Annoying Questions I'd Like Answered...

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:20 pm

Cynic wrote:WHen I drink bottled beer, why does the beer's head start to rise and overflow?

I seem to do this everytime I drink.

Do you set the bottle down hard on the table? I think you can get the thing to overflow by either rapping it on the table good and hard, or smacking the top of the already open bottle.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:34 am

Do gay guys donate sperm?

Count Arioch the 28th · Tue Sep 13, 2011 2:58 am

I have a bunch of old-ish (Revised, 3rd, Ice Age, some Beta) magic cards. I want to unload them. Anyone have any advice on how? I'm not looking for top dollar, but I want to get a decent price for them if possible.

koz · Post by **koz** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:45 am

Count Arioch the 28th wrote:I have a bunch of old-ish (Revised, 3rd, Ice Age, some Beta) magic cards. I want to unload them. Anyone have any advice on how? I'm not looking for top dollar, but I want to get a decent price for them if possible.

StarCityGames would likely be pretty good, if not as a buyer, then at least as a guide to how much they're worth. You can find them here.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:12 am

I used to play M:TG with Bleiweiss, years ago...I'm glad to see he's doing something he loves, at least if he's still there.

koz · Post by **koz** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:33 am

Doom wrote:I used to play M:TG with Bleiweiss, years ago...I'm glad to see he's doing something he loves, at least if he's still there.

Near as I can tell, he's still with them. But then again, I hardly read SCG anymore, so I might not be the best authority on that.

icyshadowlord · Post by **icyshadowlord** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:18 am

...why is my morbid curiosity tempting me to download an eroge I don't even really give two shits about?
Actually, why does my morbid curiosity always lead to situations that make me want to throw up right after??

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:26 am

...*sigh* which one? I may have played some of it myself, or know someone who has.

icyshadowlord · Post by **icyshadowlord** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:42 am

Deus Machina Demonbane. (Edit: They made a non-eroge game of it later, and also an awesome anime as well...
though the latter two dropped all the pornz from them which is fine with me. Not a fan of hentai either way)

For the dumbest of reasons, the bad ending caught my curiosity...

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:44 am

Nope, don't know it. I'll ask my friend if it's worth bothering.

DragonChild · Post by **DragonChild** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:29 pm

icyshadowlord wrote:Deus Machina Demonbane. (Edit: They made a non-eroge game of it later, and also an awesome anime as well...
though the latter two dropped all the pornz from them which is fine with me. Not a fan of hentai either way)

For the dumbest of reasons, the bad ending caught my curiosity...

The non-porn anime version of it is amazing, just from sheer WTF.

"What if Japan did Lovecraft?"

The answer is transformation sequences, busty maids, Dr West who's ROCK AND ROLLLLL, the necrololicon, and of course, giant robots.

DSMatticus · Post by **DSMatticus** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:52 pm

Yeah, I glanced at the wikipedia page, saw Lovecraft, and decided I had to investigate. Not because I think there will be anything Lovecraftian about it, but because there is no way what Japanese entertainment makes of Lovecraft could not be hilarious.

icyshadowlord · Post by **icyshadowlord** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:21 am

...despite my curiosity, I didn't go through with downloading the eroge.
I guess common sense (or just my general dislike of eroge and hentai/preference to ecchi) struck me harder this time.

Josh_Kablack · Post by **Josh_Kablack** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:07 am

The Anime is suprisingly well researched on Mythos names and has explanatory citations at the end. Still I gave up after 5 episodes - and my tolerance for lousy anime is pretty high.

icyshadowlord · Post by **icyshadowlord** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:03 am

I didn't think it was lousy. Oh, well...matter of taste.

icyshadowlord · Post by **icyshadowlord** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:18 am

Another question that annoys me...why is Hades almost always depicted as an evil being in fiction? Hell, he wasn't even half the prick that Zeus was in mythology. He's evil even in some D&D book... (Deities & Demigods, was it?)

shadzar · Post by **shadzar** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:22 am

because of the concept of heaven and hell....thsoe in heaven are good, and in hell are bad.

icyshadowlord · Post by **icyshadowlord** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:26 am

Christianity has NOTHING to do with the Ancient Greek myths, for the love of God...when will those stupid christians learn that?

Edit: This post was made for satirical purposes.

Chamomile · Post by **Chamomile** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:28 am

Greek Myths got Hijacked By Jesus.

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:55 am

icyshadowlord wrote:Christianity has NOTHING to do with the Ancient Greek myths, for the love of God...when will those stupid christians learn that?

Edit: This post was made for satirical purposes.

You'd think so. But Zeus is Chaotic Good because he is the Sky Father and thus equivalent to Jehova, and Hades is Neutral Evil because he is the Lord of the Underworld and thus equivalent to Satan.

The D&D alignments got shoved through an extremely Christian lens, and so did all the Pagan gods that they imported.

-Username17

icyshadowlord · Post by **icyshadowlord** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:28 am

Thanks for clarifiying, but I'd still prefer the Ancient Greek depiction over the Christian one in my own campaigns...oh, well.

Edit: And of course, I could also go with the depiction of Hades given in the Old Testament, which was closer to the original than the Christian one.

shadzar · Post by **shadzar** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:56 am

icyshadowlord wrote:Thanks for clarifiying, but I'd still prefer the Ancient Greek depiction over the Christian one in my own campaigns...oh, well.

and what is stopping you form doing so? bible thumpers breaking down your door to insert christian views into your game?

icyshadowlord · Post by **icyshadowlord** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:12 pm

Nothing's really stopping me...except the fact that I'm not running any games with the Greek Pantheon in use...at least, not yet.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:29 am

I need to find some small humanoid in D&D that advances by Hit Die. My vasharan pokemaster needs a regenerating "halfling" pokemon for detecting traps, and the way I've found to do it so far needs a base creature.

Other ways of making a halfling regenerate and advance by HD (and not a humanoid) are welcome.

shadzar · Post by **shadzar** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:12 am

huh? why not just create a monster LIKE a halfling? pokemon? D&D? that is just confusing to begin with....