Posts made by Kanye Qwest

@Ganymede said in RL things I love:

and weighted burpees.

how dare you even suggest something like this.

It was the only way GMing of gamewide events took place on Firan. You had a deadline to submit an 'action' for the resday, then on the resolution day itself, a GM or team of them would go through the requests and emit blurbs about the action and outcome.

So you might be in a scene watching emits roll by about how you were actually getting embarrassed by a mob or something.

Edited to add: And we aren't going to be restricting our responses to emits, necessarily. Sometimes actions on +crisis will lead to live GMing

@Ominous I hated resdays in Firan, because it sometimes seemed that they were interpreted with the most scathing and mockery-focused point of view.

All I can say is that we are constantly asking ourselves "what makes the best story" and "is this going to be fun/fulfilling for the players" and try to find a happy medium of both if they are different answers.

We are also more than willing to reach out and ask for clarification from people. So, while I understand the concern, all I can say is that we are going to try to keep a much more positive focus in our crisis resolution.

@Misadventure I'm not sure yet how it will integrate with the current game world, because it's largely player driven, and we'll have to see how PCs go about overcoming the current barriers to open, practiceable magic. the current plan is, when magic becomes a THING again, that will unlock a separate, time-gated xp flow, so you won't have anyone who saved up xp suddenly a level 6 bloodmage after two days of study. But, all PCs in Arx will have the innate ability to learn some sort of magic, be it traditional or inwardly-focused enhancements (think combat arts/styles). The PCs are /all/ part of the special few, if they choose to be. So we will definitely have criminals and there ARE certain magical styles and disciplines focused on people being Sol Badguy, for sure.

Dominion isn't something I have an exhaustive grasp on. To be honest, it's not my field of interest. But it will essentially be the way the leaders of Houses and Orgs (with holdings) manage those holdings. Taxes, production, espionage, trade, war, etc. There are skills that will be purchaseable for Dominion, specifically. Apos is probably way better for elaborating on that. There are some systems I feel strongly about! Dominion isn't one of them.

Lots! If you mean systems, next up will be disguises/crime, which will be a way for criminal characters to do 'task' like things off screen, heists and such, and increase their criminal renown..as well as their infamy with the Iron Guard/Inquisition. There's also dominion coming, PRP GM tools, exploration rooms, etc.

If you mean on the IC side of things, it's inevitable that at some point (provided the game doesn't end because we all get petrified tomorrow) Arx will have a magical re-awakening, instead of a technological leap forward.

I don't actually care what any of you think I should be doing, or should not be doing. Arx is not my job, it's my hobby. If you want to play because we are trying to facilitate fun and story, great! If you don't want to play there for any reason up to and including me, also great!

(i'm not a better storyteller than you, but take an upvote anyway!)

@thenomain That's not all you edited! Did you change your mind about me not being a positive force for the game? Awww.

@Thenomain Could you please just stop being rude and/or hateful in our advertisement thread because you think you are my nemesis? I would appreciate it a lot, on behalf of our players.

@Thenomain Oh, I meant you. Not too shy to say it.

Ansi to your heart's content. Ignore the haters, who probably wouldn't understand joy or fun if it bit them in the facehole.

This thread is just reminding me that I still think the SWU has the silliest names in all fiction.

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

I can pull out the design philosophy as why I hold those views, so my opinions do have some backup,

UGH

Millenia Lunatic has to rate it about a 2/10. Nothing personal!

He lost the popular vote by what, almost 3 million? it's ridiculous to assume they didn't.

People making out is probably not that impressive to a millennia old lunatic.

DOUBLE POST oh god sue me.

(please don't sue me, I'm not rich)

I am however, amused that our "L&L" game has been open for 2.5 months in beta, with full plot and GMing barreling forward...and no marriages at all. Our first marriage MIGHT be about to happen, and it's a commoner marriage.

@Goyim No need to save that for a courtesan character, as they aren't sex workers. There are no sex workers. Everyone is free to have all the sex they want, so there's no need to make it any poor soul's job.

IT FELT LIKE FOREVER I had to do actual work for like four whole minutes.

It's back, but I have no idea what happened.