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vonExplaino

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Steampulp omnitologist. Ludicrology a specialty. Coder in PHP, Go, and JS. Puns ala cart.
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Anti-fascism.
Views are my own, not my employer.

#nobridge

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molly0xfff , to random
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Fighting bots is fighting humans.

One advantage to working on freely-licensed projects for over a decade is that I was forced to grapple with this decision far before mass scraping for AI training.

vonExplaino ,
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@molly0xfff I like Jeremy Keith’s 1.5 option of acknowledging, not accepting, via poisoning https://adactio.com/journal/21210

SJohnRoss , (edited ) to random
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Okay, I've tried 18 solo journaling "RPGs." I liked 5.

I don't recall the title of one; I played online and can't find it in my browser history. 😥

Three I like: 32 Percent, House Spirit, and Urban Legend Club.

One I like with qualifiers: Wandering Library. I think it needs a little something to give it a sense of structure and potential closure, but I respect it, and in particular respect how it respects the player.

The 13 I dislike didn't kill me or anything. 🤷

vonExplaino ,
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@SJohnRoss Can you share links to them? Funnily enough "32 Percent" in DuckDuck Go doesn't turn up RPGs.

vampiress , to random
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Friend: "So what are you doing on the project?"
Me: “Designing quests primarily."
Friend: "Ah like... some kind of Quest Mistress?"
Me: "That sounds like the wrong kind of merger of LARPing and BDSM.”

Aaaand with this image firmly in mind, it's breakfast time.

vonExplaino ,
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@vampiress So when will "Questress" be making an appearance in the games-to-be-made backlog?

vampiress , to random
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What if we aren't actually alive, but just ghosts haunting meatsacks? 🧐

vonExplaino ,
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@vampiress We're all just ghostwriters, narrating the actions of the meat-robot we temporarily inhabit.

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Great news! Launching the RPG Design Quest, an & connected + hangout! Like a modern version of the old school forums/portals, based around groups. Complete with forums, live chat, and more!
https://rpgdesign.quest

vonExplaino ,
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@thoughtpunks It appears to have been accessed-to-death?

vonExplaino ,
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@thoughtpunks Curses!

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    vonExplaino ,
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    @vampiress I mean... as long as informed, enthusiastic consent is given and maintained throughout?

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    vonExplaino ,
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    @vampiress If it is permissible to join this virtual bar; I will buy the first round.

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    vonExplaino ,
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    @vampiress Strawberry Chegcake?

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    vonExplaino ,
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    @vampiress well bollocks. Glad you are jobsafe but that guilt for friends and colleagues :( look after yourself

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    @vampiress @abstractcode Honestly sounds like a great web series.

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    vonExplaino ,
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    @vampiress Could you imagine it? Public-transport rail infrastructure between Australian capital cities? What a dream.

    -sigh-

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    @vampiress That does sound rather nice. Just looked up a Bris<->Melb and there's a 11 hour layover in Sydney... less attractive than a sleeper train.

    vonExplaino ,
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    @vampiress They went downhill once they changed from Towards 2000.

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    vonExplaino ,
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    @vampiress Can you write your game tutorial in the style of a pre-flight checklist?

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