Posts made by Kanye Qwest

@Scorn oh my gosh, congratulations on being cancer free! i'm so glad you found the desire to fight, and won that battle.

@Ghost what ARE you asking for? There are dozens upon dozens of easily googled instances of people reporting being told "people won't see movies directed by/led by women", but are you expecting a mustache twirling interview where a modern exec SAYS that directly to like a reporter???

@Auspice

probably had a lot more to do with the movie being 100% horrible trash. Batman and by extension Catwoman had a much larger fanbase than comic book readers at that point, due to the successful batman movies and TAS

@Lotherio said in Fandom and entitlement:

@Ghost said in Fandom and entitlement:

and filled with stupid stuff like casting Chris Pratt in everything because he "tracks well with the 14-35 age range".

Who doesn't like Chris Pratt?

me, he's a douchebag

@Sparks Ugh, and in Endgame, you never even see Carol ASK about Marie, or mention her, or see her face as one of the missing. I get it, she had a fun weekend kicking around with her pal Fury, but I don't really think that he's the reason she rushed back to Earth after the snap.

I think when depicting it doesn't spark a lot of "that was forced" or "why is this this way" discussion. Or, you know, when representation comes anywhere close to approximating human experience.

omg event horizon was entirely my shit. Nice idea!

i keep reading this title as "how to escape the OOC room' and honestly I think that discussion would be more useful to a larger number of people

@Wizz said in Difference between an NPC and a Staff PC?:

@Darinelle said in Difference between an NPC and a Staff PC?:

@Wizz said in Difference between an NPC and a Staff PC?:

Or even worse, putting YOURSELF through that mindfuck, especially if you're inebriated or have mental health issues?

Which is exactly what happened to you on Arx, since pretty much everything you think was going on wasn't actually going on. The only differential among what staffers can and can't do is that Tehom and NV lock down some of the delete permissions really hard, to prevent staffers like me from inadvertently deleting critical things that force them to revert to backups. But that has nothing to do with view permissions. Oh. And all staffers know who other staffers play and what is an NPC and a PC. Also as a player, if you @sheet char and nothing comes up? It's an NPC. And the PCs you think were staffbits really, really weren't.

You are so full of shit and it's honestly hilarious. Of course, since Valenzo's player bit was set to his player account and had no real view permissions other than what you all set on your game, there's really nothing I can take and show you, aside from player reactions in the Whites, some of which are p. subtle.

Seriously, fuck Arx. What a messed up little circle of staff/players and a fucked up OOC environment.

I will gladly go elsewhere, thanks.

Valenzo was never anything but a player character. Dude, no hard feelings (I mean at least from me). I really hope things level out for you soon.

Jennyva

Ben Affleck sucks.

@Darinelle Nor should you feel bad. There's this sensible line of what staff should or shouldn't do re: characters they play and most people see staffers missing it (or assume that's what they are seeing) and forevermore it's 'staffers should never x'.

Eff that. If you put work into a game making it fun for other people, you also get to have fun. If that means you take a npc along on an adventure to rp with your friends or provide help outside what they can do/hindrance as a villain, you get to do that. If that means asking other staffers or pcs to facilitate scenes that ARE about your characters, so they can have growth and fun? YOU GET TO DO THAT. If it means rping an NPC that you enjoy with players that are enriched by that story and by the time spent rping with you? You get to do that.

And you should not ever feel bad about it.

@Arkandel said in How to Escape the OOC Game:

On the other hand there are those of us here who simply attract creepers through no fault of their own. Usually players of a female persuasion. I could see the case being made that they'd want the chance to just play somewhere in peace and anonymity could provide them the chance to do so.

sure. but there ARE other ways to dissuade creepers. I mean, it's all imperfect; this sucks.

Also: Anyone who's fucked up big time but wants a fresh start should be entitled to one. Hey, there's nothing wrong with that either.

I AGREE. I have long said if someone with a horrible rep or a ban or whatever disguises themselves and ACTUALLY manages to change their behavior so much that no one suspects who they are and what they did? Great! That's exactly what was wanted all along. Don't do the things that make people super uncomfortable, don't be a miserable asshole, no one will know! EVERYONE WINS.

people will log into a new game claiming to be staff elsewhere to warn you about bad actors. people will always think people are some evil MU BOGEYMAN.

IDK. the way you get out of it is two fold. 1. Don't be so reprehensible to people that you are considered a danger to fake online society, and 2. try not to give a fuck

I've had someone unironically use the phrase 'your reputation damns you' about me before. It was hilarious.

@Ganymede said in Our Tendency Towards Absolutes:

(see, e.g., The Empire Strikes Back).

no thanks, i'm good

@Ghost said in Poll: Do I enjoy this hobby more than I don't?:

Hey, there's clearly people who are unhappy on some level, so let's start talking about how we can be better."

there are clearly people unhappy on some level everywhere, every day, in every hobby, all the time

I enjoy my hobby a lot.

I think probably people who don't read this board enjoy it more.

@Tempest said in Our Tendency Towards Absolutes:

@Kanye-Qwest The truth hurts, huh?

not usually?