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    • KestrelK
      Kestrel @GF
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      @GF said in Bannings:

      @Kestrel said in Bannings:

      The last two threads on MSB serve as an excellent reminder that misogyny and Authoritarianism often go hand in hand.

      I did notice how concerned certain parties seem to be that whatever replaces the Hog Pit going forward must make sure that harassers be allowed to argue back, while people accusing harassers must bring receipts or else be in violation of the new code of conduct. Definitely got a sense of “bitches be crazy, we need to protect men from their hysterical accusations by arbitrating whether they actually experienced what they say they did.”

      Yes. And in fact, to the person on the tail end of that thread who wove their own tale of woe about how they themselves were once wrongfully accused, who wanted to see the database erased, and for MSB to safeguard against the persecution of innocent men in future, I want to say this:

      I don’t know what you were accused of, but I bet it was true.

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      • SnacknessS
        Snackness @Testament
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        @Testament They’re consolidating power. But it’s okay because it’s an internet forum and they don’t actually have any power.

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        • Sam HydeS
          Sam Hyde @Snackness
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          @Snackness said in Bannings:

          @Testament They’re consolidating power. But it’s okay because it’s an internet forum and they don’t actually have any power.

          Not only is it for an Internet forum and therefore they don’t have any power, it’s for an objectively dying sub-segment of a hobby we know as “roleplaying.” Roleplay is actually gaining a lot of popularity, but it’s not on these command line Telnet games; that’s going bye bye.

          You and I are part of the lunatic fringe just by dint of being on either of these forums in the first place.

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          • PavelP
            Pavel @Sam Hyde
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            @Sam-Hyde said in Bannings:

            Not only is it for an Internet forum and therefore they don’t have any power, it’s for an objectively dying sub-segment of a hobby we know as “roleplaying.” Roleplay is actually gaining a lot of popularity, but it’s not on these command line Telnet games; that’s going bye bye.

            I was with you right up until this. It’s not objectively dying. It’s not as popular as it once was, but it’s fine. New people still find us, we’re still having fun, it’s fine.

            He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.
            BE AN ADULT

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            • Sam HydeS
              Sam Hyde @Pavel
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              @Pavel said in Bannings:

              @Sam-Hyde said in Bannings:

              Not only is it for an Internet forum and therefore they don’t have any power, it’s for an objectively dying sub-segment of a hobby we know as “roleplaying.” Roleplay is actually gaining a lot of popularity, but it’s not on these command line Telnet games; that’s going bye bye.

              I was with you right up until this. It’s not objectively dying. It’s not as popular as it once was, but it’s fine. New people still find us, we’re still having fun, it’s fine.

              That’s fine. It’s not like I have some kind of animus for MU*'s; it’s just that almost all of the RPing I see online now is done by voice chat, by web forums, and by other things like Discord with Tupperbox. I trawl these boards for new MUSHes and stuff and let me tell you, I see fewer and fewer of those.

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              • Third EyeT
                Third Eye @kalakh
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                @kalakh said in Bannings:

                Someone’s permabanned because they said "fuck you’ to Ganymede in the middle of a drama firestorm? It was perfectly fine to say “fuck you” to anyone in the Hog Pit at the time, for any reason, in any atmosphere.

                The pearl-clutching about ‘bad language’, especially from folks with certain post histories, is really something to see, not gonna lie, but it reaches such heights of tone-deaf hilarity I can’t even be mad about it.

                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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                • MegM
                  Meg @KarmaBum
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                  @KarmaBum if you do, i’m gonna rewrite the narrative that you ignored me because i asked for some ACCOUNTABILITY on your banned image.

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                  • PavelP
                    Pavel @Third Eye
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                    @Third-Eye You can always feel free to call me a motherfucker if you want. There’s a caveat to our basic respect rule that excludes me, specifically.

                    He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.
                    BE AN ADULT

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                      GF @Third Eye
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                      @Third-Eye said in Bannings:

                      The pearl-clutching about ‘bad language’, especially from folks with certain post histories, is really something to see, not gonna lie, but it reaches such heights of tone-deaf hilarity I can’t even be mad about it.

                      I personally interpret prohibitions against bad language as instead being a demand for obeisance. Like, remember the milkshake panic three or four years ago where people would throw milkshakes at shitty politicians, and the political class in general acted like throwing a milkshake was as bad as the sum total of every bad act the milkshake was meant to protest because it’s not civil and respectful?

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                        Pyrephox Administrators @Sam Hyde
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                        @Sam-Hyde said in Bannings:

                        I’ve been a pretty long-time lurker on MSB, logging in occasionally just to see if a new game got advertised (increasingly rare), and I must say that it’s a good thing you had a split. Also the people who make new games tend to get run off for various reasons. Not sure how much of a fan I am of that.

                        This is something that has concerned me, as well. If I have any ‘hopes’ for this board, it involves the Helping Hands subforum, and that there will be room for people to talk about interesting ideas without having those ideas instantly shot down by people who have very specific ideas of how MU*s ‘should’ work and are all too gleeful to talk about how trying anything else is doomed, DOOMED and will never survive.

                        It’s something that I’ve heard game designers and potential game designers talk about for years and when people are already considering putting hours and hours of work into something, having a bunch of people all too ready to pour buckets of cold water on any idea that isn’t exactly like five hundred games that have gone before is very discouraging.

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                        • TNPT
                          TNP @Pavel
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                          @Pavel Motherfucker is so crude and low brow. Insults should be more interesting such as calling someone a pillock or cockalorum.

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                            GF @Pyrephox
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                            @Pyrephox I know that after a break-up, there’s a period where a person defines themself by their opposition to the ended relationship, and that’s natural and fine. I’m really hoping we start to develop a more positive identity soon, though, by which I mean defining ourselves in terms of what we’re for rather than whom we’re against.

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                            • PavelP
                              Pavel @GF
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                              @GF We’re for taco Tuesdays, no-pants Fridays, and the violent and utter overthrow of the capitalistic, white-supremacist patriarchy. And tea.

                              He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.
                              BE AN ADULT

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                              • Sam HydeS
                                Sam Hyde @Pyrephox
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                                @Pyrephox said in Bannings:

                                @Sam-Hyde said in Bannings:

                                I’ve been a pretty long-time lurker on MSB, logging in occasionally just to see if a new game got advertised (increasingly rare), and I must say that it’s a good thing you had a split. Also the people who make new games tend to get run off for various reasons. Not sure how much of a fan I am of that.

                                This is something that has concerned me, as well. If I have any ‘hopes’ for this board, it involves the Helping Hands subforum, and that there will be room for people to talk about interesting ideas without having those ideas instantly shot down by people who have very specific ideas of how MU*s ‘should’ work and are all too gleeful to talk about how trying anything else is doomed, DOOMED and will never survive.

                                It’s something that I’ve heard game designers and potential game designers talk about for years and when people are already considering putting hours and hours of work into something, having a bunch of people all too ready to pour buckets of cold water on any idea that isn’t exactly like five hundred games that have gone before is very discouraging.

                                I’ve done some pretty wacky stuff, like run a Werewolf: the Forsaken 2e game over the fediverse. So I’m definitely in agreement, people get way too attached to their ideas about how things ought to be especially with respect to pretendy fun time elfgames on the computer.

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                                  Pyrephox Administrators @Pavel
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                                  @Pavel said in Bannings:

                                  @GF We’re for taco Tuesdays, no-pants Fridays, and the violent and utter overthrow of the capitalistic, white-supremacist patriarchy. And tea.

                                  This really does summarize my basic philosophy of life. Except that every day is Taco Tuesday.

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                                  • crawfishC
                                    crawfish @TNP
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                                    @TNP “Mitch McConnell’s Necrotic Left Tit”?

                                    I mean as far as creative cursing.

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

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                                      Testament @crawfish
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                                      @crawfish I would’ve said Mitch McConnell’s Undulating Turkeyneck.

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

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                                      • KarmaBumK
                                        KarmaBum @Meg
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                                        @Meg Someday, I’mma stop answering your posts…

                                        …and you’ll always just have to wonder…

                                        🤔

                                        @kalakh said in Bannings:

                                        Someone’s permabanned because they said "fuck you’ to Ganymede in the middle of a drama firestorm?

                                        Dude, I never even got to say fuck you to anyone.

                                        These are the posts that got us PERMANENTLY banned.

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                                        It was at the time and remains even now completely arbitrary.

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                                        • KarmaBumK
                                          KarmaBum @kalakh
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                                          • SnacknessS
                                            Snackness @KarmaBum
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                                            @KarmaBum Right? I WISH I’d gotten a FUCK YOU in. Shoulda used the DMs.

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