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@reimesu said in Book suggestions:

I just read "Uprooted" by Naomi Novik and it pretty much blew me away. It didn't go where I thought it would, which made it a lot better, and it was a wild ride.

I know, I'm late to the party.

Naomi Novik is an amazing storyteller! I've really enjoyed all her books, and if you haven't, check out her Temeraire series. So good

Along those same lines, if you haven't already, you could try Madeline Miller. I just finished reading 'Circe' and every sentence feels like an artform. It was beautiful and engaging.

@Autumn brings up very good points. The thing is, for people who want the Princes and Princesses? There's already a game for that. Go check out RtA. There's nothing wrong with creating a new scenario for those who are interested in that scenario. Why is this even a debate, instead of people tossing out what they do want to see, within a specific context? Tell me the novel things you want, as opposed to the things you could have that are already out there.

@skew said in Cary's Playlist:

Oh man. I hear that Mae character from Arx is pretty cool...

I don't know. I heard she tried to make fetch happen. Fetch is never going to happen.

Just what the title says. I like quotes. Hit me with your favourite(s).

"No" is a complete sentence. It does not require justification or explanation.

Don't believe everything you think.

You may see me struggle, but you will never see me quit.

@arkandel said in How can we incentivize IC failure?:

However swiss cheese model approaches can absolutely apply. For example while still building a game ask some questions:

• Which in-game rewards (positions, XP, etc) will the game offer? How are they going to be distributed and why?
• How do we engage players in structured plot (PrPs, staff-ran scenes)?
• How do we match reward to risk?
• How do we handle character death?

And so on.

I think this would be really great in a thread on its own, on questions to ask/answer for folks interested in guidance on setting up their own games.

The ability to compliment a great staffer (@Apos ) without people screaming favoritism.

@Luna You know I miss your face!

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

@Tirit said in What Would it Take to Repair the Community?:

On a lighter note, what about the communities perceived inability to adapt to newer ideas of doing things like how to run games, and using newer technologies?

How can we appeal to a younger generation to bring them into our love for MUs?

It would be kind of cool if there was some form of promotion to capitalize on what seems like the resurgence in popularity of 'nerd culture'. Platforms like Critical Role, or things like all the new D&D-based/LotR-based TV shows and movies.

@dontpanda said in What is your turning point?:

This is a good thread. It's helpful to be reminded of what makes people want to play. Thanks for starting it

You're welcome

Tomwell

@reimesu said in Ruiz:

@hobos

But let's be fair, just that pre-banning of @Ganymede for...what? is enough to make me wonder what other bad decisions are being made. And Macha's logs showed that a) she was being slut-shamed and b) it was a consensual log that she was being shamed for and is still being shamed for.

Pretty sure that the bad decisions aren't the ones being made here.

See, the above is good. It's proof you can point to and go, I believe this supports my conjecture that xyz. But I'm agreeing with @hobos that coming in saying 'I think X is plausible because Y, but I'm not offering any tangible proof of Y' is exactly the thing that this board used to do that was damaging. And that did seem like what @Derp was doing. It was a bit disheartening to see.

Eta: do I think that makes it okay for people to come and do the equivalent of 'nyah nyah, told ya so!'? No. But that's just distraction from the heart of the matter.

@nyctophiliac Destroy them, obviously. Yeesh.

Anxiety and panic attacks. I'm not sure 'peeve' is a strong enough word. Maybe the peeve is when people say 'oh just do X (think positively, ignore it, meditate, exercise, take meds, etc)' to get over it. OMG I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT in the 3 years I've been dealing with it! Thank you for your brilliant observation and critique about how to fix my mental issues, and for your dismissive, superior attitude.

@reimesu I don't think we're looking at any one person. Just the content. It's not a defense of Cobalt, per se (I have nothing against Cobalt, afaik I don't know them that well?), just a defense of the ideal in general.

@theonceler said in Coming Soon: Arx, After the Reckoning:

@sincerely said in Coming Soon: Arx, After the Reckoning:

@theonceler said in Coming Soon: Arx, After the Reckoning:

We should take advantage of this opportunity to talk about how cool Aleksei is.

Pretty cool, right?

Do we need to? He already knows everything, he doesn't need to know he's enslaved our hearts and minds as well. God.

Enslaving does seem out of character for him.

It's always the ones you least suspect.

Pepper was amazeballs.

@Luna said:

@VulgarKitten Just breathe! I don't know what your deal is. God. All you have to do is get over it. IT'S THAT SIMPLE.

Right??? Why didn't I think of that? It's like my brain just shuts down or something...