jjjalljs

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

If they were smart, they would realize conservatism's solutions (eg: hurt the queers, blacks, etc) won't actually solve their problems.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 10 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

I mentioned Zohran to my aging mother (who lives in a suburb, and cannot vote in NYC elections). She was like, "You didn't vote for him did you? He's a communist"

We decided not to go into details right then, but it's wild what a deep, emotional, response the idea of "communism" evokes. I don't know what she even thinks it is.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 10 hours ago

He's spiteful and stupid.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

At family gatherings for holidays and birthdays inevitably someone would bop a balloon around, and this game would naturally emerge. Perhaps my family were secretly scientists.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 20 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

If republicans were smart or had a working soul, they wouldn't be republicans.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Well, yeah. YouTube is a trash platform and pre-recorded video is a dubious medium for teaching.

The platform is trash because the incentives are not aligned with noble goals like "teach people things" or "spread the truth". It's "Get engagement" and "get ad impressions". They also don't moderate it much, so there's a ton of slop and lies.

Video is passive. it's easy to space out or just let it go in one ear and out the other. Most people learn in other ways. An actual lecture can have some back and forth, and a good teacher can engage a class. Books require more concentration. Doing exercises of some sort also force you to practice, and retain it. You could maybe do okay with video if you took notes (by hand I'm told is better), or otherwise engaged with the material in an active manner.

Also, dozens of videos a day? Go do something else. Read a book. Exercise. Play chess. Write something. Sign up for a class and attend. That's so much passive intake you're going to turn into a potato.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Well, technically there's Vampire: The Requiem. It's very similar, but not in the exact same universe. Some of the names are reused, but there's no canon metaplot, and many details are changed. I personally liked it a lot, but I think it's less popular than Masquerade.

If you want to roll your own setting, I bet there are generic systems that would work. Fate is my go-to, and I can see how it would work. (Probably a stress track for hunger, some consequence boxes for becoming a monster)

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

try to talk them out of the idea of “Leveling” they get scared and run back to the system they’re familiar with.

I still think about the time in college I tried to get a D&D friend to consider Mage. I was telling him about how you can just do magic, and the real limitation is paradox and hubris. Like, it's often not about 'can you?' but rather "should you?"

He couldn't get over "you can just cast whatever you want? Fireballs every turn?"

"Yes, but that's probably going to make a lot of paradox, and probably isn't the best way to solve your problem"

"Sounds broken," he said, and lost interest.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 16 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

I wish they continued to follow them in a different show

"Middle Decks" ?

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 7 points 17 hours ago

I think it's kind of a cold start, bootstrap, problem. I don't want to pay for journalism when I don't have faith it'll be good, but since no one's paying for it it's not good

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

I started using recently. No complaints.

Does anyone know what you can put for the "suggestions API url" in Firefox? It's optional so I left it blank.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Well, for one, they know they're lying but they don't care. It's a tactical advantage for them to lie because a lot of people aren't going to know.

If you're pretty smart, imagine being drunk. All the time. Just moderately sloshed. That's what I think it's like for an average , kind of stupid , person. Poor memory, surges of emotions, incoherent thought. And they can't ever sober up.

 

Not sure if this community is dead, but here we are!

I kind of stopped playing new versions around .28 because I really disliked the opportunity attacks mechanism, but I thought I'd give .32 a try. The new shapeshifter things look cool, but in fussing with it a bit it's harder than I expected.

But now the tournament is live! Who's playing?

https://crawl.develz.org/tournament/0.32/

I currently have one win with ye olde MiBe. Got lucky with good armor early on, and then cruised to a 3 rune (shoals + snake + vaults) win.

There was one dicey moment in the lungs where I went around the corner to reveal 4 orbs of fire, some draconians, and a lightning golem all waiting for me. Hasted + Fog'd my way the hell out there.

 

I tried it a bit with my reaper in pve and it seemed okay, but I wasn't doing anything challenging that really put it to the test. I haven't tried the others classes yet.

 

Currently, I'm polite to friendly with all of them. No outstanding conflicts. It's sometimes literal kitchen table poly with one, and the others I only see at like parties and such.

Some years ago I had two partners that absolutely did not get along with each other, and that was rough. Recently I was able to do a dinner with 3 partners and everyone had a good time.

I try not to make a big deal about folks meeting. I try to model after meeting your friend's friends.

 

For me there's a bit of a network effect where the polycule sprawls out into the distance. Partners have partners who have partners.

But for disconnected folks, it's mostly been tinder (yuck), and a local meetup.

(Also this might be the first post? That or nothing federated yet)

 

I'm looking for players for a weekly game of Fate. I'm thinking something like a mix of Shadowrun and World of Darkness, where the players are vigilantes looking to make the world better. It would start (and maybe stay) at the street level, rather than global or cosmic.

I've been playing and running games for 20+ years.

LGBT friendly. New players okay. Unreliable players less so.

Message me if you're interested. Include a blurb about yourself, your experience with games, with fate specifically, and a joke of your choosing.

 

Like I saw one that was titled "I wonder why rule" and had a picture about overpaid CEOs or something.

Why "rule"? What's the origin of this format?

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