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[Scribe]

A bit outdated. Some might even say sexist.

Some may, but that's a whole other opinion set.

 

[Gradine]

Central California.

I'm so sorry

 

[Cadence]

Starfleet has always been, and always shall be, a military organization.

Googling around, I came upon this:

"Not only do Starfleet's operational similarities point to them being a military organization, but the entire way they are built displays it. They use military ranks such as Captain, Vice Admiral, and Lieutenant, and follow military styled regulations."

I was actually thinking that it always felt strange at the University to have a ton of people addressed as Dr. or Prof. some as Dean or Director, and then a lot as Mr. Ms. or Mrs. I was wondering if it would be fun to have a set of other titles (say based on the years of service and how many layers of people worked under you). If for no other reason that people would start to put that in there directory entries and I wouldn't have to search around to see if it was Dr. or Director or whatever to list. How different would a usually less respectful member of the tenure track react when the email from the staff member is from Commander ______ or Admiral ______ or whatever? I'm not saying this is a good idea! But I kind of want an episode of a show to explore it sometime.

 

[pemerton]

Only if the players created PCs that are appropriate for the game at the table. The GM is under no obligation to cater to the player who brings an inappropriate character or a character without motivations.

Why wouldn't the players be the ones to decide what's appropriate?

 

[Micah Sweet]

I'm so sorry

...ok? I like where I live.

 

[overgeeked]

Some may, but that's a whole other opinion set.

Better to hold the door for anyone that happens to be there.

 

[Gradine]

If I can't have fun still when I remove all the fluff and pomp of narratives, your game doesn't have great gameplay, if any at all.

Like I said, I don't need to gamify writing. Writing is already fun, gamifying it is restrictive.

Except role-playing isn't even remotely gamified writing. At all. It is gameplay. The active verb half of the word is "play".

Many TTRPG system are more or less hands-on in the area of roleplay, but it's still all gameplay. Role-playing is a game mechanic.

If your approach to role-playing is in any way similar to writing, then the fact that you're not enjoying role-playing is probably saying more about that approach than it is about the system.

 

[Scribe]

Better to hold the door for anyone that happens to be there.

Your free to do so. What some may call sexist, others call respectful. World takes all kinds.

I open the car door for my wife as well. Scandalous.

 

[Cadence]

I have a sneaking suspicion the three of us may be Southeners, while overgeeked might not be.

I don't know where those proclivities come from exactly, but its observable that people from the US south (and globally, from the US in general) are more outgoing in this way than people from the elsewhere in the US or from Europe.

I've hit 25 years in the US Southeast after a bit longer than that in the Midwest.

I will occasionally answer "Hello, hows the day going." with something like:

"Sick of the freaking rain!"
"Still laughing that Clemson lost the other week."
"Man am I buried in grading, you?"
"I'm alive!"
"Meh? you?"
"Covid sucks! Luckily the other two of us look clear."

or something similar.

I think "naughty word, <insert name> died" or "naughty word, <insert name> has cancer" or something of that magnitude is massively inappropriate as a casual reply in almost all circumstances.

 

[Gradine]

...ok? I like where I live.

Sorry, I grew up in Central California, and I found it to be a hellhole in nearly every possible way. But different strokes!