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Posts made by Caggles
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RE: Le Deuxieme Etatposted in Adver-tis-ments
I think I would quite like to cheerfully stab anyone who wants to say you can't play X, Y or Z because you are black/fat/short/disabled.
Seriously. If you can bring yourself to believe that the foam and latex sword is going to hurt you, or that this 18 year old is actually the Duc d'Orleans, or that you're a goddamn WIZARD, I think you can bring yourself to believe that Bernie the 6'5 dwarf player is a fucking dwarf.
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Le Deuxieme Etatposted in Adver-tis-ments
It's a game I'm running, so I figure this is a good spot to put it as there's a lot of crossover interest.
Not a MU* but a one-off LARP, so if you're not interested, look away now.
Being held in the UK, so if you're not UK based and/or won't travel, you can also look away now.
For those of you still here, we have 4 tickets remaining (2 in the Clergy faction, 2 in the Orleans faction) for this socio-political LARP set in 18th century France in the court of Louis XV. It's July 17-19 2020, and tickets are £140 or £160, which includes all catering, accommodation and the game itself. The site is Ingestre Hall, a grade IIa listed jacobean stately home in Staffordshire, now converted to a youth arts centre.
We've deliberately pitched the game and the bespoke rules-light system to be accessible to all, particularly those with mobility or hearing difficulties, anxiety or ASD, but feel free to ask if you have queries.
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RE: Good or New Movies Reviewposted in Tastes Less Game'y
@TheOnceler said in Good or New Movies Review:
no one should really expected to know.
5/7 is fairly ubiquitious in my echo chamber, I'm afraid, so rather assumed it was generally known. Genuinely wasn't sure if it was a bite, therefore.
Damn it, I thought there was a standard meme distribution. Somebody get on that peer reviewed meme journal.
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RE: Good or New Movies Reviewposted in Tastes Less Game'y
Just back in from Jojo Rabbit. Absolutely loved it - switches from laugh out loud one moment to tears the next. Highly recommend. 5/7.
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RE: Depression Mealsposted in Tastes Less Game'y
Rice cooked with/in a tin of tomatoes. Salt, pepper, pinch of sugar.
Add leftover veg as required.
Or potato curry - literally just fry potato chunks in spices then add tinned tomatoes.
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RE: What do you eat?posted in Tastes Less Game'y
I run a small catering business at weekends and I've seen an increase in people adopting the vegan lifestyle over the last few years. What I've also had, though, are people apologising for being vegan or apologising for being coeliac, as though it's something to be ashamed of, which I think is nuts.
There is a very vocal anti-vegan subset of people who really do go out of their way to be dicks to people - those who are vegan, vegetarian, anti-palm oil for ethical reasons, those who don't eat meat or dairy or gluten for digestive or allergy reasons being told HAHAHA eat bacon lol or 'you're just being fashionable'!
Personally I'm a meat eater, but it's a considered choice - again, I like to eat local as part of my bit to step up against climate change, and being in the UK that means in certain months I'm going to eat meat, and in certain months I'm going to be more vegetarian. But I'm not about to call anyone out for choosing (or being obliged to) eat certain things - it's relatively easy for me to get a wonky veg box every week (delivered, to the house that I own - yes, I am privileged and I know it), and to visit my local butcher. If you don't have that privilege and you need to grab a 99p McDonalds burger because you don't have the time, energy or money to cook, I'm not going to judge you. Being able to choose your diet IS a privilege, whether that's meat, vegetables, fast food or an indian from the local takeaway. Simply having a workable kitchen isn't something everyone has. If you need to eat cold beans from a tin, power to you, and I'm sorry that it's come to it.
Nobody should ever be ashamed for what they eat.
Unless it's a pot noodle. Those things can get in the fucking sea.
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RE: Good or New Movies Reviewposted in Tastes Less Game'y
See, I had the option to go out and see Cats today (and I have an unlimited card for the cinema so it would have cost me nothing) but I still stayed in and watched the Bolshoi do DQ instead, and I still think I made the right decision. Because Krysanova is the most amazing Kitri ever and always looks like she's having FUN.
Cats occupies a weird place somewhere between dance and musical and doesn't quite hit the spot for me as either. However, that doesn't mean it deserves some of the reviews I've seen, where the critics don't seem to know what they're going in to see. OMG anthromorphic cats dancing! Uh. Yes. That's sort of the point.
Little Women on the other hand, I went to see over the weekend, and it was a superb adaptation with some stunning costumes (because I'm all about the costume porn) and Saoirse Ronan as a brilliant Jo.
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RE: RL things I loveposted in Tastes Less Game'y
@Ganymede We do not need to buy more Conservatives. We've got more than enough.
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RE: Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.posted in Tastes Less Game'y
Day 6 of being on strike and the employers are just now starting to come to the table to talk. Well, that's £500 already down the drain from my paycheque. They'd better bloody listen now and do something about it.
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RE: Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.posted in Tastes Less Game'y
We are on strike this week and next. Picketing in the relentless rain, flood warnings for the local area, everything I own is wet through. Drying it out now ready to get back on the picket line for 6.30am tomorrow.
