Posts made by Macha

this will probably not apply to everyone. But I have given in to the suggestions of following co-work streamers. I have found one who is completely my vibe, and it works better than podcasts or playlists, so far. I think if I keep them on a rotation, it might help me with all the things.

@buttercup It's such a weird, wild story. It really makes me wonder, you know? Did he mean to disappear/die? Was he just trying to get away, destress, go on some sort of spirit quest?
Did someone else have something to do with it?

I don't know.

I honestly think that any game, any size, any genre, can turn into a toxic cesspit. I think it has a lot to do with the players approved, and what staff allows to let slide/do nothing about. Staff attitudes on things matter too, of course.

I guess I wonder why they're quoting something clearly ancient. Also the 'civil war' comment definitely ticked some box, somewhere.

Necro-ing this thread. Lately I have been super into Supernatural with Ashley Flowers. My next episode queued up is on MK Ultra. They've covered some cool stuff.

I know Flowers from Crime Junkie, her OG podcast. Some other ones I am listening to/have listened to and enjoyed.

The Deck (and the deck investigates, a one season pod about one particular case)
Hide and Seek
The Generation Why podcast
The Vanished Podcast
Tom Brown's Body
Missing Maura Murray/Missing/Crawlspace (the first one spawned the other two from the same guys)

There are more, but a quick list.

While I love characters having secrets that can be revealed in RP if the opportunity arises.. I have had it go very, very wrong. I will not rehash how.

I mean, waaaay waaay back in the day, I saw a woman at the Ren Faire I worked at who was the physical embodiment of the medieval character I was playing - a badass swordswoman. I told one of the guys who worked in my area with me about it, and one day when we were heading out for the day, he steered me over to her.

HE had told her about my 'online collaborative story writing hobby', and about my character.. She was not only flattered, she offered to pose for photos for me, so I could USE HER as my PB. I was flustered and embarrassed, but I totally took pictures of her. I might still have one around here somewhere. So.. maybe not all people would be bothered, if they knew?

@Misadventure So looking at those images, the male doctor? Is SO A Patrick Dempsey ripoff from Gray's Anatomy with what looks like a little Gregory House, MD mixed in.

The second? I mean she is NAMED Monica Gray. It's pretty close to Meredith Gray (Or Grey? Not sure, never watched the show), and that character def has some of the actress who played Meredith in there. I feel like there's some of Olivia Wilde's character from house in there, too.

But maybe that's just me.

So I have felt very torn during this thread. Because I get Ghost's point, but like others, I can picture MY character, but not necessarily someone else's from text. So I get Reimesu's point, and Faraday's, and Ganymede's... and I like pretty much everyone in this thread, (other than those I don't really know), so I haven't really put forth much of an opinion.

I've been accused of being a 'creeper', you've all seen the 'evidence' and arguments. Even if the person who accused me later said on that 'other forum' that she found the proof that everything was agreed to, and discussed (And never said anything here) - I was accused. If I was going to play on a MU again, I could never use that PB again - and I chose her because something about her clicked with how I saw the character. I really liked the PB. So I see how Ghost thinks some people pick PBs for creepy reasons (even I just picked her because she fit my mental picture).

But I still love PBs for others, it helps me shift the picture of who they chose, with things they pose or put in the desc that may not match up with the image, and create a slightly different picture in my mind. (I hope that makes sense)

Now, I have never used Midjourney, I have no idea how good it is. But I will re-state that I would love an AI I could feed an idea or image, with parameters to tweak, to make a more 'perfect' PB.

@faraday said in The Case Against Real PBs:

@Ganymede said in The Case Against Real PBs:

What I'm saying is that you're one of us. If that's a personal attack that is against the rules, so be it.

I think that calling somebody a "creepy weirdo" can justifiably be considered a personal attack, even if it is followed by "like the rest of us."

I agree with the overall substance of your points, but c'mon - that last paragraph was throwing some gasoline (even if you didn't start the fire).

(I don't consider myself a creepy weirdo, for the record. A weird weirdo, for sure, but not a creepy one.)

Oh thanks for putting Billy Joel in my mental jukebox for the day. Man, being ND can suck.

See for me, I get an idea of what I want a character to look like, and will try to find an actor/actress or famous-ish model that comes as close as I can.

What I would love is to be able to find someone who comes close, and use AI to try and change it up to be a little closer to my original mental picture.

And somewhat like Faraday and Reimesu - I can have a hard time with picturing a face from description.

@Ganymede Mysteries of the abandoned you say... Hmm.

Also am I the only one who takes a second to think Max =HBO and not Cinemax?

@Ghost Arcane is SO GOOD. (of course, I play League, and main Jinx)

@Hella My sister insists Schitts Creek is perfect for me with the sarcasm involved. I have wanted to watch Ted Lasso.

I never really participated in good TV. (Mainly because I wasn't watching much of anything for years). But since I haven't been RPing on Mus, I've been catching up, watching new/old stuff.

I never saw the Tom Cruise Reacher movies (I am not the biggest Cruise fan anyway, tbh.), but I admit I am super loving the Amazon Prime series. I had to pause Prime because of holidays and bills, and work slowdown and layoffs, but damnit, they're killing me by not just giving me all the season so I can watch it noooow.

@Hella I mean, the guy's a big deal in your hobby/interest. I think we can all get the excitement. Super stoked for you, and hope some of his star power rubs off and makes your stream more popular!

(seriously, if I could upvote your comment more than once, I would. If one of my big stream influences came into my rare enough stream, I would be squeeing for hours)

No matter what/if you celebrate, the end of the calendar year is coming.

I just want to congratulate you all on making it, and let you all know I appreciate all of you being around. (Yes, even you)

I hope the next year brings good things to everyone.

@reimesu oh man. I love his work.

There's been a lot, lately. Like Kissinger, Sandra Day O'Connor, etc.

When you've got this project you really, really want to get off the ground, but are missing something...and it drops into your life. Or they do. You're on the same page, both getting excited, and throwing ideas at each other late into the night.

EEeeeeeeee!

(No, not a MU. One of my other interests that I've been toying with going more pro with for a long time)