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@Lithium said:

Person A comes back, puts up a post about how they've been missing since whenever, they're killing the character off, or their character is just disappearing indefinitely.

People who do this suck. I had a case where a player of a character that my character played with fairly often up and disappeared for a couple months. I played it off by avoiding conversation about the character. When specifically asked, I played it off as they were still around, just busy, etc. The player comes back with a story about how they disappeared and all this horrible stuff had happened to them. So now I'm in a situation where my character looks like a complete dick because he wasn't worried about the other character being missing.

Long story short... if you take off unexpectedly and without any sort of attempt at communication for months, please do not come back and say all this angsty, horrible, dangerous drama-llama happened while you were away. It's not fair to the player that stuck around.

Of course, all this can be avoided by taking 30 seconds to drop a quick @mail saying that you won't be around a while and please assume blah. Or, if you are in a situation where RL is prone to happen and you have absolutely zero internet access, come up with a back-up plan. I've done this with people before. "If I ever disappear, you can assume blah."

Put in two years at a job. A good employee. Even got a damned Employee Excellence award. Live on-site (at their request). Be a good tenant. Find a better job and put in my two weeks notice, even staying on a little longer so they're not screwed over while a co-worker is on vacation. Ask if I can stay until the end of the month at my apartment and get pro-rated for the last 10 days. They say sure, that's great. They owe me a last paycheck, vacation pay, and my security deposit. Nice, yeah?

No, not nice. Get a /text/ (can't even call me to be dicks) today saying that I need to pay the pro-rate amount by /tomorrow/ (less than 24 hours notice). The amount I owe is less than 1/4 of what they owe /me/. Except they want their money in under 24 hours, where as they won't give me what they owe me for 4-6 weeks (nor will they subtract what I owe from the amount.

I am angry. A perfect example of why I am leaving this company in the first place. And with all of the things I have let slide but taken it upon myself to document, they're about to have a hard time.

(On an aside, the new job is wonderful and I love it.)

My new co-workers.

I just started a new job a week and a half ago. I'm in the process of moving, which means people wanting money all over the place. Then today somehow /both/ the old job and the new job messed up my paychecks, so I received neither. Final move on Sunday. Nothing in the fridge. All my money gone. I was a little stressed.

My new co-workers, who have only known me for a week and a half, 'conspired' behind my back and surprised me with two /very/ full bags of groceries. They told me 'I was part of the family now, and we look out for each other'. I already liked them because while we work our asses off, they make it fun. Now, though, I am completely blown away.

I made the right decision joining the team. I couldn't ask for better people to spend 8 hours a day with. Faith in humanity, increasing slightly.

Putting in a two week notice at a job you're happy to move on from. It's going to be a wild next month as I get moved and situated, but better opportunities are opening up and it makes me excited about what's to come. No longer stagnating.

All the other names I tried were taken.

I've played games with a coded +regain/hunt/whatever system, games with an auto-regain system, and games with a scene-required system. Personally, I prefer the coded but not automated system.

I dislike auto-regain because it doesn't take into account failed rolls. I dislike scene-required regain because it forces casual/limited time players to basically do nothing except regain scenes in order to stay alive, and that cuts into time that could be used for a lot of other fun things (many of which are just as thematic).

I agree with @lordbelh in that a coded (but not automated) system will cause most players to think twice about reckless spending. This is especially effective when there is a regaining roll limit, such as one roll per day. You can feel the pain and need to conserve without having to make every single scene a regaining scene.

Also, I like the idea of a scene bonus for dramatic failure at a regaining roll, but I think that regular regaining scenes should be treated by the same standards as any other scene/PrP when it comes to bonuses.

Just my two cents.

The official trailer was released this morning.

More info coming at the release on June 14th.

You guys might not see me for a while once it's out.

Edit: Oh yeah, might want the actual link, yeah? http://fallout.bethsoft.com/ I got a little excited.

"I'm bored" doesn't really bother me. Sure, there are better ways to ask for RP, but at least they're trying in their socially awkward way. What gets me more is when people fill a channel with 'omg life sucks, <insert illness/personal tragedy>'. Often repeatedly. I understand that it sucks, and this might seem heartless, but I don't know you and I'm here to play a game, not to be a therapist, and now suddenly I feel that if I want to say 'hey, anyone want to go do <IC thing>?' I'm somehow trivializing someone's suffering, so I just don't bother. If you do this, please consider taking it to pages, rather than doing it on a major channel.

Living alone.

Do what I want, when I want. Clean up only my own messes. No one eats my food or drinks my last beer. No arguments over what TV to watch or what music to listen to. No worry about being quiet while someone else is sleeping or being woken up by someone else moving around.

It's really quite nice.

Four months with the new company and they've decided to give me my own property (i.e. much more responsibility). Apparently I'm doing something right.

It does mean I have to move again, after four months, which kind of blows, but the money and opportunity are worth it. Not to mention a stroke to the ego.

Long time alcoholic. 3 days sober. Headaches, nausea, fever, shakes. Fun times. Why did I do this to myself? I would like to kick younger me's ass.

Having a long-standing resident e-mail my corporate bosses praising me for my work and for being prompt, pleasant, and professional and then my boss telling me to keep up the good work. In my field, I mostly hear complaints, so it feels pretty great to actually get some positive feedback and recognition.

Basically, I'm interested in starting a new MUSH (non-wod, fallout-style theme) and I have a lot of questions. I've only been MUSHing for about three years but I've been playing TT for a decade or two. I have low-to-passable wiki and MUSH code knowledge but I'm very willing to learn. I've already found several websites that are helping me in that direction.

Unfortunately, many of those websites are old, outdated. Are there any good, current websites or resources available for someone willing to learn? Any resources that have helped you and that you'd like to pass on?

I have a good idea but there's a lot I still need to learn. Links, advice, and tips are very much appreciated. (i.e. I need you guys, pleeease halp.)

I couldn't care less what people do behind closed doors. If they're having fun and no one's getting hurt, more power to them. The problem I have with rape RP is when it's brought public. When other people are forced to drop what they're doing and be a part of it, simply because it's not in their character's nature to turn away. Also, if a person is in an IC relationship, make sure that person is ok with what's going to happen to your character. If they're not, end the IC relationship before putting them through that and breaking their character forever. I feel the same way about suicides/suicide attempts. Everyone should be able to RP what they want to RP, but don't force it on those who would opt out.

That said, if people need other sexual themes to comment on, there are plenty. What about monogamy/polygamy on MU* vs RL? What about sexual-theme coercion/extortion, which is use a huge NO RL but is a prevalent theme on MU*s? What about the prevalent stereotypes often found on mushes (the 5' tiny submissive ghoul, the large and feral dominant werewolf, etc)? And, someone please clue me in, what about vampire and sex? Do they or they not have/enjoy it? I'm not a vampire player and I've often wondered.

@GentlemanJack Dude, just http://imgur.com/gallery/YjgUuFa

Seriously, though, as a Washingtonian... I don't think anything bad about Texans. Well, Houston could use some work but I don't hold it against you all.

So... this project has stalled a little due to the fact that we need help.

1. We need code help, badly. I can code basic things but I am floundering. We need help. It doesn't have to be long-term help, but we definitely need help setting up, particularly with +dice and chargen code. We're using Rhost and we're debating between using the nWoD (mortal) system or the Exodus (http://www.loki.us.com/images/Exodus_Survivor_s_Guide_v1.5.pdf) system. I'm leaning towards the latter but it will require coding that is beyond my ability.

2. We're currently using genesismuds as a server and we'd like to move elsewhere, as it is fairly restrictive in certain areas and has some funky quirks. Are there any server providers that people recommend? And is there anyone who can help walk a newbie through transferring a database? And possibly setting up a wiki? Please?

As for the game itself, we have a grid that's 90% ready to go, a setting and theme that is nearly ready (we're still hammering out a couple details, which will depend on the system we go with), and base code (other than dice and chargen/sheet code).

If you are interested, please PM me for more details and information. Or direct anyone who might be interested towards this post. Please. We need halp.

@Luna said:

I miss old Adult Swim, because I'm old.

Someone mentioned Almost Live! today. I took a moment to remember the awesomeness that was that show.

Getting a job interview for a company you'd like to work for.

The heat.

Ya'll may scoff because it's /only/ in the upper 80s/low 90s but it's significant when you're /used/ to 60-something. And it's going to go on for at least a week.

Should I die from it, don't cremate me. Drop my body off in the arctic somewhere and just let me freeze.