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    • CoinC
      Coin
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      Yeah, well, I live in Argentina, where inflation, recession, and political upheaval are our natural disasters.

      In Occam I trust.

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      • SammichS
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        The lack of OC-only Superhero games frustrates me.

        Like I guess I understand why people want to play their favourite comic book characters (it’s the sex, right? <_<) but that scene just isn’t for me. I want to play my own character, not be confined to someone else’s. But playing an OC on a game full of actual comic book characters makes it reaaally hard to break in or, y’know, feel like you matter at all.

        I mean I suppose maybe there just isn’t much demand. Honestly I’m not even sure myself why I want to play a superhero game to begin with. Maybe I just want a contemporary and/or near future setting that isn’t all dark and cynical? So if you guys know of a place like that I’m all ears.

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        • crawfishC
          crawfish @Sammich
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          @Sammich I can’t play my favorite superheroes. I wanna play my OWN superhero! I second this peeve.

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          • Third EyeT
            Third Eye @Sammich
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            @Sammich said in MU Peeves Thread:

            The lack of OC-only Superhero games frustrates me.

            It always feel like the audience for supes games is so much players who want to play the comics characters, which sucks as someone who doesn’t but does think the world-saving adventures and powersets would theoretically be fun.

            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

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            • RinelR
              Rinel @Sammich
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              @Sammich You might have luck asking around the MASKS community—it’s a popular rules-lite ttrpg about being a superhero, and I’m sure there are folks there who have similar interests. Idk if there’s a MU* that does what you want, but there’s probably decent forum/discord RP.

              bird's still the word

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                GF @Sammich
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                @Sammich I’d play on such a game.

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                • SpaceKhomeiniS
                  SpaceKhomeini @Third Eye
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                  @Third-Eye said in MU Peeves Thread:

                  @Sammich said in MU Peeves Thread:

                  The lack of OC-only Superhero games frustrates me.

                  It always feel like the audience for supes games is so much players who want to play the comics characters, which sucks as someone who doesn’t but does think the world-saving adventures and powersets would theoretically be fun.

                  Yup, I am intensely with you on this. Plus — picking up a pregenned history and personality just feels a little bit like work to me. This is probably why I’ve never really tried too hard to go roster somewhere.

                  I woke up feeling so good, I think I’d better call in sick/ I need a personal trainer to help me hold my drink
                  I plan to be spontaneous next time we meet/I’m putting off procrastinating until next week
                  I’ll get onto it when I give a shit

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                  • helveticaH
                    helvetica @Third Eye
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                    @Third-Eye I’m a way bigger fan of OC superhero games (which is where we first met!). I’ve only ever stomached FC/OC games out of necessity because I like having superpowers that much.

                    And I legit dislike when game runners throw the whole kitchen sink in. Pick a lane. None of this DC+Marvel nonsense.

                    Street Cred

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                    • RozR
                      Roz @helvetica
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                      @helvetica said in MU Peeves Thread:

                      @Third-Eye I’m a way bigger fan of OC superhero games (which is where we first met!). I’ve only ever stomached FC/OC games out of necessity because I like having superpowers that much.

                      i hate to tell you this, but x-factor was FC/OC. just that a lot of the FC options from the x-men movies weren’t really accessible due to when the game was set.

                      unless you met third-eye on a TOTALLY DIFFERENT GAME THAN I THOUGHT in which case you can ignore me

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                      • helveticaH
                        helvetica @Roz
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                        @Roz well as long as you hated to tell me this

                        Street Cred

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                        • RozR
                          Roz @helvetica
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                          @helvetica said in MU Peeves Thread:

                          @Roz well as long as you hated to tell me this

                          i HATED it. every moment. i just couldn’t live with myself.

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                            Testament
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                            My only experience I’ve had with FC/OC super based games is the fact that OC supers tend to get overlooked compared to FCs. Which sure, I suppose that’s to be expected. But at the same time a purely OC super game would be pretty fun. I suppose it’s a me thing, being wholly unable to play an already established character. And I’ve noticed it specifically only happens on super games.

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                              GF
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                              Just saying, Arx doesn’t allow you to app OCs, Lord of the Rings characters, and/or Game of Thrones characters.

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                              • ArkandelA
                                Arkandel @GF
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                                @GF said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                Just saying, Arx doesn’t allow you to app OCs, Lord of the Rings characters, and/or Game of Thrones characters.

                                ?

                                I figure it’s sarcasm but I don’t understand the context.

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                                  • SolsticeS
                                    Solstice @Testament
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                                    @Testament

                                    Have noticed this as well. It turns into less RP and more elaborate collaborative fanfiction, and it’s a bit tiring if that’s not what you signed up for (or are an OC.)

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                                    • helveticaH
                                      helvetica @Solstice
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                                      @Solstice said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                      @Testament

                                      less RP and more elaborate collaborative fanfiction

                                      I feel that

                                      Street Cred

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                                        Testament
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                                        Self peeve after the posts from earlier this week in this thread. As a GM, I’m often asked to do plenty of one-on-one scenes, largely because I have an entire Excel file dedicated to every character’s personal plot and I enjoy doing those kind of things. So pretty often I’m in a couple of private scenes at a time, be it on my staff bit or an NPC.

                                        And now I look at the active scenes on my game and I get mildly self-conscious, as I have little desire to drive potential players away because of how the scene lists look.

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                                        • tsarT
                                          tsar @Testament
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                                          @Testament said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                          And now I look at the active scenes on my game and I get mildly self-conscious, as I have little desire to drive potential players away because of how the scene lists look.

                                          Hi, I’m back. Are you having fun? Does your playerbase seem happy, drama-free-ish, and active by what you’d consider active?

                                          Don’t let brain weasels weasel their way in.

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                                            Pyrephox Administrators @Testament
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                                            @Testament Honestly, never worry about running one-on-one scenes for PCs as a staff member. That’s amazing! Keep it up!

                                            And just because people have peeves, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a dealbreaker for them. I actually enjoy seeing all the active scenes, even the ones I’m not in and couldn’t join if I wanted to, because I know I might get some fun-to-read logs out of it, and when other people are RPing, then sometimes it means I get cool scenes that touch on those things, and then I feel like a part of a truly overarching narrative.

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