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      Testament
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      Reminder to myself that after 15+ years in this hobby, I still dislike CGen.

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

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        CuriousGamer @Testament
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        @Testament A lot of newer games, and ares games have taken the horrible dredge out of CG though. Apply to a superhero game in the 2010’s and you had to have pages long details on powers, background, advantages, disadvantages, etc.

        These days with rosters sometimes ready to pick up, it’s a lot nicer and quicker.

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          icanbeyourmuse @Testament
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          @Testament said in MU Peeves Thread:

          Reminder to myself that after 15+ years in this hobby, I still dislike CGen.

          I like CG. Feel free to poke me if you want something CGed. The only part I hate is stats.

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            SockMonkey @Testament
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            @Testament Along these lines. No matter how many years and how many games I have under my belt?

            I get that first scene anxiety every time in a new game.

            It’s like “What if I suddenly forget how to type coherently!?”

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              Roz @CuriousGamer
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              @CuriousGamer said in MU Peeves Thread:

              @Testament A lot of newer games, and ares games have taken the horrible dredge out of CG though. Apply to a superhero game in the 2010’s and you had to have pages long details on powers, background, advantages, disadvantages, etc.

              I’ll never recover from having done apps on a superhero game.

              she/her | playlist

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                Snackness @SockMonkey
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                @SockMonkey I have, on more than one occasion, CG’d a character, played one scene, decided, “I suck,” and quit the game.

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                  SockMonkey @Snackness
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                  @Snackness are you me?

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                    Floof @Snackness
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                    @Snackness I have been desperately trying to ignore this urge recently. 😐

                    Playlist

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                      Gashlycrumb @SockMonkey
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                      @SockMonkey said in MU Peeves Thread:

                      I get that first scene anxiety every time in a new game.

                      It’s like “What if I suddenly forget how to type coherently!?”

                      This is why I had this policy to approve new PCs as fast as possible and would try to round up everybody who wasn’t busy to get them in a scene right away. Mwahaha, Anxiety, you bastard, I’m not gonna give you enough time to build up!

                      Also 'cause B.F. Skinner says to make the reinforcers come fast to start.

                      "This is Liberty Hall; you can spit on the mat and call the cat a bastard!"
                      – A. Bertram Chandler

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                        SockMonkey @Gashlycrumb
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                        @Gashlycrumb said in MU Peeves Thread:

                        Anxiety, you bastard, I’m not gonna give you enough time to build up!

                        Bruce Banner voice “That’s my secret, Captain. I’m always anxious.”

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                          Jumpscare @icanbeyourmuse
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                          @icanbeyourmuse said in MU Peeves Thread:

                          @Testament said in MU Peeves Thread:

                          Reminder to myself that after 15+ years in this hobby, I still dislike CGen.

                          I like CG. Feel free to poke me if you want something CGed. The only part I hate is stats.

                          Coming up with a name is the worst part for me. I’ll think, overthink, then just throw my hands up and choose something like Claire. There’s always a Claire. Sometimes it’s me.

                          Game-runner of Silent Heaven, a small-town horror MU.
                          https://silentheaven.org

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                            SpaceKhomeini
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                            Hands up if you feel like you’ve just hit a complete wall with social RP (and don’t get me started about bar RP)?

                            This isn’t really a “particular character” or “particular game” scenario, either. It’s in general.

                            I woke up feeling so good, I think I’d better call in sick/ I need a personal trainer to help me hold my drink
                            I plan to be spontaneous next time we meet/I’m putting off procrastinating until next week
                            I’ll get onto it when I give a shit

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                              KarmaBum @SpaceKhomeini
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                              @SpaceKhomeini This hit me hard a couple years ago.

                              I have tons of scenes that are “social” in nature. Coffee shops, bars, shopping excursions, all that slice-of-life stuff. But not just endlessly in a loop.

                              We gotta be exploring something new or purposeful - whether that’s exposing a character flaw, chasing down a plot-lead, giving a couple PCs a break from a hard week, establishing what the vibe is between new toons, or just putting on our clown-shoes for a minute and getting silly.

                              I hope to never :sips klah and laughs again.

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

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                                GF @SpaceKhomeini
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                                @SpaceKhomeini I don’t believe social RP even exists. There is only interview RP: where one person talks about themself, only answering questions exactly as asked but never asking a question or responding to attempts the other person makes to talk about themself, until all that’s left is for the interviewer to run out of questions to ask and go do something else.

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                                  Pyrephox Administrators @GF
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                                  @GF CRY

                                  These scenes are so frustrating. I’m asking you to tell me about your character! Give me something! A hobby, a pet peeve, SOMETHING I can riff off of.

                                  Anything.

                                  Please.

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                                    Ashkuri @SpaceKhomeini
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                                    @SpaceKhomeini What kind of RP do you want to do?

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                                      Cobalt @Testament
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                                      @Testament said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                      Reminder to myself that after 15+ years in this hobby, I still dislike CGen.

                                      After one of my long breaks from the hobby, any time I tried to app on a game… I would get terrible anxiety over starting chargen. Still do, tbh. I’m only comfortable doing chargen for FS3 based games these days.

                                      Cobalt@Under the Stars
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                                        Pavel @Testament
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                                        @Testament said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                        Reminder to myself that after 15+ years in this hobby, I still dislike CGen.

                                        I don’t mind the CGen process so much, weirdly, but I hate having to learn a whole new feckin’ series of commands. Because nobody standardises this shit. Every CG is a new nightmare of spaghetti strung together over washing lines.

                                        Ares/FS3’s commands are simple and I get to do it on a form instead of figuring out how Faraday’s brain works, so it’s A++.

                                        He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.
                                        BE AN ADULT

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                                          sao
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                                          My peeve today:

                                          There’s nothing like trying out a new character and getting completely subsumed into the story of a new place to make you really, highly aware of how burned out you are at your old stomping ground. The disparity in activation energy is astounding.

                                          Not to tmi but I have pneumonia, the doctor says I need to spend the next 3 days in bed, and I still wanna RP my idiot werewolf, but I can barely even manage to get up the gumption to log in and read mail on a place that has been my primary game since September 2016.

                                          I’m tired and I’m sorry.

                                          let it be a challenge to you

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                                            Gashlycrumb
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                                            My undesirable but unfading urge to tell people that diurnal birds like pigeons and crows are diurnal, really.

                                            "This is Liberty Hall; you can spit on the mat and call the cat a bastard!"
                                            – A. Bertram Chandler

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