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  • This is mostly for maintenance and board-wide stuff from admin.

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    TezT
    Sorry for the downtime. Did an appalling number of upgrades while fixing the gif button. We’ve upgraded a few so let me know if you see anything broken. Feedback here.

  • This is a place for game runners to post about their games. Discussion on those games will happen elsewhere. Please respect this!

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    DapperPenguinD
    We have officially been open for a week, and the game is booming! MoT has welcomed 21 new players to the grid already with a few more considering their character concepts. There are plots on-going and some on the horizon. Tensions on Daiyu are heating up as the sector’s Moff has gotten impatient and there is notable activity from the Imperial garrison. A devastating “accident” on Daiyu’s mag-rails has scatted metal and debris throughout the Ashhollow Expanse. Scavengers are looking to find riches to sell in the Scrapfield markets. How brave are they, now, to slip past Imperial patrols while the wreck is being slowly cleaned up? Rumors of a missing rebel cell leader is trickling out among the Coalition and Daiyu Partisans. Last seen heading to Beldarone which had a cell of its own that has gone quiet on the back channels. All four factions (Coalition, Partisans, Independent, and Underground) have plenty of members to mingle with and ample room for more. Come and say hello!

  • Conversations and questions about current, upcoming, and advertised games and the hobby as a whole.

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    ThionoxialT
    @Ominous Someone did something like this once with uh, UFOs? it lasted something like LITERALLY TWO DAYS AFTER OPENING BEFORE THEY ANNOUNCED IT WAS CLOSING it was crazy I do feel though that like, a big major city works better than a remote military base, for the same reason everyone always leaves the base on Stargate: SG1, because you need other things going on? Like I think i’ve seen the ‘remote town’ thing before. It does help with an excuse to always run into each other. It does. It’s a solid base. I do think its been done a LOT though, and would miss out on 'I’m not with you, but since this is set in 1940s Chicago / Pittsburgh in the 80s / modern NYC / whatever, my character is a mobster/ordinary person who keeps stumbling into this stuff, and plots where things get ‘into the wild’.

  • When you want to talk about HOW to do something when running a game, bring it here: Code, Theme, Policies, Game Design.

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    SockMonkeyS
    @Gashlycrumb Also, chances are most of the people you (general not specific) have a problem with have a similar opinion of you so 1) Why would they care? 2) Why would they be surprised? People are allowed to avoid games because of Staff (whether your own issue or in support of someone else) so it seems hypocritical to not allow Staff the same option especially when they’re the one putting in the effort to run the game.

  • Please post a playlist if you feel comfortable doing so, and if you are looking for old friends – try here! If you are looking for old enemies, consider a nap.

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    ThionoxialT
    So I doubt anyone will know who I am but I figured I’d introduce myself. I used to be Thionoxial on MCM (I left like 18 years ago or something like that, maybe 15? LONG TIME AGO) - I was the fachead for their evil faction and plotstaff. I used to be Einara (Zelosian idealist working for the CIS who secretly helped the Jedi alot) on Star Wars: Generations I used to play Ioanna on a VTM Dark Ages game set in Iberia. I played (until I had a nervous breakdown over my gender) a daeva lawyer based on Elle from Legally Blonde on some VTM Revised game, but only for a few months, about 5-6 years ago during COVID. pronouns are she/her if your cis and straight, she/they if your cis and queer, or they/she if your trans. (yes its complicated so am I). I have a B.S. in Physics with minors in astrophysics and mathematics. I’m 43 and I’ve been mushing since I was ~9. I’ve been trying to be on computers less the past year so I can live life instead of writing about it, life is too short. Other facts about me: My mom died 3 weeks ago and the last thing she ever said to me was (she was transphobic) that she spent her whole life fighting her urge to be a boy and never realized other girls didn’t feel that way. I used to be a buddhist but I’ve been an atheist for ~3 weeks now. There is nothing else interesting about me. I just wanted to introduce myself. Musical tastes: punk/post-punk Reading: scifi/fantasy Favorite Authors: Tolkien, Brandon Sanderson, Elizabeth Moon, Ursula K. LeGuin I play a LOT of online tabletop. I’m currently in a VTM Dark Ages campaign and an Exalted vs WOD campaign.

  • Gloves off, but don’t be a total asshole.

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    AriaA
    @Pavel said: Tempted, now, to write some passive-aggressive code snippet that looks for the words ‘how do I’ on a game’s Help or Newbie channel and just pages with “have you tried fuckin’ lookin’ it up, champ?” ETA: I’ll be nice and make it only send for characters created 30+ days ago. coughcough https://letmegooglethat.com/

  • Comments, criticism, suggestions, feedback?

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    D
    @Tez said: back to the mines, tez. find a working gif button, tez. [image: giphy.gif]

  • The place to put non-game things.

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    DrQuinnD
    Absolutely get a copy of the video, but remember that HR is there to protect the company, not you. We recently had three female employees come forward about sexual harassment from a male coworker. They contacted HR and the union. HR told them they’d investigate. The union told them they’d investigate, but he was also a union employee, so they’d need to protect him too. He was told to stay away from them while it happened. So of course the first thing he did was corner one of them by the copier and say “So I guess I’m sexually harassing you huh?” In the end they didn’t interview any of the witnesses and decided it was just a real he-said, she-said and he had a VP backing him so it was fine. No sexual harassment actually happened. He still works there. Other male employees have stepped up to ensure that when those women (and others) are in the office they act as a buffer, but every single one of them is looking for a new job right now and HR made it clear they don’t want these women causing any more problems. Get the video and get a lawyer.

  • Video games, tabletop, etc.

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    CobaltC
    Hello old friends. Don’t worry I promise this will not be a regular thing. But I wanted to let folks know I am streaming again, if any of you want to stop by a chat at any point. You can find me at: https://www.twitch.tv/desideriumash I am going to be streaming a cozy library clean up game (you clean up over 3k books that got knocked off selves with magic powers), will be likely streaming boardgames with EmmahSue and Thenomain tomorrow (maybe), and vampire farming sim Moonlight Peaks on Fridays. Stop by if you want!