I'd be okay for donors to get some sort of perk, like an extra alt slot or something, but absolutely nothing that actually impacts the game. Extra IC money, or gear, or skill points or w/e. And they should not get any more input on game decisions than an ordinary player. The last thing one wants is to foster the mentality of "I pay you, so do what I want."
@surreality I'm a historian. I want a game set in Ptolemaic Egypt or Classical Greece.... but I don't want folk to need a degree to play. 
@auspice I'm good at lots of things.
@Ganymede said in MU*, Youth, and LGBT+ Identity:
So you either think of me as fat or as fashionable as a Trump.
Not usually, just three law textbooks in a pantsuit.
@arkandel Agreed, holywood versions of a thing is better than just a rehashed 'American Town By Night' thing.
When did I become the MSB Town Drunk?
@surreality said in Getting Young Blood Into MU*'ing:
This is a real factor. Like any hobby, assholes in it can drive someone away from it, and none are asshole-free.
I would argue that it's entirely possible for non-assholes to drive people away as well. Especially when it comes to MUing and other, more insular, hobbies. We've been left to our own devices as a culture for decades, that's bound to cause issues when 'outsiders' try to wade in.
Like any cultural group, we have our norms and our taboos that would potentially make little sense for those new explorers coming into our midst.
@mietze said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
I have hyper mobile joints, but that has gotten progressively worse with each pregnancy.
That comes from all the bending over backwards you're getting prepared to do.
@Auspice said in Getting Young Blood Into MU*'ing:
If people can't handle you being the guiding hand then they need not play your game.
This. It's one thing we all need to get better at doing: Being able to say "Okay, this isn't working out between us. Here's the door."
@aerianyx Aaand now I have to go watch Izzard again. Thanks.
This is also the bi-monthly reminder for all to download and install Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines.
@aria I'm with the pup on this one. I fucking hate fireworks.
ETA: Especially when they're close, and they're those crappy ones that sound like gunshots.
@Ghost said in Getting Young Blood Into MU*'ing:
@Tinuviel said in Getting Young Blood Into MU*'ing:
There are too many incredibly smart people here, and too many smart people gathered in one place don't make decisions, they make arguments.
No. This isn't what smart people do, and perhaps as a culture it would be better if we didn't apply presumed genius to a group of people who can't get along. Smart people who are invested in a hobby are smart enough to ultimately understand that the hobby would work better if people weren't so constantly distracted with OOC PVP infighting and drama.
It's healthy to question whether or not you like hearing that you're smart or if you're actually using your brain. In this case, we are discussing why new players dont often stick with the hobby. I can ensure you that it's not because the people are just so smart and I was okay with the social issues because everyone was so smart and that's just what geniuses do; they argue.
If you ask me, the social issues have less to do with dogmatic scientific community discourse and more classic high-school territorial pissing contests, but the pissers often liken it to their intelligence or talent because doing so makes it sound less ego-driven than it usually is.
Alright. I'll use smaller words.
@auspice said in Want To Move to Austin?:
Australia is like, all the way over THERE.
And that's how we like it, thank you.
@goldfish said in Calaveras: Adult Fiction Drama MU:
How can you be an asshole AND get people to play with you
Well, just because you're a bad guy doesn't mean you're an asshole. A bad guy is just someone with goals different to the 'good' guys.
@livia said in Want To Move to Austin?:
Get a webcam and you might as well be in the same room!
There's a reason I'm ten thousand miles away from her, you know.
@Derp said in Consent in Gaming:
This requires thinking beyond your own fun.
Thinking beyond your own fun is fine and all, but sacrificing your own fun is a terrible idea.
That said, if you don't want to RP promotion scenes or the like, don't play an admiral. If you don't want to regularly be put in punishment scenes, don't play a screw-up.