Well, in my lingering on FurryMUCK like a bad fart of late, I come back after dinner to find I got a page mail from I think the person who runs or created "The Giant's Club" on FurryMUCK. At least that's what I seem to recall from years back. Also seems to have a vested ownership in FM as a whole, based on the end of the comment. I'm not sure if it's actually Ken Sample, but...man, sure sounds like I remember him. Anyway, it was from Arilin, and since Arilin was thoughtful enough to apparently find out about my rant, and also respond to it in a page mail, I thought I'd pass it on.
Quote:
Arilin (Today at 8:08:17PM) -- Giants' Club
I saw your post on Lava Dome 5 about the Giants' Club. I'm sorry you feel it's "stodgy"; I have learned that it's effectively impossible to be all things to everyone. It's been accused of being too violent, too gentle, too gay, too straight, too willing to play favorites, not willing enough to play favorites... well, you get the picture. I'd like to make the club a place everyone feels comfortable in, but I've reluctantly admitted that's somewhat quixotic. There are too many different ideas of what "comfortable" is for that to work well.
At any rate, there's certainly no requirement that people be eighty feet all, and if someone gave you that impression I apologize. The entire point of the GC was always to have multiple sizes; that's even in the description of the tabletop bar. It's true that in a mostly-IC environment we're going to pay more attention to size ratios than some other places might, and an 80' cat woman isn't going to be able to have a casual conversation with a 1mm dinosaur. This isn't meant to be unwelcoming, though; it's meant to be, well, roleplaying. For the most part, I've found people like having one place on the MUCK where "in character" is taken fairly seriously. Unfortunately, that can also drive some people nuts. Just please understand this isn't *intended* to drive people nuts. Or to be stodgy.
In any case, I hope you find interesting things to do on FurryMUCK when you visit.
*Done*
I saw your post on Lava Dome 5 about the Giants' Club. I'm sorry you feel it's "stodgy"; I have learned that it's effectively impossible to be all things to everyone. It's been accused of being too violent, too gentle, too gay, too straight, too willing to play favorites, not willing enough to play favorites... well, you get the picture. I'd like to make the club a place everyone feels comfortable in, but I've reluctantly admitted that's somewhat quixotic. There are too many different ideas of what "comfortable" is for that to work well.
At any rate, there's certainly no requirement that people be eighty feet all, and if someone gave you that impression I apologize. The entire point of the GC was always to have multiple sizes; that's even in the description of the tabletop bar. It's true that in a mostly-IC environment we're going to pay more attention to size ratios than some other places might, and an 80' cat woman isn't going to be able to have a casual conversation with a 1mm dinosaur. This isn't meant to be unwelcoming, though; it's meant to be, well, roleplaying. For the most part, I've found people like having one place on the MUCK where "in character" is taken fairly seriously. Unfortunately, that can also drive some people nuts. Just please understand this isn't *intended* to drive people nuts. Or to be stodgy.
In any case, I hope you find interesting things to do on FurryMUCK when you visit.
*Done*
People besides me still read this forum?