Posts made by Ganymede

@Wretched

For all of our dysfunction, the surviving merit that I generally see here is that the community generally likes seeing others get ahead.

Probably because we know what the converse is like.

What everyone else said.

You have code skills and excellent Photoshop skills. Market those. Data entry should be in your wheelhouse.

But it also depends on the job you want. Tailor your resume for that. Hell, even tailor the language of your resume and cover letter to meet the prospective employee’s mission statement.

MsPris is an excellent resource.

@RDC said in NOLA: The Game That Care Forgot:

POLL: Do you want A Normal Freehold That's Always Been There But Nobody Really Ever RPed About It or do you want There Was A Scary Thing That Kept Changelings Away But Now It's Gone And That's Its Own Kind of Scary? Caveat: I may ignore what the responses are and do what I want anyway. I may also steal ideas here that are not those two and run with them if they're better than mine.

I like the second option.

Two armies squared off in the Near Dreaming. The local militia outnumbered 3 to 1. The invading army demands a parley. The PCs are the local nobility.

One pulls out a gun and fires a shot in response.

Which goes through the opposing commander’s head.

This ended the invasion and about six months of my planning.

Jennkryst’s perspective is one way to look at it, sure.

Another is that, as a spirit cop, you have to also prevent spirits from having a way in. That means eliminating people who cause the problem.

You are also hunted by your brethren (The Pure) who think you murdered Spirit Dad. You have to protect yourself against that while respecting the rule not to kill another brother or sister.

There’s a lot to unpack in the game, and you don’t need to be a wolf or wolf blooded to participate.

I will make a PC vampire once or if the bloodlines are written out and installed. I will make a wolf until then.

But I won’t do either until I move into my new house fully and work lets up a bit thereafter.

@Rinel said in NOLA: The Game That Care Forgot:

Uh. Are there any ones who aren't, you know... awful?

All and none. It is a matter of perspective.

On topic, sort of:

1. I’m attracted to people.
2. Either I am attracted to you or I am not.
3. I don’t assume anyone’s sexuality.
4. I just want people to like me.

@Rinel

I concur. Habeas work does require an individualized approach.

@Rinel

Copy and paste, then edit to make it more applicable. Do not forget the editing part. As you do this repeatedly, you will hone the document until you need to edit it less and less. My eviction practice runs really smoothly after several years of doing this with my complaints.

Charge full time for your efforts.

@Arkandel said in The Basketball Thread:

He didn't have to speak at all. If he had done nothing I would have been fine with it - there's no reason or way for someone to champion all fights.

This is sort of clap-trap is frustratingly naive. Your silence can and will be used against you in the public court of opinion.

LeBron has other concerns than basketball that aren’t half as selfish as people presume. He’s demonstrated his philanthropy in a way that inspires other basketball players.

He had to say something and what he said was absolutely appropriate under the circumstances. Everyone has a right to criticize the Chinese; but everyone has a right to point out that actions have consequences. Or, as they say in America, if you don’t like it get the fuck out.

@Rinel

I think you know my answer to this.

@Jaded

Oh, I know.

@krmbm

I concur. Some choice is nice, but not necessary. I played around with the idea, and made three other races for my own system (elves, dwarves, wildlings).

@SG said in The ethics of IC romance, TS, etc:

With the nature of mushes being what they are, I think it's reasonable to expect every relationship being poly unless it's explicitly exclusive.

If you say so, but there are outliers. Pretty much every meaningful IC relationship I have had has been monogamous, right down to Wes from Fear and Loathing (he was crazy).

@Cupcake

I played one of your romantic leads long ago, and it was really a lot of fun.

@Auspice said in The ethics of IC romance, TS, etc:

Erin was always civil to Charlie.

This is how Trash Pandas show their love.

@Auspice said in The ethics of IC romance, TS, etc:

Sometimes, monogamy is the easy route even if I'm not always a huge fan (cause commitment is terrifying).

Monogamy is what I fall back to because I cannot be bothered to be polite or civil to more than one person in the span of a day.

Also, Caryatid's alts are so cute.

@Ghost

I wasn't that bad.

@Arkandel said in The ethics of IC romance, TS, etc:

• If your PC is going to cheat IC on another character do you feel obligated to let your partner's player know?

Yes, socially. That's more of an OOC thing, though.

• Do you think you are responsible for a character whose roleplay is related to yours if your paths are to separate? In other words do you feel guilty someone else's PC might become quote/unquote unplayable because of your IC choices?

Guilty? No. Conscious? Yes. I have retired characters based on the IC choices of others, and I have retired characters because other PCs have had things happen to them that made them unplayable. These things happen.

• Very closely related to the above, what if the choice that takes a PC mostly off the table is OOC? For instance if you stop being active on my PC's spouse to play an alt with Theno's PC. Do I have the moral high ground to get pissed off?

Yes, regardless of whether you have the moral high ground. Players who do things that make other players' characters unplayable without their knowledge or consent are assholes who need to be culled.

• When it comes to TS what's the correct way to suggest it? Do you let the RP become more explicit until the big words come out or you get told no? Do you page the other player first and explicitly ask if they want to do it? Something else?

I don't believe there is a "correct way." I believe adults need to tell other adults when they are uncomfortable with something. This includes TS. I'm not personally uncomfortable with it, no one has asked me if I was ever uncomfortable with it, and if asked I would probably communicate my thoughts at that time, which may have nothing to do with my personal opinion on TS. For example: not right now, I'm playing from work.

• Assuming OOC consent between adult players is there anything in an IC relationship, including TS, that you consider unethical?

The only thing I can think of that is unethical is what would breach that OOC consent.

@Auspice said in The ethics of IC romance, TS, etc:

I love Ghost, but his desire to keep OOC/IC separate makes him ignore some big ol' red flags.

I think I have probably one of the strongest OOC/IC policies in my life, and yet I have never been hit by a red flag in a way that made me uncomfortable.

I just move along.

@Rinel said in Dark Ages Vampire -- Terra Mariana:

I have wanted to play a Salubri ever since I learned about them but you never can because in modern settings they've either been Tremere'd or gone antitribu, which doesn't appeal to me at all.

They are available on Echoes in the Mist.