Most people I’ve talked to who are into VR (myself included) don’t consider something to be “real VR” unless it has both rotational and spacial tracking of the headset, and ideally tracked hand motion controls. Or simply not wanting autocorrect to butcher my nuanced text (I’ll have to reply in email). Group setting where others did not seem to share my concerns. Inevitable face to face interaction, maybe.

I’m thinking about what the similarities and differences are between the two. Anyways, I made some grammatical suggestions but also didn’t avoid saying that I thought the portions in question had little redeeming value, narratively or otherwise. I fear I sound like a sensitivity reader or some kind of scold, but trust me that I wasn’t looking for offense. (You can glance at my avatar and deduce what I’m least likely to enjoy reading in detail, and get it two guesses). But here I ran into a couple back to back chapters that were extremely difficult to read due to content, the explicitness of which added no discernable value to the work. Additionally, I’ve made some remarks on reddit about how writers shouldn’t be judged based on the actions of a character. Nice fellow, making constructive criticism for me that I’d like to continue to receive, so there is some incentive to shade my responses charitably. I’m editing someone’s amateur novel, for payment in kind. I’ve got another e-mail correspondence where I faced a similar decision. Hence being unsure of how exactly to respond. I don’t actually like conflict, a few recent snippy remarks here notwithstanding, but also don’t want to reply with a dishonest answer.

I have to credit the DM in question for putting in a ton of effort and enthusiasm, but the game featured very little player agency, an NPC patron that obscenely trash talked my character, grading us on our performance after each encounter, and a thirty minute argument over how grappling works–which came about because one of the players was using a custom class that heavily featured grappling (which I think the DM built).

I left the session with a sour impression, so much so I actually called up another friend and talked about my feelings, an action that combined three or four of my least favorite activities all rolled up in one. I’ve got a couple texts in my phone right now that I haven’t replied to, from the DM for that D&D game I mentioned in the previous thread, because he’s asking for feedback and It’s making me waver in my commitment to honesty. But just be glad I didn’t go with my other topic idea, “What form will loot boxes take in the inevitable in VR porn?”)Ī couple of loosely related anecdotes that try to touch on past SSC OT themes. Let me know if I should have followed my instinct. (posting note–this is the kind of post I usually try to avoid making–personal, no real prompt for advice or discussion.

Ffbe scorn of the two headed dragon