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If anything, threads like these help to remind us just how short and precious our limited time on this Earth truly is. May we all endeavor to leave this world better than we found it, or at the very least, live our lives such that our ultimate passing does not necessitate calls for decorum. Be...

Well, there is already an Iron DM Anthology Thread (which should be linked in the intro post) that collects all the best entries over the years. It's several years out of date at this point; after this tournament completes I was planning to create a second volume featuring excellent adventures...

Ah yes, the most famous computer game bug that never actually existed

It's not punitive at all. Nobody owes anybody else their attention. When I put someone on block, I no longer want to interact with that person. Why would I then be totally fine with them continuing to interact with me?

I've found that there's enough people who manage to just skirt that line that makes the two-way block a necessity.

Thank you, everyone is okay now. @Fenris-77 at you ready to go, or should we try to reschedule?

My deepest apologies to you both, I had a family emergency to take care of. @AustinHolm and @Fenris-77 If the two of you are amenable, I will post as soon as you both give the go ahead. You will still have 48 hours from the start of the match.

We're less than 16 hours away from the final match of the tournament! Look forward to it!

No matter how much some would love for it be otherwise the case, language is deeply, deeply personal. It is rooted in history, culture, family, and individual experience. Any attempt to pursue what any specific word can, should, or does mean is inherently going to be significantly more fruitless...

The only five I could truly put forward are: Lord of the Rings (Peej Edition, naturally) - A bit of a cheat to film all three at the same time, but hell if it didn't make it the best, most cohesive movie trilogy of them all. Star Wars (Original Trilogy) - The only truly cohesive AND excellent of...

I'm just not entirely convinced it's trope that needs to be turned into a full archetype for the game at this point, in the year 2025 (2026, presumably for the actual published product), both for cultural sensitivity issues and for the promotion of alcohol issues (given the game is still...

It runs okay enough, but yeah diplomacy is useless and the balance can get really wonky really quickly, and sometimes you'll find a ton of great stuff in your starting area protected by like lone scrub units and sometimes you'll be surrounded by hordes of endgame monsters right out the gate. On...

Look, I'm 40, I work in a university library, and my kid is about to turn 11. I need somewhere to still get to feel young :cool:

I mean, in some instances it makes about as much sense as the current historical consensus for where some our lost civilizations ended up. "Oh them? Yeah, they were all murdered by the sea people." "Really? Wait... then who the heck were the sea people?" "🤷‍♀️"