Posts made by dontpanda

I had the chance to play a villain on a game 100 years ago - so long I neither remember the name nor the theme of the game - but what I loved about it was that the PC heroes who were trying to stop me played WITH me in the whole thing. My PC was trying to terrorise this female character into realising he was right and she was wrong to even oppose him - standard villain stuff - and it was awesome. The player and I had OOC conversations about how to tell the story in the way that would make the greatest impact for everyone, but especially the other heroes in the tale. So, my PC was awful to her.

And then it came time for the heroes to finally dispatch my PC, she and I collaborated OOCly about how to tell the best story for everyone involved, and it was my truest pleasure for my PC to meet his end at her hands.

I have no problems with antagonists/villains/etc being mean and cruel ICly, and welcome the chance to work with them OOCly to make it the best story. And I think anyone who would play a villain should be able to say and do the same.

People who lie to me OOCly, though... they can go screw right off.

@lordbelh I missed something. What happened?

My 100 year old house is a constant source of frustration. Most of the problems seem like they should be fixable, but I have no earthly idea how to even start. So I don't, and the problems remain, and become increasingly irritating.

So I've been playing for less than a week now, after not really being in a game since the end of Firan. For what it's worth, here are some opinions:

1. I like the theme. It's interesting and I think staff has done a good job of making it difficult to create or take a character that is going to be widely despised with no reason to RP with anyone else;
2. I like the players I've met. Almost implausibly friendly and engaging, who have never once been unwilling to answer any and all inane questions I might have;
3. The character I took (Marius, for those who care) lacked any relationship information. This has led to me feeling uncertain when trying to figure out how I should interact with someone for the first time. There were no notes about how he felt about his family members, either. That was disappointing, but at least as it relates to the family, some OOC conversation has helped straighten that out;
4. Difficult to get caught up on lore stuff. The website lacks a lot of important information and so I've had to rely on what other players can tell me. This is also a challenge since I don't know what Marius would ICly know, and I don't want to be one of those people who assumes his character knows everything all the other characters in his sphere knows;
5. I love a few of the features like directions and +tasks and @randomscene. Those are smart and, so far, really easy ways for me to get around and get involved. Because I'm new, people are given XP for RPing with me, which has led to 2 or 3 strangers paging me and asking for a scene. That's a warm welcome.

So, overall, I'm excited to play the game. I think it's been done very well thus far, and even my complaints are simply rectified, if the staff has in mind to do so.

@Insomnia A real-person trainer?

Wait till he/she/it finds about about Newfoundland time...

@Thenomain Not a moment too soon. I'm rarely pleased when someone shoves off, but in his case, I'm willing to make an exception.

@Thenomain Now I'm curious about which situation you mean...

Maybe I'm legendarily thick, but I don't see anywhere to get new mods for this thing. Or, am I truly stupid and we just use the ones we had for the original?

@ThatGuyThere
Oh man. I hate receptions. I would totally love the chance to just go for the service and then bail. No gift? No boring speeches full of inane, inside jokes? No sitting around making small talk? I'll sign up for that every single day.

In fact, I'm usually the person in my circle who will say, "Listen, I know how weddings are. If you discover you have to choose between me and someone else, I want you to know I totally understand, and there's absolutely no hard feelings if you choose the other person." One bride-to-be teared up at that, once; I guess she felt incredibly stressed making the guest list.

I invited some people to the ceremony and not the reception, but the number of seats in my venue was limited (stupid gubmint fire codes). If people wanted to be hurt by that, I can't help it. If they liked me enough to get an invite to the ceremony, they hopefully know me well enough to know I don't run around trying to exclude people.

@TNP Don't be too excited. The companies have also been shafting customers on the hardware side. So, if you get a bundle or two, the box is $2/month or something, but if you pick and choose, it's $30/month.

It's skeezy, but then, all Canadian communications companies are. We get shafted with phones, TV, internet rates...

The reason this is even a question is simple: I've watched guys not give the ball back when the FG has missed.

This is especially possible in the CFL, since the uprights are at the front of the endzones and therefore there's more room to miss the net, even on a FG that's made, depending on the angle.

Back in the day, I recall a young guy - 11? - sitting in the next section got a souvenir ball, which had been autographed by the home team, for giving up the game ball. I thought that was a pretty nice gesture on the part of the team, honestly.

So, that's why I'm asking. Do they count losing a ball as the "cost of doing business," or can they force a fan to return a ball that went into the stands?

Let's assume there is nothing in a "Fan Code of Conduct" at a football game that explicitly refers to the following situation:

You're sitting in the stands, and a team misses a field goal. And misses net that's usually behind the uprights (a really bad kick). You catch that thing. Hey, a football!

Are you under any obligation to throw it back, do you think? Can the team/stadium staff make you return it to the field staff?

I just watched the first two episodes of Timeless, and I've enjoyed it so far. It's a neat alternate history genre that adds some interesting overarching conspiracy elements - sort of reminds me of what Revolution might have been.

So, if seeing what might happen if history goes even a little differently than it did is of interest, check it out.

I recall being on both NorCon and SouCon back in the day. I didn't care if either of my characters impressed - actually asked to not with one of them.

I preferred not having a dragon. They were more trouble than they were worth, if I compared my two characters and how much of them I enjoyed.

David's Tea is where I go to get loose tea, when I have the dollars. I prefer their Cream of Earl Grey, which is Earl Grey and vanilla, basically. Their chili chocolate chai is also excellent.

Oddly, my favourite chai is probably just the stuff from Starbucks. Yeah yeah, whatever. I like the peppery taste. It takes most like mine, when I choose to make it, and I don't have to scoop crap out of it a pot.

I like Red Rose, when I want to consume more tea than a person should in one sitting. Otherwise, I prefer Twinings Earl Grey to everything else you'll find in a bag.

@Cupcake I was away, so forgive the necromancing of this conversation.

Here's my standard response:
"Thank you, but I'm going to decline the invitation to join your hallucination."

And then I walk away, humming merrily to myself.

I've been trying to decide whether this is worth spending my entire annual budget for video games on.

So far, one thing I like is that it's impossible for there to be spoilers, as there's no plot whatsoever.

Does anyone have a "If you love [ThisGame], you'll love No Man's Sky," comparison?

@BetterJudgment Why do people not understand one doesn't touch other people's stuff, and especially that one does not sit on someone else's motorcycle without permission? Truefax: sitting on someone's bike without their permission can get you extra beaten up if it's the wrong person.

@ixokai http://www.pitfootball.com/javascripts/cookie.js?1465482374

@silentsophia I keep leaving out details for brevity's sake, which obscures clarity.

One key difference my conversation tried to illuminate was that in the US, the state doesn't sanction or tolerate violence against specific groups. In Muslim countries, the state absolutely does.