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General Chaos / Re: Pooping at work

« on: August 14, 2009, 06:24:44 AM »

My particular pleasure in pooping at work, aside from the biologically obvious and previously mentioned, is that I don't have to pay for the TP I'm using.

The downside is that I work for a residential treatment facility for kids with mental and behavioral disorders; I hate starting to unload only to get called to help restrain a kid over the radio.

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RPGs / Re: What do you want RPPR to check out at Gencon?

« on: August 06, 2009, 01:51:52 AM »

The NECA/Wizkids Heroclix kiosk (too small to be called a booth).

What?! Don't judge me!! 

Oh, wait you meant RPG's?

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RPGs / Re: Anecdote Megathread

« on: August 06, 2009, 01:06:24 AM »

A wise man once said that it is easier to be a coward than it is to roll a critical hit.

Well he obviously hadn't gone out and bought his loaded dice yet. He should get on that. 

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RPGs / Call of Cthulhu Virginity

« on: August 04, 2009, 03:02:58 AM »

Well, my CoC virginity was taken tonight. It started out romantic enough- the GM had very gentle hands at the start- but by the end of it, I realized the GM was into the rough stuff, and apparently "More guns!" is not the safety word.

So, please feel free to share your stories of your first Cthulhu Calls and any advice you might have for a newb (you know, like the best way to recover health and sanity...). Thanks!

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General Chaos / Re: CREEPY THREAD OF DOOM

« on: August 04, 2009, 02:46:06 AM »

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Particularly after the 1:30 mark...

Yes, I am a fan of the Venture Brothers. 

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RPGs / Re: How much is too much?

« on: July 29, 2009, 03:29:24 AM »

You're the boss, man, you decide how much you can take.

For my own $0.02, I'd say that it'd probably be better to decide what year and cities that your story takes place in and then focus on all of the big events that happened in those times and places. Everything else you can probably research as you go once you figure out what direction your players are going to head in.

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RPGs / Re: pee pee doo doo 4E is a bad game

« on: July 29, 2009, 03:24:35 AM »

I like that the author's argument is that players want to be gratified instantly in the games that they play, and the game makers' acquiescence to that desire in game design is going to doom the game industry.

To paraphrase: giving the paying customers what they want is going to kill the business...?

I find it kind of silly that the author assumes that delayed gratification is inherently better than instant gratification, even if the end result is the same.

To paraphrase: It's better to get $1 tomorrow instead of getting that same $1 today.

I can just hear the guy now: "Damn those players for always wanting to do cool things all the time... Why can't they just stay off my lawn..."

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RPGs / Re: Anecdote: One-Upping Tom's Gun-Rape story

« on: July 28, 2009, 06:22:49 AM »

God, is it wrong that I was laughing until the very last paragraph of the OP? How about that I make my livelihood from doing a certain aspect of social work with children?

Hmm... now I'm gonna have to dig around for the gun-rape.... waitaminute!