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RPG Ghetto / Re: Spears of the Dawn, a DnD retroclone set in a faux medieval Africa

« on: October 30, 2012, 12:20:46 am »

Alpha playtest rules just got released to backers. The brief read through of the mechanics leaves with the impression of oDnD, as is intended, with some minor extras like skills.

I've always liked the idea of running an African DnD game, but I've never known enough about medieval African culture and mythology to do it. I'm glad this game's getting made.

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RPG Ghetto / Re: Project Eternity

« on: October 19, 2012, 04:45:04 am »

Gamers are bitching that they got rid of the single shittiest part of CRPGs? 

How else are they supposed to powerlevel over the hard bosses in the game?

They might have to open dialogue!

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RPG Ghetto / Re: Project Eternity

« on: October 19, 2012, 03:38:13 am »

Gamers are bitching that they got rid of the single shittiest part of CRPGs? 

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Apple Zone / Re: Can we talk about me now? (Open bar thread #3,494)

« on: October 13, 2012, 04:03:46 am »

He's gonna be fine.  Turns out it just stunned him and fucked up his hard hat.

First aid injury, not even an OSHA recordable.  Just a very excitable Filthy Assistant.

  Tell me again why that guy has a problem with government regulation.

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Apple Zone / Re: Can we talk about me now? (Open bar thread #3,494)

« on: October 13, 2012, 03:42:32 am »

Oh, no, no, no, I like this. I like this new train of thought. I've just figured out that our entire philosophy is bullshit, and not only is it bullshit, but it was helpfully pointing out the fact that it was bullshit the entire time. But I couldn't see it. I was so fixated, so desperate to have something to anchor myself to, even if it was the deliberate rejection of the usual anchors, that I swallowed it all even as it told me what it was.
And how magnificent is that? The audacity! The genius of it! How beautifully recursive, how self-contradictory it all is. In suckering me into buying into it, it has made me the ultimate example of everything it was trying to say about humans from the beginning. And so, even in demonstrating itself to be bullshit, it demonstrates itself to be true.

Just because it's bullshit doesn't mean it isn't valid.  There's no need to wander off into nihilism.

Oh, no, it's valid. But I find it hilarious, because it ties in perfectly with something I found a bit of a mindfuck from the beginning. A single sentence: All dichotomies are false. Which doesn't make any sense if you try to follow it logically, because if all dichotomies are false, that includes the true/false dichotomy, rendering the statement totally meaningless. But then the meaningless/meaningful dichotomy is also false, which is itself a meaningless statement, and things get all infinitely recursive from there and I get a headache. And I figured that was chaos, in a nutshell. And it's coming back again.

And I just got a call from the refinery.  My lead mechanic has mashed himself pretty badly with a lifted load.

SON OF A BITCH.

That's terrible. I hope he lives and gets better.

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Apple Zone / Re: Can we talk about me now? (Open bar thread #3,494)

« on: October 13, 2012, 03:35:11 am »

Oh, no, no, no, I like this. I like this new train of thought. I've just figured out that our entire philosophy is bullshit, and not only is it bullshit, but it was helpfully pointing out the fact that it was bullshit the entire time. But I couldn't see it. I was so fixated, so desperate to have something to anchor myself to, even if it was the deliberate rejection of the usual anchors, that I swallowed it all even as it told me what it was.
And how magnificent is that? The audacity! The genius of it! How beautifully recursive, how self-contradictory it all is. In suckering me into buying into it, it has made me the ultimate example of everything it was trying to say about humans from the beginning. And so, even in demonstrating itself to be bullshit, it demonstrates itself to be true.

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Apple Zone / Re: Can we talk about me now? (Open bar thread #3,494)

« on: October 13, 2012, 03:17:53 am »

And then it occurs to me: Maybe I'm just not cut out for Discordia. I mean, I like the ideas. And I like the people. But I myself am a horrible, horrible example of a Discordian. I never enjoy myself. I never take an active part in making the world stranger. I feel like I'm unworthy of it. Incapable of it. I think there's something the rest of you possess that I lack, and maybe it's something that I'll never have. So my choice is obvious: I quit, or I live with being a hypocrite.

BALLS.  ABSOLUTE RUBBISH.

Wallified, Discordia does NOT mean you run around with a stupid grin plastered on your face, unless that's how you actually feel.

Well, yeah, but it isn't about taking everything DEAD SERIOUS ALL THE FUCKING TIME either, is it?

You're one of us, whether or not you feel like you "are a good example".  You had a fucked up time for a lot of years.  So did I, in a very different way.  Discordia/PD helped me get through that, and it/we will try to do the same for you.

It did, once. Then burnout came, as it does, and with it came recoil. Push hard enough in one direction, and eventually everything will just bounce back to hit you in the face. The PD taught me that, and then it went ahead and made an example of itself just to hammer it in.

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Apple Zone / Re: Can we talk about me now? (Open bar thread #3,494)

« on: October 13, 2012, 03:00:11 am »

And it occurs to me that my above post has some pretty horrifying implications about Discordia, in the general vein of "HAPPINESS IS MANDATORY". Which we all know it sure as fuck isn't.

But still, I can't help feeling incredibly guilty about my inability to ever, ever laugh, and then my tendency to analyze it and moralize about the whole thing and feel guilty, which in turn is something to feel guilty over, which in turn is something to feel guilty over, etc.

It seems like my entire thought process is just a neverending loop of misery and guilt.

And then it occurs to me: Maybe I'm just not cut out for Discordia. I mean, I like the ideas. And I like the people. But I myself am a horrible, horrible example of a Discordian. I never enjoy myself. I never take an active part in making the world stranger. I feel like I'm unworthy of it. Incapable of it. I think there's something the rest of you possess that I lack, and maybe it's something that I'll never have. So my choice is obvious: I quit, or I live with being a hypocrite.

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Apple Zone / Re: Can we talk about me now? (Open bar thread #3,494)

« on: October 13, 2012, 02:55:26 am »

I'm starting to realize more and more that I'm pretty much Greyface incarnate. I forced myself to show up at a party tonight, and spent the entire time sitting in a corner and trying to avoid eye contact. I mean, here I am, taking an entire philosophy built around the idea of having a good time, and I was surrounded by people to whom it came naturally... And my reaction was aversion. Fear.

And I mean, in general it sucks, realizing that you're no fun at all. But in our case I think it can safely be said that it's morally wrong. So what does that make me?

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Apple Zone / Re: Hi There

« on: October 06, 2012, 10:24:38 am »

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You fucker. You stole my schtick.

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RPG Ghetto / Re: So a buddy of mine wants to run an all-magic campaign in Pathfinder...

« on: October 03, 2012, 03:54:27 am »

It didn't happen. I ended up running a game instead, but it turned out horribly and there wasn't a second session.
So in other words, it worked out exactly the same way it always does when I GM.

It appears I'm one of those people who has no trouble at all pointing out other people's mistakes, but never. Fucking. Learns.

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Apple Zone / Re: The Audience is Listening, part I

« on: September 22, 2012, 03:41:48 am »

Truth be told, I thought I was just retarded/too sleep deprived.

I was interested but had no idea what to make of it.

Yeah, that's exactly what I meant by "temping for Twid."
You generally like Roger's OPs but need time to digest them, and this time around I needed that time.

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Apple Zone / Re: The Audience is Listening, part I

« on: September 21, 2012, 05:49:37 pm »

No, it was good, I just don't get the metaphor.
I suspect this is mainly because I'm hung over at the moment and my brain's still pulling itself together. I suppose I'm temping for Twid in that regard.

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Apple Zone / Re: So, given the recent unrest...

« on: September 20, 2012, 07:27:40 am »

A Mohammed in its natural habitat:

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Apple Zone / Re: Well, I did it.

« on: September 20, 2012, 04:27:41 am »

SWEET MERCIFUL FUCK!