@faraday and what she's done and doing with Ares. There have been a lot of people whose first taste of Ares is on GH, and they gush about the portal all the time.

[Chat] Player (@_Handle_) says, "Yeah I love the web portal, this is the first time I've ever seen/used anything like it and its great. And it makes everything so easy"

People are throwing stuff like that out there all day. A lot of people who had quit M*ing or taken a long break have commented that they feel like they can play again solely because of being able to pose and chat from their browser.

So, yeah. Thank you for everything you've put into this project, @faraday. People are really, really digging it.

I honestly can't even tell you how many times I've been like "can you pls help me, i don't know what i did :(" and Faraday was like "yep, here is what you did and here is how you fix it." She never even was like "omg just stop touching things, you are obviously not competent." Which I deserve many times over.

"I was emotionally invested in this scene, and it definitely impacted my character's responses." Yay!

"I hate Sue's player so my PC hates Sue the character." Boo!

YMMV.

A comment in another thread about how hard it is to find people who want to ST things for other players reminded me...

I'm really not good at figuring out people's handles on MSB, but Alexander, Carver, Penny, Dahlia, and August at GH volunteered to be storytellers, and I can't say enough nice things about them.

They run scenes, pick up RP jobs, execute longer plots, and brainstorm "cool things to do." I feel like we've gotten very lucky with the number of proactive players who are keen to tell stories for other people.

@dig Los Angeles
@desc here=You are in traffic.

Grid is done.

When you ask for RP, what are you saying/doing? Are you bringing something to the table?

[RP Requests] Bob looks for RP.

vs

[RP Requests] Bob looks to start a scene at the diner where we discover that the hamburgers have been made out of ground up children the whole time.

Wheel of Time.

@desc Los Angeles=You are probably sitting in your car on the 110, wondering if it would be faster to take the 105 over to the 710, but then the traffic comes on and you realize that it's just as bad on the 710 right now. So then you start wondering how much the ticket is if you get in the FastTrak lane without a pass, and you see a cop go by in that lane, so you decide not to. KROQ keeps playing Nickelback songs, 98.7 keeps playing commercials, but - hey - at least the Dodgers are winning!%r%rOh, but getting in and out of Dodger Stadium suuuuuuuucks, and tickets are like $90 for good seats, so just hope you can get home in time to catch from the 5th inning on. #VoteForJT

@derp said in GMs and Players:

I don't sound like anything over the internet where there is no sound.

You're so right. Thanks.

The goddamn animated gifs.

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@ganymede you are acting really weird.

There have been a few glimpses of a staggeringly beautiful cove just south of Santa Rosalia - that isn't on any map, and people are heading out this weekend to find the place.

If you're looking for something to do on Saturday, we're just about to kick off a hidden cove plot - a little fun-in-the-sun (with mermaids!) for summertime storytelling.

Suggested Concepts

While we're open to pretty much anything that fits within the theme, these are concepts that should easily find their way into ongoing plots.

• Works With Plants - Someone who is into gardening, especially more holistically than scientifically, especially someone that would be interested in working as a groundskeeper at the Mission.

• Park Ranger - A lot of story happens in Rosalia Forest. People are forever reporting things to some convenient NPC Ranger. You could be that character! Help keep the real authorities from getting involved.

• Mission & Mission-Adjacent Characters - The Mission is a big part of life in Santa Rosalia. You can tie-in with the Mission as someone who attends Mass there, digs graves, plans events - lots of non-Catholic possibilities!

Our Website

• Website: https://rosaliamush.com/
• Address: rosaliamush.com port 4201

You guys and your buy-in.

@mietze said in GMs and Players:

I just don't see writing a TS scene to be any more of a waste of time than the vast majority of court scenes I've gone to on any game.

I do. I find TS tedious. Like, I'd rather :takes a sip of klah than :takes off her top.

If I join a L&L game, I am probably there for court scenes. Not TS. I want my game to do what it says on the tin.

YMMV.

@reimesu said in GMs and Players:

All of you people claiming that wanting evidence is evil?

Yes. All you people saying that? Best knock it off.

@dnvnquinn Ares has a built-in help system that basically already does this, allowing players to type help whatever or search whatever on the portal. Check the demo: https://mush.aresmush.com/help

• Website: https://rosaliamush.com/
• Address: rosaliamush.com port 4201

In a city nestled along the northern California coastline, buffered by a thick screen of old redwood forest, Santa Rosalia's residents find themselves facing increasingly strange occurrences. Is that a fairy, or a new species of butterfly? Are they casting spells, or tapping into something science simply hasn't uncovered yet?

The game focuses on gifted characters and what happens to them in their lives in Santa Rosalia. The PCs all possess a low-level psychic ability, which they're generally obliged to keep low-key so that society doesn't try to beat the weird out of them. Things are just a little bit off-normal in this world and are only likely to get stranger as the story progresses.

We've been open since November 2021, with a current list of wanted concepts on the wiki: https://rosaliamush.com/wiki/concepts

You can also check out our guide to getting started here: https://rosaliamush.com/wiki/getting_started

Just wanted to throw a thanks to @L-B-Heuschkel for being cool. The MUSH world is full of weird gray areas, and a concern I brought to them is definitely in the gray. I appreciate the simple, straightforward solution (and not calling me a kooky nutter when I'm being one).

@derp Hey, you know there's a difference between "couldn't prove it" and "no proof," right? Like, they couldn't prove the former president assaulted multiple women, but that doesn't mean there's no proof. Just checking.

@derp Okay.