Numetal/Retromux
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@Pavel
I applied to play two characters - the first was a Mage, nothing out of the ordinary, the process would be slow-going; I understood, the sole staffer was swamped with what was described as eight applications in a small period of time. Totally cool, even relatable. Every day, I check in on the job. There’s some back-and-forth with the very-helpful Magewiz on the topic; mostly, it’s in fixing up the paradigm and avatar, which are usually my weak point. Progress is made, updates are posted to fit with stated criteria, the Mage is not the issue.In the interim, I apply for a Changeling; I’m familiar with the source material over the last (ha ha, I am old) thirty years, so I feel pretty confident in it. There’s no guidelines to follow, just vibes, and no help is on offer. I wing it, and my first effort falls short, because it doesn’t fit the “setting.” Which, well, it’s their game, they know it best. I get told to update it to fit the game mechanics, to ensure that I include the words, “Troll,” “Kithain,” “Dreaming,” “Fae,” “Noble,” “Glamour,” “Banality,” “Changeling.”
In the CtD20 core rulebook, the opening story that runs from page 14 to 24, uses the word “pooka” exactly twice and none of the other aforementioned words. How in the shady side of Hades someone is to compete with that narrative and somehow shoehorn in those terms, I’m certainly intrigued on that process for setting up a background.
Asking for help on their Discord in the “Help Me” section netted no actual help. There were helpful people and they did offer assets, inclusive of someone who provided me with a link to a historical website detailing the goings-on in the era and locale; given that I’d been alive and around the same time and place, it was gratefully accepted although of limited use.
A while later, I got a message from one of the admins which was also accompanied by what I thought was a spammer’s message; some routine antisemitic stuff, nothing that unusual.
Edit: the two events, while taking place close together, are not likely from the same source or incident.
As a freebie, I was blocked, which I consider a very strong positive, all things considered.
A quote from the app process comes to mind: The criteria are largely subjective, not objective.
Earlier, I had joked about a vibes-based character generation process. I feel eerily prescient now.
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@Wikibara said in Numetal/Retromux:
some routine antisemitic stuff, nothing that unusual.
Did you get this from their staff?
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@Wikibara said in Numetal/Retromux:
to ensure that I include the words, “Troll,” “Kithain,” “Dreaming,” “Fae,” “Noble,” “Glamour,” “Banality,” “Changeling.”
Missed opportunity to use them all in a single sentence.
Mummy Pun? MUMMY PUN!
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“A while later, I got a message from one of the admins which was also accompanied by what I thought was a spammer’s message; some routine antisemitic stuff, nothing that unusual.”
This is incredibly uncool to say without proof. You cannot just throw those kinds of accusations in there and then move on. Either you are lying and, thus, discrediting your entire argument…
or…
You are telling the truth and treating it like another nit to pick. My gut instinct is going to lean hard towards the former given the nonchalant delivery. I would recommend you either back this claim up with receipts or apologize profusely to everyone, including the Retro staff.
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@DapperPenguin said in Numetal/Retromux:
You are telling the truth and treating it like another nit to pick.
Yeah, it does sound like it’s just another nit to pick, when it should really be a full call out of a game’s staff for being racist.
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@DapperPenguin
I can see the error in how I parsed that sentence. No, I did not receive an antisemetic message from the admin in question; that message was separate and arrived about eleven minutes later. As to how connected that they are, I am not spending any time contemplating. The two events took place so close, one merged with the other, although not likely by the same hand. -
@Wikibara said in Numetal/Retromux:
I can see the error in how I parsed that sentence. No, I did not receive an antisemetic message from the admin in question; that message was separate and arrived about eleven minutes later. As to how connected that they are, I am not spending any time contemplating. The two events took place so close, one merged with the other, although not likely by the same hand.
You’re still making it sound very much like they are connected. What person potentially related to RetroMUX sent you racist screed?
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@MisterBoring
The message came in from Discord. I don’t know to what extent, if at all, they’re connected to the game. The message’s content, beyond being pretty unpleasant, wasn’t specific enough. I just blocked and moved on with my day. I’ve no plans to dox anyone involved, though - that’s against house policy. -
@Jennkryst
New ten-minute video challenge: using them coherently in a single paragraph, although it must be in the style of MC Hammersmith. -
So, effectively, you’re saying you got a random Discord message from an unknown source that was supposedly antisemitic. Despite trying to imply that a link between that event and an admin message informing you that you’ve been banned, no such link actually exists. And your attempt to create such an implied link is, if we are to believe you, completely accidental?
Is that accurate?
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@Wikibara you do not know that they are connected, and yet brought them up as if they were connected? It’s not a casual accusation to make.
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That seems like broken logic to me.
- ) Player A gets banned from Game Z.
- ) Random Discord User #1 sends Player A a racist message.
- ) Random Discord User #1 must therefore be sent by Game Z or somehow related to Game Z.
This is similar in logical function to:
- ) Bob is dishonest about his job application at Company A and fails to get the job.
- ) Random Jerk on the Street #1 tells Bob to get a life in front of McDonalds.
- ) Random Jerk on the Street #1 must therefore be sent by Company A or somehow related to Company A.
ALSO: Who in 2026 lets randos send them PMs on Discord?
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I guess that makes sense. Everything, literally everything, is causal after all.
Personally, I can’t believe I’m getting these staff members sending me really raunchy porn on Discord from unaffiliated accounts after checking out the websites of those Age of Heroes games.
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@Wikibara said in Numetal/Retromux:
@MisterBoring
The message came in from Discord. I don’t know to what extent, if at all, they’re connected to the game. The message’s content, beyond being pretty unpleasant, wasn’t specific enough. I just blocked and moved on with my day. I’ve no plans to dox anyone involved, though - that’s against house policy.you clearly didn’t move on with your day. you brought up the message in your complaint post here. no one here is establishing or inventing a link between the admin message and bigoted junk, besides you in your original post by referencing them together.
that’s weird.
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Apparently nothing is coincidental, so the reason he didn’t move on with his day is because through some chain of logic the staff are out to get him so much that he felt the need to warn everyone about their secret racist harassment police
Damn bro, you should have gone with this for your fuckin mage app
