MU Peeves Thread
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I had a char with maxed out skills because it was their focus in life. It’s all they wanted to do. I spent RL years investing and RPing and justifying and they were just the top of their game. We were in a scene and I was like YES! This is their moment. Everything they’ve worked for. This is finally when they will shine.
Roll.
Critical Failure.
I’m not going to lie I just stared at my screen for a long moment in silence and then started laughing. I’m sure I looked insane IRL. I mean I rolled with it, but damn.
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@Jenn I loved the design of The Network but just didn’t jive with the theme. I wish there were more MU*s like it around.
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not that you indicated this wasn’t the case necessarily but this is why I vastly prefer systems that have some sort of meta currency that allows you to stack rolls in your favor/allows you to reroll them, lmao. it’s fun to roll with a failure at a pivotal moment and it can even make a much more interesting story, but dammit, sometimes you just wanna do what you’re supposed to be able to do!
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It really just doesn’t bother me. It’s like @jenn said. Last weekend I learned that a friend of mine (a) is Ojibwe and (b) speaks Norwegian. I’ve known him for nearly twenty years,
My immediate reaction to people spending XP in the middle of a scene is “Noo! Wrong!” but after taking a moment to contemplate how this relates to that all-important question “So fucking what?” I don’t see it as being a real problem.
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@Gashlycrumb said in MU Peeves Thread:
My immediate reaction to people spending XP in the middle of a scene is “Noo! Wrong!” but after taking a moment to contemplate how this relates to that all-important question “So fucking what?” I don’t see it as being a real problem.
As I said, it’s a fringe issue, and only for some people (like myself), and most people who have this as a peeve it’s a low priority peeve at best, not something that would cause me to avoid a game. That said, if I ran a game, it would have an XP room and leaving mid scene to go use the XP room and come back would be forbidden. And I would suspect that having that policy wouldn’t be a game killer.
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Peeve, the (bad) public chat comedian. Everything is a fumbled attempt at a joke and a convo killer. We are nothing but a captive audience to them, and they refuse to engage with players in any way that doesn’t center around them.
If you’re gonna’ go up there with a mic at least be funny, aaaaa.
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@Yam the trouble is that people like this are generally bad at comedy due to a fundamental inability to read the room.
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@Yam The abundance of this sort of thing is why comedy-themes give me The Fear even when they’re totally great game settings. Discworld comes to mind. (Though I guess that short-lived Discword MUSH was actually pretty good, and my fear unfounded in that case?)
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@Yam said in MU Peeves Thread:
Peeve, the (bad) public chat comedian. Everything is a fumbled attempt at a joke and a convo killer. We are nothing but a captive audience to them, and they refuse to engage with players in any way that doesn’t center around them.
If you’re gonna’ go up there with a mic at least be funny, aaaaa.
I feel attacked.
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@Yam said in MU Peeves Thread:
Peeve, the (bad) public chat comedian. Everything is a fumbled attempt at a joke and a convo killer. We are nothing but a captive audience to them, and they refuse to engage with players in any way that doesn’t center around them.
If you’re gonna’ go up there with a mic at least be funny, aaaaa.
what’s the deal with airplane food amirite
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@hellfrog said in MU Peeves Thread:
@Yam said in MU Peeves Thread:
Peeve, the (bad) public chat comedian. Everything is a fumbled attempt at a joke and a convo killer. We are nothing but a captive audience to them, and they refuse to engage with players in any way that doesn’t center around them.
If you’re gonna’ go up there with a mic at least be funny, aaaaa.
what’s the deal with airplane food amirite
Said during a funeral scene
Game-runner of Silent Heaven, a small-town horror MU.
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@Jumpscare said in MU Peeves Thread:
@hellfrog said in MU Peeves Thread:
@Yam said in MU Peeves Thread:
Peeve, the (bad) public chat comedian. Everything is a fumbled attempt at a joke and a convo killer. We are nothing but a captive audience to them, and they refuse to engage with players in any way that doesn’t center around them.
If you’re gonna’ go up there with a mic at least be funny, aaaaa.
what’s the deal with airplane food amirite
Said during a funeral scene
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@Yam Imagine a horror game where seven out of every ten characters ICly are this person and they all do it at each other all the time and you have my peeve.
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@BurnNotice said in MU Peeves Thread:
Imagine a horror game where seven out of every ten characters ICly are this person
Now I want to group app a bunch of failed comedians moving together to a creepy small town to try and rebuild after getting booed out of The Comedy Store.
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@BurnNotice why are you attacking Silent Heaven like this?
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T Tez forked this topic on
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My peeve is that this hobby is like a teenage toxic ex to me. I want to give it time, but I don’t have time to really give it. I like the good times, but the bad times were BAD. However, I still really love and miss it. I can’t really quit it, but I can’t start it and I’m in a loop of I miss the stories and writing, but then… but then.
I love all of you though!
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@RightMeow said in MU Peeves Thread:
My peeve is that this hobby is like a teenage toxic ex to me.
wow you look great these days girl
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