Posts made by WildBaboons

Using the Tat's spell system from Spirit Lake is exactly what I was doing with Patterns of an Age. It works pretty well for a lot of things, but some weaves are just going to be difficult to put into that context... but that's fine really.

Tat's system is awesome, but unless you've got the time (I turned out not to), I'd stick with regular FS3 and just some simple guidelines/weapons/skills to mimic channeling like some of the other magic based games have (the nazi punching one I can't remember the name of, for example)

@quinn said in Girl Scout Cookies:

Thanks-A-Lot were the best and I'm mad they got rid of them.

Those were the best. And also the best because almost everyone would read the name and then repeat in with a very sarcastic tone. Probably why they got rid of them.

Also I just looked. I still have 6 boxes of Girl Scout cookies from last year. whoops.

@too-old-for-this said in The Work Thread:

@silverfox My son walks to school (there are bullies on his bus that he wants to avoid and he's familiar with the route). Yesterday, the day where the skies opened up and dumped like 4-5 inches of snow? He chose to wear his hoodie and sneakers because 'it didn't look that bad out'. People suck at judging the weather. XD

That just sounds like standard kid. We got maybe 3" of snow today and I saw at least three kids walking to/from school in t-shirts. It isn't cool to be warm. You just don't understand.

@ganymede At least they didn't schedule a meeting with you and three other tangentially attached people to discuss it?

I have family that works as a Labor and Delivery RN. The worse name they have seen was La-a. You pronounce it as La Dash A. The mother kept getting super upset when people pronounced it as "La a"

@cheesegrater you're awesome!

Weird.. I made a post but it disappeared?

Shakshuka is essentially eggs poached in tomato? Definitely not less mushy, but super good.

@mietze https://cdn.quotesgram.com/img/71/5/632416769-forrest-gump-bubba-shrimp-quote-22.gif

Personally I'd do shrimp tacos or chowder

I have a Rx that got kicked back by insurance for prior auth a couple of weeks ago. Even though is the only FDA approved drug for the treatment insurance denied it. Doctor's office tried repeatedly to contact insurance to appeal, but they were not returning their calls. Called insurance myself to at least try and get things move, got case number, gave to Doctor a week ago. Still nothing from insurance.

I have the suspicion that they are just running out the clock until 1/1 when the deductible rolls over. As of right now I've met the maximum out of pocket so they would have to fork over the entire few thousand dollars (see that part about the only FDA approved drug. No generic.) for the course of treatment but if they wait for the new year they won't have to pay anything thanks to the High Deductible.

@rucket said in The Wheel of Time:

Well, I'm not angry about it,

I'm not really angry. Just so so disappointed.

I said to some other folks a few episodes back that it was like the showrunner found a horde of old WoT RP MU logs from the 90s and turned them into scripts for the show. Lots of attempts at being gritty and pushing boundaries while showing only the barest understanding of the actual source material.

@Wretched I have not watched them myself, but I have heard that if you watch all the extra material on Prime (that really should have made it into the episodes) it fills in some of the holes and makes it a bit better? Why they chose to leave that stuff out and put other stuff in.. I dunno.

Is this what sports fans feel like watching their teams play when they just don't perform like they could?

Even if you the seasons are terrible I am still going to watch them. I'm invested in the material and want to support it. I'll just be angry about it.

Really really hoping season 2 gets more money/time so maybe some of the issues can be fixed but I've a feeling it will just dig in more.

@vixanic all that.

And at least one thing staying true to the books is the arrogance of the Aes Sedai. Will be interesting to see how they handle the discovery of wise ones and windfinder's, etc

The Aiel fight scene was not as terrible as I expected but still meh. Meh on par with the rest choreography of the series though.

I wish they explained how the ways were used without the one power though.

Hey now, we're all Friends here.

@arkandel
The power of friendship was the real Dragon all along!

I saw an interview with the show runner that said he envisioned finishing the series off in 8 seasons. Given the current pacing I'm not sure how that will be possible without dropping a lot.

There was a lot in the books that could be cut but here is to hoping the later seasons are more than 8 episodes

@arkandel said in The Wheel of Time:

... Also why did that Warder's axe break the Shield on Logain?

Me, after watching that. To be fair I don't think the axe broke the shield. It exploding and hitting everyone did. But that the shield was a physical thing for the axe to pass through was weird.

And yes. poor Perrin. completely unneeded.

It is interesting hearing how people who have never read the books are reacting to it all though. The Who is the Dragon Reborn? Seems to be working for them.

Maybe we have been spoiled by some of the really good fight choreography lately but it really does seem subpar. At this point I am fully expecting Aiel to be basically baton twirling X-treme martial artists

Yay. Electric rates increasing 50% and Nat Gas prices having a similar price spike compared to last year. Here's to hoping for the mild winter that's being forecasted.

I think this thread had a gripe about poor engineering practices from coders that got a software engineering job..

@meg said in RL Anger:

@derp done. good luck.

(this post counts as my selfish 'look at how good a person i am' reward for donating. but look at me guys! so great, for being given lucky breaks in life and being born upper middle class.)

You could put that in your shortrel. If you had one.