The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[CleverNickName]

This calls for champagne!

In celebration of the latest (and likely the final) OGL/SRD announcement, here's the recipe for my favorite champagne cocktail:

A Glass of !$#@$# Champagne

• Chilled brut Champagne

Fill a chilled champagne flute with Champagne. Hand it to me, and then go away (leave the bottle).

All joking aside, here's a tasty Champagne cocktail that I enjoy on warm days:

Summertime

• 1/2 ounce St. Germaine
• Champagne (or sparkling wine)

Add the St. Germaine to a chilled champagne flute, fill with sparkling wine. Serve.

If that's too sweet for you, here's Hemmingway's favorite:

Death in the Afternoon

• Absinthe
• Champagne (or sparkling wine)

Rinse a chilled champagne flute with absinthe, then fill with champagne. Serve.

And here's a classic for you grogs out there:

French 75

• 2 oz. dry gin
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 oz. lemon juice
• Champagne (or sparkling wine)

Shake the gin, lemon juice, and sugar with ice, strain into an ice-filled Collins glass. Fill with champagne and serve.

Cheers!

 

[payn]

This calls for champagne!

In celebration of the latest (and likely the final) OGL/SRD announcement, here's the recipe for my favorite champagne cocktail:

Summertime

• 1/2 ounce St. Germaine
• Champagne (or sparkling wine)

Add the St. Germaine to a chilled champagne flute, fill with sparkling wine. Serve.

If that's too sweet for you, here's Hemmingway's favorite:

Death in the Afternoon

• Absinthe
• Champagne (or sparkling wine)

Rinse a chilled champagne flute with absinthe, then fill with champagne. Serve.

And here's a classic for you grogs out there:

French 75

• 2 oz. dry gin
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 oz. lemon juice
• Champagne (or sparkling wine)

Shake the gin, lemon juice, and sugar with ice, strain into an ice-filled Collins glass. Fill with champagne and serve.

Im on my way to meet my date at the bar. I'll be having me a Cognac Sazerac. Cheers!

 

[Guest 7034872]

 

[Scribe]

Gonna walk my dog and bask in some victory sunlight.

 

[eyeheartawk]

It feels good.
Deep down, it felt kind of silly being so irate at "Big Corporate" over what's ultimately "just a game." But when there are so many other massive, truly intractable problems in the world to feel utterly helpless about, it's so, so, so great to see that winning is possible. And maybe the next battle will be a little bigger, and the next BBEG will fall a little harder.
It feels good!

This is how I felt. "Not this too, can the corps just NOT ruin one thing I love?".

Bask in this victory. Drink up choom, you earned it. But remember, nobody dies of old age in Night City. Eventually, the corps get us all.

 

[trappedslider]

played some Lego star wars and it's still makes me laugh

 

[Scribe]

Lord, grant me the strength to rise above,...

 

[Hussar]

Here’s probably the best place for this.

Wow.

 

[Deset Gled]

Always funny to see just how bad it was, vs what is in my memory. Unlocking the cheat code on that level was a blast.

Your memory is not always at fault. Many graphics designed for CRT screens look significantly worse on LCD. And high res upscaling can also introduce artifacts not present in the original.

He's are a couple examples, chosen slightly at random:

10 Pictures That Show Why CRT TVs Are Better for Gaming - Wackoid

Some retro gamers swear by playing video games on an old-school TV. See these 10 pictures to find out why CRT TVs are better for gaming.

wackoid.com

 

[Scribe]

Your memory is not always at fault. Many graphics designed for CRT screens look significantly worse on LCD. And high res upscaling can also introduce artifacts not present in the original.

I used to swear by my (absolute tank of a unit) CRT monitor.

 

[Cadence]

How I hope the lawyer at EFF writes something on how derivations of CC-BY work (and how it's different than SA), and how it interacts with 1.0a.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

So I’ve been gone since Thursday night chaperoning a school activity.

Anything new?

…..Oh…..

So everyone’s happy now?

….c’mon……

 

[Ondath]

So I’ve been gone since Thursday night chaperoning a school activity.

Anything new?

…..Oh…..

So everyone’s happy now?

….c’mon……

Think of the new 5000-word essay you can write on Creative Commons licenses in TTRPGs!

 

[J.Quondam]

I'm old enough to remember when there was only one license that gamers regularly argued about!

 

[Mad_Jack]

So I’ve been gone since Thursday night chaperoning a school activity.

Anything new?

…..Oh….
So everyone’s happy now?

Well, we were...

<he says, surreptitiously texting the bard to scrape the pineapple off Snarf's pizza>

 

[overgeeked]

Not an expert? You cant have an opinion, you are not an expert.
An expert? You can have an opinion.
Another expert? Your expert opinion is wrong.

TLDR: Nobody gets to have an opinion, we are all wrong, merrily dancing until the curtain drops.

“Everybody has opinions: I have them, you have them. And we are all told from the moment we open our eyes, that everyone is entitled to his or her opinion. Well, that's horsepuckey, of course. We are not entitled to our opinions; we are entitled to our informed opinions. Without research, without background, without understanding, it's nothing. It's just bibble-babble. It's like a fart in a wind tunnel, folks.” —Harlan Ellison

 

[Scribe]

“Everybody has opinions: I have them, you have them. And we are all told from the moment we open our eyes, that everyone is entitled to his or her opinion. Well, that's horsepuckey, of course. We are not entitled to our opinions; we are entitled to our informed opinions. Without research, without background, without understanding, it's nothing. It's just bibble-babble. It's like a fart in a wind tunnel, folks.” —Harlan Ellison

If we must meet a bar of vigorous research, the internet becomes a much more quiet, and boring place.

 

[payn]

So I’ve been gone since Thursday night chaperoning a school activity.

Anything new?

…..Oh…..

So everyone’s happy now?

….c’mon……

Ready to talk about Velma then?

 

[overgeeked]

If we must meet a bar of vigorous research, the internet becomes a much more quiet, and boring place.

It doesn't even need to be vigorous. Just something of an informed opinion. Considering the last month, I'd gladly take a bit of "boring internet".

 

[J.Quondam]

It doesn't even need to be vigorous. Just something of an informed opinion. Considering the last month, I'd gladly take a bit of "boring internet".

Unfortunately, much "informed opinion" is informed by someone else's uninformed opinion. Especially on the internet.