Posts made by krmbm

@friarzen Side by side view

@friarzen I was able to drag the input window up so I had more typable space. It eats into the lines on the screen, though. The side-by-side view was probably the most workable.

Taking away the bar at the bottom might be a solution, but that bar is pretty functional. It has paste and undo and stuff on it. I would miss it.

@Botulism Again, totally appreciate the pitch. I just don't care for most games based on existing IP to begin with. I played Pern long enough to be done with canon-cops. Plus, I just don't like Dr. Who at all.

I wish you luck, though! Make the game you want to play, and at least then you know you'll have one satisfied player.

@friarzen The issue I remember with the UI is snapped below.

I don't know what the stupid little thingie at the bottom with the paste, undo, etc., is called, but it is constantly halfway blocking the input window.

@Botulism said in Gauging Interest:

@krmbm What if you didn't have to? You were just some rando with a gadget that lets you jump time/place (a Vortex Manipulator). Your character could be utterly clueless of anything Who. If they learn something IC, then so be it, but you'd have ZERO requirement to.

I love the effort to pitch it, but still no. Between the fact that the player-base would almost definitely be mostly fans of the show, that I have never liked the show, and that I have a very limited willingness to play games based on existing IP... It just wouldn't be the right place for me.

Edit: The fact that y'all are in here talking about the canon of the show to explain how the canon of the show doesn't matter is kind of illustrative of the issue. I just can't want to get into Dr. Who.

@Botulism said in Gauging Interest:

@krmbm You could even choose not to have anything to do with Time Lords if you don't want to.

Oh. Yeah, no. I'm not keen in getting involved in something that has, like, fans of the show and canon to learn or whatever.

What @bear_necessities said. Except 0 interest in "Dr. Who" specifically. If it's based on an existing IP... I probably won't be into it.

@faraday said in Evennia (Arx) webclient feedback:

FWIW this is pretty standard mobile browser behavior, on phones and tablets. Ares does the same thing, it's just a bit less disruptive when the connection drops because you just need to reload the page and you can keep playing seamlessly; you don't have to reconnect to your character, catch up on poses, etc.

Yeah, I figured. But it's the primary reason the client isn't a workable solution for tablet users.

@friarzen I'll log in to it tonight and get you real feedback. My recollection is that it didn't "scale" nicely (which may just be a "by comparison" thing; I like the layout of the Ares scenes-on-portal, so I will validate that). Also, if I minimized my browser app, the connection dropped. I wound up downloading the iPad MUSH app to finish the scene.

You can also just not use FS3 and combat.

@Botulism said in Possible Return:

I'm alive. My absence was not planned or personal, and I'm sorry for those I let down.

If I come back, would people WANT HorrorMu to resume? Reboot? Something new? Gauging where interest lies.

I liked the concept. I know they're kind of doing it on The Network now, so it had enough traction to create a spinoff. Ares, though~!

I feel like this is due for a bump.

If there was no Ares, I would not be able to MUSH at all any more. I had to take down my gaming PC so I could set up my work PC on my desk at home. I can play from work some, but better than half of that is done exclusively on the Ares portal. After work, I am stuck on my iPad, where all of my RP is done via portal. (I tried one time to play on Arx, and the web client is not a workable solution on an iPad.)

So yeah. Thank you, @faraday, for making "shelter in place" bearable in a small way.

Having lately run a "small-town" game... can confirm. The same tattooed PBs get used on an endless loop by different people.

Going to recommend the Ares forum. @faraday is super-cool about helping.

@Jennkryst said in Welcome to the Euphoria!:

Now I have to learn FS3, rabble rabble.

roll player1/ability vs player2/ability

You learned it!

Curiosity: Your playable alien races are super alien?

On a scale of 'super-intelligent shade of the color blue' to 'how Troi had cool powers and no dumb prosthetics.'

@JinShei said in The Fate of MUSHdom:

You need an option for "nope, wouldn't support it financially"

And also the "I already spend a few bucks a month paying for a MUSH*" option.

*And/or a MUSH-resource site like MSB, Ares, PennMUSH, etc.

A "game-only" sheet is much more likely to keep me from playing than a web-only one. At this point... if I can't play exclusively on the web... I can't(/won't) play at all.

I prefer NOT 1:1, or at least not paired with RL time. I grew up on Pern games, where 4:1 was standard. Nowadays, I find that way too fast for as little as I RP.

1:2 is my current comfort zone. But, even then, I'm all about fuzzy time. No matter where you land @ZombieGenesis, someone will bitch and moan. Even if you're like "whatever date you like," you'll have people freaking out about continuity or how they're getting left behind or...

Basically, just go with what you prefer. People will either play it or they won't.

@peasoupling said in If you work hard, son, maybe someday you'll RP:

There's a lot of room for different ways of approaching a modern or modern-ish setting, so it's not like the niche is full at all.

Amen, sista. Or brotha. Or whateva.

Even as the person that helped create and then drive a game that has admittedly gone way off the supernatural rails, I would very much like a modern-ish setting (80s or 90s, something pre-internet because that really makes "research" a pointless skill and also no cell phones, they're just too goddamn convenient and ruin plots).

A Calaveras-style sandbox set in the 80s or 90s... just with a little more staff oversight to keep players from steamrolling each others' stories... I would play that at least casually. Which is all I can play anything at all anymore.