@Trix hahaaha yes. That is exactly what is going on with the movies. It's like...
The empty movie theater seat in between ABSOLUTELY makes it clear that it's two dudes seeing a movie together but ARE NOT ON A DATE. They don't ever really discuss that they're putting a seat in between for this reason, but then assume that the empty seat between them exists as a COFFEE TABLE for them to put their snacks on.
@GreenFlashlight said in Good TV:
My feelings on Hawk are complex. I think he's a great character with a well-done arc, and I understand and believe what he's going through, but I also have no sympathy for him because he knows he's terrible and he actively chooses to continue being terrible every day.
I think that's altogether the point.
Johnny Lawrence was THE chief "bully" of 1980s cinema. Now, in Cobra Kai, we see that Johnny wants more from life but under Kreese couldn't see the forest from the trees and it damaged his life. Hawk was like Johnny, a scrawny kid who was bullied and turned into essentially a violent gang member, but his motivation as a bully (like Johnny) is fear-based. Strike first before they hurt you.
So Hawk is an echo of Johnny in teenage years, thus making the viewer see Hawk through the eyes they saw Johnny in through the 80s, then compare to Johnny now, and then say "Oh come on, Eli, Demetri is your best friend. Don't do this!"
It's good writing, because good TV writers don't write characters who make good decisions; they write characters who will make the audience scream and yell and point at the TV like kids watching Dora the Explorer trying to get her to look under the rock for the banana.
Miguel and Robby are Daniel/Johnny from 2 perspectives (or alternative paths)
Hawk and Tory are Johnny from his old perspective
Demetri is Daniel LaRusso from his old perspective
@Trix said in What's your nerd origin story?:
AOL chatrooms, (Red Dragon Inn holla!)
Hahaha shit holla. I was an AOL rper, too, but mostly World of Darkness stuff where everyone had screen names like:
VvSuperDarknessGothvV
Favorite thing at work: VS Code.
Worst thing at work: VS Code
Love the script editing, but hate using it for SCM
@Admiral CP2077 might reinvigorate the genre on film and prompt Shadowrun to up their A-game.
Or put Shadowrun in a coffin. Who knows. You're right, though. CP2077 will boom and draw interest to the genre.
Hrm. Introspective moment.
For me, I struggled with a few things. There are my opinions on the "social game" that I've mentioned in a few other posts so I won't expound here.
One thing that was always difficult for me was the concept of plotting and planning. I always wanted to plot and plan without detailing ahead of time everything I was thinking of doing because doing so always made the RP feel railroaded and overorchestrated to me. So I'd have an idea, play my cards close to my chest, and run into some OOC issue because I didn't detail it ahead of time; which I didn't because something felt non-gamey about getting "buyoff" on what my character would do or outline everything that was going to happen, thus giving other players the ability to ponder SUPER PREPARED RESPONSE to things I wanted to do. At that point it always felt like getting permission to do what my char would do, so it was a balancing act that I would probably still struggle with today.
I like being able to have surprises to unveil, and I like to be surprised. Overplanning and detailing things Oocly beforehand kills that. My characters, to me, were less of an investment and more of a replaceable element.
For me, I always viewed these games as "RPGs with some writing" rather than "cooperative writing in an RPG backdrop", which explains my preferences clearly. I always wanted an online space to play VtM/WoD/etc, but mushing isn't exactly that. Hindsight being 20/20, if I could do it again, I probably would prefer to have come to that understanding sooner rather than to pluck the chicken for 10+ years.
Not sure how I would tackle this if I played again. It's something I think about when I consider redownloading Potato.
@Aria said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@Ghost said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
For fuck's sake my car doesn't have an extended warranty. whyyyyyy
'Cause you didn't sign up for one when you bought it, I'd guess?
You can add them after the fact, though. You can buy them at a dealership for whatever make your car is.
No I just keep getting that robo-dial about my car's extended warranty, in which there is none. Easily 2x/day at this point.
I liked him in Dune, and I really like that "It's Probably Me" song.
@Bad-at-Lurking What's interesting to me is that Modiphius got V5/WoD from Paradox, and there doesn't seem to be an IP that Modiphius doesnt like printing. They seem to be gobbling up product lines these days and have an existing relationship with Paradox.
So you're probably right that Paradox sold BESM rights back to the original owner. It's probably also right that Modiphus didnt want it OR it's low enough priority of an item that selling the IP back was probably deemed more profitable than attempting to continue the line.
@friarzen said in Getting Young Blood Into MU*'ing:
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think @ghost's point was more coming from the "I'm a builder and want to present the player with something that isn't +docrap/with-some crazy=bullshit_syntax"?
For example presenting an HTML table of the character sheet with +/- buttons next to values to create the character....
^yes.
@mietze said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Today blew the top off of the record number of people screaming at me at work today.
Just for the record, for most bank issues screaming at anyone wont get them resolved faster. Especially screaming at the teller.
Now I just feel yucky, even though I got to see my favorite clients today too.
Tell them this, this'll make them feel better:
"Technically it's not money. We're not on the gold standard anymore, so it's not like you can trade money for something with value. What you consider money is really just electronic data and/or papers that say you're ENTITLED to what equates to that amount of money; a promissory note, even. It's just 101010101010110 binary that says that you are believed to own X amount of said money, but if everyone in the country went to the bank and decided to cash out their accounts on one day they wouldn't be able to do it. Basically, you're one super-virus away from having the same worth as an unfrozen caveman."
And then go home and watch Harold and Kumar.
I should also take a moment to say that while I still think the cultural aspects of the hobby must be focused on to attract (and keep) newer players, I also don't want to downplay the hard work that people have put into codebases, games, wikis, etc. It's all free web/unix development and it's not easy stuff.
So please don't think that I'm saying that it's all for naught. I think there has been a lot of evolution in the last few years, and I think it's been great for the veteran mushers. I'm just saying that I think it may be worthwhile to put heads together and plot out a future design for what the hobby could look like from a code perspective in the way the IAB or WWW Consortium have done.
I do see a possibility with some work that the format could have a bit of a renaissance, but it also may be important to understand where the hobby falls on the gaming-versus-writing description. It's a bit fuzzy, too, exactly what the hobby itself is given that the hobby is shared with automated bot-killing MUDs and heavy code-fixated MOOs.
Sigh. Moms, yanno?
Actual phone conversation I just had with my mom.
Mom: I just had a holy shit moment.
Me: Oh? What happened?
(Brain read everything my mom says from this point forward in a conspiratorial whisper voice)
Mom: I just went into the bedroom and you wont believe what I saw.
Me: (Strung along) Oh? What?
Mom: Your father was in there on the bed alone...
Me: (PleaseDontSayHeWasJerkingIt) Oh? Is everything okay?
Mom: He was on the bed and when I went in there he immediately hid something under the sheets.
Me: (Still...please god no) Oh? I mean, is everything okay?
Mom: He had a boxcutter that he was hiding from me. When I went in there he really quickly hid it so I couldn't see.
Me: (New version of OhGodNoWhat? because alone+boxcutter) Uhm...thats not good. Is everything okay? Do I need to step away from my desk.
Mom: He was...CUTTING UP A CARDBOARD BOX ON TOP OF MY EXPENSIVE EGYPTIAN SHEETS AND BEDCOVER. HE RUINED MY EXPENSIVE BEDROOM SET AND NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE IT BECAUSE HE CUT THROUGH TO THE MATTRESS.
God damn it, Mom.
Whew. Sigh of relief. I love my mom forever but god damn it her storytelling style freaks me out like this at least once every other month. She doesn't do this on purpose for fun, either. It'll be like:
Mom: Oh. My. God. The craziest thing happened you'll never guess...
Me: Hit me. What happened?
Mom: So I turn down this aisle and I'm all alone, and I see this big guy with tattoos and this pretty girl ALL ALONE IN THE AISLE...
Me: Oh no, what were they doing?
Mom: ...it was BOB AND JEAN'S SON, BARRY. HE'S BACK FROM SERVING OVERSEAS. HE'S COVERED IN TATTOOS, HAS A BEAUTIFUL GIRLFRIEND, AND THEY INVITED US ALL TO A BARBECUE NEXT WEEK.
AAAAAAAAUGHFJEOEI3U38...
@Prototart said in Getting Young Blood Into MU*'ing:
And that's ignoring just, the usual social maladaptive shit that's so common on games that it's just taken for granted, the people who have no idea how to interact with anyone who isn't broken the same way they are and the way that geek social fallacies are like burned into the fabric of everything and not to be questioned
I've had conversations with mushers (former and current) about how mushing could stunt social skills outside in the real world, and I think this is a great point. Human behaviors outside of the mushing environment aren't exactly the same, and I think it could definitely be off-putting to someone who is "new blood".
@Aria said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Fuck that guy
Exactly. Fuck that guy.
He had one job and didn't do it.
@Joyeuse Some members of the community and I have a difference of opinion on those playlist entries. I adore @faraday as well and we disagree, no biggie <3. It's just a personal decision based on how much you want your characters tied to the community as a whole. Community or hobby? Your call.
PRO
CON
In the end, my stance is that it's better to keep IC purely IC and let the characters speak for themselves, and don't nail in the hook that awkward OOC conversations can use to hang you on.
But I digress from the point.
I think the community is safe for LGBTQ+ with growing support as time goes on, but this does not equal a guarantee of meaningful RP related to your T acronym. That you'll have to find and probably rely on cool RPers for.
When it's 104°F with 30% humidity and you feel a drop of rain on your arm...
Bear in mind there is no silver bullet statement in play here. No one is saying that there arent maladaptive behaviors outside of MU in the real world.
I liken it closer to little culty things like LARP, Church Organizations, Wine Culture, Crossfit, etc. Whenever anyone places themselves more in one particular social environment and less with general public social life, the "societal norms" of those very particular groups can and possibly will impact one's ability to function outside of those groups; they become so comfortable in that one environment that it affects some of their social skills outside of it.
It's not an uncommon concept.
...When you see an amazing kickstarter for a board game with gorgeous minis to paint and own, but you're also trying not to spend money...
...and just when you're asking yourself if you can afford to put in the cost of the Kickstarter and offset it by selling some stuff or not eating out so much your AUTO INSURANCE SENDS YOU YOUR 6 MONTH BILL AND SHITS ON YOUR DREAMS.
So auto insurance is way more than the Kickstarter, so now I'm not only NOT getting the KS, but I'm also spending more money. Yay.
