Posts made by Tinuviel

@Derp said in CoD Ancient Rome game...:

@Jennkryst

See: Proximus

I keep forgetting those are a thing.

@Jennkryst Allow me to clarify my point:

That literally goes against the core of how Mage works.

@Jennkryst That's not how mage works.

@Pacha So... which part of the education field are you in, exactly?

@Arkandel said in Tablet keyboard:

To get us back on track (kinda) is there any reason a tablet setup with a physical keyboard wouldn't be a good/great way to MUSH?

"I don't like it" is a perfectly good reason. Like almost everything to do with MUing... it's fine. It doesn't need a consensus, or a quorum, or any sort of understanding. If you can keep pace with everyone else without constantly suffering from auto-correct typos, use whatever system you want.

@Ghost Seems perfectly logical to me.

@surreality You're the one being the dick here, Surr. Ark made a mild, jocular comment, you started screeching like a harridan.

@insomniac7809 said in The ethics of IC romance, TS, etc:

But, y'know, communicate expectations and boundaries and whatnot.

That is literally what I said, yes.

To add: You don't get to decide how another person feels, ever. If a person feels betrayed, then they feel betrayed. If a person feels hurt, then they feel hurt. You don't get to decide that they're not hurt because you don't understand how an IC problem can affect them OOC.

"Oh but it's just writing..." Yes, and human culture is constructed around the idea that written words have meaning and can have impact. Just because you're unaffected doesn't mean another person isn't.

So assume, always, that a person talking about their feelings is being honest and do your best to ensure they have fun as well - even if it takes a bit of IC tap-dancing to make it happen.

No matter what MU you're on, RP is all consensual. Generally, a MU will advertise X, Y, and Z as their main themes or sources of roleplay. That's what you're consenting to by connecting and continuing to play. Anything outside of the base game expectations requires further information - that is to say OOC communication.

Set boundaries, establish priorities, and reach an understanding with the other player. It doesn't necessarily have to all happen in one long conversation, but it does have to happen. This is the same for super scary RP as it is for relationship RP as it is for combat-leading-to-maiming RP.

A person can't consent to something you want if you don't spell it out, so if you wilfully lie to them OOC and do something that goes against what you said, you've broken the unspoken rules of human interaction.

@Ghost said in The Work Thread:

If a WW2 Russian Commissar appoints you to coach the Dolphins and says "Stalin is watching, you don't want to fail at this and live in shame" you're better off shooting yourself in the head.

@Coin said in ITT: Names You Always See:

I also tend to notice people using names I've used in the past before a lot, even if I wouldn't have noticed otherwise.

This, a thousand times. Though I typically choose weird, historical, or otherwise esoteric names so they tend to stick out a bit anyway.

@Auspice said in Derbyshire Estate:

@Tinuviel said in Derbyshire Estate:

@Auspice One hundred miles in Europe is a long way. One hundred years in the United States is a long time.

When is Australia going to get some history of its own, btw?

When your dude starts nuclear war, and we're left as the only nation standing.

@Auspice One hundred miles in Europe is a long way. One hundred years in the United States is a long time.

@Auspice said in ITT: Names You Always See:

Niamh

I honestly forget that this isn't a common name. Niamh Cusack was a massive part of my Anglicized upbringing.

@JinShei said in Derbyshire Estate:

My honourable colleague from up north

This is a contradiction. Are they a northerner, or are they honourable?

@bored I get unreasonably proud of myself whenever I remember how to pronounce that.

@Ominous said in Derbyshire Estate:

It's British style drama.

Then I demand a Jeremy Kyle edition of this drama.

ITT mostly fairly common Anglophone names...