Posts made by Tinuviel

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

chain a half-starved honey badger to your undercarriage

Instructions unclear... please call a medic.

And if everyone could stop assuming all Russians say "comrade" every other word, that'd be great...

@Ghost But... White People!

@faraday said in Historical MUSHes:

The problem with that is that "Historically Accurate" is a scale, not a yes/no checkbox.

Well, one can have various levels of accuracy but if it's not accurate it's not accurate. So saying that something is "historically accurate" is the wrong term to use. "Inspired by a historical setting" or "set in the backdrop of the XYZ," would be better. Nobody gets to be the historical pendant, then.

@faraday said in Historical MUSHes:

Sure, there are people who grit their teeth at the historical inaccuracies

Most of us folks that have more than a passing interest in history mostly grit our teeth when people insist on being "historically accurate" but aren't. Fictional takes on history are fine and are done often enough. We just get people trying time and again to be "historically accurate" rather than just using history as a story tool.

@Wretched Get off my lawn.

@Wretched I see you've met my children.

I don't know if this counts as anger or peeve... but I've had a publication rejected. For suitable reasons, not politics or bureaucracy, but still. It's a kick in the teeth. My entire real life revolves around publication, and any kind of rejection is a fuck up. Ugh.

@SinCerely said in Saosmash's Playlist:

@saosmash I want a full report!

It doesn't have reports.

@Testament said in RL Anger:

Also, what's a ManFlu.

"Man flu is a phrase that refers to the idea that men, when they have a common cold, experience and self-report symptoms of greater severity, akin to those experienced during the flu."

In realistic terms, I have the immune system of a sparrow, so I get sicker more frequently and more severely than the average.

@Testament said in RL Anger:

Normally, when you get a cold, you can more or less function with a a combination of water, DayQuil, and pain killers, eventually shoving yourself at work.

I wish I got colds like that. I usually only manage to get the dreaded ManFlu.

@Pandora You could just say "middle management."

I think the system needs a great deal of back and forth between GM and players in a way that isn't really suitable for a standard MU.

Could it be written into MU code for use as a sort of online tabletop? That's entirely possible.

@Thenomain The intent was more "what are you thinking that I'm saying." Can't communicate properly if there's a misconnection. If I wanted to make someone look like an idiot I'd just go to the Hog Pit. It's easy there.

@Thenomain There is one remaining thing that bothers me regarding this conversation, however.

"Right Wing"? Really?

@Thenomain said in How To Treat Your Players Right:

This is an actual Begging The Question.

Huh. Never thought I'd see one of those in the wild. I certainly didn't intend it to be submitted that way, but you're right. I also didn't intend to imply an instantaneous 'them stopping.'

I am, perhaps, too used to dealing with inept staff that just outright ignore complaints (on the rare occasions I make them). So I apologise for my... less than professional approach.

@Thenomain said in How To Treat Your Players Right:

What we don't is agree with the conclusion as a solution to the problem.

I never offered a solution. I was asking for one.

@Thenomain said in How To Treat Your Players Right:

@Tinuviel said in How To Treat Your Players Right:

@Thenomain said in How To Treat Your Players Right:

I do not think your concept of "appropriate" is appropriate. Neither does Ganymede or Faraday.

Then what is my concept of appropriate?

I'm not interested in playing this game. Defend your thesis or not, but I won't respond to this Right-Wing Playbook nonsense.

What's so difficult to understand about the concept "we want to see that our complaints are actually listened to and the problem to stop" followed by "if we don't see problems stopping at all when complaints are made, why should we complain?"

ETA: The point of the thread being 'encouraging people to submit complaints.' It's not a thought experiment or a mental exercise. It's a thing that actually happens. How can we encourage people to submit complaints when they don't always get to see the results of their complaints? That's a legitimate question.

@Thenomain said in How To Treat Your Players Right:

I do not think your concept of "appropriate" is appropriate. Neither does Ganymede or Faraday.

Then what is my concept of appropriate?