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enablemeplz) wrote2025-09-14 12:41 am
enablemeplz) wrote2025-09-14 12:41 am
September EMP Meme
FOR GAME ADS: ➤ Put an ad up with the characters / crew / pairings / kink you want for your game under the correct game header. This meme is primarily going to be focused on DWRP games but IJ and LJ games are allowed. ➤ PLEASE NOTE A RULE CHANGE HERE. ABSOLUTELY NO obnoxious coding (no font size > size 4 or 3 "big" tags, no oversized banners (they must be 250px in height or less), no blinking text, no obnoxious table html that doesn't collapse easily, no fonts and other html that make ads super long, no sparklies, no large pictures). Use all the colors you like, but please remember 3 "big" tags is the limit and that's only for headers or title text rather than for all the text in an ad. FOR GAME QUESTIONS: ➤ RPers interested in a game can create a header for the game and ask questions about that game that aren't easy to find on faqs, such as the actual pace vs. what's listed/what kind of plots are run/if the game leans more towards plotty or slice of life/if a game leans more towards network or logs, etc. Both anon questions and anon answers are welcome in this section just like in the rest of the meme. ➤ This thread is not for speaking about wank or drama in a game. There are anoncomms that exist for that. This thread is specifically for general questions about a game that rpers want to get perspective on from players already in the game. Answers can be slightly negative (such as saying app response is slow or that the plots are repetitive or similar things) but this should at least be worded politely. Unnecessary vitriol, any mention of personal drama or wank, or mod teams/individual mods/players being singled out, will be either frozen or screened (based on what seems right based on the content). FOR CHARACTER ADS: ➤ Put up an ad about the characters you are offering. For PSL ads, there is a separate subthread but for character ads for games, post directly to the meme post. Others will comment to you with the games/casts they want you to join. ➤ There is a "Find a Castmate" section, where you can talk about a cast you play in at a game, and try to lure people to join it. Not all games post to the meme or have a "wanted" section, so players that want to tempt people to their cast on their own can use this section for it. Please format this the same as the PSL section, where you post your character's canon in your subject. For the actual text of the ad you must use the "Find a Castmate" form provided at the bottom of this post so that these ads don't get huge. 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Pace is hard to tell, also, what people mean by what pace. Folkmore's definitely on the slower end though, somewhat in balance with being very backtag friendly (people work on older threads a long time, which leads to a slower pace). Murderbot would be able to regain drones (and more drones over time) that could be used as cameras if nothing else. Anything with relics (in game devices) is on a player permission level. We also had one player decide to try to murder the game running NPC via hacking their own relic (for the very fun reward of getting stuck inside their own relic for a month while the player was on hiatus XD). So there are options.
Folkmore's focused on character development. It doesn't force people into survival/horror all the time the way that type of game does, so it can fall back into being SoL for some. It's what you make of it. There's alternating monthly events/tdms.
And aaaw, tyyyy, she's my oldest playing character in game. And lol she'd be like SOMEONE ELSE WHO HAS SPACE TRAVEL. She had to explain what outer space was to someone once. It was hilarious.
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And I'll have to check Folkmore out! Definitely the ability to regain drones is a big plus, even if other hacking potential is limited. For pace, I do also like to be able to backtag a lot (especially since I am Australia and thus live in a different timezone to everyone else). But I do also like to still have stuff happening reasonably regularly, if that makes sense. I can do slower as long as it's not too slow. Alternating monthly events do sound good!
Haha, meanwhile Murderbot will be over in a corner freaking out about the fact that there is NO SPACE TRAVEL, ONLY A PLANET, what the fuck is this (also I definitely feel that Gideon and Murderbot would have some great CR)
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(Also - I actually have a friend who has been thinking about picking up ART somewhere, but is running into the issue of What Games Would Actually Let You App A Spaceship. I did notice on the FAQ though that big characters can remain big when space allows / with size adjusting for setting, etc. Obviously that’s something mods would need to weigh in on, but do you think there's potential for ART to remain a spaceship if apped?
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I understand about timezones! I used to have an RP partner in Singapore, and we'd do two tags a day max due to timezone. Still, such great RP. And yeah, in games it can be a balance of continuing to move forward and accommodating how long it takes to do things. I won't claim it's perfect, but we try.
And yes, poor Murderbot being stuck on a planet. RIP RIP. And also yes pls I'd love Gideon and Murderbot CR hardcore. (I write quite a few characters, and quite a few could be fun).
The August TDM is current! The next one won't go up until October. So definitely use it! (And lemme know when you do. I'll tag ya). Invite wise, you could get one from me or reach out to the mods. There's mod invites, and so long as you've been active on the tdm, it's generally easy to get.
Also, ART definitely would be playable in FM. It'd be a case of shrinking to fit within cities/homes. Either ART needing to utilize a drone or physically shrinking down when indoors. A while ago, I was considering apping a different spaceship. (this is something I am passionate about as I love the fact humanization isn't forced. I wrote Moya from Farscape in a game from 2012-2014, but she had to be human. Your friend is welcome to ask to get the official answer, but it's come up before XD (ART would only be limited in the same way any character is, so like... wouldn't be able to successfully nuke the setting (literally lol), the same way Gojo from JJK couldn't just destroy a city with his powers).
/lots of answers.
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At least the terribleness of being stuck on a planet can be offset by it now having access to ALL MEDIA EVER. And here I was thinking that Murderbot might have to suffer through only having the media it brings with it haha.
I'll definitely hit up the August TDM then! I'll let you know when I get something up.
And that is awesome news about ART!
although what do you mean, it can't bomb the colony XD