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Define "basket weaver'?

Started by mcbobbo, September 30, 2012, 02:04:53 PM

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Mr. GC

#600
October 14, 2012, 02:31:13 PM
Quote from: TristramEvans;591460You're not qualified to make that judgement, having no knowledge of other games.

Case in point: still waiting for the "traps" in any other game system besides D&D post-2nd Edition..



So maybe you should find a new hobby?

Mostly because it'd be easier and quicker to point out the things that are not traps. Except that I don't find discussing games no one plays to be especially interesting.

And as soon as one has the depth of D&D, and a non full retard community that's exactly where I and my fellows will be going. As is, D&D is an exercise in either avoiding idiots or dealing with them constantly and other games are painfully simple by comparison.
Quote from: The sound of Sacro getting SaccedA weapon with a special ability must have at least a +1 enhancement bonus.

Quote from: JRR;593157No, but it is a game with rules.  If the results of the dice are not to be accepted, why bother rolling the dice.  So you can accept the good rolls and ignore the bad?  Yeah, let\'s give everyone a trophy.

Quote from: The best quote of all time!Honestly. Go. Play. A. Larp. For. A. While.

Eventually you will realise you were a retard and sucked until you did.

TristramEvans

#601
October 14, 2012, 02:38:59 PM
Quote from: Mr. GC;591473Mostly because it'd be easier and quicker to point out the things that are not traps. Except that I don't find discussing games no one plays to be especially interesting.

What was that earlier you said about dodging being a typical Basketweaver tactic?

Mr. GC

#602
October 14, 2012, 02:46:20 PM
Quote from: TristramEvans;591477What was that earlier you said about dodging being a typical Basketweaver tactic?

Shall I take this to mean you're willing to run a party now? No? You'd rather spam irrelevant posts over multiple threads?

Right then. So we've established you have no grounds to question me. Moving on then.
Quote from: The sound of Sacro getting SaccedA weapon with a special ability must have at least a +1 enhancement bonus.

Quote from: JRR;593157No, but it is a game with rules.  If the results of the dice are not to be accepted, why bother rolling the dice.  So you can accept the good rolls and ignore the bad?  Yeah, let\'s give everyone a trophy.

Quote from: The best quote of all time!Honestly. Go. Play. A. Larp. For. A. While.

Eventually you will realise you were a retard and sucked until you did.

TristramEvans

#603
October 14, 2012, 02:51:27 PM
Quote from: Mr. GC;591479Shall I take this to mean you're willing to run a party now? No? You'd rather spam irrelevant posts over multiple threads?

More dodging mr. basketweaver.. I never said I'd run a party with you. I asked you quite clearly to back up a claim you made. You named three game systems, saying they contained "traps", but have not given a single example. You've waffled and wormed and weasled since, but you've failed to back up your claim. Again, by your own definition this makes you a basketweaver. So, shall we just accept you're full of shit, or can you man up and put your money where your mouth is?

Mr. GC

#604
October 14, 2012, 03:06:29 PM
Were you not just instructed you have no room to speak to me over such matters?

Yes, you were.

I've given you the means by which you can actually make a point against me. Step it up or step on out.
Quote from: The sound of Sacro getting SaccedA weapon with a special ability must have at least a +1 enhancement bonus.

Quote from: JRR;593157No, but it is a game with rules.  If the results of the dice are not to be accepted, why bother rolling the dice.  So you can accept the good rolls and ignore the bad?  Yeah, let\'s give everyone a trophy.

Quote from: The best quote of all time!Honestly. Go. Play. A. Larp. For. A. While.

Eventually you will realise you were a retard and sucked until you did.

TristramEvans

#605
October 14, 2012, 03:13:40 PM
Quote from: Mr. GC;591486Were you not just instructed you have no room to speak to me over such matters?

Your attempts to waffle and dodge the issue don't give you any authority. All I see is you still squirming and ducking it rather than admit you're full of it.

QuoteI've given you the means by which you can actually make a point against me.

I already made my point against you; balls in your court. Quit dribbling like a fool and man up, mr. basketweaver.

StormBringer

#606
October 14, 2012, 03:18:25 PM
Quote from: Mr. GC;591398... mild amusement.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.  You want me to put up a template to make it easier for you?

Here, let's try this:
Premise 1:
Premise 2:
Premise x:
Conclusion: Basket weaver is defined.

You fill in the premises and we'll see where things go from there.  Otherwise, you are just blustering about how cool you are after it has been conclusively proven on several message boards that you don't know anything about RPGs in general, and your knowledge of 3.5 is almost the exact opposite of 'correct'.

Also, you don't get to demand everyone else prove their claims when you haven't even provided a single premise for any of your own.  Especially when that demand is 'prove me wrong'.  A bit louder for the people in the back:
Appeal to Ignorance
...and it doesn't work.  Your overall argument seems to be with the structure of 'discussion', which no one here can help you with.  Keep slamming your head into that wall of reality, though, it's bound to sink in at some point.
If you read the above post, you owe me $20 for tutoring fees

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Mr. GC

#607
October 14, 2012, 03:59:10 PM
Right, so irrelevant bullshit aside I just found an awesome video that shows basket weaver vs good player in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b91BWzLigs&feature=relmfu

He takes a while to make his points but makes plenty of amazing ones, and if you substitute any instance of "Dark Souls" for "D&D" it will still almost always hold true with no translation required (and if not, it's because of specific concepts that exist in one game but not the other and the general idea is still sound).
Quote from: The sound of Sacro getting SaccedA weapon with a special ability must have at least a +1 enhancement bonus.

Quote from: JRR;593157No, but it is a game with rules.  If the results of the dice are not to be accepted, why bother rolling the dice.  So you can accept the good rolls and ignore the bad?  Yeah, let\'s give everyone a trophy.

Quote from: The best quote of all time!Honestly. Go. Play. A. Larp. For. A. While.

Eventually you will realise you were a retard and sucked until you did.

TristramEvans

#608
October 14, 2012, 04:02:43 PM Last Edit: October 14, 2012, 04:14:59 PM by TristramEvans
Quote from: Mr. GC;591507Right, so irrelevant bullshit aside

Still dodging huh? Well, I said I wouldn't be holding my breath. You obviously know nothing about any RPG system besides 3.5, and at this point I think it's clear that you have never and do not know how to roleplay. For all your talk of basketweavers, when it came down to it you exhibited exactly the behaviours you ascribed to them (constantly dodging, a lack of objectivity), which isn't that surprising. I find most of the time when someone really rails against any group (or in this case imaginary percieved group), it';s mostly them projecting the things they don't like about themselves but don't want to face.

Imperator

#609
October 14, 2012, 04:43:05 PM
Quote from: Mr. GC;591446Yes, tabletop games are poorly designed and 3.5, despite its many flaws is actually the best one out there. Not sure if that says something about it, those other games, or both.
Please, show actual examples of that poor design.
My name is Ramón Nogueras. Running now Vampire: the Masquerade (Giovanni Chronicles IV for just 3 players), and itching to resume my Call of Cthulhu campaign (The Sense of the Sleight-of-Hand Man).

StormBringer

#610
October 14, 2012, 05:07:42 PM
Quote from: TristramEvans;591509Still dodging huh? Well, I said I wouldn't be holding my breath. You obviously know nothing about any RPG system besides 3.5, and at this point I think it's clear that you have never and do not know how to roleplay. For all your talk of basketweavers, when it came down to it you exhibited exactly the behaviours you ascribed to them (constantly dodging, a lack of objectivity), which isn't that surprising. I find most of the time when someone really rails against any group (or in this case imaginary percieved group), it';s mostly them projecting the things they don't like about themselves but don't want to face.
:hatsoff:Absolutely agree on all points, especially that last one.
If you read the above post, you owe me $20 for tutoring fees

\'Let them call me rebel, and welcome, I have no concern for it, but I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.\'
- Thomas Paine
\'Everything doesn\'t need

vytzka

#611
October 15, 2012, 03:16:58 AM
Stupid question for a stupid thread.

What is anyone still interacting with that clown trying to achieve? And do they think it is going to happen?

crkrueger

#612
October 15, 2012, 03:20:35 AM
Who is the greater troll?  The troll or the troll who trolls him?
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vytzka

#613
October 15, 2012, 03:34:49 AM
There is no honor in trolling :p

Mr. GC

#614
October 15, 2012, 08:04:16 AM
*checks to see if the thread is useful yet*

*sees it still isn't*
Quote from: The sound of Sacro getting SaccedA weapon with a special ability must have at least a +1 enhancement bonus.

Quote from: JRR;593157No, but it is a game with rules.  If the results of the dice are not to be accepted, why bother rolling the dice.  So you can accept the good rolls and ignore the bad?  Yeah, let\'s give everyone a trophy.

Quote from: The best quote of all time!Honestly. Go. Play. A. Larp. For. A. While.

Eventually you will realise you were a retard and sucked until you did.
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