Glad to be welcomed this nicely. o7

I'm against defederation in general. The thing I like most about this place is that we, the users, decide what to see and not to see. When I see stuff like that creeping up my feed I'll just block the specific community and be done with it. Defederating a whole instance won't just remove access to negative communities, but also to positive ones that may be on the same instance.

Others may disagree and I don't know about the legal side of these things, though.

Hello to you, too.

I've been thinking about joining the Fediverse for a long time now but was always too lazy to take the first step. Now with the troubles over at YOU-KNOW-WHICH-PLATFORM, I finally did it.

Tried a few different instances over the couple two weeks until I finally settled with my current one. Communities seem to be generally much nicer and less toxic. Glad to be part if this - should have done it much sooner!

I believe your approach is a great middle way for all of us.

I'm just a new user myself but I'll do my best to assist newer users with navigating this place. I hope all of us together can build a community we enjoy spending our time in.

Thank you for your transparency and for listening to us.

I came here for the same reason. Already feel more welcome than in my whole time over at rid-it.

I usually go full paragon on the characters I like (Squadmates, Anderson, etc.) but full renegade on anyone I don't like (Saren, TIM). Romancing Liara in ME1, then going for Tali in ME2 and ME3. Leading Garrus on the "good" path. Saving the council. Geth/Quarian alliance. Curing the genophage. Synthesis.

I tried to play it different many times, but in the end I just can't help myself but to stick to these points.

Glad to have you. Just came over here a blink earlier as you and instantly felt more welcome than ever.

EDIT: Engrish hard language.

Perfect description! I always feel like "I'll never see these characters again." and "This can't be the end, I want more time and interactions!" Then I do some fan art which works wonders coping with it. (BTW, I'll post something later today)

Sometimes I just wish I could erase all I know to REALLY start over with the story and the characters.

Maybe I should be worried for being so obsessed... meh, fuck it, feels too good.

Same here!

Um... I should have said hello erlier before even posting. Sorry for that and hello there.

About the new game - call me a pessimist. I'm in love with the trilogy since it was only ME1 back in my late youth. After BioWare kind of died, we had Andromeda. Which was a fun game, of course, but never even remotely cought my interest compared to the trilogy.

I hope a new game will do a better job of inspiring me.

I guess I'll see it when I play it.

"Shepard, I need you to negotiate with an asari dancer, but DO NOT tell Anderson."

Well, Admiral, I'll have to refuse to obey that order as a certain quarian would kick my ass otherwise.

^ this.

Sounds like a great idea. I'd be definitely in favor of this instead of defederation. Maybe a pinned post or something on the right sidepanel to explain blocking and content searching.

But that's up to the admin of this instance.

Thank you.

It's actually DAZ. First 3D software I've used, easy to get into and still my favorite. Has a bad rep because of all the porn, though. Never got around to bother with Blender.

Yeah, I know how you feel. Andromeda can be fun. But I just can't get into it for the love of me. The characters feel blunt and superficial. The world building seems meh. It just never gives that particular spark.

Beautiful. Symmetrical. 90° angles. Every window has a strict purpose. No fancy animations. No popups. No bullshit.

Indeed. I prefer light blue on black, though. Actually, I designed my whole system with that in mind.

I'm a minimalist guy liking minimalist things. But everything has to be equal and symmetrical.

Thanks. Sadly not, at least not about Mass Effect. Haven't done anything like this in a long time, most of my work can be considered lost.