No idea who that is, feels like a bot, but I don't have the time or the patience for it so banned.
Posts made by Derp
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RE: Stranger Danger?
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RE: I owe a lot of people some apologies.
You say this and then you end up with Dirty My Little Pony. Careful what you wish for.
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RE: I owe a lot of people some apologies.
It's probably fine. @Reimesu and I certainly find it suspicious that the specific questions being asked seem like they would come from the playbook of Andrew Tate, but the underlying point of 'are the rules enforced equally' is at least a fair question. Which is why I answered in the specific way I did, despite Tapewyrm's objections to the form of the answer.
If this is part of a legitimate inquiry? Great! The questions have now been asked and answered.
If it's some kind of setup for something silly, then I think that we've shown as admins that our tolerance for such games is incredibly low.
We'll see! I'm optimistic but cautious.
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RE: I owe a lot of people some apologies.
@Tapewyrm said in I owe a lot of people some apologies.:
@Derp said in I owe a lot of people some apologies.:
Exactamundo. That's why I'm essentially asking you if you are sexist against men, as part of my assessment of this environment. I don't want to be among people who think it's okay to denigrate masculinity but won't accept any criticism of female behavior in turn. I don't want to have to listen to people whining about mansplaining, toxic masculinity, or male privilege all the time, especially as means to win an argument, as is the case I find in many online spaces. If that's not you guys, then all you had to do was say so when I specifically asked if you clamp down on gendered insults towards men.
In short, we donât allow serious insults to anyone, for any reason, in any context, anywhere. Itâs a blanket statement of policy that applies to everyone equally. Hopefully that is clear.
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RE: I owe a lot of people some apologies.
DONâT MAKE ME TURN THIS CAR AROUND.
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RE: I owe a lot of people some apologies.
I concur with Reimesu. Such topics are charged enough that they really serve no constructive purpose on a gaming forum. At best, it comes across as myopic and a bit socially tone deaf. At worst, it feels like trolling.
Either way, this simply isnât the place for it. Weâre willing to deal with fewer participants to have healthier discussions. There are alternative environments for other tastes.
But to try to answer your questionâ it was posted in a constructive part of the forum when we still allowed no-holds-barred discussions in other parts, which is where the not-here came in. And under the current rules of engagement, linked above, not-here includes the whole forum, for the above reasons.
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RE: Awaken!
Many have moved to Aresmush, which has its own directory. https://arescentral.aresmush.com/
Others have moved to Evennia, a python-based MUD engine that I am much less familiar with, other than to say that several very large games have used it now, including Arx.
Rhost and Tiny are still around but increasingly rare as newer and objectively better platforms are coded in modern coding languages.
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RE: I owe a lot of people some apologies.
I get that youâre from WORA which is an entirely different culture.
But we donât do that shit here. We closed the WORA-like section of the forum for a reason, and keep it at least mildly constructive.
So. Donât.
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RE: Bring back the Hog Pit
I'm making an executive decision to lock this thread.
It's not coming back, we aren't going to talk about it, it's not a debate, and this is only going to stir up shit that doesn't need stirred up.
Good chat. Someone post some pictures of puppies or something.
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RE: Bring back the Hog Pit
It was something considered way back in the day when everything was breaking all the time and we were trying to figure out what to do about that. Realistically, though, it mostly exists because we promised that it would continue to exist for as long as we could maintain it.
Moving it over to an HTML archive is probably more work than what any of the current administration is willing to put into it, especially for something that is as-of-yet Not Broke.
Might be a thing for the future, though. It's a good thought.
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RE: Bring back the Hog Pit
@Hella said in Bring back the Hog Pit:
Maybe instead of a Hog Pit, we could establish a Log Pit, and we just post links to logs from scenes we've really loved being in. I'm only half joking.
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RE: Podcasts? Podcasts!
I mean I was going to sub even before I saw they were playing Dead Space.
But doubly so since they're playing Dead Space.
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RE: When communication is too long to read ...
It's been my experience that breaking communications down into smaller bits is sometimes an easier way to do this, especially if it's done in writing. I have to do this for some of the people I work with.
For example, I'll send an e-mail that might say:
- Let's schedule a meeting to talk about the agenda for <thing>. Are you free at <X Time>?
And then send a follow-up e-mail that says:
- Let's make sure that we talk about <this other thing too>.
And then maybe one that says:
- Hey, can you make sure to do <this other thing> at some point?
Is it a pain in the ass? Yes. Should adults have to communicate like this? No. Should your coworker or whoever be trying to develop better coping mechanisms to deal with long-form communication about important topics? Absolutely.
But we do what we have to do to make our lives the least amount of hell possible, so if I have to send a million e-mials like a micromanager, then that's what I'm going to do.
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RE: The Case Against Real PBs
@Hella said in The Case Against Real PBs:
I still don't know where I fall on the issue but it was helpful to read the various stances posed here.
So I guess my hot take is as follows:
Real talk? Itâs not an issue. Or itâs only as much an issue as, say, âthe use of electricity is bad for the planetâ is an issue. You can talk about ethical considerations until the end of time and possible ethical ramifications, alternatives, etc, but to what end? Itâs already so ingrained into the culture as to be normalized, almost necessary for many of us, so all of this is academic at best.
Itâs not going to change. Nobody but a very vocal minority wants it to change. Itâs not a conversation thatâs going to do anything but stoke tempers and make people look like wacky inflatable arm flaily tube men.
Itâs a thing and it always will be, forever and ever, amen. No use in fighting it.
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RE: The Case Against Real PBs
I am 100% on board with everything in this post. All of it.