MU Peeves Thread

[L. B. Heuschkel]

@tsar Sometimes it’s a cock-up and sometimes it isn’t. I’d suggest looking at this other person and their general behaviour. If they’re usually solid, it’s probably a cock-up.

[mietze]

@L-B-Heuschkel i hear you and have def seen accidentally on purpose mavs or mispages before but honestly I don’t think that is what happened this time. I have definitely had worse slip ups in my mushing years, but just it hit a little harder due to unrelated stuff that was just not anything anyone could help.

But yeah a pattern of that stuff is something thats a red flag that I’m sure a lot of us have experienced! And thanks to all. I’m feeling a lot better this AM.

[Pavel]

@L-B-Heuschkel Honestly, if they’re saying this sort of thing anyway, then I wouldn’t bother looking into their behaviour and just write them off. There are only so many hours in the day.

[Testament]

Having one of those moments where I don’t think I run scenes well. And it’s so stupid because I’m told otherwise by the people involved while it’s happening.

One moment I get to play enigmatic vague NPC who’s designed to keep PCs guessing on what his motives actually. And the next moment I’m playing an oversized owl who’s a caretaker of a large hidden library of lost knowledge.

I really enjoy playing all these multiples hats, and juggling them them at the same time. But it still never stops me from thinking I’m doing a piss-poor job of it. I simply dislike having these prolonged moments of doubt.

[spiriferida]

@L-B-Heuschkel

The only way this would be a reasonable suggestion to make is if you were someone familiar with the situation, had observed a pattern of behavior from the person, and were offering support. ‘Please consider the possibility that there’s a conspiracy against you’ is such a wild thing to say from the popcorn gallery, regardless of what’s going on in other discussions.

[Ashkuri]

@Testament ya everyone wants like 30 poses from you every day cause you are super bad at it

Dismiss the Brain Gremlin. If beating yourself up worked, it would have worked by now.

[tsar]

@imstillhere said in MU Peeves Thread:

If beating yourself up worked, it would have worked by now.

R u sure

[Ashkuri]

@tsar lol

I’m pretty sure!!

[Testament]

@imstillhere I didn’t say it was rational, I’m just letting it get to me because I consistently get these moments of ‘oh god is this even interesting or fun’ and other moments it’s more ‘oh shit, when are the players going to figure out that I’m just making shit up as I go half of the time?’

Despite the fact that the DnD DM I learned from years ago told me that half-assing stuff tends to create the best content or stories. I still don’t know how accurate that is.

[Jennkryst]

@imstillhere said in MU Peeves Thread:

@Testament ya everyone wants like 30 poses from you every day cause you are super bad at it

Dismiss the Brain Gremlin. If beating yourself up worked, it would have worked by now.

Are we sure they want 30 poses a day from someone without a pony?

[Testament]

@Jennkryst sobs uncontrollably I WILL NEVER BE COMPLETE AGAIN.

[IoleRae]

@Testament

If you keep this up you are going to get an ACTUAL PONY for Christmas. I hope you have a plan on where to keep it.

[Artemis]

I cannot stand played-bys.
Hear me out. I’m a blind player of text games and have been for a long time, but was only introduced to the idea of a PB when I got into mushing. Where I play currently, it’s a common thing on wikis and the like for the people who want to put them, which is obvi fine. When I started to app on Ares games, though, the played-by as a literal component of character creation kind of grated on me, especially since it shows up at the end of character descs and the name of the actor is in the profile. I have to go to staff every time like yeah hey sorry im leaving this out because i can’t see. But this isn’t a dig at Ares, just the prevalence of pictures to convey imagery in what’s supposed to be a text medium.
I know this is like probably super unpopular and obviously a very personal bias. I’ve spent years honing my knack for physical description, and one of the main draws of a mush for me, other than them being one of the only types of games I can play, is the niche art of making pretty stuff with words. I don’t think PBs negate this or anything, but it’ll always be a peeve for me when I can’t get a good visual from a desc because the person is relying more on a picture. I have the same philosophy about ascii but that’s a whole other rant.

[shit-piss-love]

@Artemis If it makes you feel better I’ll top your unpopular opinion. I think a big part of why PBs are the rage is because people want to fuck with and be fucked by actors and models.

EDIT: I also think that’s fine. Do you. Or Henry Cavill. Or, guaranteed, Jason Momoa show me a game where he’s not someone’s PB.

[oknow]

@Artemis Your peeve doesn’t have to be shared by multiple people to be valid.

[Testament]

@Artemis I think for a lot of Ares games, it’s listed as an option, but by no means mandatory to put one done. I’ve seen a lot of people just put their own art up and leave the Played By space as blank.

As for descriptions, I have this particular mental or creative block when it comes to describing faces. I can write concepts and themes and systems all day. But describing how something looks? I also struggle with it to the point where it just becomes far more frustrating than what it’s worth.

[farfalla]

@Artemis This is such a useful perspective, thank you.

I personally just don’t care about PBs. I enjoy poking around and finding my own to help myself envision my own character, but never once will I ever look at another person’s PB and I also find it irritating when it seems like I’m supposed to check or remember them. On the other hand I also don’t really read descs so maybe I’m the problem.

[GF]

@Artemis I will further build off your peeve by saying PBs feel really weird and uncomfortable to me, like trying to steal an actor’s charisma and social clout for yourself. I think if I found out someone stole a photo of me to claim to look like me in interactions with others, I would feel very violated.

[Testament]

@GF I think it’s unenviable position. Either you’re really good at describing how someone looks, or you’re a good enough artists to make your own PBs. Or you just pay someone to do the art for you, which is always a viable option too.

I dunno if there’s a better option for people who lack both of those skills. But that sounds like a me problem where I just imagine everyone as the gray NPC template with their name plastered on their forehead.

[junipersky]

Third option: have a friend write your desc.

Also, I wish we would normalize not-pretty descz but functional descs.

He is slightly shorter than an average man. His hair is brown. He has few noticeable muscles. His eyes are brown. He has a scar above his right eyebrow.