Best posts made by silverfox

100% modern times.

@Rinel

I'm going to be pedantic and note that 'fluency' and 'vocabulary' are completely different fields in literacy. Fluency relates to the speed and smoothies of which you are able to take in written text (typically measured by speaking aloud) - it doesn't actually measure how much you understand what you read, though fluency in reading is a major predictor of future reading success. Fluency is slowed down by phonics, phonemic awareness, and/or processing deficiencies. Vocabulary is a whole different area of literacy. It involves actual understanding of words, their meanings, and their connections.

You can have high fluency with a poor vocabulary if you are good at breaking down words and guessing. You can also have terrible fluency with amazing vocabulary if you process things slowly.

This is why teaching reading is so hard.

@saosmash

Awww. I really love Norwood, so I'm really glad you wrote him.

I generally like Gray Harbor's feelings. "We just don't deal with the present geopolitical stuff and RL outside events" so I can play like it's now with what I'm most familiar with, but I DON'T have to deal with all the nonsense that is ACTUALLY happening.

@Pandora

This is also start of the school year vs end of the school year.

@RightMeow

Just hug Norwood next time you see him. He will respond with appropriate awkwardness. He really is a softie, but has REASONS for being stuff in formal settings.

I am with @bear_necessities - please give at least a core grid/set of rooms. I am able to riff off things easily enough but when I want a pick-up scene but don't have a particular idea I 100% of the time go wander the grid or (on Gray Harbor) look at the location listing to spark an idea then check the desc to make sure it works. Sometimes it is a single line that will breathe forth a whole scene.

Pineapple on pizza EVER.

When I utterly misread/misunderstand/misremember something and it's pretty obvious I'm posing out of my ass but instead of rolling IC being nudged to go, "...are you sure about that?" and letting me fix my mistake.

I cannot say how much I appreciate this.

@faraday said in Talking 'Bout Ares:

the average player doesn't actually know or care

There, that's what my brain did.

@Tat

It is less my time zone and more the fact that I am clearly an old lady who can't function without a solid night's sleep.

I feel bad asking for accommodation when I am making the CHOICE to leave early.

@rnmissionrun

yes, but on like... all games. I've been Muing for almost twenty years and on my original game I STILL cannot remember when commands start with a + or a @.

@Alamias

@derp

I don't like it either. CHANGE IS HARD.

This is how I feel playing with Norwood's IC daughter Adalyn right now.

@Too-Old-For-This

@ganymede

Funny ideas.

Having a broker for my insurance needs is AMAZING. It came time to renew (I always forget even though it's ALWAYS in July) and she went out herself, did research, and found me an insurance deal that saved me $1000 over the course of a full year.

I had to do zero work other than say 'yes' and give her my credit card info. Plus, I don't pay her! She gets commissions.