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@Olsson said:

Apparantly I need a new CPU for Witcher 3, which also probably means I need a new motherboard which will cost me. And on that note I still seem unable to gain employment over the summer which makes problem A a bit difficult.

I get the dilemma, but, at the same time its why to me it seems like going with a console over a gaming PC is where its at. I know that doesn't mean anything to you now, but, maybe when future costs look to cost the same as that PS4 / xBox One you could make a change. If anything its cost of ownership is basically the cost of the console to replace it every n (5-10?) years. There are some other accessories you will want/need but nothing to major. Games and such will run close to the same price and possibly less if you do the used/sell/digital dl sale ect. Just food for thought.

@Cobaltasaurus said:

I'm not uncomfortable with programming outside of a MU, just inexperienced.

I'd give the Codecademy a shot.

@Roz For me the autocomplete/correct part is the hard part. Its hard for me to explain how or when it happens but I think if I type really fast and hit something out of order like, "go" and it turns out as 'og" the autocorrect/complete switches it to "of" or something. So if I'm not paying attention CLOSE to the line of text that is going into the input box then things get a little dicy.

And furthermore, who knows how to spell anymore?! That's what the red squiggly lines are for. FIGHT THE POWER!

@kanye-qwest said in Let's talk about TS.:

Who has time?! I mean rationally I know lots of people have time. I have done TS maybe 2-3 times in the last....6 years. Arbitrary number of years. Granted, I'm not RPing full time.

The rules are:
*it has to be part of a story or character development
*no weird ooc comments on it please, thanks
*no 2nd person posing
*no 'we just met and we are super in love now we are going to have four babies and do happy homestead rp"

You never want an even number of kids. You need the tie breaker kid so I'd keep it to 3.

But on the topic of TS/RP relations and the like I know I need to understand the boundaries or know what we're doing or I get uncomfortable.

I use a model for a PC I had in the past as the way this type of stuff is successful for me. My PC meets PC of opposite sex. We RP, we joke and laugh and have a great time and then start to TS. This leads to more TS and IC things are great. OOC the other player explains how she would like the IC relationship to work and asks for my input which I give. We discuss some of the gray areas and agree OOC we'll talk about anything that should be talked about instead of it getting awkward. IC our characters have a quick talk and bam... No issues OOC or IC have ever come up.

I find when I try to have those OOC conversations sometimes with other players it goes south. Like goes bad and bad fast. Lots of times it seems whatever I'm saying is colored by whatever the other player wants to hear or doesn't want to hear and then everything gets awkward and in my minds-eye the whole thing looks like a giant dumpster fire.

Long story short like @Ganymede said above, communicate well. If that communication isn't working its probably in everyone's best interest to just let it go and not get tangled up in TS.

Best new cartoon ever!

@testament For triggers the order of operation can sometimes be an issue. Or it least it seemed that way for me and the multiple triggers I have set to highlight names, change text when in quotes, etc.

@shincashay said in MU Things I Love:

RPing with someone for 6 hours and no romance, no ts, just developing story.

Yup, I'm stalking them now. #letmebeyourrppartner4life

THIS COULD HAVE BEEN US! >.>;

@Bobotron WHAT! Gumballllll is the best! My 6 year old son laughs so hard at Gumball, and its cool enough that I laugh at it too

@Sonder said:

If you connect to Fallcoast.net, Port 9999, it connects to that Lights Out MU* which wholesale lifted @Coin's game.

Is there a way I can block this since I own Fallcoast.net?

Thanks!

Someone's DNS entry is incorrect...

ThatOneDude$ nslookup projectfiction.net
Server: 208.67.222.222
Address: 208.67.222.222#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: projectfiction.net
Address: 66.85.147.85

ThatOneDude$ nslookup fallcoast.net
Server: 208.67.222.222
Address: 208.67.222.222#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: fallcoast.net
Address: 66.85.147.85

Unless all the MU*'s are NAT'ed from that address? Maybe the Mu*'s share a host?

@vulgarkitten said in MU Things I Love:

@thatonedude said in MU Things I Love:

@shincashay said in MU Things I Love:

RPing with someone for 6 hours and no romance, no ts, just developing story.

Yup, I'm stalking them now. #letmebeyourrppartner4life

THIS COULD HAVE BEEN US! >.>;

It should've been us
Shoulda been a fire, shoulda been the perfect storm
It should've been us
Coulda been the real thing
Now we'll never know for sure, ooh
We were crazy, but amazing, baby we both know
It should've been us, us
It, it, it should've been us

@faceless said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@surreality Yeah, that would probably make me just stop replying. A peeve of mine? Don't show up at my doorstep without notifying me well ahead of time. I want a day notice, preferably. My mother's shadow once fell across my door. I looked through the little peephole. Stared at her. Turned around. Walked away. I made sure to clear my throat just loud enough so that I knew she'd hear from the outside and know that I was home. She called me then: "I'm at your door", "I know", "So let me in", "No, get some manners". She went home that day without paying me a visit.

By the way were you able to get any of the floss boxes? I figured it's important that you be reminded that we need them.

Made me think of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Swzvm-gXHg <-- Doorbell | Sebastian Maniscalco: What's Wrong With People?

@Luna said:

Atlantis still works like a champ in Yosemite.

AGREEEEED

I like it to be more in the Dresden Files range.

@Misadventure Parents and/or the lack of such is the issue. Let the battle begin!

@Arkandel It turned out to be the best Mac Client EVER?!

@arkandel said in #WIDWW pt 2 - ST, Player, or staff?:

@thatonedude said in #WIDWW pt 2 - ST, Player, or staff?:

Do you staff on Reno? This post reminds me a lot of the way they run their game.

I do not.

Woe is me, players are the worst.

I'm unclear why that's what you took from this; players aren't a homogeneous bunch who all act and behave the same way, but certain behaviors aren't great and they should be pointed out, examined and if needed remedied.

Why would this person try to do research or use his / her skills/merits in a game? They should just sit and wait to be spoon fed whatever it is the ST is providing.

On the contrary, PrP participants should be proactive - that's much appreciated (and fairly rare). The problem in this case was in not consulting with the ST first to discuss the scope of the roll, or to accept the range of information they received out of it; that could have served (and even after the fact I tried to nudge it that way) as an introduction to a PrP about finding a different library to do research in, discuss the time it takes to go through the material, and so on.

The expectation to break a plot wide open with one roll of the dice is what was unreasonable. Being unable to do so doesn't take anything away from player agency, it simply allows the ST the ability to pace the story as it transitions through its arcs, and hopefully it makes any achievements more meaningful.

Sure, the entire thing could be unlocked by one person with 1 success on a downtime +job, but it'll probably be more memorable - and fun - if the characters had to sneak into their own boss' headquarters to get access to materials he had explicitly forbidden them to read, find ties to a conspiracy, figure out how to eliminate evidence of their presence and race against the clock to get out before they are discovered.

But ... more fun for who?

@Ganymede Is this like breastfeeding in public? I mean I have kids, seen tons of boobs and yet if I'm in a coffee shop zoning out over the high levels of work I need to do and my gaze happens to fall on a breast that a baby feeds from, do I deserve the stink eye? I mean that shit isn't sexy so its not like I have my tongue sticking out and my hand down my pants, its just me zoned the fuck out. Take your breast and baby into some place private... Don't inflict the awkwardness on me >.<

I'll say this, purely as a player that just hit the page. I love the use of the browser and the integration with Evennia. CG is pretty slick, I like it! Way better than a room or no room with a bunch of commands... This is coming from an IT guy that scripts / codes and writes queries all DAY. I'd much rather hit a page that let's me build out a PC in a sheet than via +stat/set Something=Something (times 40 times)

@thatguythere said in Why did you pick your username?:

I have been around forever but never really involved with the main things going on just sorta always on the edge of things so I am "that guy that is sort of there." but that is long as hell so it is "thatguythere" I use it here and a wrestling board and a Big Brother board.

Same, just always been That One Dude.

@Arkandel old fat moms in animal print spandex.... Just saying