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Oh, I totally get that. As I said, I spent a lot of years moving pretty constantly and I work in a field where everyone else is pretty constantly moving as well. Granted, I've stayed in once place for about twenty years now, but, no one else has. The vast majority of people are transient...

Sigh. It would help SO much if you'd stop making this personal. I have repeatedly stated that I'm running an Out of the Abyss 5e game. And I even posted exactly how I was doing exploration, which showed that nothing I was doing was proceedurally generated. It is possible to like more than...

See, but the Bad DM knows that the players will not like railroading, so, he covers his railroading by saying that the guard is a member of the temple guard. See, you're thinking that the Bad DM is stupid. He or she most certainly is not. See, the Bad DM doesn't think they are a Bad DM. They...

It's not a question of playing RPG's with strangers particularly though. I've been gaming for forty years. I've lived in a lot of different places. I've completely lost count of the number of groups I've belonged to over the years. No idea, other than lots. Real life happens. The "played...

Ok, I'm Waaay behind on reading this thread (I'm currently at comment 4760 as I type this) so, this might be very out of context. :D I see two pretty serious issues with this discussion that are getting ignored. 1. This is a biggie. Most players have more than 1 DM. They have played with...

I suppose Cold Case type shows do that as well. But, that's kinda expected. We know that 60 years ago, they didn't have a bunch of things we have now. But, when you watch something from, say, 2005 (yeah, I realize that's 20 years ago now) and realize that there's no smart phones, no wifi in a...

Every now and again, I get the perfect reminder as to why I have you on ignore. :D

Not sure I'd go that far. I imagine it's far more prosaic. Money. The BBC just doesn't have the cash to do 24 episodes of Doctor Who in a year. 12 was about the max and 8 is probably enough to keep the marketing machine (which makes a LOT of money for the BBC) going.

Now I do agree there. Eight eps is too short. Twelve would work much better. One can hope.

Oh, wow. Yeah, our tastes are not going to match up here. I LOVED 73 Yards and thought it was one of the best episodes of the season. Fantastic SF story. Did you like Children of Earth?

Again, huh? You mean 15? He's been involved with UNIT once - in the end of the last series. Well, twice if you figure The Giggle, I suppose. But outside of that? How is he "heavily involved"? But, doing a bit of noodling around, it appears that this episode is absolutely the setup for The...

Supernatural is stark in how much things change between episodes. Not so much with the main characters, but, whenever they go somewhere, it's funny to watch. I'm currently on a Stargate SG1 rewatch (never really watched it the first time around) and the tech is positively stone age. They are...

Why? Other than a couple of episodes, UNIT virtually never appears in Doctor Who - well Nu-Who anyway. Obviously Old Who was a bit different. But, they've been pretty clear that UNIT is involved in lots of stuff without the Doctor.

Which makes sense. They are spinning off UNIT (like they did with Torchwood) and planting the seeds for the plotline. Like Torchwood, it hopefully is a more adult show where there were virtually no good guys. After all, in Torchwood, in the first episode, one character roofies two people...

I think you need to wait just a bit before making this declaration. I have a sneaking suspicion that this is the beginning of a plotline that will address your problems with this episode.

Really? Ruby tasers the monster to stop Kate and everyone looks at Kate in horror at the end. She has obviously gone too far and I'm pretty sure that this is going to come up in later episodes. I can very easily see that UNIT is going to be the cause of, or related to the cause of, the...

I so wish I could use this monster in my next game:

Hang on, I didn't say anything. I wasn't the one claiming that rumours make sandboxes. There was a claim that having only 4 choices means it's not a sandbox, so, what is your answer? My sandboxes don't rely on the DM generating ANY material, so, my rumours would be 0. The DM can, but...

Sorry, I'm not following. It's not like the players can declare that there is a red dragon a point X. The DM does that. The DM tells the players, there is a Red Dragon here. Because of the level system, if the players are insufficient level, they cannot go there (or, well, they can but very...