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

[Ryujin]

Never assume that anything I post has meaning, unless it does.

I'm basically just a live action version of Statler and Waldorf, whose sole purpose is to provide amusing commentary. Well, that, and I'm an agent of chaos, whose sole purpose is to poke things with sticks.

Is that you, Siegfried? Or is it The Kraw? No, not The Kraw, THE KRAW!

 

[darjr]

I hat to say it. But so far the best actual D&D movie is the trailer for the March 2023 one.

 

[Gradine]

I hat to say it. But so far the best actual D&D movie is the trailer for the March 2023 one.

 

[darjr]

I’m going to watch the movie so I can make this man burn with envy! Even if it’s just a small contribution.

Because there is zero chance I could in any other way.

 

[payn]

I’m going to watch the movie so I can make this man burn with envy! Even if it’s just a small contribution.

Because there is zero chance I could in any other way.

 

[darjr]

Envious?!

 

[payn]

Envious?!
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[overgeeked]

I don't know why it bugs me so much, but it's "in medias res". There's an "s" on the end of "media" in that phrase. I knew the latin phrase and when I saw it in the WEG Star Wars book spelled wrong I pointed it out. My friends were incredulous. No way I could know better than "professional designers and writers". And yet, I did. We didn't have a name for it back in the day, but that was my first run in with what's become known as the Mandela Effect. WEG repeated the error in the 2E and 2E Revised and Expanded books, along with the FF 1E reprints. At least the REUP people got it right.

I realized quite early that designers and writers are human and capable of mistakes. As a result I don't venerate them or the game rules anywhere near as much as many of my friends do. The designers aren't gods, they're people like you. The rules aren't holy, they're someone's house rules that you paid for.

 

[RealAlHazred]

I don't know why it bugs me so much, but it's "in medias res". There's an "s" on the end of "media" in that phrase. I knew the latin phrase and when I saw it in the WEG Star Wars book spelled wrong I pointed it out. My friends were incredulous. No way I could know better than "professional designers and writers". And yet, I did. We didn't have a name for it back in the day, but that was my first run in with what's become known as the Mandela Effect. WEG repeated the error in the 2E and 2E Revised and Expanded books, along with the FF 1E reprints. At least the REUP people got it right.

I realized quite early that designers and writers are human and capable of mistakes. As a result I don't venerate them or the game rules anywhere near as much as many of my friends do. The designers aren't gods, they're people like you. The rules aren't holy, they're someone's house rules that you paid for.

Look, when I took Latin in the prehistoric ages (i.e., about 40 years ago), I learned the declensions. "Into the middle of things" is "in media res" -- I remember looking and there was no declension of medias in the declension table for medium. Looking it up now on Wiktionary, I see that's still the case. I don't know anything about Latin anymore, but I remember a particularly heated nerd debate in the lunchroom at my school. Heck, I'm not sure why it's not "in medium rerum" -- isn't that the more correct form?

 

[trappedslider]

That’s deep….

no this The Deep