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@JinShei How do I delete someone else's post on MSB?

And wherever that came from initially.

Is there any interest in a game heavily inspired by paranormal/supernatural-themed media such as Control (the 2019 game, check it out if the rest of these are your thing), SCP, Fringe, X-Files, etc? It'd be heavily focused towards investigation, some sort of mysterious agency, yadda yadda yadda. Think monster of the week but with an overarching metaplot.

don't @ me

I'm as white as they come, but my first reaction to anyone using the word 'nubian' in a character description is that they're either trying to get a rise out of someone, or visualizing a fetish for black people. And "buff black meat" is just fucking absurd, never mind "neanderthal". I would have mashed the ban button without even giving them a chance to edit.

@GreenFlashlight said in The Work Thread:

but I'm starting to feel bad about how work must suck for my coworkers since we operate on skeleton crews anyway.

Please keep in mind that this is the fault of your employer, not you. All too often companies shame and guilt their employees for needing to take time off when they're ill (fast food, retail, etc. are the absolute worst for this kind of thing). Even outside of pandemic conditions, you shouldn't feel guilty for taking time off when you're unable to work in a manner that's safe for everyone.

I'm dumb enough and new enough to the community to suggest the opposite - the sheer popularity of Arx is why we don't have more games. It has a monopolistic effect, drawing people over there because That's Where Everyone Else Is.

If there was a site like MUD Connector for MUSHes, it'd help, but the current situation of those sites existing and having the next generation of MUSHes (Ares) not speak MSSP and etc in favor of the AresCentral directory is not helping anyone.

New cases are at a record high here due to a variant, denialists started freaking the fuck out when restaurant indoor dining got shut down for three weeks. And I keep doomscrolling and seeing all these extremely bad news things happening locally about it and I am starting to have difficulty coping.

There's also a ton of people RPing on Discord servers these days, and they can get more complex than you might think with bots and such.

With MUSHes finally starting to embrace modern things like, say, functional websites, and programming languages that people actually use, I think a lot of the existing player base has to consider what they want the future to be. Keep on what you've been doing for decades with Penn and static webpages at best, or evolve along with the pace of modern technology to make the hobby more inclusive and welcoming.

The kids are not going to be starting telnet.exe.

the sun remains a deadly lazer.

@reason News that there is no news is much preferred to radio silence.

Pray tell, Six, what exactly is Three Letter Agency?

Three Letter Agency is a game about those entrusted to investigate that which lies just behind the curtain. Set in the present day in various locations (and the same location simultaneously) around the world, agents are tasked with investigating reports of paranormal activity. Depending on what they find, unusual objects must be secured and properly contained, and ill-meaning opposing forces (composed of unknown persons and the strange unnatural beings that they unleash for motives that will be discovered through roleplay) must be stopped.

The Agency is not a police force, nor a branch of any particular nation’s military. It operates in a number of countries around the world, by dint of the fact that it resides in an unusual building that simultaneously exists in many places at once. In New York, the building looks like a nondescript skyscraper. In Berlin, a post-WW2 apartment building. Other places, a simple house in a suburban neighborhood. Transportation between these places is as simple as walking through a door. That said, the building has a way of protecting itself - it’s a place that you’d never think of looking at twice, let alone trying to go inside, unless you’re explicitly seeking it out. And that’s only the start of what makes the building so unusual. Things get a little House of Leavesy in there.

Okay, sure, but what else do you think players will want to do besides ST run events?

When not out on expeditions, other opportunities for roleplay may include: paranormal objects and previously contained creatures acting unusually and needing dealing with (including attempting to harness their abilities), socializing in common areas, pre/post expeditions, research, and unusual events occurring within the building as a result of its paranormal nature. Expeditions would typically be storyteller/staff run events happening several times a week with small groups in typical five minute rounds, or 3-per for larger groups, but after action reports, player run plots, and other small stakes scenes would fill in the gaps, including slower scenes as desired.

Okay but now I have a really specific question!

The game is intended as a PvE scenario in a modern horror setting, though largely without access to modern technology. Initially, all approved player characters will be investigatory agents (or taking up other positions within the Agency, such as researchers, building maintenance staff, etc), but this could change as the plot develops and the game grows. I plan on running it on Ares using the FS3 system, but I’m not wedded to it. I’m willing to consider other game systems (Conspiracy X/Unisystem was suggested in another thread), but the task of creating an Ares module to support something else would take me a considerable amount of time, starting with learning Ruby. It will lean closer to full consent, but not without consequences for the actions of characters - think explicit warnings in storyteller run events. Don’t expect PC death to be a regular thing, and certainly not without the express consent of the player in question. NPC death, on the other hand.. Influences include X-Files, SCP, Fringe, and Control (the 2019 video game by Remedy).

I’m not in any particular rush to launch this. I’m thinking sometime after the holidays before an open casting call would go out, but I’d be wanting to bring on staff, storytellers, and other plot collaborators over the next few months and maybe chat on Discord or some such in the meantime before building on Ares. In the meantime, however, I'm very open to any feedback that anyone has. Feel free to call this a dumb idea, pitch your own idea that fits, pledges of fealty if this actually becomes a game, whatever.

There's an index of Ares games here: https://arescentral.aresmush.com/games

If you're interested in a modern setting and usually active during this time of day, it might be worth checking out Gray Harbor in particular.

About 75% of the posts in this thread have me like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvFM-M2q9D0 Edit: oh, I guess youtube videos don't embed here. It's the 'haha I do that' vine.

I should figure out a way to talk to a doctor about it without having to explain that I saw a bunch of memes about AD(H)D on an internet forum about MUSHes, what a MUSH is, why I'm interested in that, and without it seeming like I'm seeking stimulants. Probably won't end up doing that though!

I'm staring at an ADHD self-assessment and not actually filling it out because the form is rather long and requires concentration and introspection to fill out, but when skimming it I got to a part which asks:

• When you have a task that requires a lot of thought, how often do you avoid or delay getting started?

Unfortunately, 'right now, I'm doing that literally right now' does not seem to be an option.

'Cancel culture' is nothing more than the right's latest replacement for 'political correctness'. If you act like an asshole, you should expect consequences. Contra's bigoted bullshit re: transmedicalism and being best buddies with Buck Angel are more than reason enough for the rest of the transgender community to 'cancel' her.

I realize this is the pandemic brain talking, but an idea just rattled into my head about an alternate Disneyland MU sort of along the lines of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom.

Oh hey look, it's this meme. Again.

I will idle on your game, and you will like it.