Due to the medium, it’s easy to forget that people online are people.
I’m not saying it’s right, I’m just saying it is. I’ve both been that person and counciled those people when I was staff. If they don’t care when confronted with the fact, those are the people who I have no sympathy toward when escalating to dealing with them.
@WTFE said:
And sometimes innovation needs to grow elsewhere.
The point I was making there is that new ideas come from old ideas, even sometimes from the pure rejection of old ideas but I would put down good money that this last kind of new idea is doomed to failure because it's not grounded in something that we understand. (Edit: I conede that an untested idea tried enough becomes tested. This is another good way to go from new to working, but without hitting the line of "based on established idea" along the way. Failure still teaches us a lot.)
Application of those new ideas does matter, and sometimes you just have to let people learn all on their own why the grown ups don't do things that way. I sure as hell am glad for the increasing processor size, just not for micro controllers.
Unrelated, I used to get frustrated at the ease of hacking in various near-future RPG systems because I thought that nobody would possibly create a networked device without some decently robust network protection. Then the Internet of Things happened. Jesus. Fucking. Christ.
That is all.
I'm with you 100%.
But if I can still get into the game with basic (e.g., movie) knowledge, then this is a wonderful compromise: Something made for light and heavy fans alike. A light touch on the game wiki should provide a lot of help. "Hell's Kitchen is where the downtrodden of Metropolis live; even under Superman's watchful eye, small crimes affect small people, and organized crime lives for this."
Clearly I don't know my comic book lore, but you get the idea.
@Groth said:
I honestly can't think of a basic digging command that is simpler then @dig.
@dig Kitchen as north to here
-> @dig Kitchen=Kitchen <N>;n;north;kitchen;k,Out <O>;out;o;leave;exit
@dig Kitchen to here as Main Room
-> @dig Kitchen=Kitchen <K>;kitchen;k,Main Room <MR>;main room;mr
So yeah, I can.
I don't know what we're talking about or why it's important, but user interface can always be simpler than a string of colons with a sneakily hidden comma.
@misadventure said in Interest Poke - Fallout Canada:
What was Canada's advertising and government presentation like in the 40s-60s?
More interesting: How was this affected by the invasion of America?
So it's been a few weeks since I finally got myself signed up to the OR community site, and I've started some posts, and I've caused a little ruffle, and I've made some decent points, and here's my review:
Having a discussion on Optional Realities is like having a discussion with a young dog. There is a lot of silence coupled with what feels like tilting one's head and looking confused. I'm choosing to believe this as adorable.
The board has this 1-to-5 star rating system that is horribly outdated by modern social discussion standards. It's anonymous, as well, reducing it to counting the stains on a hotel mattress for all the good it does. It was explained to me that this system was to make sure that good posts were rewarded and "shit posters" are tagged. In practice, it's just as useful as WORA's old voting system.
The Optional Realities administration says they will discuss my suggestion to just go with a modern up-/down-vote system, or even just up-vote as positive reenforcement. Again, I get the sense that I might as well be throwing my suggestion into a slot over a suspiciously cylindrical container, one that is likely to be picked up and disposed of once per week.
It doesn't feel cozy, like some small communities can be. Its strongest personalities seem to be those we already know here: @Volund and @Griatch, as well as someone named "Unironicshitposter", which I find ironic since I don't see him shit-posting. Maybe I've just missed that phase.
I can't fault a new community for being new, but I can't find its soul nor its culture.
@Sundown said:
That is a very purple and anime thing. Get that outta my face and bring me a real woman.
Isn't this kind of ironic for someone who runs/ran a BSG game? In the five year run did they have one single unmitigated and unconditional success? There are RPGs out there where this is baked into the system.
I will say, though, that every death on the show was notable and dramatic. I think this can be mitigated through the hobby think that we are telling a story and not I am telling my story.
Not saying this is going to be easy, but it does mean that you're not letting go of the story when a character dies. Hell, even D&D players know how to do this: "Hey, there's a mysterious guy, let's invite him into our party because he's a PC." (AKA the Purple PC Aura.)
Too often we sacrifice enjoyment in the name of the story.
Work work work work work fallout work work work no sleep because of fallout work work the end.
How I Discovered my Last Three MU*: I was asked to help make them. So, word of mouth? Probably not what you meant.
@Ganymede said:
I'm really trying to not be a bitchy nay-sayer these days, but then @Thenomain opens his mouth, and I'm all, like, fuck that guy.
Because I've become the reasonable voice.
... I miss Brus so much.
@ostheim said in What is your turning point?:
- Don't be weird.
Welp, there goes most of us.
- Have a good sense of humor.
I'm already sensing conflicting statements.
And just in case: I know what you meant but I was trying to be funny. I guess I should rule out #2 for me too. 
I'll take a batshit game dictator as long as they are benevolent.
@wildbaboons said in The best I've ever...:
He demanded any additions to his code be up to his standards and I still try to live up to that.
The common saw is, "If I die tomorrow, will someone else be able to manage this code?"
For me it is, "My attention span is so short that I have to assume that I'll have no idea what was going on when I get back to this code." Enlightened Self-Interest is the best Self-Interest.
But yes, if you're going to code, code like you mean it.
I can't think of a single single-sphere WoD game that lasted as long as multi-sphere WoD games. At least using "how long can I play there?" as a metric of viability, I think people are willing to put up with complexity in exchange for longevity.
The games set in 21st Century Maine are nothing like 21st Century Maine. I did want to add that.
@prototart said in Let's talk about TS.:
@thenomain said in Let's talk about TS.:
Whenever I see this thread pop up in my unread list, this conversation goes on in my head:
Thread: Let's talk about TS.
Voice in my head: Please god no.It's kind of sad that the voice in my head is more sensible than I am.
does your head voice sound at all like droopy dog btw
No. Danny DeVito.
How to bake a game.
Take one EldritchMUX.
Move to new location and re-compile with @Chime's tweaked Mux setting.
Remove players and everything they owned.
Transfer staff-owned objects to holder bits (code and building).
Delete mail and channel databases. Re-create.
Hooks to mySQL. Change code to handle new wiki setup. Re-create back-end tables.
Delete wizbits.
Reset #1 Wizard's name and password.
Create flatfile backup as half-baked starter game template.
Add game to taste.
