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Mar 17, 2015 19:57
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PurpleXVI posted:Well get yourself over to F&F and review that mess of a system for us, then. I actually found out about this because the designers are on RPGGeek asking for reviews. I honestly don't even know where to begin on telling him how much of a mess this is and how bad it comes across. (also I need to get back on my Torg review first and I'm pissed because my computer crashed and ate the Torg post I was working on for two hours  )
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Mar 17, 2015 19:57
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I'm not reading that boring crap! Die!!!
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Mar 17, 2015 20:00
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You don't save big posts using a word processor until they're done?
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Mar 17, 2015 20:01
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UnCO3 posted:You don't save big posts using a word processor until they're done? Nope! I was doing it in Notepad++ (which I prefer to write posts in) and the recovery file got mangled. My own fault for not saving really, but still. Annoying.
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Mar 17, 2015 20:04
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quote:Specifically speaking all characters within the Fyxt RPG must be able to perceive something in order to be able to react to it or interact with it. Phew, existential crisis averted. Seriously though, what? I don't understand why you need this rule. Is this their attempt to stop meta-gaming?
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Mar 17, 2015 20:09
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Random blabber posted:Phew, existential crisis averted. Who knows. It was part of the Perception skill description. I mean, this whole thing screams "WE ONLY EVER PLAYED D&D" more loudly than anything I've ever seen. They use "unlike Dungeons & Dragons" three times within four paragraphs on the Items page.
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Mar 17, 2015 20:12
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Evil Mastermind posted:I mean, this whole thing screams "WE ONLY EVER PLAYED D&D" more loudly than anything I've ever seen. quote:Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition, Dungeons & Dragons Skills and Powers, Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition, Dungeons & Dragons 3.5, Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, Dungeons & Dragons 5e (Next), Pathfinder, Whitewolf, Rifts, GURPS, and a few others
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Mar 17, 2015 20:16
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Aren't all those games absurdly hyperdetailed? Yikes. My fingers are curving into warding gestures right now.
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Mar 17, 2015 20:20
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Fyxt is love.
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Mar 17, 2015 20:27
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Sounds like this damp spud's brain needs to be "Fyxt"...Lol.
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Mar 17, 2015 20:27
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Evil Mastermind posted:Who knows. It was part of the Perception skill description. You know, I can never get mad at someone for playing D&D and thinking 'Man, you know, this could be better.' I know it mostly only leads to heartbreakers but it's a perfectly natural instinct.
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Mar 17, 2015 20:30
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Oh my God they have a gallery of demotivational posters in the Year of Luigi 2015.
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Mar 17, 2015 20:31
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I love the Choose Your Power picture at the top of this page so much. Be the hero you want to be! Choose from amazing powers like Wizard, Gun, Alien Invasion, or Bird!
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Mar 17, 2015 20:37
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Kellsterik posted:Sounds like this damp spud's brain needs to be "Fyxt"...Lol. With a .45 bullet   
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Mar 17, 2015 20:37
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Lynx Winters posted:I love the Choose Your Power picture at the top of this page so much. Bird is a little broken. They should nerf it. It's unfair to Wizard, Gun, and Alien Invasion players.
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Mar 17, 2015 20:40
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Waffleman_ posted:Oh my God they have a gallery of demotivational posters in the Year of Luigi 2015. what the poo poo these are like does someone become this insufferable on their own or is there like a process
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Mar 17, 2015 20:44
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Fyxt followed me on twitter and I was coming here to post about it, but I see things are already under way. Carry on.
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Mar 17, 2015 20:52
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I really do want to just tell these guys to just...not do this, and to play games that were designed less than ten years ago, but somehow I feel like that's not the kinds of "reviews" they want to hear. Plus I have no idea where to start.Ningyou posted:what the poo poo these are like Serf posted:Fyxt followed me on twitter and I was coming here to post about it, but I see things are already under way. Carry on.
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Mar 17, 2015 20:55
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Trasson posted:Super Dungeon Explore Thankfully that is no longer the case in the new edition, tracking what monsters you used in a round on a 5 player game got to be a real pain for me. Also skull tokens were primarily used to spawn extra monsters in the spawning phase, not activate new monsters on the consul turn. 
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Mar 17, 2015 21:02
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My favorite Fyxt image. Also this IS the craziest thing quote:The Fyxt RPG is designed to be infinitely flexible, manageable, balanced, and more fun than any other RPG system. Edit: the player videos are all dudes in their late 30s/early 40s. This is exactly the kind of thing that the group I know that still plays AD&D 2e would produce if they were industrious. Megaman's Jockstrap fucked around with this message at 21:10 on Mar 17, 2015 |
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Mar 17, 2015 21:04
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Fyxt: The Neutering
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Mar 17, 2015 21:08
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God this is just sad. There's no other word for it.quote:I tried to lay out the website so you can go left to right in a Learn What it is -> What are Specifics -> How to play.
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Mar 17, 2015 21:11
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Oh god.  From the Kickstarter:quote:I have already spent my savings and 401K to establish the Fyxt RPG. Now that I know that it works and people want to play it, it is time to take the next step. As the Fyxt RPG grows, it needs to be moved to a large and powerful dedicated managed server. Since the Fyxt RPG does all the calculations and storing of game data, it is very important to utilize a server that can handle a lot of traffic and backend calculations. This is the primary reason for the Kickstarter. FyxtRPG.com needs to move from servers that cost hundreds of dollars a year to servers that cost thousands of dollars a year. We also need to ensure the website is up and available 24/7, so we need technical support to troubleshoot any server issues and bring the site back online as soon as possible. It is a heartbreaker.
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Mar 17, 2015 21:12
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Oh god. Jesus Christ I missed that completely. This is the  -est thing.
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Mar 17, 2015 21:14
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Are you sure this isn't a parody of some sort?
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Mar 17, 2015 21:25
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Oh god. Okay, I think we should stop mocking Fyxt now, because it is just too sad. I am too sad. I don't want to read this thread anymore.
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Mar 17, 2015 21:28
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If it is, that's a shitton of work on that site for a prank, which is sad in a different way.
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Mar 17, 2015 21:28
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This industry is amazing.
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Mar 17, 2015 21:36
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gnome7 posted:Okay, I think we should stop mocking Fyxt now, because it is just too sad. I am too sad. I don't want to read this thread anymore.
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Mar 17, 2015 21:44
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Captain Walker posted:I know the honeymoon is sort of over re: goonpinions of Dungeon World, but I would argue there's no better gateway to the magical land of "RPGs that are not Dungeons and Dragons". Have fun, Famethrowa! Post a trip report. I was asked, so I provide. Was a bit clumsy to start with because I was so accustomed to asking players to roll for things, but once we hit our pace everything just clicked. Was really cool to see the skimpy starting hamlet I built in about 5 minutes grow as the players named locations and added to the map. There is something so freeing to not have to worry about naming locations they may or not decide to visit, and instead be able to focus on the framework of the whole campaign during prep. Combat worked especially well. The players immediately intuited how cinematic combat could be, and had no trouble throwing away initiative and rounds. Seeing our really shy fighter player get into character and start roleplaying a badass fighter who gave no fucks, grabbing for his sword on the ground even when the three bandits robbing him have already laid him out and kicked his teeth in, was really cool  . Seems like not having stats in the way really makes it easy for people to roleplay.Overall a fantastic session. I enjoyed not having hours of prep, and the players enjoyed not having to crunch stats for every little action they made. We are going to continue learning, because we totally forgot to mark XP and resolve our bonds 
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Mar 17, 2015 22:00
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UnCO3 posted:Well if you want another topic: What was the development of Law's Out like? Actually that is a kind of hilarious story. I was working on a board game on the side for a while, off and on, with auctioning as a core mechanic for building up resources before "the real game", and I kept coming across the major problem that the auctioning part was more fun and interesting than anything else I could think of. I kept wracking my brains on it for ages on how to do something about that. I was at my grandparent's place with no internet when I realized that I should rethink it from the ground up, and figure out how I could use auctioning as the core mechanic of a game. And then I had the idea, what if you bid for control of a scene, a la Fiasco? I had just bought Fiasco and had brought it with me while I was internet-free, and the more I thought about it the more I liked the idea. From there, I wrote the entire game in under 24 hours in a notebook, then transferred it to writing on my PC. I tossed it around for a couple days, edited a few things, re-read it a few times, and then said "Alright I'm done thinking about this, let's upload it to the internet and see what happens". So the entire turnaround from writing it to finishing it was about 3 days, and then it was on DTRPG within a week of that after I got art and some formatting done. So the entire turnaround from "initial idea" to "on the market" was about 8 days. It was extremely spur of the moment. I just had an idea and ran with it, and I really like the result. If you look closely, you can even find two typos in Law's Out that I missed, and I didn't clarify something about the Devil I should've. (If the Devil places a second bid after someone has taken the devil's deal, that person takes the second bid too). I'm absolutely going to be writing more playsets for the system, but I'm focusing on finishing up Fellowship first right now, since it is much later than I'd like it to be. But that's gonna be the next project. I even have a name for the auctioning system - Final Bid. Law's Out is officially the first Final Bid playset.
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Mar 17, 2015 22:09
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Oh god.  so fast in my life
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Mar 17, 2015 22:16
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gnome7 posted:Actually that is a kind of hilarious story. I was working on a board game on the side for a while, off and on, with auctioning as a core mechanic for building up resources before "the real game", and I kept coming across the major problem that the auctioning part was more fun and interesting than anything else I could think of. I kept wracking my brains on it for ages on how to do something about that. If you're talking playsets, I was thinking about maybe adapting the system to mountain climbing, what with how cut-throat, high-stakes and tense it can be. One mandatory character would be the Mountain - a bunch of their resources would be notoriously difficult and dangerous parts of the climb and the unpredictable weather, and they'd probably have an ability kind of like the Baron's where they can make the same bid as long as it's altitude or altitude-related. All the other characters would be different shades of mountain climber - the Tourist, the Veteran, the Soloist etc..
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Mar 17, 2015 23:00
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UnCO3 posted:I did notice the typoes - plus you said on the 6FU episode that it was probably the first time it'd been played, which is actually why I was interested in how it happened. That sounds really cool and I heartily endorse the idea of that playset.
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Mar 17, 2015 23:22
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Evil Mastermind posted:In most role playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons, The only role playing game that matters. I mean c'mon.
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Mar 18, 2015 00:17
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Spoiler: Fyxt is two years of this guy's life. Ugh fuuuuuck his little girls aren't going to college because daddy lived in a epistemic bubble. So depressing.
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Mar 18, 2015 00:24
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Fyxt isn't funny anymore. It just makes me sad inside.
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Mar 18, 2015 00:26
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I'll admit I gave him the best advice I could as politely as I could, but I'm pretty sure it's too little too late. I do legitimately feel bad for the guy. He sank his life savings into this thing before he even started trying to generate word of mouth. This is going to be the most expensive heartbreaker ever written. 
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Mar 18, 2015 00:31
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Fyxt is such an incredible shame because man, in 2015, presenting a new RPG as a website with online tools and support material and game database stuff seems like a no brainer. It's just that the material this is used on is so randomly regressive. You have on the same page: * advice to skip xp and just level people when you feel it's right - nice! * wealth and gear by level table, and advice on how to cut people down if they have more than the 60,000 they're allowed at level 6 - ... what?
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