@Pyrephox said in Diversity Representation in MU*ing:
Romance/sex is always going to be one of the most popular things to do on a MU*. It's intense and dramatic, while being low risk, and not requiring GM intervention to start, continue, or (usually) end. Also, it involves sex.
Ngl, that ending made me lol.
@mietze A lot of states are seriously relaxing their qualifications, but that's still state by state, yeah.
@Pandora Just to clarify, do you think that trans lesbians playing lesbian PCs is contributing to bad representation of lesbians on MU*s?
Some rando from another department: Here is a photo to use for that landing page!
Me, having done a Google search for a hi-res original and found it on another company's website: Uh, do we have the rights to this photo?
Rando: ...rights?
@SeriousSirius said in Gauging Interest in a new Erotic RP MU* (with anonymous survey):
That's not why I ask, however. My point is, without the added interest of these compelling tools of storytelling (Starwars/W40K/Sci-Fi), what'll make people stay if they can already do all of the dirty bidness in these games with added concepts? Like, what's the true incentive to JUST writing erotica when there's no real overarching story?
People like sex.
Also, sex games are -- extremely popular.
@Warma-Sheen The limitations @wahoo is describing wouldn't be fixed by additional choreographers. It's about the limitations of dance proficiency and rehearsal time.
@Coin said in Gauging Interest in a new Erotic RP MU* (with anonymous survey):
If I make a werewolf on an Erotic MU, I'm definitely planning on doing kinky things with the shapeshifting and the biting and the grrrr, alpha wolf, grrr.
I hope that's the styling of all your poses.
GRRR.
@Rinel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
A friend told me about AO3 and I mustered up the courage to register and only now I am learning that they don't technically accept original works.
I don't know how to write fanfic.
There’s a whole original works category tho
@Coin said in Gauging Interest in a new Erotic RP MU* (with anonymous survey):
@Roz said in Gauging Interest in a new Erotic RP MU* (with anonymous survey):
@Coin said in Gauging Interest in a new Erotic RP MU* (with anonymous survey):
If I make a werewolf on an Erotic MU, I'm definitely planning on doing kinky things with the shapeshifting and the biting and the grrrr, alpha wolf, grrr.
I hope that's the styling of all your poses.
GRRR.
Grrrr, bb, grrrrrrrr.
@Rinel Ahh. Yeah, I mean, that makes sense, the purpose of AO3 has always been as a repository of fanworks. Are you just looking for some sort of archive for your writing?
I didn't read the poll as "What do you PREFER," but rather, "What is the most common expectation that should be assumed unless specified otherwise." They're two very different things. I read it as an overture of "What would be the best way to set game standards and expectations to that different RP preferences can coexist in the most seamless way possible." Because a lot of friction just comes from different expectations.
There's a lot of "I'd prefer" in the responses, but I don't think that's what was being asked.
@Rinel Have you checked out Wattpad?
@Cobaltasaurus said in Pacing in Ares Scenes:
@Roz said in Pacing in Ares Scenes:
There's a lot of "I'd prefer" in the responses, but I don't think that's what was being asked.
The problem is that it isn't cut and dry. It depends on if the scene is specifically stated as a "slow web scene" or a "live scene".
Well, yes, but I think the question is what is the assumption if it's NOT specified. I read it as a sort of preliminary discussion about how to best frame expectations. If the opinion is really "I have zero assumptions at all," I guess that'd be fair, but I don't really believe it.
I think the conversation else-thread this spun off of was really an illustration of the difficulty in competing assumptions, and I do think it'd be great overall to have game policy and usable tools that really clearly lay out etiquette as that specific game wants it to be. Certainly it's right that the real solution is excessive clarity. As a community, we often tend to assume that others are thinking of the same unspoken rules as we are, which tends to exacerbate problems like this.
I remember talk going around about making a sort of artist commission Tumblr that would gather different artists offering commissions, but I don't know if it ever got off the ground. But using the search or tag search will probably bring up stuff, especially if you sort it chronologically.
I've probably done commissions for as low as around $20, usually more sketchy works and/or from younger artists, but more established folks are going to probably be charging around what I mentioned. (And also it's kind of sad for artists who are way undercharging for work that comes out to like -- below minimum wage when you break it down by hour. And also makes it harder in general for artists to charge fair prices for their work.)
I never played Firan, but I know there was horse breeding genetics code because one of of the wizzes from a game I played (Second Pass) was the one who coded it.
I also read excitement and interest from Pyre's questions and just trying to suss out the lines between history and fantasy, but maybe that's because I'm familiar enough with her manner to recognize her interest.
I've seen the coin to get a cart thing in the US, but rarely. And actually the one that comes to mind first is Aldi, which isn't an American company, so I assume is probably just bringing over standards from Europe.
Lol of COURSE wikis are the one thing that would get Tat on Soapbox.
@ganymede I imagine the IP divide is that Netflix bought the live-action rights, but Nick retained animation rights.
I'm fairly optimistic, too. Honestly it looks from the outside like Bryke left the Netflix project pretty unhappy and Nick has decided to make some serious commitment to allow them to create new Avatar content. I was excited about the Netflix show, but significantly less so after Bryke's departure.
I can't agree that the show is feeling dated; I did a rewatch of both Avatar and Korra just a couple months ago and they were just as awesome as I remembered. There are a lot of aspects I actually appreciate more now that I'm older than I did the first time I watched in my early 20s.
