Quote from: Mistwell;1140622Roll20 is awesome if you play 5e.

Foundry is so bloated it's literally not usable with a more simple computer like a chromebook. They tried to do everything with it, making it so that you need a fast PC with a good video card just to use it like it's a video game.

My computers are pretty decent, so I've never had any hitches with Foundry.  I know the developer's said he's working on slimming down the footprint, and you can manually adjust some of the graphical bells and whistles like cranking down framerate to make it gentler on system resources, but since I don't have anything at chromebook level I can't really test it myself.

Just for the record, Mike Pondsmith, the creator of the Cyberpunk RPG line and R. Talsorian Games founder also contributed $10,000 to the bail out of rioting/looting/pillaging criminals as well.  I rage quit their Discord channel when he announced it.

Quote from: Batjon;1140996Just for the record, Mike Pondsmith, the creator of the Cyberpunk RPG line and R. Talsorian Games founder also contributed $10,000 to the bail out of rioting/looting/pillaging criminals as well.  I rage quit their Discord channel when he announced it.

Wrong thread?

Quote from: Batjon;1140996Just for the record, Mike Pondsmith, the creator of the Cyberpunk RPG line and R. Talsorian Games founder also contributed $10,000 to the bail out of rioting/looting/pillaging criminals as well.  I rage quit their Discord channel when he announced it.

Well done you. By how much did your toys clear the pram?  

Alternatively, you might want to read what someone, who at some level you repect, has said about your (all you Merkins) situation:   https://rtalsoriangames.com/2020/06/12/mike-pondsmith-cops-and-racists/

I'd ask Pondsmith - "What in the fuck does any of this have to do with giving money to rioters from Antifa that have infiltrated and use BLM as cover for their Marxist agenda?" You know... doing things that the cops *have* to deal with as part of their job? Or not... depending on the city.

Quote from: Anselyn;1141027Well done you. By how much did your toys clear the pram?  

Alternatively, you might want to read what someone, who at some level you repect, has said about your (all you Merkins) situation:   https://rtalsoriangames.com/2020/06/12/mike-pondsmith-cops-and-racists/

BLM thugs and Antifa terrorists are not the solution.  Mike is adding to the problem like a idiot.  The solution is to end the unions so the heads of the police can fire the shits out of the force.

NOW BACK TO TOPIC!

Other than Demon City I think I own just about every book he has in pdf at least.  I don't like ZakS, but I like his work.  I think his best one is Maze of the Blue Medusa.  A huge hulking mega dungeon that is art museum filled with the ancient dead is pretty trippy.  The fact you can port this to any game is handy for a few sessions too.

So now instead of people saying, 'I disagree with his support for BLM' we're getting "Here are a bunch of arguments against BLM which has fuck-all to do with RPGs which I have tenuously linked to one RPG guy who says he supports BLM so I can try and get away with posting all my reasons why BLM sucks on TheRPGsite while skirting the no-politics rule".

Fucking lovely.

How about we talk about Zak's RPG stuff?

I happened to like his "edits" to the Monster Manual he was posting on G+ before that went down. Great improvements to what were otherwise hard to use or boring monsters.

Sad to hear about Maximum Mike. Thought he was smarter than that.

Oh well, that's more money saved.

Quote from: Mistwell;1141080So now instead of people saying, 'I disagree with his support for BLM' we're getting "Here are a bunch of arguments against BLM which has fuck-all to do with RPGs which I have tenuously linked to one RPG guy who says he supports BLM so I can try and get away with posting all my reasons why BLM sucks on TheRPGsite while skirting the no-politics rule".

Fucking lovely.

Since you mention it. If I give my money to someone that gives that money to an organization that ideologically is opposed to everything I believe in, everything my nation is about, everything my father and forefathers bled for, and in fact if that organization practices an ideology that would ultimately harm me and my loved ones were it to be adopted writ-large... am I not enabling my own problems?

Yeah see, I don't do that. I get it's a popular thing for ignorant people, I'm not one of them. I could spin yarns and yarns of anecdotal bad-cop stories that are *orders of magnitude* worse than Pondsmiths... but his reasoning is completely at odds with his actions. Which is why it breaks my heart that he did what he did. Pondsmith *is* my favorite game-designer. And now I can't support him.

I *agree* with Mike on wanting GOOD policing, and GOOD police reform (i.e. more training). But bailing out ANTIFA Marxist Rioters has *nothing* to do with police reform. I'm going to give you more credit than you probably deserve in understanding that glaring difference. But if you want to prove me wrong... I won't be entirely surprised.

As for Zak... eh, take him or leave him. I honestly don't care about his private affairs, and nor do I believe *anyone* involved in them. I like his art - but not for my gaming. I don't care for his game-design, but that's entirely because of my personal tastes in how I GM - I don't find I get a lot of use out of his material. But I love that other people do. So if you like that stuff support him. If not? Move on.

Quote from: tenbones;1141132Pondsmith *is* my favorite game-designer. And now I can't support him.

Fuck. I know how excited you were about Cyberpunk 2077.

I was going to get the CP77 RPG core book, and I was considering a new gaming rig if the video game proved to be what the trailers have promised.

But "honor thy father" always comes ahead of "me wanty new shiny".

Quote from: Batjon;1140996Just for the record, Mike Pondsmith, the creator of the Cyberpunk RPG line and R. Talsorian Games founder also contributed $10,000 to the bail out of rioting/looting/pillaging criminals as well.  I rage quit their Discord channel when he announced it.

Can you provide a source for this? Funding BLM & Antifa seems contradictory to his very reasonable stated position. Very disappointing if true.

I only see $2000 to the Bail Project.

https://boundingintocomics.com/2020/06/09/mike-pondsmiths-r-talsorian-games-issues-statement-in-response-to-current-events-following-the-death-of-george-floyd/


And from Talsorian's page

https://rtalsoriangames.com/2020/06/05/from-the-screamsheets-a-statement-by-rtg/

Is anyone going to Purity Test Zak? (see I'm keeping it on topic).

I like Zak's stuff, never met the guy and try to separate creation from creator. Vornheim is really useful - mostly a set of thought-provoking random tables that will weird-up any campaign city, but in a good way. I like red and pleasant land, but doubt I'll run it, however it does have lots of great ideas in it. I've skimmed his other stuff at cons (but not bought it) and it seems to be in the same vein. So, I'd get Vornheim if you have any interest in spicing up your fantasy cities, the others if you like weird, slightly gonzo fantasy.

Quote from: tenbones;1141154I only see $2000 to the Bail Project.

https://boundingintocomics.com/2020/06/09/mike-pondsmiths-r-talsorian-games-issues-statement-in-response-to-current-events-following-the-death-of-george-floyd/

Looking at The Bail Project's website, it doesn't seem to be an overtly extremist (eg Communist and/or race-hate) organisation, though they say they have 'radical roots'. They claim to align with the ACLU. Is it a Communist front organisation? I don't see any 'kill whitey' or 'smash capitalism' stuff on the site. Is donating to it really the same as donating to BLM or Antifa?

Quote from: tenbones;1141046I'd ask Pondsmith - "What in the fuck does any of this have to do with giving money to rioters from Antifa that have infiltrated and use BLM as cover for their Marxist agenda?" You know... doing things that the cops *have* to deal with as part of their job? Or not... depending on the city.

Given the current trend of rpg professionals "suddenly" jumping on the virtue signalling SJW bandwagon he will probably ignore you as it goes against his new found social justice warrior narrative. I get the point he is trying to make about the police yet I did see nothing from him and many other rpg professionals criticizing the rioters or Antifa. I hope his sudden new found social justice warrior conscience gives him ore sales.

Quote from: Spinachcat;1141109Sad to hear about Maximum Mike. Thought he was smarter than that.

Oh well, that's more money saved.

it's not like his company was making tons of money or that many of the IPs he owned were played in my neck of the woods. Get woke go broke.

As for Zaks and his works what I read with reviews and heard did not interest me in the least.