Posts made by Ghost

@kitteh Right? Because logically it isnt the amount of the blood in the gas tank that matters, but instead how the vampire utilizes it against their supernatural hunger.

@Ganymede said in RL Anger:

Me: "Honey, have you seen my keys?"
Partner: from the other room "It's over there."
Me in head: WHERE THE FUCK IS 'THERE'?

^OMFG THIS

Not to mention:

ME: I lost my keys, can u help?
SO: (not looking) Where was the last place you saw them?
ME: Right where I am right now. I just looked there.
SO: Where was the last place you saw them before that?
ME: IF RETRACING MY STEPS WERE SOME MYSTIC ART I HADN'T THOUGHT OF IN THE FIRST PLACE, OR HAD IT YIELDED ANY RESULTS, I WOULDN'T BE ASKING FOR HELP.

I played it this weekend and I loved it.

I miss Cam/Anarch/Sabbat. I miss the oWoD clans, I miss the old setting.

I also LOVE the new blood mechanic.

Short version:

• Blood pool is gone
• BP has been replaced with a 5 box Rouse the Blood section and a 5 box Hunger section.
• Hunger represents the eternal vampiric thirst. On every roll you make, you add #d10 equalling your hunger stat to each roll. These can count towards successes, but if any come up 1, you need to either check off a box of composure or roll on a table to see what kind of temporary, vampire-type compulsion your vampire descends into
• Rouse the Blood is your character using their blood to do things (waking, blush of health, Disciplines, etc). Each time the 5 box of rouse the blood wraps it adds a check to hunger
• Feeding removes checks from hunger
• The only way to have 0 hunger is to kill the vessel.
• The hunger...will always return.

I love this. The amount of blood in a vampire was never a good representation of supernatural hunger, nor did it ever really reinforce playing VtM like an actual creature of the night. Now, this new mechanic reinforces occasional descent into a vampire mindset.

Example: I rolled a 1 on a hunger die and decided to opt into a temporary compulsion, which ended up being a need to feel predatory. So for the scene, my character went to a rooftop to look down over the kine (a la Batman, Spawn, Underworld) until the urge subsided.

So these temp compulsions arent exactly YOU LOSE YOUR SHIT AND EAT A BODY IN A CROWDED FOOD COURT, but more so...the predator in you stirs and for the scene you have a compulsion to stalk prey, whether you eat or kill anything isn't necessary.

I'm liking it so far.

@surreality said in RL Anger:

WHY THE HELL ARE YOU HERE I PLANNED TO LICK MYSELF TO MAURY TODAY

Answer?

BECAUSE I AM WHERE I PLAN TO LICK MYSELF TO MAURY TODAY.

@Auspice I'm game. Mine is fixed. It's a relatively safe plan.

(Which is exactly how I talk to my friends who are parents of teenage girls, being the parent of a teenage boy)

No bullshit, I said this to my friend Peggy last week:

"So that we can remain friends, could you please never let your 16 year old daughter know we have a 17 year old son? We need to keep that a closely guarded secret."

@Meg I went out on the patio to have a cigarette and my cat is scratching on the door like I'm on fire and he wants to help make the fire go away.

I've got a really codependent cat.

I'm working from home today and my cat is being 45 degrees of needy. WTF.

@Meg

Mac...for those not in the know

@Roz Well, to be fair, between the ages of 4-12 so many boys are walking embodiments of Mac from Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia whose interests include:

• Sweet karate moves you claim to know
• Feats of strength
• The encyclopedia knowledge of cool looking guns and other weapons of warfare
• Being able to perform pro-wrestling finishers
• The path to becoming the actual Batman.

At this time, girls were my sworn enemy, and came across to me as:

And then I hit 13 and...

Sadly, GLOW fell into my 4-12 age range at the time.

@Cupcake said in Good TV:

Did anyone watch the RL GLOW back in the day? I loved the Netflix series, and it got me super nostalgic for it. When I was 11 I was torn between my mixed desires of wanting to be a GLOW wrestler, roller derby diva, actress, or astronaut.

This is gonna sound misogynistic as hell but back when I was a kid I gave zero fucks about GLOW because I was a boogery, GI-Joe worshipping, He Man Woman Hater Club BOY who thought nothing was more awesome than the power of Hulkamania and the Ultimate Warrior.

...and then I grew up to find a lot of my old heroes who told me to say yer prayers and take your vitamins, brotha ended up being racist, sexist, homophobic drug addicted god-squadders who (not joking here, re: Ultimate Warrior) went on Alt-Right speaking tours about how faggotry was wrong.

I woulda been better off watching GLOW and Rollergames, but god damn at the time I thought the raw power moves like the Undertaker's TOMBSTONE were just amazing, and GLOW didnt have that grade of testosterone fueled roid rage power that I thought was awesome.

IF/WHEN GLOW comes back out I'll probably watch it, but if you're looking for pro wrestling roght now that treats the female wrestlers with equal respect, check out Lucha Underground on Netflix. It's fun and a lot of stories.

@Ganymede said in Good TV:

Saw Castlevania with the partner last night. Loved it.

Then, saw an episode of A'Jin. We split; she didn't like it, but I did. Anyone else have thoughts on A'Jin? Should we move to another series?

I liked A'Jin a lot. I thought the ego factor of the shades or whatever they were was neat. It was also a nice departure from the male anime lead being some super friendly boyfriend trope. He was kind of sociopathic.

@Meg said in Forum Factions:

@Ghost said in Forum Factions:

@mietze said in Forum Factions:

12 year old boy sense of humor faction? Though to be fair, I make more fart jokes on faction channels or pub than I do here. ;). Maybe immature humor faction would be better cause I can't really pass up a menstrual joke either, really.

What did the pirate say when he turned 80?

AYYYYYYYY MATEY

What does a pirate pay for corn?

A buccaneer!

What is Bruce Lee's preferred beverage?

WATAAAAAAAAAH!

@mietze said in Forum Factions:

12 year old boy sense of humor faction? Though to be fair, I make more fart jokes on faction channels or pub than I do here. ;). Maybe immature humor faction would be better cause I can't really pass up a menstrual joke either, really.

What did the pirate say when he turned 80?

AYYYYYYYY MATEY

@Paris Ditto on Glow

@Aria it reminds me of the last episode.

Man, how badass would that have been if they got down like cybergoths?

"*Trouble?"
"Press PLAY on my VNV Nation playlist, bruh, we got dis."
"We GOT dis."

@Aria I'm laughing.

@Aria said in RL Anger:

Can someone explain to me why apologizing in the apology thread is a bad idea? I'm not trying to be snarky or snide. I legitimately don't know, being as I'm relatively new here. From what I've gathered in my five days or so on MSB, most of the forum activity revolves around arguing about who started it and who's stopping it and whether or not we can call people cunts, and.... I dunno? Apologizing seems like it would resolve most of those things maybe, I guess?

So...this isn't me drudging up old history, but it was originally started by me around the time I was quitting mushing for the (8th 9th 10th 11th whothefuckknows) time. I had some regrets about the way that things went down and I thought that maybe a thread for people to air regrets or apologies might do the community some good.

Well, there was a discussion about what what an apology is and isn't, suspicions about whether some apologies were genuine or lip service, it kinda turned into a thing, but I think it's okay now?

I was more joking when I said to not post in the thread. If it works, it works, but like all things internet forum related, tread with caution, I guess?

@kk That is precisely what I'm talking about. My cafeteria at work sometimes stocks it, and there's a lot of taquerias around where I live that carry it.

@Three-Eyed-Crow OMG Mexican Coca-Cola is amazing and one of the best parts about being in this part of the country.