Posts made by Derp

@reimesu

Pretty sure that was just a weird badly programmed AI. I deleted the posts because there was nothing substantive there.

I think that AI can serve useful functions, if used as a tool and not a crutch. AI can really help you solidify grammar and specific writing practices, help you learn to engage in a conversation (especially for pick-your-second-language chatbots or whatever), and just help you get more comfortable with putting words on a screen. It won't ever really entirely replace the creativity of a storyteller, but it can help a storyteller improve their craft.

@Macha

Glad you found something that fits!

I think I've told this one before, but I tried at least three names in my original attempt, and all of them were registered as taken. So out of frustration I just typed Derp into the box and, lo and behold, that one took.

No idea who that is, feels like a bot, but I don't have the time or the patience for it so banned.

Sorry.

@Hella

You say this and then you end up with Dirty My Little Pony. Careful what you wish for.

@Ghost

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.

@Tapewyrm said in I owe a lot of people some apologies.:

@Derp said in I owe a lot of people some apologies.:

@reimesu

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 don’t allow serious insults to anyone, for any reason, in any context, anywhere. It’s a blanket statement of policy that applies to everyone equally. Hopefully that is clear.

@Ghost

DON’T MAKE ME TURN THIS CAR AROUND.

@reimesu

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 isn’t the place for it. We’re willing to deal with fewer participants to have healthier discussions. There are alternative environments for other tastes.

But to try to answer your question— 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.

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.

@Tapewyrm

I get that you’re from WORA which is an entirely different culture.

But we don’t do that shit here. We closed the WORA-like section of the forum for a reason, and keep it at least mildly constructive.

So. Don’t.

Still here!

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.

@Ghost

@faraday

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.

@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.

@reimesu said in Bring back the Hog Pit:

No.

Not only no, hell no.

Definitely do.