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Cheetos for Hannukah

Started by Kyle Aaron, December 27, 2006, 06:40:48 AM

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droog

#60
December 30, 2006, 03:06:12 AM
Quote from: J ArcaneWow.  You really are a puddle of human slime, aren't you droog?
Aren't we all, J? Aren't we all?
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J Arcane

#61
December 30, 2006, 03:08:01 AM
Quote from: droogAren't we all, J? Aren't we all?
Keep your pretentious amoral nihilism to yourself, you miserable bubble of anal wind.
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droog

#62
December 30, 2006, 03:08:48 AM
I'm a sinner just like you, brother! Won't you stretch out a helping hand?
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J Arcane

#63
December 30, 2006, 03:10:18 AM
Quote from: droogI'm a sinner just like you, brother! Won't you stretch out a helping hand?
I ain't the one you need to be asking for help, old man.
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droog

#64
December 30, 2006, 03:11:46 AM
You talking about the King of Life? Tell me the word, brother!
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fonkaygarry

#65
December 30, 2006, 03:59:40 AM
Quote from: droogYou talking about the King of Life? Tell me the word, brother!
droog, your shit is getting tired and unfunny as mine.  Give it a rest, brotha.
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droog

#66
December 30, 2006, 04:07:23 AM
I'm giving now, brother. I shall not judge.
The past lives on in your front room
The poor still weak the rich still rule
History lives in the books at home
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fonkaygarry

#67
December 30, 2006, 04:12:33 AM
Quote from: droogI'm giving now, brother. I shall not judge.
Goddamit, you made me smile with that one.
teamchimp: I'm doing problem sets concerning inbreeding and effective population size.....I absolutely know this will get me the hot bitches.

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droog

#68
December 30, 2006, 04:15:31 AM
Happy New Year.
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

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Kyle Aaron

#69
December 30, 2006, 04:21:21 AM
Quote from: droogYeah, I'm sure that's what they said. Maybe they were just too appalled at themseves to admit what lies in their souls. I can relate.
As I'm not psychic, I don't know what lies in their souls. I just asked them what the thought of the game, and they told me. Asking people what they think is generally considered a reasonable guide to knowing them; at least a better guide than claiming psychic powers.

Quote from: droogI suppose another possibility is that you somehow forced them to act like cunts.
Well, the same people have happily played with me since, with no similar complaints, so that seems unlikely.
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droog

#70
December 30, 2006, 04:25:19 AM
Well, it's a bit of a mystery how a game that allows you absolute moral authority and power to go with it can somehow make people play characters who are cunts. I'm quite perplexed.
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Kyle Aaron

#71
December 30, 2006, 08:44:21 AM
Just came across some very good words of Robin Laws, in an essay about reviewing rpgs.

Quote from: Robin LawsTo return to the `game mechanics as cameras and lighting equipment' analogy, studying a game book to evaluate the RPG experience as art is rather like using a technical manual of cinematography to write about Rashomon instead of actually watching Rashomon itself. Rules mechanics are the virtual equipment for the story creation process, but are not the process itself.
He goes on to say it'd be better to read setting books, or even better, adventures. I'd say it'd be better to watch a group in play.

I guess this is one reason we trust "playtest" reviews more than regular reviews. People matter.
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Spike

#72
December 30, 2006, 11:28:09 PM
Jimbo, that analogy is incredibly wonky. First of all, reading that book is a valid way of reviewing that book.  But you are more suggesting that in order to properly evaluate Rashomon you actually have to have participated in making it, rather than merely watching it.

Just sayin'. I actually avoid playtest reviews because I often get the impression that the reviewer is reviewing his group more than the book itself.

But that's me.
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