Posts made by Ganymede

@carma said in MU Things I Love:

I don't know if there's a MU memes thread, but my fortune cookie today is eerily accurate advice.

... in bed.

@silverfox

"When I feel better I am biting the fuck out of you."

@solstice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Finding out someone who preyed on you as a child is now part of your community again.

@silverfox said in Critters!:

I don't know if this is allowed, but the first kitten is going to cost between 7-10 thousand dollars to get back on his feet. If you know of anyone looking to donate, let me know, and I'll shoot you the shelter's donate link.

These requests shall always be allowed so long as I'm here and an admin.

If you have a link to a GoFundMe page, go ahead and put it down here or anywhere else you want. Continue to blast on a daily basis. We don't agree on much here, but I think we all agree that fundraising for animals and others in need will always be encouraged and permitted.

Anyone who feels otherwise can PM me.

I get home at the end of the day and I haven't the druthers to slip into a persona.

I feel so worthless, but I know I just need to recuperate.

Stupid trial.

@lotherio said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

I remember seeing some sport commentator complain about Simone Biles choosing not to compete for mental health. He threw a fit saying no one would be that kind to Lebron James if he took a mental health day.

That sports commentator is an idiot.

Kawhi Leonard took "load management" days off to keep himself physically and mentally ready for the playoffs, and people shrugged and said "that's Kawhi for you."

Any high-level athlete should be able to take time off for their physical and mental health if that's what they need to stay at the top of their game, and not have that decision questioned.

@cobalt said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

"Don't get smart with me. You don't deal with customer complaints. I do."

"You deal with complaints; I deal with the potential assaults and robberies."

@cobalt said in Birmingham: The Entangled City (BhamMu*):

Other than specific spells how so?

You know folks are going to want to create their own spells. I figured that you'd allow that, with staff approval. And that means that staff's going to be working on balancing what effects a player wants against some standard.

I could be wrong.

@de-villefort said in Birmingham: The Entangled City (BhamMu*):

Honest opinion? Scrap it and start over.

Why? Because you'd rather use a system you're more familiar with?

It seems fairly clear to me that the aim was for a system that had some level of staff oversight to make sure it didn't fly off the rails.

But, yes, it will need an awful lot of staff oversight, it looks like.

Sassy flight attendants.

@mietze said in Player Omsbudsman?:

while I think that could work if it was part of a co-headwiz type of arrangement, I think i would be a little leery if resolving complaints and issues was spun off to a single person because the headstaff did not want to be involved.

Does it matter if head staff authorizes that person to take direct action against other staff?

I think players expect that whomever they discuss their grievances with can and will take action that means something.

I can see the perspectives here, and I generally concur with the idea that an ombudsman may be seen as a boondoggle or pointless endeavor to cover for a bigger problem: having staff with the social graces of a block of wood.

@arkandel

That’s what I am attempting to convey.

Broadly, the role I think an ombudsman plays is someone’s whose job is to handle complaints of all kinds. It could be player-player, staff-staff, and anything in between. In doing so, they can take a responsibility from head staff that may allow them to do something they would rather spend their time doing, like telling stories.

It is a role that needs teeth, though.

@coin

So? If staff recognizes that problem, why is an ombudsman not a solution?

Not everyone communicates effectively online.

I held this role once.

I was given the same authority as the two head staffers, and we formed a triumvirate.

I think it is an okay idea, but it has to have teeth. Giving the ombudsman the same power as one of the head staff? That might do the trick.

But the head staff did trust me implicitly, and I served as a resolver of issues between them too.

@greenflashlight said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Sounds like someone had a quota to meet.

I asked a cop friend of mine about it, and he politely told me that he'd prefer it if people signaled speed traps so they would slow down and he could take a nap or something.

@arkandel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Several people from my WoW guild have already quit over it. With Final Fantasy XIV already being as popular as it is, it's not like players don't have other options either.

Honestly, I hope that your friends find another place to go. In my opinion, World of Warcraft has been garbage for the past, what, decade or so?

@derp said in Good TV:

I believe that she is referring to Entrapta from She-Ra.

As with most characters from the show, she's very well-written. It's the little things about her that reminds me of my daughter's quirks.

@carma said in Who Holds the Reigns:

Take the example of a king in Lotherio's example. That's a likely required character. Whether or not a game can support a king is irrelevant to the matter that there needs to be some "successor" or "backup" to that position. PCs disappear all the time, for many reasons. Without that leadership, an entire group's RP can suffer. Hence why there needs to be NPC backup in these cases.

In the example, I would make the Crown an NPC, but let PCs make up a Council that has substantial sway over how the Crown chooses. It's a good way to accommodate the recycling of PCs while keeping the story in staff control as needed.

@too-old-for-this said in Good TV:

I haven't watched She-Ra yet because my executive dysfunction can't decide which show I'm SUPER BEHIND on to catch up with first. XD But I will get there!

Get some tissues; you won't want to miss it.

@too-old-for-this said in Good TV:

So while I appreciate your saying to 'step out of my comfort zone'... sometimes my brain literally will not let me do that.

Sure. I understand there are physical and neurological things that make it difficult or impossible to step out of a comfort zone. See, e.g., my comments about my magical daughter. But, see, the way I figure it, you're not refusing to see something because of an art style, you are simply unable to step out of your comfort zone due to neurodivergence. It's not even about the art style for you, and I appreciate that.

Which is a shame, really, because you'd probably really like Entrapta.