Numetal/Retromux

xCroaker

If you are part of the IT Crowd for Werewolf or Vampire
(coughcough a ST for one sphere but playing in another sphere coughcough), this is a GREAT game.

If not, may the odds (of being noticed by STs/players/etc) be ever in your favor.

This game had potential after jujube/inuki/pikachu/etc left but still has that the feeling of, if you’re not part of the ST crowd, don’t bother.

ETA: I will say the game is better without the toxic former headstaff but still has the clique energy. Do with that what you will.

Agreed. We stopped playing werewolf as a pack, it just wasn’t working out in a way that was fun for us. The story really focused on one pack for a long time, and by the time that stopped, if it stopped, I think my pack lost interest in playing. It’s terrible because I really enjoyed the character I created. I put a lot of creative thought into that character and would try to really RP and get involved.

catzilla

@Yam No specific tea to share from me. Just observations from my time spent there.

Gashlycrumb

Which is the staffer there who played the de-facto PC leadership for vampire on Liberation and appeared to make it so players could choose between a) taking risks for and licking the ass of a “leader” who insulted them, openly informed them that he’d fuck them over at the slightest chance, and never rewarded them, and b) being unable to be involved in any plot?

Jennkryst

[Insert joke complaint about no mummy, nagah, and wyrm here]

Pavel

@Gashlycrumb said in Numetal/Retromux:

taking risks for and licking the ass of a “leader” who insulted them, openly informed them that he’d fuck them over at the slightest chance, and never rewarded them

Common Camarilla L.

MisterBoring

@Gashlycrumb said in Numetal/Retromux:

taking risks for and licking the ass of a “leader” who insulted them, openly informed them that he’d fuck them over at the slightest chance, and never rewarded them

Isn’t this just on-theme for… Vampire?

Pavel

@MisterBoring said in Numetal/Retromux:

@Gashlycrumb said in Numetal/Retromux:

taking risks for and licking the ass of a “leader” who insulted them, openly informed them that he’d fuck them over at the slightest chance, and never rewarded them

Isn’t this just on-theme for… Vampire?

I guess it’d depend on whether they’re doing that to the characters or to the players. Given it’s PC leadership in WoD, it could be either or both.

MisterBoring

@Pavel said in Numetal/Retromux:

in WoD, it could be either or both.

Very Very true.

The whole shading them out of plot thing is definitely an asshole move though.

Gashlycrumb

@MisterBoring said in Numetal/Retromux:

Isn’t this just on-theme for… Vampire?

Erm, yes, in the sense that drinking blood is on-theme for vampire. No, in the sense that dropping Peter Dinklage into a wood-chipper and enjoying him as a slurpee on stage during the first act of Twelfth Night in Central Park is not.

You’re not supposed to be able to maintain power by making everyone refuse to cooperate with you. There was a fair bit of “well, I have to quit the game because I’ve got a herniated disk from bending over backwards coming up with IC excuses to continue to deal with this ass and there’s no other way to get involved.”

Pavel

@Gashlycrumb said in Numetal/Retromux:

You’re not supposed to be able to maintain power by making everyone refuse to cooperate with you.

Ah, the <insert political party> gambit.

somasatori

@Pavel said in Numetal/Retromux:

@Gashlycrumb said in Numetal/Retromux:
<insert political party>

Hate those guys

Jennkryst

@Gashlycrumb said in Numetal/Retromux:

You’re not supposed to be able to maintain power by making everyone refuse to cooperate with you.

At a point, just attempt the IC coup and if you die you die, OR new prince.

Gashlycrumb

@Pavel Yeah. This resemblence makes it all the more infuriating.

@Jennkryst Stupidly enough, I was actually directly told that I wasn’t allowed to try to do that.

Jennkryst

@Gashlycrumb Bold of them to assume they can stop you from @emitting and +rolling. Sure they can say you fail, but then its blatant cheating on their part that everyone can see.

Gashlycrumb

@Jennkryst Eehh. Well, fact is, I told the GM what I was trying to do and was told I couldn’t try. It required. GMing. And NPCs and stuff. I guess I could have just run in and tried to shoot him or something, but an intelligent plan that ought to have had a chance of working rather than just being a disruptive kamikaze scene, no.