Ryujin
Legend
A baseball bat to the back of the head might be considered subtle in some lights.
.. like the blast flash from a nuclear weapon.
Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?
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.. like the blast flash from a nuclear weapon.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Play with other people instead of expecting Chris Perkins to solve the interpersonal issues at your table.
You have options.
Maybe you prefer to play in person, but if that game experience is so terrible that you spend all of your time demanding that no one else at the table have any ability to impact your character in any way, it seems hard to imagine playing online with people you don't have to distrust is actually a downgrade.
You have options.
Maybe you prefer to play in person, but if that game experience is so terrible that you spend all of your time demanding that no one else at the table have any ability to impact your character in any way, it seems hard to imagine playing online with people you don't have to distrust is actually a downgrade.
overgeeked
Open-World Sandbox
If you don't want the other players or their characters to affect your PC in any way, you probably should not be playing a group game that's all about collaborative storytelling. Solo play is a far better option for you. Likewise with railroady referees who can't stomach the thought of their precious story being changed in the slightest by those pesky PCs. Solo play is a far better option for you.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Or just writing a short story or novel. The characters might still misbehave, but generally a lot less than human players do.
overgeeked
Open-World Sandbox
Absolutely. If you have a story in mind and don't want anyone to change it, you're far better off writing a story than pretending you're running a game.
You mean, let me understand this cause, you know maybe it's me, it's a little messed up maybe, but you're summoning me like I'm you're monkey. What, you think I'm you're trained monkey here to amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to frakkin' amuse you?
ahem
Uh, let's see. Non-disparagement clauses are usually boilerplate in settlement documents and (sometimes) in releases and waivers, especially those that go to employment when there has been an agreement, either an employment agreement or termination agreement- which is a settlement in not so many words.
And yes, because they are boilerplate, they are usually just included with standard language. And they are "perpetual" in the sense that they are usually not time-limited (they don't expire, and can be enforced at any time). That said, IMO and IME, I think the ratio is probably at least 1: ONE BEELLEEON when it comes to enforcement of it as opposed to the number of times it's tossed into an agreement.
That said, it's not that common to have an NDA combined with a non-disparagement for people that aren't directly employed by the contracting entity. I would be more concerned about the scope of the language (what does it cover) than the time, but like a lot of things I've covered, it's probably not malice, but just some overeager person straight out of law school dropping boilerplate language into something that doesn't need it.
TLDR; 1. I AM NOT AN ANIMAL! I AM A FREE HUMAN BEING; 2. Hard to make any definitive statements without looking at the actual full contract; 3. I assume, to the extent it is overbroad and dumb, it's not malice, it's just stupid boilerplate.
Meech17
WotC President Runner-Up.
@Meech17
If I receive and eat the banana, does that create an attorney-client relationship between us? Or does that mean I will get disbarred for messing with your retainer that should be in a trust account?
Thinking ... Pretty sure that's the only question on the Mississippi Bar.
Anyway, this brief contract thing reminded me of a funny issue (for me, not so much for the other side) that came up recently in litigation regarding people who stupidly put in boilerplate. There was litigation over a commercial lease (think really big property). The lessor (landlord) brought the action to enforce terms of the lease after the lessee (tenant) had vacated, and after the lease expired.
I know, thrilling so far! Anyway, this was a massive lease (80 some pages). After looking at it, I saw that someone had added a boilerplate term that didn't matter that said it survived the lease. And none of the other terms had that language....
Which meant that by adding that boilerplate term, the lessor ensured that they couldn't enforce any provisions of the contract after the lease was over. Oops.
Thinking.... this is why I don't share many funny issues, isn't it?
If I receive and eat the banana, does that create an attorney-client relationship between us? Or does that mean I will get disbarred for messing with your retainer that should be in a trust account?
Thinking ... Pretty sure that's the only question on the Mississippi Bar.
Anyway, this brief contract thing reminded me of a funny issue (for me, not so much for the other side) that came up recently in litigation regarding people who stupidly put in boilerplate. There was litigation over a commercial lease (think really big property). The lessor (landlord) brought the action to enforce terms of the lease after the lessee (tenant) had vacated, and after the lease expired.
I know, thrilling so far! Anyway, this was a massive lease (80 some pages). After looking at it, I saw that someone had added a boilerplate term that didn't matter that said it survived the lease. And none of the other terms had that language....
Which meant that by adding that boilerplate term, the lessor ensured that they couldn't enforce any provisions of the contract after the lease was over. Oops.
Thinking.... this is why I don't share many funny issues, isn't it?
Hm. I'm not a coffee person. But I have a Masala chai that I now crave...
Ryujin
Legend
The authors that I know are constantly surprised by the skulduggery that their characters get up to, when they should be following the script.
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