…ive played this. It was actually great.

Isn’t discussing left theory wirh a CIA parody of yourself the fun part?

Yep. The resilient system got corrupted by capitalism, which is an inherently monopolizing centralizing destabilizing enshittifying exploitation algorithm.

No, the correct way tohide as thr bard is to play a pro-cop ballad wiyh your instrument case in front if you, or be humming it and ask which way to the ballroom before they notice you.

No, sorry. Shareholder value. Gotta keep the bubble inflating.

He should be able to afford a lot more redundancy than our garage hosters.

The scale makes it more embarrassing, not less.

Payment processors another censor choke.

Well yeah. Yourrouter is managed by a person. We aren’t as good at fucking up as mega corps.

Way weirder when used as a sex thing.

Oh, that’s a shame. There are a lot of scp’s that would make great porn!

I ran one where the players were doing the tabloidery. It was great. I can’t take credit for the basic idea; it was one of the sorta-prefab campaigns in the system we were playing.

I used to use words from different vernaculars or languages. Sometimes i double check they are too abstract and weird to correct horse battery staple easily just because I’m a contrarian asshole snd thst helps me remember. exquisitevibrattoacquittalbevelschaudenfreude

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Oh, ’ and spaces aren’t allowed?

Depending on your definition; maybe, but they exist regardless of your definition.

just clear up in session zero

Necessary and important, especially if you dont know for sure they’re down for it, yes.

because someone else wants them to

And has an unrifled pistol for the occasion.

hence my advice

I’m not talking about introductory tables; have been playing these things fir 30 fuvking years. My SOP running a group of first timers is ‘here’s character creation rules we’re using, here’s the lore, here’s the scenario, why is that your characters thing’ like ‘why do you want to kill a dragon? If its because your scaly bf cheated on you, talk to petra; she’s already using that.’ or ‘why are you trying to summon a demon?’.

Yeah i dont like these broad sweeping absolutes limiting what ttrpg’s can be, and I dont like attitudes/norms saying you can’t go for weird edge cases. I’m arguing for (sub)cultural norms that dont cut anyone off from a potential rare fun thing, but instead focus on depth of understanding how/why things can go wrong and growing from there.

I’m arguing for possibility, not the usual.

The reason for your character to stay doesnt have to be something they agree with. It can be someone else’s reason.

And ‘the quest to fuck off and do something else’ can be fun too. You seem to be working with a very authoritarian concept of game. Those can work sometimes, but are very limiting.

less friction

Not always desirable.

You can do this, it just takes more work.

If you’re at a ‘having fun with a group’ thing, yes.

Playing in a game where the mandate is to not be that right now. It’s a much taller order, but I am enjoying it.

These are good rules of thumb, but not absolute.

Unhand me, rizzless jive-turkey!