The Gaming Den

Remember how lucky we are on this Independence Day, the 234th year of the independence of the United States of America.

Personally, I think some one needs to enstate some kind of system that provides would be immigrants with well-paying, legal jobs, so they can just come legally. Are you on crack? The unemployment rate in the United States is almost 10%. That's a super idea, let's give "would be immigrants"...

Set, You are right to a point. I'm not sure "anybody" could do it, but the BattleTech universe is certainly a sandbox where you can grow your own. I'm pretty sure you're wrong about being able to write a better backstory. But you're free to prove me wrong. Mag, What setting did they take a...

The storyline and setting don't make much sense anymore to people. Maybe in the 80's and early 90's sure, but the current generations need more than just "mobile war suits" to get hooked.

Come on,

You could say that about pen and paper gaming in general.

Clutch

...Besides, my point was the lack of recourse under the law.

There are some who say that illegal immigrants are criminals, ergo, they should have no recourse under law.

That of course is silly, but there are a lot of people who believe it.

Clutch

No Crissa,

It's by collective barganing.

Well,

At least you didn't have to use your AK.

In that vein it was a good day.

Yeah, actors, puppeteers, writers are paid on royalties.

Oh no. She gets paid the day she works too. Around 125 dollars an hour. She's gets paid scale because she's only 10 years old.

Clutch

I don't think either one of those countries is worth one drop of American blood. Afghanistan has the largest deposits of Lithium in the world. There are also massive iron deposits and other mineral wealth in the country that have been untapped. Afghanistan is a weak, unstable country with very litt...

What the fuck am I reading. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele on Friday declared his opposition to the Afghanistan war, saying the nine-year-old conflict was of President "Obama's choosing," and that the mission is "probably a lost cause" – prompting at least...

Just don't go with Shakes. If there's a wildfire the firefighters will drive right by your house because it's a lost cause.

I'm partial to Terra Cotta, but that's more a SoCal thing isn't it?

Clutch

Oh yeah,

I've been eating that Chili Sauce since my Guam days. It is very, very good.

Clutch

Jesus' teaching contradict themselves many times over throughout the New Testament.

Really? Where?

Chapter and verse please.

Clutch

I'm a hard-core Christian. I've never really understood how people get so far away from: 1. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, your mind, and your Soul. 2. Love your neighbor as yourself. "1st Corinthiens 13: So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love....

I'm a hard-core Christian. I've never really understood how people get so far away from: 1. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, your mind, and your Soul. 2. Love your neighbor as yourself. "1st Corinthiens 13: So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.&...

And that I don't buy the books anymore doesn't mean that I don't keep informed about the storyline, Clutch. And it absolutely sucks. Well, Your credentials speak for themselves. What is it specifically that you find "sucks" about the storyline? I mean, aside from the odd hiccup here and t...

This'll date me,


But the original "Villiage of Hommlet/Temple of Elemental Evil" was a pretty challenging run for PC's that started at 1st level, like they're supposed to.

Clutch

normally actors are not paid on a royalty basis, but a fixed fee for their work.

My daughter is a television actor. She gets paid residuals every time her work is shown. Either re-runs, foriegn showings, web-esodes, or DVD sales.

The checks just show up.

Clutch

While I understand the logic of not spending your hard earned cash on something you don't care for, don't you think it's a tad unfair to characterize stuff that you have only heard about from other people as crap?

Since you don't care about BattleTech though, I guess it's moot.

Clutch

If this is an issue wouldn't ROC/Penguin have a problem with it? Or are they completely out of the SR/BT game?

Clutch

Fuchs wrote:What secrets?

Secrets that have been hinted at since the Star League Sourcebook.

Clutch

P.S. I'm not going to throw any spoilers for those who haven't read the latest material. That could negatively effect sales.

like saying 9/11 was an existential problem.

There are a lot of people in very powerful positions who firmly believe that it's exactly that.

Clutch

But, Word of Blake already knew the secrets. Both Comstar and Word of Blake knew the secrets. Not your deckplate level Precentor of course, but the leadership was certainly in the loop. Focht knew. It's everyone else that couldn't find out, especially the Clans, because if they did, there would be n...

-Major Edit-

On second thought maybe it's better if I keep my half baked conspiracy theories to myself.

Clutch

I used to live on the island of St. Croix. While I lived there I got addicted to a certain hot sauce called "Miss Anna's Hot Pepper Sauce". This is a Garlic/Curry Hot Sauce made with Habeneros. It's got strong flavor and runs about 100,000 Scoville Heat Units. It is divine, and also not a ...