Posts made by Auspice

@tinuviel said in Original Sci-Fi?:

@auspice How did you know that tonight is taco night?

Uh, Taco Tuesday. Duh.

@tinuviel

Here's the thing regarding original theme sci-fi (and why I'm reluctant to use my setting):

People are lazy.

At least with an existing IP, most of your incoming players will know it and those that don't have the plethora of knowledgeable players to help or can be told what episodes are 'musts' to get the feel for it. Like BSG? You can watch it all, sure, or just the mini-series.

I don't know how often @Seraphim73 and Co had to tell people on 5th World that just because there was nobility didn't mean it wasn't still a very futuristic setting. That yes there's CCTV everywhere. Yes, you grew up surrounded by tech; computers and similar devices are not 'foreign' to you. Etc, etc. All things clearly defined on the website, but enough players were too lazy to read/learn that you had to frequently stop RP to be like 'uh, this is wildly out of theme and it's kinda fucking up everyone else's immersion.'

I tried helping someone else with an original sci-fi game a few years ago. Never got off the ground because so many potential players were turned off by the amount of reading/learning required.

A lot of us love OT Sci-Fi, but there's also so fucking many people out there who won't pay a lick of attention to your setting while also throwing tantrums when people try to correct them.

@arkandel said in Good TV:

Now THAT was a fucking Star Trek episode.

RIGHT?! I love it. I really, really think Discovery is going good places.

@faceless said in Good TV:

***=NSFS***

click to show

I loved the banter between Dustin and Steve. I really, really wanted to hold Jean Ralphio Jr. down and beat his head in with a brick during Season 1, but Season 2 his asshole behavior became a little more endearing when watching him with Dustin.

***=Spoils***

@zobi said in Good TV:

But Bob the Brain is the best!!

@zobi

I love Sean Astin, but I want to set Max on fire. Maybe she's just a bad actress, but I cannot stand her.

Still working my way through Stranger Things 2, but how has no one mentioned how awesome Sean Astin is in it?

@arkandel said in RL things I love:

@mietze I hate soup. Perfectly good food people submerge into water and ruin it if you ask me.

omg how dare you sully soup you are the worst of the worst

You're welcome.

Build A Bear has stuff for The Last Jedi

And 'this movie's Ewoks' though they may be, porgs are fuckin' adorable y'all:

(Maybe that's why we hate Gungans? Ewoks and Porgs are cute and don't speak 'English.')

But, but... DIS BEAR THO:

I cannot stop snort-laughing at it.

@saosmash said in RL things I love:

RL things of today I love:

Cats that love pets so much they stand up or jump to get to the hand.

In a similar vein: when they want attention so they climb up in your lap and facerub.

I just want any PTO at all.

Monster Mash-Up! Free Mutants & Masterminds adventure.

One of my poss. game ideas is original scifi.

I have a setting I develop and write in sometimes. It sort of lives in a world of 'if I ever write a pitch for a TV show' land.

The main thing holding me back is I'm really intimidated by the idea of fleshing out a wiki for it. I don't know why, but while I don't mind working on wikis after they're built, I hate doing the building itself.

I've tried playing the first Dragon Age so many times. In theory, it should totally be my kind of game... But I just can't. It doesn't capture me at all.

@tragedyjones said in The Football Thread:

@auspice Most valuable pussycat.

Wrong sport, but: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/bb67eaa66b/mvp-most-valuable-pussycat

@tragedyjones said in The Football Thread:

https://twitter.com/NFL/status/923754879650107392

DOES IT GET BOTH FEET IN?!

I gotta say, Romo has found his calling as a commentator.