@Auspice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Offers in New Jersey and shit for 3-6 mo contracts. Like... really? wtf? Why would ANYONE.
It doesn't matter if it is 3-6 months or 3-6 years or 3-6 lifetimes.
Why would anyone move to Jersey?
@gasket said in The Apology Thread:
Something something communication something. It's always seemed to me that you do better at that than most.
Thank you, but I never thought there was a trick about it.
When I was younger, I was creeped on. But I gravitated towards people more mature than I. (Sunny, for instance.) I try not to get roped into stupid shit, and I don't think I ever entertained gossip much. There are a handful of gamers I listen to closely, who have never steered me wrong. (Sunny, for instance.)
I'm not a saint; I'm not perfect; I've made mistakes; I've deserted people. But at the end of the day, I think the only reason I've escaped being shit on is because I've never tried to form a relationship with others. Those that have developed occurred organically, without a concerted effort.
That said, the shittiest I've been treated was probably at the hand of VASpider and Shaft, who had Nokomis remove me from Denver by Night's staff because I was deliberately barring them and Seiche from taking control of a sphere. What they might not have appreciated was that I wasn't trying to keep them from anything; everyone else was.
For what it's worth, I'd probably still hit that.
@Sunny said in The Apology Thread:
Why would anyone spend so much time with people that they aren't friends with?
When we RP together, you're RPing with Ganymede. Ganymede is a sexually-ambiguous lawyerbot that alleges it was created and developed in Canada before being exported to Ohio for being an intolerable fuck-wit. I, the player, am more than slightly different.
When I go out to local haunts to chill, sing karaoke, or mix and mingle, I do so as myself, the person -- the non-lawyerbot. I give people my name, talk about what I do, discuss sports and other hobbies, and laugh at others' expense.
I see these as two activities. So, when I'm online, I generally don't talk about personal things: my name; my hobbies; my pets (children); my work. (At least, I don't do so often.) It's not important to my persona on the game as a player: there, what is relevant is that I'm patient, polite, encouraging, and genial until you push lawyerbot buttons and turn me into a savage.
I've been at this over 20 years, and I'm pretty sure that no one really knows who I am.
And it doesn't matter, does it?
She should have flipped you a few, and see if you could catch them on porpoise.
@Jennkryst said in The guy who coded Kishi Kaisei MUX [L5R]:
I made the error or reading too many things and want this MU to happen again. What with all my totally existing, non-sarcastic free time, and all.
I would help with an L5R game, but it would help even harder if the game had the blessing of the developers.
This has nothing to do with the fact that I'm currently in an L5R troupe whose last party made it into the game for being fucking hilarious.
@Auspice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Just say no to shelf bras.
I like 'em.
@Arkandel said in Arkandel's Playlist:
I think I'll spend the first scene turning my lightsaber on and off again. Pssshhewzzzzzzz!
So many lightsaber and penis jokes are to be made.
@Ghost said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
The more you all talk the more it's becoming apparent to me that my SO is the dude in this relationship.
Oh, honey, I could have told you that long ago.
@ZombieGenesis said in Good or New Movies Review:
Take the Man of Steel; Superman kills Zod after a fight that nearly levels Metropolis to the ground. What did we get to show either of these events impacted Superman on any level? He screamed. That's it. It's never touched on again, it did not further his character at all, it provided no sort of story-based development.
But it does. It's just buried under everything because Snyder doesn't know what the fuck he is doing.
Goyer is setting Zod up as a tragic figure. Zod was tasked to protect and preserve Kryptonian life. Jor-El found a way to do it, but Zod disagreed and opposed him. In the end, Jor-El was right, and Zod realized his error. Zod thereafter has another chance to preserve Kryptonian life on Earth; unfortunately, it requires the alteration of the biosphere, which would kill all other life on Earth. Zod makes the choice he was tasked to make.
Contrast Zod with Mr. Freeze. Mr. Freeze tried to save his wife. Ferris Boyle interrupted him, and nearly killed him. Mr. Freeze lives in a literal Hell, and he believes that his wife is dead. So, he sets about getting revenge by killing Boyle. Batman intervenes; yet, after seeing what happened to Mr. Freeze, he sympathizes:
Mr. Freeze: Snow is beautiful, don't you think? Clean, uncompromising...
Batman: And cold.
Mr. Freeze: Like the swift hand of vengeance.
Batman: I saw what happened to your wife. I'm sorry.
Mr. Freeze: I am beyond emotions. They've been frozen dead in me.
Batman: That suit you wear... a result of the coolant?
Mr. Freeze: Very good. A detective to the last. I can no longer survive out of a sub-zero environment. Tonight I mean to pay back the man who ruined my life. Our lives.
Batman: Even if you have to kill everyone in the building to it?
Mr. Freeze: Think of it, Batman. To never again walk upon a summer's day with a hot wind in your face, and a warm hand to hold. Oh, yes. I'd kill for that.
(Entire script of the best 22 minutes in television right here) At that point, Batman realizes that Mr. Freeze's motivations are the same as his, but the lengths to which Mr. Freeze would go exceed his own. That's why, in the final scene of Heart of Ice, Batman tries to get justice for Mr. Freeze by revealing Boyle's actions to the public.
Kal-El sympathizes with Zod. He wants to learn more about Krypton and what it means to be Kryptonian, but he realizes that the extent to which Zod would go to protect Kryptonian life is "inhuman" and immoral to him. To Zod, the death of humanity is a necessary sacrifice for the preservation of Krypton, and there is nothing he would not do to meet that objective.
General Zod: Look at this. We could have rebuilt Krypton on this planet, but you chose the humans over us. I exist only to protect Krypton. That is the soul purpose for which I was born. And every action I take, no matter how violent or how cruel, is for the greater good of my people. And now, I have no people. My soul, that is what you have taken from me!
But, step into Zod's shoes, just like Batman stepped into Mr. Freeze's, for a moment. Kal-El knew that what he was doing -- killing all of the Kryptonians -- was exactly what Zod would have done. But he did it anyway. Which makes Kal-El as much a villain to Krypton as Zod was to humanity. Which explains his final, primal scream.
That's what I saw and heard.
Something you probably missed because omfg zack snyder sucks as a director.
@saosmash said in Saosmash's Playlist:
Updated for ... trying out WoD/Vampire for the first time ever on Fear & Loathing, oh God what am I doing.
I'm there as Wes. I'll help you stay sane.
I know what you're talking about. I'm Canadian. I am telepathically connected to all hockey games.
I'm saying that the Golden Knights' complaint is bullshit for two reasons: (1) bad calls are a part of hockey; and (2) if you give up more goals than the Leafs' PK teams, you deserve to lose.
It’s been a long time since I’ve heard this game’s name. I hope that people return in short order!
@surreality said in The ADD/ADHD Thread (cont'd from Peeves):
...the early 'therapy' was pretty much awful. This is that 'back when' section that, uh, Gany, please skip this?
It's all right. My little girl is already in speech therapy, and it is doing wonders. She does have sensitive hearing, and the combination of hyperlexia, speech delay, and energy makes her frustrated in school. As far as I can tell, the problem isn't really with her: it's with adults who she is unfamiliar with or has no respect for.
So, she's pretty much a velociraptor.
@wizz said in Interest check: pure OC superhero game:
I own the book because the Fbook ads drew me in too, haha. Default setting is definitely more supernatural/occult than classic superhero, including a built-in Veil mechanic that might not really make sense for a classic superhero setting. But if you strip those things away, the system itself is pretty cool and basically allows for anything you can think up as a character concept/power set.
I might invest in it.
I thought about pairing it with a card system for the activation and use of powers, but --
Yeah, just thinking about systems. Hard.
It's good to hear that someone has a scintilla of common sense.
@Tyche said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
Are they more influenced by advertising than we are?
It seems almost like, if someone stepped in to standardize and regulate prices, you'd see a fairer distribution system than the one many Americans, like you, face today.
Like, you know, Canada.
@wizz said in Interest check: pure OC superhero game:
I think systems that are a little more focused on narrative choices than dice, or at least find a solid balance, are a better fit for MU*s.
I think this should be the case for a superhero game, definitely, and one of the reasons why I wanted to sit and think about designing a card-based superhero RPG.
