Posts made by silverfox

@Wretched

This is why I love my DuckClient... it just uses the same spell check as the rest of my internet browser.

Hum. I really need to get better at my replies. I had a whole thing about apologizing if I came off antagonistic to the web portal on Ares that apparently I didn't pose and we have soooo moved on from that.

Regardless: Totally not trying to shovel shit. I'd gotten the misunderstanding that the main strength of the web portal was to allow for those longer scenes as people were able to pose. I didn't realize it was generally used almost as a replacement client. My bad.

The current discussion: I'm way amused that there is a conversation about coding and culture running simultaneously. I only understand every other post, but entertained anyway.

Re Culture: I am so in the boat that responding to everyone in a scene is not what happens in real interactions. If you haven't interacted with me, or I don't have a particular reason to interact with you (especially if I am already talking to Sally Q here), then I shouldn't need to pose at you until it feels natural. If you pose, "Hi Juniper!" Obviously, I should respond in some way directly, even if it is just, 'waves vaguely at Bob.'

When people assume someone else is 'ignoring' them I get all antsy and just want to avoid the fuck out of other interactions with that person.

They are putting a fence around the new dog area they made right outside my apartment! This means the dogs will get to go off leash, and better, I can watch the dogs be cute in a safe environment!

@insomniac7809 said in What do you call fizzy, non-alcoholic drinks?:

But if you tell people you're calling a taximeter cabriolet you're gonna get funny looks.

Excuse me, I think I'll take a taximeter to work today.

I feel like I should feel wrong being the only person with no other votes.

But I really can't.

@Auspice

I spent... I think almost two years there. Played a few different characters. What killed me eventually was the wait between poses being hours or days long. I'd lose the excitement of a scene and struggle to pose. It was best when my friends and I had (good god I feel old) AOL instant messenger up to pop each other a message when we had replied.

In all the Ares talk of their web scenes and stuff that is one thing I have wondered. How do they keep that zest going when it can be a while between poses? Or is that just a me problem?

@Auspice said in Getting Young Blood Into MU*'ing:

Back on Livejournal, I'd see people 'scene set

raises a nice glass of milk to Milliways Bar

I'm enjoying running investigations during this break into already written clues. It has been like a gift to myself every Monday morning.

Also, they aren't exactly connected to what I want to know, but it is kinda what I feel like research really is. You read dozens of things that don't quite fit, but they are still interesting!

Finally, my /story bits have been fun for me to write. Since I don't think(?) staff points at a particular clue since the tag system came, they have kinda been like a mini-RP with myself.

@mietze

I'll admit that I didn't know those three people. The two Mu*ers that I knew that went on to be authors were both AWESOME and stand up people. I missed RPing with them badly when they decided to direct their creative juices towards their professional writing instead of RPing.

I am going to admit that I feel super old saying this, but I am super leery of young blood coming into Muing. New blood, fine, but I would prefer that the age swing about 25+. I think a lot of it is that I got into Muing at 16, and I know plenty of people who got in at 13.

We aren't the most wholesome community, and I would rather the younger generation just... not.

This isn't a super reasoned and or rational opinion, and I'm not married to it. It is more a knee jerk that keeps coming back every time I click here.

@gryphter