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<blockquote data-quote="reapersaurus" data-source="post: 278604" data-attributes="member: 1194"><p>The You Bastard! forum is truly amazing.</p><p></p><p>It is the 3rd most-posted Forum, with the In-Character Forum right behind it.</p><p></p><p>It looks amazing (and a lot of fun), but for the life of me I don't understand it.</p><p>There is a hell of a lot of work and care and creativity being done with that "game", yet as far as I can tell, it is all centered around a random move generator.</p><p></p><p>How is there any strategy or personal control over the outcome of the "battle"?</p><p>And there looks to be an absolutely mind-boggling amount of other stuff with each character. (Items, levels, etc)</p><p></p><p>What do some of you non-YB players think of what it has grown to ?</p><p>Do you understand it?</p><p></p><p>Just think - ahile ago, me and others had to fight to get YB! its own Forum.</p><p>It's funny to think how unbelievably crowded the In-Character Forum would have become if YB had stayed there.</p><p>(Over 40,000 combined posts almost rivals the D&D Rules Forum, and is over a 3rd of General Discussion.)</p><p></p><p>This discussion might be Meta territory, but it just doesn't feel right sequestering it there.</p><p></p><p>As a footnote, I think it's really amazing how much gaming creativity there is going on these boards, between the YB! Forum and the In-CharacterForum. </p><p></p><p>Of special note is the Indutrial Revolution campaign in IC.</p><p>Edena and all the others really did something special with that.</p><p>I never COULD understand it, why you'd go to all that effort for in essence is just one guy's personal "rulings", or interpretations, but it sure is a strong gaming experience it looked like, and I salute anything that gets gamer's creative juices flowing.</p><p></p><p>As another footnote, it's great to see the In-Character Forum going so strong, what with so many games dying, but others have sprouted and flourished.</p><p>It's just really too bad the grand-daddy of them all, The Iconic Adventure, is left without a GM.</p><p></p><p>R.I.P. PirateCat.</p><p>You spawned a Very Good Thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="reapersaurus, post: 278604, member: 1194"] The You Bastard! forum is truly amazing. It is the 3rd most-posted Forum, with the In-Character Forum right behind it. It looks amazing (and a lot of fun), but for the life of me I don't understand it. There is a hell of a lot of work and care and creativity being done with that "game", yet as far as I can tell, it is all centered around a random move generator. How is there any strategy or personal control over the outcome of the "battle"? And there looks to be an absolutely mind-boggling amount of other stuff with each character. (Items, levels, etc) What do some of you non-YB players think of what it has grown to ? Do you understand it? Just think - ahile ago, me and others had to fight to get YB! its own Forum. It's funny to think how unbelievably crowded the In-Character Forum would have become if YB had stayed there. (Over 40,000 combined posts almost rivals the D&D Rules Forum, and is over a 3rd of General Discussion.) This discussion might be Meta territory, but it just doesn't feel right sequestering it there. As a footnote, I think it's really amazing how much gaming creativity there is going on these boards, between the YB! Forum and the In-CharacterForum. Of special note is the Indutrial Revolution campaign in IC. Edena and all the others really did something special with that. I never COULD understand it, why you'd go to all that effort for in essence is just one guy's personal "rulings", or interpretations, but it sure is a strong gaming experience it looked like, and I salute anything that gets gamer's creative juices flowing. As another footnote, it's great to see the In-Character Forum going so strong, what with so many games dying, but others have sprouted and flourished. It's just really too bad the grand-daddy of them all, The Iconic Adventure, is left without a GM. R.I.P. PirateCat. You spawned a Very Good Thing. [/QUOTE]
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