Outright payment is probably a bit too volatile. Scheduling and whatnot would make it problematic, I think.

That said, I wouldn’t be opposed to games supporting themselves through some ad revenue through banner ads or whatever. It’s only going to keep getting more expensive to buy the machines you need to play, the storage space, the servers to run them on, etc.

I’ve considered a tip jar in the past, but I think that has a lot of the same problems. But some kind of mostly-passive income stream like other sites use? Probably not a terrible idea.

I tend to come and go from games. There are a lot of reasons for this. Partly it’s because I have the attention span of a drunken gnat and a very hectic RL that tends to get in the way of gaming. Part of it is that games tend to have ebbs and flows of activity that, for me, make it harder or easier to just sort of drift in and out of.

I don’t think it should be any kind of reflection on the gamerunner, and in an ideal world, there is enough player activity that the gamerunner can sit back and be something of a referee while trying to shape world events in the background, because staffing is a thankless task that has burned out no small number of us.

But we’re all getting older, and times are changing. Most of us can’t sit on a game twelve hours a day anymore in some capacity. We’re lucky to make it a couple of days a week. That’s all of us, collectively, not just a few. I think that expecting a traditional game style to continue in light of that is maybe a touch unrealistic.

OJ Simpson

It’s not a cue ball.

It’s a trailer hitch.

Just gonna leave that there.

@hellfrog

Yeah, because it’s not pizza. It’s soup in a bread bowl.

@Juniper

@Val

@Tributary

As someone who also sleeps next to someone with chronic insomnia, I feel for you. It’s so exhausting.

@ten

But just imagine how good the TS is! They both know exactly what the other wants!

@DrQuinn

@Snackness

I do wish there were a way to tag people in Ares so it gives them a channel notification.

@ten

The bunny is not evil. It was clearly acting in self defense! And scary creatures offering candy flowers or nebulous pink blob, whatever, is an obvious trap!

Yeah. I still worry about playing characters that don’t match my RL gender because people make so many assumptions behind the keyboard, and those assumptions being challenged can really affect the OOC vibe you have with other players. It’s an unfortunate reality in 2024 but unconscious bias is a real thing.

@Meg said in Elysium /MUSH:

No one ages unless they want, then they can de-age. They never really get hurt or die. They all exist everywhere?

@Tez

It’s the bad writing. Not a single glistening orb anywhere in the entire theme description of Naughty Goddess Girl.

@TNP

@GF

It’s not even a dog whistle. It’s a bullhorn. It’s right there on their website, written out plain as day, using excessive scare quotes and capitalizing things like “Age Laws,” and explaining how and why they don’t exist. No, for real.

Yes, I went there. You’re welcome.

@GF

Like I was telling someone earlier, sometimes we just make bad decisions that feel good. You don’t always have to justify eating an entire pint of Phish Food because you skipped breakfast and lunch getting into an argument online with an internet troll. Sometimes, it’s just the thing that makes you feel better. Embrace it, even if it’s not logical.

@Tez Up the alt limit and I’ll accept that challenge!

@Artemis It’s really pretty much all the context you need, to be honest. You already get it.