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

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    TezT

    Serves me right for seeing what would happen if I lifted the registration freeze.

  • 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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    R

    @Cobalt Absolutely no apology needed. Appreciate holding us accountable.

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

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    lucidmausL

    While I’m sure there are some recent articles that touch on the darker side of MU*, I always look to this one (written by Julian Dibbell) outlining an atrocious event that happened on LambdaMOO:

    TW: sexual assault - http://www.juliandibbell.com/texts/bungle_vv.html

    I’m terrible at summarizing so I won’t really try, but it does a fine job of sharing a terrible event, how it affected people, and the changes that happened after. It also touches on what it means to make a society and shape a culture in this shared hobby; for as terrible as the event is, it’s also heartening to see how things can grow and change through player influence.

  • 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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    CobaltC

    Only one place these days. Maybe I’ll get spicy and try a second place.

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

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    D

    Okay at this point I need to ask that people actually post new episodes of drama I want to read instead of turning on the reruns.

    (I’m being sardonic and not serious about actually not posting in this thread. I just want something to sink my teeth into.)

  • Comments, criticism, suggestions, feedback?

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    ArtemisA

    @Tez was pointed out to me that you probably meant you need their email. Anyways, i asked and theyre all set but good to know!

  • The place to put non-game things.

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    FaradayF

    The only concrete data I can find is this HSLDA article (based on survey results of only a modest sample size) in which 70% of homeschool families reported that they do not use ChatGPT in their schooling, and those who do mostly use it for lesson planning (separate issue there, lol). I speculate that in the homeschool environment, the parent/teacher has both more opportunity to monitor the work and more familiarity with the writing style/capabilities of their kid, making it easier to mitigate unauthorized AI use.

    Regardless, I shouldn’t have made such a broad unsubstantiated statement. What I actually meant to say was just that it’s interesting what can happen to students when you take away some of the common incentives to lean on GenAI (grades and BS assignments they don’t care about).

  • Video games, tabletop, etc.

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    PavelP

    @dvoraen said in General Video Game Thread:

    @MisterBoring said in General Video Game Thread:

    @Meg & @dvoraen If you both like PEAK, I would also recommend RV There Yet?, which is basically PEAK + chainsmoking + getting an RV to the top of the mountain.

    I have watched a few people play it, but it seemed like the kind of game that would make me rage quit. lol

    It’s the ideal game for therapists to play instead of doing our notes. Lots of clinically inadvisable langage, do recommend.