@mxyzplk How do we convince them not to act like the standard Anonymous Coward? Of all the things about RPG.SE that I like, what I don't like is how it encourages the AC behavior. Will try to welcome the newbies as best I can, in a warmer and friendlier manner than I was "welcomed" at this site.
@KorvinStarmast Is there a meta.rpg post you can point me to about this behaviour?
I've looked at your meta history and you've made a few posts which I suspect are connected, but I want to be sure I understand what you're talking about.
If there's not a meta post about this particular behaviour yet, it sounds like a very important thing to have happen soon.
really? It's been twenty years, probably, since I've seen it in print, so I shouldn't be surprised I've got it wrong. Just always thought it was a "yawp" sounding....
ohh.... I did remember it right. We were just on different wavelengths.
(Probably all those gravitational waves kneading the earth between us)
"Where curiosity meets expertise" is a motto that comes to mind.
Also, I'm thinking of instituting a new rule at my high-schoolers' 5e table: you must choose either CN or CE as your alignment. 'Cause that's how I know you're going to play it, no matter what.
@BESW I reffed the problem I have seen here in a comment on "is there a problem" question, and one a few pages back on meta about how hostile this site is to newbies. AC problem, noted as a community defect since day 1 of my participation here. I first met AC's late 80's on bulletin boards / BBS, later in news groups. I unplugged from the internet for about four years. Some says I wish nobody had ever come up with a fiber optic network.
Have you ever heard of that quick RPG where one of the characters is helding the other over a chasm and the players have to mimic the scene and look into each other's eyes and things happen when they blink, ending up with the guy above closing his eyes and the one below slipping his hand away?
@BESW no, unfortunately. Back in my player days the only cthulhu was Call of and people who ran it were as rare as silent crossfitters and addressed with godlike reverence
@BESW If I had one-shots :P But in two months there is the rpg club games shuffle and one of the ideas is 4x4, four weeks, four games.
I strongly suggest it. Based on what you're saying you like about that game you just linked, Cthulhu Dark may be right up your alley. The GM's scenario-building guide is designed to do exactly that slow building tension that ramps up long before you see any monster--and when monsters do show up, combat is not a viable option.
@KorvinStarmast The point isn't to overwhelm them with advice - there's a lot of things they shouldn't do, but there's a pretty short list of noob traps. We have ACs with thousands of rep. Once they get oriented the rest of the faq, meta, etc. kick in.
@eimyr RTFM isn't a problem only found here, eh? :-) @mxyzplk yeah, I try to make sure that any time I downvote I try to leave a suggestion to improve. I also leave such suggestions without downvotes sometimes as well.
@KorvinStarmast People call the helpdesk before RTFM because it's easier to call than to even think about searching, And I, as a FM writer, am supposed to stop that.
@Zachiel Having done no small amount of tech manual review, revision, and creation, there is a certain art to it. But a decently written FM is like gold.
Where else would there be so many sexually ambiguous personas and where else roleplaying something different from your IRL traits is rewarded by societal validation?
Also, apparently there are three degrees of straightness on the internet. Gay, straight and totally straight. I'm not entirely sure what the difference between at least two of these is.
@nitsua60 ingame but OOC complications -- my frustration and confusion got the better of me and led to a rather passive-aggressive reaction to what at the endo f the day was a misunderstanding
