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    Weirdest Things You've Researched for MU*s

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    • AriaA
      Aria
      last edited by Aria

      Ohh, wait. I totally forgot about the time I had to research how many toes ungulates had entirely because of VASpider.

      If you played on Haunted Memories back in the day and ever wondered why we had a very specific and obnoxious rule about having your Fang & Talon contracts labelled by scientific genus, it’s because most people would submit their request with labels like “dogs” or “monkeys” or whatever, which was easy and reasonable. VASpider, meanwhile, had a habit of submitting their requests to us with annoyingly and deliberately vague terms that would lump together what most people would consider far too broad in an attempt to game the system. Then the entire Changeling staff would spend either an afternoon arguing amongst themselves or arguing with Spider about their request.

      When it reached the point that I was literally Googling the number of animal toes because they’d put in a request for “even-toed ungulates”, I finally lost my shit and decided that everyone was going have their Fang & Talon contracts listed by scientific genus now because I was not going to have this argument every single month. Loki told me I had to apply a rule change that was standardized and clear instead of telling them to just fuck off with this nonsense and that was the result.

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      • crawfishC
        crawfish
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        Mineral composition based on geographical locations and geological history.

        I draw things! http://www.mahaldoodles.com

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        • ToriT
          Tori @crawfish
          last edited by

          @crawfish said in Weirdest Things You've Researched for MU*s:

          Mineral composition based on geographical locations and geological history.

          Saaaame.

          Also, trebuchets, siege weapons, how to build, how long fire can last on something flying through the air, what to use to make fire on what things to fling, etc.

          Probably not worrisome to governments but perhaps to my HOA is the aerodynamics of cows.

          she/her, them/they - not super particular

          I have been here the whole time

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            Roadspike
            last edited by

            Comparisons between plastic explosives and commercial explosives/high-speed explosives and lower-speed explosives.

            Which does more damage to structures, which is more likely to work as an IED, which is more likely to do more as an improvised claymore… yeeeeeah.

            Formerly known as Seraphim73 (he/him)

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            • RozR
              Roz
              last edited by

              together, we could take over the world, guys

              she/her | playlist

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              • helveticaH
                helvetica @Roz
                last edited by

                @Roz I’m picturing the beginning of a Charlie’s Angels movie where they list each member’s specialties.

                Street Cred

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                • crawfishC
                  crawfish @Tori
                  last edited by

                  @Tori “NO YOU WOULD NOT CALL IT ‘TANZANITE’ you’d call it TWILIGHT STONE or something. GOD.”

                  I draw things! http://www.mahaldoodles.com

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                  • AriaA
                    Aria @helvetica
                    last edited by

                    @helvetica said in Weirdest Things You've Researched for MU*s:

                    @Roz I’m picturing the beginning of a Charlie’s Angels movie where they list each member’s specialties.

                    We need some good crossover with 1930s pulp novels so my obscure and otherwise useless knowledge of mummy tattoos can come into play at exactly the right moment.

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                    • farfallaF
                      farfalla
                      last edited by

                      I’ve googled much worse things as a librarian than for RP. I did once research medieval instruments for a ridiculous scene with @helvetica involving a sackbut and a lot of miming.

                      as previously stated, good day.

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                      • L. B. HeuschkelL
                        L. B. Heuschkel @Roz
                        last edited by

                        @Roz said in Weirdest Things You've Researched for MU*s:

                        together, we could take over the world, guys

                        And sacrifice it to the Devil while high on wolfsbane.

                        Any pronouns. Come to Chincoteague. We have ponies. http://keys.aresmush.com

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                        • KestrelK
                          Kestrel
                          last edited by Kestrel

                          How to amputate someone’s leg if you can’t get to a hospital.

                          Natural abortifacients and contraceptives found in the wild.

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                          • ToriT
                            Tori @crawfish
                            last edited by

                            @crawfish said in Weirdest Things You've Researched for MU*s:

                            @Tori “NO YOU WOULD NOT CALL IT ‘TANZANITE’ you’d call it TWILIGHT STONE or something. GOD.”

                            Damn you Tiffany’s straight to hell!
                            (except at C’mas time - momma needs to get the girl spawn fancy earrings)

                            The amount of times I’ve excitedly found a nifty blue stone name, only to discover it is found in some far-flung RL land wholly impossible to pass for or be found around Arx as semiprecious… 😞

                            she/her, them/they - not super particular

                            I have been here the whole time

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                            • HerjaH
                              Herja
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                              The exact sound a bat makes.

                              Close second: How did ship battles happen before cannons.

                              lol lmao

                              It's me, hi, I'm the problem it's me

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                              • WizzW
                                Wizz
                                last edited by

                                How many live spiders could reasonably fit into a manila envelope.

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                                • R
                                  Rathenhope
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                                  The most specific thing I’ve researched for RP was “the application process for a library card in the Grand County Library District in Colorado and the necessary forms of identification.”

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                                    Rathenhope
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                                    Double post to add that I was aware at this point that @Tat is a librarian and I was worried I’d get it wrong and look like a fool in front of her.

                                    There is a reason a lot of my poses at that time were rolls Library Science, “Jonathan does library stuff.”

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                                    • Third EyeT
                                      Third Eye @Rathenhope
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                                      @Rathenhope
                                      Spirit Lake was non-stop Googling small town infrastructure and businesses in Grand Lake, CO. I sometimes wonder if any tech people in that little town were ever like ‘Where the hell are these website hits coming from and why do they care about the high school marching band?’

                                      I want something else to get me through this
                                      Semi-charmed kinda life, baby, baby
                                      I want something else, I'm not listening when you say good-bye

                                      She/Her or They/Them

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                                      • SolsticeS
                                        Solstice
                                        last edited by

                                        Plausible HVAC-related causes of death.

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                                          Testament
                                          last edited by Testament

                                          Yearly corn crop rotations and how that affects the surrounding wildlife during colder winter months.

                                          Also, and anyone who knew me on the my turn while playing Magnus on Arx, I got really into being as oddly specific about wild animal herd cultivation, harvesting, and protections as it relates to mammoths.

                                          Some of my fellow players, oddly, thought this was weird sticking point to me, to which I would reply, “THEY ARE CULTUALLY SIGNIFIGANT.”

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

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                                          • crawfishC
                                            crawfish @Tori
                                            last edited by

                                            @Tori said in Weirdest Things You've Researched for MU*s:

                                            @crawfish said in Weirdest Things You've Researched for MU*s:

                                            @Tori “NO YOU WOULD NOT CALL IT ‘TANZANITE’ you’d call it TWILIGHT STONE or something. GOD.”

                                            Damn you Tiffany’s straight to hell!
                                            (except at C’mas time - momma needs to get the girl spawn fancy earrings)

                                            The amount of times I’ve excitedly found a nifty blue stone name, only to discover it is found in some far-flung RL land wholly impossible to pass for or be found around Arx as semiprecious… 😞

                                            But then you ask me and we find one!

                                            I draw things! http://www.mahaldoodles.com

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