TG July Chat Thread: Now with 20% less uncanny valley

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dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

Night10194 posted:

In fairness, this describes like what, 70% of the people who claim to be fans of Evangelion but want Shinji to be 'more of a badass' and poo poo.

Yeah, he's a true hero, jacking off over his comatose and naked friend.

With that said, I love how the series starts out with giant robots and ends with "gently caress you, you creepy anime fucks, these are teenagers, you assholes."

# ¿ Jul 1, 2014 18:12

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 15:22

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

Mr. Maltose posted:

Have you guys considered watching good anime instead?

I am not really that into anime - I just like good shows - but Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is seriously in my top 10 series, animated or non-animated.

# ¿ Jul 2, 2014 02:57

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

Error 404 posted:

I watched Avatar: the last airbender on netflix last year, I thought it was pretty good. does that count as anime?

I watched it last month. I thought it was really good. Excellent within the boundaries inherent in being a kids' show.

# ¿ Jul 2, 2014 03:08

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

Tollymain posted:

what would the ideal system be for running kill six billion demons

4e and you turn them into swarms.

# ¿ Jul 6, 2014 18:36

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

Ettin posted:

By request, reposting Mearls:

Where is this from?

And please tell me people are sending him stuff.

# ¿ Jul 7, 2014 16:20

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

Ewen Cluney posted:

David Hill posted on twitter that Zak's involvement was enough for him to not spend a cent on the new D&D, and that was where Mike Mearls posted that, though a few people reshared it since then. David shared some of the stuff that his family has had to go through as a result of Zak's actions, and... it's a lot worse than I would have imagined.

I emailed Mearls myself, though thankfully I've never had to deal with the really bad stuff myself, just Pundit blatantly lying about a game I worked on in order to further his usual conspiracy theories about evil storygamers coming to destroy real RPGs in the dead of night.

I'm pretty sure he's going to have a lot of these emails to go through (and a lot from people who've suffered a lot worse than me), so I don't expect a reply any time soon.

Is there a link to all of this?

# ¿ Jul 7, 2014 18:10

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

Synnibarr has the best-balanced classes in RPG history.

# ¿ Jul 9, 2014 03:17

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

zachol posted:

Better even than Rifts?

I think Synnibarr - especially the kickstarted edition - wins the "probably not actually playable" award. So the world may never know.

Seriously, he was giving away copies of the new edition for free around new years. I got it and... I really, really, really don't get it. At least the 2nd edition had something resembling a structure.

# ¿ Jul 9, 2014 03:35

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

If they've done their time and they've rehabilitated, if they're in counseling or successfully concluded counseling, if the situation isn't going to give them opportunities for more offenses... Maybe at a game store? Definitely not in my house.

I like to think people can change, I guess. :shrug:

# ¿ Jul 9, 2014 21:18

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

Plague of Hats posted:

I like to think so too, but a practical concern is that our system and culture are poo poo at actually rehabilitating people. It might be unfair, but I'm willing to err on the side of immediate avoidance of possible child abuse.

You know, I was starting like three responses where I was trying to find the right words to ask if he was an abuser or just a creep who got pictures from the Internet, but I was making myself sick so I'll not do that.

Evil Mastermind doesn't feel cozy running a game for the sicko, so that's a good enough reason not to.

# ¿ Jul 9, 2014 21:52

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

Haha, even little old me got doxxed over at theRPGsite a few years back. The dude did something like look up my old amazon reviews - literally from 1997 - to discredit me.

Actually other folks told him that was pretty hosed up, so...

# ¿ Jul 10, 2014 04:35

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

zachol posted:

So, question, let's say you had a friend living elsewhere who was interested in RPGs but had literally no experience at all, and he was interested in starting up a group with some of his friends.
What specific product would you recommend as an introduction to the idea of an RPG to a completely new GM who wouldn't have a way to get advice or a demonstration from someone with experience? Importantly, what in-print product could you recommend, something where you could say "go buy this off Amazon" or "print off these twentyish pages" without it being something from the 80s?

I was having a real hard time thinking of an answer. I kinda feel like "Pathfinder beginner box but don't ever actually get the PF books themselves" fits but is still an unfortunate choice, and the 4e box/intro adventure apparently wasn't very good.
Gamma World? That had a nice box, right?
Does anyone know how Fiasco turns out if none of the participants are familiar with it or "roleplaying"?

Seriously, 5e starter set.

Friends don't suggest Pathfinder to friends.

# ¿ Jul 15, 2014 20:43

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

Holy poo poo, I completely missed the Marion Zimmer Bradley stuff. Wow.

# ¿ Jul 16, 2014 03:52

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 15:22

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

Gau posted:

I'm sorry. I made a joke in poor taste. I've edited it out.

I dunno, the irony of being an insensitive dick while complaining about insensitive dicks lent it a certain weight.

# ¿ Jul 18, 2014 01:30

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