MU Peeves Thread

MisterBoring

@Kestrel It’s always been my understanding that Jill never gets to the point of having an actual character anywhere, just making strange conversation OOC as a guest bit and then dipping. I might be wrong though.

shrug

Third Eye

We only really know how Jill behaves on MUSH game channels/pages. It’s entirely possible they do their schtick in RPI environments that never register here.

That said, the Legend of Jill has been around long enough and widely circulated enough that I assume there are a lot of Jill copycats. Legacy, etc.

Ashkuri

This subject has come up with a few people lately, but the real peeve is how much garbage media/tv/movies I have consumed solely because my played-by was in it.

Babs

No shame there. DeVito is a great actor, but just isn’t the same without the lekku

ten

Ares games feel like those magic slate drawing pads.

Jumpscare

@ten said in MU Peeves Thread:

Ares games feel like those magic slate drawing pads.

You shake them too hard and your creative work disappears?

Kestrel

So I really like it when someone can play a compelling sociopath who’s highly manipulative and intelligent. I think this is usually a more interesting kind of foil than just Punchy McPuncherperson.

But when they get caught and then try to lie about it OOC it’s a weird … sticky feeling.

Jumpscare

@Kestrel

The moment where you realize, “oh, you’re not playing a character; this is actually you.”

ten

hey, friend, if you’re going to crib that much inspiration from a source – write some fanfic, you’ll feel better.

MisterBoring

From a conversation with a few people I know IRL: When people create amazing story points for their character or for the world in general only to somehow completely draw a blank when you ask them to explore that further.

“I really like how you established your character was secretly undermining the Lord of the West Rivers, can we do some more undermining plot stuff with that?”

“Wait what? I have no idea what you are talking about and am not interested in that in the least.”

“Ok. Well… ugh.”

Coin

@ten said in MU Peeves Thread:

hey, friend, if you’re going to crib that much inspiration from a source – write some fanfic, you’ll feel better.

are you replying to jumpscare actually or did you just hit that reply button cuz it was closest?

because your comment made me think of something specific.

Juniper

A super icky experience for me was finding out the reason a player was so eager to slide into my DMs was so they could pre-seed the OOC conversation with lies. Before ever being caught.

But when they did get caught, things got extra deranged. Like, straight up wholecloth invention of things that never happened in the story or in DMs.

Twinkle

@Juniper Honestly this is why my communication is solely inside a game unless I trust someone with my life. I do not engage on discord with people I don’t know. I keep it in the game so I can report it – and it’s why I only play on Ares games.