Posts made by Ganymede

@Wizz said in Interest in Cyberpunk MU*?:

The authors behind the concept of cyberpsychosis don't understand why the use of extensive prosthetics leading to mental illness is a gross concept. It's a perspective we've outgrown culturally. Prosthetics are not dehumanizing, they're empowering.

I concur with you for the reasons and with the limitations stated by Faraday.

I don’t think cyberpsychosis is a direct result of merely having prosthetics; I think it is more like the Hubris mechanic of oWoD mage or the Taint system of Aberrant. That is: as you become more and more super-human you lose the ability to empathize with and be sensitive to humanity, thereby becoming “psychotic” relative to humanity’s sensibilities.

@hamstersonPcP

Honestly, I think you would get a lot of traction with a game based on a fictional mercenary company that is going across the galaxy "getting into adventures." The Hare-Brained Studios Battletech game is pretty popular, and could serve as a template on which to base the game's activity.

I'm okay with no Clan activity or backstory, as there is more than enough Inner Sphere politics to play with. I'm not sure how tasty or appealing a game would be with too many factions, which is why I think a PvE game might be a good place to start.

@Sonder said in Tyrone from HM?:

Has anyone ever run into him again?

I have nothing else to offer.

@Killer-Klown said in Testing the Waters for Battletech Interest:

@Ganymede Dia-mond shark! (Do do do do do do do)

Clan Jade Falcon? The Federated Suns? The Draconis Combine?

Please.

@Wretched

I know.

Now I have to get HBO?

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

For instance once someone hits Greece's shores they cannot be allowed to move onto northern Europe which, let's face it, is what they actually want. They need to go through legal procedures and be accepted by the wealthier countries, which takes lengthy procedures and oversight.

Emphasis added.

Racism and tribalism are but symptoms of the ancient evil of classism.

I regret that the only scene Ripley had with Ever involved the latter taking her hat.

Received as part of an e-mail message today:

I have to resort to Urban Dictionary to decipher your emails. By the way, Boom Diggity: “when something is so fly you just have to say boom diggity.”

There was this.

Then this one.

And I sort of fell in love with mashups over time.

Your favorite?

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

When have they not?

The most demoralizing thing to learn as you grow up is how cowardly people really are when they really have nothing to lose.

When I hear things like “only the young, old, and compromised are in danger,” I think to myself: “that means the healthy have a responsibility to protect them from the effects of this disease.”

Sweet Jesus, when did people cower from adversity?

@Admiral said in General Video Game Thread:

Which edition is that? Blood Bowl 2 keeps crashing on my PC now for no reason.

That’s Blood Bowl 2. My version also keeps breaking down for no damn reason, telling me that there’s a problem with my video drivers or some bullshit.

If it gets any more annoying, I’m just going to put it on my PS4 and officially cancel Steam.

@Sunny

... yeah, like, I’m no PR person, but aren’t those groups the people which society tries to protect and often hits the polls?

I know this is an important matter of public interest, but please be careful about accidentally releasing RL info about someone on the board.

@nyctophiliac said in A Lack of Imagination:

Turns out it was my brain that was the asshole.

Maybe it wanted to hurt you just to hear you screaming its name.

Yup. Works much better now.

@Testament said in General Video Game Thread:

My farm is better than your farm.

I've been playing:

@Kestrel

I prefer:

@Caryatid said in A bit of trouble on Firefly:

Tragic. I wonder who laughed at his unsolicited dick pic and started him down this sad, sad road.

This guy, I'll bet.