Posts made by WildBaboons

but did they make Troy or just buy the rights to it?

@ganymede said in General Video Game Thread:

pictures of Kelsey Grammer

If you're bear hunting you could do worse. Just saying. Shadow Hawk is probably the same way, could be worse.

@shincashay No, that's the one that you have to remember to hit the button to check.

I like "on line" spellcheck

Does it have autospell check yet? The sort that highlights my egregious mistakes without me having to remember to ctrl-s before I send them away and shame myself and my ancestors?

It's literally just the default install, but it's there. I'll probably throw Ares up too tonight or tomorrow.

I've got some basic server config to do still on the VPS to make my sysadmin self happy, but in the next couple of weeks some actual stuff may happen.

How do people feel about turned based more automated combat system (like FS3 and DSS) vs more GMed types? (the various WoD places out there)

I for one am just happy the the IRS has finally modernized and started to accept iTunes gift cards for tax payments.

@yyrqun said in Wheel of Time MU(SH|X):

@wildbaboons Trying to connect, but alas, host not found -- it is a baby server after all!

Yeah, DNS may take some time to propagate through everywhere but it should work eventually.

Edit; well it would have if I didn't break it. Like i said! No promises of being functional!

So! some progress.

I've stood up a VPS server that has about 4-5 months worth of time to run before I'll need to top it off with more, decided on a name and even registered a domain.

Name!: Patterns of an Age
Server!: poaamush.win (yes, .win. Was $0.66 for a year! If this gets legs I'll spring for a .net or .pizza)

At the moment it is just a basic install of Evennia with postgresql. The server is up on port 4000 if anyone actually wants to login, but I won't promise that the server will actually be up when you try or that it will stay up once connected or that you'll even be able to do anything once you connect.

I may see if I can't install Ares on the same box and compare the two.

And I think I may have settled on theme (for the moment). Fourth Age, shortly after the Last Battle. Instead of basing it in an existing city, a new city is being formed somewhere or another from all the nations involved as a sort of nexus/UN deal with plenty of opportunity for world building for folks that like to do that, politicking for those sorts, and the more adventurous stuff as well

@packrat said in Wheel of Time mechanics:

abstract popularity meter

People do love their fake popularity.

For me the struggle with this is that it is a generic Lords and Ladies system with no real Wheel of Time flavor to it aside from a couple of nouns. Trying to thing of ways to add more theme to it.. Aes Sedai advisors, Ogier builders, etc.

Can I change my vote?

@lithium said in Wheel of Time mechanics:

@Arkandel Kinda reminds me of the way Fate does magic in Dresden Files. You can do stuff on the fly, but if you have something specialized you are better at it.

I know I say Fate a lot but sometimes, it just works, and WoT is very cinematic.

This is what I am basing channeling on for myself. It needs some tweaks to fit into a non-Fate system, but otherwise it's pretty much perfect