Posts made by Ortallus

@ganymede Wow. LoL... just... wow.

Though, this is why before anyone crashes my couch, I make them agree to a specific date they have to go, and then stick to it.

@insomnia I wish a revival of Shadowrun: Seattle could go down like that.

@insomnia Not to mention a lot of places are still coming out of holiday comas.

@arkandel Good but f'd up show.

Last thing I'll say, in regards to this whole VG thing:

She did a couple things right, aside from coding. A big one, to me, was the dynamic events and story seasons. Too many MU*s just leave the players to create the story, without any guidance. This can work, sometimes, but usually, for me at least, it leads to disinterest, after watching eons and eons of "Bar RP", and cliques forming.

The events definitely encouraged people to get out and RP. Particularly because they had repercussions, positive and negative, enticing the playerbase to actually be involved. I think that's something that anyone should consider, but especially anyone trying to launch a new MU*, and particularly one involving Fallout.

Other tangent:

Y'know, I was just thinking, properly done, I think a Fallout MUD based on CoffeeMUD could be amazing. Maybe with some fiddling.

Not to beat a dead horse on the whole VG thing, but I was actually the reason she made an entire channel that was supposed to be "off the books", anything goes, no holds barred, fight with anyone etc. Then VG banned me for talking about her attitude on it. xD

And a week later, she was messaging me asking me to come back. Seems that was sort of her thing. Chasing people off, then begging them to come back.

I struggle with mental illness myself. I get it. It's hard. But know your limitations, and let someone else interact with the playerbase. VG has no business talking to anyone ever, as an admin.

@d-bone Yep. I was one of them that Gorilla tried to help. Alas, VG's venom was just too strong.