L games don't exactly encourage medieval/Renaissance realpolitik, either, because, rightly, it is detrimental to keeping a playerbase.

But he could be King of Sex Hill

@Auspice said in King of Sex Mountain:

aka developing a sex game in FS3 (sorry @faraday).

This is all likely a lark and I am already developing a game so I doubt I am going to actually 'make this happen,' but I find a lot of enjoyment in theorycrafting. The initial idea for this was born out of bs'ing (and not actually complaining for once in our sorry lives) in the gripes thread. A 'what if' regarding an orgy scene that was not taken seriously. Which would, of course, take likely literal months to play out because of the logistics behind it.

The idea led me to consider: what if that was the entire point behind it? What if you approached it like a gaming session or even story? Develop a system in which each orgy has a different setting (and/or theme) and the goal is to be the last (wo)man standing? Because, you see, I am inspired by the game Kobolds Ate My Baby and this particular orgy would come with death tables. And embarrassment tables.

What's that? You failed a roll? Sorry, but the next time you go to lube up you grab the hot sauce instead.

I envision only 4 attributes (brawn, dexterity, wits, hotness), a v. streamlined action skillset, a heavy reliance on background skills, and RP hooks that read like a Tinder profile.

The only real issue I'm having at this point is: since death is gonna happen a lot (don't worry, the cleaners are discrete), I want a way to track deaths-per-player without requiring people use Ares handles. I feel like this may demand a custom Ares module.

(*This entire thing may be a joke. It may not. I'm kind of enjoying the idea of Orgy on a Cruise Ship followed by Orgy at the Office followed by Orgy at Bingo Night ....)

Does it come with the Bukkake Berserker play module?

@Darinelle Is this a function of the 'Everything Is Connected' vs 'Individual Stories Matter To Specific People' paradox? Sure, dude got into the Hedge, but how was he taken there?

Conversely, what is Pentex doing that they're bribing the government to buy that lot that just got demolished?

@saosmash It gets better. Takes time, but it gets better.

As someone who suffers from inattentive ADHD, I have to say it's very fascinating to hear these stories, particularly from other Inattentive types. It was an uphill battle to figure my shit out, and it continues to be, every day, but I'm happy with the progress I've made. Granted, the med I take is just legal amphetamines on an extended release capsule, but it helped.

When I used to get those thoughts I used to listen to this to feel better:

Hope it helps when you're feeling down, too.

Kissing to Sweet Avenue.

@Arkandel Similar culture here. But it is less tourist dependant. I've noticed changes in culture where people who own pet shops and farm goods stores set out food and water outside their doors for strays.

@Auspice said in RL Anger:

I had a dog (ex husband kept her in the divorce) who would regularly break out of the yard to go play with other dogs in the neighborhood.

One day she comes back home...with another dog. Just a happy pit bull with a collar, but no tags. Friendliest little boy.

I start going door to door to try to find his home.

Discover that some people had moved and just left him. They'd actually, we later found in checking the fence work...left him in his yard. Between the two dogs, mine had helped him break out.

I already had her and a pup I was housebreaking, four cats, four chickens, and pet rats. A third dog was just not in the cards. Thankfully another neighbor was willing to take him. Sadly, this happens so often. People have to move and don't bother ensuring they move somewhere that pets or allowed. Or if they must move somewhere (health, family, etc) that pets aren't... To find a new home for their pet.

People take animals as pets not because they like the animal, nor because they need companionship, most times. Often it's because it's a vanity project and the cute little doggy is just so cute and will make people view them better.

Then the dog grows up, chews a lot of stuff, and they decide to be cruel and set the animal on the street instead of doing right by him or her. By the way, people who support kill shelters (and I know PETA loves those, though I don't want to discuss that here) need to get a cap in their knees.

How about we put you in a four by four cage and slate you for execution on a Friday? That sound good?