Xaiya

next game will probably come out ~early-mid summer for osx and ~2 months later to windows and rest (ipad, android version might not see daylight).

Maybe. We can't seriously hypothesize, though. There have been no hints lately unless he said something in some random interview or whatever.

If he were to, I might consider playing them due to Geneforge simply being the best series from Jeff in my eyes.

does nobody read the forums, i made a post in announcements and everything.

Not sure how I missed it. Could've been in the microsleeping point when reading. Ah well.

As for actual news, I haven't heard any since my old co.cc registrar shut down, taking my co.cc emails with it. Therefore no /. newsletter.

Well, this explains a bunch.

As for positive events: fuzzy kittens purring. What more do you need?

I found it more difficult than the other games by the time I got to Formello, but then that probably was due to being lazy and not bothering with a lot of quests. Had to scroll through my quest list to look at them all by the end. I also absolutely despise using items due to them being finite, which probably didn't help matters since more battles in A6 are based around attrition than any other Spiderweb game as I recall.

So no, nothing to laugh about.

SoT: Keeping our RPs open to newcomers might be good for the long-term health of the community!

 

Sylae: You know, we can forcibly limit the people that can post in our RPs!

 

We could potentially make an RP be in a blog but still be open to people--provided they communicate that they wish to be a part of it so we can add them, and then we can get them on the right page before they post anything. Someone who might be new to RPs, or hell, someone who even is experienced might miss something when creating their first post and suddenly break the laws of the world (Azuma ). Just a thought.

I would like this thing to be open to the overal SW population, unless, of course, someone is completely unwilling to cooperate, in which case I don't want to bother with that person.

(Notice: I am unable to proofread this post effectively due to the damn music in the background, so bleh)

Oh hey, based on the poll it seems this is drawing more interest than I expected already. It appears the general consensus is fantasy-based, with a decent sized call for post-apocalyptic which could be fun to mix. The mechanics are split--half who had a preference went for single characters, the other half either wanting faction-based or a combination of the two. This could go either way and still maintain interest by the looks of it.

As for magic, it looks like most want a structured system. Excellent.

As the local get-offa-my-lawn roleplayer, I need to point out we didn't put our settings up to vote back in my day, no sir. We wrote up the lead-in and posted it, and by goldang people played in the setting that they got and they ruddy well liked it! *shakes stick*

The main reason I wanted to get some input was the sadness of watching beautiful worlds crafted with backstories and thought-out laws and stuff fall short of interest. I want to make sure there's a good chance whatever comes out has interest.

I've been really absent here lately, but I've always wanted to get more invilved with the RPs and such. I really have no experience or preference, but I'd like to at least follow this one.

Not a problem. I'm sure there will be people willing to proof-read and help you through the process if you're willing to cooperate--creativity, cooperation, and time are the main forces of RPs, after all. Gotta start somewhere.

This also. I really shouldn't even be writing this post right now...

I have a list of stuff to complete yet here I am.

Watching the discussions of the spiderbus RP, I got to thinking of how lacking spiderweb has been lately in story-based RPs. Lately this place has been dominated mostly by AIMhack and other D&D varients. One of the favorite parts of CalRef to many Refugi next to the chat was the epic story RPs we would craft (and later cringe at as we got older and saw how crappy our writing was, except Jewels 'cause she's awesome). Sadly we haven't been able to get a new one going for very long since the tales of FT and ANWO, so I got the idea of starting a new, structured RP here, without the chaotic nature of how the spiderbus one has been going.

But the two biggest questions arise: Is there sufficient interest here? And if so, what type do people here want to play in?

Personally, I love some of the aspects of UtSS (Players control a main character AND nation/faction, light but heavily limited magic), but feel it would be best to start a discussion here.

Note that if you do say you are interested, that it means you would also be willing to cooperate with people--as in no godmodding, discussing in OOC and PM, etc.

I have prepared a basic poll to get some numbers on the interest levels and what people would gravitate more towards. I highly encourage you to, after voting, posting here with an explanation and suggestions. Apologies if I forgot some stuff--I am sleep deprived and probably worded stuff weirdly here too, and this'll be based more on discussion anyways.

If we do get sufficient interest going, then I would like to start this mid-late december, after most people would have had finals, since I have the impression many here go to college (which includes me, and I want in on this ). But first, discuss!

I'd avoid splitting your points between archery and melee for your first character. Bows aren't very good in this game, so might as well just make him a fighter. I personally just keep bows on my magic users, if only so if I accidentally click on a monster while on them, they don't go rushing up to them with swords.

With bags of meal, there's tons in the game so no need to worry that you sold some in the beginning.

this has a lot of advantages from a voting-theory perspective but it'd also be incredibly difficult to conduct in a fair and transparent way that left everyone satisfied that everyone's ballot had a chance to be picked and the choice was truly random

 

there's also the question of whether, as a matter of policy, you really do want some nut that 1% of the electorate votes for to be elected president 1% of the time

No problem.

http://xkcd.com/221/

good god am i the only one who doesn't have a multi?

You can join me in the multi-less club.

I used to play guitar nearly every day for a decent amount of time, but now I hardly pick it up as my motivation for it has gone way down, allowing my skills to stagnate.

Also, people putting stickers on their guitars makes me want to strangle babies.

I'm just glad I feel no urge to smoke anything.

Marijuana doesn't have to be smoked. Two words: special brownies

Don't have to worry one way or the other.

I'm sure it'd become a worry if someone you knew had a problem that medicinal marijuana would be good for.

+1 congrats/post

The saddest thing about the new engine is Geneforge and the second Avernum trilogy spoiling me in the sense that I could right click on anything and see the hp number. Can't seem to do so in Avadon and Avernum: EftP.

It'd be nice if this reached a larger (and interested) audience, and I might even be interested in returning to BoA more than once or twice a year if it did, but it doesn't seem likely.

Iffy made over 50 posts on his first day to get a new title.

I'm fairly certain the number was 30.

From Randomizer's comment earlier, I'd say we're probably done. In any case, we're running out of active midbies. I certainly haven't been asked. I'll have to check in with Nioca, Dantius, Dinti, Ex, Iffy... okay, maybe there are a few options left. VCH 2012!

Bah, I'm one of the most inactive midbies who still clicks here.

I've eaten most of the standard meats, including buffalo, but except for elk. I'd like to try elk, though. I hear it's pretty good when made into jerky.

I've had the standard assortment of fish--some whitefish, oily fish, and also a bit of crab. I don't care much at all for seafood, though.

I generally prefer beef (as long as it isn't too tough) or chiken. Overall, I haven't really had any exotic meat.

I remember making grand total of one post on Desp, then fleeing. I'm not sure anything actually happened; I think I just got overwhelmed. I imagine Trenton might feel that way after a couple of hours in the CalRef chat.

We've been holding back on our more...explicit conversations.

I feel this is appropriate.

Bah, when is SW not silly?