Quote from: S'mon on February 12, 2021, 05:21:44 PM

Quote from: Shawn Driscoll on February 05, 2021, 09:57:46 PM
I don't know if she's a fake D&D geek girl or not.

Not fake, just Millennial. 

She doesn't realize that she is the definition of "cringe," does she?  OMG, you've discovered role-playing?!?!  You go gurl!  If only people like you had been around before now (like, since the beginning of the hobby...).  Granted, I hated them back then, too.

I feel like I need a dose of Penicillin just from watching that video.

Quote from: Eirikrautha on February 12, 2021, 08:37:40 PM

Quote from: S'mon on February 12, 2021, 05:21:44 PM

Quote from: Shawn Driscoll on February 05, 2021, 09:57:46 PM
I don't know if she's a fake D&D geek girl or not.

Not fake, just Millennial. 

She doesn't realize that she is the definition of "cringe," does she?  OMG, you've discovered role-playing?!?!  You go gurl!  If only people like you had been around before now (like, since the beginning of the hobby...).  Granted, I hated them back then, too.

I feel like I need a dose of Penicillin just from watching that video.

She's so painfully trying to channel that Becca Scott/Felicia Day brand of OMG SO HYPERACTIVE AND QUIRKY TEHEHEHEHEHE :333 and happened to hit the right algorithm at the right time... it's cringe to be sure, but apparently there's an audience for that. Not us, obviously, but it's a strange world out there.

Quote from: Snark Knight on February 12, 2021, 09:03:39 PM

Quote from: Eirikrautha on February 12, 2021, 08:37:40 PM

Quote from: S'mon on February 12, 2021, 05:21:44 PM

Quote from: Shawn Driscoll on February 05, 2021, 09:57:46 PM
I don't know if she's a fake D&D geek girl or not.

Not fake, just Millennial. 

She doesn't realize that she is the definition of "cringe," does she?  OMG, you've discovered role-playing?!?!  You go gurl!  If only people like you had been around before now (like, since the beginning of the hobby...).  Granted, I hated them back then, too.

I feel like I need a dose of Penicillin just from watching that video.

She's so painfully trying to channel that Becca Scott/Felicia Day brand of OMG SO HYPERACTIVE AND QUIRKY TEHEHEHEHEHE :333 and happened to hit the right algorithm at the right time... it's cringe to be sure, but apparently there's an audience for that. Not us, obviously, but it's a strange world out there.

I'm convinced that her "audience" is composed of awkward, socially-inept types for whom a 6&1/2 or 7 seems like a 10...

Quote from: Chris24601 on February 06, 2021, 10:07:05 AM
For me, I've gotten good results out of Discord.

They have voice and video chat and dice-rolling chat bots that can even handle complex dice mechanics (ex. type "!roll 5d10 t6 f1" and it rolls five dice, counts those that come up 6+ as a success and those that come up as 1 as a -1... or "!roll 2d20 k1" for advantage or "!roll 2d20 kl1" for disadvantage).

You can upload jpgs, word docs., pdfs, etc. to the chat as well (we have the players upload their character sheets at the start of the campaign and each level up for example).

Point your laptop camera at the battle map in video chat if you need a "virtual" tabletop.

Still doesn't beat sitting at a real table with friends, but it can get the job done in a pinch.

This is exactly what I do with my group, plus using World Anvil for character sheets and campaign info. Can even do rolls with it but we mostly use discord for that.

Quote from: Eirikrautha on February 12, 2021, 09:08:02 PM
I'm convinced that her "audience" is composed of awkward, socially-inept types for whom a 6&1/2 or 7 seems like a 10...

I posted her good advice (IMO) for playing online video on a generally family-friendly FB D&D group; I was a bit taken aback that one of the first comments was some guy salivating over her! I think she's mostly a Youtube cosplayer and they do attract a weird demographic. I subbed to her feed yesterday on the strength of the OP and there are more good advice vids like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KucEKGfdhQg but also plenty of feeding the neckbeards. To me her affect seems like a female Matt Colville, not the worst thing in the world but hardly lust inspiring!

Quote from: S'mon on February 13, 2021, 03:30:19 AM

Quote from: Eirikrautha on February 12, 2021, 09:08:02 PM
I'm convinced that her "audience" is composed of awkward, socially-inept types for whom a 6&1/2 or 7 seems like a 10...

I posted her good advice (IMO) for playing online video on a generally family-friendly FB D&D group; I was a bit taken aback that one of the first comments was some guy salivating over her! I think she's mostly a Youtube cosplayer and they do attract a weird demographic. I subbed to her feed yesterday on the strength of the OP and there are more good advice vids like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KucEKGfdhQg but also plenty of feeding the neckbeards. To me her affect seems like a female Matt Colville, not the worst thing in the world but hardly lust inspiring!

A female Matt Colville?  Don't diss Matt like that (whatever you might think of him, he doesn't deserve that)!

There's a non-insignificant portion of our hobby who, for lack of a better description, is made up of socially maladjusted, awkward, or relationship-challenged males.  Go to any con or game store if you doubt me.  I have noticed, contrary to the claims of brutal misogyny, that said males will fall all over themselves for the slightest attention from a female in that setting.  I've also noticed that normal young women of average attractiveness will sometimes leverage that attention in that setting, as they might not receive the same level of slobbering worship if they were in a setting with more attractive females and more confident males.  Invariably, these young women present a mannerism of quirky, flirty, spasticness, which gives them the opportunity of getting the attention from multiple members of the group as she flits from one to the other, without actually having to engage with any single male in a manner that might require more interaction than she wants.  An attention vampire, if you will, feeding off the desperate males around her.

I don't know this chick at all, so I can't say for sure that is what she is doing.  I'm sure some people just naturally have that vibe.  But she checks off every single box, so I can't help but be suspicious...

Quote from: Eirikrautha on February 13, 2021, 08:54:01 AM
A female Matt Colville?  Don't diss Matt like that (whatever you might think of him, he doesn't deserve that)!
I don't know this chick at all, so I can't say for sure that is what she is doing.  I'm sure some people just naturally have that vibe.  But she checks off every single box, so I can't help but be suspicious...

Colville - just in terms of the general quirky affect. And general attractiveness, I guess (Colville looks like a bugbear to me, but he has his admirers)!

Re vibe, well I think most cosplayers do do it for the attention as well as the Patreon bucks. Of course the job is not without its hazards...

Quote from: S'mon on February 13, 2021, 09:51:47 AM

Quote from: Eirikrautha on February 13, 2021, 08:54:01 AM
A female Matt Colville?  Don't diss Matt like that (whatever you might think of him, he doesn't deserve that)!
I don't know this chick at all, so I can't say for sure that is what she is doing.  I'm sure some people just naturally have that vibe.  But she checks off every single box, so I can't help but be suspicious...

Colville - just in terms of the general quirky affect. And general attractiveness, I guess (Colville looks like a bugbear to me, but he has his admirers)!

Re vibe, well I think most cosplayers do do it for the attention as well as the Patreon bucks. Of course the job is not without its hazards...

Oh, yeah, didn't know she was a cosplayer.  Guilty as charged...

Edit: I love her excuse for the photos.  "I didn't realize that the dress exposed so much of my breasts..."  You took and posted the f***ing photos yourself!  But you didn't look at them?  Please...

Quote from: Ratman_tf on February 05, 2021, 10:16:30 PM
She covers my major complaints. I started a solo 5th ed campaign this week because I have grown to really hate online TTRPG gaming.

As in a DM and one other player, or just one person DMing and playing?

Because several from my core group of players that have played together for 20 years moved to other states, I've had a Roll20 game for 7 years now. I also had a different in-person game (and sometimes two in-person games) but I've always had a Roll20 game for those years.

It's not quite as good as in-person, but we've gotten into such a good groove with it that it's almost as good.

We use Discord for the audio, pictures, text, and music links (if we're using any background music). We use DNDBeyond for the character sheet and clicking character abilities and Beyond20 extension to display that into Roll20. OR we use the built-in Roll20 character sheet (which I still like). Roll20 is used for the map, fog of war, light sources, PCs, NPC, monsters, objects, movement, spell radius/shapes, etc..

It works well. We have lots of role playing, and lots of combat, and lots of exploration.  All of it works smoothly, though I assume much of that is 7 years experience with it rather than being new to it this year.

Quote from: Eirikrautha on February 12, 2021, 09:08:02 PM

I'm convinced that her "audience" is composed of awkward, socially-inept types for whom a 6&1/2 or 7 seems like a 10...

So...you, back when you were her age.

Quote from: Eirikrautha on February 13, 2021, 08:54:01 AM

There's a non-insignificant portion of our hobby who, for lack of a better description, is made up of socially maladjusted, awkward, or relationship-challenged males. 

So...you, back when you were her age.

The pandemic took me out of the Star Trek game I was running.  One of the players, very fluent in Roll20 and Discord, took it over, as he had paid accounts in Roll20 and knew how to work it well.

Unfortunately, I didn't really enjoy playing in the campaign I'd been running, at least not online.  So, after a few sessions I bowed out. 

Quote from: Mistwell on February 13, 2021, 11:33:28 AM

Quote from: Eirikrautha on February 12, 2021, 09:08:02 PM

I'm convinced that her "audience" is composed of awkward, socially-inept types for whom a 6&1/2 or 7 seems like a 10...

So...you, back when you were her age.

Quote from: Eirikrautha on February 13, 2021, 08:54:01 AM

There's a non-insignificant portion of our hobby who, for lack of a better description, is made up of socially maladjusted, awkward, or relationship-challenged males. 

So...you, back when you were her age.

And you, right now.

Quote from: S'mon on February 13, 2021, 03:30:19 AM

Quote from: Eirikrautha on February 12, 2021, 09:08:02 PM
I'm convinced that her "audience" is composed of awkward, socially-inept types for whom a 6&1/2 or 7 seems like a 10...

I posted her good advice (IMO) for playing online video on a generally family-friendly FB D&D group; I was a bit taken aback that one of the first comments was some guy salivating over her! I think she's mostly a Youtube cosplayer and they do attract a weird demographic. I subbed to her feed yesterday on the strength of the OP and there are more good advice vids like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KucEKGfdhQg but also plenty of feeding the neckbeards. To me her affect seems like a female Matt Colville, not the worst thing in the world but hardly lust inspiring!

Have you seen her mermaid costume? Serious chance of luring sailors to their doom.

She's good at costumes and can cosplay, posts on rpg topics too, what's not to like?

Quote from: Altheus on February 13, 2021, 12:52:41 PM
She's good at costumes and can cosplay, posts on rpg topics too, what's not to like?

The person?