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General Chaos / Re: Zombies of the World - a web series nature documentary about zombies

« on: October 24, 2011, 10:03:09 AM »

Not strictly related to your book, but this seems like something you might want to look at for a future version. Or just because it is cool.

http://zombiesafehouse.wordpress.com/

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General Chaos / Re: What Vidja games are you playing?

« on: October 21, 2011, 02:08:24 PM »

Rocksmith. Real guitar plus xbox... I'm a fan.

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General Chaos / Getting closer

« on: October 21, 2011, 02:05:04 PM »

http://bcove.me/w6ghy6dn

Science fiction is starting to scare me. People seem to actually be getting inspired by it and creating things that will take over the world.

I know Ross is on-board for our robot overlords...

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RPGs / Re: Gaming Music

« on: February 15, 2011, 03:48:57 PM »

Sonic Legends has some cool tracks. Go to Paizo.com and you can find them there. A couple of bucks a song and they link end to end so they can repeat seamlessly.

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RPGs / Re: EXP Free is the way to be...

« on: February 15, 2011, 03:46:45 PM »

Fizban:
Yeah, I get a half-hearted "so we leveled, right?" at the end of each session. I usually just scowl and they go away. For me it all depends on where I need them to be for the story. If I want them to have a certain kind of encounter, I get them to the level I need them to be to stand a chance. It's all about story. The players need to feel like they are moving forward, but the real sense of accomplishment isn't in the level they are; it's what the character has accomplished in the game world. If their actions had impact, level isn't as important.

Listen to the New World games - the players accomplish stuff - even when they are low level. That is the real art of the story. At some points Ross just waves his hand and they jump a couple of levels. Because that is what the story needed. And they were all happy, because they had contributed to that story, so it felt natural (at least that is how it comes across on the podcast).

Doctorscraps:
It might put it on fast forward, but really, you guide the story, so level them as fast as you need to. You know your group better than anyone, and you know your story - make them fit however you need to. In all of the roleplaying guides I have read, they always say the first rule is have fun. If having them not level is not fun, don't do it. If having them level would be not fun, wait.

I played in one game (AD&D... decades ago...) where we got about 5xp a session. You needed a lot to level back then... we played for over a year without leveling, but it was still fun. The best games are the ones where I had fun playing, not drafting a higher level character.

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RPGs / Re: Your Character Type

« on: February 02, 2011, 12:50:30 PM »

Skill Monkey. Lots of knowledges.

And apparently I make memorable "selfish" characters... even when they aren't trying to be.

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RPGs / Re: Best Shootout Scenes

« on: February 02, 2011, 12:41:50 PM »

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I mean really the whole movie has great shootouts. But the teahouse is the one everybody knows.

Stumbled on this other link- should be to a playlist, but the one scene I wanted to highlight was the boat fight from Taken. It is cinematicgrit or something.

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My favourite, followed by Equilibrium, then I actually really like 5th Element near the end - it's just fun.

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RPGs / Re: EXP Free is the way to be...

« on: February 02, 2011, 12:30:55 PM »

My groups haven't used XP in years...

When I want to reward players I just give them extra items that are customized to their character (but that won't break the game... just fun stuff they wouldn't likely spend their money on but is fun to have - think, decanter of endless water, folding boat, etc.)

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Under the Red Mountain / Re: Out of Character thread; "We must not buy their fruits"

« on: August 26, 2010, 10:13:32 AM »

Yes I do

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Under the Red Mountain / Re: Out of Character thread; "We must not buy their fruits"

« on: August 25, 2010, 10:27:07 AM »

Soooo....

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General Chaos / Re: Top Ten Movies

« on: August 23, 2010, 12:52:05 PM »

Wow, there were a lot of good movies in there. I actually think I need to watch a few of the ones I haven't yet. And memories - the list brought back a lot of good ones.

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General Chaos / Top Ten Movies

« on: August 23, 2010, 01:18:01 AM »

Lay out your top ten and why.

Don't try to impress anyone with some art-class bullshit either (I'm looking at anyone who is going to say Citizen Kane... it's not about the top ten movies ever made and how they advanced cinema etc. Just what you actually have seen at least a few times because you wanted to - not because you had to). Hopefully this will show some movies we wouldn't normally think to watch. Or we will discover that we all have roughly the same fucked up taste.

Don't worry about putting them in order - just pick your favourite 10.

1) Star Wars - I credit it with turning me on to sci-fi
2) Army of Darkness - B movies can be awesome too - see my quote
3) Dead Poets Society - Robin Williams can act... holy shit, never saw that coming
4) Conan - I credit this with introducing me to fantasy
5) Equilibrium - I must like it... I have watched it at least 9 times "Have you taken your dose?"
6) Weird Science - I saw this a ton of times when I was a kid, and it was a perfect example of the 80's
7) Porkys - boobs. "Why do they call you Meat?"
The Fifth Element - just a fun movie that I watch a lot "Moultipass."
9) Leon - Gary Oldman, Jean Reno, Natalie Portman - twisted awesome "No women, no kids."
10) Commando - mindless action with great one-liners "Where's Sully?"

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General Chaos / Re: Heh heh

« on: August 19, 2010, 01:45:10 AM »

Gator needs his gatt.

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General Chaos / Re: Query of Podcasting

« on: August 17, 2010, 11:59:10 PM »

It doesn't matter if it has been done before - just do it better and no one will remember the other one.

Just like that other Facebook... you remember... what's it called?

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General Chaos / Heh heh

« on: August 17, 2010, 11:57:03 PM »

Aim for the bushes.