Posts made by Hella

@Arkandel said:

I believe most of the phenomena and paradigms above can be broken down to the fact we're losing more players than we're getting. Roleplay in MU* unlike what we find on table-top is largely dependent on - usually a small minority of - players who are able to create, as opposed to carrying on and expanding, plot threads which can then be picked up by others.

For each such person who burns out, has been caught up by real life or simply moved on it's increasingly difficult to replace them simply because one of the main factors in being able to do what such flagship players do is experience; so as the number of folks who've been playing for years and have the ability to do so diminishes newer ones with the potential and talent to replace them never find the same circumstances and opportunities which existed, say, in the late nineties or early 2000's.

There's a chance we're on a slow downward spiral. Another way to see it though is that we're going through a slum until the paradigm changes to allow for our hobby's resurgence.

This reminds me of the fall of Elendor in the early 2000's, and now I'm sad. Jerk.

@Arkandel said:

It's better to simply be aware of the opening internally and open it to someone when they appear on your radar as good matches for it.

Conversely, when you do that, players will get butt-hurt anyway when they see the position has been filled, for any number of different reasons. I was given a prop leadership on a game about a year into playing there, and was immediately met with 'zomg but I've been here longer' flak from some other player who wasn't involved with the prop, but had hoped to marry into it, so I understand.

Basically, people will complain no matter what you do, so you might as well do what you personally prefer.

@TMG Anyone with half a brain (and unfortunately around here that's rare) could see that you had passion for the game, and you genuinely are a Nice Person (again, stupidly rare around here). Fuck the haters. You are awesome.

@Sunny said:

@VulgarKitten said:

@Sunny Wait, what? Assumptions holy shit. I didn't quit your site for any reason other than I stopped having time to do anything. Had no clue you'd nuked the Catriona bit, which I only took for logging on so you would know who it was. As soon as you established a staff naming convention, I switched over to that. Thank you for showing your true colours. Here I thought I was giving YOU a second chance. Yeesh.

Yeah, okay. Such strange timing, then. It's amazing how that works. No assumptions here darling, just the cold, hard facts. Deny it as you'd like. I never knew you as Catriona, so that's a big fat load of bullshit, too. Do you believe your own shit? You really should consider getting professional help.

ETA: Also, your story sounds great until you realize that you didn't rename, you switched bits. Horse shit.

Believe whatever the fuck you want.

@Sunny Wait, what? Assumptions holy shit. I didn't quit your site for any reason other than I stopped having time to do anything. Had no clue you'd nuked the Catriona bit, which I only took for logging on so you would know who it was. As soon as you established a staff naming convention, I switched over to that. Thank you for showing your true colours. Here I thought I was giving YOU a second chance. Yeesh.

Wait. Tell me more! Could you expand on this even further?? With more assumption?

@surreality Dude. You just made an awful lot of assumptions based on a couple of my sentences. Throw some more rocks at that glass house

@surreality said:

Acting like staffers with ethics are rare as unicorns on the hoof is pretty amazingly ridiculous, which is absolutely how @VulgarKitten's post comes across, especially in how... myopic it is in regard to how most MU* staff corps actually function.

So wait. I'm sorry. I think I just hallucinated. My post that says "which, of course, doesn't always happen." comes across like staffers with ethics are rare as unicorns on the hoof? Sounds to me like you're viewing this through a certain lens. A lens named 'I'm probably guilty of this so I'm going to react strongly right now'.

@HelloRaptor said:

How does this relate to anything to do with logs? I mean, everything is dependent on a non-corrupt staff. If your starting point is corrupt staff, you're already in a shit place.

We were talking (at some point) about how ineffective logs can be. This was an example. Uh. Duh.

Also, even when there are logs pretty clearly showing one thing was said, and another thing was done? It's all dependent on a non-corrupt staff to care, which, of course, doesn't always happen.

@Arkandel said:

There's the flipside of it, when staff - usually wanting to wash their hands clean off having to pick a side in whatever's happening - ask for 'evidence' before they'll take action.

Evidence, of course, is next to impossible to gather.

This is so very, very accurate it gets me in the feels. Yes, yes, log everything and this is much easier to negate somewhat. But you know what? I hate turning into the paranoid person who logs every damn thing. Also, logs can get wiped in computer crashes, et al. Yes, yes, back up your logs every day? See re: paranoia.
I have had this happen to me on Road to Amber at an EPIC level. It just fucking sucks. Bullshit happens, you didn't keep logs because you weren't expecting to be screwed over, and therefore staff will take no action.

Found some games, and am hopeful. Thanks to those who replied!

@Derp said:

that does not automatically a clique make. There could be legit reasons.

And maybe there isn't, and it is a clique! Who knows. Maybe it's not just a single instance, but a multitude of them. Maybe there are more reasons for someone saying they don't like cliques than just one. Crazy, right?

@Misadventure has it. From what I've seen, most cliques, @Derp's post being case in point, are exclusionary. I'd love to find a place where that's not the case. It doesn't have to be WoD.

Personal preference. I can't stand 'em.

Is there any MU out there that is not full of cliques? ANY???? Looking for something without inherent exclusion.

Has anyone ever faked an orgasm IC? <.<

Going through my stepdad's stuff in preparation for the move downstairs, come across a replica One Ring from Lord of the Rings, put it on.

Me: Mine now!
Him: Uh no it's not.
Me: ... I don't think you know how this ring works.

@Cobaltasaurus Ditto that. My last class ends in 3 hours!

@thebird I feel for ya. I start meds on Friday for my anxiety. First time I've ever taken them and I'm terrified.

@Luna My ex is a lot like yours, only he was open about wanting to get back together and my response (I didn't laugh outright, props to me!) was "you haven't changed. What would be the point? No thanks, not interested." Being blunt about it is the only way to go in these situations. If you leave even a small sliver of the door open? These advances will never stop.