wankgate | 134: reading comprehension optional

they don't have to play on TDMs, but if they so desperately care about the possibility that they might end up playing with someone they don't like if they app in, then it would make sense for them to put a little effort into tagging around the TDM first.

they're the ones going on and on about how important it is for them to know who they're playing with ahead of time. personally I don't give a shit if this person or that person is in the game. if I don't like someone I won't play with them, problem solved. what a bunch of tittybabies this generation is.

Actually, I was saying that I might wind up with someone who doesn't like me, or my preferences. I'm already in the game, but most games have the usernames accessible for future PMs. Like apping in a problematic character to someone's canon or checking out close cr. That's what some people like to do.

I don't care either way, but since I've had people msg me in the past, I would think that's something that should be considered and made easily available. How is that so hard for you to understand?

and if someone is that paranoid about maybe not having the same preferences as you then they can take five seconds, look through the usernames added to the comm, and pm you about it.

but to be honest, i think it's a stupid practice. you don't need anyone's permission to app a character, even if they are 'problematic' or whatever tumblr shit the kids are saying now. it's unnecessary. if you want to play that character and they aren't taken, then app them. It's a panfandom game, so you shouldn't be apping solely to ship with castmates anyway.

the problem with 'looking through the usernames and finding the right one to pm' is that unless they know someone/their char, they would have to click through all the usernames to find the right one. that's the point i'm trying to make here. there are plenty of people who are jumping into new-for-them fandoms or people getting into new fandoms completely and they don't know all the people who play all the characters. so they can go to the taken list and see 'oh, there's a X', but if they don't know all the x usernames, they're going to have to click through all the usernames on the comm profile. and as the comm grows, that's going to be more and more of a pain in the ass.

this is the problem. this is not a good solution. this is not helping anyone. the usernames are still tied to the comm, so there really is no 'privacy' here if that's what in-game players are complaining about. this is just more work for people that is completely unnecessary.

and, tbh, i really don't think the mods got asked to remove the usernames. i think they just didn't realize they'd have them removed on the code they took and now they don't want to change it to something simpler. that seems more likely than people whining about privacy that can't actually be maintained since that username is tied to the game. the only way they can hide it is for the mods to hide who's in the comm, which would take away any ability that any potential players had to even do so much as hunt through those usernames.

If someone is trying to actively avoid someone, then they'll already know what username they're looking for. Otherwise the only reason to look through and pm someone is if you're doing that stupid thing where you ask permission to app someone from their canon. Which is stupid because you don't need permission from anyone but the mods to app from a certain canon.

no, that's not the only reason and tbh, it's kind of an ass move for you to call it stupid when plenty of people do it. there's also no listing of where in the canon people are playing from, so maybe some people want to pm to say 'oh, hey, could you maybe not react to my character's death/do you want me to react to your character's death/where in the canon are you?' since canon points can vary from person to person and checking in with castmates as to what's allowed and what makes everyone comfortable can make things go a lot easier. it can also help someone decide if they even want to app in, since i've met plenty of people that refuse to update past certain points because of character development or deaths or any number of things. if they see everyone's up ahead of them, they might be disinclined to app.

there are really a lot of reasons why someone might want to contact potential castmates and i'm really sorry, but you and other anons' constant refusal of that and saying they should just deal with it and app in anyway is kind of unfair.

and not that i agree with it, but i've seen plenty of people that think that writing for a game that has app caps, for example, can be a waste of time, so some people are really up their butts about their time and what they consider a waste and i think a lot would be pretty upset to app in and not find out until after that fact that they're not compatible.

the plenty of people who do it are either oversensitive or they're spineless and afraid of oversensitive castmates. this practice of asking if it's okay to app this or that character is something that I will absolutely find 100% ridiculous every single time. I don't care what character it is, how close the canon is, whatever. When you app to an open game, you run the risk of getting castmates. End of story.

Why would someone mention the character's death of a character NOT EVEN IN THE GAME YET? That shit can be hashed out in the intro post or in your prefs. If you aren't in the game yet, no one needs to be catering to your canon point do they. And if it's a matter of the TDM you can add occ notes to your top level, or PM the person from there.

People app into games and find out they aren't compatible all the time. It's not something that is going to be solved by knowing all the usernames. Sometimes the game isn't a good fit. Sometimes your character isn't a good fit. Sometimes you had castmates who PM'd you back and forth with wild excitement for your character and then flaked on you when you ended up getting in. That's life. Deal with it and move on.

and that should still be a choice for the person apping in to be able to make, not negated automatically by the mods by taking away an easy and accessible option for them to make that choice. if they want to pm their castmates, they should be able to. there are plenty of really fucked up and problematic canons and i agree with you in that someone should be able to app in to any game they want, problematic char/canon or not. but being able to discuss things with their castmates might make them decide to change their mind on where they want to app from in their canon point, which is a decision they should be allowed to make on their own and the option should still be made available.

we're all adults and part of being adults is being open to communication. if we're making trying to get a hold of someone when you're not in the game a series of hoops to jump through (or potentially, the entire list of username sin the comm), that's not very conducive to helping people talk things out. if that's what they want to do. you don't get to arbitrarily say that because you don't agree with it, the entire game and any potential players should be limited in their options because pissbaby tittyfuck. some people have issues. we're aware of that. a lot of rpers have social and anxiety issues. you're not really helping by calling them out on that and painting anyone who does it with a big negative brush.

i give no fucks about your social anxiety

neither does the rest of the world

and, tbh, i really don't think the mods got asked to remove the usernames. i think they just didn't realize they'd have them removed on the code they took and now they don't want to change it to something simpler.

no, a couple days ago you could hover over the userpics to get the usernames, and the mods have since uploaded the pics to imgur instead. someone definitely bothered to get buttflustered about a hover menu.

that's kind of lame.

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