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[deoloth]

One of the things a player mentioned on my prior ship is that some inactives, or very low-activity players, are silver members who grind xp but don't want to make an effort to play the game while they don't have gold up. So they just keep joining games so the character will sit around and get xp for them, and when that ship dies they just grab a random position on the next ship and continue to do so.

So essentially. Taking a break from mush? Just pop in every couple of days to make sure you keep getting xp and otherwise ignore the game.

[Jelle]

Arf this ship. The mush were complete newbs, wich would be a good thing if it wasn't for the fact that their last desperate act was to convert me. They died soon after, leaving me alone behind to salvage the horrible mess they made. Why me. 

[GlyphGryph]

Because you seemed like NOT a complete newb, presumably!

[Muz]

Apparently having an online spreadsheet and IRC chan really helps with communication. It's really hard to keep track of HP and position in later stages of the game without a spreadsheet.

One of the things a player mentioned on my prior ship is that some inactives, or very low-activity players, are silver members who grind xp but don't want to make an effort to play the game while they don't have gold up. So they just keep joining games so the character will sit around and get xp for them, and when that ship dies they just grab a random position on the next ship and continue to do so.

So essentially. Taking a break from mush? Just pop in every couple of days to make sure you keep getting xp and otherwise ignore the game.

I'll quote the mods' response to this:

If they join just to go inactive and farm for xp, there's not much the SDF can do about it, unless they specifically admit they are farming. It can be seen in a similar light to someone who asks to be killed, so they can go jump on another ship...games have to be played through to their conclusion, and surrender/suicide are not allowed.

If there's another rule they are clearly breaking, you can and should report them. But inactives are a part of the game, as frustrating as that can be for the dedicated players.

If you only suspect it, it can't lead to a sanction. But if you think there is proof that their inactivity is deliberate, you can report them.

So yeah, you can do this. Just don't tell anyone.

[GlyphGryph]

Apparently having an online spreadsheet and IRC chan really helps with communication. It's really hard to keep track of HP and position in later stages of the game without a spreadsheet.

I'd honestly consider this cheating. These sorts of things (and the AlphaPad) are way more subversions of the game than things like Mush-tests are.

Pretty sure IRC channels are actually specifically banned, as well.

[Zangi]

Personally, I use the astropad, mostly cause of the convenience.  But, it is quite prone to nobody-updatitis.  Even me cause I forget to or when I'm not home to update it or even see it. 
It can be cumbersome when I need to find something, but people moved stuff around and never said anything days ago.  In a way, it makes it worse for overall ship organization, since i don't bother to update the item thread anymore, despite it being technically better cause of my not-at-home times.

But... I definitely do like the astropad when I am Eleesha or someone who moves around the ship a lot... and I'm one of the only ones that use it.  Great for personal notes.

[GlyphGryph]

Personal spreadsheets and scripts and tools and stuff I have no problem with anyway.

Tools that communicate for you, with other players, outside the boundaries of the game, are an entirely different matter.

[Muz]

In game communication breaks down after a certain level. By Day 16, everyone gets injured every other cycle, and our Health thread became unreadable within 3 days. If the game had forums the same level as die2nite, I wouldn't complain, but it's set up like a forum from the 90s. I was offline for half a day and it took me an hour to catch up with things.

We even had an issue where our 200+ post threads were lagging the game down. It's been reported as a bug. It sucks because a lot of chatting is necessary when you're doing something like coordinating pushing Terrence. Things like "where is the fire" "fire is in nexus" "where are the fire extinguishers" "they're in CC" "no they're not" "oh paola moved them to FC" conversations take half an hour in game and half a minute on IRC. And they use data like mad because of refreshing and lack of optimization.

It's not like we're doing it before the mush has been found. We had a 'no shared astropad' rule until the mush were all dead. Give me a real time in-game chat thing and I'd use that any day. I'm quite sure IRC is not banned, because we mentioned our IRC stuff to the mods a few times.

[GlyphGryph]

...yeah, I mean, I'm opposed to them, but the game is PRETTY BAD as far as actual coding goes, so I can see why they get used.

Also, if anyone is free, join my on a ship? Please?

Edit: Nevermind then, I jumped.

[Zangi]

Ah... well... my ship died in the span of 3 cycles.  There were a lot of hunters.  Commanders are required to be active in a successful ship I guess.
Just in time for the Mini Mush Day

[GlyphGryph]

... There are seriously people on the Mush forum (moderators, nonetheless!) who think that the humans achieve victory on most ships.

>_< Like, seriously? Hah.

[javierpwn]

Being Mush Ian is so fun. You just blame all your lack of research on plants and being new to the game.
Then you let your plants die, and eat all your bananas.

Slowly asphyxiate the ship, with your horde of bananas, while everyone starves. You never get into fights either, because of being a Pacifist.

[Zangi]

... There are seriously people on the Mush forum (moderators, nonetheless!) who think that the humans achieve victory on most ships.

>_< Like, seriously? Hah.

They must think that ships getting destroyed while all mush are dead is a human win.  That is the only way.

[GlyphGryph]

I am tempted to eat all the magebooks with my Ian. He will be a Botanist/Biologist/Mycologist/Medic/Runner/Cook/Diplomat Ian :V

He'd have one more (Green Thumb) if I wanted to actually play him again ever. But I don't, heh.

It's definitely a much more chill gameplay style than I'm used to. It's a nice change of pace. And having a decent guy on the plants means basically no worrying about o2 or food at all which is wonderful. (currently at 8 pots, which means indefinite o2 supply)

Also, I've realized that if you want a good game going... open up the bloody rations for eating as early as possible! Paola, Finola, and anyone else with a research skill or a skill related to the current project being built in the Nexus should simply help themselves to as much food as possible.

[Zangi]

Humas can eat 2 rations a day... You learn that when you end up with 2 important jobs and when people bitch at you for not getting enough done.

I don't think mush can, but it has been awhile since I was a mush.  Either way, eating twice a day would make huge discrepency...