@hella said in Positivity Going Forward...:
@ghost it's self selection and hopefully a necessary evil of the evolution of MSB that will dwindle with time.
Kind of like when you said you were leaving mushing/MSB, right? If you want to come back, fine. But there isn't really a need to hide it.
I'm sorry. This is wrong. I have a point to try and post as little as possible, but this is morally wrong.
There is little justification to keep these bans in place, beyond trying to uphold this almost draconian position of what's perceived as black and white justice.
To note, there are of those banned that I disagree with, some I don't even like but I don't wish them to branded in such a way.
This is wrong and it will continue to be so.
That is wrong and you are silencing voices, even when it looks especially grevious when most of the voices banned ate those of dissent.
This look of "control must be maintained" is a bad look. I simply no longer believe that there is self awareness of that.
That's is.
@macha Fair, but I also think a lot of these types of games are likely to spread more via word of mouth with the understanding that this is how it likely ran. If you go into it with that expectation, I think something like that could go well.
@icanbeyourmuse This seems to be a running thing on newer games lately. Creating smaller games with smaller playerbases that are built around 'when people are around', thus giving less desire or need to be logging on every day and being able to give greater focus on its players.
I think this is a great trend for an aging playerbase who're entering into their 30s, 40s, and probably older.
@wildbaboons said in Wheel of Time MU*:
Using the Tat's spell system from Spirit Lake is exactly what I was doing with Patterns of an Age. It works pretty well for a lot of things, but some weaves are just going to be difficult to put into that context... but that's fine really.
Tat's system is awesome, but unless you've got the time (I turned out not to), I'd stick with regular FS3 and just some simple guidelines/weapons/skills to mimic channeling like some of the other magic based games have (the nazi punching one I can't remember the name of, for example)
That's what I did. Now, if those are balanced is an entirely different issue. But mimicking spells but are actually weapons in FS3 code? It works. You can do it.
I'll just be over here waiting for Tat to put that magic system as an Ares plugin. One day. I can dream.
@roz said in Forum wonk:
@testament said in Forum wonk:
ETA: This has sat in the back of my mind for the past month and it's eaten at me. I want to apologize for the loss of the forum causing some anxiety for others. I will take accountability on that end.
That is absolutely not something you are responsible or accountable for.
No, but I agreed to help the staff here two months ago with this issue and I've so far failed to deliver on it. So yes, apart of it does fall on the fact that things happened in my life that were out of my control. It does not stop the fact that I want to at least finish what I agreed to.
Also in the name of transparency, I've been trying to help with potential migration by creating a VM on my desktop to recreate the forum in the hopes in being able to preserve what we already have then eventually pass it onto a new forum with a larger memory limit.
I've stated privately to others, but I'll say it here as well. I've run into various roadblock due to personal health reasons that I have no desire to go into publicly. This has placed a problem in my path with trying to focus on working on this on my end or generally finding enough time to do. To note, it has been getting better, but I'm not where I want to. But I know I'm very close to finishing the installation, however, I've run into a snag that I haven't yet been to figure out. If anyone is more curious, it deals with the fact that NodeBB installation/authentication failure and I'm unsure what's causing it. The MongoDB install wasn't nearly as troublesome.
With that said, if NodeBB is willing to migrate the server for a fee, I'm willing put $100 towards it.
ETA: This has sat in the back of my mind for the past month and it's eaten at me. I want to apologize for the loss of the forum causing some anxiety for others. I will take accountability on that end.
All these people checking out at the beginning of the year.
Makes you wonder if they were told something the rest of us weren't and decided to nope out.
Makes me wonder with buying Activision if Microsoft is going to run afoul of anti-trust laws because this could be considered an monopoly.
I've always preferred older characters simply because it always felt like mushes were always inundated with teen or 20 somethings. Also, my character would be less likely to be hit on, which is something I always preferred.
I made it point to app in late 30s, early 40s. Only to realize that I'm turning 40 this year and I had a minor personality crisis over it, with the realization that I'm now playing characters the same age as myself. And it's mildly horrifying.
Woke up with a fever today.
Turns out it's Covid.
Not a good start to 2022.
Whelp, I'm going to take this as a dark portent for how the next year is going to go.
So what started out as a joke, has become more of a serious conversation between my fiance and myself. In that, in probably five years or so, we plan on moving to Costa Rica. The why is tied up in a couple reasons, but it more or less reduces down my lack of faith in my country's government and my honest belief that I don't believe it's going to get better without some kind of larger conflict and or societal upheaval. And frankly speaking, I want no part of that. My fiance spent about half a year living in Costa Rica some years ago and wholly loved it there and after doing a particular amount of research, realized that if we saved for a few years, we could pack up and leave.
We've already looked into what the qualifications are for getting citizenship in Costa Rica and my fiance is looking at how feasible it'll be to still work for her company from a remote position and only having to fly in a couple times a year. And with the rate of exchange, with her income alone, we'd be pretty secured financially. I will have to learn Spanish as I don't think my German will get me very far. And as much as I would rather do this in two to three years, I doubt that'll be possible, so five seems more realistic.
Where we'll all be in five years is another story. I simply hope it's enough time.
You have my condolences for you and your family. No words will really ever suffice, but they are there.
@greenflashlight No, those dark places I used to go to have passed some years ago, back when I had a lot more demons to contend with. The Old Man was just the bright spot in all that.
The reason I'm holding it together is because I'm at work, and I'd rather not be a huge mess when I'm handling human fecal samples.
I choose to believe that so long as we do our best to treat our friends right that we gave them the best life they could want.
That’s we love our pets so much. They don’t want presents. They don’t want to go out on dates. But they do want to be with you, and that’s the purest sort of affection.
A long time ago, in a different life, when my life was much worse than it is now, he was there. When I had nothing, I had him. And that cat who used to sit next to me is perhaps one of the few reasons I'm still here to type this.
He saved me from myself. Even if he did so because without me, how would he get his crunchers?
I joke, but it's probably the only reason I'm holding myself together at work today.
Today is one year anniversary of having to say goodbye to one of my family members, of standing in a vet exam room and being unable to stop my beloved best friend from seizures and then having to make the decision to let him rest than letting him suffer just for my own emotional security. My Old Man was the best cat. And there isn't a day where I don't think about him in some capacity.
I didn't press the plunger, but I killed him all the same, regardless of how much I know now that it was the right decision. Even if there are times where I second-guess it constantly.
If you had taken better care of his teeth
If you had taken him to the vet twice a year instead of once a year
If you had tried to make him eat more wet food than dry
If you had been more concerned with his excessive peeing
If if if if if
I know these thoughts don't help, and they're detrimental, and I'm still grieving over a cat that died a year ago. Maybe I'm being over-dramatic, or maybe this day just hits harder than most as I often find myself back in that vet room.
I've spent a lot of time reading stories from r/antiwork, and I gotta say, there are a lot people simply deciding to fuck off from their job, believing they are worth more than what they're currently being paid.
I say good on them for having the courage to tell someone to go kick rocks. At the same time, it also fits in my dystopian capitalistic hellscape we're living in where, instead of raising wages for employees companies already have, they're leaning into trying to hire 14 and 15 year olds for 'work experience'. and trying to lure people in their 60s back to work with suggestions that "You can still be important and valued!"
As if working is all you need to feel worthwhile.
Virgil Abloh, creative director of Off-White
I'd say most people probably aren't into the sneaker subculture, but this is unfortunate. The was brilliant when it came to sneaker design. Not everything of his I thought was a hit, but a lot of it was. Whatever I thought, he contributed a great deal to the sneaker community. From what I had been told he was a good man.