@ham Yeah, it was not a perfect comparison I made, but even in the business world your reputation can precede you as to who will want to do business with you. (I can think of an example here, but that is tangential.)
I did insinuate some bad faith with the made-up dialogue, true, but it was more to illustrate the point where if something comes up with the metaphorical business dealing and I get cagey answers about who is managing and/or owning it…
@Ashkuri said in Staff Bits Linking Handles:
In my opinion, if you hate me then it’s best you’re able to identify me and the game I run. I don’t want people on my game that hate me. You don’t want to be on my game if you hate me!
I understand that some unlinked staff may feel differently, for privacy reasons, or for whatever reasons, that is their choice. But for me personally, healthier ecosystem all around if people can go “ah, him, that motherfucker, what a tool” and steer clear.
I think this basically sums it up for me here. The real-world comparison that came to mind to me is: “ok but who owns the business?” “You don’t need to know.” when it comes to staff privacy and not knowing who they are. It’s not a perfect comparison, but along that line of thinking. “How do I know you’re not Asshat X running YetAnotherThemeGame?” “Don’t worry about it.”
@Pavel Wouldn’t it be more Schrodinger’s Skill Check, so you can have the success/fail paradox? (The crit chance is the quantum part.)
@Tez I read this post 28 days later.
There has to be something zombie-related here.
Does anyone else increasingly feel like you have no time ever for recreation? Here’s an idea of my backlog, assuming I did full completions including postgame:
Now let’s add in stuff just released or soon to launch that will undoubtedly consume focus!
I’m doomed. 
@Gashlycrumb This is why I have to stop typing conversations on my phone. Autocorrect catches a lot of things for me, but if I get even a HINT of distraction (or it scrolls off the screen from typing a lot) I will have some doozies of a “wut?” autocorrect spotting when I see the response.
Not a scene, but I have to give shoutouts to Arx staff because multiple action responses to me led to some of the most impactful character development I’ve ever had in MU*ing.
@tsar I am replying here to get your attention for no reason related to past posts in this thread.
I just want to say I both appreciate and 
over the 
facts I see when I peek at Crimson Compass’s site.
@hellfrog said in Web-based CharGen or in-game CharGen:
yeah applications are to tell you about the player more than the character, I think. "Name a non-fictional woman that is smarter than you’ would be a perfect application prompt.
I expect this for any hypothetical Arx 2 OC applications now.
@Yam has earned an achievement!
I don’t know what it’s called, but it’s because the topic got @Apos to post again after almost a year. (I was trying to think of a Zerg Lurker reference, but nothing achievement-worthy and/or witty came to mind.)
@Roz said in Other People:
the absolute worst thing you can be on a MU* is average height
Which makes the irony even funnier.
I wish I could answer this (OP) question.
I have come to realize I am very selfish about MU*ing, and I think that is one reason I am not playing any game right now, because I have not found a way to make it less about me.
I will be very interested in reading everything here when I get time.
I don’t know if this is from a generative “AI” or not (but some parts strongly suggest yes), but I had to get @tsar to see this as the resident expert on s.
This is screen-snipped from one of my Discords, and even if it’s fake it made me lol/happy.
@hellfrog said in Bad Stuff Happening IC:
Oh man, I took this as GMs being mean to characters. Are you ok with/do you like to be mean to players as a player is a whole other can of worms. And I do! I do not like the ooc assumptions that most often come with playing something other than 100% friendly
Who is/was your favorite Arx character and why is it Sapphire?
@Hobbie said in AI Megathread:
I work in fintech. We are involved with some big cranky banks. The current AI push driven by our CEO is several GDPR breaches waiting to happen and my security guy is sitting there pulling his… actually he has no hair so I suppose he’s pulling his beard out! I’m right there with him, both on the frustration and lack of hair.
Devs, infra, solution design et al, we don’t get paid to write lines of code, we get paid to write the right lines of code. That’s why we have PRs and reviewing them is where all the productivity maybe-gained is being absolutely-lost.
I’m not even on the dev teams, I’m in infra, and even I’m copping it from product people trying to push code to my repos now. UGH.
But don’t worry, the solution will be to train an “AI” to accept and deny the right PRs so that way it’ll eventually get it right and then you can work on more important things and let “AI” fill in the rest.
… Twenty years later, when maybe something marketed as “AI” learns enough to write proper code instead of parrot it. (And after “a few” lawsuits and payouts related to GDPR and other data leaks, company implosions all over the world, etc. etc.)
But I’m not going to hold my breath on this.
@Narson said in Star Wars Age of Alliances: Hadrix and Cujo:
I lost my login here for so long. And somehow this nonsense is still going on.
I wondered why you went all quiet.
Okay at this point I need to ask that people actually post new episodes of drama I want to read instead of turning on the reruns.
(I’m being sardonic and not serious about actually not posting in this thread. I just want something to sink my teeth into.)
@Tez I do find it interesting, for sure.
What I find a little “funny” (it’s not - I don’t have a better choice of words) is that you would think OpenAI and the other LLM providers would offer tools to detect their own LLM’s handiwork as a capitalistic venture.
This article made me think of the so-called “AI” detectors that I would contend venture towards snake oil, especially since they can generate false positives and negatives. The only people who could possibly make a “foolproof” detector are those who provide what you’re trying to detect. Even then, we’re getting into the whole schtick about random and pseudorandom number generation in computers, which is part of where LLMs get their “ideas” from.
@Tez said in Prove Tez Wrong:
@Jennkryst That explains a lot about my household, including the faking coughing and ‘boo, you whore’ earlier today.
aheh aheh i’m sick 
@hellfrog said in Prove Tez Wrong:
@Yam said in Prove Tez Wrong:
@helvetica Lmfao ahahaha
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