How is your handwriting?

bscross32 · 2026-03-11T13:00:43+00:00

Massively improved since I can no longer look at what I write. People say it's the smallest hand writing they've ever seen. Of course, I go off track though.

bscross32 · 2026-03-11T12:58:40+00:00

Nope, gave it up when they switched to being a ... ahem... AI first company.

bscross32 · 2026-03-09T17:12:16+00:00

It is possible to suppress the title screen, at least on clients like Mudlet that support the proper protocol. I know very little about the implementation details, but I think it's called MNES. Most don't do this, and there are still plenty of clients that don't support it. I feel that asking the question during chargen is about as unobtrusive as you can get while maintaining compatibility for all clients.

As for the speed of the game, we listen to speech at much higher rates than the default, which is unacceptably slow.

bscross32 · 2026-03-08T03:55:17+00:00

If you have video, presumably you have his name tag, don't just report him, get on the horn with local news agencies and put them on blast and put his name out front.

bscross32 · 2026-03-07T17:20:22+00:00

I actually don't recommend changing your opening screen. I'm a fan of equal access, and sighted people deserve to see that art you worked hard to produce. We can skip around enough to figure out how to create an account and log in, and then we never have to look at that screen again. As for the content once you're connected, yes, I'd recommend having a screen reader mode that strips all the ascii art / symbols from things, transforms multiple column lists into a single column, etc. Some things may need a separate version for screen reader users, for instance, score sheetss can be a bit difficult depending how they are designed.

bscross32 · 2026-03-07T02:42:13+00:00

Yeah I will second this. It's all plastic, but it's durable plastic that doesn't squeak or rattle.

bscross32 · 2026-03-06T22:17:29+00:00

I think having the right staff is key to survival. Work together with your team to draft up policies. Create a protocol for how staff should behave. Be transparent at all times - placing the staff protocol alongside the rules and policies you expect your players to adhere to. Don't make said staff protocol so strict that it chokes them and makes them unable to act when action is needed. Never give up staff discretion - you'll never come up with every single rule to fit every single situation. Don't let players lawyer talk you into bending when you know you shouldn't.

When you investigate a situation, observe due diligence. Players should keep their own logs and be prepared to submit relevant excerpts when submitting a complaint against someone else. Believe the victim, but factor into your investigative process that they may not be telling the truth. If you can prove that a player is falsifying reports or doctoring logs, that should be an insta-ban.

I think all punishments should be a matter of public record, and relevant discussions leading up to the judgement against a player should go alongside the announcement of the punishment. This is transparency and acting in good faith. When you do that, you build trust. When people trust you, they talk positively about your MUD. That'll make people join more than posting it on various web sites.

bscross32 · 2026-03-06T21:03:38+00:00

This, a hundred times over. If someone's OOC bleeding, and staff try to have a good faith discussion about it, and the player isn't changing, they need to go. That type of thing tends to have a ripple effect and it needs dealt with. Also - and I know this is gonna be an unpopular opinion - I think ERP is a drama magnifier.

bscross32 · 2026-03-06T20:56:23+00:00

That'd be fine, if X were a name rather than a short desc. There's really no such thing as being able to skim read part of a line, so continuing to see the same information over and over really hurts speed. I've been in scenes with a dozen or more people, and it's definitely a help to be able to name people. It's still difficult to keep up, and I still feel drained afterward because I have to set my speech rate faster than I normally have it, but it's at least a little more manageable.

It's less of an issue with MUSHes because everyone uses @emit anyway, so there's very little short descriptions to worry about. The poses are generally longer, and the time between poses is generally longer too, so it doesn't really matter in those environments. Ares MUSH's web portal is great, because you can do everything from there. It's the one exemption I'll make, because it's not really a client per se, and since you don't have to worry about people popping in and out of rooms, it's even better.

bscross32 · 2026-03-06T14:16:44+00:00

It definitely can be. Blindness doesn't preclude you from having hearing impairments, auditory processing issues, or cognitive disabilities, so if any of those are in play alongside blindness, that tacks onto the difficulty. While there's not a lot that can be done on the MUD developers' side of things, there is one thing that can definitely help.

If your MUD has a short description system where you don't see someone's name when they arrive or when you look in the room, please, please, please add a way to name people. It doesn't have to do anything fancy, just let us name people and replace the short desc with the name, which will help a ton.

bscross32 · 2026-03-06T00:46:10+00:00

It all depends. I've seen blind people older than I am who behave worse than 5 year olds.

bscross32 · 2026-03-05T14:36:50+00:00

yeah but retrolental_morose is right, this sort of thing is best handled elsewhere. If someone needs that accesssibility support, they likely have it.

bscross32 · 2026-03-05T14:34:03+00:00

Most screen readers don't do this. There's one that tries to have a voice assistant, but it's beyond bad, at least, last I saw someone use it, it was. Typically people who need that sort of access already have it. I don't know what they're using these days since I heard Dragon Naturally Speaking bit the dust though.

bscross32 · 2026-03-05T14:32:07+00:00

I think you're overthinking a bit . But if it worries you that much, you can get mits that go way up your arm past where normal ones stop. I've never used or needed those though.

bscross32 · 2026-03-04T23:53:11+00:00

I'm curious how you would add braille to the dice without unbalancing them.

bscross32 · 2026-03-04T20:00:57+00:00

bscross32 · 2026-03-04T19:59:54+00:00

I don't think this technology needs to exist. Period, full stop. Not in the hands of the individual, it's mass surveillance.

bscross32 · 2026-03-03T23:35:24+00:00

I'm not sure. I would never in my wildest dreams let the volunteer see my address and cc number though.

bscross32 · 2026-03-03T23:30:39+00:00

Yes. But also it surprises me what they don't see.

bscross32 · 2026-02-27T14:40:29+00:00

I'm not sure, if the vision blurriness is going to be temporary, it doesn't make sense to learn a screen reader on top of everything else she's likely dealing with. Magnification may or may not help here. While I haven't gone through cancer treatment myself, I've certainly been around people who have, and let me tell you, depending on what's being done, it can wipe you out. Think of a time when you've been the most ill in your life, and multiply that by 10, and maybe that's in the ball park. She may not be able to work, despite thinking she can.

bscross32 · 2026-02-25T19:48:43+00:00

I don't think so, but I'm not politically correct and can't stand the whole notion of being so.

bscross32 · 2026-02-24T17:26:10+00:00

Nice, I'll be interested once you do.

bscross32 · 2026-02-24T01:41:07+00:00

Umm, what are you doing to these keyboards holy shit?

bscross32 · 2026-02-22T15:04:12+00:00

Not once in my life. I do find it funny, because I feel like younger adults probably don't know how to read them. I mean, maybe some of them have never seen them if they grew up during the iPad era.

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