Posts made by Arkandel

@ifrit At the stage you're at right now I think the most imperative question you'll want to ask yourself is "what do I want from this project?".

If you mostly want a discussion then this can be as good a place as any. You can shoot ideas, other people will toss their own, and it can be a lot of fun if you're content with this whole thing remaining at the brainstorming phase. At this level it's similar to creating a table-top campaign since it can live entirely in someone's head, and the upfront commitment in time or effort is somewhat small, and mostly enjoyable for all involved.

If what you're after is collaborators to actually shape it into a potential game - as in, for it to have any chance of becoming a MUSH - that's where the investment starts piling up. To do so you'll either want to call on people who already know you or impress those who don't with your creativity, work ethic, code skills... something to get them to invest as well. Building an actual MUSH is a lot of work, some of it not very exciting or 'fun' per se, so before folks throw in their hats they'll need to know it's not vaporware; you'd need to come up with concrete ideas of what the mechanics would be, if you have any killer OMG-features in mind... basically any way to generate excitement and get the help you'll need, if any. Creating a game single-handedly isn't easy, much more so if you haven't done so before. You'll need help.

You need to distinguish what your goals are, IMHO. Either way though, good luck!

I've been enjoying The Titans - their casting choices were really on point although their budget and pacing is a bit concerning - so I thought, hey, I'll watch Titans Go! To The Movies which would surely be on the same level of dark, introspective broodiness.

Spoiler alert: It was not on the same level of dark, introspective broodiness. But it was damn fun - whoever wrote this shit must have been ridiculously, outrageously high the whole time, and it showed. Daaaamn! It didn't for one second try to take itself seriously, and the whole thing paid off big time.

I have brought shame upon my clan!

This leaves me but one choice. I'll just need to pretend none of this happened.

I rue the day @ganymede discovered animated GIF memes.

@wizz The inverse could be interesting, making adventuring itself so useful that if there aren't enough nobles to man all these expeditions then wealthy patrons need to recruit brave peasants willing to put themselves on the line for their Houses.

Turn those deep pockets into quest givers. Win/win.

@ifrit A couple of questions for you:

1. The theme sounds interesting! Do you have ideas on what your players will be able to do when there isn't staff explicitly running metaplot things for them?

2. Do you have ideas on the systems (mechanics, etc) you want to use for this?

3. Is the game cooperative or antagonistic between PCs? Do you see it focusing more on action, politics or something else?

@thesuntsar You like apostrophes in your character names, don't you!

@sincerely No. Be Arkandel or why bother, really?

It's what I do.

The guy on my gym's Facebook group posting regularly about his newest lifting achievements. I don't mind people bragging about their PRs but goddamn he's tagging everything he does with #veganpowerlifting #vegangains #veganstrength, every damn time.

He's like a walking, breathing incarnation of that old joke: How do you tell if someone's a vegan? Wait five minutes, they'll tell you.

I watched Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald last night. It was very, very good! Jude Law is the best Dumbledore so far, period, and given how good Johnny Depp was too I can't wait to see these guys share a screen.

But damn it didn't try to coddle the audience at all. It was fan service all the way, with regular infobombs and revelations for Potterheads that I struggled with as my own interest about that universe isn't too deep. I can't imagine what it's like to watch it as a muggle.

Also the effects were a little overdone, IMHO. Sometimes I couldn't tell wtf was happening and who was doing what in the middle of all the magical explosions and shit.

@ganymede I agree, but wait until the Raptors go deeper into the season. Lowry has a history with nagging injuries (and he's not getting any younger), plus part of the hot start could be explained by a streak of home games and the competition in the East not yet having figured their shit out.

Boston is too good to be this bad... and the Sixers with Butler could be a thing. Plus, you know, the freakin' Bucks are on a mission this year.

@ganymede For starters I do think people ('these days' ) are sometimes looking for something to be offended by. Some of those times are perfectly legitimate but others it's just whatever the hell caught their eye.

To me it's a matter of good taste. I don't think companies should be profiting from exploiting still ongoing situations whose victims have barely had time to recover or to cheapen then by introducing supernatural reasons behind them.

For example a RPG line referencing gun shootings in the US by injecting vampires in them falls into that category. It's just not cool.

On the other hand the same thing referencing WW2 or even Desert Storm is probably fine - those are clearly not trying to grab headlines by being about ongoing, fresh events, and anyone directly involved in them has had many years to cope with the aftermath.

@aria I'd have to get a divorce then remarry first! The logistics are getting awfully complicated.

@aria Toronto is amazing. Even the weather isn't as horribad in the winter as uh, other places in Canada... our smog protects us, it smothers us, it sustains us.

But even with that said, the cold isn't a selling point.

@aria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU

@coin It's a weird name change but if that's what you want, man.

@coin said in General MSB announcements:

@arkandel said in General MSB announcements:

At some point during all the upgrades nodebb has been technologically advanced to the incredible point we can now rename accounts!

We'll need a half-decent reason if you want yours changed, especially for repeated changes, but we have the technology. Welcome to the future.

Does it change all the posts that reference your account with an " or do those links just die?

@mentions will most likely not work any more if they're using the old name.

Tore my left hand's middle finger extensor tendon grabbing a rebound in garbage time. I developed what's apparently called a mallet finger, so it had to be splinted full time for two months.

Other annoyances aside - my typing speed is down 30% and I type a lot - it does mean I now have a doctor's note allowing me to give people the finger 24/7. In fact I when give a thumbs up they also get the bird as a bonus action!

But... no basketball for two months. That's the worst part.

At some point during all the upgrades nodebb has been technologically advanced to the incredible point we can now rename accounts!

We'll need a half-decent reason if you want yours changed, especially for repeated changes, but we have the technology. Welcome to the future.