The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Maxperson]

You ever see an old acquaintance you haven't seen for a long time, and you're all like, YAY! I missed you. It's so great to see you! And you remember all the great stuff?

....and then, not too long thereafter, you're reminded of the not-so-great stuff that you had crammed down the ol' memory hole?

There's often a reason why you haven't seen them for a long time.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

There's often a reason why you haven't seen them for a long time.

In fairness, I occasionally have to do things in real life.

As Mama Snarf always told me, "Snarf, hear me now and believe me later. Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off until next month. Now give me some of those electricity bills so I can use them as rolling papers."

 

[ichabod]

I don't know if this was intentional or just a bizarre coincidence, but I just learned that today is the 44th anniversary of Star Blazers. The pilot aired on Sept 17, 1979.

"Star Blazers" The Battle at Pluto (TV Episode 1979) ⭐ 7.9 | Animation, Action, Adventure

24m

www.imdb.com

Man, I remember the whole back half of my school bus pretending to be the crew of the Yamato. That show was awesome.

 

[Maxperson]

Man, I remember the whole back half of my school bus pretending to be the crew of the Yamato. That show was awesome.

I watched it as a kid in Michigan. Every 5-10 years I go back and rewatch it. Recently I saw a live action version that was made and it was surprisingly on point. I enjoyed it.

 

[Maxperson]

Find your own Goldblum meme, dammit.

 

[trappedslider]

She protects me from evil sock monkies

 

[CleverNickName]

If you steal someone's Tesla, do you have to start calling it an Edison?

 

[Cadence]

She protects me from evil sock monkies

Sock Monkeys might be the biggest thing to ever come out of my home town?
(Cheap Trick? Albert Spalding? Fred VanVleet? Janet Lynn? Nylint Steel Trucks? Rockford Peaches?)

 

[billd91]

Sock Monkeys might be the biggest thing to ever come out of my home town?
(Cheap Trick? Albert Spalding? Fred VanVleet? Janet Lynn? Nylint Steel Trucks? Rockford Peaches?)

Beef-A-Roo?

 

[CleverNickName]

I'm helping my 19-year old nephew develop a custom species for his brand-new D&D campaign. At first it was very frustrating for me, but after about the fifth or sixth round of the email chain I realized something very important:

The internet lied to me.

I've been told by the Internet that game balance is extremely important--no one character race/class/background should be more powerful than any of the others, for example. The Internet has been telling me for years that rules are not only important, they are absolutely vital if anyone can ever hope to enjoy themselves while playing a tabletop RPG. I was told that there can only be four elements; that is a lie. I was told that psions must be separate from sorcerers; that is a lie. I was told that swords can't deal bludgeoning damage; that is a lie. I was told that dragons have to be a certain color, there are only nine alignments, barbarians can't use spells, these are all bald-faced lies.

My nephew has reminded me of something important....something so important that it's kind of embarrassing to admit I forgot it in the first place. The point is always (ALWAYS!) to have fun. Full stop. So if I'm ever required to choose between (a) doing the Boring Thing because the rules say so, and (b) doing the Fun Thing even though it breaks the rules, the answer is forever and always B. If I can't even remember that simple concept, why am I even sitting in the DM chair?!

This custom race is going to be awesome. Is it going to be balanced? Probably not. Is it going to be unique? Count on it. Is it going to at least follow the rules? (flips table) Who cares?! I signed up to have fun with my nephew, not attend some bulls-- game design seminar on "bounded accuracy" or whatever.