@ChaoticSin said in Numetal/Retromux:
WIth the exit of Polk, we have brought the game back up
giggle
Appalled at the setting. Houston. IN THE 90s. Ew
@ChaoticSin said in Numetal/Retromux:
WIth the exit of Polk, we have brought the game back up
giggle
Appalled at the setting. Houston. IN THE 90s. Ew
@Pavel especially considering people who take what should be private discussions with staff to the public channels are usually, in my experience, not representing the private interaction accurately.
It’s usually some inflammatory bullshit. Like the last time I saw Jennkryst do it!
@junipersky Sometimes people remind you that they are, mostly, ready to be good to each other. I’m so glad she had a good holiday, and you got to see it
lo there, do I see my lady, come come my lady
lo there does she call to me, my sugar
baby
@Testament You do you, but I for one have, on numerous occasions, been rping with someone who clearly has no concept of my character and poses them as though they are entirely different? Short instead of tall, old instead of young, bald instead of brunette, etc.
That’s inconsiderate and disrespectful, and at that point why am I even there? Clearly what I bring to the scene does not matter.
@Juniper That’s fair, I also roll my eyes and backflip out of characters when I see the chatGPT signifiers in the desc. Any time a physical quality “embodies the nature of” or “speaks to” a vague and unrelated personality trait? Bam.
I like a little fluff in descs. I like it in poses, too, even though I know it isn’t good writing, strictly speaking. I also prefer not to have clothes in a desc and just pose them where appropriate in scenes. To me, these are preferences. Something doesn’t have to be for me, but that doesn’t mean I think it should be designed out of the hobby. Except the LLM stuff. That should be.
I will never understand people acting like descs don’t matter, or that no one reads them. If you don’t read the desc of your scene partner, that is fkin rude. It’s a verbal medium. If you don’t want to read a paragraph to get your mental image right, that is a you issue. Not a game design issue.
Are they difficult to write sometimes? Sure. Drudgery?? What?? You absolutely cannot replace them with LLM slop without it being painfully, repulsively obvious, and I have literally never in all my years in this hobby seen someone disparaging a desc for not having a paragraph to describe clothes. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t ever happen, but it’s not some widespread standard.
@Narrator this has nothing to do with this thread, please shut up
Please no LLM proselytizing in this MU forum, jfc. Get it out of here.
@Gashlycrumb That’s fair. But what I mean by ‘the problem is players’ is the problem is quantity of players. I love an ideal where a storyteller has consistent and balanced motivation and creativity to GM for a rotation of all the players in a game with 75 active players. Taking turns IS obviously the correct solution to my stated problem of ‘players’.
the problem is absolutely players. what’s easy and fun to spin for 6 people is probably unmanageable for 20, 30, or 100. everyone wants to take down The Man! everyone has different ideas for how to do it and wants the credit
@Tez maybe you are just so used to life as a beta you don’t even recognize it anymore did you think of that
I shared this question but i guess if it’s the seed that does the thing, the fruit isn’t even NECESSARY.
eating the jam is just like taking prenatal vitamins when you aren’t pregnant because you want your hair and nails to grow
wow you guys, people talk about how toxic the MU community is, and i guess I just never saw it before.
mockery? in a peeve thread??
have some class
@Tributary being disappointed you never had to carry/birth a child?
FAKE
cancel Ursula K Leguin, whoever that hack is
@Tez omg i didn’t even read all the sections
‘this is way too much words’
it’s just a lot. IME when you need to legislate something for OOC/game reasons, it’s best to use a light hand. And when people start to try to logic around it, you can just say 'please handwave this, we just don’t want to deal with it".
Going super in depth about it does the opposite - it invites people to try to point out plot holes or contrivances, and then you are dealing with dealing with the thing you didn’t want to deal with.