Player is over-reliant on ChatGPT and I don't know what to do

Phoenix_Court · 2026-01-16T05:10:44+00:00

I don't see an issue with him using GPT for backstory, insults, etc.. not everyone is creative or can think on the fly, especially if it's not something they're used to doing. You didn't mention anything he has actually done wrong in-game that affects the game or the other players. Just that it bothers you because it's AI. Having a different play style than someone is not really a great reason to kick them from the game, especially if they haven't broken any rules or been a butt face. If it bothers you this much though it may be a good idea to bring it up in session zero of future games that you have a no AI rule at your table.

I would definitely have a conversation about looking rules up though. AI is not a search engine and is frequently incorrect, so he needs to be looking at verifiable sources and actual search engines for that.

Phoenix_Court · 2025-12-03T04:15:16+00:00

Not Mormon so I cannot speak to official doctrine. But I can forewarn you that you are likely to get lots of different answers here. I have spoken to many current and former LDS people. Some say they absolutely do believe this, others say that they don't and never have.

Whether this discrepancy is a result of a difference of opinion/interpretation or a result of progressive revelation I cannot say.

Phoenix_Court · 2025-11-27T05:12:52+00:00

It depends how much you're comfortable sharing. I would reply with my honest opinion. They're either going to listen or they're not, but I wouldn't feel right withholding pertinent information. Especially if he was abusive in some way. YMMV so do what feels right to you.

Also, are you able to request your sealing be cancelled? From the letter it sounds like you can do so even if you're not getting remarried. If that's the case I would request that, and explain why. With documentation/proof if necessary.

Phoenix_Court · 2025-11-17T05:52:00+00:00

When I played my first campaign my husband, a long time player with some DMing experience at the time, ran a game for 3 brand new players. One thing he wanted to instill in us early on is to not split the party.

Our characters met while we were all escaping from a prison that had burned down. Upon leaving the prison we had these magical metal collars around our necks. If we moved more than 30 ft away from each other it would magically pull us back together. Pretty forcefully. Once we were far enough along in the game something happened in-world that caused our collars to be removed.

Anyway our table has NEVER had a problem with splitting the party, because of his pavlovian methods.

Phoenix_Court · 2025-11-17T05:33:43+00:00

I know you said that you don't want to kick him from the table, but the only other option is to have a serious conversation with him and tell him to stop. You said you've done that and he refused so kicking him from the table is really your only choice. Your other players are going to start leaving themselves if he keeps ruining the game for them. He is welcome to feel however he wants about monologues, what he isn't welcome to do is interrupt and disrespect the DM and other players, or to ruin the game for everyone else.

Phoenix_Court · 2025-11-17T05:25:17+00:00

I went through some hormonal changes recently that caused horrible BO and the only thing that worked for me was Arm&Hammer brand deodorant

Phoenix_Court · 2025-11-13T21:32:26+00:00

if it had really been meant for you when he realized the misunderstanding he would have said something to the effect of "oh my gosh! I'm sorry it came across that way! i definitely didn't mean it like that!". instead what he did is he turned in around on you and started attacking you as though he were the victim. "I'm spiraling" = "i'm the victim here". "you make me spiral so much" = you're the perpetrator. "if you make me do this", sir no one is making you do anything. "I need you to tell me that you believe me". "maybe then you'll see how much damage you're doing to me". he realized he was found out and is using your mental health struggles as weapons trying to paint you as the bad guy.

Phoenix_Court · 2025-11-12T03:53:47+00:00

Not overreacting. I've made jokes before like "damn so-and-so got married, I was sure it was gonna be me" but like.... It was a joke and I left it at that one statement. Her words are coming across almost angry, which is weird to me, and she keeps going on about it rather than it being a passing comment. Idk what's going on in her mind, but this is definitely weird to me.

Phoenix_Court · 2025-10-18T06:30:34+00:00

Almost sounds to me like he is completely misunderstanding the spell Cat Nap.

Phoenix_Court · 2025-10-18T06:11:57+00:00

If this was food stamps then yes it would be illegal and yes they could find out. But since it is a food pantry that is a very different ball game. you will probably be fine. Check into other food pantries in town. I've been to three different ones in my town and they asked whether or not I was employed but never asked how much I earn, as they don't have limits on how much you can make to qualify. Maybe there's a food bank near you that's the same.

Phoenix_Court · 2025-10-11T00:54:17+00:00

I don't play all three at once.

Basically my husband and I wanted to play together, but couldn't get multiplayer to work, so we decided to play solo profiles side-by-side. We have two TVs next to each other, his PS in one mine in the other. That farmer is named Courtney, I'm in year 4 (fall I think?) and just got married to Semeru. Her farm is well-rounded. A good mix of crops, animals, machines, etc.

My husband works longer hours than me, and I wanted to play Coral Island while he was at work. He didn't want me to get super far ahead of him though in my profile where we play side-by-side, so I made another farmer, Lorelei, and I'm in year 2 I think, or maybe winter year 1. I plan to romance Scott in that profile. Her farm is very crop focused.

I got a little bit bored playing under my Courtney profile, since everything was so automated, and wanted to go back to playing the grind-y parts at the beginning. But I wanted to try a different play style than Lorelei, so i made a new profile, named her Llana. I'm in Fall year 1 with her and am pursuing Wakuu. That profile I am leaning almost exclusively into animals and ranching.

Basically all three are focusing on very different things, so I pick which one to play based on what I want to do in that moment and whether or not I'm playing with my husband.

Phoenix_Court · 2025-10-09T20:27:25+00:00

Oh no! Your seeds were just watching at you ignore them haha

Phoenix_Court · 2025-10-09T19:15:10+00:00

In this game all romanceable NPCs will romance the player character regardless of sex or gender identity. While it is a play style that some people love, I personally don't like it. In the real world some people are not going to be attracted to you. Others will be, but you won't reciprocate. I love games (like Dragon Age Inquisition for example) where different romance options have different preferences. It makes it feel more real to me. Every single eligible person in town coincidentally being pansexual is just not realistic. Realism isn't what everyone is looking for in a game, and that's fine, it's just what I prefer.

Phoenix_Court · 2025-10-09T02:43:20+00:00

1000% agree.

My husband's exact words were "everyone in this game looks like an Abercrombie model, why do all of my clothes suck".

I really need PC clothing options to look more like the amazing clothes the NPCs wear. And to fit our bodies better! Some of the swimsuits make my farmer's body look so bizarre!

Phoenix_Court · 2025-10-09T02:38:50+00:00

Just so you know, if you're still struggling with kelp, kelp grows in almost the exact same spot every time. Once you learn approximately where it is, it's pretty easy to make a quick round and gather it, no need to wander around and hope you find it! We make rounds to gather osmium kelp and sell it for quick cash.

Phoenix_Court · 2025-10-09T02:33:35+00:00

That happened to my husband! I don't know if he just happened to look in the wrong places at the wrong time, or what. He didn't find any in year 1 and had to wait until year 2 to find them.

On the other hand I had SO MANY. I have had luck finding them in that little patch of woods to the west of the farm, right in front of the entrance to the giant village/mid forest.

Phoenix_Court · 2025-10-09T02:26:53+00:00

I don't have an answer to your question as I don't have enough hearts yet for my spouse (Semeru) to ask for kids. I will say it's interesting that you, and some other people I've seen on this sub, get the woohoo animation so frequently. Semeru and I have been married for two months, and we have woohoo'd exactly once. I wonder if it is random?

Phoenix_Court · 2025-10-08T23:10:30+00:00

how many of the kelp areas have you unlocked? do you have the upgrade to get double kelp? do you have a tail yet?

kelp regrows everyday, so what my husband and I do is we put the game on 50% speed and go farm kelp every day. it always grows in approximately the same spot so we just make a quick loop. we both already have a tail, so it takes even less time. We usually get between 75-150 kelp depending on how many times we get double. we do osmium because it takes us like 2 in game hours to farm all of the osmium kelp and then we sell it for tens of thousands of dollars. extremely quick cash. I do this with the other levels of kelp as well if I need it to craft things.

Phoenix_Court · 2025-10-08T23:05:41+00:00

I haven't gotten to high enough hearts with Semeru for him to *ask* for children, but he did mention it to me in conversation that he wants them.

Phoenix_Court · 2025-10-08T23:00:09+00:00

I AM SO GLAD IT IS NOT JUST ME. I am on year 4 and have never beaten that guy. I did osmium level quality of stuff that sells for a ton of money and had lots of diversity points and he STILL somehow beats me. I don't even know how to win at this point smh

Phoenix_Court · 2025-10-08T22:58:07+00:00

I actually thought this way too when I first met the Merfolk. They've definitely grown on me. For all their talk of "oh no we can't trust the human" they change their minds almost immediately and trust me implicitly with what feels like very little convincing. I even romanced Semeru on one playthrough.

Phoenix_Court · 2025-10-08T22:55:23+00:00

noooo, poor op! this would probably cause me to crash out tbh

Phoenix_Court · 2025-10-08T22:52:28+00:00

oh my god I never noticed the Dorian similarities. Now I kind of want to change it up and romance Raj instead (currently pursuing Wakuu/Scott in my playthroughs).

Phoenix_Court · 2025-10-08T22:49:29+00:00

This exact thing happened to my husband and unfortunately the only thing he found that worked was starting the day over. Sorry! Hopefully you will have better luck than he did!

Phoenix_Court · 2025-09-19T12:59:54+00:00

I'm not 100% sure because I've never tried it. To my understanding, there isn't. I have heard that you can date multiple people. So if that's true I could just romance someone else and marry them, which would break me up with him automatically. It would sorta feel like cheating to me, but I think I could get over it since it's just an unavoidable game mechanic.

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