@Arkandel said:
@Three-Eyed-Crow I do own an ancient iPod 80 GB classic which works really well even now. The battery isn't as great as it used to, but it's practically not limiting me at all. I got no complaints (okay, maybe the interface bugs me a little bit).
Until very early this year I had an iPod Nano that I bought in... like... 2007. It finally--finally--stopped working altogether.
@HelloRaptor said:
@Arkandel said:
@HelloRaptor How are they not canibalizing their own MTGO game with it? What's the major feature missing?
I'm not sure what you're asking. Cannibalizing their ...whatnow?
"What is better about the paid versions that make them not completely obsolete by the free versions?"
@Tempest said:
Even though it makes sense to allow it, I do not at all think anybody besides the owner/user of a relic should be able to pay the xp cost for it. And no, they can not lend it to a friend for a little bit (coughforevercough). That's one glaring flaw that is easily fixed, even though I imagine it'd spawn whining. Throw in some BS houserule about the XP spend representing the artifact 'attuning' to the user or something.
I need to actually finish writing the guidelines for this stuff on Eldritch, but essentially, if you give someone else an item, they have to spend XP for it, yes.
@Bobotron said:
Same. There's a client I use to play Yugioh called YGOPro, which just has ever card ever released coded into it, and you can just make decks and play at random.
I have looked but never found anything similar to that for MtG though, which would be my ideal; this 'rack up wins to get points to buy packs to MAYBE get cards you want' is kinda meh.
My younger brother is BIG in the Yu-Gi-Oh community here, and he has ties to it in San Francisco. He was helping develop a client for it. Maybe it's that one. I don't actually know.
I have no idea. But if you found a way to play it online (preferably a free one, natch) I would totally play the hell out of it with you.
@VulgarKitten said:
@thebird I feel for ya. I start meds on Friday for my anxiety. First time I've ever taken them and I'm terrified.
Just chill out.
/ducks and covers. SORRY SORRY SORRY.
No, seriously, it'll be okay. Having taken meds before, my two pieces of advice are keep up with the meds's schedule and don't quit cold turkey, especially without consulting your doctor; and if you suspect your meds are having adverse side-effects, tell your doctor--don't just power through it, because it could just be that that medicine isn't one your body can readily handle.
Basically, don't self-regulate or ignore symptoms, ask your doctor what side effects it might have, etc.
I'm sure you already know all this, but it never hurts to reiterate. It's your health and having a less anxious @VulgarKitten is in everyone's best interest.
@HelloRaptor said:
@Coin said:
@HelloRaptor said:
As a staffer, I don't necessarily look for "shooting yourself in the foot". But I do look for, for example, Attribute+Skill combinations that seem hinky and that, when I look at the person's sheet, are the two stats they have at 5, whereas more logical/easily explained combinations would net them a significantly smaller benefit.
This might be more palatable to folks if white wolf/onyx path didn't so frequently abandon anything resembling logic when it came to coming up with many of the dice pools they do.
I don't really see that as a reason not to be discerning myself, and can't possibly give a single fuck less than I do if people's reason for shitty design is "it's shitty in the books, too". That is a horrible excuse.
Cool? Good for you? Rah, rah @Coin? My point was more that there's a lot of ways to look at some shit, and 'most logical' isn't the only one. Presumably whoever decided on Attr+Skill for this or that had some reason for doing so that made sense to them, even if it wasn't the most obvious choice, so weighing what you think makes the most logical, easily explained combination rather than just requiring them to explain why they chose what they did, just makes you an asshole not necessarily a diligent staffer.
That there are some other assholes out there who can't come up with a reason other than 'My Stat X is higher than my Stat Y.' doesn't really change that.
I never said I don't talk to people about it and see where they're coming from, that was an assumption you made. My point was more that as staff, when approving custom stuff that's going to be available for everyone, my inclination is to go with the most logical and consistent choice in those instances because it shouldn't be designed with just one person in mind.
@HelloRaptor said:
As a staffer, I don't necessarily look for "shooting yourself in the foot". But I do look for, for example, Attribute+Skill combinations that seem hinky and that, when I look at the person's sheet, are the two stats they have at 5, whereas more logical/easily explained combinations would net them a significantly smaller benefit.
This might be more palatable to folks if white wolf/onyx path didn't so frequently abandon anything resembling logic when it came to coming up with many of the dice pools they do.
I don't really see that as a reason not to be discerning myself, and can't possibly give a single fuck less than I do if people's reason for shitty design is "it's shitty in the books, too". That is a horrible excuse.
@Cobaltasaurus said:
@Coin said:
Marco Polo.
Maybe.
Hemlock Grove.
Watched the first season, I'm not positive what is holding me back from the second. But I've been filled with apathy to continue watching it.
Teen Wolf.
Maaaaybe.
Fringe.
Nah.
Defiance.
I really liked the video game, so perhaps I should actually try the show. (Also I wanna play the game again. Maybe I should hook my PS3 up and shoot aliens.)
Dollhouse.
I loved the first season, but something about the first episode of the second season quite violently turned me off of the second season. Not completely sure what it was. It might be that I just don't like Joss Whedon very much.
Eureka.
Too campy.
The 100.
Once the second season is on Netflix! Yes! I'm very interested in seeing what happens with the mountain place.
Humans.
Oh, I was going to watch the first episode of that and never did. I really should. Is the first season done and watchable all at once?
Orphan Black.
I watched the first season obsessively. I'm not positive what is keeping me from watching the next one(s). Might be the same thing holding me back from Hemlock Grove.
Warehouse 13.
I actually watch this occasionally with my roommate. I can only take a little bit at a time because I don't enjoy camp.
Torchwood.
No. All of the No.
Sliders (... heh)
Nope, watched it as a child with my father. Not interested in going back.
The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Maybe.
And tons more, just from the science fiction section. Except for Marco Polo. That's historical fiction.
Thank you for the suggestions. Aside from the ones that are firm 'No'. I might look at them. I'm very unlikely to look at Marco Polo, but I might. I'm not a huge fan of historical settings.
Sure!
Marco Polo has the saving grace that is KUBLAI KHAN and the fact that it should be really called Kublai Khan and his Fantastically Stupid White Servant. That said, it has kung fu and is very fictionalized and I liked it a lot.
I haven't actually watched The sarah Connor Chronicles. I couldn't get into Warehouse 13 (but enough people I know liked it that I recommended it). I can get not liking camp, though. I HIGHLY suggest you just sit the fuck down and watch Orphan Black, and Hemlock Grove just gets so crazy, it's great.
The first season of Humans is indeed done.
I mostly just used this to remind me of what shows I might recommend.
@Cobaltasaurus said:
Alright.
I need something new to watch -- preferably something I can watch a full season at a time (I don't do well with weekly episodes anymore, netflix has spoilt me, also I'm forgetful). I just need something to break up my X-Files marathon.
Anyone got suggestions?
(Framework of things I enjoyed recently: Sense8, The Strain (in theory), Chopped (shutup), X-Files (obviously), um. Farscape. I wouldn't say that I enjoyed Stargate, but I've been subjected to it recently and have mostly managed only get upset over the fake science a couple of times...)
Marco Polo.
Hemlock Grove.
Teen Wolf.
Fringe.
Defiance.
Dollhouse.
Eureka.
The 100.
Humans.
Orphan Black.
Warehouse 13.
Torchwood.
Sliders (... heh)
The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
And tons more, just from the science fiction section. Except for Marco Polo. That's historical fiction.
@Olsson said:
@Tempest said:
I really like the idea of custom stuff, but it's hard to find a balance with it of allowing people to make fun/cool things that don't confer giant mechanical benefits.
Usually you need to write out what power it is you want, and then figure out how to shoot yourself in the foot enough to have it go past Staff/ST without too much complaint.
As a staffer, I don't necessarily look for "shooting yourself in the foot". But I do look for, for example, Attribute+Skill combinations that seem hinky and that, when I look at the person's sheet, are the two stats they have at 5, whereas more logical/easily explained combinations would net them a significantly smaller benefit.
That said, when I give feedback, if I think the power needs a drawback, I will just say, "I think this needs a drawback, how about [examples]?"
@Roz said:
Probably the bigger issue with Lucifer as he exists in the comics is how supremely disinterested he is in actual humans. Like, the idea of the comics Lucifer helping out the LAPD is laughable.
In the show, he takes likings to specific humans, at least, which helps move the plot along.
@HelloRaptor said:
@Coin said:
@HelloRaptor said:
@Olsson said:
Wait, what comic is this Lucier thing about? Also give me a brief description of the show.
Lucifer, the comic. Created by Neil Gaiman as part of his Sandman run, but written by Mike Carey in his own series (and miniseries).
In the comics he's often more aloof and inscrutable, but that doesn't really play well on tv for a main character (Person of Interest and Blacklist aside).
While Red Reddington is certainly inscrutable to a point, I'd hardly call him aloof. He's downright personable. And Reese isn't even the main character of PoI at this point, which is why he works.
Seriously? Red is aloof pretty frequently. He's only personable if you've got his attention for some reason, in which case you're probably going to regret it, need it, or probably both very shortly. >_>
And Reese was the main character for nearly four seasons, so still stands as a good example.
I don't really think it counts if Red is aloof with people except for most of the main cast, which have his attention. 
And Reese was not. He stopped being the main character the second we learned more about Harold, at which point they were both main characters. In any case, I think the point is that both shows have something that mitigates the aloofness, wherein Lucifer probably wouldn't, so making him less so is good.
@HelloRaptor said:
@Olsson said:
Wait, what comic is this Lucier thing about? Also give me a brief description of the show.
Lucifer, the comic. Created by Neil Gaiman as part of his Sandman run, but written by Mike Carey in his own series (and miniseries).
In the comics he's often more aloof and inscrutable, but that doesn't really play well on tv for a main character (Person of Interest and Blacklist aside).
While Red Reddington is certainly inscrutable to a point, I'd hardly call him aloof. He's downright personable. And Reese isn't even the main character of PoI at this point, which is why he works.
@HelloRaptor said:
@Coin said:
@HelloRaptor said:
@Bobotron said:
@Olsson
Filthy Mage.Those are the best kinds.
I frequently mutter to a friend of mine that I find it a shame the other games didn't use a not-identical-but-similarly-styled system for their powers (Disciplines, Contracts, Gifts, etc).
It takes a particular type of player to really be able to use that kind of system, and those players really like Mage (or can play it without scratching their heads and frustrating everyone else). Using it for every other gameline would limit the games to those types of players because no one else would want to deal with that shit, heh. Some people just want "Power A does B because C," and those people outnumber the people who prefer "Power A can do C, B, D, E, F, G, H, CC, CB, CD, CE, CF, CG, CCC, CCB, CBB, ..."
I do think Vampire has a little bit of it in that Devotions are fairly powerful and malleable and customizable. And you can get a lot of mileage out of Rites in Werewolf, if you're willing.
I will agree that Contracts, on the other hand, would work well this way (or even better, in a way that is more akin to how Arts and Realms worked back in oWoD). But Dark Ages: Fae did it, IIRC.
As @Olsson mentioned, there are plenty of people who play Mage pretty much by the numbers and never delve into the more complex stuff. With nMage laying a million and one spell effects out for you it's pretty straightforward. Not as straightforward, but I don't really see that as much of a bonus.
Note that I didn't suggest using the Mage system for magic directly, just something more similar to it than not. As you mentioned things like Devotions can be pretty malleable for those that want to delve into them, but games seem to act like you're some kind of thought criminal if you try.
Dark Ages: Fae was an amazing take on it for changeling magic, and I still weep that it got lost in the shuffle and not used as a basis for Changeling: The Lost's magic, yeah.
The only reason I'm kind of digging my heels in for custom stuff on Eldritch is I just didn't get around to basic in-game guidelines on how to do them. But otherwise, I'm fine with custom content. I'm gonna see about finishing that up pretty soon. Demon and Werewolf both support a lot of custom shit via Fetish and Gadgets, too.
@Olsson said:
To be fair, in Mage. Most people only really use like two to three things from every Arcana level. Even in Mage most people don't do the advanced stuff.
At which point, what would be the point of having a complex, varied system if the majority of the players wouldn't even be using it?
@HelloRaptor said:
@Bobotron said:
@Olsson
Filthy Mage.Those are the best kinds.
I frequently mutter to a friend of mine that I find it a shame the other games didn't use a not-identical-but-similarly-styled system for their powers (Disciplines, Contracts, Gifts, etc).
It takes a particular type of player to really be able to use that kind of system, and those players really like Mage (or can play it without scratching their heads and frustrating everyone else). Using it for every other gameline would limit the games to those types of players because no one else would want to deal with that shit, heh. Some people just want "Power A does B because C," and those people outnumber the people who prefer "Power A can do C, B, D, E, F, G, H, CC, CB, CD, CE, CF, CG, CCC, CCB, CBB, ..."
I do think Vampire has a little bit of it in that Devotions are fairly powerful and malleable and customizable. And you can get a lot of mileage out of Rites in Werewolf, if you're willing.
I will agree that Contracts, on the other hand, would work well this way (or even better, in a way that is more akin to how Arts and Realms worked back in oWoD). But Dark Ages: Fae did it, IIRC.
@HelloRaptor said:
I wish they'd just not even pretended to have optioned the material.
I've got a pretty high tolerance for things like this, usually, probably because I watch a lot of anime that do shit like deliberately using the same characters, names, faces, etc but swap around dispositions, relationships, situations, etc to tell largely different stories.
I just have a high tolerance for remakes and retellings and adaptations and whatever. Maybe it comes from my live of alternate reality stories, etc. I don't know.
@HelloRaptor said:
Yep. It just ... it's boring. That's really what it is. It's just boring.
This doesn't even make sense to me. I could understand a few other complaints, my wife likes to hammer on how much she hates the costuming for the Master, but to say it's boring is like... I don't know, it'd be like you telling me you had someone suddenly put a gun in your face and immediately got an erection. I can only assume the fault is in how your head is wired rather than what you're looking at.
No, not really. I just don't find the show very entertaining; it boggles my mind how they have managed to make the vampire apocalypse boring. It has some good moments, but those good moments become good if only because of the sheer ridiculousness of them. Just because you don't find it boring doesn't mean I can't.
The Lucifer pilot was pretty good, but I wish they wouldn't hammer the "every woman [except for her] is compelled to want to fuck him" so much. We get it, yikes.
It sounds more like your gripe is with the characteristic itself than with it being hammered on, if only because... how would that even work? I guess they could just have long stretches where he doesn't interact with women other than her, or at least isn't shown to on screen, but that doesn't seem too likely either. If you can accept that it's a trait of his that people who are sexually attracted to him have difficulty not expressing it (I'm guessing it's 'anyone attracted to men' not 'all women', but we'll see.), how exactly would you suggest they handle it so as not to be rubbing it in your face? I'm not really sure how one could be established as true without resulting in the other.
I guess? It's a trait that can lead to no-no-bad-town really easily and quickly if the writers don't handle it well. And I mean, I get that he's the Devil, but you can't spend five minutes of exposition showing how the Devil is really a nice guy who doesn't take people's souls and actually asks for favors like "get your shit together" (lolz) and then provide him with powers that bypass consent in people and have him use them. It's a dissonance in my head.
And I don't think it's just "people who are attracted to him". He specifically mentions Chloe as being weird because she's not attracted to him, which implies that it's a supernatural effect: women just want to do him, that is how it is.
It's not a make it or break it thing for me, and I can understand why the pilot of all things focused on it; but it 1) has unfortunately implications which yes, I get he's the Devil, but you're still writing him from a sympathetic point of view, and 2) it's going to get old fucking fast.
It's also pretty cheap inasmuch as "representations of the Devil's power to corrupt or incite vice in people". Horns did the whole "spontaneous confession and subsequent perversion" thing better, IMO, and focusing on "everyone wants to bang him" instead of "people simply act more sinfully thanks to his passive influence, which sometimes translates into people who are attracted to men wanting to fuck him" is kind of meh.
But, all in all, I liked it. I just have a gripe, is all. We'll see how it pans out.
@Bobotron said:
@ThatOneDude
I'll look into that. I really only just shut stuff down to sleep mode, and I'm finding oiut that Windows 10 automatically updates rather than prompts you to. So I had something open (but saved, thankfully) last night when I went to bed, and when I got up today everything was closed with no prompts or anything. This may be annoying. I've set it to 'prompt for reboot' now, but being unable to adjust what updates and do it on my timetable is a little annoying.Also, looks like the font thing was fixed during a manual update yesterday, so there's that.
Ugh yeah. My Windows 7 updated last night and I lost some unsaved shit, too. Kind of grumpy. Plus it made me oversleep.
