Posts made by Ganymede

@Derp said:

So now I have to take a gamble. Get my BA in PoliSci, and apply to law school at one of the satellite universities that I'm attending, wherein I will pursue a joint J.D/Ph.D program in Law and Political Science, and then spend the next two years in a Civil Rights/Civil Liberties LL.M. program followed by a Jurisprudence LL.M.

Why? Because it'll distinguish me from other candidates, and give me a fuckton of publications under my belt that show I'm a serious academic as well as a competent attorney. Which is what law schools are looking for when they go to hire professors, who make a surprisingly decent salary. But that's assuming that I stay on top of my shit the whole way (much easier, admittedly, since i'm not 18 and I know damn good and well what lies down this road).

But with the Ph.D in my pocket, if all else fails, I can fall back to teaching PoliSci, which is the next best thing, or possibly go into politics myself.

I'm not sure if your gamble will be a good one. Most noted law professors have some degree of practical experience. The best ones do, that's for sure. Knowing how to argue a civil rights case is an excellent skill to have, but knowing how to get the information you need to make that case is an art form that you will never learn in a classroom.

@Cirno said:

Are you still going to invite me to your big Asian family gatherings, though, oneesama?

No.

@Cirno said:

So I take it you won't be joining the "Asians for Black Lives Matter" group?

Fuck no.

Black lives matter. That is all. I don't need to join another group to support or advocate for another.
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@Thenomain said:

So then either all lives matter, no lives matter, or the truth is somewhere in between.

I just tell people: to me, your life does not matter.

@Sunny said:

Let me tell you, I've seen both a Soleil and a Lili on various games lately, and I am certainly not either of them. ^^

I know; they said kind and gentle things to me.

@tragedyjones said:

No one has ever needed Ohio.

Except every Republican president ever.

@tragedyjones said:

No. If I was asking for setting suggestions I would have said as much! :neckbeard:

I don't give you what you want. I give you what you need.

@Pyrephox said:

Which is a really great idea - the dozen towns, I mean. Especially for a mortals, horror-oriented game. You don't have to fight against the "why is every horrible thing in the world happening in this ONE PLACE" thing, and it lets you really sell the corrupted nature of the WoD as a widespread thing.

Pick Ohio. Large population; several cities within driving distance. Countless rural communities and towns. Hinterland (Appalachia) in the southeast; Lake Erie to the north.

@Cobaltasaurus

I don't even think it's necessary. GMC Core gives you enough stuff to run an awesome "things-that-go-bump" campaign.

@tragedyjones said:

Currently, our team consists of two Head Staffers. Myself, @tragedyjones and @Cobaltasaurus. We are currently looking for interested parties to act as staffers and as consultants. If interested, send me a line here in the thread or directly.

I'm in. I can be found here, on Reno as Oz, or on K.Debut as Raimond.

@surreality said:

I feel you on this. I was aiming for the same and then the reality hit that if I kept up the pace I was at, with the amount of stuff I wanted in place... burnout would occur before the place even had a chance to exist. This was good to realize, and you get a thumbs-up for favoring 'done right' over 'done right now'.

I interject only to say that I think we, as a group, do not encourage interesting or novel game possibilities as much as we grouse about them.

Case in point: me. I was about to post something about how ambitious and potentially difficult @Apos's undertaking would be, but I stopped myself. Because maybe he/she will do it well, and I'm just a bitchy nay-sayer.

I'm really trying to not be a bitchy nay-sayer these days, but then @Thenomain opens his mouth, and I'm all, like, fuck that guy.

Walt Disney Animation Studios' Short Films collection contains the 2006 Academy Award Nominated "The Little Matchgirl." I had not seen it until today.

See it. Get a box of tissues. I still have a soul, apparently.

@TNP

I really don't know, but Constantinople was the seat of the Roman Empire for a long time before it became Byzantium, and the seat of the Eastern Church. It's entirely possible that the Turks renamed it so as to severe its ties to Christianity.

@Cobaltasaurus said:

Grrrr. It didn't do it "the first time", it did it multiple times when I tried to install it. I'm not a complete moron, you know.

Go get Potato. You won't miss SimpleMU*.

@Coin said:

I once ran an oWoD game set in Istanbul.

It's Constantinople.

Double-posting. Fuck you.

@Pyrephox said:

Oh, that kind of system would be easy.

I know. Don't think I haven't thought about this system either. Playing Rebuild 3 reminded me of how easily you can create a mini-system that is entertaining but simple.

@Thenomain said:

@Ganymede said:

the system I'm cobbling together

Is it related to Mass Effect?

Yes. As I said before, I was overhauling it. This is part of that overhaul.

@Coin said:

The new system (sort of) does this by default. I love it. I think people should be able to fail a roll entirely, too, without even rolling, once per scene.

I love it so much that the system I'm cobbling together includes rewards for voluntarily failing, which can be used as a boon later on or to advance your PC.

@Misadventure said:

Only if characters are randomly given Asshole Cards that dictate when they will screw over other survivors for something truly trivial or selfish.

That's silly. This is what staff is for.

Edited to add: I was running a W:tA 20 game last year, and there was a point where the pack alpha needed to roll to see if he Rage-frenzied when stopped by a sheriff at a traffic stop in the middle of the day in a downtown area. As GM, I told him I would give him an XP if he chose to fail prior to rolling. The pack spent the rest of the session running from other police and taking care of witnesses.

Players will do anything for extra XP. So, give it to them, and laugh.