Best posts made by Sunny

@Ganymede

Probably. I suppose I'm just particularly sensitive to the topic in question.

@thatguythere

Not all of us play on games where this is the case.

@Auspice

Ok, good to hear. I really hope it holds on for you, the ideal outcome there is great.

@thatguythere

The problem with doing that is that it then requires people to have a membership to peruse the ad forum. As it stands, I do not believe that they do.

The only way to describe what I feel about this whole thing is awe. Hopeful awe? This is really happening. Like for serious, this stuff is really happening.

My best friend at the time showed me. He walked me through getting everything set up and how to get onto the library and how to get a shell account and...yeah. We'd been doing play by post on local BBS's up to that point.

@too-old-for-this

I wish I could help.

I started in like, the prehistoric times. My bff started just within the last couple of years though, pulled in through somebody he plays tabletop with (I think).

@ganymede

Yeah. I do have a friend like that left. Most of them have died at this point. Gotta be careful with the ones still around, amirite? Sigh. Getting old sucks a lot.

@Thenomain said:

I either can pay attention or I can't,

For me, it's not about being able to pay attention to stuff, it's about threading conversations (so to speak). I have an easier time following stuff that way. I tend to go off of channels I have spawns set up for if I can't pay attention though, so I can totally get this.

We are switching from Smartsheet to Asana for project management software. Asana lets me post unicorns and confetti on completed tasks. This program is ABSOLUTELY the best thing I have ever seen.

I will absolutely fudge rolls in tabletop when I'm running a game. Never ever ever ever ever online. There, I have the benefit of being able to judge peoples' reactions and when it would and would not be appropriate. Online, I have none of the cues and trust is a hell of a problem from square one.

@saosmash

The best part is that my team is playing along. We might actually get this one adopted. They like the unicorns too! AAAAAH!

@Misadventure said:

How would you feel about @mail that said that hey we can have met IC, the new PC is fairly reasonable etc, and unless there are very specific questions that must be addressed, nothing is urgent?

Handling things via @mail or the like isn't a particular issue I have. I definitely don't mind doing that when schedules don't work or the like. If the question is more about somebody coming in knowing my PC without talking to me FIRST?

Light it on fire.

@skew

I believe, again, that if we agree to the obligation then we are obligated. Instead of RPing with someone, you might be able to pass off the duty/responsibility/scene. You might be able to work with staff to find a solution. You might be able to work with the individual player to answer questions (or approve a story) without actually having to do the scene. But, ya know, if someone steps up and says "I'll take X duty" they ought to do it, or handle not doing it.

I can agree to a general obligation without agreeing to specific pieces of it. When I signed up to play a Duchesse, I didn't sign up to play with my stalker, who is using my position as a Duchesse to try and force it. I do not have any specific obligation to that player to play with them.

@wretched

It looks so goooooooooooooooooooooooooooood. Nice job!!!

There is a significant difference between staff stepping in and making a decision (okay) and making the choice for the player as a player (not okay).

@cobalt

Oof. Thinking of you both.

@Misadventure said:

Yes. So what would you do that respects both players? Because one player has failed another player here, and something has to give.

No.

I said that one player has to respect the other player's agency without permission.

Staff is perfectly capable of stepping in and resolving any given situation based on their own game's policies and procedures. I did note that sane staff are not likely to make me roleplay with you.

Sometimes something does have to give, and that something is not for handling on a player level.

I would also like a pony, if we’re asking for the moon and all.

If somebody started posing 3-4 screens worth of text at me as part of RP, I'd die.