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With that....i go back to roller coasters and booze.

@Pandora said in TS - Danger zone:

InB4 @Arkandel shows up and ruins my fun as usual.

Haven sucks.

#fasterThanArkandel

@Pandora said in TS - Danger zone:

This is why NPCs don't play grab ass with you people, you're annoying as hell.

Are we?

ARE WE...REALLY?

Sorry, it's a little early and I'm having trouble drumming up an unnecessary intensity 8 response to help me feel like I'm getting my point across.

Back to TS talk.

Its okay if people think its nannehnanneh boo boo or nanabooboo. That important thing is that people are enjoying it and that it ends in booboo. Not to be mistaken as "boob ooo". There are lots of different kinds of people out there from all different walks of life, and like I learned from being a parent it's probably best not to reserve judgment and just let people say what they want while understanding that it's all pretty much saying the same thing.

Also: Staff totally monetize their time through TS partners. From 1995-2008 it was the most reliable way to get a Force User slot.

Hah. Slot. eyooooo

@Pandora said in TS - Danger zone:

@Ghost said in TS - Danger zone:

@Pandora said in TS - Danger zone:

ETA: @Ghost It's okay if sometimes you don't have anything useful to say; not-chiming-in has never in and of itself killed anyone.

Nanneh
Nanneh
Boo
Boo

It's na na na na boo boo, pleb.

But is it?

IS IT, TRULY?

@Pandora said in TS - Danger zone:

ETA: @Ghost It's okay if sometimes you don't have anything useful to say; not-chiming-in has never in and of itself killed anyone.

Nanneh
Nanneh
Boo
Boo

@Pandora said in TS - Danger zone:

Then why does it matter so much if they TS, when you acknowledge that any other sort of behavior is just as likely to lead to favoritism?

Said in the thread about TS.

This is a thread about TS and the behaviors surrounding it. I mean, it's cool that you have opinions about non-TS related favoritism, but this is the TS thread and all soooooooooo....

@Tinuviel said in TS - Danger zone:

@Ghost said in TS - Danger zone:

@Tinuviel said in TS - Danger zone:

@Ghost Well, of course it's fucking weird. It's a bunch of nerds talking about sex with people on the internet.

Dont you mean: artistically written character scenes?

Not the way I do it. It's like (The Watchmen's) Alan Moore got to write a revised edition of the Kama Sutra.

STFU NERD Watchmen is Damon Lindeloff or Zack Snyder. Who's this Alan Moore guy?

Anyway, srsly props to the people who said TS was a sexual event between players (not chars) and were more forthcoming.

@Tinuviel said in TS - Danger zone:

@Ghost Well, of course it's fucking weird. It's a bunch of nerds talking about sex with people on the internet.

Dont you mean: artistically written character scenes?

There's so much weird....vague blocking in this thread.

Like(sic):

Statement: "I think staff sometimes plays favorites based on who TSes them."

Vague Blocking Response: "Everyone has a right to enjoy whatever kind of RP they want. Fuck yourself."

This thread has been pretty revealing and fascinating, IMO, but also veryfuckingweird.

@WildBaboons said in TS - Danger zone:

But is TSing the prince more viable than FTB with the prince?

It is if the player of the Prince is looking for TS.

Wish/fantasy fulfillment is huge with some mushers and quid-pro-quo responses are common. You tend to get more back from people if you drill down into giving them what they want.

@mietze said in TS - Danger zone:

I think someone using "you" in a scene, especially a private one, is almost universally reviled the last time this discussion was had, as something that crossed boundaries even if it wasnt the intent.

I've wondered sometimes (and never asked, perhaps I should have) if the "you" was because they were knowingly trying to put me, the player, as the target of an action or if they were honestly trying to write scenes from a 2nd person perspective for the reader to absorb.

Then again, maybe thats a part of the problem. People HATE 2nd person but rather than ask why or ask to switch to 3rd, players just get dodged. Which, if that's the case when I did it, technically there wasn't anything noble about me ducking them if they just thought RP was that way. I would be the asshole then, wouldn't I?

@Auspice said in TS - Danger zone:

I do want to point out that 'RL spouse getting angry' isn't something to hold against the person.

I had that happen. I casually mentioned TS (as a thing that I did sometimes; not like a specific scene lol) once because he knew I RP'd. He LARPed. He'd been an MMO RPer. I figured it was nbd.

Boy flipped his shit at me. Now, I want to say I didn't bring it on the game or say anything. I don't think I did because I got mad at him for it. @Ghost can fact check me tho cause this happened while Cyri and Nitrim were a thing.

Anyway. RL SOs aren't something to lump in with the rest IMO.

Consider fact checked and agreed.

RL spouse getting upset isn't something I hold against a player, but it is definitely their issue, not mine. I dont care how good or bad someone's RL relationship is. After a first incident of angry spouse I may have avoided that kind of RP with the person afterward because the last thing I wanted was to be some third party online homewrecker in a divorce.

Either way, if anyone said to me "Hey let's not RP these characters as a couple because my RL partner/spouse isn't comfortable with it" I've always honored that, and think that's a great way to handle it.

@Wizz I can share my own interest in the analysis, at the least.

Over years of MU I've collected a handful of experiences. Cuckold RL husband watching TS, accusations of triggering RL relationship hangups with spouses, OOC oversharing, repeated pages asking what my OOC kinks are, being told "I love you" in a relationship sense, plenty of clinginess, hell hath no fury threats or issues when trying to politely exit IC relationship stuff, lots of paging about "always being chosen second", OOC guilting, etc etc etc. The list goes on. I could probably list 20 or so things I've experienced first or second hand.

It's my belief than dozens of MUers can, too.

My mindset is that people could continue to act as if these OOC blowups regarding IC relationship roleplay, the stalking, the baseless forum accusations that omg couldnt be anything but true are singular instances every single time, be wowed at them as if they don't happen weekly, and get really good at staying out of it. OR delve into asking really why that is and attempting to ferret out an understanding.

I believe that there are two camps of relationship roleplayers: People who do it healthily and people who do it to satisfy personal (physical/emotional) deficiencies and grow unhealthy attachments to players, characters, or the need for the jolt TS/relationship RP brings.

I believe that one type of RPer wants to avoid OOC attachment forming, and that the other won't declare what they're looking for because it could lead to being avoided (if even theyre aware enough to understand the thirst).

I've grown to believe that there are players who approach the hobby as a writing hobby, and others who approach the hobby as a form of "Second Life" due to a disappointing RL where character is player and negative IC results are taken far more seriously on an OOC level, perhaps even a dangerous one.

So, you either avoid it and stay in your lane, or you ask the Danger Zone questions and try to identify what it is and find RPers of similar mindset to avoid these trap/bait-and-switch scenarios.

So when someone says "you" instead of "she" or pages you to ask what your kinks are, is it really cooperative writing, or is something else going on?

I think it's a worthier topic in this hobby than some others.

The point of this isn't about shaming or discussing sex.

The point of this is that there's a shady zone in regards to certain things on MUs that is generally left in "dont acknowledge, don't ask" territory, and that asking those questions are "Danger Zone"

New Dangerzone Question:

"Have you ever paged someone your SAFE WORD as part of what was allegedly an entirely IC TS scene?"

For the record, just in case anyone wants to cross into OOC with me, my safe word phrase is:

"Girl, your area smell like taco meat"

It ensures that the sexy stuff will stop, though it may cause further beating.

@Sunny What happens on the scratchy green office rug stays on the scratchy green office rug

@Auspice said in TS - Danger zone:

@Sunny said in TS - Danger zone:

Some people are crazy so you should feel bad having fun ever again.

I do feel bad.
please, tell me what a bad, bad girl I am.

gurrrrrrrl if you half of what Casey Anthony is, it's gonna get on.

Each person is gonna have their own views and approach.

But in an environment that contains dice throwing combat monkeys, hopeful professional writers, and spouses who are emotionally cheating...there are obvious places where water and oil result in alleged RL "damage".

Therein lies the danger zone, because a number of players will say their approach is one thing because it sounds great on paper, but that OOC bleed is real.