MU Peeves Thread
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I want to RP, but I am physically and emotionally miserable at the moment. I want to RP so bad tho.
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Iām glum about a circumstance that I canāt really talk about with anyone and itās just one of those things where I wish I had some no-judgment RP therapist to vent at. I feel dumb about it, but then also angry and hurt and offended and sad and scared/anxious. The answer is to walk away, but I donāt want to walk away. Meh. Iāll get over it.
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@KarmaBum I rather like meeting NPCs. But I hate deals where I get the impression that the lionās share, no, the giant fucking manticoreās share, of significant action is between metaplot NPCs, and/or where those PCs who have plot related agency are all doing it via NPC retainers.
If I wanted non-interactive situations where I canāt see whatās going on, well, thereās shitloads of teevee that fits the bill and is a lot more entertaining. If I wanted a play-by-email Iād have joined one.
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The ever present feeling that people are RPing with me because game policy says they have to include people in public spaces, but secretly they wish I would just go away.
(Which is wholly rooted in my own brain, and absolutely not anyone making me feel unwelcome.)
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@Cobalt Are you me?
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@Popes Thatās the last thing we need, Pope Cobalt.
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@KarmaBum Theyāre all characters, so whatās the difference? Like a PCs NPCs, sure, I can vibe with that to an extent.
But staff NPCs or metalplot NPCs? Generally thatās one of the main methods on how the metaplot is delivered via interactions with whatever NPC is being used as a plot device.
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There are things I really like about Ares, but if youāve got āis everyone hanging out without meā brain weasels it sure does love to show you scrolling pages of private scenes that say yes, yes they are.
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@DrQuinn said in MU Peeves Thread:
There are things I really like about Ares, but if youāve got āis everyone hanging out without meā brain weasels it sure does love to show you scrolling pages of private scenes that say yes, yes they are.
Yeah. I kinda wish we couldnāt see who was in private scenes or how long ago they posed and whatnot.
The main draw of having a page for āactive scenesā is that it tells you āthere are people rping on this game, look, see?ā Anything beyond that, like knowing how long itās been since there was activity, or knowing who is in each particular scene feels more detrimental to the collective psychological stability of a gameās playerbase than anything. I could make a case for staff-run events so that new players and guests can see how active staff is in running stuff, but otherwiseā¦ itās just food for the brain weasels.
In Occam I trust.
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@KarmaBum is this about me???
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@farfalla said in MU Peeves Thread:
@KarmaBum is this about me???
lololol not even a little bit
It was actually 'cause I was playing with someone who uses her NPCs very well (Hera@LA2043), and it naturally triggered my cold dead heart to remember how much I hate when people donāt know how to send their NPCs off to NPCland.
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Iām just echoing some shit thatās been said already. Mostly in solidarity with the fact that this isnāt just me. I hate looking at +where and seeing people who are my friends doing stuff together without me. I know this is selfish, but my brain worms tell me āOf course theyāre playing without you. You suck shit and should just go cry in a corner you pathetic waste of space.ā
Then I go cry in a corner as a pathetic waste of space instead of doing the smart thing and asking to join in because I hate being a bother to people I like. Which just reinforces the brain worms. Which makes the cycle worse.
I gotta get better at asking for RP.
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@Popes Yeah. And Aresā āActive Scenesā page is essentially like spamming +where but on crack.
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@Yam said in MU Peeves Thread:
Iām glum about a circumstance that I canāt really talk about with anyone and itās just one of those things where I wish I had some no-judgment RP therapist to vent at. I feel dumb about it, but then also angry and hurt and offended and sad and scared/anxious. The answer is to walk away, but I donāt want to walk away. Meh. Iāll get over it.
Me about 2-3 weeks ago. I donāt know your circumstances, but at least know youāre not the only one.
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@Coin said in MU Peeves Thread:
Yeah. I kinda wish we couldnāt see who was in private scenes or how long ago they posed and whatnot.
The main draw of having a page for āactive scenesā is that it tells you āthere are people rping on this game, look, see?ā Anything beyond that, like knowing how long itās been since there was activity, or knowing who is in each particular scene feels more detrimental to the collective psychological stability of a gameās playerbase than anything. I could make a case for staff-run events so that new players and guests can see how active staff is in running stuff, but otherwiseā¦ itās just food for the brain weasels.
Okay I felt petty for it so now Iām glad someone else said it.
I have tried to get into Ares games a couple times now and the giant list of private scenes has, and I am using no hyperbole here, taken the wind out of my sails psychologically on both occasions. It makes the game feel impenetrable to me, as if putting all of the RP Iām not involved in on display makes it feel like my part in it is going to be insignificant. I can easily pick apart this in a number of ways that make it feel uncomfortable to complain about, but itās there.
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@shit-piss-love Yeah, it hit me like that too. Like, itās great that there are so many people RPing, but when thereās 30+ private scenes and not one open scene thatās telling me thereās a lot of RP happening on this game that I justā¦donāt have access to as a new person.
Iād much rather see a list of OPEN scenes and maybe a little line saying something like āthereās 34 active scenes!ā
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@Popes Okay, maybe we are the same personā¦.
What color is your hair currently??? Black or purple???
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@Cobalt Blurple best colour.
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@Cobalt It brown, but soon will be gone in the biannual shearing.
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@Yam said in MU Peeves Thread:
Iām glum about a circumstance that I canāt really talk about with anyone and itās just one of those things where I wish I had some no-judgment RP therapist to vent at. I feel dumb about it, but then also angry and hurt and offended and sad and scared/anxious. The answer is to walk away, but I donāt want to walk away. Meh. Iāll get over it.
hey, hey. pick me. i no longer RP, but i used to so i get things. i am also non-judgey, i swear. and i make a good therapist, iāve been told!
these services are available for anyone. hit me up on discord @ gem#2769
eta: doctor-patient confidentiality guaranteed! by my own forgetfulness, that iāll not remember the conversation after a couple hours.
