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General Category => Role Playing Public Radio Podcast => : SageNytell March 19, 2011, 04:16:42 PM
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Threw this together for one particular reason, but also noticed that it wasn't really being discussed anywhere else. I'll get to that in a minute.
Alright, which of you jokers is Fenarisk over on the Something Awful forums, specifically here (http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3381445&pagenumber=1#lastpost)? :D Damn, dude, I'm trying to make points on why Call of Cthulhu is fun. Mentioning RPPR was a peripheral thing to help make my point, it wasn't to start an indepth discussion on GMing styles and why Caleb is cool. He is, by the way, but besides the point. Anyway
To the point, then? RPPR is a kickass site, and a great jumping-off point for a ton of things on and around the subject of gaming. I've mentioned the site to a few people in a local gaming store, and certainly to my gaming group (not sure if any of them have actually looked here, but since my gaming group is a bunch of ridiculous manchildren/womanchildren, it's not so surprising ;D). I've also linked here a couple of times on Something Awful.
So where do you discuss RPPR offsite?
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I've talked to my friends about it, mainly because I'm trying to explain why I was interested in recording the sessions...
I just don't think my friends are as into RPGs as I am. Most of them are just into playing/writing short adventures/occasionally running games. I'm certainly not disappointed by this, they're just not interested in talking about them...
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I keep trying to convince my groups to come to the site for the APs, so they can get an idea how games run. When I finally get around to running Eclipse Phase I'm going to make everybody listen to the AP here.
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When I finally get around to running Eclipse Phase I'm going to make everybody listen to the AP here.
I just got this fantastic little mental image of Tad running some sort of mad-science machine to simulcast the AP to every living person on earth, whether they like it or not. :D
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When I finally get around to running Eclipse Phase I'm going to make everybody listen to the AP here.
I just got this fantastic little mental image of Tad running some sort of mad-science machine to simulcast the AP to every living person on earth, whether they like it or not. :D
Let's do it. Hijack the government's mind control satellite and just beam AP episodes into peoples heads all day...
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When I finally get around to running Eclipse Phase I'm going to make everybody listen to the AP here.
I just got this fantastic little mental image of Tad running some sort of mad-science machine to simulcast the AP to every living person on earth, whether they like it or not. :D
Let's do it. Hijack the government's mind control satellite and just beam AP episodes into peoples heads all day...
Brilliant! To the science van, we're creating a global mental connection mesh to broadcast transhuman actual plays into people's brains. That might be ironic.
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just posted to the SA thread. also everyone knows the secret illuminati that controls the world listens to RPPR.
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oh and several listeners have messaged me on the SA forums thanking me for RPPR.
idk if anyone ever mentions anything to Tom because Tom works for a living so he is too tired to ever do anything ;-;
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Mr. Tom Church is a god amongst men and his reputation, as a man, spans continents! Hold your tongue Ross!
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I find myself discussing RPPR with my gaming group quite frequently. In fact, one of the guys I game with is a HUGE RPPR fan and RPPR is one of the things we bonded over when we first started gaming together. Recent cast member quotes often find their way into my group's APs. I guess I'm just another annoying fanboy...
Sometimes it feels like the big AP sites/groups are professional sports franchises in that one may have "favorite" players, a roster of "cast" members and a fanbase...
RPPR is one of my favorite gaming franchises and remains one (if not my only) favorite franchise. I really dig what Ross, Tom, Cody, Dan, Jason and the rest of team does...
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I try talking about RPPR with my wife.
She just tells me to shut the fuck up.
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I have directed my friend in the direction of RPPR a few times but I don't discuss it with certain members of my group because I usually use this as a forum for complaining about how bad at role-playing his girlfriend is.... It's been mentioned in a few threads around here but other than that I welcome all of my group to check it out, but none of them have.
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I try talking to my wife about RPPR.
She just tells me to shut the fuck up.
;D
Seriously though she does.
Except the other night I was listening to "Episode 8: The Role of Rules" while she was sleeping in the car. She woke up long enough to laugh about armless orcs being disarmed.
EDIT: [nerdvoice] Umm Excuse me sir, but I do believe you are in error. The episode you were looking for was in actuality Episode 01: Gencon Wrapup 09. The line was uttered when Mister Ross Payton was telling the story of his question being asked during a panel.[/nerdvoice]
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Yeah I also try to talk about RPPR and, well any RPGs, role playing concepts, idea's for a character in an upcoming campaign etc.
And she doesn't tell me to shut the fuck up, instead she is totally disinterested and any conversation ends with me feeling sorry for bringing it up.
Its odd cos she's part of the gaming group and not a part you can remove (change the player or change the game). Its vexing.
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My gaming group (and some sections of my family) now yell "Tip it!" whenever someone has trouble with a pouring device because I insist on sharing the classy stories from RPPR.
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Sam and I reference "tip it!" too. So, I guess that is one aspect of RPPR that has made it into our lives.
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I tried to start a conversation about shooting across the room by quoting Mike verbatim for a few sentences, my group didn't take off with the subject...crickets and all lol.
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My baby bro recently learned that Call of Cthulhu exists, so I pointed him to RPPR. Still don't know if he has listened to anything or not. As a result, though, my dad heard about the site too. He doesn't seem to understand how, or why, people would listen to other people play a tabletop roleplaying game.
I don't think he'd like the site much. He doesn't like "evil characters". There seem to be a lot of those here. <_<
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I don't think he'd like the site much. He doesn't like "evil characters". There seem to be a lot of those here. <_<
But he'll always have Aaron to identify with...
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I don't think he'd like the site much. He doesn't like "evil characters". There seem to be a lot of those here. <_<
But he'll always have Aaron to identify with...
Oh, Aaron... Good or bad, you're always useful as the contrasting example when it comes to RPPR. :-P
I think the site as a whole has a lot to offer to a variety of audiences. The actual podcast portions are invaluable for game design projects, even if I disagree with their stance or don't end up using any specific examples from an episode, simply getting a variety of impressions on gaming topics BEFORE testing them on my group lets me improvise and roll with the punches much better than I have before. The recordings of different genres of games also tend towards different listening styles - I would never try to have a non-gamer sit through a D&D 4E AP, because the second combat starts, any momentum and novelty the recording had for a non-gamer disappears. For Wushu and some of the other goofy games, I will actually listen with other people on car rides, because the game mechanics and playstyle never interfere with the flow, and it's an amusing listen. Listening to different genres and systems is also awesome. My group was raised on basic D&D, but everyone has expressed dissatisfaction with the game at some point, and everyone's requested we try something new along the line. Because of RPPR, I can step up with suggestions when someone wants to play a horror game set in the modern era, for example, or a far-future scifi plot.
And that's not even getting started on the regulars. Cody and Caleb have fan clubs for a reason. Jason is just fun to listen to. Dan is hilarious when he starts to plan. Listening to RJ start trolling the group (intentionally?) is good for a laugh. Mike provides 'that guy' (protip: every group has that guy, or has had him - if you've never come across 'that guy' YOU'RE HIM). Aaron, for all the shit he gets, is awesome equally for his dedication to the greater good and for his sometimes questionable moral judgements in his pursuit thereof. Tom is a steadfast player, and he's good for tying together games with a slightly calmer head (usually) - the games wouldn't be the same without him. The variety of playstyles and personalities brings together an engaging set of recordings, and any gamer can recognize and relate to some of the RPPR regulars' traits.
You guys seriously produce a kickass site.
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I don't think he'd like the site much. He doesn't like "evil characters". There seem to be a lot of those here. <_<
Most of us would be willing to argue that sociopathy is not really a sign of evilness.
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I opened a thread on the Eclipse Phase forums to let them know about RPPR's Actual Play.
http://www.eclipsephase.com/rppr-actual-play-eclipse-phase
A few listeners have commented already.
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As a result, though, my dad heard about the site too. He doesn't seem to understand how, or why, people would listen to other people play a tabletop roleplaying game.
More or less my father's opinion as well. Must be a dad thing... except that a bunch of our forumers ARE dads... more research is called for.
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I opened a thread on the Eclipse Phase forums to let them know about RPPR's Actual Play.
http://www.eclipsephase.com/rppr-actual-play-eclipse-phase
A few listeners have commented already.
One of the users from the site said the gaming style of the Eclipse Phase RPPR Actual Play was too casual for their taste. Could someone help me out on this one, because I don't think I've listened to an AP from other sources that was anything more than "casual". What's the difference between "casual" play, and what I'm assuming to be the opposite, "hardcore" play?
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Could someone help me out on this one, because I don't think I've listened to an AP from other sources that was anything more than "casual". What's the difference between "casual" play, and what I'm assuming to be the opposite, "hardcore" play?
If there's such a thing as hardcore play, it's at Icosahedrophilia.
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I opened a thread on the Eclipse Phase forums to let them know about RPPR's Actual Play.
http://www.eclipsephase.com/rppr-actual-play-eclipse-phase
A few listeners have commented already.
One of the users from the site said the gaming style of the Eclipse Phase RPPR Actual Play was too casual for their taste. Could someone help me out on this one, because I don't think I've listened to an AP from other sources that was anything more than "casual". What's the difference between "casual" play, and what I'm assuming to be the opposite, "hardcore" play?
Sounds like the people who say that the only "real" video game playing is CoD online...
And that the Wii isn't a real console because some moms like to play it...
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I opened a thread on the Eclipse Phase forums to let them know about RPPR's Actual Play.
http://www.eclipsephase.com/rppr-actual-play-eclipse-phase
A few listeners have commented already.
One of the users from the site said the gaming style of the Eclipse Phase RPPR Actual Play was too casual for their taste. Could someone help me out on this one, because I don't think I've listened to an AP from other sources that was anything more than "casual". What's the difference between "casual" play, and what I'm assuming to be the opposite, "hardcore" play?
less jokey - less off topic chatter is my interpretation. The first Fear Itself game I ran for Tom and Cody wasn't casual.