Posts made by Sunny

@mietze

When I'm not completely braindead let's talk about OTT stuff; I have some experience with it and can probably help.

I mean, there is a difference between high standards and unrealistic expectations, and I find that people with the latter usually think they have the former. But if they're happy with what they get out of the hobby it's entirely fine. I only start rolling my eyes when they start preaching like they're being reasonable instead of completely insufferable.

ETA: I do wish they would discover the joys of OTT with the others of their kind and stop trying to play with us plebs. Literally everyone would be happier.

Snow day!

Had to be on a call anyway to keep a project moving, but my boss kept it brief and I got to stay in my pjs. And it looks like snow starting at 4 again today.

I love working somewhere we close when the school does.

I am sorry for everyone's loss.

@Testament

You did so good. Thank you. A million times over. Your consideration and effort is EXTREMELY appreciated. I am over the moon happy right now. And then some.

Now I have to give my mom's corgi a cabbage.

We had Phoenix Jones up here for ages. I think he's retired now though. Not quite as amusing of a name, but he operated for a fair amount of time.

@Otrere

Just don't take any of this as gold. You have to be comfortable, and you have to feel.good about.your final solution. Peeps here often have great feedback, but there are also often really really bad ideas, too. Aim for making your target audience happy, not people here. You will never make the people here (all) happy because there are so many, many opposing viewpoints.

That said, I am incredibly impressed with how you have been reacting and responding to.this thread and the concerns brought up. I cannot honestly think of a better answer than your, 'good points, I'll think about it and let you know.' Good show. I'm excited for your game, and I'm excited for a new-to-me game runner that has a good head on their shoulders. Because at the end of the day, that is the sum total of what really matters to me. I expect to hear great things about this project as you progress. Thanks for stepping up to run something.

@Seamus

Technical capability does not mean it is being done. It is reasonable to expect the staff of any game to follow their listed policies regardless of the possibility the platform contains for violations. 'Because it is possible' is hardly a reason to implement inappropriate policy.

ETA: I am in IT. I can technically access the email of anyone in the office here and read it. Wanna guess how it would go if I did? If I had a coder on my staff team that abused the technical ability to spy on players, I would fire them and apologize to my players. Likewise, if a staff team says 'I will not watch your private rp', then I expect- reasonably- that they don't, and would further expect that if someone were caught, they would be removed from staff. If they were not removed, then the game staff does not follow their stated policy, and I will not play there.

String cheese.

If spying is the game plan for dealing with 'some kinds of complaints', then say that. Don't intend to do it and then not say so just because some person said 'oh everyone assumes...' - you are going to have way more issues hiding it than stating it up front.

It wasn't the spying that killed it for me (don't mind my rp.being watched in most circumstances), but the lack of specificity. I don't understand anything about this game beyond it is a tool staff put on the table, and apparently now still plans to use, but is in the closet so people don't even know it's there?

Yes, it is possible to spy, and you can't tell, and technical limitations, but my expectation is that staff will follow the rules that they set for themselves, whatever they are, until I have reason to think otherwise. Thus, when a staffer says in policy 'I will not watch TS', I assume that they aren't. If that is not policy, then I have no assurances that it will not happen when there are no presented boundaries for the spying.

Thus, I appreciate being informed that it is being used indiscriminately, so I can not play. Taking that notification out, ESPECIALLY when you still intend to use the tool, is less comfortable for me. Am I a good litmus test? Absolutely not. But this is the general issue I am seeing with it.

Staff can, and always have been able to. I do applaud their willingness to state they will be doing so up front, and what parameters they will be doing so under, so that those who do not feel comfortable playing under those parameters (me) will not go into an uncomfortable situation/something won't jump out and be a surprise. It's a good thing.

@whatapieceofwork

I am, lots! Glad you're still kicking around out in the big world o' RP.

@whatapieceofwork

I miss you!!!!!

@GreenFlashlight

Pretty sure it was someone with chemo brain. I'm not gonna get more than whine upset unless it starts happening a lot.

@Testament

It doesn't happen enough to set a trap, it was probably just somebody not realizing it wasn't theirs. It just sucks because it means I don't eat lunch today, and I'm frustrated and upset by that.

Somebody ate my lunch. I have no food that I can eat till I get home. I skipped breakfast this morning because I'm an idiot.

Breaded chicken (patties, nuggets, strips), or pizza. Those things do not fight me going down when the depression is at its worst with anti-appetite. Sometimes I can eat chocolate pudding.

@Kestrel

Ok. I mean, that's fine that you disagree. Non-dairy milk at my grocery is $6 per gallon, vs $2.50.

@Kanye-Qwest

Which comes back around to my education point. I am not saying it isn't possible to do. I am saying it is hard. I am not saying it is bad (it is good! I encourage it if it works.for you and your family!). I am saying it's hard.