@auspice Ok wow, that is just... I don't understand some people. How does somebody else just trying to exist comfortably make you so uncomfortable that you'd go out of your way to completely ruin their day? For such a cheap, scummy low blow like that. I hope whoever did this is found out and terminated with extreme prejudice. Fuck...
Sounds interesting, but I'm wondering what grid RP would be. Would the whole game take place in a base?
@auspice When the MU I was on shut down, I had nowhere else to really go. Wora was... well. WORA. This place didn't exist yet, and I wasn't really aware of any other MU that had the right feel or setting or sense of community. Eventually I found it in Arx, but there was a 2-3 year period where I didn't have anything.
After about a year of no RP, I accidentally ran into an RP group on FFXIV, and I was so excited I just wanted to RP again and get involved in something. It is nothing like what I was looking for at all. Everything you said is true. It's all power posing and just... I did it for a while because I was starved for it. It was a port in a storm.
That was basically the kind of RP I did before MU, which I'd only discovered about 8-9 years ago. Sure, I'd found MUDs before then, but I quickly lost interest when all the most popular muds were devoid of any kind of role playing, and were just all about mob grinding basically the antithesis of everything that I am.
@Moonman Mentioned that they're on internet forums doing play-by-post. That's how I got started. Back when I was 16, there was a random Star Wars RP that started up in a forum that doesn't exist anymore. I got hooked on the concept and when the board went defunct I looked for other places to RP, and found a Wheel of Time based community. I liked it but there was something missing. I hated the pacing and there was never a feeling of risk to it. Everything was safe. If a character died, it's because they decided to write their characters out. Well my friend introduced my to a MU she had been playing on the side. As it turns out, this was exactly what I had been looking for. Sure, to the rest of the MU community it was a cesspit that should be avoided at all costs, but I didn't know that!
The point of all that is simply that, if it weren't for these other avenues of RP I never would've been drawn to the hobby in the first place. There are other potential MUers out there, and they don't even realize it. They need to be introduced and brought in, and that's part of the problem. This hobby is virtually invisible unless you know it's there. Sure, different culture and all that, but the people that don't fit in tend to get weeded out pretty quickly, but there are others that would have been a part of that power posing culture that Auspice mentioned that would really prefer a more tightly knit experience with more structure and rules, and as far as I'm concerned, this is the format, bar none that gets the job done. Nothing else in my experience even comes close.
I mean, sure this is a small community, and I don't think it's going to last forever. This is as niche as niche gets. Is that a bad thing? The people we have here are dedicated to the hobby. We love it, and we pour so much of ourselves into it. Wouldn't you agree that it's better to have a game of a few dozen dedicated and passionate players, than hundreds of power posers just looking to act out a fetish or a hero fantasy? My favorite hobby is small, weird, and impossible to explain to anybody on the outside, and I like it that way. I'll be around for as long as there's a community to be a part of.
Guys, if I weren't already full on alts, I'd make/take a Deepwood vassal! Samantha and I already have some good fun, and she'll give you hooks if you need them, I'm sure. Just giving her a little plug of my own, certainly a good choice!
So, Subnautica is really good. Also, it was an awesome surprise to have two familiar voice actors (more famously known from Battlefield Friends) show up in the middle of the game for what has to be one of my favorite cameos in game history.
It's the "ham and cheese" transmission, if you're curious and know what I'm talking about.
Well I will say one thing. It's probably not a coincidence that this hobby has such a disproportionate amount of people that code for a living.
I'll jump onto the "she was so great" bandwagon. I wasn't aware she was so popular, but I need her Fatima back in my life!
@sparks said in Coming Soon: Arx, After the Reckoning:
And if there's a specific storyline that intrigues you, ask staff to help refresh your clues with ones focused on that specific storyline
I had no idea that was even an option!
Been doing stealth updates for a while, also trying to dip my toes into Gray Harbor! Haven't done anything yet but... Well I hope to change that eventually. Back on Arx full swing though.
I have some unlisted alts, maybe I'll tell sometime but for now I like my privacy!
@darinelle I mean, that's a fair point. I'm pretty well established at this point and while I'm not looking to ask for that on any of my current alts, it's something that might be handy down the line if anything were to happen to my current batch. The me from February really could've used a boost, is all I'm saying!
I'm Joslyn and I don't really give out my alt, but she exists!
@darinelle said in MUSH Marriages (IC):
The other player was exceptionally sane, and so our RP was full of drama and emotion and fun but there was nothing OOC but a good friendship with mutual respect.
Where do you find these people? Teach me your ways! I've gotten chastised for... Rping on my alt while with my partner, for TSing on my alt while me partner was in a GMed scene, for my character being sightly rude to her character for in character reasons, FOR HAVING A RELATIONSHIP ON MY ALT...
How long did this relationship continue? Too long. Just. Too long. Didn't get married. Glad I didn't.
@darinelle Oh shit. Well, looks like you've got my number!
I just bought a Macbook specifically for Atlantis and my only issue is that I still prefer being on my desktop with a mouse and two 23" monitors. That said, spawn windows are so broken in Potato and everything looks so much cleaner in Atlantis now.
I do miss two input windows. If @Sparks wants a beta tester, I volunteer as tribute!
Oh well. Maybe someday. I only hope I'm on the guest channel when it happens.
I'm gonna be honest. I wish people would be happy with just some cool ASCII design. That is way easier for me than coming up with detailed descriptions for 7 separate pieces of the same armor set. Although I do charge a 1000 silver per item fee on custom items.
My friend keeps telling me I'm underselling myself >_>
Edit: To clarify I made the mistake of doing leatherwork, so those complete sets will take a lot out of me!
