(ETA: But its generally more fun to say that you're an idiot.)
Yeah, but that's just you projecting your own insecurities because that's how you deal with the cold, you fucking Norse weirdo.
P.S. Jesus fucking Christ, you're right--decade and a half. Fuck, dude. Just fuck that is a long time.
@surreality said in The Descent MUX:
@Taika This is my shocked face. Can you tell I'm wearing my shocked face? I'm totally wearing my shocked face.
(King in the actual type name? Extra aggro-rapey? Antagonist class? Goddamn, the only way that would be more him would be if they were lion shifters.)
I'm surprised he doesn't want to be an Ivory Claw, given they are pretty much the closest thing to werewolf royalty since the Silver Fangs.
@Coin , out of respect of the decade and a half we've known each other, I gave Dark Matter and Continuum a second chance, and a few more episodes.
Actually, Dark Matter got better.
Got even betterin the second season.
Continuum you're still fucking crazy to love. Its average. Sure, Dark Matter is kinda average, too, but the characters grow on you, as does the plot.
Continuum is average until you really get into the time travel shenanigans in the second season, I'll grant you that. It is, unfortunately, very much one of those 'have to give it a while to grow on you' shows. But it does. Or maybe it doesn't--maybe it just doesn't do it for you. But once the real plot kicks into high gear, that show is amazing. It is, in essence, hard time travel sci-fi. You are unlikely to find a show that handles time travel with more nuance (even as it is anvilicious about some of its messages, most of which are not about time travel). The way it handled paradoxes and consequences is great.
By the way, what do people think about Stranger Things? I just caught the first episode. Blast from Seven Spielberg style 80s sci-fi past, eh? Im gonna have to try the second episode.
I loved Stranger Things, yeah.
As a comment in general, though: something can be great and still not do it for you; and some things can be awful and still entertain certain people.
I was also super starved for some decent time travel after too much fucking Doctor Who. I'm so tired of Doctor Who.
i'm not even really angry, just tired and it's not even one o'clock because people I have no control over decide things or decided one way or another and now it's all coming to bite me in the ass.
Time for him to move to conservative suburbia under and assumed alias. Obvs.
There are. I have a challenging brother, too, though he's doing much better lately. But we're a pair--we either get along great or we're at each other's throats and it can change on a dime, it's so surreal. You're fine. You're doing what you need to do to be okay. The rest is on him.
@somasatori said in What Do You Collect?:
@Coin
I had Don't Starve Together! I got it to play the game with my girlfriend. We broke up a week later, so I returned it.[SAD TROMBONE INTENSIFIES]
Well, maybe stop getting games based on transitory relationships and start developing material possessions around vaguely defined, long-distance, positively reciprocal connections!
Like me.
Base your video game habits around me.
Yeah, that seems smart.
@Arkandel said in Random links:
@Coin https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/montecookgames/invisible-sun/#project_faq_180803
But yes, $200 is a lot for an new RPG product. It certainly cuts most people without disposable income right out including students and teenagers.
Ah, I guess that explains it.
I suppose the problem is that they're expecting people to dish it out all in one go.
@Thenomain said in Random links:
In a little under two days, Monte Cook's latest RPG, Invisible Sun, was successfully Kickstarted for $210,653.
At $197 a copy.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/montecookgames/invisible-sun/
(Note, if The Community ever wanted to pay me for coding, I think this would be what I'd ask for. And then not know what to do with it. I am deeply intrigued.)
The fucking HELL? That is WAY too much money for an RPG.
The fuck is you thinkin', Monte? Do you want pirates?
'CUZ THAT'S HOW YOU GET PIRATES.
[rubs his face]
Ideas for stories I haven't written yet.
@somasatori said in What Do You Collect?:
When I was younger, I used to collect symbols, like I had a whole drawer full of Stars of David, crucifixes, "authentic" gris-gris bags, etc. After I turned 17, I just stopped collecting things and became one those annoying "the things you own own YOOOOU" anarchopunk people.
Still am to some degree, I guess. Though thanks to Humble Bundle, now I collect games?
That "Last Played" is about accurate. I don't have time to actually play them in any meaningful way. I just get them. Maybe one day I'll have a roommate or SO who REALLY wants to play Worms Revolution. I don't know.
Bitch, get Don't Starve Together and ring me up. What is wrong with you?
I think it's very simple.
If you are going to run or play a historical game, you should be made to watch a few episodes of Reign (or some other similar drama wherein the specific era you are aiming for is depicted in full-on Hollywood glory).
If you can stomach it, nay, even enjoy it, despite its inaccuracies and ridiculousness? Carry on.
If you can't? Stop. Figure out something else to run/play.
@Arkandel said in Historical MU*s:
@Coin said in Historical MU*s:
The Hyborean Age would be a great era for the kind of game I was talking about above.
At that point isn't it just a fantasy game?
I'm sorry, what would you call a game with vampires, werewolves, mages, et al? Historical Realism? 
The Hyborean Age would be a great era for the kind of game I was talking about above.
Hollywood-accurate Dark ages vampire/Mage/Werewolf game wherein the in-splat societies are kind of non-existent (at least within the immediately relevant setting) and the three splats have to integrate and work together to 1) keep the mortals in the dark, 2) keep the mortals in line, 3) protect the mortals from whatever--including perhaps more organized factions of their own kind outside the setting.
Vampire nightlords in large castles that hold court at night and haunt their peasants's dreams during the day.
Werewolf knights in full armor walking the land, Witchering their way through Ridden and Hosts.
Mage viziers and advisors whose prophecies and strange, versatile magics make them invaluable to others.
Really I would just love a Dark Ages game that gets rid of the divide between splats and the choice-factions (i.e. Orders, Covenants, and Tribes) and keeps natural-factions (i.e. Paths, Clans, and Auspices). Maybe in one kingdom a vampire rules with a mage advisor and a pack of werewolf enforcers. Maybe in another a death-sorceress rules and she and her werewolf concubines rule with the help of a colony of murderous night-dwelling bloodsuckers. Maybe in a third kingdom a werewolf pack rules as an oligarchical construct reminiscent to the incestuous families of old, keeping the vampires on a leash and the mages busy uncovering the strange mysteries, ruling trhough savagery and raids.
Maybe all three.
Whatever, just spitballing.
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.
@Coin It's light on special effects because it's Canadian.
Well, yes.
@Coin
Continuum was one of those series I watched and was like '... oh lord, what's NEXT?!' I really liked the bad guys; I felt like they weren't just cookie cutter terrorists, especially after you see some... things... about the future.
It did moral ambiguity so well.
I've been starved for sci-fi shows I actually like, when someone mentioned Killjoys. It was actually pretty enjoyable, I thought.
I repeat: Continuum. Dark Matter is pretty good, too; sister show to Killjoys.
