@Kestrel said in Separating Art From Artist:
So in the US, you can say whatever you want around your colleagues, behave unprofessionally, prove yourself unsuitable for the job you were hired for and not get fired?
You sure can. You may even become partner or obtain tenure doing it.
I'm not sure how you are apparently unable to see the problem in your logic. Let me try to make it simpler.
Suppose I make an unstoppable combat monster who is, indeed, unstoppable. Suppose I take that PC out and challenge each and every person I see on the game to fight him, with the end result being death. It is true that each player can opt to fade-to-black, but that implies acquiescence to the result, which is death. It is also true that each player can choose to simply disconnect, but that means there will likely be no one left on the game.
The argument that "you can always fade-to-black/disconnect" implies that players should choose not to play on the game if they encounter RP they do not want to participate in. If they choose that, you may no longer have any players on your game.
The better policy is to make exceptions whereby staff can ensure players that they will not encounter certain forms of RP. Most games adopt a "no rape RP policy" with this argument in mind, and usually stomp down on people PKing others willy-nilly.
@GreenFlashlight said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Possibly unrelated, but I've been hearing people refer to the (local) housing market as a seller's market due to the pandemic, and I don't understand how the seller has all the power when so few people have the means to buy.
Part of the issue is the availability of money. A lot of people stopped looking for loans due to the COVID-19 scare. Lenders make money through loans, so they lowered interest rates to attract borrowers.
The other part is the paucity of housing. Although construction shouldn't have stopped, the financial uncertainty has ground development to a halt. With less new construction happening, the existing housing market is drying up.
Put them together, and you have a seller's market.
@Thenomain said in Mostly Mage, Partially Descent Mux:
Maybe the gun was better after all.
Or fists.
As @tragedyjones said, everyone wants swordhands.
And the thing is, that's not a complaint. It's a testament to how affecting I found her show.
Right, yeah.
I've been told I'm a pretty funny person, but much of my humor is self-deprecating. And that's at the heart of the special. It kind of hurts.
I'll get over it, because our stories are different, but thinking about how humor and stories and feelings pull together -- the entire layout was breathtakingly simple and painful all at once.
Wow.
@Arkandel said in Mostly Mage, Partially Descent Mux:
But it's a fun exercise to do number crunching anyway.
And power-checking! Let's not forget that.
Not sure if I agree with @Coin at lower power levels, but I suspect that's correct. Vampires get a few more auto-buffs; Resilience reduces damage, not pools; Vigor can add damage, not dice.
But out of all three of the lines, Werewolves are the Warriors, Vampires are the Rogues, and Mages are the Wizards.
In Ohio, you may resist an unlawful arrest and cannot be found guilty for obstructing an officer in pursuit of an unlawful arrest.
@surreality said in TrekMUSH & Guardians of the Galaxy MUD:
I mean, I've run a business RL for years, and been paid to entertain people in the past, but I don't talk about my M* projects as being 'run by a long-time business owner and former professional entertainer'.
I wouldn't either, because that sounds a lot like Donald Trump to me.
I think we were mostly taking advantage of what you wrote for a giggle.
I'm not a big fan of GotG, and I don't know enough people who are big enough fans to consider RPing in that part of the Marvel Universe.
A Trek game you'd find more traction with, I'd reckon.
@insomniac7809 said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
If you ever wonder just how much contempt Hollywood producers hold for their consumer base, consider: they used Sam Witwicky as the audience identification character.
At that time in our nation's history, Sam Witwicky was perfect audience identification character.
@Darinelle said in Coming Soon: Arx, After the Reckoning:
My biggest case for a +meetme command is actually because it makes it SO nice for newcomers. Once I'm in a MU and I know how to get around it's no big deal, but honestly when I'm new and just want to RP with someone, sometimes that initial "but where am I and how do I get to where the fun is happening" is intensely frustrating. A +meetme lets me hit the grid and start RPing immediately, which I really dig.
It's also helpful in scenes when you're running it already and someone logs on late and still wants to come - cuts down the between here-and-there running you do. I get that you don't want people to exclusively use meetme and ignore the grid entirely, but some implementation of the command proper would be super helpful, IMO.
All of this. Yes.
@HorrorHound said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
You mean every Keanu Reeves movie - ever?
I suppose except the ones where he plays a toy, a bush, and Theodore Logan, right?
@Sunny said in Leadership, Spotlight, and PCs of Staffers:
There are people I would trust with it, too. I actually do it, but the key here is NOT ON A PUBLIC GAME.
I don't really see the difference. If we can agree that RPing on a MU* is consensual by nature, then anything can happen by consent, public or not.
But, I suppose I'm confusing it. I'll go fly up to my mountain now, and fall asleep around my hoard.
@Auspice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
we're all presented with garbage role models
My daughter’s role-models are Unikitty, Eliza Hamilton, and Queen Elsa. When she is old enough, Ellie will be added.
I think that the role-models are there. I grew up in love with Ellen Ripley.
At least Bumblebee gave us Hailee Steinfeld as Charlie instead of another Sam.
Hear, hear. But that screenplay was written by a woman. Shocker, I know.
@Miss-Demeanor said in Leadership, Spotlight, and PCs of Staffers:
If you are a sphere lead, or headstaff, someone that's a leader even among staff... there's an inherent perception issue with running one's own plots for your character. Namely... if you put in a job to gain approval for a scene that you are running for your character... who is going to tell you no if there's something in that pitched prp that's 'too much'? At that point, you're the one in charge. Who's going to risk angering 'the boss' by telling them they're going too far? Its definitely a bit more sticky of a situation than when 'just a player' is asking for a prp.
I think we can all agree that it's unacceptable for a staff member to run a plot for one of his or her PCs that would benefit him or her in some way.
But there are many kinds of plots. What if the staff's PC makes friends with another player's, and that player's has been harmed or hurt by the NPC? Is it permissible for the staff PC to accompany the player's PC to take care of the NPC, where the staffer essentially runs the NPC as well?
Think about it for just a second. For some, the above situation is barred. The way I see it, the staff member is running a scene for a player that will help that player's PC develop. And if that player is okay with the staffer running it, is there any harm?
That's why I think an absolute rule is not a good thing. It's a good general rule, but it often falls upon the staff and the players to determine what's permissible or not.
@JinShei said:
Heatstroke from running last week
Plan is to just use their air con so I can survive getting fit.
It's winter over here, so that doesn't make much sense to me. Also, running until you pass out. (Also, @Luna, running on your toes is arguably the right way to run.)
There's no one method to get into shape. It's a mix of everything said so far: from motivation to doing new shit so you're not bored, to being at a gym where there's eye-candy or excellent trainers.
Without outing myself too badly, I've been going to gyms for years. I like gyms because the equipment expanded what I could do on my own. But after spending a couple of years doing plyometrics, aerobics, and old-school exercises, about the only thing the gym has that I don't is a pull-up bar (which I could overcome with one of those door-frame attachments, but I don't want to chance fucking up my house).
I think what matters most, though, is the drive. You want to get in shape? Cool -- let's share stories. You want to dish on fat-cutting recipes? Shit, yeah -- let's do it. Don't want to pay gym membership or trainer fees? We've all got ideas. It'd be awesome to share success stories, just so we can all keep motivated.
Seriously, though, the Dailyburn is probably the best $10/month I've ever spent.
@Miss-Demeanor said in Leadership, Spotlight, and PCs of Staffers:
How am I supposed to give the leeway for one type of scene but not the other just because X is staff and Y isn't?
Because X and Y are different people in different positions.
With your example, you elected to remove yourself from the situation. That's fine. That's what you chose to do. But, at times, situations will arise when your PC, as a staffer, cannot reasonably be extricated from the situation. Those situations are myriad.
What matters is consent between the involved parties. These situations are also myriad, but they will arise. Adherence to rules without consideration of circumstances is as bad a policy as ignoring them, but the heart of justice -- what is right and reasonable based on facts -- requires some leeway.
It looks good, and I have that on queue after I get through She-Ra.
Anyhow, any show with a toxic male villain named Man Boy is the best.
@Miss-Demeanor said in Leadership, Spotlight, and PCs of Staffers:
We're not losing anything by continuing to disallow it, and I seriously doubt we would be gaining enough by allowing it that would be worth the bullshit that would have to be dealt with.
Just want to hook on this because I otherwise agree with the remainder, or am confused why you would raise a particular example here; i.e., having two alts in one scene, since that is demonstrably unrelated.
The issue here, I think, is whether one should harshly censure a staffer from doing this. I don't think so. For smaller games, this sort of thing may be unavoidable.
For example, on Reno, I used my PC as a sacrifice in a scene I ran as staff. I used him as the victim of a plague that was infecting everyone in the city. He thereafter became virtually unplayable, save as an NPC. I clearly didn't gain anything, and neither did the PC; further, pretty much everyone there knew that Oz was the PC I played before becoming staff. However, by your rules, what I did was forbidden, even though the scene was a launching event to try and get some activity going.
On retrospect, I would have done nothing different. But, again, I was a staff member using my PC in a scene I was running. Would you have censured me?
