Best posts made by Ganymede

@Auspice said in General Video Game Thread:

Years ago, at a job, myself and someone else had to test a bunch of dongles to be sent out to people throughout the company. We're talking a couple hundred of the things.

..the word 'dongle' was slipped into conversation as often as humanly possible.

From: Company Employee
To: Company Boss
Re: Item #3230 -- "Dongles"

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Sir,

In a random sample of employees, about half approved of the devices, finding them useful and interesting, while the other half -- notably men -- described it as "baffling" and "WTF" and "my girlfriend likes it better than me."

@Luna said:

I have to be up in 3 hours to drive across town and back to take my kid to her dads because he's too lazy to come get her for his weekend and I have a dentist appointment. At 8 am.

Around here, if you're the custodial parent, the non-custodial has to get the children. Your only duty is to make sure they are available and ready to go.

Did I ever mention that I fucking hate domestic relations law? Frankly, I'd be happy if every marriage or custody issue ended in a duel to the death. With paper.

@Tempest said in Visit Fallcoast, sponsored by the Fallcoast Chamber of Commerce:

How about an update to 2e?

This.

@Thenomain said in General Video Game Thread:

Yeah, but the lashback against the horrible Dragon Age 2 situation and how Dragon Age: Inquisition didn't do as well as hoped, I expect BioWare to focus again on the K&M experience separately than the controller experience. I mean, look how just plain good Witcher 3 was. Did I mention how Witcher 3 was better than Fallout 4? Did I mention how Witcher 3 was better than Bioshock: Infinite. (Barely better than Burial At Sea, but better.) Did you know that Witcher 3 has a plot where you're breaking the hold of DRM with the help of GOG? I am not kidding.

Did I mention that I got my PS4 as a gift? And that I picked up The Witcher III, Fallout 4, and Bioshock: Infinite for less than $100 total because I searched around used game stores around here?

Played Fallout:NV on Xbox 360 long ago.

Played all the Dragon Age and Mass Effect series on my PS3.

No desire to play CKII. Played DST on my laptop, and SRun Returns through Steam on the same.

Like, I get it. Computers are great.

Well, laptops are. And so's the PS4.

Because of this.

@saosmash said in RL Anger:

One of the kids I had in this a couple years ago was literally in trouble for going to the park after school to hit people with foam weapons (it was a boffers' group).

In the 80s, a "boffers' group" meant something different.

@saosmash said in RL Anger:

A commissioner in court threatened a mother with contempt if she didn't hand over the ps4 to the school.

See, this is why Persky's recall is important.

Wes here.

The vampire sphere just got a political bomb dropped on it. Luxor's been good with letting us do what we want. If you're hankering for some politicking, now might be a good time to choose a side. Selfishly, more Acolytes would be nice, but we've got a lot of Covenants that could use a boost.

Come take a look? Don't know how long it will last before something kills my PC, but, hey, it's a fun time.

@Jaded said in General Video Game Thread:

I agree. And the expansions was pretty much that friend coming back to visit for a week before telling you that it will be the last time they can come back.

Chicks vomiting on you after sex FTW.

@carex said in Eternal High School.:

This is just a random thought but I realized today WoD: Vampire is a high school simulator for adults.

This is a random response, but it baffles me that no one seems to consider high school a simulator for teens of the stupid, ridiculous shit they will have to deal with for the rest of their damned lives.

@Rook said in Visit Fallcoast, sponsored by the Fallcoast Chamber of Commerce:

Is every WoD game out there so fractured and fragmented that there is stagnation? Is there literally no movement on the game outside of bar-rp or slice-of-life? I get it, it's hard to not have huge, earth-destroying types of plots long-term on WoD games, given the power levels of even mid-level characters in almost every one of the game systems (races)... but damn.

Stagnation happens for many reasons, and I believe the fact that the age of active players is going up is part of the problem. The good news is that the players, as a whole, have matured rather nicely, and the new players to the system as a whole seem to not only be receptive, but also fairly mature.

I really like Fallcoast, and its predecessor, the Reach. I had great times there, but, like @Lisse24, I haven't gone back because getting RP was like pulling teeth. Plus, I've no interest in playing 1E-hybrids any more -- yes, I know I'm at F&L, shut up -- and would prefer if games moved to 2E.

That said, generally, I'm personally trying stuff on F&L, and am spread out on a couple of other games. All I can do is try to assist when asked, try to be open and accommodating, and try to be welcoming. Everything else is up to everyone else.

@Ghost said in General Video Game Thread:

Ill play 10 rounds in a row as a counselor with no connection issues, but then I will be doing SO FUCKING WELL as Jason, kill the guy who is hosting the match, and then suspiciously, the host disconnects and I don't get my xp.

I heard that was the same problem with Evolve.

@insomnia said in Vampyr:

I'm having a blast playing, but I really think the writers played a lot of Vampire when they were younger.

Well, that'd explain the Gleam of the Red Eyes.

@Tempest said in Visit Fallcoast, sponsored by the Fallcoast Chamber of Commerce:

You are seriously fooling yourself if you think an RfK-style game would work without a staffer who has massive loads of time to devote to a game she isn't playing.

And your basis for this conclusion is your non-experience of being present and active on the game during this time?

I'm telling you, the political games moved with little to no involvement. Shav did not suddenly shut down the game when she could not be on for 12 hours a day; she was not as actively running things long before she closed the game.

Didn't Shav eventually shut it down because nobody else wanted to staff and have political restrictions on their characters?

Your ignorance is showing. Shav closed the game because she did not want anyone else to have what she invested so much time into. She did not want to watch it fall apart. I literally offered to take it over, and would have dropped my PC if I had to. And players willingly surrendered their privilege to hold important pieces of power towards the end to help Shav out. I didn't initially surrender because my PC had become a lynchpin in the power structure, and pulling him out would have probably done more harm than the good I could do behind the scenes.

@Ghost said in General Video Game Thread:

That second part was a general invite. OH MY GOD PASSIVE AGGRO MUCH??????????????

Plz.

Passive-aggressiveness isn't my thing. Dryness and sarcasm are my sidearms.

I'll let you know if/when I get it.

@tinuviel said in RL Anger:

Supporting or advocating such a show without a caveat is irresponsible.

I haven't read anything that would suggest that Surreality said anything more than "I like this show."

I really haven't.

How does this qualify as advocacy?

@Ominous said in Interest Check: Assassin's Creed (CofD/2nd Ed) Game?:

What I worry about is not having enough roles within a narrow focus.

If combat roles were diversified and power levels restrained, I think there'd be more than enough roles to go around. Everyone can't be around at all times.

@ShelBeast, you should have a look at BSG:U's set-up. It's a good example of how a tight, narrow focus can produce a diverse set of characters and a lot of action.

Senua's not the only person who's wet now.

@thatguythere

He is not staying in Cleveland.

He did what he said he would. He tried to bring a team to another Championship on his back, only to have the dumbest motherfucker in the world screw up a chance to stab the Warriors in the face on home turf.

I'd say that the team quit on him, but that would presume they were putting any effort at all at any point.

If LeBron ends up back in Cleveland, it will be because he's done seeking a ring with his friends. It will be because the Cavaliers jettison everyone older than Clarkson for draft picks and young talent. Because the only place I see LeBron is one where he is surrounded by that kind of talent, and lots of it.

I wouldn't be surprised to see him in Toronto, actually, to go for a single shot at bringing a Championship to the North, thus cementing his legacy.

@ShelBeast said in Interest Check: Assassin's Creed (CofD/2nd Ed) Game?:

Pretty much. And I think it does have all the necessary components to make it work for an AC game, just generally speaking.

Depends on how you see conflicts working, I think.

CoD has a slow combat system. FS3 is suited for PRPs and large-scale combat because its combat machine requires zero discretion. FS3, I feel, is better for games that intend to be PRP-heavy.

@derp

I disagree with it, but Grant Morrison is welcome to his theory.