Best posts made by gryphter

This raises some interesting points. Are there ways to set up a world so that the players can impact and change it without GM intervention? I think that's the core thing we need -- to know that our stories are canon and exist in the interconnected world, and can change the broader story.

Then there is the babysitting. There will always be issues between and with certain players. Somebody has to deal with that stuff. Arguably it could be made a little easier by putting the tools to control what they have to see in the hands of the player. There seems like lots of momentum in that direction, in fact.

If you can put a game in place that the players can guide and change without a GM and empower them to deal with their own conflicts somehow, then you'd eliminate a lot of staff work right there.

@surreality This is thought-provoking. A task-based economy that folks could freelance into might very well stand a chance of funding some passion, in whole or part. I'd do building and writing out of things, creation of roster characters, or whatever else for a little extra spending money. I'm sure others would too. It needn't necessarily be a thing where you work for ArxMUSH Incorporated, to pick on a huge game.

I've been having a lot of fun with making Wheel of Time memes, and I thought others here might enjoy them and pitch in. Here are some of mine.

IC trappings of the characters involved can be a factor too. If I'm a Corporal and there are Captains and senior NCOs around, mine is not to 'lead the way' (at least until I'm ordered to).

Another random thought: the first person to pose in has only the GM's set to work with. Someone that waits until four or five other people have gone now has everything to react to.

@Alamias I'm stoked about how into the title of this thread you are.

@Auspice I am, and I did. Solid 6, maybe 7.

My hot take after taking a look over the site is that I don't feel like I came away knowing what I need to know to create a PC who lives in that world. That there might be a place in RL with a similar name is totally meaningless to me, because suspension of disbelief is sort of part of this whole thing?

@Auspice Ours are fully adjustable, which is just so super snazzy. What it really means is I spend generously 25% of my work life adjusting the damned things because they're never quite perfectly right.

@Sunny I'm not invested enough in the point to research a bunch, especially when I'd rather be wrong. It's just my sense that there are a lot of areas where we might be found lacking, such as protection of minors. I say this as someone who once was a minor who failed catastrophically to be protected from a bunch of wild shit on internet text games. No ragerts, but probably not ideal, and as an adult I sure as hell don't want to explore certain themes with a child. To solve a problem like that in any kind of real way we'd have to start verifying who it is that connects to a game.

How to Alcohol, in 2 Easy Steps:

1. Keep Irish whiskey in the freezer. I like a 15 year Redbreast, but Jameson will treat you right too.

2. Drink when thirsty.

@faraday Power upvote because I can't agree enough: too much policy might as well be no policy at all, because nobody's going to read it. Balance is important.

@hedgehog

Circus Music Duet (Knuckle Song) Part 1

ETA: I DONE DID A SONG GAME!!!

@Auspice said in The Work Thread:

Mood af

Anybody else love The Masked Singer? I can't wait for tonight's episode to meet some new furries.

ETA: My theories so far. Turtle: Vanilla Ice -- fite me. White Tiger: John Cena. It just is. And Kangaroo: Tatyana Ali for some reason.

I applied to a new, higher-paying (entry level) job last night, and can confirm, there is some weird shit happening whereby employers can tell you're checked the hell out. Everyone is suddenly super nice and soliciting and I am bathed in the warm glow of the support I've sought for so long now.

Same deal; I've told no one, just came to work today armed with the knowledge that I'm over it and taking steps to leave. In this case I don't know what this company could do to keep me, but I'd be interested in entertaining some offers. I have a hard time believing I won't get this entry-level inside sales job that's being heavily recruited for, so, your move, athenahealth.

@Auspice Yikes. Just yikes. Here's hoping you get some traction with a company of people who are NOT insane.