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lol, never mind then. SilverMike posted:Hopefully that's it, but it's hard not to have major reservations about anyone taking race science seriously nowadays. Yeah, that tweet was gone by the time I saw gradenko's post.
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Ferrinus posted:I’ll never forget that grogs.txt post in which someone explains that D&D’s racial ability modifiers helped them to understand how race science could still be true despite the existence of individually smart people of color.  to say about the Races section of Etherscope for a F&F review. And having that quote around would be a great demonstration of what the writers' casual ignorance ends up promoting.
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I would feel sad about Ars Magica turning out to have been invented by two utter shitters, except my favoured edition is 5th edition and neither Rein-Hagen nor Tweet has been involved in any capacity for multiple editions now.
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Der Waffle Mous posted:
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NGDBSS posted:Got a link to that? I have some I don’t have a link to the original source, but I found a full quote here: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3698899&pagenumber=2 quote:From reading and posting on the Opposing Views section of the forum, I read a lot of foolish comments from the anti's. Statements like "I know a black person who is really smart, therefore everything you say about racial intelligence differences is wrong." Well, of course, the lack of understanding of statistics this statement shows is staggering. I try to recall when in my life when I could have fallen for such a foolish statement and I can't think of when I would have.
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Der Waffle Mous posted:
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Reene posted:Fortunately years of being a nWoD fan have inundated me to lovely people with lovely views touching a creative property that I enjoy but yeah, mood.
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Reene posted:Fortunately years of being a nWoD fan have inundated me to lovely people with lovely views touching a creative property that I enjoy but yeah, mood. it doesn't help it was one of my go-to "instead of 5e why don't you try..." examples.
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Warthur posted:I would feel sad about Ars Magica turning out to have been invented by two utter shitters, except my favoured edition is 5th edition and neither Rein-Hagen nor Tweet has been involved in any capacity for multiple editions now. The fact that Tweet did such an excellent job of leaving his bullshit ideology out of his games is both why people found those games appealing and why we didn’t find out he and R*H were such brokebrains until they joined social media. I always knew Tweet had an amazing imagination— now I know it’s so amazing he was able to envision a world where the beliefs he holds most sacred are untrue or irrelevant. Re: 13th Age in particular, that was a collaboration with Rob Heinsoo, who I have yet to hear anything unsavory about or from. At least yet...
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Warthur posted:I would feel sad about Ars Magica turning out to have been invented by two utter shitters, except my favoured edition is 5th edition and neither Rein-Hagen nor Tweet has been involved in any capacity for multiple editions now. Frankly, the game really only got good in 4th and 5th. 1st and 2nd are plagued by bad history and 3rd has Reason.
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Mors Rattus posted:Frankly, the game really only got good in 4th and 5th. 1st and 2nd are plagued by bad history and 3rd has Reason. Did MRH work on Mage:Sorcer’s Crusade with it’s order of reason? IIRC there was some major overlap between Ars and Mage
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May 18, 2019 23:57
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Kurieg posted:Yeah, I'm also a big fan of Demon: The Death of the Author I said enjoyable
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Nystral posted:Did MRH work on Mage:Sorcer’s Crusade with it’s order of reason? IIRC there was some major overlap between Ars and Mage I don't think by '98 MRH had much to do with developing anything. That was Brucato, Rich Dansky, and Ken Hite among others.
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Dawgstar posted:I don't think by '98 MRH had much to do with developing anything. That was Brucato, Rich Dansky, and Ken Hite among others. I think the order of reason was established in the backstory of Mage 1st ed.
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Kurieg posted:I think the order of reason was established in the backstory of Mage 1st ed. Right, but he's not listed on that book, either. That was the Wiecks plus others, so I thought.
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inklesspen posted:Meltwater, which I believe is by a goon, is a game that makes this absolutely explicit. I recommend it. Oh they've got some amazing ideas for games on that site. https://hollandspiele.com/
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May 19, 2019 21:59
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May 19, 2019 22:37
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May 19, 2019 22:51
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MollyMetroid posted:You want them to what, cancel his loving author credit? I don't think anyone expects that, but they should take his twitter handle off of their profile.
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I doubt they even realize it's there.
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moths posted:I doubt they even realize it's there. Well I literally just told them it was, so we'll see I guess 
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Rip_Van_Winkle posted:TG As An Industry: Bad Tweet's Bad Tweets
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Ferrinus posted:I don’t have a link to the original source, but I found a full quote here: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3698899&pagenumber=2
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TheDiceMustRoll posted:*brief flicker of hope that RPG trump fans will realize his dumb policies hurt them in a tangible way too* Maybe it will be good for the handful of outfits that still that still make dice in the US?
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Rhandhali posted:Maybe it will be good for the handful of outfits that still that still make dice in the US? Trump is bringing back manufacturing!!!
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Rhandhali posted:Maybe it will be good for the handful of outfits that still that still make dice in the US? I too look forward to paying $1.50 a die while also having to hear that stupid pitch from the Gamescience guy.
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rkajdi posted:I too look forward to paying $1.50 a die while also having to hear that stupid pitch from the Gamescience guy. All Lou Zocchi ever wanted was for you to roll randomly.
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Zucati really can’t handle more business, I think. Still way behind on some kickstarters because of flooding or something a year ago.
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8one6 posted:All Lou Zocchi ever wanted was for you to roll randomly. And also have every stupid person you play in a wargame moan about dice every time the slightest amount of deviation from the expected result happens. The whole "Chessex are weighted" thing comes up often enough in conversations about games and dice rolling that I want to scream. A few of the identical dice in your cube being slightly biased has very little effect on results when you're commonly picking up and rolling them by the handful. It's just dumb people not thinking about anything more than the surface level of random processes and making dumb comments that everyone else has to pretend to humor.
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rkajdi posted:I too look forward to paying $1.50 a die while also having to hear that stupid pitch from the Gamescience guy. He sold the business and only does a couple of conventions a year. They’re owned by a family run outfit in Bardstown, Kentucky now and do mostly mail order. They’re a local shop for me so I give them business when I can and I like their dice anyway.
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I found the gamescience dice to be very light and unsatisfying to roll, which was a real disappointment.
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:I found the gamescience dice to be very light and unsatisfying to roll, which was a real disappointment. Why is nobody talking about the rollfeel?
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:I found the gamescience dice to be very light and unsatisfying to roll, which was a real disappointment. Try the Zucati dice. I kickstartered a few sets and they’re nice. Definitely heavier.
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Rhandhali posted:He sold the business and only does a couple of conventions a year. They’re owned by a family run outfit in Bardstown, Kentucky now and do mostly mail order. They’re a local shop for me so I give them business when I can and I like their dice anyway. Wait, they’re out of bardstown? What shop?
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Chakan posted:Wait, they’re out of bardstown? What shop? Sorry. They were in the process of moving last time I was there and aren’t in Bardstown anymore. They just call themselves Gamescience. I was surprised as anyone to see they ended up there. They moved to Leitchfield. They’ve got all the molds and casting equipment and are still casting new dice. Rhandhali fucked around with this message at 19:51 on May 20, 2019 |
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MollyMetroid posted:You want them to what, cancel his loving author credit? No, but the juxtaposition makes the insincere dodge even sadder.
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