Posts made by ThatGuyThere

@Ganymede

Though I did not mind the changes the Nolan movies made to Ra's they basically kept the core of the character the same as do the changes you shown of Freeze hell even the god awful movie where Arnold played him got the char right. My complaint is that from everything I have heard the Squad movie got the character of the Wall wrong.

I freely state it is just my own opinion but hey I am the one who decides what movies get my money and am free to use the criteria I see fit.

Nah this is the internet bitching is what it was made for, well that and the military.

The reason comic fans hate the messed up Waller, she is one of the few people to win a metaphorical stare down Batman.

@Wizz said in Interest/Volunteer Check: Major Multisphere Chronicles of Darkness:

For me it is more then fluff it does effect how I play the character. the books don;t just list condition and mechanical effect it then gives a few paragraphs on how that condition effects the character as well, that fluff is necessary to then pose properly.
I see conditions as little different in that regard then someone using a power I am unfamiliar with on my char. In that case I would also pause in posing to look up the details on that power., or if I lacked the book in the case of some cross sphere stuff ask staff.

@Ganymede
I have not played 2E much and was never actually subject to a condition, though that was a purposeful choice I tended to avoid situations they would be likely, even the beneficial ones.

My issue with condition is that lets say I am in a scene. My PC gets intimidated,
Old way: I modify actions and ST imposes mechanical sanction if necessary and scene rolls on.
New Way: I get told I have Intimidated or Shaken or whatever they call the condition. I then have to dig out the book either physical copy or digital one look up the effect of that condition, then make a note of said condition, put in the req for the beat for receiving a condition then get back to the scene.

TJ sums up the changes excellently it is just he seems them as improvements and I do not, at least not for on line play.

@Ganymede
I have no problem with offense winning over defense. It does in every iteration of WoD old and new I just prefer that if the choices are it winning in 3 rounds or 5 rounds I prefer it to be in 3.

@Ganymede said in Interest/Volunteer Check: Major Multisphere Chronicles of Darkness:

@ThatGuyThere said in Interest/Volunteer Check: Major Multisphere Chronicles of Darkness:

I have stated my issues in other places so as not to derail this thread i won't get into specifics except that I find it too fiddly for my tastes especially on line.

You didn't get into specifics, which is fine, but you also aren't being clear enough for me to figure out if your objections are wholly subjective.

What do you mean by "fiddly"?

Things that lengthen the time spent dealing with mechanics without real improvement of the system.
For example adding athletics to defense, I like the idea in principle but without other overhauls to the system it does not change the real balance between offensive and defensive builds offense will still win every time just now it takes a round or two longer which serves mainly to lengthen combats while still getting to the same results.
Or conditions, I get what they were attempting with them to give solid mechanics to non-combat stuff I like the theory but in practice most of the STs and players I enjoyed RPing with gave mechanical benefits to things like that already. Before I make a good intimidate roll or an NPC does one on my PC the ST says alright you have a -2 or whatever penalty because they are shaken up and you go on, now the shaken becomes a Condition that we then have to most likely look up what that condition means mechanically in the book, and then Have to note it on my sheet so I can then resolve it later. To me that is too much of a hassle when a quick ST call of a penalty and moving on works just as well.
I don't mind either of these changes in table top in fact I support them, but on line I prefer my mechanics a lot simpler and getting to the resolution quicker. Even if we RP out the fight for a couple of hours with good poses I prefer to get the mechanical resolution to the fight done asap.

@Ganymede said in Interest/Volunteer Check: Major Multisphere Chronicles of Darkness:

@ThatGuyThere said in Interest/Volunteer Check: Major Multisphere Chronicles of Darkness:

I do like the ideas TJ outlines above if only I could stomach the system I would check it out.

I know I will regret asking, but what's wrong with GMC/CoD/2E nWoD's system?

I have stated my issues in other places so as not to derail this thread i won't get into specifics except that I find it too fiddly for my tastes especially on line. What I like about the various WoD iterations especially on line is that they are simple and fairly quick if not particularly good.

Honestly with the Crossover Chronicles or what ever the book for mixing everything together is call being on the publishing schedule is is obvious the content owners have no issues with the everyone working together style it comes down to the staff and the players of the each individual game.
Honestly if you are going to have multiple spheres I would prefer there be at least some IC and OOC arrangement for how they interact with each other. Especially since NWoD got rid of the (IMO stupid) we hate all other supers attitudes that were so prevalent in the source material of OWoD.
I do like the ideas TJ outlines above if only I could stomach the system I would check it out.

@Phase-Face
He had a bit more purpose then that, he was also included to show what a complete bastard Captain Boomerang was. After all it was Boomerbutt who convinces Slipknot that the explosive brackets had to be a bluff and that he should try to run off during the mission against the Manhunters in the swamps. Then when Slipknot gets his arm blown off Digger's respnce, Huh I guess they were serious, better he tried then me."
The only other mission Slip was on was the one in the Firestorm series where FS started destroying nukes and the squad was sent in to stop him.

Wow Slipknot got a movie appearance? And I thought Marvel was giving screen time to bizarre choices.
Edit to Add: I like him getting in but really as far as characters he is a d-lister at best. But Yay Firestorm villains.

@Arkandel
Yeah I didn't pick up on the sarcasm.
I do have one question about hte movie since you have seen it and it is non-spoiler-y but is one the othe big reasons I am not excited for it. Does Will Smith do asshole well enough for a proper Deadshot?
I like Will Smith as an actor but one thing I have never seen him play is an asshole which Deadshot is, a character I love though.

@Arkandel said in Good or New Movies Review:

@ThatGuyThere said in Good or New Movies Review:

A site about movies will express an opinion about movies that is what it exists to do.

A site about movies will, but Rotten Tomatoes doesn't do that. It simply aggregates reviews and scores from critics and shows them, it has no views of its own.

Then that makes your initial most even more bizarre to me. You are upset that someone collected and presented data? (Well upset might be a bit of a reach but at least moved enough to post here to say screw them.) Wouldn't your actual beef if one existed at all be with the critic who wrote the negative reviews?
To me that is like being upset with your calculator because you don't like the numbers it comes up when you are working on a budget.
If Rotten Tomatoes was generating reviews then at least I can see why people would be upset, I would mock them for it but it would be understandable, but if all they do is collect what people are saying other places then how is it their fault there are more negative then positive reviews?
If you think it is prioritizing negative over positive in some way that is one thing but otherwise what are you expecting it to do, there are dozens of media cheerleader sites out there, so I am sure positive reviews are not that hard to find.

As someone who has preferred DC comics to Marvel comics for most of the time I have been a comic reader, I tend to be pretty pro DC but OMG did I think that petition to get RT shut down was the stupidest thing ever.
A site about movies will express an opinion about movies that is what it exists to do.
I have yet to see Suicide Squad and likely won't for a bit for reasons having nothing to do with anyone's review,(The reason is DC movies tend to disappoint me so I wait until l can Red Box them.) but put trying to get a movie review site shut down because you do not like the reviews it has to be the same level of jackassery and Nemmykins getting MuBBs shut down because they made fun of her overly verbose desc.

I will join in the recommendation of Modern Nights, while I do not play there, I do know some of the staff from other places and give the people involved a thumbs up, if you like vampire definitely check it out.

@Ashen-Shugar said in Fanbase entitlement:

I'm not entitled to a paycheck, it's frankly a reward of my long and productive hours of work. The fact it's not an entitlement means I can be laid off for any or no reason what so ever.

Have to live up to the Thatguy name, You are entitled to a paycheck if you have worked the hours, even in employment at will states once the hours are worked if you don't get the green you can and (in my non-legal professional opinion) should sue. You are correct in that no one is entitled to a job.
Now in the absence of on an employment contract the employee/employer relationship can be terminated at any time but the employee is still legally entitled to the pay for any hours he has worked.

@Coin said in Fanbase entitlement:
, especially not in today's world where fandom is such a huge, huge, huge part of people's lives, to the point where being a fan of a TV show or book series is a hobby unto itself.

I've seen fans of shows on twitter or Facebook put in more hours and being way more invested in their shows and fandom than most of the MUers I know are in whatever game they're playing.

While these folks exist and I sadly know a few, I do think that if liking any entertainment property counts as a huge part of your life, priorities really need to be reassessed.
There are plenty of TV shows, movies, books, etc that I love and will argue passionately about but I don't think any of them or even all of them put together reach the point where I think they are important.

I don't mind people focusing on relationship but I do hate with a passion all the stupid relationship names every feels the need to create. It was annoying as hell with real celebs for fictional characters it is about 1000 times worse.

@Three-Eyed-Crow said in Fanbase entitlement:

@ThatGuyThere said in Fanbase entitlement:

I would consider the Bradley Cooper thing a whole special separate breed of stupidity, and that is thinking actors are necessarily anything like a character they have portrayed.

Maybe, though I think it comes from the same place of fanbase expectation. It's just a different arena of fanbase than a lot of us here typically engage with when we talk about this stuff.

To me it is a pretty big difference, a huge one in fact. Not liking what a writer decided for a fictional thing and expressing that is one thing.
Conflating an actor with the character the portray, is at best abject stupidity at worst certifiable mental illness.

RE the Arrow thing, and death threats to me that far crosses the line as well, you are no longer stating an opinion about a piece of media but doing something i feel should get you locked up by threatening the life of another.

I will always be all for a fan saying X writer ruined x thing they suck or even they are the worst person who ever personed, however once a fan threatens harm then it is a whole different scenario.

This might be an odd question but as someone who never played there what lead to the closing?
Since all I know about the game comes from here we had one post talking about activity being up, then the next one 17 days later announcing the closure. I know it does not actually concern me but as a typical internet rubbernecker I am curious.