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    • iotaI
      iota @Noraaa
      last edited by

      @Noraaa said in MU Peeves Thread:

      It feels like I’m in some sort of sitcom or something.

      This drives me bonkers as well, which is absurd in itself since… it’s just people walking through a door, yet the visual of person after person doing the same thing is so irksome.

      Similar as when an event or scene starts, and players go through the process of their PCs saying hello and greeting one another with little further context. How many minutes and rounds of poses over however many scenes will just become devoted to placid greetings instead of like, story or development or anything else? No. I just cannot.

      Which is a convoluted way of saying: I’ve a preference for scenes that start within action already set/agreed as taking place - everybody already being somewhere, doing some thing in proximity, and/or picking up their conversation or whatever; no need for tedious pleasantries and introductions - because the stream of characters all walking through a door en masse and saying ‘hey!’ just tires me out.

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      • CoinC
        Coin @iota
        last edited by

        @iota said in MU Peeves Thread:

        I’ve a preference for scenes that start within action already set/agreed as taking place - everybody already being somewhere, doing some thing in proximity, and/or picking up their conversation or whatever; no need for tedious pleasantries and introductions

        This is how I tend to run my scenes. I give a long expository intro GM pose so everyone knows where they are, why they are there, what they’re there to do, and when it is…

        If you wanna chat and do pleasantries, either do it while you’re in the middle of the action or go make your own scene. >.>

        In Occam I trust.

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        • RozR
          Roz
          last edited by

          I often end up waiting a round or two to pose in to a group scene like that specifically to avoid the feeling of everyone magically arriving at the same time. Idk I just like to stagger it a lil bit.

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          • PavelP
            Pavel
            last edited by Pavel

            I usually enter scenes (especially for events/planned things) like this:

            sam reich

            ETA: Obviously not if my being there the whole time would be intrusive or story-corrupting.

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

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            • CoinC
              Coin @Pavel
              last edited by

              @Pavel said in MU Peeves Thread:

              ETA: Obviously not if my being there the whole time would be intrusive or story-corrupting.

              this is exclusively when i’ve been there the entire time

              In Occam I trust.

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              • PavelP
                Pavel @Coin
                last edited by

                @Coin said in MU Peeves Thread:

                @Pavel said in MU Peeves Thread:

                ETA: Obviously not if my being there the whole time would be intrusive or story-corrupting.

                this is exclusively when i’ve been there the entire time

                I think that’s just us on games period.

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

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                • CoinC
                  Coin @Pavel
                  last edited by

                  @Pavel said in MU Peeves Thread:

                  @Coin said in MU Peeves Thread:

                  @Pavel said in MU Peeves Thread:

                  ETA: Obviously not if my being there the whole time would be intrusive or story-corrupting.

                  this is exclusively when i’ve been there the entire time

                  I think that’s just us on games period.

                  fair.

                  i don’t think we’ve been on a game together since New Orleans, tho.

                  In Occam I trust.

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                  • PavelP
                    Pavel @Coin
                    last edited by

                    @Coin said in MU Peeves Thread:

                    @Pavel said in MU Peeves Thread:

                    @Coin said in MU Peeves Thread:

                    @Pavel said in MU Peeves Thread:

                    ETA: Obviously not if my being there the whole time would be intrusive or story-corrupting.

                    this is exclusively when i’ve been there the entire time

                    I think that’s just us on games period.

                    fair.

                    i don’t think we’ve been on a game together since New Orleans, tho.

                    We don’t talk about that game.

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

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                    • CoinC
                      Coin @Pavel
                      last edited by Coin

                      @Pavel said in MU Peeves Thread:

                      @Coin said in MU Peeves Thread:

                      @Pavel said in MU Peeves Thread:

                      @Coin said in MU Peeves Thread:

                      @Pavel said in MU Peeves Thread:

                      ETA: Obviously not if my being there the whole time would be intrusive or story-corrupting.

                      this is exclusively when i’ve been there the entire time

                      I think that’s just us on games period.

                      fair.

                      i don’t think we’ve been on a game together since New Orleans, tho.

                      We don’t talk about that game.

                      pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft

                      i mean, before that i’m pretty sure it was The Reach, so you pick which one you wanna be remembered from, lol

                      In Occam I trust.

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                      • PavelP
                        Pavel @Coin
                        last edited by

                        @Coin said in MU Peeves Thread:

                        @Pavel said in MU Peeves Thread:

                        @Coin said in MU Peeves Thread:

                        @Pavel said in MU Peeves Thread:

                        @Coin said in MU Peeves Thread:

                        @Pavel said in MU Peeves Thread:

                        ETA: Obviously not if my being there the whole time would be intrusive or story-corrupting.

                        this is exclusively when i’ve been there the entire time

                        I think that’s just us on games period.

                        fair.

                        i don’t think we’ve been on a game together since New Orleans, tho.

                        We don’t talk about that game.

                        pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft

                        i mean, before that i’m pretty sure it was The Reach, so you pick which one you wanna be remembered from, lol

                        Oh I don’t care how I’m remembered. I just don’t want to remember NOLA the same way I don’t want to remember Firan.

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

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                        • AriaA
                          Aria @iota
                          last edited by

                          @iota said in MU Peeves Thread:

                          Which is a convoluted way of saying: I’ve a preference for scenes that start within action already set/agreed as taking place - everybody already being somewhere, doing some thing in proximity, and/or picking up their conversation or whatever; no need for tedious pleasantries and introductions - because the stream of characters all walking through a door en masse and saying ‘hey!’ just tires me out.

                          I was in a scene not that long ago where the hosts specifically said “Hey, we are assuming everyone already entered and introduced themselves.”

                          And the players hopped right on board with the already here thing…

                          AND THEN ALL PROCEEDED TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.

                          Guys. Guys. You were so close. We almost skipped the worst part of IC meetings. Just a little bit more. Like, just a little bit.

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                          • CoinC
                            Coin @Aria
                            last edited by

                            @Aria said in MU Peeves Thread:

                            @iota said in MU Peeves Thread:

                            Which is a convoluted way of saying: I’ve a preference for scenes that start within action already set/agreed as taking place - everybody already being somewhere, doing some thing in proximity, and/or picking up their conversation or whatever; no need for tedious pleasantries and introductions - because the stream of characters all walking through a door en masse and saying ‘hey!’ just tires me out.

                            I was in a scene not that long ago where the hosts specifically said “Hey, we are assuming everyone already entered and introduced themselves.”

                            And the players hopped right on board with the already here thing…

                            AND THEN ALL PROCEEDED TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.

                            Guys. Guys. You were so close. We almost skipped the worst part of IC meetings. Just a little bit more. Like, just a little bit.

                            the other thing i see often is like

                            “guys, we’re assuming we’re all here”

                            “okay”

                            and then they do, like,

                            "ten minutes ago, X walked in and [blah blah intro pose].

                            “now, they sit at the table…”

                            and I’m like.

                            come on.

                            COME ON.

                            In Occam I trust.

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                            • G
                              GF
                              last edited by

                              My MU peeve is descs that include variations on the line, “Her curves leave no doubt to her femininity.” Really feels like a self-report.

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                              • A
                                Ashkuri
                                last edited by Ashkuri

                                If it helps people orient themselves in the scene and approach others, IDGAF about walking in and introductions.

                                What I hate is when I set and then the person poses in and doesn’t interact with me. Get the fuck out with that what are you even here in this scene for, why did I set for you, stop being the worst.

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                                • GashlycrumbG
                                  Gashlycrumb @Vulgar Boy
                                  last edited by

                                  @Vulgar-Boy said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                  Today my peeve is simple theme questions you’re told to +request and then no one ever claims the request and a week later you still have no answer to a question every character should know. If you don’t want people asking how many moons there are on your weird sci-fi planet, set your game in Sacramento. I know how many moons Sacramento has.

                                  This reaches its grandest form when, after not having the answer stalls your RP for a while, you just give it your best guess based on, of all things, the source material. Some time later it comes up in play and you learn that your guess and the GM ruling are not at all alike, and thus your character has been repeatedly doing something staggeringly stupid. You ask for something to mitigate this effect 'cause you didn’t know but your PC would. You are told, “You should have asked.”

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

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                                  • Vulgar BoyV
                                    Vulgar Boy
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                                    That’s why you need to convince as many people as possible before the GM makes their ruling. Then it’s too late and everyone thinks such and such are basically Vikings, even after multiple posts get made saying that they aren’t. You can gaslight an entire theme if you work hard enough and believe in yourself!

                                    love that perfect frown

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                                    • PolkP
                                      Polk @Vulgar Boy
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                                      @Vulgar-Boy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbepxXKCVRA

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                                      • C
                                        CUmush @Vulgar Boy
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                                        @Vulgar-Boy Be the “This is why we can’t have nice things” you want to see in the world.

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                                        • RozR
                                          Roz @Vulgar Boy
                                          last edited by Roz

                                          @Vulgar-Boy said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                          That’s why you need to convince as many people as possible before the GM makes their ruling. Then it’s too late and everyone thinks such and such are basically Vikings, even after multiple posts get made saying that they aren’t. You can gaslight an entire theme if you work hard enough and believe in yourself!

                                          I see you’ve played on Arx.

                                          ETA: Except people would usually skip requesting theme info and jump straight to the gaslighting of their fellow players.

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                                          • SnacknessS
                                            Snackness @Roz
                                            last edited by

                                            @Roz Because why request theme info when you CLEARLY know the theme better than the people who wrote the theme…

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