@carma said in Weird or unrealistic gaming... stuff:
@jennkryst said in Weird or unrealistic gaming... stuff:
This is why big scenes should require places code, so you can +join a table and only RP with the cool kids.
Instead of places code, I'm considering code that'll send a monster out to attack any public room that has 6 or more characters in it for longer than an hour or so.
This just turns the public room with 6 people into a a public room with an orgy going on. MONSTER-FUCKERS UNITE!
Delaware just announced closing, but I work in one of those 'essential businesses', so. Yay money/boo potential exposure. Not... a ton of help I can offer, but I might be able to throw monies at a GoFundMe here or there?
@jennkryst said in Testing the Waters for Battletech Interest:
THE URBANMECH PLUSHIE HAS ALMOST ARRIVED, AND DEMANDS ROBUTT FITE MUSH.
I forgot to necro for this.
514kb is too smol a size, there was much cropping and annoyance with getting this trimmed down. Also relevant - Catalyst needing to fitfo with their book design, one of these things is going to need to get replaced ASAP.
Not really Covid. But relevant. Have some others!
@Sunny said:
@Packrat said:
- Do not have players write up the wiki entry on their own family/house/country or whatever. They will inevitably end up being super awesome at everything with a token flaw.
This one really jumped out at me. If you don't let the players do it, then you're going to have to do it all (something I've run into with my own game, and the scope of the houses I need is very limited in comparison to this). Especially given the 'they will inevitably' -- that's not actually true, and also solvable with an approval system for the houses, too.
Maybe actively work with the player/group. Don't write it from scratch for them, but don't let them write it all up without feedback.
@SG Should have reminded them that d6 scales that way so when you level up enough, you can multi-action and do other cool things while climbing.
@Roz said in Good or New Movies Review:
My issue is there is... a LOT of potential that can be unpacked for this, but it's certainly not a single movie kind of premise. Lots of filler in the books can be ignore, but even then. A TON of material to cover
@Thenomain I was going more for 'we live in the shadowrun dystopia already, we are only missing magic', but yeah. Magic is a good source of some of the dystopia therein.
Customer places an order over the phone: I want to order a Cheesesteak with Everything.
Me: Alright, so when you say everything....
Everything.
Me: Okay, I will read out what everything means. Lettuce? (yes) Tomatoes? (no) Fried Onions? (no) Mushrooms? (no) Banana Peppers? (no) Bell Peppers? (no) Sweet Peppers? (no) Mustard? (no) Mayonnaise? (no) Ketchup? (yes) Oregano? (no) Black Olives? (no) Oil? (no) Vinnegar? (no)
...
TO THIS PERSON. 'Everything' MEANS 'Lettuce and Ketchup'.
They are singlehandedly the reason why I always read off every weird topping when people ask for everything. And I will give some people credit, they do in fact say yes when I get to like... 'Are you SURE you want Ketchup on this Italian sub?' But holy shit are most people dumb.
@mietze YOU did absolutely nothing wrong. Mental Health trumps online chat game nerds.
This lies directly at the feet of other admin, who know what they have done, and refuse to back down and admit they were wrong.
@Auspice said in General Video Game Thread:
Mine is named Caketown.
So when you say Caketown, I CAN ONLY ASSUME you mean...
@Sparks said in Which canon property/setting would be good for a MU* ?:
... Stargate ...
Unpopular Opinion: scrub the SG1 Lore, because the original world where Ra was the ONLY alien involved, was hella more compelling than 'Watch MacGyver be plucky!' repeated, ad nausium.
So long as the default is them being on, and you have to opt to turn them off. Also, so we can still point and laugh when you ignore/can't see our brilliant links.
@Ghost I don't watch regularly, but I saw a youtube video of the luchadragon fighting the aztec zombie controlled by a priestess. Which was lolz.
Still trying to get my character JUUUUUUUST RIGHT before I start playing...
I will one-up you all: fuck staff on games who go 'No, your background is too long, make it shorter'... double-fuck them on a game where the +policy includes:
Illustrate things with the character's thoughts -- maybe not literally quoted, but his take on situations. Don't simply say, "He was happy"; instead, describe the tears of joy and relief that he shed upon seeing his comrades emerge alive. Don't say, "Her father abused her", show us a scene where it happened, or her having flashbacks, or show her after one of the attacks and how she felt. It takes a bit more space, but it results in a story that comes alive in the mind.
Emphasis mine.
... sorry for minor derail, but I'm still fucking bitter over that bullshit.
Shadowrun has a decent way of describing these sorts of things with Security ratings. How quick the police response will be, and so on. Maybe instead of ONLY including it in the description, a handy ranking system could be employed.
I am very pro-spaceflight, partly because minigames are boss, partly because Star Wars AoA was my verreh first MU and I miss the good old days.
I'd be cool with First Edition (this was just the topic I found first, so it is the one that got thread-necro'd), but... you'd think that the more narrative, less doom-filled play style would work for MUs, with the whole... not wanting to die unless you're retiring sort of thing.
MAYBE a 1e system, with some of the 2e setting? DISCUSS!
@Wizz said in Cheap or Free Games!:
but.....but.....but gunblades
you fucking monsters
I acknowledge this is over 5 years late, but XIII has the superior gunblade, fight me.
