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@mietze said in MU Things I Love:

1. That stomach-in-your-throat nervousness of disclosing something important in a scene that definitely could put your PC in danger, to players that you don't know well, because you are being true to your PC and getting to do so in a scene where everyone is awesome, and so even though you are OOC fretting that you're maybe just annoying people, you push through it and they are gracious OOC and super fun ICly!

It's my favourite thing to be the other person in the room when someone is doing this. OOCly awesome of course, but I do love being able to act IC to spike that tension a touch or two.

@Derp Psh, they're fifteen year olds. They're already having more sex of more kinds than I ever have.

It's also important to remember that even as special as PCs can be... they're not the majority of a place's population most of the time.

@Ghost said in RL Anger:

...when the person in front of you in line at the coffee house orders 9 different drinks during morning rush.

Those people can go to hell. If you want something super special first thing in the morning, bring your own syrups and make it in your car. You get two options before midday: Black, or white. That's it.

@Auspice While I agree with the sentiment, outright 'restricting' the idea of playing a mentally ill character is still kinda stupid. Putting these character ideas under closer scrutiny I can definitely get behind, as with all potentially confronting ideas.

That said, it's not about whether the policy is right or wrong. If the staff want to throw their hands up and refuse to deal with certain types of characters, that's fine. We aren't going to change their minds or whatever, but we can point out problems with it and call it stupid.

@Macha Cut open management, acquire blood sugar from the source.

@Ghost said in Gray Harbor Discussion:

very little question or input from the policy-maker's point of view.

Which makes it all the more damning!

@Derp said in RL things I love:

@Auspice said in RL things I love:

https://cleancause.com/

Sparkling Yerba Mate.
I never would have thought to try it, but a coworker shared some with me yesterday (Lemon Lime flavor) and today I bought one after work (Raspberry).

These things are fucking delicious. Y'all can have your LaCroix and shit. I'mma drink this.

I would be down for some blackberry and peach.

Also, I can't remember where I saw this but it still makes me laugh so here it goes again:

@Auspice said in RL things I love:

LaCroix

@Ghost I mean my "damning" post was sarcastic.

Disability, queerness, whatever it is. If it's an apparently arbitrary thing to restrict, it's going to get commented on. It's more about the arbitrariness than the specific thing being restricted. Mostly.

No, admin toadie, I cannot attend a meeting you suddenly decided that we needed. 1) I live an hour and a half away. 2) My workday doesn't start until eight-thirty am. You don't get my time before that without arranging it beforehand AND arranging to pay me. 3) I don't answer to you.

The aforementioned reasons are, I think, really why the "finding RP" problem has shifted among us old fogies. We have less disposable time available, and we have less say in when we can use that disposable time. So we want to use it, when we have it, more wisely.

There's probably some psychologically interesting things going on, something like the older we get the more we appreciate accomplishment over 'play', but I don't know. All I do know is that we have X amount of time, the more vocal of us prefer having that time occupied by doing, rather than just floating.

@Auspice

@Ghost If you could refrain from posting pictures of my SO without consent...

@insomniac7809 said in What do you call fizzy, non-alcoholic drinks?:

taximeter cabriolet

Fairly sure that's a wine...

@Lotherio With IC positions, that's also rewarding the character for player action. Unless we're talking about opening up a special slot for them to make a character for.

And OOC ones..? Eh. Staff bit applications usually take note of player contributions, and aren't usually subject to the same popularity contest breaking as your suggestions. Besides, being good at getting out and roleplaying doesn't mean you'll make a good staffer.

I have been home all day. What do you mean you couldn't deliver my package as nobody was home? Ugh!

@Florida-Man said in If you work hard, son, maybe someday you'll RP:

@faraday said in If you work hard, son, maybe someday you'll RP:

I don't really think it's unique to MUSHes, except that on a MUSH there seems to be this unreasonable expectation that "oh you're logged in, clearly you should be here to play".

I only log in to play, so I don't consider this expectation unreasonable.

You're not the only person that exists.

@Ganymede said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

Frankly, I'd probably prefer an annulment followed by finding someone with their own job, care, place of residence, and an occasional penchant for rough sex.

@Derp said in Difference between an NPC and a Staff PC?:

'You're with me, you have to just be with me and only me' is what you would expect from narcissistic creeper stalkers, not everyday RP partners.

Hardly. If I'm putting all of my effort into one scene, and you're not, you're the one that can go fuck themselves.

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

@insomniac7809 said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

"House" is a play on "Holmes" being a homophone of "homes."

god dammit

Psst.

The Lost Boys was a retelling of Peter Pan, too.

And the original Lion King animated film was simply Hamlet with furries.