Considering how much fun I have extracted from it, Tabletop Simulator even at full price is cheap for what you get.
$250 worth of Eldritch Horror and expansions? Free. Spawning endless bees on the board when @Cobaltasaurus completely creams me at Qwirkle? Priceless.
@Karmageddon said in Fanbase entitlement:
(well, maybe "Smells Like Teen Spirit" because how the hell can anyone claiming to be a Nirvana fan not know that one?)
Because the song does not contain any of the words in the title.
Maybe they're not a "fan". Maybe they're just someone who likes the music and loves the Nevermind album art.
It's good art.
That baby has graduated and is working in advertising, by the way. (edit: Maybe graphic design? It's been a while since I heard that tidbit, so he probably also has a family by now.)
I believe posers are dipshits.
And I believe people who are pedantic in attempt to make a general point are missing the forest for the trees.
Unless you're really bending over backwards trying to say how people can't like Nirvana without being able to name three songs, in which case I'm still going to label you "Fun Police". I'm also going to make fun of you for cherry-picking one point in my larger argument just so you can nit-pick it down to this obtusely pedantic level.
Also, that song is called Come As You Are. DUH.
Can I respect someone based on their actions? Why/why not?
Can someone respect me based on my actions? Why/why not?
@Cupcake was being silly in hyperbole. @Coin was being silly in pedanticism. (Probably. Let's just say he was not serious because it's better that way.)
I think I can speak for all of us, however, when I say: Fuck cancer.
Oh god oh god oh god why do Battletech and Frostpunk have to come out on the same day.
I think the problem with mooshing too many game lines together is that there is an overwhelming number of antagonists. Throwing another entire class of antagonists at any game is going to distract from the main theme, if you have a main theme and Mage's theme is strong enough now that I think it would detract.
I want one of the people who makes the ultra-realistic vehicle simulators, like Euro Truck Simulator, to make one based on Snowpiercer.
I'm just glad they made hanging spells much more costly, and everything, I mean everything feels streamlined.
@surreality said in Forum Factions:
I nominate @Thenomain, @skew, and @Cobaltasaurus for the constructive bucket, too.
I think you've listed over half the remaining WoD Mu* Coders. I can say that this is a thankfully shrinking breed. I would nominate a broader "Psychocoders" category, but we know who we are and it's not a silly faction, and this is a thread of silly factions.
Note to others: Free as in visiting, not free as in beer.
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CORRECTION!CORRECTION!CORRECTION!CORRECTION!CORRECTION!
It is free as in forever, but you can still buy it for $15. It's amazing that they have this option of FREE. I'm tempted to buy it anyway because of that.
Will demo it first naturally.
Because money.
@Ganymede said in Mostly Mage, Partially Descent Mux:
There's no resistance roll.
I believe that Clash of Wills is presented as key rule, like Sanctity of Merits. Of all the rules to hand-wave, this isn't one of them.
@Thenomain said in RL Anger:
@Thenomain said in RL Anger:
Hell, just copying the previous out of my text file was as easy as throwing the cursor somewhere in the middle, hitting cmd-b a few times, then shift-option-leftarrow.
Get me that in SublimeText or Atom and I'm there like a dudebro on vape.
Sublime is extensible via Python. Anything I need in Sublime, I can write a Python script for. That fact is slowly winning me over, since I can create any missing feature I need.
How much do you want to add the functionality I'm asking for?
Since we're in philosophy mode: "Write a script in Python, implement one feature request for a man. Make a man learn to write Python his own damn self, all his feature requests are attainable forever."
Then I shall counter with:
Give a cat a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a cat to fish and he'll complain that you didn't give him another fish.
To make up for the DB crash, and to assure that I don't hide behind it, the following conversation happened:
Me: Super Mutants in Fallout 76 is lazy. So stupid.
Faraday: Why is more canon stupid?
Me: Because reasons.
Faraday: Well it's their property.
Me: It's stupid reasons.
Faraday: O...kay? I mean I respectfully disagree, but—
Me: STOP THE STUPID!
(images of people backing away slowly from the frothing person)
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That said, game companies need to realize that a lot of very skilled nerds play their games, and to stop trying to pull bullshit like spyware on us.
Holy crap, Kerbal is on this list? What the hell, goofy indie darlings? The rest of these people I expected to be amoral, but Kerbal?
My life is a lie.
Arx has their method. They've explained their method and defended it, and this is the Arx thread I think once the case is made it's up to them to make their own decisions.
If any of them are Mudders, they know about speedwalk. On Mush it seems like the polite thing to stop if there's a lone person in the room, say that you're just passing through so that they don't feel ignored, and move on.
I also believe that any game has the right (and duty, really) to re-evaluate their decisions if they discover that their method isn't working for them.
My post was mostly to say to everyone reading that there are options, ideas, and important considerations when your goal is "force people to use the grid", which is what I'm reading their goal to be. Does it enhance RP? That debate's happened, and the answer is "it can so sure, why not". There is the other side of it, which is "if people don't want to, they won't". Pros. Cons.
I just want cookies.
RL Peeve:
People, you know, seeing your name come up as referenced does not mean you have to respond. You are adults. You can ignore things just as well as anyone else, only better because you control your own actions.
I kind of feel sorry for Azeroth; it's been battled over for fourteen years and only now is anyone giving it attention.
I think it's important to explore ideas, tho, which is why I like discussion boards like Soapbox. How forcing people onto the grid can help stimulate RP is an important design consideration. How it can be accentuated, issues in design, this kind of back and forth can also be important.
Me, I don't think there's anything left to say, but that doesn't mean there isn't.
Its sort of a natural human reaction for people to defend themselves when they feel attacked.
There are a lot of situations where 'natural human reaction' is also the worst reaction.
When both sides feel this way, for instance.
Like right now.
@peasoupling said in General Video Game Thread:
Merrill also has very little to do with DAO Merrill
DA:O Merrill was strong and quite violent against humans, so her character treatment was also pretty bad.
But she was Merrill. Anyone who doesn't adore Merrill is wrong. She can ruin the entire world for me any day. Tho of all the recurring characters, she needed to be tied into DA:O the least.
Central Story is exciting, but not the bread and butter of Mushing. When I've seen it work best, the central story is part of the setting, part of the history, not part of the day to day. When you're paying a tabletop RPG, your characters may be participating in the main world events, but it's just as exciting when they are just trying to get through a tough situation. If that situation is a side effect of the world and its problems, then you are participating in the central story as much as someone trying to Fix The World. Hell, the best settings can't be easily fixed that there is a plot for it.
I know that you know this already, but it was a good jumping off point for this concept. The world is screwed up, so what are you doing in your section of it? That's plotless plot.
