@Snackness This.

I love social RP and I think it’s where a lot of character development and growth can happen but there’s got to be something to talk about beyond ‘hey how’s the weather’.

There’s nothing wrong with those kinds of scenes once in a while either but if it’s the majority that’s (for me personally at least) when social RP starts becoming kind of exhausting

I navigated a very busy downtownish area/parking garage on my lunch break without panicking \o/

I just wanted to drop another note here thanking everyone for their insights on this and @STD for starting the discussion. I am a ‘worst case scenario’ kind of person and wasn’t really expecting anyone (or very few people) to join ND but we have 17 registered bits (including myself and 1 alt) and people are really running with the idea and creating things to make it their own.

And I really don’t think that would be happening if I still had the Handle policy in place. So thank you

In general, as someone who didn’t discover MU until ~5 years ago but DID engage in a lot of other text based rp and online things that i really shouldn’t have when i was way too young, I can see the appeal of certain games to a younger person but also understand they shouldn’t really be exposed to certain themes even if they feel they know what they’re getting into.

A lot of games have an 18+ rule and it may feel redundant but they are in place just for these reasons. Game admins can point to the rules and tell them to leave.

As someone who was this sort of kid a bit over a decade ago, I will say while their actions are likely based in curiosity it is entirely possible, especially if they are almost of age, that they know exactly what they’re doing even if they aren’t thinking about the potential consequences.

ETA: If I were a game admin in this situation I would have a discussion with the kid and politely tell them they are welcome back when they’re 18

When you/your character go into a scene with a certain idea and it evolves into something even better because of the added views and inputs of other characters.

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She also re-rostered 3 people because they’d been MIA for 5 whole days. Ironically I feel like I noped out of there at the exact right time.

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You can be a Human, Gifted Human, or Non-Human (which is basically anything except inanimate objects). Use of the Trait system combined with FS3 gives some flexibility in building what you want. There are a handful of rosters up as well to jump right into things.

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@aine What a terrible fucking rollercoaster

@Gashlycrumb

CoG is City of Glass - https://cityofglass.aresmush.com/

@Juniper Same

@tighearna
Genuinely curious question. I’m not extremely familiar with Hobbit/LotR lore and I know it’s not D&D so

I can understand on some level why your policies say to keep romantic rp between the same species but is this primarily aimed at the physical aspect?

Or is this just across the board because it’s not thing at all in the lore? (Again, I can see other reasoning for wanting to keep things separated on the physical aspect)

@Coin

Great read! Really enjoyed it!

@junipersky @Pyrephox

Yeah Four months I think is about how long it’s been! Good to know that’s like the average it seems. I’ll have to let him know.

My husband is finishing his degree this Spring and a while back he applied to his ideal job but it’s government thing so they’re very slow moving. He’s been agonizing over this for a while but yesterday he got the news that he’s been selected! It was a tentative job offer, but he did the intake stuff and is now waiting for the official word.

So he’s excited and I’m excited because this opens up a bunch of opportunities for us if he does get it (which I am confident that he will)!

Paul…Every Time.

City of Glass is pretty fun so far if you’re into WoD!

@Snackness I never really played on Arx. I did pick up a roster for like…a day but then never came back because I was too overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information because the game had already been around for so long. So I’m not sure if I can really make a fair comparison.

Part of me is inclined to say it might be a little more involved than Arx? But that’s just going off gut instinct and not knowing what all Arx has code wise.

Part of why I wanted to give Song of Avaria a try is because it reminded me a bit of an Arx but like the ‘getting in on the ground floor’ version which, for me, is easier to wrap my head around than coming in several years later.

Registration is currently closed while they deal with the influx from opening day.

I’m still wrapping my brain around a lot of it. It’s more code and lore heavy than any games I’ve played before but definitely interesting