Swimmin' Salmon

Whenever I see this topic come up I have to watch a little NBK. Valdain, you insult those that roleplay evil characters, but illustrate your complaint by citing examples of chaotic behavior. That's confusing. And, ultimately, there are no "good" characters in any of Jeff's games. Unless you're okay with racial profiling, wholesale slaughter of innocents and home invasion. Life is brutal and short, and everyone is out to protect their own.

Excalibur. The sword.

Fan boys everywhere are gasping "OmG OMG OMG!"

Some poor slob is breaking his back in a server farm to keep this pathetic thread alive. Shame on you.

I am crushed, Nikki. Also, Sylae-t Lucidity. Dolt.

Originally Posted By: Tyranicus You mean two weeks ago? I don't get much sleep these days...

It's good to see that the forums have lost none of their quirky charm since my last visit.

Nope, that's not what I was saying at all. It's hardly roleplaying to announce RL details. And it's hardly unthinkable that roleplaying would be expected on a web forum for RPGs. So, if a thing is unknown to a fellow member, such as gender identity of a different member, it wouldn't be crazy to assume it was traditional m/f. And given the crazy nature of this meme laden microcosm, it might be very tempting to assume that the gender identity correction was part of some RP meme, and to respond in kind. For all the trolling that happens here, I would have thought thickened skin would have become the standard.

I was the only person online, and E said he couldn't access the forums. That seemed occasion enough for me to start firing away. @Diki - there might be an entire online community who role play the "Who's your daddy" game... But, yeah. I've never played that role here. I've always been more of the 12 year old menace.

Anyone else think it's odd that the Finns are the one nationality who have established themselves as a sub-group of webbers? And I don't count Canadians because honestly, who believes that that is a real country?

It's odd to me that people register on this site with false names, and ostensibly engage in ROLE playing games, and then spend so much time establishing the bona fides of their true identity. I've been aware of Diki's gender questions for years now, but since it doesn't impact my life I just chose to accept her as Diki. Here to talk about some silly games, Diki has also chosen to share some aspects/issues in Diki's personal milieu. More recently another member decided to intrude their real and personal life into their online persona. I can't pretend to understand the internal turmoil that such a confusion might create, but I also don't know that this particular website is the best vehicle for change. This is a website primarily in existence to facilitate the fan base fawning over Jeff's latest remake of a decade old game. And for what it's worth, getting upset because a person uses the word "it" to pronounize a person who doesn't relate to she or he is only permissible if they are attempting to be insulting. For example, I had no idea that people used it to dehumanize transgenders. Because I've never used it that way, and it is transcendently unfair to expect all people with whom you come into contact to have the same knowledge base as you. Certainly don't expect it from me. But, to get back to my original premise. This site is about role-playing games. It's probably easy for folks to conflate things unless you demand they read the history of all that has come before prior to posting. And it's disheartening to me that Jeff may have suffered because the conversation has taken place. Because the kid who made those comments (to my untrained eye) hasn't responded in this thread. This post was sponsored by the Simpsons episode in which Bart (briefly) owns an elephant named Stampy, and the moral of that story.

I feel cheap now. And Nikki? Get back to work. Enough of the procrastinating.

I was pretty firmly anti-CRF, so not sure how I landed in that grouping.

Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity Hey, Salmon. How are things? They are well. Busy as always. You?

Lincoln had the overwhelming support of the nationalists. He was not in favor of the 3 year waiting period for prospective citizens, and as the country was expanding westward, it was the native born Americans who (as voters) were most concerned with immigrants settling the west and locking them east of the Mississippi. That voting bloc was his "independent" voters.

Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity That's the kind of proactive decision everyone agrees good leaders are supposed to make, except that everyone also agrees that good leaders should never overreact. If the crisis never materializes, how do you know whether it was prevented by wise early action, or whether its failure to arise proves the action was unnecessary? A decent modern board engine would give every member the ability to turn individual avatar animations on or off at will. Then we'd be fine. I don't know when that will come. 1. Clearly not everyone thinks totalitarianism is a good working model of governance. Slowly removing options, and freedoms, from the population at large is not an attractant. 2. Technology is a crutch, and not a replacement for good behavior. A modern society isolates law breakers, attempting correction, but always recognizing that they may have to stay removed from society. 3. It is a moot point, though, as Jeff's games aren't designed to run on my system, and the directed evolution of this community is not one I find myself enjoying. It was fun while it lasted, but now, not so much.

I understand why you took an action. I just disagree with the type of action. It's a philosophical thing. I would have expected that a PM to the offenders would have worked, especially from you. Had I received such a request, I would have complied immediately. As it is now, I can point some fairly accurate fingers at those who, through their actions, have restricted the privileges of the non-abusers. I'm not sure that is the best result.

Wow. Thanks to all the abusers out there. Yet another place on the internet where a few bad apples ruin our privilege of showing freedom of expression by taking it to an extreme. Why not just get rid of the problem makers?

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Kingdom of Loathing trumps them all.

A1. Nantucket, and is regularly armed with a bucket.

Originally Posted By: cfgauss Of course, the problem may be the algorithm is totally nuts, or that it has something like O(n!) run time or something stupid, but basic pathfinding is like a first year CS student problem and there's really no reason for there to be this much of a problem with it. Without being a complete dick about it, basic pathfinding is by no means a simple issue, even if they do attempt to teach solutions early in the curriculum.

I don't see you countering my statement, just providing (sound) justification for his decision. I had a 1 year old computer that was unable to run G5, and until OpenGL is a default for on-board graphics chipsets, then he will still operate at a disadvantage. So, while your experience seems to have been pleasant, there were numerous experiences which were not. Even experiences with his DirectX version of G5 were not universally positive, so it still seems to me that until hardware on the PC side catches up with this API, he will not sell his product to a portion of the market. Of course, I can only speak for me, and what I observe. His products designed after G4 and A5 will not run on my hardware, which is (again) less than 1 year old. Budget, indie company. Budget minded consumer. The twain seem not to meet. What will my review be?

Regarding the actual question, I hope Jeff's new series uses something other than OpenGL. It put a sizable portion of his non-Apple clientele at a disadvantage.