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@insomniac7809 said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

So I start a new job on Monday. Retail supervisor still, but better than the one I've had since March. (& that better than being unemployed after my last company folded up.)

This job is like the poster boy for "nobody wants to work for you anymore" that's been going on the last few months. Management pay isn't terrible but the associates are getting minimum wage with a chance of commission, so we're supposed to have at least five but we have one and she's the teen daughter of one of the third keys.

The District Manager was in today talking about how he thought they'd start getting applications in again after the eviction moratorium expires. And that's my actual peeve. Dream big I guess; "this job is better than homelessness, so we are entitled to a steady supply of applicants."

Your DM is.... not very bright. So long as somebody else is hiring, and paying more....
That was an issue before the pandemic. Doubt it has gone anywhere.
I switched my job of 16 years to a new one simply because of scheduling and needing a sense of contributing more to society.
I joined the Red Cross, and at a downgrade in pay. Go figure.

Love the Setting.
It allows for such flexibility.
Need more RPers, especially in my time zone. Eastern....
Staff is thoughtful and very helpful.

I've only ever played OC, though I have played all the way from totally free-form to Champions. The most fun I had was with ending up at Xavier's - because of tie-ins, I suppose. An OC-only game will need a theme setting that probably requires a bit more work?

Grid - People still use one? I see a bunch of residences. When people want a scene they usually set it up on a channel or via pages or even +rp and off they go. Even in FC games, players tend to be separated by power levels, find and tag into plots they prefer - not wander into Galactus vs the Fantastic Four scene on the grid somewhere.

System. I find most systems stifle creativity, not invite it. Also, systems always invite min/max or people looking for the loophole. That being said, I've always been more attracted to a story, rather than a system. I say more, not only. Main hurdle to any MU* using a system not already boxed is making it - and that's just the main hurdle.

Without going into the how or why, the last super powered campaign I was involved with used a simple, free system that ended up being deceptively deep. We used Risus (not 2.0, but 1.5), with many of the optional rules - in particular Funky Dice. The basic premise of Risus is using @cliches. A cliche can be anything. They rank from 1 to 6, etc, etc. I suppose the main point of this paragraph is the players really enjoyed the total flexibility of concept. It ended up much like a Wild Talents game with Lite rules.

Not sure such a close-knit group of players translate over to a MU, though. Nobody in our group was like, @I Win Every Time, or @Can't Touch This. (Nor would it matter in a Risus game) But sometimes I do wonder if it doesn't really matter. People find their joy and avoid things they don't like.

I find as much joy in bringing somebody's idea to life as my own. When the two collide, it's a blast. Make it, not sure about 'they', but I will come - or at least peek.

@mietze
I am very frightened of other players. They are scary!

Well, some of them really are.

Seriously.