Posts made by Jonah42175

I may be off base, but I think I know the game you’re speaking of. I understand the frustration because while they’re great people, they have a habit of doing this often. There have been many games with similar themes opened by them and they go gang busters at first but then fizzle out within months when the PB get tired of the little interaction from those who hold all the cards. The only advice I can give, and this would be true for any game suffering from this, is to hang on and find a group of people to run with. On the game that I’m thinking of, most of the plots are run by players and they seem to be crazy-good at running scenes and including people. We have a really good batch of players who can hopefully just carry the game along without staff interaction. If the game does start going the way of the Dodo, find out where other people are playing. Branch out. Our hobbie is pretty insular at this point that it feels like there are really only about 20 good games out the odds are, you may already be playing with them elsemu*.

Basically I’m just asking you to not give up. There’s a good thing going and I’d hate to see anyone miss out due to how staff represents themselves. They will not relinquish, they will not bring new staffers on. They never do. I say just do as much as you can without bothering with staff. I hope to see you around.

And if this isn’t the game I’m thinking of, well, the advice should still ring true and I still hope to see you around.

@magicgirl57 Jonah42175 looks around Guys? Um.... Who wants to be the one to tell her?

The scene was epic and it was appreciated. Everyone involved did an awesome job. It's nice to find a place, after being on hiatus for so long, that was welcoming and doesn't go big on the OOC drama. Thanks again for the scene.

@magee101 You shouldn't have too much difficulty with a character like that, as long as there's no problem with sticking to the confines of the town. You can go elsewhere with the TP rooms, but the RP will be focused on the town and the people who live there. I'm sure we can dig up people (PCs or NPCs) that might need your help. We're all willing to do what we can to make sure everyone on the grid is having a good time. And as @krmbm said, there is a criminal element to contend with as well, so there's that aspect to consider.

A week or two old, but Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane.

@Ganymede

I must resist the urge to watch Robotech again....

Thanks, everyone. I'm glad the post got some good discussion around it. Every bit of advice is good and I'll take a look at what works and doesn't work within the culture of the specific game. I'm glad that it is more of a shift in how things are done now. I'm not accusing anyone of being elitist, I legitimately was curious as to what to do next.

I know I've been away from the hobby for a while, and perhaps the culture has changed a bit but how exactly does one go about getting into an actual scene that isn't a +event nowadays? I was able to get a character approved through chargen, but I've yet to have an actual scene. It looks like anyone who's not in a specific scene on the grid is just hanging out in the OOC Room. I know that bar/coffee shop RP is boring and frowned upon, but how are debut scenes supposed to happen? I remember back to times where people idled on the grid, but now it appears to happen in the OOC Room. I know I should throw out a "Scene anyone?" line, but most of those seem to get frowned upon and considered needy. Am I just reading things the wrong way?

Edited to add current games.

I know this is an old topic, but since I’m a fossil myself, I should feel right at home. I played a few characters on DuneIII, but my primary was Mintor Atreides.

@cupcake Hey, we had our fun there. I also remember Lola from MK.

I remember Seth, et al. I don’t think our rp circles met too often though.

Updated due to remembering more/finding digital evidence.

OMG!!! We dated... until I became an asshat, both IC and RL. I mean, RL asshat, not RL dated... Glad to see you around.

I know I’m stepping into an old topic but the Buffy game set in New Orleans was Mystick Krewe.

A Cleveland-based Buffy game sounds oddly familiar. I just can’t find digital proof to jar the noggin.

I wanna say Kate Bishop, because I played her at various times on many superhero games, but I can't remember for sure.

Ok... So I'll give this a shot. I know this is probably my first post here, but its mostly because I haven't had much to say and frankly I'm still a bit concerned about having my head taken off. I've been a right prick in the past and I'm sure that if I'm remembered at all, it's probably not for a good reason, but hey... I'll take my lumps. I've been a part of the community since 1992, though there have been times in between where I hadn't done much of anything. I'll put characters in the list if I remember them, if not I'll just list the games. I'm sure that there are some that I'll forget totally. This 43-year-old swiss cheese brain is sure to loose things as I go. I'll try to go chronologically.

TOS and TNG Trekmuse - Atreides
RobotechMUSH? Some Robotech game from the early 90's - Atreides (see a theme here?)
DuneMUSH - Shishakli
Star Wars MU* (The first one) - Woods
The Damned/Dark Gift
Babylon 5 BDaL
Brave and the Bold - Jared Harris, Victor Stone
BuffyMu*
DuneIII - Mintor Atreides
Mutant High - Jonah (Phong)
Anomaly TrekMUX - Crayn
Mystick Krewe - Donny Winters
Devilshire - Donny Winters
Lantern Hill (and it's other incarnations under a few different names) - Donny Winters
HeroesMUSH - Morgana and various alts through the different inceptions.
Wicked Things/Dark Things - Elliot
WItchcraft & Wizardry - Nymera, Marius, Victoria
Covenant of the Slayer
Age Of Heroes MUX - Fairchild, Hawkgirl, Kate Bishop, Blink
STF - I played a roster character for, like, 1 scene. Random coffee shop fare. I forgot their name.
Marvel 1963 - Stature, Roulette.. possibly others.
Battlestar Orion - I was a marine...
Kushiel's Debut
Brave New World - Kate Bishop, Jesse Quick, Mary Marvel, Kitty Pryde, (Heliotrope)
CoMux - Oliver Queen
Arx - Briseis, Amantha

Current:
Calaveras - Kris, Marcus, Alex
Sometimes A Great Notion - Hyland

(Staff alts in parentheses)

I'm sure I'm missing a bunch of others. Wikidot is down right now so I can't check my profile. I've been away from the hobby for a bit over a year now. I'm getting the itch to dive back in. I'm not sure though. Thanks for the time.