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Not getting the vibe.

Started by Stumpydave, August 02, 2007, 09:31:05 AM

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Ian Noble

#15
August 02, 2007, 01:37:18 PM
Quote from: jrientsWhat happened is that a lot of people who feel completely satisfied with the Old Ways discovered a place where they aren't considered fossils.  People being people, it became easier for some folks to vent their spleen about the Young Whippersnapper approach when surrounded by the likeminded.

A-fucking-men
My rules and comments about good GMing:
  • Improvise as much as you can
  • A character sheet is a list of items that tell you what the story should be about
  • As a GM, say "maybe" and ask your players to justify a "yes"
  • Immersion isn\'t a dirty word.  
  • Collectively, players are smarter than you and will think of things you never considered.

James McMurray

#16
August 02, 2007, 01:39:01 PM
Quote from: David RI've been saying this like forever....even though I'm probably viewed as one of those partisan types.

But are you bi-partisan? Or even bi-partisan curious?

flyingmice

#17
August 02, 2007, 01:41:42 PM
Quote from: David RI've been saying this like forever....even though I'm probably viewed as one of those partisan types.

Regards,
David R

I always thought of you as more of a Bohemian Ear Spoon kinda guy, David...

-clash
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Brantai

#18
August 02, 2007, 01:42:22 PM
Quote from: James McMurrayBut are you bi-partisan? Or even bi-partisan curious?
Is that a proposition?

Geoff Hall

#19
August 02, 2007, 01:46:33 PM
Quote from: flyingmiceMore like "as a vibro-katana through the hull metal of a light star cruiser."

-clash

But, wait, isn't that incompatible with Sett's goal to fly the starship?
 

Brantai

#20
August 02, 2007, 01:49:12 PM
Quote from: Geoff HallBut, wait, isn't that incompatible with Sett's goal to fly the starship?
Perhaps the vibro-katana is mounted on the front of Sett's starship that he is flying into another starship?

Koltar

#21
August 02, 2007, 01:49:59 PM
Quote from: Geoff HallBut, wait, isn't that incompatible with Sett's goal to fly the starship?

No - because then Sett could repair that Star Cruiser and fly it somewhere.


- Ed C.
The return of \'You can\'t take the Sky From me!\'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUn-eN8mkDw&feature=rec-fresh+div

This is what a really cool FANTASY RPG should be like :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-WnjVUBDbs

Still here, still alive, at least Seven years now...

droog

#22
August 02, 2007, 02:07:58 PM
My goals are less ambitious than to fly starships. They are to entertain and divert myself for a few hours by making up characters and stories.
The past lives on in your front room
The poor still weak the rich still rule
History lives in the books at home
The books at home

Gang of Four
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Settembrini

#23
August 02, 2007, 02:13:02 PM
Then you should go ahead and do that!
Go, write that novel!
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

droog

#24
August 02, 2007, 02:16:32 PM
Quote from: SettembriniThen you should go ahead and do that!
Go, write that novel!
I have absolutely no desire to write a novel or achieve literary fame.
The past lives on in your front room
The poor still weak the rich still rule
History lives in the books at home
The books at home

Gang of Four
[/size]

Pseudoephedrine

#25
August 02, 2007, 02:26:12 PM
I am both writing a novel and playing RPGs. I get different things out of each, and the desires clustered around one activity aren't really transferable to the other.
Running
The Pernicious Light, or The Wreckers of Sword Island;
A Goblin\'s Progress, or Of Cannons and Canons;
An Oration on the Dignity of Tash, or On the Elves and Their Lies
All for S&W Complete
Playing: Dark Heresy, WFRP 2e

"Elves don\'t want you cutting down trees but they sell wood items, they don\'t care about the forests, they\'\'re the fuckin\' wood mafia." -Anonymous

joewolz

#26
August 02, 2007, 02:32:39 PM
Quote from: PseudoephedrineI am both writing a novel and playing RPGs. I get different things out of each, and the desires clustered around one activity aren't really transferable to the other.

Ditto, completely different hobbies.
-JFC Wolz
Co-host of 2 Gms, 1 Mic

Dr Rotwang!

#27
August 02, 2007, 03:37:03 PM
Quote from: joewolzSounds like you and I have very similar taste.  Have you seen The Shadow of Yesterday?  Awesome game.
Yes, but I haven't played it.  It didn't grab me, but maybe I need to look at it again?
Dr Rotwang!
...never blogs faster than he can see.
FONZITUDE RATING: 1985[/font]

Dr Rotwang!

#28
August 02, 2007, 03:38:03 PM
Quote from: Geoff HallBut, wait, isn't that incompatible with Sett's goal to fly the starship?
Not if the cruiser is fulla space-dumbasses.  In which case -- GINSURAMA!
Dr Rotwang!
...never blogs faster than he can see.
FONZITUDE RATING: 1985[/font]

Pseudoephedrine

#29
August 02, 2007, 05:02:12 PM
Quote from: Dr Rotwang!Yes, but I haven't played it.  It didn't grab me, but maybe I need to look at it again?

It didn't grab me either. It looks like a fantasy heartbreaker with a lot of fiddly subsystems (four different magic systems!).
Running
The Pernicious Light, or The Wreckers of Sword Island;
A Goblin\'s Progress, or Of Cannons and Canons;
An Oration on the Dignity of Tash, or On the Elves and Their Lies
All for S&W Complete
Playing: Dark Heresy, WFRP 2e

"Elves don\'t want you cutting down trees but they sell wood items, they don\'t care about the forests, they\'\'re the fuckin\' wood mafia." -Anonymous
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