Posts made by Ghost

@mietze Quick note. If you're (or anyone reading this is) into less crunchy systems and do tabletop RPGs in RL, check out the "Tiny" set of RPGs from Gallant Knight Games (easily available on DriveThruRPG for PDFs) and the games by Free League, which are slightly more crunchy than Gallant, but still have a low leaning curve.

There's a driving movement in the RPG community for easier, minimalist systems and can attest that the TINY games are a low learning curve, less bulky character sheets, and more "get out there and have fun."

Interesting topic. I didnt know anyone mushing with accessibility issues related to blindness (ex: text to speech\vice versa) but I imagine that mushing is excellent for deaf people and tabletop/skype is a lot better for blind people. I have seen color-blind people griping about the use of specific ANSI colors on mushes.

Good on Fate for coming up with a book on ways to help keep us gamers gaming.

Just read that in early August there is going to be a LARP at a campground called "Survive Jason". Basically, one player is Jason and everyone else sees if they can survive the night.

A few things:

1. I would absolutely do this
2. This is absolutely a Knights of Badassdom scenario where people could probably get actually killed and people will think it's fake for 2-3 hours.

Afterthought: You know, people being awkward as they are, I wonder if a couple ACTUALLY HAVING SEX would do the opposite of the movie scenario. In the movies, you fuck you DAI.

In real life, the guy playing Jason might go "Uhhhhhhhh okay this is awkward and weird and I don't know if it would be creepy to go in there while theyre doing that sooooooooo..."

@Auspice said in Sexuality: IC and OOC:

@Derp said in Sexuality: IC and OOC:

@Ghost said in Sexuality: IC and OOC:

@Derp I hear ya. It's weird. There's definitely a culture of shame surrounding glancing and comparing. It's a thing and everyone knows that it happens, but like a lot of things it has this weird spooky shame factor. At the urinal it's kind of weird though because it's an awkward state of things.

I've been having a lot of conversations with my SO lately about things like that. Generally speaking, she likes to point out how a lot of girls are more comfortable touching each other than men are (braiding hair, sleep overs, sharing beds, etc), and so many men are weird about even SITTING next to each other.

I think there's a whole metric ton of psychology and philosophy piled into why that is, and I have my own take on it that is probably far better discussed over coffee than on MSB.

I would legit meet you for coffee to discuss, lol. If you're ever in my part of the country drop me a line.

You should go to Ghost's preferred coffee shop. 5/5 would recommend.

Coffee Rush. SE valley area of Phoenix (Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler). Locally owned and operated by a great family.

Abandon thread. Get it?

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

I uh, kind of enjoy the trash talk and rivalry that comes with fantasy football and miss having a league to play in.

I enjoy it, but am just way too busy and need less to juggle. In the very near future I'm going to give zero fucks about football stats, injuries, and checking a lineup.

But I tell this to my famn damily and they're like: "buuuuut we're family we've gotta stiiiick together. Y U No Luv Ur Aunts and Cousins?"

They're some heartstring pulling motherfuckers.

If we ever did an MSB Fantasy Football League, here are some prospective team names:

• Jill
• Social Rolls are my Forte
• FORTEtude Check
• I Butkus Staffers
• Demarcus +Warn
• The Faradelphia Eagles
• My MLB plays BSG
• Bill Belliclique
• Surrty Yard Penalty
• Into Tight End TS
• The Shangri LA Rams
• FS3 Point Conversion
• Page Interference

When your family tries to pressure you into Fantasy Football because it's "family time" but really it's because they want a bigger league.

@Derp I hear ya. It's weird. There's definitely a culture of shame surrounding glancing and comparing. It's a thing and everyone knows that it happens, but like a lot of things it has this weird spooky shame factor. At the urinal it's kind of weird though because it's an awkward state of things.

I've been having a lot of conversations with my SO lately about things like that. Generally speaking, she likes to point out how a lot of girls are more comfortable touching each other than men are (braiding hair, sleep overs, sharing beds, etc), and so many men are weird about even SITTING next to each other.

I think there's a whole metric ton of psychology and philosophy piled into why that is, and I have my own take on it that is probably far better discussed over coffee than on MSB.

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

@Ghost I know the feeling. I try not to even look at Kickstarter anymore because the temptation is to great.

Yeah my tiny ass apartment isn't large enough for all of my Zombicide and Nemesis type games. We are looking for a house right now. At least then I should be able to store my games on a shelf and...you know...have room for more Kickstarter stuff.

...When you see an amazing kickstarter for a board game with gorgeous minis to paint and own, but you're also trying not to spend money...

...and just when you're asking yourself if you can afford to put in the cost of the Kickstarter and offset it by selling some stuff or not eating out so much your AUTO INSURANCE SENDS YOU YOUR 6 MONTH BILL AND SHITS ON YOUR DREAMS.

So auto insurance is way more than the Kickstarter, so now I'm not only NOT getting the KS, but I'm also spending more money. Yay.

Middara Unintentional Malum

@Lotherio said in Sexuality: IC and OOC:

Thus was had the great FIRST OF MANY ball/butt/undie discussions of 2019. And me with no bleach for my eyeballs cause I poured it down a drain.

@Auspice said in RL things I love:

@Ghost said in RL things I love:

When it's 104°F with 30% humidity and you feel a drop of rain on your arm...

Woah.

Woooooah.

This isn't a Mac gif.

It's not a gif. It's a jpg.

Otherwise I would have posted the animated gif version

Edit:

muthafuckaaaaaAAAAAAAAAA

Also: I understand that the pockets in so many pieces of clothing for women are absolute bullshit

"A pocket that looks like it can fit a cell phone but actually will only hold about 34 cents in pocket change and 1 small piece of dryer lint. $80 jeans with no pockets but we have a sale on $90 purses!"

I think the next time (if ever) I make a female character this is going to be a thing in RP. Pocket angst.

When it's 104°F with 30% humidity and you feel a drop of rain on your arm...

@Trix said in What's your nerd origin story?:

AOL chatrooms, (Red Dragon Inn holla!)

Hahaha shit holla. I was an AOL rper, too, but mostly World of Darkness stuff where everyone had screen names like:

VvSuperDarknessGothvV

@Trix hahaaha yes. That is exactly what is going on with the movies. It's like...

The empty movie theater seat in between ABSOLUTELY makes it clear that it's two dudes seeing a movie together but ARE NOT ON A DATE. They don't ever really discuss that they're putting a seat in between for this reason, but then assume that the empty seat between them exists as a COFFEE TABLE for them to put their snacks on.