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AlBorlantern Corps posted:Travis seems to be considering shaving his beard I wonder if he'd still look like Chris Kattan.
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Tears In A Vial posted:email justin@teengoogle.com, subject line BIG BONE ROOM
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achillesforever6 posted:I just did this also wanted to follow up a recent question they got from the archaeologist talking about how much they dislike being asked about dinosaurs and paleontology. Well the exact opposite happens for us Paleo folks. So like, you don't eat bread right?
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Jun 24, 2019 03:28
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AlBorlantern Corps posted:So like, you don't eat bread right? 
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The brothers are on tour at the moment aren't they? Hope they pick the question I sent in recently 
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Jun 25, 2019 01:04
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Listening to this week's MBMBAM, and thank Travis for Travis.
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Jun 25, 2019 01:22
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Its been ages since I did the GTA online heists. What were Abby and Dan supposed to be doing? Just calling out targets for the ground team or did they have guns they didn't see?
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The Modern Leper posted:Listening to this week's MBMBAM, and thank Travis for Travis. Every Travis bit is illuminated by the fact he has a framed photo of himself on his desk.
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Jun 25, 2019 08:04
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The “Yes And” energy was strong in this episode. Every single question ended in a place that was just “How the hell did we get here again?”
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Sankis posted:Its been ages since I did the GTA online heists. What were Abby and Dan supposed to be doing? Just calling out targets for the ground team or did they have guns they didn't see? I didn't know Abby and Dan were on this week's episode.
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Jun 25, 2019 16:12
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dirksteadfast posted:The “Yes And” energy was strong in this episode. Every single question ended in a place that was just “How the hell did we get here again?” Yeah the most recent episode was buck wild.
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Jun 25, 2019 18:49
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They got so in the weeds with their weird hypothetical rubber band/gun business that I had to back up a few minutes to recall what the question even was
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Jun 25, 2019 21:02
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Travis calling back to the shared birthday thing in that bit was so expertly done
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Jun 25, 2019 21:07
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Papa Shaq is coming for the Saucy Throne.
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Jun 25, 2019 23:34
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"How do I let people know it's my birthday without sounding like a narcissist?" Me, waiting for Travis' advice and not being at all surprised by it: 
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Jun 26, 2019 02:32
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Jun 26, 2019 13:46
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I did not dig the Petals to the Metals arc, I've decided. Ultimately the NPCs did most of the heavy lifting, plot-wise, and it ruffled my feathers. The unapologetic assholishness of our heroes never fails to get a smirk out of me, though. Big fan of Travis remembering to shout "WHAT?!" every time Hurley spoke to him during the race, keeping the bit up effectively for over a month.
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Jun 26, 2019 19:24
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The bit of literally murdering someone after a cop said not to was the highlight of that arc.
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Jun 26, 2019 19:51
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petals to the metal was the first time i got frustrated with griffons DM style. don't have your DMPC out cool your players, and travis was 100% in the right for calling him out on it.
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The part where they infiltrate the gang headquarters is among my favourite 2-3 episodes; the bank and race are much weaker.
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Roobanguy posted:petals to the metal was the first time i got frustrated with griffons DM style. yeah that first fight with Sloane was designed to be intentionally unwinnable in a very lame way It's okay to overwhelm your players sometime but you could have just had Sloane knock them out and leave you didn't need a dramatic NPC rescue
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Petals is weird. It has some INCREDIBLE standout moments (Merle seducing the vines, the elevator scene, doing a murder, the gang infiltration, Garyl), but for whatever reason those parts don't really add up to as amazing as a whole as, say, 11th hour.
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TAZ improves when you accept that it’s not really an RPG, it’s a story being told collaboratively. The players get to determine some actions and their dialog choices, while the DM (who is really just the storyteller) gets to drive the narrative. The dice rolls are mostly inconsequential and only exist to help provide a game structure for the players. That said, the best parts of TAZ are the ones that come about organically and are usually outside of Griffin’s story. I like the loose, jokey improv parts more than the serious dramatic storytelling. I think Griffin and to a lesser extent the other guys put a lot of pressure on themselves to tell a compelling narrative, especially with Amnesty. That’s not to say there haven’t been moments that have been genuinely moving, but it would almost be better if they just played a pre written adventure and riffed off it.
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Jun 26, 2019 21:42
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"You and the lockbox both drink poison. The lockbox dies" is one of my favorite low key jokes in all of Balance
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I think Amnesty, at least how I've looked at it, works better for what they're all trying to do. There are some moments where rolls are ignored for narrative direction, yes, but nothing has annoyed me or stood out nearly as much as the weaker aspects of petals to the metal. Clint and the vines was majestic, and it's proof that Griffin is open to solving problems in roundabout ways, but the solutions being "leave it to umbrella I gave you and explained nothing about" and "monk I control will take care of it" is the opposite side of the spectrum. Magnus tried to get at Sloan in the core of the beast, and it feels like Griffin tried to punish him for getting in the way with successful rolls. The shows are still great, clearly a net positive, but there was some frustration as the arc continued.
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I think early on the problem was that Griffin viewed it as a story he was telling while Travis was playing it like a game he was trying to win. Those two approaches aren’t really compatible but I think they’re more on the same page now.
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Jun 26, 2019 23:09
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please sign my petition to have them redo TAZ The Right Way
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Jun 26, 2019 23:22
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Fellatio del Toro posted:please sign my petition to have them redo TAZ The Right Way Finally, Magnus and his vehicle proficiency will get the respect it deserves
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Colonel Whitey posted:I think early on the problem was that Griffin viewed it as a story he was telling while Travis was playing it like a game he was trying to win. Those two approaches aren’t really compatible but I think they’re more on the same page now. Those two don't necessarily have to be at odds with each other if you see them coming at RPGs from a very videogame-informed approach which I think is appropriate given their background. Griffin wanted to design levels and set up arenas (and sometimes unskippable cutscenes) while Travis wanted to win boss battles. When they all played around each other it worked great, but when the boys tried to clip through Griffin's walls he didn't always handle it well. Now that they're playing a story rather than a game it's much easier for all of them to give and take.
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Hearing Dr. Harris Bonkers in the clip episode reminded me of how much people hated that joke and how quickly it went away. I honestly forgot Aubrey had a rabbit.
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Chieves posted:Petals is weird. It has some INCREDIBLE standout moments (Merle seducing the vines, the elevator scene, doing a murder, the gang infiltration, Garyl), but for whatever reason those parts don't really add up to as amazing as a whole as, say, 11th hour. The race being just one looooong encounter kills a lot of the pacing. It makes the arc feel like two separate, almost unrelated pieces.
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Im listening to TAZ for the first time and I'm on the second fantasy costco trip. I think. I don't know why it's taken me so long to listen to it.
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Fellatio del Toro posted:please sign my petition to have them redo TAZ The Right Way Finally, We The Fans will make our voices heard! How many sparta kick tokens should every character get?
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Ariong posted:Finally, We The Fans will make our voices heard! How many sparta kick tokens should every character get? Merle kicks Jon to death in the first parlay flashback and instantly kills him, Inglorious Basterds-style
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If it were 2002, everybody would have loving loved Harris Bonkers.
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Asema posted:Im listening to TAZ for the first time and I'm on the second fantasy costco trip. Honestly a ton of my favorite bits came from the lunar interludes.
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Jun 27, 2019 09:49
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The one where Justin swindles griffin is my favorite moment of the adventure zone.
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Wasabi the J posted:Honestly a ton of my favorite bits came from the lunar interludes. I'm starting to pick up that their trips to fantasy costco are ultimately pointless because I think the only person to use the items they got was Merle and then it wasn't mentioned ever again. I just wanna see the spa tent.
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VaultAggie posted:The one where Justin swindles griffin is my favorite moment of the adventure zone. This was the peak of TAZ and I stopped listening not long after. Nothing can top this.
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