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A short video on the structure of the Roman army: https://vimeo.com/31781946

@Jeshin While the topic has wandered far from the advertisement section and might better fit in Mildly Constructive, it's fine here too. This board came about from the ashes of another called WORA, which tended to focus on MUSHes and most of the people there are now here. However, we have some few mudders and you are certainly as welcome here as anyone else. I haven't really gotten the impression that you're unwanted, for the most part, as many people have seriously engaged you in conversation who would otherwise ignore you if you had nothing worthwhile to say.

I don't agree with your classification system, but OR isn't my site, so I'm not going to say you can't have a niche audience. Particularly given your desire not to list all MUSHes since removing the automation code requirement would likely lead to that. It is true, though, that there might be an impression that you're disregarding the type of RP that most people on here prefer. Personally playing MUSHes to expand your own horizons is good, but you're the primary representative of OR, which excludes the majority of what people here care about.

Saying that making an exception for MUSHes would require exceptions for MUDs is an excuse. Just stay clear on the 3 things that matter to you at OR and realize that most here are going to disagree with the value of those requirements. It's fine, though, we all have boats to float.

MOD VOICE
Finally, you're welcome to sink or swim here like anyone else, as well as continuing to cross-post here as you've done. None of the admins are worried about losing users to OR, nor would we be upset if any gravitated that way. So continue to participate; this thread isn't inappropriate or offensive, though I'd prefer not to see cursing out of other people.

I haven't heard of the others, but Kushiel's Debut is likely a pretty standard MUSH experience when compared to other MUX/MUSHes. Many people on here also play WoD MUX/MUSHes, so for something a little more connected to many of those posters, I would suggest Eldritch MUX or RenoMUSH.

@Jeshin said:

If you have automated system(s): this can include crafting, exploration, combat, medical code, etc etc. Doesn't have to be all but you have to have one or two.

This whole conversation is interesting to me, but the point above is going to be the real kicker for any MUX/MUSH. I'm sure they exist, but I don't know any that have automated systems for any of the above, and none of the biggest do. Also, I don't think anyone here hates the association between the mediums, so you probably don't have to worry about it being controversial.

From your intro article that you linked, I feel like you're actually working against your own stated goals of inclusion by having the last two of your three requirements.

focused primarily on role-play, has coded support for player activities, and includes permanent character death.

The MUX/MUSH community is almost exclusively focused on RP, finding rare implementation of coded game systems. This seems like an arbitrary restriction if the goal is bridging divides between communities.

The MUX/MUSH community is generally perma-death on any non-consent game, but it's strange that it would be a requirement to be part of a larger community focused on RP. This seems more like a restriction in the other direction, against MUDs that don't support perma-death and, by unintentional proxy, full-consent MUX/MUSHs. Once again, it seems restrictive, if the goal is a community built around text-based roleplaying.

I otherwise support what it is you're trying to do and wish the project well.

So, yesterday credits from the digital ocean referral link came in to the account. Newbie MUX admins that followed the Zero to MUX guide have now earned 5 months of uptime for MSB. So thank you.

@sthanheykel

The colon right before the address isn't needed, just:

[group](https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=pt-BR#!forum/7th-sea-mux)

group

You could reverse it:

setdiff(%qm, %qv, .)

If anything returns, it's not a subset, otherwise it is.

Server upgrade complete.

Yeah, that error is the forums running out of memory, which is why I said I was going to upgrade Friday. I forgot to do so, but the error this morning was a nice little kick in the nuts as a reminder for me.

Awesome, I've included it in the how-to's last step.

@Rook Do you mind instead posting this in the Code section with a download link? Or send it to me and I'll do so? I think this is probably a pretty great resource for new people.

I haven't updated to the new version yet. I have noticed for myself that the "go to last position" box is rather rarely seen these days, but I haven't had any of the screen sizing issues. Anyone else having similar problems?

@Roz Not everyone in that population is going to demand a mother wander off somewhere private to breastfeed. I'm only saying it seems a bit intentionally obtuse to ignore the reason people react to it.

As for normalizing the whole thing? You mean the baring of breasts entirely or just during breastfeeding? Because I don't think it's the solution, or any solution at all, for the former and the latter still falls into that vastly smaller percentage of time when a woman breastfeeds in her lifetime.

@Roz People aren't horrified by boobs, it's the exact opposite. People love boobs. Boobs may be nature's nectar for munchkins, but the rest of the time, they're sexual for a large percentage of the population. Until such a time as that is not the case, there will always be social tension in their baring.

@Roz And maybe they should turn to that baby-pack that all mothers of 3-and-unders have, and get out those boobie covers. So feed your kid and manage to avoid others' "sense of awkwardness".

So, the latest version of nodebb is out. The changes appear to be mostly bug fixes/performance (no new features) with a cosmetic overhaul. It's probably not necessary to upgrade it right away, but we'll probably take a look at doing so with the next minor version. For those of you who hate white, the new look won't make you any happier, but feel free to check it out here: https://community.nodebb.org

Glitch watches @Coin cross the bridge anyway.

@Admiral I liked that one a lot too.

This Friday, May 22nd, 2015, at 22:00 EST, the server will be going down for anywhere from a few minutes to a couple of hours for a server upgrade. I'll post a reminder here a couple of hours beforehand and also once the upgrade is complete. Thanks.

@Tempest

For another high fantasy tale, I liked Codex Alera by Jim Butcher.

Some others:
Graceling by Kristin Cashore (only read the first one).
Empire in Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Couple of urban fantasy:
Alex Verus series by Benedict Jacka
Courts of Feyre series by Mike Shevdon