Best posts made by Ganymede

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

I don't think anyone has the money for that. We are litigating a dependency and I've never even had a deposition in one before and I'll have to get the office of public defense to pay my hotel if we go.

Admittedly, I'm a jerk when it comes to litigation.

The Uniform Deposition Act requires a recipient properly served to appear where designated by the party seeking to take the deposition. Whether by subpoena or by notice, the deponent has the duty to appear, unless he or she obtains a protective order.

I suppose, though, that you could agree to whatever you want, despite your client's intransigence. I've told more than one client that doing something their way would require an additional $2,000 from them as a retainer. They tend to come around then.

@thenomain said in Experienced Tiers or How much is too much?:

What is the goal of either method? That is, what is it you think that makes one method better than another?

I believe the goal of The Reach and Fallcoast is to allow everyone to get to a high XP level, irrespective of the number of alts at that level. Fate's Harvest is clearly stated to be a place where people can play high-Wyrd changelings, but they only allow one alt at the highest level.

I like Fate's Harvest better because it limits the number of high-powered alts per player.

@Arkandel

Okay.

My kids are half-Chinese, half-German-Mutt.

They get part of this:

And they get part of this:

Merry Jailed-Pandas-and-Krampus-Demons-mas!

@thenomain said in Experienced Tiers or How much is too much?:

I'm currently creating a character on a game far, far higher power than I'm comfortable with because this is what people around me are playing. I am angsting (loudly; sorry everyone around me) that I will not be able to justify this to the gatekeepers and therefore be asked to not play with those people around me.

On Fate's Harvest, you're not required to spend all your XP going on. In fact, you can keep a large amount of it as a "resource" to draw from to improve your PC commensurate with his or her RP. Personally, I reserved over 200 XP on my PC after character generation, and still have 161 XP left on her after a few months of playing.

So, if that's the game you're talking about, I can tell you that Annapurna doesn't care if you pick a Tier 5 PC and reserve 900 XP at the end of it. At least, I don't think she'd care.

@egg said in General Video Game Thread:

No, I always loved that FF7's ending left so much open to the player's imagination.

I'm glad you liked it.

I'm not really a demanding lover, but I prefer it when my climaxes take longer than a couple of minutes to conclude, though.

Just saying.

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

That's a really helpful idea I had not even thought of. Thanks!!

You're welcome. ^.^

@arkandel said in Respecs.:

How do you feel about allowing/offering respecs - rebuilding an existing character using their current XP but picking traits, powers etc from scratch - in a game?

Should there be limitations?

I dislike re-specs, but I think they are a necessary benefit and evil.

As a policy, I'd allow for re-specs within 30 days of approval, which I think is reasonable for a WoD 2E game. After that, I'd allow for a re-spec when there has been a house rule that alters how a particular stat works; however, I would limit changes to the altered stat, or, on a case-by-case basis, a complete change where the stat may have been critical to the PC's concept.

Otherwise, no.

@egg

Not by half.

FF8 has four discs.

@Derp said:

Having terrible children shouldn't be a carte blanche pass to inflict them on others.

And yet, adults with shitty attitudes believe they have a carte blanche to inflict them on others.

Not applicable to this situation, mind, because I'm in Raptor's and your camp regarding movie theatres. I'm just dealing with a rash of shitty, shitty people right now.

@seraphim73 said in Rosters: To PB or Not To PB?:

I kind of like artwork so long as it fits the "style" of the game. And yes, that's incredibly subjective.

Yeah, like, on a space opera game with spaceships, robots, and lasers, I'd kick anyone bitching about anime PCs straight in the tail.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance.

Absolutely the worst purchase I have ever made.

@Roz said:

Okay so maybe that percentage of the population should try to chill a little more instead of telling moms to go feed their kids in areas they deem "appropriate." The solution is normalizing the whole thing, not putting it in a closet.

I would never tell a mother breast-feeding her kid in public to go elsewhere, but I also think doing so is gauche, given the availability of solutions which can put others who don't believe such behavior is acceptable at ease. And I say this as a parent of twins under the age of 2.

Incidentally, my partner, who bore them, never breast-fed our kids in public.

@sunnyj said in Vampire 5E Games?:

Sabbat can be super neat. I will give you this, though: I have only played one oWoD MUX ever, and most Sabbat characters there were a god damn shit show. I totally understand the worries of a lot of game runners about the Sabbat. I just like to think we can do better.

I never really understood a lot of Sabbat players. And I've played a lot of Sabbat PCs.

One of my favorite PCs of all time was Sabbat. He was ex-military. He looked at everything as a matter of military planning and strategy. He looked down on shovel-heads as snot-nosed newbs. He looked at the Tzimisce as fleshy blood-sluts. For him, the war was everything, and he intended to win it. If that meant the death of every other vampire and human, so be it.

It's easy to see why I like the New World of Darkness so much, especially the Sons of Cade. It was like the developer reached into my head and used my old concept, and that made me happy.

Not that I don't mind writing flowery gore-porn from time to time, but my time is much more limited these days.

@Ghost said in General Video Game Thread:

Is it wrong? Ethically, yes. Contractually this play appears to be within the boundaries.

Lawful Evil is still evil.

@cobaltasaurus said in MSB Cares:

My car is a 2door tiny thing. XD

Well, there's also Uber Eats, right? I mean, hopefully, where you're at.

@sunnyj

This is why the leaders stand behind them, with barrels aimed at brain stems and enough weapons for only half.

Tracking back a bit, let's not forget the wonderful games Naughty Dog and Guerilla put out.

I mean, Sony.

@thatguythere said in The Football Thread:

Since the thread as been necroed, the Vikes clinched the NFC North today.

Congratulations! You beat up on the Packers without Aaron Rodgers, the Lions, and the Bears.

It's like congratulating the Patriots for taking the AFC East. It's an absolute catastrophe if they don't because of the dysfunction of the Bills, the Jets, and the Fish.

@thenomain

I'm not complaining about the positive feedback and vibes. I'd like to encourage that. It's the negative feedback and comments directed at the same.

It's also just a gentle reminder as to the purpose of this board.

My opinion: positive feedback is great; calling out fellow members for past behavior, true, false, bad, or good, is not conducive to the purpose of this board.