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I admit that I'm reluctant to allow my six-year-old to get really into My Little Pony because of my fears of people that are into it in a deviant manner. But I expect that those elements remain an over-reported fringe element. This isn't a game for little kids. It's a game that not only requires re...

You're complaining about Mr. Suitcase in a game for bronies and you're that offended at any suggestion that the playerbase might be toxic?

I can't think of any game less appealing than a CCG with My Little Pony characters, nor anyone less appealing to play with than the people who would be inclined to play MLP the CCG.

I am pretty sure these aren't helpful thoughts, but there you are.

Longes wrote:Please, elaborate.

In Nomine is WOD-alike game with angels, demons, and the war between Heaven and Hell in place of vampires and vampire politics. It's interesting but definitely not the sort of game where you run around with a gaggle of zombies.

Powers, Irreedeemable/Incorruptible, Authority, Kingdom Come, the Boys, Marvel/Miracleman. There's a decent amount of source material for this. The "Masquerade" renegade explanation seems unsatisfying, though. I don't see how life is more or less stable in a setting where, if someone goes ...

Also. Who the fuck are these people giving this award and why should anyone care?

Koumei wrote:Sure, that's very specific, like "Best 32X side-scrolling shooter about a hummingbird" but still.

Hey. Can you name any better hummingbird-based shooters or Holocaust-based cyberpunk dungeon crawls?

Apples are to cars as oranges are to heaters.
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Perhaps you could offer us some sort of context or explanation to explain what you're getting at, or is this going to be a guessing game?

Zinegata wrote:Last edited by Zinegata on Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:58 am; edited 3 times in total

Zinegata wrote:

Yes, blowhard. Look at how awesome the credentials of the people you know are, etc. A mild and specific insult. Are we really nitpicking insults now?

I find it very funny that PL is so retarded that he thinks I claimed that I had a Master's Degree in International Relations. Read again. I had a conversation with a friend who has a Master's Degree in International Relations, and who has worked six years in the US Department of Defense as an analy...

Gx1080 wrote:The argument of whatever X roleplaying choice needs mechanics or not is completely subjective.

For example, I don't think that the goal is to let people play Orc Wizards.

Then writing rules that allow orc wizards but make them shitty instead of just disallowing orc wizards is still retarded.

Says you. Do you have any argument other than "Nuh uh"? Because it's fairly well established that a -2 to int doesn't make orc wizards less intelligent, it just makes them less every-other-stat since you're just going to take points out of every other stat to make up the stat you want. I ...

Zinegata wrote:Sure, you can argue that the Peace of Riga was the Soviets suing for peace.

And I was. Not sure why you're lumping me in with everyone else, since I wasn't making any further arguments. Feel free to carry on yelling at people who are actually arguing with you about the main points.

Gx1080 wrote:People latch on many things to hate 4e, don't see that one being a big one.

It's aggravated by additional, pointlessly race-specific options (feats, paragon paths, etc.) that make it even worse.

You want to refute any post I have made, do it. Tell me why I'm wrong. You're not wrong, you're talking past the questions asked of you. I can't show you the lack of an answer to the question asked in your posts because it isn't there. I get that you don't like spam. Do you not like spam because yo...

Because unequal options are trap options. Why bother to include an option that simply punishes people if they choose it?

The Peace of Riga was not signed "under duress". The Soviet Union never even protested the terms, unlike the Germans at Versailles. Moreover, again - if the Soviet Union hated the treaty so much, then why did they ALSO sign a non-aggression pact with the Poles a few years later? Are you n...

Real time controls; so, possibly, but not in a way that most players would appreciate. Well, there's the stuff Sirlin's doing, that's possibly worth looking at. stupid words Because you are bad at reading comprehension. All the stuff in Shadowrun, Star Wars, Call of Cthulhu, white wolf, pre-4E D&am...

So one upshot of this discussion is that Swordslinger and especially Winnah are not allowed to use "dissociated" ever. Good to know. When someone says that movespam reduces immersion because it mentally disengages the player over a long period of time they are correct. If someone says that...

I know a guy that would say... words You didn't answer that question at all, you just said a bunch of smug bullshit. The question is, "Do you mind that Bruce Lee is spamming attacks in a way that doesn't properly replicate the way he performs in movies, or do you mind using the same attack ove...

I'd say move spam reduces immersion too. I can't picture a guy in a movie doing nothing but repeating the same move every action. Imagine watching a Bruce Lee movie and Bruce did nothing but spam leg sweeps the entire movie. It would suck, and I don't want my adventures to play out like that. Would...

Because such distinctions are in fact important. The Nazi regime is specifically reviled not only because it is part of recent memory, as some would claim, but because of the systematic genocide of millions of people is a very specific moral wrong that is hugely frowned upon by civilization. You do...

Now all (male) doctors, lawyers, office workers under 29 are nerds. The hobbies are exclusive, essentially mental, and reward obsessive interest. This is a really loose, lame definition but come the fuck on, at least read it. Careers are by definition not hobbies. Once again, nerd does not mean, &q...

My ideas are obviously so unassailably intelligent and correct that you all can say nothing that would possibly contradict or augment them, and this conversation is completely beneath my notice save for the fact that I felt the need to post this comment.