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Project any harder and we could have this conversation on the face of the full moon. This shit is like gambling - where it's not literally just gambling. 'It can't be wrong if it makes money!' is amoral libertarian crap. People had this foisted upon them, until the widespread demand to stop fucking doing it could be dulled to background noise. You're lying about yourself. I *know* you don't like paying for this shit, because *you told me.* So don't fucking roll your eyes and insist someone somewhere must love it. They all know it's a shit deal, as surely as you know it's a shit deal. You're just bargaining around it and refusing to acknowledge that any amount of this is too much.

@futurebird whatever the intent of those who rented the cybertruck , the fascists can always use tesla vehicles for surveillance.

> …yeah so if you’re the kind of player who argues and fights at the table. Maybe stick to structured games with clearly defined rules. You ignored the "or play a game I don't like" part. That is what this process is extremely likely to create. Go look at the blog post again. Go look at those rules. Furthermore, the process described in the blog post is > When a rule is needed, everyone at the table quickly discusses what the gameplay should feel like and what rule(s) would support that. If a majority of players agree on the rule (voting is necessary only if there is dissent) Arguing is built right into the process! Someone proposes a rule, and you talk about it. And you know what I don't want to do? Discuss the merits of rules mid-session. Especially large systems like "how does magic work?" or "can you change someone's mind?". That sounds awful. It's one thing to do a quick "Do you think Alex can climb a ladder with this 'Broken Arm' consequence?" discussion in Fate. It's a whole other thing to invent aspects whole cloth, and then try to integrate them with whatever else people came up with this week. Or, if I pass on discussing why (for example) dropping your sword on a low roll is going to have weird effects, then I end up playing a game with rules I don't like. Why would I want that? What don't you get about this? Do I need to make you a flow chart? ```none System doesnt know how to handle something | |-- Propose a new rule |- is the rule good? --> yes --> oh that is surprising. carry on | no | discuss <-- the void of wasted time | | - were they convinced? --> yes --> go back to 'propose a new rule' | |-- no --> keep discussing? -- yes --> well this sucks |-- no --> give up --------^ ``` Ironically, the game I mentioned as an example of what I do like (Fate) is very light weight. But not so light weight that it doesn't exist, and I have to deal with Brian trying to introduce hit locations mid session, again. You seem to be imagining this like perfectly spherical frictionless group of players that are all super chill, on the same page about everything, and happy to just do whatever. I'm imagining what has been more typical in my experience, which is not that. > Again…this isn’t your scenario. I don’t know what to tell you. You’re conflating taking game systems and adding other mechanics to it and just goofing around and making it up as you go. The blog post is about _building a game system_! Look at all the weird rules they made up! This whole blog post is about taking game systems (ie: rules people know from other games) and smushing them together! Anyone doing this process is going to start with some baseline system(s) in their head. Even if it's just "let's rock paper scissors for it" or "flip a coin". It is in fact _taking game game systems and adding other mechanics to it_. They certainly had fun, but as I said that sounds like my personal hell. > It’s okay to say “I need a game with explicit structure and rules”. That’s fine too, but maybe don’t argue with your players though. Arguing is built into the process described into the blog post. Unless you're splitting hairs and saying "argue" isn't the same as "discuss".

@futurebird there's a similar issue in invertebrate (and also conodont) paleontology; much of the support for it is connected, in one degree or another, to its usefulness in biostratigraphy, and in turn, biostratigraphy's use in mining, especially fossil fuels.

@pandabutter They are kinda doomed poor girls but their mom probably made a bad call when she thought a warm sink was a jackpot. They are not directly harmful, but you don't want them in a pantry. Their numbers would explode and it would be "too many ants."

For me this changes all the time as I invest in developing something, and inevitably something catches my attention. I'm pretty invested in the Open D6 system, so I'm always riffing on this system. Lately I've been penciling out a game where a party is rewarded with the Charter to the king's casino. I started with the idea of inverting Ocean's 11, since every party ever wants to rob a casino as soon as they learn there is a casino. So, the idea is the party has control of a casino and now they have to deal with organized crime, card counters and sharps, rivals, labor disputes, royal demands, and the occasional party that thinks they've got a surefire plan for an epic heist.

@heavyimage @friesen5000 @zoec Hubertus Bigend always wears this annoying blue suit jacket and his "media" "company" is called Blue Ant. (It's a creepy advertising agency.)So he has a famous blue ant coat.

Huh, thanks for clearing that up. So what exactly is the implication of that description, that the run was made with a fixed seed and maybe multiple tries for some of the levels, but on the same seed? Isn't it then extremely suspicious, that it's not stated what seed was being used / how it was fixed?

Yeah, I know. I'm not great at shooters, so I thought I could join and skill up with everyone else. I joined as soon as it was released. I was wrong; everyone was way better than me. I figured I'd try again later, but now I'm not so tempted. I might try it randomly one day when I get some extra time.

@MishaVanMollusq @futurebird It is a good novel, but I don't buy the bit about how the system's societies became decadent and corrupt because they had no hope of interstellar travel.

@melis @c0dec0dec0de @btuftin @dahukanna Please keep things PG 13 OK?

@jgys @cdarwin Can we please just discuss the people who commit crimes normally and not try to make them into ... whatever this is?As cults go, this one seemed pretty textbook and bad. People do this. Every kind of person you can imagine could end up in this kind of thing. I think that's the other motivation to create fake distance when really this isn't anything new. It's just bad.

Eh, I really don't agree that thinking about future rounds is even remotely like gambling. It's not the random chance that makes it gambling, it's the wagering and possibility of a payoff. No one would mistake vanilla solitaire for gambling even though it's based on random factors and minimal strategy. I think what you're referring to as gambling tropes are more *engagement* tactics, which are often used by gambling apps but are fundamentally distinct.

Can we please have this for Lemmy, Mbin or Piefed like the nsfw toggle.

That sounds good

@BrettCoulstock I can't help but admire the sheer audacity of looking at a literal titan a hundred thousand times your size and saying "What you GOT?"I think they mostly do that when near their nest, though, or that's what I've been told. I hope I get to meet one in the wild some day.

@ironcladlou @ryanhodnett @MishaVanMollusq @futurebird they actually eat pests, and are beneficial to e.g. libraries since they eat detritivores like booklice.

Have played the demo and can confirm, great fun I loved worlds adrift back in the day and this demo feels so good to play. Cant wait to see how the development goes and how the final release turns out.

Best of luck to you. I think my code is quite messy but if you can use any of it, feel free!

@nazokiyoubinbou I literally repressed the existence of all of those other connectors from my memories until this moment.