"The monsters eat FUCK YOU, that's what they eat."

Naburimannu · February 17, 2016, 11:26:09 AM

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;879558Actually I was thinking of the whole thread.

How a sophomoric joke and some slightly interesting historical data about the prices at McDonalds' in 1974 turned into a pissing contest over "the right way to game" is beyond me.

If Big Purple needs to get over itself, this place needs a sense of humor.

That you intended humor wasn't at all clear. The style you adopted gets used non-ironically by some people trying to sell to the OSR community.

trechriron · February 17, 2016, 12:20:15 PM

so... ummm... It's just really nagging at me. You know. The answer to "without". It's like the puzzle that won't get out of my head.

So... did I guess it right? Did I? REFILLS?!?!?!? It's got to be REFILLS!!!!

100xp? for me?

Shipyard Locked · February 17, 2016, 12:21:05 PM

Quote from: AsenRG;879572Also, both sites tend to blow things out of proportion, they just pick different things and blow in different directions. But the blowing is a constant;).

Well, that and at the end of any given 'encounter' we are all still standing but half of the people over there have been banned.

Doom · February 17, 2016, 12:28:54 PM

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;879558Actually I was thinking of the whole thread.

How a sophomoric joke and some slightly interesting historical data about the prices at McDonalds' in 1974 turned into a pissing contest over "the right way to game" is beyond me.

If Big Purple needs to get over itself, this place needs a sense of humor.

Hey, I certainly appreciated the old McDonald's prices. I try to convince people inflation is far more than the 1.5% the government says it is, and people call me a nut...because everyone forgets what prices used to be.

I remember in the 80s (when I was in grad school), I got 6 tacos at Taco Bell for two bucks, and I ate there regularly...33 cents a taco then. Now, they sell them for what, $1.10? That's not a 1.5% compounded return...and the meatlike substance they use now is nothing like what it used to be.

Anyone else even remember Subway's "$5 Footlong" from a few years ago. Now they're selling "$6 Footlong February" as a special deal.

AsenRG · February 17, 2016, 12:29:38 PM

Quote from: Naburimannu;879575That you intended humor wasn't at all clear. The style you adopted gets used non-ironically by some people trying to sell to the OSR community.

Hint: OSR games seldom sell because of those people, whatever they might think:).

Quote from: Shipyard Locked;879584Well, that and at the end of any given 'encounter' we are all still standing but half of the people over there have been banned.

You're probably thinking of Tangency. That, or I have an insanely high level after dodging a ban in that number of encounters;).

RunningLaser · February 17, 2016, 12:46:06 PM

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;879558Actually I was thinking of the whole thread.

How a sophomoric joke and some slightly interesting historical data about the prices at McDonalds' in 1974 turned into a pissing contest over "the right way to game" is beyond me.

If Big Purple needs to get over itself, this place needs a sense of humor.

I fired the first shot there, so my apologies for fucking your thread, and apologies to others.

If you can keep going with the people who are actually contributing and asking about what you originally intended, that'd be great.

ArrozConLeche · February 17, 2016, 01:07:15 PM

^ I think you should be banned for showing such a degree of maturity and class. This goes completely against the spirit of this forum.

Christopher Brady · February 17, 2016, 01:19:43 PM

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;879558Actually I was thinking of the whole thread.

How a sophomoric joke and some slightly interesting historical data about the prices at McDonalds' in 1974 turned into a pissing contest over "the right way to game" is beyond me.

Oh, that's easy, it's what a lot of people assume you always do. Every goddamned thread that deals with D&D, you're always coming in with "Back in MY day, we did it THIS way. I have no idea what YOUR problem is." Which comes off as a passive aggressive attempt at One True Wayism. And adding 'Fuck You' in the title this time doesn't help much either.

Look, we GET IT. Your geek cred is always going to be higher than ours because you were there, at Gygax's knee, receiving the holy gospel of D&D from the source.

Sadly, Buttercup, times have changed, you've changed, the hobby has changed and your way ain't the only way to play in town.

ArrozConLeche · February 17, 2016, 01:30:05 PM

LEAVE GRONAN ALONE!!

Chainsaw · February 17, 2016, 05:43:36 PM

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;878796I've said before that when Phil Barker scoffed at my dungeon as "unrealistic" and asked "what do the monsters eat, anyway"

I don't care who you are, you get the penalty box for asking. Do not collect $200. Lighten up, Francis.

Gronan of Simmerya · February 17, 2016, 06:40:39 PM

:popcorn:

Bren · February 17, 2016, 06:53:19 PM

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;879659:popcorn:

I guess you didn't give up popcorn for Lent either?

kosmos1214 · February 17, 2016, 09:39:31 PM

Quote from: Doom;879586Hey, I certainly appreciated the old McDonald's prices. I try to convince people inflation is far more than the 1.5% the government says it is, and people call me a nut...because everyone forgets what prices used to be.

I remember in the 80s (when I was in grad school), I got 6 tacos at Taco Bell for two bucks, and I ate there regularly...33 cents a taco then. Now, they sell them for what, $1.10? That's not a 1.5% compounded return...and the meatlike substance they use now is nothing like what it used to be.

Anyone else even remember Subway's "$5 Footlong" from a few years ago. Now they're selling "$6 Footlong February" as a special deal.

my dad remembers going to dairy queen and getting a burger fry's and a med pop for 83 cents i cant remember what year off the top of my head

Quote from: ArrozConLeche;879604^ I think you should be banned for showing such a degree of maturity and class. This goes completely against the spirit of this forum.

ahhahhahahahahah

Gronan of Simmerya · February 17, 2016, 10:03:59 PM

Quote from: Bren;879663I guess you didn't give up popcorn for Lent either?

No, but I did give up beer.

And I've had to modify my "internet fast" into a "Facebook fast"; sadly, where I live the Internet is the only place I can talk about my interests with other people who share them, and not sharing what's important to me is not good for my mental health.

Shipyard Locked · February 17, 2016, 10:13:15 PM

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;879694sadly, where I live the Internet is the only place I can talk about my interests with other people who share them, and not sharing what's important to me is not good for my mental health.

Glad to be of service.