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10249
If you think that's bad, one time I accidentally did this and it sent my profile to 500 contacts, including my boss and family...and I had an X-Rated profile...
Wes
wes_of_stararmy
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Jul 1, 2009
2:05 am
10250
If you think that's bad, one time I accidentally did this and it sent my profile to 500 contacts, including my boss and family...and I had an X-Rated profile...
Elizabeth Wilde
star_momma
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Jul 1, 2009
2:52 am
10251
Is it just me, or are PBEMs, sims, whatever-you'd-like-to-call-them a dying genre? On the one hand, maybe it's just me - I restarted WAR a month ago (by which...
John Penta
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Jul 7, 2009
6:19 pm
10252
Is it just me, or are PBEMs, sims, whatever-you' d-like-to- call-them a dying genre? ... I think it's more a matter of certain games going through phases of...
Elizabeth Wilde
star_momma
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Jul 7, 2009
6:24 pm
10253
... In general, I think we've suffered a general, (but non-catastrophic) decline as more kids grow up as non-readers who have Halo and other games to occupy...
Wes
wes_of_stararmy
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Jul 8, 2009
1:47 pm
10254
... Plus, you just have to accept that this is a niche hobby and a group hobby. I'm not saying don't do it, or don't expect much from it. Do the hell out of...
Justin Margulski
sheikhjahbooty
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Jul 8, 2009
7:45 pm
10255
I think play-by-post RPGs are doing just fine for the most part, but Yahoo groups might just be losing patronage since forums have become so much easier to...
Jessica
zirathedarkelf
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Jul 8, 2009
11:00 pm
10256
Normally I'm pretty on top of my games and posting, but real life can really cut in sometimes. At the moment, I'm having fun playing, but I'm wishing I had...
Elizabeth Wilde
star_momma
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Jul 14, 2009
1:46 pm
10257
An interesting thought... What would a game moderator temp agency look like? What would a game-wide "break from reality" look like? I mean; I'm sure every ...
Why?
punk_ass_phi...
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Jul 14, 2009
3:56 pm
10259
I'm curious as to what most mods out there expect from players. I personally expect people to come into a game with some ideas. Obviously I'm going to help...
Elizabeth Wilde
star_momma
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Aug 4, 2009
7:49 pm
10260
I think that my responsibilities to my game are to set up the initial universe that the players will build upon, define the rules for play, and have a...
Hez
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Aug 4, 2009
10:20 pm
10261
Great list Hez. Now to give my own spin on the answer. So I join a game, get the character together, give him some quirks, get him up and down. Do my first...
Mikel
lord_mikel_j
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Aug 6, 2009
3:44 am
10262
If a player keeps the character in the room and waits for opportunity to knock, he's in trouble, on the flipside if they are social but still not getting...
Elizabeth Wilde
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Aug 6, 2009
12:00 pm
10263
... I think those are the ones who want a solo game....
Mikel
lord_mikel_j
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Aug 7, 2009
3:20 am
10264
It's something I've run across with some list members in the past, and I've often wondered... how much sharing is too much? I'm friends with a lot of the folks...
Elizabeth Wilde
star_momma
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Aug 21, 2009
8:11 pm
10265
My community is like a family. We share everything -- we know who's been robbed lately, whose wife is going through surgery, who's poor, etc and we're...
Wes
wes_of_stararmy
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Aug 22, 2009
5:52 am
10266
My community is like a family. We share everything -- we know who's been robbed lately, whose wife is going through surgery, who's poor, etc and we're...
Elizabeth Wilde
star_momma
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Aug 22, 2009
3:56 pm
10267
A week is unusual. WAR is a very small game - with, to my frustration at times (I'd really like newbies! But we're very niche...), a largely constant ...
John Penta
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Aug 22, 2009
4:10 pm
10268
I had this problem a lot myself when I was running my last game. The only thing I could ever think to actually do was to not acknowledge it and to encourage...
Shannon Curry
illandaria
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Aug 22, 2009
4:19 pm
10269
I had this problem a lot myself when I was running my last game. The only thing I could ever think to actually do was to not acknowledge it and to encourage...
Elizabeth Wilde
star_momma
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Aug 22, 2009
4:27 pm
10270
I have to say that any community on the Internet that claims to be a virtual family is one I personally would run far and fast from. Because, I don't care how...
Shannon Curry
illandaria
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Aug 22, 2009
4:37 pm
10271
Also, it's been my experience, through almost a decade of online gaming, that people who claim they run communities online that are just like families tend to...
Elizabeth Wilde
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Aug 22, 2009
4:58 pm
10272
I would think to a degree the problem may self correct itself. If somone becoems TMIP (Too much information person) at way too soon of a time, I personally...
lord_mikel_j
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Aug 23, 2009
12:05 am
10273
I would think to a degree the problem may self correct itself. If somone becoems TMIP (Too much information person) at way too soon of a time, I personally...
Elizabeth Wilde
star_momma
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Aug 23, 2009
1:35 am
10274
Members are free to give out their personal info they please to whomever they please, so long as it isn't 1) a recurring trend of making someone uncomfortable ...
Wes
wes_of_stararmy
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Aug 23, 2009
4:52 pm
10275
... If you think this is always the case, you are wrong: it's important to realize that the people you roleplay with are also "real" and so are the friendships...
Wes
wes_of_stararmy
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Aug 23, 2009
4:52 pm
10276
How often do you guys let players back onto your lists? I'm not talking about someone who had a genuine RL situation come up and then wrote themselves out and...
Elizabeth Wilde
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Aug 27, 2009
2:13 pm
10277
I tend to be pretty liberal if it's just inactivity. (Either WAR is just too tiny, or I'm lucky as hell, because I haven't had to deal with even considering...
John Penta
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Aug 27, 2009
3:39 pm
10278
EW, I really have no policy on letting the 'lost' be found again...as the 'group' just recently died off - again. Sigh. It's a pattern, flows with the life's...
JohnD
flowerpet56
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Aug 28, 2009
5:16 pm
10279
... This is a curious idea. What rewards can a GM provide to keep the players coming back (and giving their best) besides providing a good game? A related...
Why?
punk_ass_phi...
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Aug 29, 2009
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