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General Chaos / Re: RPPR recommended Literature. (also romance novels)

« on: November 25, 2010, 07:22:27 PM »

how the fuck do you farm sheep

is she the daughter of a WoW player that killed a lot of sheep ingame?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep_farming Somehow I think "Sheep Husbander's Daughter" would have been worse.

Joke's aside, it's a good book.

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General Chaos / Re: RPPR recommended Literature. (also romance novels)

« on: November 25, 2010, 11:12:07 AM »

Brust is great!

The Deed of Paksenarrion trilogy by Elizabeth Moon is very good.

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

« on: October 11, 2010, 09:36:06 PM »

Moved up to a state-of-the-art game..... Ultima V

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General Chaos / Re: Tech Bullshit (Or general, real life anecdotes)

« on: October 01, 2010, 09:05:45 PM »

You can find steps to reapir just about anything online!

My Sony 46" projection LCD developed a problem after 5 years (in other words after the warranty ran out.) The color seemed to be shifted so everything was blurry. I tried the auto realign button and that didn't work. I tried the factory override and manual adjustment mode (found online) and that didn't work. So I caled the local Sony recommended repair shop. They want a minimum of $200 to look at it and I have to cart it in. They think it will actually cost around $500 dollars to fix given my accurate description of the problem.

So, instead I find a procedure online for reaplcing the two defective chips on the big board. I ordere the chips for $15 each and picked up some tools at radio shack. In the end, after spending 2.5 hours behind my TV with a magnifying light and asoldering iron I turned it on and it worked, and still does to this day 3 years later. Total cost $30 for parts $60 for reusable tools.

Don't get suckered into paying big cash to fix things you can fix yourself :-)

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General Chaos / Re: Worthwile Rifftrax

« on: September 20, 2010, 07:20:04 PM »

Space Mutiny is my all time favorite

then Prince of Space

then Massacre at Party Beach, or some such

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RPGs / Re: 4E D&D 'controversy' from Mike Mearls interview

« on: September 17, 2010, 08:06:41 PM »

I tried it and thought it was okay. They have really fixed things so that you don't have to wonder so much in combat. It's all very straight-forward. I still didn't buy the books though. Then a local Borders outlet was closing and I got the PHB and MM for 60% off :-)

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General Chaos / Re: Best Internet Vidyas

« on: September 17, 2010, 02:00:04 PM »

<a href="" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win"></a>

found another copy of the video Ross posted

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RPGs / Re: 4E D&D 'controversy' from Mike Mearls interview

« on: September 16, 2010, 08:43:24 PM »

Having played all D&D editions, I think my favorite so far is 3.5, but it's full of problems, especially at higher levels. That said, any game can be fun with a good game master and good players. I recall much fun playing Marvel Super Heroes from TSR, a complete shit of a game system!

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General Chaos / Re: Best Internet Vidyas

« on: September 13, 2010, 04:09:58 PM »

<a href="" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win"></a>

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

« on: September 08, 2010, 08:55:40 AM »

Playing Temple of Elemental Evil on PC with mods from Circle of Eight

About: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Temple_of_Elemental_Evil_(video_game)
Mods and patches: http://www.co8.org/forum/

Playing Doom3 on PC

Playing Atari Adventure (1979) with a PC emulator

About: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_(Atari_2600)
Emulator: http://www.simmphonic.com/programming/flash.htm

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General Chaos / Re: Best Internet Vidyas

« on: August 25, 2010, 09:51:58 PM »

http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/jar_jar/

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Role Playing Public Radio Podcast / Re: New world campaign

« on: August 25, 2010, 03:19:23 PM »

http://objection.mrdictionary.net/go.php?n=4242383

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General Chaos / Re: Top Ten Movies

« on: August 23, 2010, 09:50:52 PM »

Last Tango in Paris......"all the happy children in the schoolyard"

These lists remind me why I said I can't do top ten lists. So many good flicks.

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General Chaos / Re: Top Ten Movies

« on: August 23, 2010, 08:19:03 PM »

Don't forget The Day the Earth Stood Still (original of course!) for 50s greats.

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General Chaos / Re: Top Ten Movies

« on: August 23, 2010, 12:20:57 PM »

I forgot to add the reasons also!

Many of these movies qualify as "romantic" so I guess I'm a romantic.

Amelie: A view of isolation while being surrounded by people and how it is ultimately overcome. This protagonist has an enjoyable sense of justice.

Kontroll: Funny, dark, and mysterious. The symbolic struggle of good versus evil.

Strictly Ballroom: Individualism versus the system.

A Little Romance: Name says it all, plus it had Lawrence Olivier!

The Thing: (John Carpenter version) What Ross said. Scary, and it stands the test of time.

Conan: Revenge adventure made more by astounding music.

Excalibur: One of the most powerful adaptation of King Arthur's tale.

Skin Deep: This movie made me laugh until I couldn't breathe when I really needed it. Full of great lines.

Lord of the Rings: I love these films, despite a few agregious changes (no...not Tom fucking Bombadil) to Aragorn that bug me. Still an amzing piece of cinema.

Sixteen Candles: It was the 80s, you had to be there.