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Endgame.

***Just in case..***

@ZombieGenesis said in Good or New Movies Review:

I think one of the main issues with Zack Snyder(and I think this was very evident in Sucker Punch) is that he's more concerned with "how cool does this scene look?" without caring about how the scene impacts the character or the overall story. Take the Man of Steel; Superman kills Zod after a fight that nearly levels Metropolis to the ground. What did we get to show either of these events impacted Superman on any level? He screamed. That's it. It's never touched on again, it did not further his character at all, it provided no sort of story-based development.

I know this is 8 days old but FUCK. Suckerpunch had to be the shittiest shit movie ever. It still makes me mad to think about it. Zack Snyder is the worst.

I miss you, too.

I miss you.

YAY!!

Goodbye, Mercedes.
Hello, Maja.

@Arkandel

My vote? BETTER.

I'm setting it again pronto before it leaves the theaters.

Also late to the party: OMG SPIDERVERSE WAS SO AMAZING AAAAAAAAAAAAAH I AM DYING

TIME KNIFE!
CLASSY MARTINI!
PENIS BEES!

Aaaaaaaaaaah! How does the Good Place keep getting better and better?!

I am so, so, sooooo damn excited for Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse.

And I don't even like Spider-man.

@ganymede said in Good TV:

I hear that the Bad Place has pie.

Oh yay! I'm pretty sure we're all going to the Bad Place.

@ganymede said in Good TV:

@three-eyed-crow said in Good TV:

I LOVE THE GOOD PLACE SO MUCH.

I may be the only thing here that thinks that The Good Place is about as entertaining, novel, or enjoyable as I Heart Huckabees.

You are wrong and are going to the Bad Place but that's okay! We still love you, you dink.

@wretched said in Good TV:

I got a watching buddy just for this show.

That's ME!

PS: Watch The Good Place; it just keeps getting better and better and I love it

@faraday

I wouldn't say '...if I win, then you are persuaded'. I'm more of the flavor of '..if I win, then what I am saying/doing probably appeals to you, maybe more than it usually would' and then let you take it from there. You get to dictate your response because it is your character. However, if your response, every time, is just along the lines of 'my character is impervious to all things in all situations at all times because REASONS', then ..well .. that's really boring on the other side of the collaborative space (mine) and I probably just won't seek you out for RP again (you being the royal you, not you specially).

Some people really enjoy rolling up characters who are perfect at everything and cannot be manipulated/persuaded/intimidated/etc. And that's fine. If that's their version of fun, then .. you do you. My personal jam is characters with flaws and weaknesses -- those are the characters/players that I tend to seek out for scenes on the regular. The best scenes I have ever had have involved spectacular failures on my part or others'. A+, would recommend.

As someone who has always played socially oriented characters, removing 'social combat' from a game would really bum me out. Let me lie to you! Let me manipulate you! Let me persuade you into doing something wildly stupid!

I am talking pure social skills -- nothing powered for the sake of this argument. Even if I roll wildly successful, at the end of the day? One is still only going to go as far as makes sense for their character's IC limits/knowledge base. Even if I roll 20+ successes on a subterfuge roll, I have little chance of convincing anyone that it is night when we are hanging out under the noon day sun. Even if I roll a bazillion successes on a persuasion roll, I'm not going to convince a goody-two shoes to go on a cannibalistic murder spree if that crack doesn't already exist somewhere deep down. Like @Wretched said: social skills are not magic. But when supported by RP and used with collaborative players, it can be really fun.

It can get me out of jam.
It can turn a dull night fun.
It can coax out bits of information.

Sure. Social skills can be abused. But so can physical skills. So can mental skills. It's on staff to set the rules as to what is acceptable and what isn't; it is on the players to operate within those guidelines and to speak up when someone tries to push past the boundaries into abuse.

When people hang back over a car length's distance from the car in front of them at a red light, especially when it is a left turning lane.

Fuck you.

Ending up in an elevator with a co-worker that you don't get along with and who doesn't get along with you. You both know it but you have to pretend that you don't hate each other's guts.

Him: (Forced smile) So. How are you doing?
Me: (Forced smile back) Alright, thanks. You?
Him: (Gritting teeth) Great.
Me: (Grinding teeth) Good, good.

Awkward silence as we both stare intently at our phones even though we don't have a connection, wondering why the elevator has to stop at every fucking floor on the way down god I hate your guts how do you even still have a job you miserable fuc-

DING

Doors open. We are both put out of our misery.

Yeah, I remember the diss command on Firan being a complete shitshow -- basically, as soon as someone with enough OOC popularity decided they didn't like someone, no matter how slight the IC reason, it was dogpile city. It was also often used as an OOC means of attack: I don't like you, the player, so I will keep an eye out for even the smallest IC infraction and then grind you into social nothingness ICly.

It doesn't surprise me at all that the same type of behavior reared its head on condemn.

If you ever consider bringing it back, perhaps instead of having a direct effect -- all these condemns = immediate social loss -- there can just be a threshold that needs to be attained. If someone reaches X amount of condemns, it gets put on staff radar. And then they can make the call whether or not it's worth a prestige adjustment.

Granted, it puts more work on staff so .. probably nah.

Anyway, sidetrack done. As far as anonymous messages go, when I first started playing, there were a few times I wanted such a command -- mostly to send people secret presents and stuff. But I adjusted pretty quickly to not having that functionality and I can't say I miss it. The potential for abuse is high and if you really want to get up to some hijinx, you can just do an action.

@VulgarKitten A woman I used to work with has won three times now. She also was on Wheel of Fortune and cleaned up. She is .. very clever.

MY HUSBAND WON TONIGHT!

We are going to retire on his $2.15 winnings.