Best posts made by Coin

@Bobotron said in Good TV:

@ThatGuyThere
I have been jibing on Supergirl since it started, and this season hasn't disappointed. I'm a fan of the three new characters they introduced (and it defied my expectations of the first character they introduced). Plus I love Maggie Sawyer, I hope they do a good job with her.

Here I sit, though, still waiting for my Cyborg Superman villain.

POSSIBLE IMPLIED SPOILERS FOR SUPERGIRL BELOW.

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How much you wanna bet Dean Cain is going to come back as Cyborg-Jeremiah-Danvers-possessed-by-the-consciousness-of-the-evil-Hank-Henshaw?

That's what I would write. >.>

@Swaggot said in Making a MU* of your own:

@Kanye-Qwest The Powerpuff Girls were terrible. Let me guess: you actually like My Little Pony now?

Having never watch MLP, I can't comment; but Powerpuff Girls was great.

Was there some emnity between E3 and PPG fandoms? Because if so, and I was so blissfully unaware until today, and fuck the both of you for bringing it to my attention.

@Kanye-Qwest said in RL Anger:

Overpopulation is not actually a problem. The global population produces enough food to feed the global population with ease, and I think all the humans on earth could live in Dallas if we packed them in with the population density of India*.

(*citation needed, I read something something about the Dallas/India thing and don't feel like finding it!)

The problem is a huge imbalance in resource consumption, and distribution.

IIRC, it's all of TEXAS, with the population density of NYC.

this link is about five years old but I suppose you could just add a billion or whatever? Same concept.

At that point you're looking a Dredd-style Megacity, too.

@Phase-Face said in Making a MU* of your own:

@ThatGuyThere

Shit, he coulda just named the dude 'Exsanguinator' and called it a day.

Clearly not. It would have undermined the purity of his vision.

@Faceless said in RL Anger:

@Coin, good point. Stubborn as something that is very stubborn. A donkey or something, probably.

Stubborn as @Coin and @Faceless' hypothetical lovechild.

@Arkandel said:

That can't be the result of just not having enough room in the book because they could have easily made an official web page with rules about how to convert their content to games like ours. A centralized reference like that would have been invaluable.

This would require them to familiarize themselves with our style of online roleplaying (we're not the only style out there) and given how many differences there are from group to group--and person to person--in playstyle and preferences in MUing, the effort on their part would probably not be worth it.

@Faceless said in RL Anger:

@Coin said in RL Anger:
hypothetical lovechild.

Furthermore, I can guarantee that our copulation would create the cutest damn offspring. Ever.

Let's do this.

1. you and I have a different definition of cute,
2. you--you do understand how human reproduction works, right? >.>

@Insomnia said in Fanbase entitlement:

Not really. Supernatural nods and winks with the fans, even using names of a message board that was up at the time when discussing the show. Teen Wolf fans on the other hand are like "No, they're gay and in love, and this is the way it is and anyone who doesn't see it, including the people writing the show are idiots." to the point that the actors talk about it, but aren't very comfortable about it.

This also happens and happened in Supernatural fandom. There are whole swaths of the fandom that complain because the writers "shiptease" them. Carver and Edlund have been called idiots and worse.

@ThugHeaven said in International Music.:

No Cafe Tecvba or Mana for Spanish rock? Whaaa?

Also kudos on Romeo Santos! I'm in love with Bachata. But that's what I get for marrying a Puerto Rican. Aventura is a sure bet too.

I'm in love with Childish Gambino right now.

Pfft, Cafe Tacuba and Mana? Really?

Let's put a little more color into it, man!

Aterciopelados (Colombian)
Patricio Rey & sus Redonditos de Ricota (Argentine)
Calle 13 (Puerto Rican)
Los Abuelos de la Nada (Argentine)
Puya (Puerto Rican)
La Vela Puerca (Uruguayan)
Mano Negra (French, actually, but multicultural; Manu Chao's old band)
Molotov (Mexican)
Reincidentes (Spaniards)
Kortatu (Basque)
Ska-P (Basque/Cataloanian)

My list goes on and on and on and on and on. All of these are all very different from each other, too, so if you're interested in finding something new, don't just give up because you don't like one of them.

I ended up omitting a lot of Argentine bands in favor of diversity. If you want just Argentine bands, hit me up.

@Cupcake said in Fanbase entitlement:

@Coin said in Fanbase entitlement:

It's like you know me or somethin'.

Do I? DO I REALLY? >.>

Yeeeeeesssss..?

And Arrow is just badly written. With or without Olicity, it's horribly written.

John Berger, English author, critic, and painter, died yesterday. Maybe not the kind of celebrity we're used to, but.

@FiranSurvivor said in Fanbase entitlement:

I think in the realm of MUSHing players can be more entitled (deservingly I believe) because of the time and effort spent in the game.

Comparing an entitled player on a MU* to a fan of a TV show is apples and oranges.

There is a much tighter and more intimate social contract involved in playing on a MU then there is sitting on your couch once a week and watching a show, or reading a book. While there are obviously investments involved with the two latter, I dont believe the investment is as intricate or intimate as the former.

I disagree entirely. I spend more dedicated time watching TV or reading than I do RPing at this point. Also, my choosing to invest in something does not, actually, entitle me to anything regarding that thing, regardless of how much I choose to invest.

It looks to me like Nunes just capitalized on the flaw everyone was privy to since the fight with Holm: Roussey is just no good against boxers, she has no defense against them and has always relied on grapples and her superior Judo skills.

Holm and Nunes both made these boxing matches instead of grapple fights, and Rhonda couldn't handle that.

I don't celebrate her destruction, but she is someone who constantly smacktalks. I mean, I get it's mostly an act, but oy vey.

Werewolf Gifts were miles more organized and consistent than Sin-Eater Manifestations.

@Derp

Honestly, I'm not sure the current mainstream Argentine scene is any good at all.

I would suggest looking up Los Piojos, Patricio Rey & Sus Redonditos de Ricota, La Vela Puerca--

In the seventies and eighties, Charly Garcia and Luis Alberto Spinetta (who collaborated in one band and then had others before they both went solo) were the shit. Charly can sometimes be a little more pop, but all his music is awesome (un his album "Say No More" which I found boring as fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu).

Look up Spinetta Jade or Pescado Rabioso. Also Almendra. Those are all Spinetta bands.

Parte de la Religion es probably my favorite Charly Garcia album, but Piano Bar and Clics Modernos are both really up there, too.

Let me know what you think.

What @surreality said.

+cond <name>. Oh, that's what it does. +cond/add <name>. Done.

And I'm working with @Thenomain to further automatize the processing of Beats based on Conditions, Aspirations, Dramatic Failures, etc.

I set my alarms (I have two). I went to bed a little late.

... I overslept three hours.

FML.

And I had nightmares the entire time, too. Ugh.

@Ganymede said in The Descent MUX:

@ThatOneDude said in The Descent MUX:

Great idea but if you'd do that to mages you should make sure all the other spheres are kept in line with similar means. <-- This is to Ganymede

Agreed, although Vampires and Werewolves can keep themselves in line with intra-sphere in-fighting over territory, which I don't see happening with the same frequency in a Mage game.

Depends on the rarity of Hallows.

Zygmunt Bauman.

@Ganymede said in Mostly Mage, Partially Descent Mux:

@Coin said in Mostly Mage, Partially Descent Mux:

It really comes down to the dice rolls, but werewolves are beassssssts.

I'd hate to steal your (Love) gun, but they can also (in Gauru):

1. Gain 8-again on all Brawl and Weaponry rolls (Full Moon 1).
2. Gain extra health levels (Full Moon 2).
3. Boost attack rolls equal to Purity against targets that stand between the Rahu and his prey (Full Moon 3).
4. Inflict Tilts with every strike, regardless if the target takes damage (Full Moon 4).
5. Boost Strength or Stamina by 2 per success (or gain 1 pt. of armor or do an extra +1L in unarmed combat) (Full Moon 5).
6. Instantly avoid a Brawl or Weaponry strike as a reflexive action (Hit and Run).
7. Instantly learn of every creature within Purityx100 yards, which destroys any ambush (Lore of the Land).
8. Boost damage inflicted by Purity (Slaughterer).
9. Boost Strength equal to Purity (Primal Strength).
10. Penalize an opponent's attack pool equal to Purity (Grasp of the Howling Winds).

So, on top of all the goodies you can get via shifting to Gauru, you could potentially have any or all of these. And I'll wager the cost is substantially less than a combat-oriented vampire.

Plus, if the prey is the vampire, then the Werewolf can use his Hunter Aspect against him. Since we're taking about a Rahu, if the assault is successful, the Gangrel gets the Submissive Condition, which requires him to spend a Willpower point and succeed on a Resolve + Composure roll (and get successes equal to or more than the Rahu's Purity score) to launch an attack. While the condition is resolved if you take damage, one strike from a Rahu is usually good enough.

Yeah, my money's on the Rahu.

I honestly haven't done the math because it never interested me, but I'm sure a Gangrel with Protean, Celerity, Vigor, Resilience, and Coil of the Wyrm would put up a reasonable fight. I mean, just with Protean, Vigor and Coil of the Wyrm alone, you're looking at a bonus of +Vigor to dice pool, +Blood Potency to dicepool, and +Vigor to sucesses if hit, all doing aggravated damage.

Like I said above: I'm rarely interested in extremes, but in the end, I do believe it's the dice rolls that determine it.

Especially that one dice roll: Initiative. And yes, both splats have ways to interrupt, so.