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20 | 6.45% |
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5 | 1.61% |
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I honestly have a hard time seeing the value in a convention game. Like, it's hard enough to assemble a hand-picked group of people to play D&D with on a regular basis that doesn't result in some kind terrible nerd drama, I can't imagine that deciding to sit down and game with a table of complete strangers is anything other than a cautionary tale waiting to happen.
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But you could run something special like a Pathfinder Society scenario you can play at home!
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Aug 11, 2014 00:17
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Mystic Mongol posted:running a table for four or five strangers with high expectations and a lunatic who keeps trying to eat NPCs.  And that's why you never play table top with strangers.
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Aug 11, 2014 00:18
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Kai Tave posted:I honestly have a hard time seeing the value in a convention game. Like, it's hard enough to assemble a hand-picked group of people to play D&D with on a regular basis that doesn't result in some kind terrible nerd drama, I can't imagine that deciding to sit down and game with a table of complete strangers is anything other than a cautionary tale waiting to happen. I've had a ton of fun at con games, but the best ones have always been when my friends and I have been at the same table. The thing about conventions is that they absolutely suck if you're flying solo. You need buddies to hang with. I also don't play D&D at cons, mind. Call of Cthulhu (which is pretty much great for con one-shots), Paranoia, weird poo poo I've never heard of before (this year someone was testing out some weird Sherlock Holmes poo poo at Origins, that was fun) and so on. A con game isn't the same as a campaign, and it's gonna suck if you go into it not knowing anyone else who's gonna be there, but sitting down to a oneshot with some buddies can be great. The key, as with all convention things, is that you need buddies.
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Aug 11, 2014 00:21
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Kai Tave posted:I honestly have a hard time seeing the value in a convention game. Like, it's hard enough to assemble a hand-picked group of people to play D&D with on a regular basis that doesn't result in some kind terrible nerd drama, I can't imagine that deciding to sit down and game with a table of complete strangers is anything other than a cautionary tale waiting to happen. It's a trade-off, but the win is getting to try something new. Sometimes that's a game, sometimes it's a GMing technique you didn't know, sometimes it's a play technique you didn't know. Etc. You can play the odds a bit by going for GMs you know -- there are half a dozen people running at our local SF Bay Area cool con in October who I am sure will be good, and probably another dozen who're solid that I just don't know. Like Mors says, weird crap.
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Aug 11, 2014 00:24
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Lightning Lord posted:Well regardless of your feelings on FYAD, I think the real problem is that Plute here seems to think that being a moron in Trad Games will make manyak emptyquote him. I don't think that's the case at all, actually.
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Aug 11, 2014 01:04
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Effectronica posted:I don't think that's the case at all, actually. You're wrong!
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Aug 11, 2014 01:06
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Arivia posted:You're wrong! Ok, why don't you post the PMs where Plutonis hashes out his master plan of getting sweet, sweet emptyquotes in FYAD? Or forward them to me? Because right now I'm not seeing any reason to assume he's doing it for some idiotic scheme over the other possible options. I mean, I know you want him banned from this thread and probably the subforum because you have said and implied that you consider him awful and bigoted and a grade-A compoundinsult. But I don't have any of that for this accusation.
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Aug 11, 2014 01:09
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Kai Tave posted:I honestly have a hard time seeing the value in a convention game. Like, it's hard enough to assemble a hand-picked group of people to play D&D with on a regular basis that doesn't result in some kind terrible nerd drama, I can't imagine that deciding to sit down and game with a table of complete strangers is anything other than a cautionary tale waiting to happen. Con games with strangers have little drama in my experience - most of what we know about each other is the game. On the other hand I don't get the point of D&D as a con game because it needs regular play. Dread, Diana: Warrior Princess, and Fiasco are all great con games IME. And Dread works especially well at a con because you don't have the "People sitting out" issue as there's a whole con to see when you've knocked the tower over.
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Aug 11, 2014 01:23
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Effectronica posted:Ok, why don't you post the PMs where Plutonis hashes out his master plan of getting sweet, sweet emptyquotes in FYAD? Or forward them to me? Because right now I'm not seeing any reason to assume he's doing it for some idiotic scheme over the other possible options. I mean, I know you want him banned from this thread and probably the subforum because you have said and implied that you consider him awful and bigoted and a grade-A compoundinsult. But I don't have any of that for this accusation.
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Aug 11, 2014 01:26
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Chaotic Neutral posted:I didn't know seebs posted on two accounts! I don't understand why people have some need to make Plutonis out to be the world's dumbest puppetmaster over assuming he was being an honest jackass or just making fun of people without any ulterior motives. Is it because he posts in FYAD? Or new GBS? Because that sort of prejudicial behavior is ridiculous. I do understand why you want to drive Plutonis out, and that's disgusting in and of itself, but this sort of middle school behavior is absurd.
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Aug 11, 2014 01:33
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Why do people want to drive Plutonis out?
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Aug 11, 2014 01:35
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Mr. Maltose posted:Why do people want to drive Plutonis out? Because he's Plutonis, And because Effectronica is a Seebs alt.
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Aug 11, 2014 01:37
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Quickly, everyone, let's all try to figure out the motives of the person who posts one-liners and emptyquotes things because he is an insane Joker-like force of chaos destroying this subforum, and it is only through pages of intense discussion that we can defeat him.
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Aug 11, 2014 01:37
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Aug 11, 2014 01:37
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Effectronica posted:I don't understand why people have some need to make Plutonis out to be the world's dumbest puppetmaster over assuming he was being an honest jackass or just making fun of people without any ulterior motives. Is it because he posts in FYAD? Or new GBS? Because that sort of prejudicial behavior is ridiculous. I do understand why you want to drive Plutonis out, and that's disgusting in and of itself, but this sort of middle school behavior is absurd. Nah, he's just super mad he got banned from an IRC chatroom again and is taking his passive aggression out on TG.
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Aug 11, 2014 01:38
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What? His trolling level, it's... it's off the charts! I've never seen emptyquotes like this!
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Aug 11, 2014 01:38
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Mr. Maltose posted:Why do people want to drive Plutonis out? Because he annoys them enough that they are unable to skim over his posts, and have to block them from sight. Also because a bunch of people seem to seriously want a forum where nobody ever rocks the boat even a little. Arivia posted:Because he's Plutonis, And because Effectronica is a Seebs alt. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3654552&userid=176390#post433267325 Guess I've got dissociative identity disorder!
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Aug 11, 2014 01:42
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I thought nothing could be as boring as Realms chat, but I was wrong.
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Aug 11, 2014 01:43
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Effectronica posted:Because he annoys them enough that they are unable to skim over his posts, and have to block them from sight. Also because a bunch of people seem to seriously want a forum where nobody ever rocks the boat even a little. I don't see Plutonis 'rocking the boat' but yeah it's not hard to just ignore his bad posts.
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Aug 11, 2014 01:46
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BrainParasite posted:I thought nothing could be as boring as Realms chat, but I was wrong. Discuss 
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Aug 11, 2014 01:47
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Effectronica posted:Because he annoys them enough that they are unable to skim over his posts, and have to block them from sight. Also because a bunch of people seem to seriously want a forum where nobody ever rocks the boat even a little. So "posting about posting passive-aggressively" now rocks the boat? Let me show you what rocking the loving boat means; Zak S is holding the act of charity hostage in a desperate bid to get people to actually speak with him, no word yet on whether he's in possession of Donald Trump's wig. this guy posted:"Here's the game--I ask you a question about things you did or said to create this controversy. You answer the question clearly. Each straight answer you give I donate 10 US dollars to the charity of your choice." Also he cites Seebs as evidence of no wrongdoing. Let the hundreds of posts commence.
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Aug 11, 2014 01:49
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Froghammer posted:Fantasy counterpart cultures are boring. This implies that Glorantha is boring, so, uh, nice trolling attempt there.
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Aug 11, 2014 01:49
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Quit posting about Plutonis already.
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Aug 11, 2014 01:49
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Ettin posted:Quit posting already. Let us all take these wise words to heart.
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Aug 11, 2014 01:52
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Rulebook Heavily posted:So "posting about posting passive-aggressively" now rocks the boat? Let me show you what rocking the loving boat means; Zak S is holding the act of charity hostage in a desperate bid to get people to actually speak with him, no word yet on whether he's in possession of Donald Trump's wig. when people only pick out the posts where he repeats what other people have said in an aggressive tone, yeah, it sure looks like rocking the boat is what offends people more than the actual content. and gj reminding everyone that zak smith's mother committed a horrible mistake when she didn't strangle him at birth, thank you.
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Aug 11, 2014 01:52
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Start your donations, folks.
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Aug 11, 2014 01:55
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Kai Tave posted:I honestly have a hard time seeing the value in a convention game. Like, it's hard enough to assemble a hand-picked group of people to play D&D with on a regular basis that doesn't result in some kind terrible nerd drama, I can't imagine that deciding to sit down and game with a table of complete strangers is anything other than a cautionary tale waiting to happen.
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Aug 11, 2014 01:55
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Good ol' Zak. Do you care more about not being wrong than helping people? *withholds money from charity until he can extort a hundred concessions to spin into proving he is right*
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Aug 11, 2014 01:58
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Chaotic Neutral posted:Good ol' Zak. Do you care more about not being wrong than helping people? *withholds money from charity until he can extort a hundred concessions to spin into proving he is right* The internet is screaming.
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Aug 11, 2014 02:00
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BrainParasite posted:I thought nothing could be as boring as Realms chat, but I was wrong. Ettin posted:Quit posting about Plutonis already. A Catastrophe fucked around with this message at 02:05 on Aug 11, 2014 |
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Aug 11, 2014 02:02
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A Catastrophe posted:
Spoiler alert: Pretty boring. Edit: except for those yak things, those are great. Saguaro PI fucked around with this message at 02:12 on Aug 11, 2014 |
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Aug 11, 2014 02:09
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Chaotic Neutral posted:Good ol' Zak. Do you care more about not being wrong than helping people? *withholds money from charity until he can extort a hundred concessions to spin into proving he is right* He is literally trying to purchase proof that he's totally a good person, honest guys. gnome7 fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Aug 11, 2014 |
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Aug 11, 2014 02:12
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Hey I meet the callout requirements, that's cool. Time to decide who's getting my money rather than his.
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Aug 11, 2014 02:13
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Trevor project's always been a pretty good idea.Asymmetrikon posted:Start your donations, folks. Will this get Last Stand renamed?
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Aug 11, 2014 02:19
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Asymmetrikon posted:Start your donations, folks. Good idea 
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Aug 11, 2014 02:35
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Cassa posted:Trevor project's always been a pretty good idea. Well poo poo, now I want it to.
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Aug 11, 2014 02:43
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Asymmetrikon posted:Start your donations, folks. Good call. 
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Aug 11, 2014 02:45
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Also done, but forgot a screencap.
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Hey, this is nice!
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