Nicolas Logue wrote:Andy Collins is one of the finest human beings I've ever met. He is compassionate, brilliant, generous, wise, and full of love for the game. He is, quite frankly, one of the world's best game designers, and he has a bright and glorious soul that exudes kindness, warmth, and strength of spirit. He is not disingenuous or duplicitous. Nor does he conspire to murder our childhood love of D&D. He is a committed designer working hard to make the game better for as many people as possible.
That was...stupefying.
The blow was lessened however when I realized he was 12.
Nicolas Logue wrote:I am allowed to disclose things about the new edition I like so here it is...Nick's very most favorite thing about 4E:
The DMG This is quite frankly the best book on roleplaying I've read in my entire life. It is :):):):):):).
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Koumei wrote:I'm just glad that Jill Stein stayed true to her homeopathic principles by trying to win with .2% of the vote. She just hasn't diluted it enough!
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Just a heads up... Your post is pregnant... When you miss that many periods it's just a given.
I want him to tongue-punch my box.
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The divine in me says the divine in you should go fuck itself.
Good god, the first two lines reminded me of the Manchurain Canidate. Andy Collins is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life
Unfortunately, Nicholas Logue is Not Twelve. He is a grown man who has either been giving Andy Collins hot monkey sex in exchange for oxycodone or is trying to send out coded messages by keeping to the "positive messages only" script so outrageously that people can smell the sarcasm.
FrankTrollman at [unixtime wrote:1202111435[/unixtime]]Unfortunately, Nicholas Logue is Not Twelve. He is a grown man who has either been giving Andy Collins hot monkey sex in exchange for oxycodone or is trying to send out coded messages by keeping to the "positive messages only" script so outrageously that people can smell the sarcasm.
I can think of no other possibilities.
-Username17
That's because you have high moral standards and don't play well with other game designers.
All of those game credits are D&D, and it obviously can't hurt the freelance contracts or job assignments to butter up the folks who get a say in handing them out. Most likely just a case of simply brown-nosing.
See also: Colin Powell.
"But transportation issues are social-justice issues. The toll of bad transit policies and worse infrastructure—trains and buses that don’t run well and badly serve low-income neighborhoods, vehicular traffic that pollutes the environment and endangers the lives of cyclists and pedestrians—is borne disproportionately by black and brown communities."
Well it depends of course on who you know, if I for example only knew SKR and Andy Collins I'd say Andy Collins was the best designer in the world as well.
Gary Gygax wrote:The player’s path to role-playing mastery begins with a thorough understanding of the rules of the game
Bigode wrote:I wouldn't normally make that blanket of a suggestion, but you seem to deserve it: scroll through the entire forum, read anything that looks interesting in term of design experience, then come back.
That original post does read like heavy sarcasm, but he apparently also gushed over the Paizo team recently in a similar manner though it sounds like he has more reason to do so... so who knows. Meh.
I uhmmm didn't realise it was this old, it was on the top of the forum list for me.
Either someone posted before just before me and deleted it or something must have gone wrong.
Gary Gygax wrote:The player’s path to role-playing mastery begins with a thorough understanding of the rules of the game
Bigode wrote:I wouldn't normally make that blanket of a suggestion, but you seem to deserve it: scroll through the entire forum, read anything that looks interesting in term of design experience, then come back.
Koumei wrote:Seriously, this is almost enough to turn into a stupid internet meme, image macro, running joke or election campaign slogan.
Andy Collins is one of the finest human beings I've ever met. ... He is not disingenuous or duplicitous. Nor does he conspire to murder our childhood love of D&D.
If I didn't change my signature so recently this would definitely be going into the rotation.
Josh Kablack wrote:Your freedom to make rulings up on the fly is in direct conflict with my freedom to interact with an internally consistent narrative. Your freedom to run/play a game without needing to understand a complex rule system is in direct conflict with my freedom to play a character whose abilities and flaws function as I intended within that ruleset. Your freedom to add and change rules in the middle of the game is in direct conflict with my ability to understand that rules system before I decided whether or not to join your game.
In short, your entire post is dismissive of not merely my intelligence, but my agency. And I don't mean agency as a player within one of your games, I mean my agency as a person. You do not want me to be informed when I make the fundamental decisions of deciding whether to join your game or buying your rules system.
:):):):):):).
