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@deadculture said in The Music Tastes Thread!!!:

@faceless That episode, man.

I know, right?

@auspice said in The Music Tastes Thread!!!:

Today's 'song stuck in my head:' We Are Scientists - Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt

I spent some of last week watching Generation Kill again. I definitely know how you feel with the whole 'song stuck in head' thing. I've had fucking Teenage Dirtbag stuck in my head as a result of one of the scenes in an episode, for a few days now.

@arkandel said in Coming Soon: Arx, After the Reckoning:

Sure, and that's why Vlad should buy Intimidation. But he also should be an one-trick pony in that regard...

Right, but then lower on the grapevine from him, he has suitably diplomatic or socially driven characters. You end up with a dude who is President, that needs someone better equipped to operate behind the scenes and keep things running. The loose info that's given on the system, allows for that. Muscles McWheypowder can still be king or queen. They just have to potentially rely heavily on appropriately skilled people to help keep them there. Which, again, generates RP.

I do want to comment on what appears to be a perception that the 'dinosaurs' will have a distinct advantage, at least from what I've gathered from the very loosely detailed pending system. My only commentary is on the perception that this somehow inhibits new character's involvement in a social aspect of the game.

Dinosaurs will be a thing, always. It's a fact of MUs that track stats, use dice, feature progression from a character standpoint, etc. Does it or can it suck? Sure. No one likes to be the unappreciated low person on the totem pole. Commonly one of the complaints regarding dinos is that they'll reach that high point, then just stop. Maintaining that position, while not making use of it. A World of Darkness game? Yes, it's often a very serious problem. The faction leader that never leaves their phome or whatever. Arx though isn't a World of Darkness game and does feature a bit more automation that your average WoD game.

Prestige has been discussed as a fairly key feature of the theorized social system. Staff has indicated two things(maybe more that I've just forgotten or aren't critical to my comments): first they intend to do a Prestige reset, which will theoretically level the playing field. Or at least set it to a base line, with slight variations based on the stats possessed by a character. Second, which comments on the 'slight variations' of the base: they intend for social stats to play a factor into Prestige(if I'm remembering some reading incorrectly, feel free to correct me).

Social stats figuring into your Prestige, immediately grants a character statted for social play an advantage over a character who is not. Right out the gates. Sure, they aren't the Best of the Best, but they still (likely) possess more baseline ability than someone who hasn't social stats in the slightest. Just like my non-combat character shouldn't expect to wander into a training pit and absolutely destroy, or in some cases even stand a chance, against the veterans of numerous wars, sieges, and skirmishes. Those same combat characters can offset their drawbacks, even if only in a minor way, by dressing appropriately.

Back to the issues of dinosaurs: Arx features something that some folks don't notice(I know I didn't when it first happened to me) and that is that Prestige does begin to deteriorate after reaching a certain point. So if you get to be the biggest, shiniest Prestige-bearer and then decide to just sit back, relax, and think you'll be the Kingliest or Queenliest of All Kings and Queens? Well, that's going to slowly erode away the longer you're not working to offset that deterioration. You want to offset it? You have to do things, probably involving others, generally create/generate RP, and ultimately participate in the game.

No system is ever perfect, but by all accounts it looks like some considerations are being paid to some of the bigger problems that plague MU social systems and the people scrambling to be the prettiest, smartest, and strongest.

These gave me a smile today. The sloth image though? Gave me a laugh.

Found this today in a folder while checking a couple things in a Hunter book.

The file was named USE_THIS_SOMEDAY.

Finished the first season of The Man in the High Castle. It's been an interesting ride so far. Felt a bit slow a few times, but those last two episodes of the season had me rubbing my face and WTF'ing at the screen a few times.

I'm going to wrap up season two, then move on to The Americans.

@helloproject said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

so I wanna get help managing these things.

Good luck, seriously! You have to do you, first and foremost.

I worked retail for 4 months.

Predictably had a nervous breakdown and quit.

Never again.

I don't blame you. At all.

I'm in a weird relationship with a GIRL. Like, a real girl. There is a girl who exists and I kiss this girl.

Good luck.

Anyway, I just wanted to give you an annual "I'm not dead yet" update.

I'd be more concerned if you were and were giving us an update. Regardless, that's still good news, so keep up the good work and stay productive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrsFXgQk5UI

I've personally preferred these lately: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyylUeaTT10 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmc890o0yYY

Hostiles On the Hill - A Bad Lip Reading, legit.

@royal said in General Video Game Thread:

And Mercy is the true MVP, @Faceless . Don't lie to yourself.

C'mon, son. Don't kid yourself. Shield down? Can rocket away fast. By time catch up, Ivan. Shield recharge.

Reinhardt always win.

@royal said in World of Darkness -- Alternative Settings:

Fuck it. True World of Darkness.

Humanity has fallen. Only the monsters remain. Mortals are cattle, pets and short lived revolutionaries. Vampires rule the ashes of a half scorched earth. Werewolves reclaimed the wild places. Mages flit in and out of reality. Some on purpose.

You know, Detroit By Night.

Edit: Also Taco Bell won the Franchise Wars.

Don't forget the Facebook-Twitter War of 2073.

@auspice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Like would it be dramatic of me if I go to her and am like...

No.

@derp said in World of Darkness -- Alternative Settings:

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@thenomain said in World of Darkness -- Alternative Settings:

I will some day make my Changeling game where all the characters work at some kind of Mall Of America, and many of them live there overnight.

Dibs on 'The Katanas and Trenchcoats Store'. That franchise is huge in WoD.

I got dibs on the Stripper Supply and Army Surplus.

Dibs on being the dude who sells all the yachts, mansions, sports cars, and cocaine.

@lithium said in Quinn's Playlist:

@quinn Life 4, Matter 3, Prime 2.

Lawnchair.

I didn't go through and double-check your work or anything. Just remember that it'll need to be +1 on the Arcana for turning someone else into a lawnchair. Just in case that wasn't applied.

@cobaltasaurus said in MSB Cares:

(If you don’t know it’s pizza delivery which isn’t super glam

Unimportant. If it's paying your bills and other costs of living, even some of the way? Then it's worth it. You clearly have a plan for the path forward, so you're better off than many people. Good luck. You got this.

We've discovered that my youngest loves him some Christmas music. Not really my cuppa, but hey I'll enjoy it for him. It's once a year, it's not like he'll want to listen to it daily for the next nine months... right?

He loves to dance around to it(which for his age basically just means a lot of swaying and booty-dropping). The latest thing though is that he'll dash up alongside, take hold of your hand, and just rock side to side with you while humming along to the music.

And that shit leaves my cold, dying heart like...

Crap quality picture, but it's a picture that's roughly two decades old. So, uh, suck it.

Roscoe. He was great fun and frankly an awesome learning experience as a teenager. Plus, I got to watch a monkey hump the shit out of the back of my brother's head. So, I mean, those memories are important to have in life.

@zobi said in Critters!:

@faceless Can totally understand that. I've been in a similar boat with a kitty once and it is never fun to see a beloved part of the family struggle.

She was the kitty that was sent to change your mind about kitties. I've seen it happen before, cats have a really strong PR team. Do not resist.

Pretty much, yes. She came as a result of my meeting the now-Mrs. Faceless. She apparently went roughly 7-8 years without ever claiming a companion. Mrs. Faceless had George. He's her cat. Enough so that when she ran off to college, he had to be put on kitty anti-depressants because he was super depressed constantly and wouldn't stop pissing on people's stuff.

Then Zoe and I met and she became my cat. If we're talking old pets though... lemme find one of my old ones.

@kanye-qwest said in Critters!:

@packrat This one?

Damn it all, I want a dog again. I've missed the play-growling.

@zobi said in Critters!:

p.s your kitty was adorable so sorry for the loss

Nah, she's better off. She wasn't doing well toward the end. Stopped cleaning herself, stopped trying to make it to her litter box. She's better. I miss her, but she's better. Mind, that's not my saying: your sympathies are unappreciated. It's just me being what I be: a realist. She's better off.

She was the first (and probably only) cat that made me not dislike cats. I'm pro-dog. She was a cat, but she was very firm and adamant about what she wanted and I have a weakness for strong women. So she was just like "you're my dude now" and I was just like "okay, let's do this".