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    • RozR
      Roz @farfalla
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      @farfalla said in MU Peeves Thread:

      when you’re on the fence about reporting a scene for someone’s inappropriate behavior
      but then the person deletes the whole log before you decide
      that does not make you look better bud, but it does make up my mind about reporting

      i know when i’m trying to prove my innocence, i definitely start deleting evidence

      she/her | playlist

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      • hellfrogH
        hellfrog @Roz
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        @Roz EVIDENCE CAN BE FAKED

        fr fr
        (she/her)

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        • CobaltC
          Cobalt
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          When you make something you love and it is successful and then life kicks you so hard in the metaphorical nuts that you can’t find enjoyment in literally anything…

          Cobalt@Under the Stars
          cob.alt@Discord
          Cobalt#[email protected]

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          • HerjaH
            Herja
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            Big stronk men that aren’t afraid of anything and meet every challenge with a funny quip and a devil-may-care attitude. It’s boring. Give me someone who actually lets their character have emotions and fears and worries. Characters that make mistakes and have to work through them. Characters that have awkward moments rather than having a smooth line for any situation. I love that shit so much.

            lol lmao

            It's me, hi, I'm the problem it's me

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            • SnacknessS
              Snackness
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              When a game I want to love just makes me feel tired and empty inside.

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                Testament
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                Realizing that your depression is starting to go from ‘controllable and manageable’ to downward trend because for, whatever inane fucking reason because brain chemistry is a goddamn mystery, you’re in a scene with someone and they haven’t replied in a while yet scenes they’re in with other players are active.

                So you’re thinking, “It’s you isn’t it. You’re the problem. You just suck.” When no, that’s not at all what’s going on.

                Settle down asshole, you’re fine. Also, isn’t it kind of narcissistic to assume it’s you. Because of course that’s the first thing you jump to. So yeah, you kind of are the problem, but not in the way you’re thinking.

                These are the conversations I have with myself.

                I don't know what I'm doing. Poke at Seven Nations sevennations.aresmush.com port 2021

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                  dvoraen @Testament
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                  @Testament I constantly second-guess myself in almost exactly this way. I have asked some people, “Am I too X?” multiple times because for some inexplicable reason, my brain insists that yes, I have been too X, or the reason no one answered me about Y is because it’s me.

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                  • KarmaBumK
                    KarmaBum @Testament
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                    @Testament there are sooo many reasons for people to respond to scenes in things other than the order in which they were updated. I’m about to do it this morning.

                    • A lot of times, if I know someone is “around” for a bit, I’ll put my focus on that scene so we can make some progress.

                    • There’s also “this is is fluff, easy pose” vs “this scene needs real brains.”

                    • Sometimes, I read a pose and immediately know my response so I write it while it’s hot, and that can often help me get ideas in other scenes, so I circle back to those.

                    • Now and then, I just need to finish this gd scene and will focus on it to get it done!!

                    • Some scenes just GET GOOD, and I pay attention to them more. It’s not that my other scenes are bad, but I may be more invested in some than others. This is as close as I can say it comes to making it “about” my scene partners, but even then… so much goes into why a scene gets GOOD - timing, chemistry, rng failing dice, etc.

                    • On Monday, I was going between a bunch of devices and missed a pose for like FOUR HOURS in one scene. I was all posing at other scenes (lol including one with you i think) all morning before I realized I missed it. This is not an isolated incident.

                    It’s real easy to take it personally. I definitely have been like “wtf where my pose at!!” when trolling active scenes. But it probably has nothing to do with YOU.

                    On Dragon Wings · https://pern.gaslightswitch.com · pern.gaslightswitch.com port 4201

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                    • farfallaF
                      farfalla
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                      This is one of the reasons I dislike being able to see private scenes, but I agree with @KarmaBum 100%. Some poses require more or less brains vs the variable amount of brain I have at a given time.

                      as previously stated, good day.

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                      • OmenO
                        Omen
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                        If I am just overwhelmed with work stuff or other RL things, I will always try to respond in the order of longest to shortest wait for a reply from me. I think that can very easily avoid making players I’m engaging with feel bad, but it also has the added bonus of making sure a scene doesn’t stagnate in the process, especially if life drags me away from my hobby kicking and screaming.

                        I could never grow trees
                        Still I planted my seeds

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                        • bear_necessitiesB
                          bear_necessities @KarmaBum
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                          @KarmaBum said in MU Peeves Thread:

                          @Testament there are sooo many reasons for people to respond to scenes in things other than the order in which they were updated. I’m about to do it this morning.

                          • A lot of times, if I know someone is “around” for a bit, I’ll put my focus on that scene so we can make some progress.

                          • There’s also “this is is fluff, easy pose” vs “this scene needs real brains.”

                          • Sometimes, I read a pose and immediately know my response so I write it while it’s hot, and that can often help me get ideas in other scenes, so I circle back to those.

                          • Now and then, I just need to finish this gd scene and will focus on it to get it done!!

                          • Some scenes just GET GOOD, and I pay attention to them more. It’s not that my other scenes are bad, but I may be more invested in some than others. This is as close as I can say it comes to making it “about” my scene partners, but even then… so much goes into why a scene gets GOOD - timing, chemistry, rng failing dice, etc.

                          • On Monday, I was going between a bunch of devices and missed a pose for like FOUR HOURS in one scene. I was all posing at other scenes (lol including one with you i think) all morning before I realized I missed it. This is not an isolated incident.

                          It’s real easy to take it personally. I definitely have been like “wtf where my pose at!!” when trolling active scenes. But it probably has nothing to do with YOU.

                          All of this is me. But especially lately it’s whether or not I have brains. There are people who I desperately want to RP with but won’t right now because I don’t have the brains to give them the kind of scene I want to have, or I’ll end up slowing down dramatically because of the lack of brains issue.

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                            Pyrephox Administrators @bear_necessities
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                            @bear_necessities This is such a big thing. So many times in the last few years, I’ve stared at the log in screen and gone, “Man, there are so many people I want to play with.” But when it comes to actually have the BRAIN to log in and reach out to someone, my thoughts immediately shift to, “But I’m so tired. And this is a three hour commitment, at minimum.”

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                            • KarmaBumK
                              KarmaBum @Pyrephox
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                              @Pyrephox said in MU Peeves Thread:

                              “But I’m so tired. And this is a three hour commitment, at minimum.”

                              This is why I finally just embraced the async life. 😞

                              I almost never have 3+ hours uninterrupted anymore, but my entire workday is full of 30 minutes here, 15 minutes there…

                              Instead of a paragraph every 5 minutes, I write three paragraphs every 30 minutes. It’s not my favorite solution, but it beats the (RP-free) alternative.

                              On Dragon Wings · https://pern.gaslightswitch.com · pern.gaslightswitch.com port 4201

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                              • O
                                oknow
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                                This is why I like Ares (and will probably never play on a non-Ares game again). It’s so much more inclusive for people who can’t log on for solid 3-4 hours every night or a couple of nights a week.

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                                  ratatat @Testament
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                                  @Testament

                                  I see your squirrels belong to the same union as mine.

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                                  • tsarT
                                    tsar
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                                    I’ve more or less trained myself to not look at the thing that shows you how soon “activity” has happened in someone else’s scenes on Ares. It’s just not a good match for how my brain works, lol.

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                                    • SnacknessS
                                      Snackness @tsar
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                                      @tsar Teach me you ways

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                                      • tsarT
                                        tsar @Snackness
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                                        @Snackness i dig deep down into my most avoidant behaviors and encourage them to work for me for once

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                                        • KarmaBumK
                                          KarmaBum @tsar
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                                          @tsar dis is also smart.

                                          Your own scenes are always at the top of the page. Just check yours and close it real fast!

                                          But then you will miss tilting your head and wondering wtf people are really doing in a scene from 2 months ago, and why haven’t they just wrapped that shit yet, smh that’s from before CHRISTMAS wtf

                                          On Dragon Wings · https://pern.gaslightswitch.com · pern.gaslightswitch.com port 4201

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                                          • WizzW
                                            Wizz @KarmaBum
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                                            @KarmaBum said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                            But then you will miss tilting your head and wondering wtf people are really doing in a scene from 2 months ago, and why haven’t they just wrapped that shit yet, smh that’s from before CHRISTMAS wtf

                                            Reminds me of my golden days back on PbP message boards.

                                            A scene that’s only taken two months to finish? Pffff, rookie numbers, lol.

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