CourierBravo

This is so sad, but understandable.

Awhile ago (god knows how long, its august at the time of writing and I still feel like we're in march) some changes were made to the rendering I think? And it removed the old scaling options we had. Before, we used to be able to pick some options that allowed for close up shots, reducing the screen from 15x15 tiles down to something like 9x9 and 5x5? I know this isn't really much of an issue in instances where people are taking a group photo, but it becomes a problem when you're trying to get high res shots of a situation around you, a room, etc. Or when you're tying to use the painting canvas. The painting canvas is impossible to use well without external tools, and even then its a time consuming process, far more than it used to be with the previous scaling options. Its fine and survivable without, we've been doing it for what, a year now? But it would be great if we could bring back these features for painting or introduce some new system for painting so that we can paint pixel art in game a lot easier than we used to.

Just to humor the idea of having a way to verify someones age: Have a staff applicant record a video of them buying something that they can only buy if they're 18 or older. A pack of cigarettes, a $1 scratch off lottery ticket, alcohol, scissors, etc. Tangentially related, I think Aurora just needs to rip off the bandaid and become an 18+ no erp server. I think its silly that we're trying to reinforce this 13+ standard when almost all of us are at least in our 20s or hitting 30s. I bet if we did a survey, we'd find that less than 2% of our users are under 18.

A possible solution, at least during peak times such as events, would be to enlist janitors for refilling those vendors. I dont think its common knowledge (given my lack of seeing anyone ask a janitor to top off a vending machine), but janitors do have a vending machine of their own that dispenses resupply canisters. These canisters allow for the refill of the corresponding vending machine, straightforward enough.

What it says on the tin. EAL to me should be a free language. They're robots, and thus less bound to the limits of the brain like organics are, they might as well have access to the robot language. But, if we wanted to maintain the current language limit, it could be just mandatory. The wiki states: "Typically all synthetics, IPCs included, are able to transmit and translate Encoded Audio Language." Which I think is plenty good reason to make it mandatory. Having it a freebie would just be nice, though. I can imagine there will be concerns of conversation exclusion, but every species has their exclusive languages and its never really an issue these days. I remember it being one about 4 years ago, but thats it. These days language exclusion is pretty rare and when it is done? Its intention is to enhance an RP situation, not try and keep someone out. At least in my experience, our community is very good at trying to include other players/characters.

The Brian's (Brian Pinkman) team: Paras (his first pokemon) Kricketot Bidoof Eevee

I wasn't there for whatever discussion there was for it, so here's my unbiased two bits. I don't like it being a title card because its not very tasteful. I'd personally prefer it to be removed, but I also don't think its the end of the world. Take a chill pill y'all, this is not that deep. Its difficult to say *exactly* what makes it distasteful because distasteful as a concept relies heavily on one's own personal preference. I'm struggling to find a way to articulate exactly why I find myself objecting to its placement in our lobby art.

Hazel has consistently shown quality mapping and code skills, the ability to learn and utilize new skills, teach others what they've learned, and worked collaboratively with others. She'd be a great addition to our team.

I'd deeply enjoy this change if implemented

If I can figure it out, yes. I'd like to implement two different selections. One generic selection for everyone to take, and the flag stickers for consulars to take. I think I'm gonna divide them up by what group makes the most sense to have them. For example, fisanduh and the free tajaran alliance flag stickers will go in with the coalition stickers. Since we don't have any solarian consulars for lore reasons, I think I'll leave those as ones to be found. This is not set in stone, just the vague next step after I work through all of this.