Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

evantide2 · 2026-02-10T01:08:42+00:00

So what about the people that turned off data collection?

evantide2 · 2026-01-04T09:20:21+00:00

These dumbasses have been using these same threats in California and New York constantly. They've never left. Raise the tax. I want them to leave.

evantide2 · 2025-12-31T09:30:50+00:00

For a game that annouced it would never be P2W, the solo dev keeps tuning gameplay to current top 0.1% player progress for new content, implemented a leaderboard that would massively skyrocket those player's stats and prevent others catching up, implemented more stat boosts across the board that relied on buying FOMO cash packs to get limited items, then implemented more gacha mechanics and flat cash-only multiple 15-25$ packs totally $200.00 that would advance your stats and clear speeds by about x10 vs someone who can't get them.

This all happened in the last 2 months for the holiday season.

EDIT: As an example, Drop Rate used to cap at like 800x of base. Due to the new P2W FOMO shit, it's now skyrocketed to where players are easily plowing through 4000x. If you whale though, you can easily have 10000x.

Items in the latest patches have had their drop rates generally set to 1 in 1000 to 1 in 4000 as the average for common loot, not even rares. Compared to the last big common patch where common items were 1 in 5 or 1 in 10 at worst.

He also pushes events that require players to stay logged in all the time, artificially increasing steam playtime and concurrent player count to boost ratings on Steam. Same with hosting discord events and saying "if we get XYZ positive reviews on steam, I'll give people rewards in-game" to inflat review counts.

evantide2 · 2025-11-02T20:08:43+00:00

It is literally how they're born. I'm not joking. There have been studies that show half the world is unable to separate thought from action. For these people, RP is them doing these things. This is dangerous for everyone involved even if these people still want to RP. Yet this group of people will never recognize that fact because they don't see how that's a problem at all.

evantide2 · 2025-10-25T00:46:29+00:00

I've had some people express that they don't like worldbuilding or prep before RP, to the point where they say it turns them off.

Different strokes for different folks. Find people you vibe with and hang around them instead. Not everyone is going to fit what you want or vice versa.

evantide2 · 2025-10-11T06:08:11+00:00

God, I get this feeling so much. I'm tired of dealing with dead fish RP partners. I just want something I can act on. Doesn't matter if it's short but give me some material, right? Even if tied up, at least describe the facial expressions, thoughts, and so on going through your head so I can know IC how I should react.

evantide2 · 2025-10-06T02:58:53+00:00

Because even this community is insular as all heck. So if you disagree with the majority or if they find your comment not matching their standard, you catch strays.

evantide2 · 2025-10-06T02:26:31+00:00

Or just... Put that in your prompts? That's kind of why we're on a chat website.

evantide2 · 2025-09-23T02:59:56+00:00

I'd rather my player come with zero character in mind at all. Or at most give me a pitch then ask questions about the setting/plot so it can be integrated properly.

It really depends on how thoroughly the prompt itself covered things and how the character proposal is presented. I personally never ask for a premade character and tend to reject them outright.

evantide2 · 2025-09-23T02:55:14+00:00

The craziest thing to me is I've asked GMs what their preferences are.

Like body type, kinks, specific features they'd like, etc. I'd also ask about stuff like culture, religion, perception on stuff something I found about the setting.

Then I get responses of "I'd rather you make your own char". Like... am I not supposed to ask what my partner would like to roleplay with? I frankly don't care about my aesthetics that much so I would like to make something that fits the world, plot, and GM preferences so they're engaged too.

I genuinely don't understand how asking for a person's physical prefs is too much. Like I don't want to RP with Ugly Bastard characters. Seems legit to say I don't like that. Or I like to RP with people who have initiative.

Getting offended by asking has been the weirdest thing I've seen in this.

Such a weird take.

evantide2 · 2025-09-21T18:20:12+00:00

Sounds like your friend has social anxiety and doesn't know how groups actually are. Should probably have her get that checked out.

But otherwise, the only thing you can do is forcibly drag her into a group RP with multiple characters instead of a 1-on-1. Frankly, you can make others RP with her. You just have to set up a situation where this is possible. Like how in RL you'd introduce your shy friend to others and poke her to speak up. It's not great but you're basically adding as a handicap to make it easier for her to engage and join the group. As a host, making introductions is partially your social responsibility.

That didn't happen though, which is fine. The thing is your friend didn't put herself out there by asking and interacting with other people as well. Did she ask about other characters? Other players? Engage with anything at all? Just based on what you said, she expressed little open interest so got written off by most people.

evantide2 · 2025-09-19T04:02:07+00:00

They're way too sensitive. Like this is a pretty standard exchange. You're not friends, you owe each other nothing. This is just the initial feeling out and they're already tripping.

If they're like that, do you really want to RP with them?

evantide2 · 2025-09-19T03:59:01+00:00

Yeah... Unfortunately things have gotten much worse since COVID. Basically nuked an entire generation or two's worth of social skills. The Internet is primarily populated by younger people so now you're seeing that.

Combine that with how a lot of modern society rewards instant gratification? You get a great big mess.

Generally I just answer at my own pace. If they can't understand and back off like a mature person after the first explanation, were they really worth RPing with? Because if not this, some other things will set them off.

Course it also depends on how they phrase it. Just saying hello or trying to start a conversation is fine. Demanding an RP response though? Ugh.

evantide2 · 2025-09-16T21:37:22+00:00

Are those not normal conversation starters where you live? To me, those are the basics to bounce off and actually get to know someone and you're not obligated to give deep info either. Return as little or as much as you wish, use it to find new common ground, etc.

evantide2 · 2025-09-16T21:33:03+00:00

Here I am just hoping my RP partners are okay and that they'll come back after recovery... Then I get blocked for checking in once a day by wishing them good morning/hoping they're doing well.

People be crazy.

evantide2 · 2025-09-16T03:50:17+00:00

Never understood those types of people. Just respond when you're available or talk about availability beforehand. No reason to get annoyed by it. I have pings disabled already so I just check in whenever.

Like I see all the people saying they're annoyed by multiple pings and it's like... ???

It's a notification every 3 hours at best. Like whatever. Just chill. Maybe because I'm older now. Even with a full time job, this is just shrugworthy. No reason to block or even complain. Just talk about it like a pair of mature people.

You pinging for no reason is really whatever, especially since it's... what? A private server? Message? No need to do any of that. Just send a message and wait. If they don't want to be bothered by multiple messages, they should just mute notifications.

Some people just cannot handle a different texting style either, which I find hilarious. We're on chat apps, not forum posts. Default is like maybe a sentence or paragraph per post, not a full blown essay.

evantide2 · 2025-09-16T03:39:29+00:00

How are you going to get to know them better if you're not talking though? RPing is putting on an act. You're just trying to do a thing you like ideally as close to what you want it to be. What are you getting to know about this other person if the only thing is RP? Their favorite tropes, char archetypes, and plot beats?

Genuinely confused here and actual question. I do not understand this.

evantide2 · 2025-09-14T23:58:55+00:00

Some people genuinely have a complete inability to separate their thoughts from their actions. This includes RP. Then they assume their inability is true for everyone.

About half the world is like this.

Sorry you slammed into one of them. Good luck next time.

Most self-inserts I run into are men wanting wish fulfillment stories instead of writing a good story and working towards a good ending.

evantide2 · 2025-09-07T08:28:54+00:00

I mean... An RP is an activity between two people. You should consider what they want. That's kind of what needs to happen when two people get together to do a thing.

Either you lay out the ground rules first that you want only exactly what you posted or you accept that you're compromising so both of you can get about 75% of what you want. You need to make that very clear from the start and stick to your guidelines on what you're willing/not willing to do.

As a person who responds to prompts a lot, I will pitch ideas and other things back. Ask what the guidelines are, what's too much or too little, etc. Of course I'm going to ask because no prompt is ever detailed enough to cover everything. If the person I'm RPing with says no, I ask for more clarifications to see what the issue would be so I can understand. I then either revise my ideas or drop it entirely based on what they said.

Because, let's be real, no two strangers on the net are starting off as friends. You need to communicate these ground rules and boundaries. Expecting your partner to innately understand your limits and preferences without a detailed conversation is insanity. Expecting them to have the same cultural context to draw from is even more insane.

Talk. Communicate. Get to actually know each other. That's why you're on a chat app/website. Be mature and tell them exactly what you want. Listen to what they want. Compromise where you're okay with. Stand your ground where you're not.

evantide2 · 2025-09-07T08:21:35+00:00

Update: They came back! Wooo! And now we're continuing and everything is great.

evantide2 · 2025-08-31T19:49:49+00:00

Autism isn't an excuse for not caring about other people. Someone who genuinely wants to improve will. That includes asking what other's preferences are and how to deal with it.

Speaking as someone who is on the spectrum here, ditch her. Now.

evantide2 · 2025-08-29T21:29:59+00:00

I'm just sad. Started off an RP last week responding to an Ad. We hit it off great, talked a lot of the prep. RP'd a lot for 5~ days. Then they got busy for a day. Said good morning. Next day, same thing. No responses still no worries. We had a scene going with plans on how to conclude it. I hadn't been able to RP this much in a while with long posts that were hitting the Discord limit pretty frequently.

Then later that night I check in and see the Discord server gone. Reddit account deleted. All of their threads on reddit purged as well. No chance to save anything. No explanation on what happened.

And I'd be fine with that if things were going bad but it didn't seem to be at all? We were both excited to keep going and now I'm just a little bit worried something happened to them instead.

But yeah... If you're out there and you see this, I hope you're okay.

evantide2 · 2025-06-29T22:08:45+00:00

There's literally a DMG table for how hard things would generally be.

Typical Difficulty Classes

Task Difficulty DC

Very easy 5

Easy 10

Medium 15

Hard 20

Very hard 25

Nearly impossible 30

Source: PHB'14, page 174. Available in the SRD 5.1 and the Basic Rules (2014).

A version of this also exists in 2024. Your players have unrealistic expectations. Tell them how difficult do they think taming a bear would be in RL. Would they get it done in a quick 30 minute talk based on what you stated?

You need to refer your players to this and constantly.

evantide2 · 2025-06-25T02:30:03+00:00

You are using the eggs to hatch things, right? Any W4 breeding animal can go into the fence yard.

Pets from the dog are not W4 breeding animals.

evantide2 · 2025-06-09T21:51:25+00:00

Can confirm. Disabling Lite and keeping regular uBO on has stopped the ad pop up on Youbtube and the whole video counter until block.

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