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Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




anime was right posted:

unironically true. lots of competitive fg players abuse add medication lol

many orgs still dont drug test so its still pervasive

fg?????

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loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

Relevant Tangent posted:

everyone drinks coffee because we're playing for eight hours

Y'know what's a really bad idea is drinking several beers while playing the "party face" (meaning the guy with the high CHA and all the (in-game) social skills)

because you better believe the DM isn't drinking and you have to "win" conversations with him

it's v hard fam

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



dems are totally gonna campaign in 2018 and 2020 on "we'll build the wall smarter and better!" just like they campaigned on "we'll fight the endless war on terror smarter and better" from 2004 to the present

Grondoth
Feb 18, 2011

Fightan Game

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



loquacius posted:

Y'know what's a really bad idea is drinking several beers while playing the "party face" (meaning the guy with the high CHA and all the (in-game) social skills)

because you better believe the DM isn't drinking and you have to "win" conversations with him

it's v hard fam

that actually sounds like a great idea

do any rpgs have like a drunken berserker whose abilities get better with intoxication but social abilities

Jazerus
May 24, 2011


loquacius posted:

Y'know what's a really bad idea is drinking several beers while playing the "party face" (meaning the guy with the high CHA and all the (in-game) social skills)

because you better believe the DM isn't drinking and you have to "win" conversations with him

it's v hard fam

if the dm isn't drinking i don't recognize this as proper roleplaying

got any sevens
Feb 9, 2013

by Cyrano4747

anime was right posted:

unironically true. lots of competitive fg players abuse add medication lol

many orgs still dont drug test so its still pervasive

fg?

Relevant Tangent
Nov 18, 2016

Tangentially Relevant

loquacius posted:

Y'know what's a really bad idea is drinking several beers while playing the "party face" (meaning the guy with the high CHA and all the (in-game) social skills)

because you better believe the DM isn't drinking and you have to "win" conversations with him

it's v hard fam

lol if your dm has never added a monster in because you chugged a bottle of thunderbird on a dare and then had the dumbest idea for a boss-fight
(it was a weaponized mechanical t-rex from a creationist theme park that proved man and dinosaur lived together in the garden of eden (it had a bible launcher))
that was a long time ago though, i like roleplaying sober much better

Man Musk
Jan 13, 2010

Shear Modulus posted:

that's pretty much what it is.

it's colonialism.

but china is even more capitalist than america now

uh china has a completely different idea of what property rights are which is rather incompatible with capitalism

Concerned Citizen
Jul 22, 2007
Ramrod XTreme
https://twitter.com/GoAngelo/status/900019743809208322

-media matters president, who is basically right here

honestly just abolish the dnc at this point. it will never be good, or useful. fire all the staff and leave the committee open as a fundraising shell for the next presidential campaign. it has barely been relevant for decades and it normally causes more problems than it solves

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




thinkin a lil more about a system for pbp or discord or w/e you could do it socialist are shared authority instead of a central single gm, but treat certain npcs and poo poo as personal property of a players so that eg i couldnt decide to just kill yr characters mentor or w/e unless you were cool w it or we used a conflict resolution mechanic to hash out what happens

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




Grondoth posted:

Fightan Game

ooh ok

Serf
May 5, 2011


Squizzle posted:

thinkin a lil more about a system for pbp or discord or w/e you could do it socialist are shared authority instead of a central single gm, but treat certain npcs and poo poo as personal property of a players so that eg i couldnt decide to just kill yr characters mentor or w/e unless you were cool w it or we used a conflict resolution mechanic to hash out what happens

ars magica is on the bundle of holding right now and it does this. each player has a couple of characters that are theirs, they work in small groups but also do solo stuff, and there's a mode of play for a rotating gm

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
e: whoops wrong thread

Taintrunner has issued a correction as of 21:30 on Aug 22, 2017

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

Jazerus posted:

if the dm isn't drinking i don't recognize this as proper roleplaying

The problem is that the best storyteller in that friend group is a guy who doesn't drink under any circumstances

it's terribly vexing

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

Taintrunner posted:

loving Madden has a story campaign now that is more immersive and better produced than whatever the hell Squadron 42 will turn into.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZoFk7Ms-c8

Five bucks says the writing doesn't come close to this. There's even one part where they go to a military base in Dubai to play ball.

I don't have 3 hours to watch this, is it the same storyline for every team, or does the storyline have you play as a different team for each game, or do you have to play as like the Texans or something in story mode?

And does it change depending on which games you win or lose?

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

If it's a different-team-for-each-game-in-one-overarching-storyline thing I sincerely hope you play as the Pats in the tutorial and then they're the final boss

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

loquacius posted:

I don't have 3 hours to watch this, is it the same storyline for every team, or does the storyline have you play as a different team for each game, or do you have to play as like the Texans or something in story mode?

And does it change depending on which games you win or lose?

no it's one storyline and you're not on an NFL team, you're on a made up reality show

Agean90
Jun 28, 2008


Concerned Citizen posted:

https://twitter.com/GoAngelo/status/900019743809208322

-media matters president, who is basically right here

honestly just abolish the dnc at this point. it will never be good, or useful. fire all the staff and leave the committee open as a fundraising shell for the next presidential campaign. it has barely been relevant for decades and it normally causes more problems than it solves

Does he have any influence or will this just lead to the dnc shrugging while wondering why their base isn't doing what they want?

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




Serf posted:

ars magica is on the bundle of holding right now and it does this. each player has a couple of characters that are theirs, they work in small groups but also do solo stuff, and there's a mode of play for a rotating gm

intellego aquam

piss tape...........is real!!!!!!

byob historian
Nov 5, 2008

I'm an animal abusing piece of shit! I deliberately poisoned my dog to death and think it's funny! I'm an irredeemable sack of human shit!

Squizzle posted:

hmmmmm im going w owlcubs but im willing to be convinced otherwise

are they hatched or born live :thunk:

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




mrbradlymrmartin posted:

are they hatched or born live :thunk:

they begin as hatchlings and grow into cubs imo

Feldegast42
Oct 29, 2011

COMMENCE THE RITE OF SHITPOSTING

Phi230 posted:

For real

I listened to their latest podcast and they spent 15-20 minutes throughout the episode just on advertisements :lol:

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Feldegast42 posted:

I listened to their latest podcast and they spent 15-20 minutes throughout the episode just on advertisements :lol:

-squarespace

-underwear

-nature snacks

-label maker thing

what else am I missing

comedyblissoption
Mar 15, 2006

Shear Modulus posted:

dems are totally gonna campaign in 2018 and 2020 on "we'll build the wall smarter and better!" just like they campaigned on "we'll fight the endless war on terror smarter and better" from 2004 to the present
stop bringing up the iraq war vote from over ten years ago
*cnn audience applauds*

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

When ranting drunkenly to acquaintances about politics I have run into exactly one Pod Save America listener and one Chapo listener

Worth noting is that the PSA listener freely rec'd it to me (I rec'd Chapo back lol) and the Chapo listener had to be asked directly

Concerned Citizen
Jul 22, 2007
Ramrod XTreme

Agean90 posted:

Does he have any influence or will this just lead to the dnc shrugging while wondering why their base isn't doing what they want?

he has influence as the head of a major liberal group, but it won't make a difference. the dnc is not accountable to anyone, and it is incapable of being a competent organization due to the way its leadership is chosen. the major issue with the dnc is that it does not actually speak for the democratic party at all, and almost no elected official or potential candidate give much of a thought to it - but the name democratic national committee sure makes it sound like it's important, when it's actually by far the least important of the major federal party committees. since it is seemingly only capable of creating pr problems, seems like the solution here is for it to just not exist. fire all the staff, spin off data services to its own corporation, rely on 3rd parties to take over the crucial function of putting out press releases attacking donald trump. the committee can just exist as a fundraising shell for the next nominee.

Serf
May 5, 2011


chapo is 4e

psa is 5e

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




Concerned Citizen posted:

fire all the staff, spin off data services to its own corporation

consolidate the servers

mastershakeman
Oct 28, 2008

by vyelkin

Serf posted:

chapo is 4e

psa is 5e

whats cumtown then, call of cthulu?

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




Serf posted:

chapo is 4e

psa is 5e

whats 5e like

MaxxBot
Oct 6, 2003

you could have clapped

you should have clapped!!
Man SF politics are hosed up

https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/900099710408699904

Serf
May 5, 2011


Squizzle posted:

whats 5e like

bad, also supporting it gives money to a transphobic serial harrasser so if u gotta read that poo poo steal it

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

Squizzle posted:

whats 5e like

As I understand it, the pro-4e stance is that 3e wizards were too good, which is why in 4e basically every class is a wizard

(and I'm pretty sure out-of-combat magic isn't a thing)

5e makes wizards have special powers again so people who like 4e really don't like 5e

I think magic is cool though (SEE: me complaining about how the original FF1 on the NES was terrible because magic was awful and unusable in it) so I like 5e and my Trickery cleric is tons of fun to play

Relevant Tangent
Nov 18, 2016

Tangentially Relevant

Serf posted:

chapo is 4e

psa is 5e

4e was good though?

Serf
May 5, 2011


Relevant Tangent posted:

4e was good just like chapo

agreed, comrade

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008


so in San Francisco an annual salary of $67k gets you one room in a garden-level 3br/1ba 2 hours' drive from your job, right

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008

I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY

mastershakeman posted:

whats cumtown then, call of cthulu?

World of darkness

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
Basic D&D - Congressional Progressive Caucus
AD&D - Democratic Leadership Council
3rd Edition - Organizing For America
4th Edition - Our Revolution
5th Edition - Center for American Progress

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Stexils
Jun 5, 2008

loquacius posted:

As I understand it, the pro-4e stance is that 3e wizards were too good, which is why in 4e basically every class is a wizard

(and I'm pretty sure out-of-combat magic isn't a thing)

5e makes wizards have special powers again so people who like 4e really don't like 5e

I think magic is cool though (SEE: me complaining about how the original FF1 on the NES was terrible because magic was awful and unusable in it) so I like 5e and my Trickery cleric is tons of fun to play

try playing a fighter

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