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The Facebook algorithm just plain sucks. I just found out today, 5 days after the fact, that a friend was hospitalized and placed in an... -
Thank you. This is my point. Social Media, at best, is casual surface engagement. At its worst, it is an algorithm driven horror show...
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payn replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.I've got tenure... Cant they get me somebody who is competent over here!
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payn reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread Which Social Media Platforms Do You Use? with
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Lots of "yes but I like that thing, so I don't want people to call it Social Media" energy going around here. ;) -
He might be for all we know.. For me the oppressive algorithms is really the dividing line more than anything else. There are days...
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payn replied to the thread Game Balance, what is it to you, why is it important, and what if you all but threw it out?.Well, to be fair, nobody knows what your system is. They are simply operating off the info you gave us in the OP. That, A, you have your...
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Enworld is social media, we're socialising now on the internet
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None. I do not consider ENWorld to be social media.
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payn reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Game Balance, what is it to you, why is it important, and what if you all but threw it out? with Like.
I mean sure, if you don’t want your fellow gamers to have the awesome experience of fighting dragons. Kinda defeats the point for me...
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payn reacted to Blue's post in the thread Game Balance, what is it to you, why is it important, and what if you all but threw it out? with Like.
To take what you are saying and go a step further, it's not just folly to model reality, it's actively harmful in many cases. Because...
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payn reacted to billd91's post in the thread Game Balance, what is it to you, why is it important, and what if you all but threw it out? with Like.
If dragons are so skewed that they're essentially off the table as far as being a reasonable challenge for PCs to take on, why stat them...
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payn reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Game Balance, what is it to you, why is it important, and what if you all but threw it out? with Like.
Overpowering the PCs is easy for the GM. It takes no skill, nuance, understanding, or imagination for a GM to dial an adversary up to...
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payn replied to the thread Game Balance, what is it to you, why is it important, and what if you all but threw it out?.Recently, there was an article about story vs gameplay. The gist was that you make a good game first, and then flavor it afterwards...
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payn reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread Game Balance, what is it to you, why is it important, and what if you all but threw it out? with Like.
1. It's a fantasy game. Trying to model realism is a fool's folly. Even back in 1e, they describe HP as mostly being skill and luck at...
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payn reacted to trappedslider's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
