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    L. B. Heuschkel @Testament
    last edited by 30 Jun 2023, 11:42

    @Testament That. You can’t accommodate everyone, it’s simply not possible. You can try to accommodate as many as possible or a specific segment. You’ll need superhuman staff to get them -all-.

    Any pronouns. Come to Chincoteague. We have ponies. http://keys.aresmush.com

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      Polk @Testament
      last edited by 30 Jun 2023, 12:42

      @Testament Yup, you can’t please everyone, and it’s a bad idea to try.

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        RightMeow @tsar
        last edited by 2 Jul 2023, 03:05

        @tsar
        This has been me this whole year. I quit my toxic job of many years and it’s like all the pent up tiredness and emotional stuff and mental toxic drain has finally hit me this year and wiped my creativity.

        I have full faith you will get yours back and write stories you enjoy and we all enjoy interacting with.

        Also, congrats on the job.

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          Roz @Faraday
          last edited by 2 Jul 2023, 04:50

          @Faraday said in MU Peeves Thread:

          @Third-Eye said in MU Peeves Thread:

          I feel like games have to do more expectation management about this with players and I’m not sure what the best way to do that is. Beyond clearly stating whether real-time or async play is the norm/what’s done by GMs in staff scenes, but it takes a while to internalize that even if people read it.

          I don’t really see why this is on the games or game-runners.

          Players just need to communicate. If you like live, quick scenes - say so. Find like-minded players on the game. If there aren’t any, that’s probably not the right game for you.

          It’s no different than people liking different kinds of RP. If the majority of players on a particular game like big bar scenes and I prefer one-on-one, that’s not a problem with the game - let alone the game server.

          Definitely not a problem with the game! I think what @Third-Eye was talking about wasn’t so much forcing the game to be the right one for everyone, but helping to establish what a game considers its own culture and default expectations. Not to exclude everything else, but to help manage communal expectations around “hey what’s the overall norm around this particular game,” because if you know the baseline expectations of a community, it makes individual communication around those expectations easier and smoother. Because, from various experiences over the years, sometimes people are defining even the same words differently, and it’s not necessarily things people would expect to need to clarify. So I do think having baseline default expectations for a game can be helpful and beneficial.

          And, tbh, it seems moreso like something that benefits staff, rather than labor they’re doing just for the playerbase. If you have a staff who largely want to RP async, you’re gonna want a culture that supports it, and vice versa. I definitely see live scenes and async scenes on pretty much every game, but the ratios can vary widely based on that particular game’s culture.

          she/her | playlist

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            Faraday @Roz
            last edited by 2 Jul 2023, 17:57

            @Roz said in MU Peeves Thread:

            but the ratios can vary widely based on that particular game’s culture.

            We just see it differently is all.

            I think the ratios vary wildly based on the individual preferences of the individual players.

            As a game runner, I might say “I mostly run plots on evenings EST.” Or “if you don’t play a pilot or a marine you’re going to have a hard time working yourself into the big action scenes I run.” Or “big events are mostly live/synchronous because I don’t want to drag them out.” I don’t personally see any of that as the “culture” of a game. It’s just logistics.

            The game could be enjoyed equally well by a handful of like-minded players who meet up for synchronous RP on Euro time, or a handful of like-minded players who start their own hospital drama in the medbay, or a handful of like-minded players who do asynch scenes stretching over a week, or a couple of like-minded players who just show up for their small group interpersonal drama.

            The key in all of that being “a handful of like-minded players.”

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              Roz @Faraday
              last edited by 2 Jul 2023, 18:08

              @Faraday said in MU Peeves Thread:

              @Roz said in MU Peeves Thread:

              but the ratios can vary widely based on that particular game’s culture.

              We just see it differently is all.

              I think the ratios vary wildly based on the individual preferences of the individual players.

              The preferences of the individual players dictates what games they stick around. Like you said earlier, if a game most largely tends to have one type of scene pacing, those who prefer others will tend to move on, as it’s not the game for them. The players who stick around on a game define the game’s culture with their preferences.

              So it can behoove a game runner to cultivate the overall culture they want to encourage in their game.

              she/her | playlist

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                Faraday @Roz
                last edited by Faraday 7 Feb 2023, 22:36 2 Jul 2023, 22:35

                @Roz said in MU Peeves Thread:

                So it can behoove a game runner to cultivate the overall culture they want to encourage in their game.

                I think we’re mostly on the same page and just splitting hairs over wording.

                If a game is mostly run in EST and you’re in Euro time, it’s going to be hard for you to find RP and that’s probably not the right game for you. I personally don’t consider that the “culture” of the game. Mostly because it could change on a dime if just a couple of Euro players turn up and suddenly it’s easier to find RP.

                That said, I understand your point, and apart from quibbles over terminology I largely agree.

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                  Roz @Faraday
                  last edited by 3 Jul 2023, 00:31

                  @Faraday said in MU Peeves Thread:

                  @Roz said in MU Peeves Thread:

                  So it can behoove a game runner to cultivate the overall culture they want to encourage in their game.

                  I think we’re mostly on the same page and just splitting hairs over wording.

                  If a game is mostly run in EST and you’re in Euro time, it’s going to be hard for you to find RP and that’s probably not the right game for you. I personally don’t consider that the “culture” of the game. Mostly because it could change on a dime if just a couple of Euro players turn up and suddenly it’s easier to find RP.

                  That said, I understand your point, and apart from quibbles over terminology I largely agree.

                  Wouldn’t be a forum conversation without quibbling over semantics!

                  she/her | playlist

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                    Pavel @Roz
                    last edited by 3 Jul 2023, 03:20

                    @Roz said in MU Peeves Thread:

                    @Faraday said in MU Peeves Thread:

                    @Roz said in MU Peeves Thread:

                    So it can behoove a game runner to cultivate the overall culture they want to encourage in their game.

                    I think we’re mostly on the same page and just splitting hairs over wording.

                    If a game is mostly run in EST and you’re in Euro time, it’s going to be hard for you to find RP and that’s probably not the right game for you. I personally don’t consider that the “culture” of the game. Mostly because it could change on a dime if just a couple of Euro players turn up and suddenly it’s easier to find RP.

                    That said, I understand your point, and apart from quibbles over terminology I largely agree.

                    Wouldn’t be a forum conversation without quibbling over semantics!

                    You rang?

                    He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.
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                      kalakh
                      last edited by 3 Jul 2023, 04:56

                      My brain won’t shut the fuck up and let me sleep, but it’s also so fried that I’m not using any of that stolen sleep time to do anything I actually want to do. A month where I’m losing a full night every three days-ish is not cool and I would like to speak to the manager and get a refund on this brain, it’s clearly defective.

                      Anyhow, it gets in the way of RP related things and I don’t like it. 😠

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                        kalakh @kalakh
                        last edited by 3 Jul 2023, 20:02

                        @kalakh Also, me on any building request:

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                          Ashkuri
                          last edited by 6 Jul 2023, 21:02

                          Player X decided my character looks like a certain porn star and decided to bring that to my friend, Player A. “This porn star looks like (me) amirite haha”

                          Is it wildly inappropriate for X to be doing that to me/to Player A, or am I being over sensitive?

                          I don’t want to be discussed in a porn context, what the fuck.

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                            Snackness @Ashkuri
                            last edited by 6 Jul 2023, 21:11

                            @imstillhere No that’s gross

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                              tsar @Ashkuri
                              last edited by 6 Jul 2023, 21:48

                              @imstillhere said in MU Peeves Thread:

                              Player X decided my character looks like a certain porn star and decided to bring that to my friend, Player A. “This porn star looks like (me) amirite haha”

                              Is it wildly inappropriate for X to be doing that to me/to Player A, or am I being over sensitive?

                              I don’t want to be discussed in a porn context, what the fuck.

                              WHAT

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                                Ashkuri @tsar
                                last edited by 6 Jul 2023, 21:52

                                @tsar Literally player X was like “This is him right hahaha”

                                NO

                                NO IT IS NOT???

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                                  Tributary @Ashkuri
                                  last edited by 6 Jul 2023, 22:25

                                  @imstillhere said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                  Player X decided my character looks like a certain porn star and decided to bring that to my friend, Player A. “This porn star looks like (me) amirite haha”

                                  Is it wildly inappropriate for X to be doing that to me/to Player A, or am I being over sensitive?

                                  I don’t want to be discussed in a porn context, what the fuck.

                                  If you weren’t using a porn star as a played-by, then no. No, not appropriate.

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                                    tsar @Ashkuri
                                    last edited by 6 Jul 2023, 22:44

                                    @imstillhere said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                    @tsar Literally player X was like “This is him right hahaha”

                                    NO

                                    NO IT IS NOT???

                                    oh my god

                                    no

                                    do not pass go

                                    do not collect $200

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                                      Third Eye @Ashkuri
                                      last edited by 6 Jul 2023, 22:54

                                      @imstillhere said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                      @tsar Literally player X was like “This is him right hahaha”

                                      Why are people this? Can they not be people?

                                      (this is super weird)

                                      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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                                        BloodAngel @Ashkuri
                                        last edited by 6 Jul 2023, 23:19

                                        @imstillhere Fuck that person

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                                          Testament @Tributary
                                          last edited by Testament 7 Jul 2023, 00:36 7 Jul 2023, 00:34

                                          @Tributary said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                          @imstillhere said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                          Player X decided my character looks like a certain porn star and decided to bring that to my friend, Player A. “This porn star looks like (me) amirite haha”

                                          Is it wildly inappropriate for X to be doing that to me/to Player A, or am I being over sensitive?

                                          I don’t want to be discussed in a porn context, what the fuck.

                                          If you weren’t using a porn star as a played-by, then no. No, not appropriate.

                                          Next game I’m using Johnny Sins as a PB.

                                          And far more seriously. That’s in terrible taste @imstillhere which really sucks. And kind of, no is really weird.

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

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