@Roz AAAAAAAhhh I getcha. I was thinking PvP as in characters waving consent and rolling dice to try to permaKill the other player; I wasn't think PvP in the more holistic sense of players competing ICly, not necessarily including combat.
Using the latter definition, then fuck yeah PvP causes a smorgasbord of issues.
@Roz said in Superhero Games: Quest For Villain PCs:
@Arkandel said in Superhero Games: Quest For Villain PCs:
@Nein said in Superhero Games: Quest For Villain PCs:
@Roz I probably run in different mu subcultures, because I've rarely heard of PvP causing drama.
What?
That was my first response, too.
I think @Nein has a point: I would equate drama surrounding PvP as rare due to the absolute rarity of players risking their character's lives to series of dice rolls. The last time I heard of a PvP death was on Fallcoast, and even then, I heard 4-5 staffers say things like "holy shit, a PvP death???"
So, yeah, unethical staff and IC fuckery channels far more drama than PVP, IMO.
Edit: Belatedly, I would estimate that 90% of the time I've heard of a character dying, it's due to some kind of rage quit, normal quit, or weirdly IC/OOC revenge move to ensure no one gets to play the character after they're gone...and mostly handled via @mail or bbpost.
@Roz said in Superhero Games: Quest For Villain PCs:
Then again, you'll pry bisexual Rich in love with Peter Quill from my cold, dead fingers, and I 100% played it on a MU*, so.
For the record, I totally support this. That's an awesome idea. Oh the sarcasm factor. Being real? I think the reason I've never played a gay male character is because, while I'm absolutely comfortable roleplaying the emotional/connection side of a gay relationship, I'm not much of a TSer. Not to say that TS is required, but I've had enough issues surrounding that with Rping characters in a straight relationship, and I'd also hate to be some vague level tease to an ACTUAL gay rper looking to simulate the whole shebang.
@Roz Oh snap, it is Rider. Sigh.
Then again, it's kinda the perfect name for a gay porn actor.
@Seraphim73 said in Fires of Hope: A Star Wars Story:
Both Blu and I play on Fires of Hope, and Blu is indeed wiki-staff, but that is her only role on Staff (and she only has a Staffbit so that she can get +requests regarding the wiki), and I have no role at all on Staff.
Good to see you two roleplaying. If I ever break my self exile and log in there, I'll ping you two so you know I'm around.
@TNP said in Superhero Games: Quest For Villain PCs:
@Ghost Heroes Dreams?
Possibly? I wasn't there terribly long and it was so long ago, but it definitely wasn't one of the places geared towards Gaymers. I would have known what I was getting into, there. Let's say this was around 2003-2005.
Double post.
Epilogue: I ended up leaving the game because I couldn't find roleplay. Nova's old romantic flames kept showing up IC and making passes at Nova, and I got the feeling the reason I couldn't seem to find much RP (or much response on the game via channels, etc) was due to a sort of mild neglect. I got the gut feeling that there was some shunning involved out of the assumption that GAY NOVA was back, so the female players wouldn't bother, and once the gay rpers found out I wasn't playing GAY NOVA, why bother with a dead end?
I quietly drifted off.
Edit: I didn't mention straight male RPers because the amount of rp I get with other male players/characters that didnt involve passes for TS is pretty remarkable. I assumed straight males were like HOLY FUCK GAY COOTIES or DOESNT HAVE VAGINA/DONT CARE.
Super Hero MUs pretty much exist to alter canon. I remember that I once applied for - and was approved to play - Nova (Richard Ryder). He was famous for being Marvel's ad-hoc Green Lantern steal, and his previous love interests include Gamora from Guardians of the Galaxy.
About 15 minutes after approval, I started receiving hopeful pages asking me if I was going to be continuing his ongoing homosexual orgy scenes with the other gay characters on the game, many of which were never canonically LGBTQ.
SO...Yeah, there would be plenty of Red Skull/Dr Strange buddy cop strip club scenes. Potentially.
I've noticed this, too.
I've seen some villains poking around some old SH games, but it appeared like they were all alts kept around until necessary.
If I had to guess, I would say that the ONLY HEROES comes from a long history of OOCANGSTFUCKERY that pollutes this hobby. I can see potential past issues of players of villains crossing IC ethical content lines, players of heroes feeling like the player of a villain was trying to ruin their fun, potential harassment, or just good, old-fashioned competitive assholes getting bent out of shape.
Or...The staff just want to hang onto the villains as NPCs so that they can use them as plot devices, but never get around to it because their Tony Stark charbit is too busy TSing to disseminate plot.
As a nonplayer, the scuttle I have heard is that someone from the 100 is working on the wiki, but is not game staff.
Bing someone who simply just fucking let go of it with those two who ran 100, I don't think that they deserve Boogeyman status. One of them working on a wiki does not equate to plot dominance. I wouldn't avoid this game based on this scuttle, even if it is true.
@Faceless There are angels.
I've heard the deep space pilots talk about them. They're the most beautiful creatures in the universe. They live on the moon of Iego, I think.
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@Arkandel I KNOOOOOW, but my dad's typing is very ineloquent and filled with spelling errors.
Example: "MAGA! Trump firs people that don't do there job, Obama didn't!"
...And it's hard, Ark. It's hard to read.
Gods help me.
My dad has been busy as fuck since I was a baby, and is now nearing retirement age. Currently, his schedule is pretty empty, so for the last few weeks he's done nothing but sit in front of his TV with his cell phone and blather on about politics on Facebook. I don't want to block his posts, because he also posts family stuff, but it's a nonstop tirade of the following:
BlargaBlargaBlargatheGaysBlargaBlargaLiberalsBlargaBlargaClintonBlargaBlargaBlargaMakeAmericagreatagainBlargaBlargaBlarga**LiberalsAreScum
Took him 60+ years, but my dad just now discovered what internet trolling is.
F.M.L.
Is anyone as remotely excited as I am about Twin Peaks returning in May?
@Ganymede I think it's awesome that you're setting your priorities, questions, etc. That's so good to do, and you should be proud of that. Doing something about it, even if it's asking questions on a forum, seeing a doctor, asking questions to doctors, is so much better than doing nothing, yeah?
Good for you.
You'll get there. It's just about defining your preferred quality of life, and if concerns about meds is a part of that, it's still part of the definition.
@Ganymede Bear in mind that you can request a non-addictive medicine. The reason I take antidepressants is kind of like in the way some people take blood pressure meds: I have a condition that won't disappear on its own. I'm that guy that refuses to take meds for anything that is not a legitimate medical problem, and then afterwards, I do not take the medicine. Wellbutrin, for me, was explained not as an emotional control crutch, but more so like a needle on a polygraph flying all over the place. That is me, pre-wellbutrin. The medication doesn't alter my thought, but it helps me to conceptualize my incoming input within a more acceptable meter, without so many highs or lows.
Think of it like tuning an instrument, using a non-addictive means. Any doctor should be able to consult you on your concerns.
Other options? In theory, things like meditation, exercise, diet have been linked to no longer needing meds because the chemical end-result of these activities on the body acts as a buffer. You really can train yourself to strengthen against a whole array of emotional/brain chemistry handicaps.
Like any handicap, though, some can be overcome with practice, and some need medicine and practice.
As someone who takes antidepressants, namely Wellbutrin, it has been my experience that the side effects vary from med to med. Some of the side effects for Paxil were unacceptable to me, but the switch to Wellbutrin was pretty easy. Meanwhile, I'm also taking Chantix to quit smoking, which isn't dissimilar to psych meds, and I've been having the craziest, most vivid dreams ever, be they pleasant or nightmarish.
I guess my point is this: Side effects happen. How acceptable or not they are varies from person to person, but also is a bit in the eye of the beholder. When it comes to psych meds, if one person who needs psych meds describes taking meds as "horrible" to someone about to take them, is it at all possible that they are helping craft the experience for the next person down the line?
I know that heavy drugs, like lithium, are said to create a muffling effect on the emotions. I've been told this by people very close to me, but Wellbutrin, for me, has been so...gradual. I started taking the meds, without side effect, but over time the effects were showing, and it was almost as if I didn't see it happening in the meantime. There was no sudden click. On the other end of the spectrum, if I miss my dosage for say, a week, there's no violent exit, either. I just slowly become sick of weird shit, like having to use alarm clocks, in a really childlike way.
Just my 2¢
