GM_GooglyMoogly

No politics please.

This discussion is going nowhere fast. Let's talk about something else.

Nope. There's no carrying on for real world politics on our forums. Sorry.

To knock or not to knock, that is the question . . . again. As I mentioned in a previous KB discussion: So use a bit of "communication, kindness, coordination, and consideration" and be excellent to each other!

It seems that this discussion has run it's course. The request for some kind of RGB function to costumes has been noted. I cannot say whether HC will do it in the near future or ever, but the fact that another server has done it has no bearing on whether we do it or not. The point that Crumpet was making was that we try to avoid having discussions about other servers on our forums because it frequently ends up being an argument over which server is better than another. It's OK to like HC; it's OK to like other servers; it's OK to like bits and pieces of different ones. It's not OK to poke at each other for having opinions and preferences. B.E.T.E.O.

Second one:

It's hard to teach old vampires new tricks. Did you try logging all the way out of the game after installing the mod?

One additional point to add is that HC is not static -- GMs and Devs come and go. Each new one brings talents and sensibilities that may be different from those that came before. For example, Cobalt was once a mere player with some coding knowledge that had an idea for tips that lead to exploration badges and was brought on board to do that. Then, after seeing the code and having some time, Cobalt got all sorts of ideas and started playing with them in a personal sandbox, then sharing with the team and refining, then sharing with testers and refining, then bringing us things like Aeon SF and the Labyrinth . . . and still refining! (At least, that's how I remember it). That takes a lot of time and effort and can sometimes lead to burnout or life changes that force one to spend less time on the game and more on work and family. All that to say that some things are truly impossible to do with the engine we have, some things are possible but so incredibly difficult and time consuming that it's not reasonable to do, and other things seem impossible or hard until the person with the time and talent figures out a way to do it . . . and finally there are things that can technically be done but aren't for legal or risk management reasons.

Nah. It's all good.

There's a reason for it not being in the memorial thread. I didn't want to "harsh the vibe" so to speak. Everyone was remembering their friend and I didn't want to metaphorically go to the funeral and start a fight. I assume other GMs/Devs did the same.

Wow. I go away for eight hours to earn money to buy Christmas presents only to find . . . . this Dang it guys! You hurt Cobalt's feelings and made other GMs have to moderate in my absence. Look, I may have the title of GM but I'm also a player and a human. I make mistakes all the time. I also do not know everything. Yes, I know, you're all in shock at that revelation. But it's true. I did not know that there already existed a policy against adding player-memorial NPCs. If I did, I would have said so up front. If I had, that might make Indystruck feel better, but it might not. And I have a fairly good guess that even if I had that the forums would have similarly spiraled. Some of you have sent me PMs about how I moderate. Specifically, how I have a double standard of warning and giving timeouts to this group but not that group. Sorry, but you are going to have to take my word for it, I spread my warnings and timeouts evenly. You have no idea who has been given a warning, or a timeout, for how long, or if it was me or some other GM. Only the player that got moderated knows that. So yes, what I mostly do is hide posts and ask people to be excellent to each other. I hide them for a variety of reasons but mostly because they are personal attacks against other posters. I don't think that you want me or the rest of the GM team to be handing out more warnings and bans, but it seems like some of you ARE asking for exactly that. You are all free to make suggestions and you are also free to disagree with suggestions and to debate and discuss in good faith and with respect for each other. I am truly sorry that a player passed away. Even if I never met them. They were a part of this community that loves playing a game where you can be any kind of superhero (or villain) and tell as much of your story as you want . . . or just go punch and shoot things. The game is 20 years old and that means we are unfortunately going to see more and more members of the community pass away and every one is a loss. Sorry for the ramble. These are my ramblings and not official policy of HC. In compensation: Here is a badly made piñata of me that you can hit with a stick.