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- Mon May 11, 2015 5:41 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler
- Replies: 5185
- Views: 1295927
Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler
Hey, same here!
- Mon May 11, 2015 2:37 am
- Forum: Roleplaying
- Topic: Travellerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
- Replies: 445
- Views: 71036
Re: Travellerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
I really hope we're not going to get into ship-to-ship combat early on, because weapons and repairs sound expensive. Also death.
- Mon May 11, 2015 12:34 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler
- Replies: 5185
- Views: 1295927
Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler
I know I said I wasn't gonna do this because it'd seem childish and pedantic but then I realized that those are core facets of my personality so why not.
Gab about random shit, why don't you.
Gab about random shit, why don't you.
- Mon May 11, 2015 12:14 am
- Forum: Roleplaying
- Topic: Travellerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
- Replies: 445
- Views: 71036
Re: Travellerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
I'm game for relocating to the Marches. Wasn't particularly attached to that sector. Whatever makes it easier on you.
- Sun May 10, 2015 9:50 pm
- Forum: Roleplaying
- Topic: Travellerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
- Replies: 445
- Views: 71036
Re: Travellerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
>tfw no skills above 1
I feel sorta under-powered.
Though I do have both INT and EDU at 12.
I feel sorta under-powered.
Though I do have both INT and EDU at 12.
- Sun May 10, 2015 2:43 am
- Forum: Roleplaying
- Topic: Travellerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
- Replies: 445
- Views: 71036
Re: Travellerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
Yeah, Wyzack, that works. We'll figure out the details at some point when I have internet access that isn't through a phone.
- Sat May 09, 2015 6:48 am
- Forum: Roleplaying
- Topic: Travellerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
- Replies: 445
- Views: 71036
Re: Travellerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
I was wondering how the hell those qualities worked together. Kinda reminds me of Asimov's Foundation.
- Sat May 09, 2015 12:40 am
- Forum: Roleplaying
- Topic: Travellerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
- Replies: 445
- Views: 71036
Re: Travelerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
Oh, I found the document where I was keepng my progress from when I originally generated Mac. Str 6 Dex 9 End 9 Int 12 Edu 11 Soc 6 Starting skills Computers 0 Streetwise 0 Medic 0 Drive 0 Career term 1 Navy, Engineering/Gunnery Pilot 0 Vac suit 0 Zero g 0 Gunner 0 Mechanic 1 Gun combat 0 Recon 1 En...
- Fri May 08, 2015 10:32 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Tabletop Night?
- Replies: 110
- Views: 25158
- Fri May 08, 2015 9:54 pm
- Forum: Roleplaying
- Topic: Travellerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
- Replies: 445
- Views: 71036
Re: Travelerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
EDIT: Hey Azari want to have known eachother from the navy? My guy served from 12 years pre campaign to 4 years, and made officer incredibly fast before an honorable discharge and a bad injury, we may have served together It's possible! I'll have to check my background and stuff when I get home ton...
- Fri May 08, 2015 7:52 pm
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: Humble Bundle Spring Sale
- Replies: 2
- Views: 845
Re: Humble Bundle Spring Sale
Ziggurat is half-off, too. Damn good game, like Binding of Isaac meets Hexen.
- Fri May 08, 2015 7:09 pm
- Forum: Roleplaying
- Topic: Travellerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
- Replies: 445
- Views: 71036
Re: Travelerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
Traveler characters tend to feel like real people as opposed to the weirdly hyper-specialized PCs you usually get in other systems. For example, IRL my big specialty is research, reading comprehension, and writing, but I also have some basic boxing experience and I know generally how to make a welde...
- Fri May 08, 2015 6:29 pm
- Forum: Roleplaying
- Topic: Travellerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
- Replies: 445
- Views: 71036
Re: Travelerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
Huh, she's younger than I recall. Smarter, too. Also holy shit all those skills. Talk about a Jill of All Trades.
IIRC, having a 0 rank in a skill is basic training in it, right? So 1 rank is actually pretty accomplished.
IIRC, having a 0 rank in a skill is basic training in it, right? So 1 rank is actually pretty accomplished.
- Fri May 08, 2015 5:43 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Traitor Ideas you wanna pull off.
- Replies: 302
- Views: 81695
Re: Traitor Ideas you wanna pull off.
I'd like to, in some kind of team antag round (probably rev), implant minions with grenades (you can do that, right?) and have them get arrested for a serious-but-not-kill-on-sight crime, like breaking into EVA or something. Then, when they're in the brig, detonate the bombs remotely. Or better yet,...
- Fri May 08, 2015 5:15 pm
- Forum: Roleplaying
- Topic: Travellerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
- Replies: 445
- Views: 71036
Re: Travelerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
Who's ready for military Chef? I'm ready for military chef. This character creation process is literally the coolest, I wish more RPGs had this. This is so much fun! I know, right? You don't get a ton of control but the novelty and character of it more than makes up for it. So what roles are you gu...
- Fri May 08, 2015 3:56 pm
- Forum: Roleplaying
- Topic: Travellerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
- Replies: 445
- Views: 71036
Re: Travelerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
Anon3 do you have any further data on planet coord 4-1? Or can i just make it up? CO-ORD 4-1 Starport: D - Poor, unrefined fuel, limited repairs Atmosphere: 4 - Thin, tainted (filter) Temperature: 3 - Cold (-51 to 0 C) Hydrographics: 8 - Water world Good lord, it's a poverty-stricken toxic snowball...
- Fri May 08, 2015 2:15 pm
- Forum: Roleplaying
- Topic: Travellerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
- Replies: 445
- Views: 71036
Re: Travelerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere
Ah, good ol' Innerside. A weirder place I never called home.
You've got my character sheet, right, An0n3? Would you mind posting it? I might have it somewhere but if you've got it handy that'd make things a lot smoother.
You've got my character sheet, right, An0n3? Would you mind posting it? I might have it somewhere but if you've got it handy that'd make things a lot smoother.
- Fri May 08, 2015 4:47 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Tabletop Night?
- Replies: 110
- Views: 25158
- Fri May 08, 2015 4:31 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Tabletop Night?
- Replies: 110
- Views: 25158
Re: Tabletop Night?
Aw man, that'd be sweet, but it'd all depend on timing. I already run a Pathfinder game on Friday nights. But if scheduling doesn't work out for me, don't worry about it; I'll happily play if I can, but don't bend over backwards to accommodate me. (Also thank you for reminding me that I need to star...
- Fri May 08, 2015 2:58 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Tabletop Night?
- Replies: 110
- Views: 25158
Re: Tabletop Night?
Jesus Christ I just looked at the playerlist. What was I thinking trying to put Sawrge, Dankman, and Dezzmont in the same room? Fuck me. For once I was the sane, stable guy. Also, if I recall, our ship was called the "Crippling Debt". Traveller's (at least that edition, I think they fucke...
- Fri May 08, 2015 2:25 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Tabletop Night?
- Replies: 110
- Views: 25158
Re: Tabletop Night?
Traveler seems really cool, I have always wanted to try it. Shadowrun is awesome though, I had a blast fucking up street gangs as ! NOT Frank Castle and being gruff and having sweet robolimbs. Count me in We actually had a Traveller game with some of the folks from here running a couple years back ...
- Fri May 08, 2015 2:22 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Tabletop Night?
- Replies: 110
- Views: 25158
Re: Tabletop Night?
These are good links and you are a good person. Thanks mango. Oh, I didn't put them together, just had them bookmarked. I've got a substantial collection on my hard drive, though, so if those go down I can reupload some stuff. But you're welcome! You aren't trying to show up to a serious game as BI...
- Fri May 08, 2015 1:39 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Tabletop Night?
- Replies: 110
- Views: 25158
Re: Tabletop Night?
Here's those links I promised:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/z7zgas ... ng#myfiles
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/2w4a4p ... /RPG_books
There is some overlap.
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/z7zgas ... ng#myfiles
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/2w4a4p ... /RPG_books
There is some overlap.
- Thu May 07, 2015 7:00 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: What do you nerds look like (REDUX)
- Replies: 1290
- Views: 388887
Re: What do you faggots look like (REDUX)
>inb4 it's just a jar of mayonnaise mixed with butter and the serving size is an entire jar Its real and it's pretty dam tasty, make a smoothie along with a few raw eggs and feel like such a fat bastard after a work out. 5000 calories is more than I eat in three days, let alone in a single sitting....
- Thu May 07, 2015 5:15 pm
- Forum: Thinking Cap
- Topic: Nice tune, real easy
- Replies: 953
- Views: 247550
- Thu May 07, 2015 3:16 pm
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: Mountains of Spamness
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2436
Re: Mountains of Spamness
DANK
DANK
"Gimme a d. Gimme an a. Gimme an n. Gimme a k. What's that spell" "Fuck you."
DANK
"Gimme a d. Gimme an a. Gimme an n. Gimme a k. What's that spell" "Fuck you."
- Thu May 07, 2015 3:14 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Tabletop Night?
- Replies: 110
- Views: 25158
Re: Tabletop Night?
I have this big collection of weird single-pdf/indie RPGs on an external drive that I'd like to try out. I've also got some pages of download links to various systems/standalone games on my home PC; I'll post some links when I get home.
- Wed May 06, 2015 9:21 pm
- Forum: Ideas
- Topic: Full assistant access.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 6704
Re: Full assistant access.
I think the idea is that, once they have responsibilities and consequences for not doing them, they'll be less likely to fuck off and dick around. I'm honestly on the fence about the whole idea, but I understand the logic behind it.
Re: Music
I'm pretty sure I lost control of my bowels somewhere around the 14 minute mark, but I stuck through it because if I didn't I knew I'd get curious and come back to it sometime down the line.
- Wed May 06, 2015 6:54 pm
- Forum: Thinking Cap
- Topic: Nice tune, real easy
- Replies: 953
- Views: 247550
Re: Nice tune, real easy
I honestly double-checked the definition after I posted that, wondering if I accidentally made myself look like an idiot. I always get really nervous using 'fancy' words, despite the fact that words are pretty much all I do.
- Wed May 06, 2015 4:48 pm
- Forum: Thinking Cap
- Topic: Nice tune, real easy
- Replies: 953
- Views: 247550
Re: Nice tune, real easy
I was gonna start a new General Off-Topic thread but I felt like that might be slightly pedantic.
- Wed May 06, 2015 4:28 am
- Forum: Thinking Cap
- Topic: Nice tune, real easy
- Replies: 953
- Views: 247550
Re: Nice tune, real easy
Why the fuck did the general chat get locked?!
- Tue May 05, 2015 7:33 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Shit that flew under my radar
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5162
Re: Shit that flew under my radar
Probably. Would cut back on the meta too, since people can use a telecomms script to achieve the same result. Unfortunately, it also has its issues: 1. What happens when multiple people with the same name are on the station? The probability is slim (unless a geneticists mass-produces UEs), but it i...
- Tue May 05, 2015 6:51 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Shit that flew under my radar
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5162
Re: Shit that flew under my radar
we could introduce a big red text whenever someone is erased that says "You suddenly feel a hole in your memory. It looks like you can no longer remember [Name Here]... Who?" it would help with RP but not with meta Would it be possible for a global wordfilter to replace the erased person'...
Re: Music
Move over, scrubs, the ultimate song is here
https://soundcloud.com/psycosis91/the-internet
It's like the musical equivalent of getting pepper-sprayed while someone pukes on your lap.
https://soundcloud.com/psycosis91/the-internet
It's like the musical equivalent of getting pepper-sprayed while someone pukes on your lap.
- Tue May 05, 2015 5:46 pm
- Forum: Coding Feedback
- Topic: It's currently to easy to call the shuttle.
- Replies: 45
- Views: 14479
Re: It's currently to easy to call the shuttle.
One of the most common themes I see is the "we can fix this!" crowd not understanding the sheer extent of the damage. Like, it's easy to say "oh, that's nothing" when the singularity seemed to wander away from the station from your perspective; in reality, all of science is gone ...
- Tue May 05, 2015 4:02 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Stories of Awesome (Or something close to it.)
- Replies: 2028
- Views: 665652
Re: Stories of Awesome (Or something close to it.)
I just finished a round on Basil as Evan Abrams, the bumbling-but-well-meaning RD. I was futzing my way through the research levels when vines started growing through the southern wall and plant-y hell broke loose. Cue lots of screaming and running amok as the vines just explode all over the station...
- Mon May 04, 2015 9:57 pm
- Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
- Topic: Should people be allowed to suicide at roundstart
- Replies: 193
- Views: 50476
Re: Should people be allowed to suicide at roundstart
While I voted for the middle option (because I don't have a spine/opinions of my own), it really is irksome when this happens sometimes. I've had times as an engineer where there were four engies on the manifest, but I was the only one who wasn't braindead/word-go suicide. As you can imagine that ma...
- Mon May 04, 2015 9:48 pm
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: Endless Space - Space Lord galaxy grabbin' LP
- Replies: 55
- Views: 16358
Re: Endless Space - Space Lord galaxy grabbin' LP
Sir Topham Kek
- Mon May 04, 2015 7:49 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Ambitions General
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13371
Re: Ambitions General
I used to be really into martial arts but my hips started to seize up and I couldn't really keep up with all the kicks and things in Isshin-ryu karate. Got up to blue belt after a few years, which really isn't saying much. I know that regardless of how much I practice or study or train I'm gonna get...
- Mon May 04, 2015 5:56 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Ambitions General
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13371
Re: Ambitions General
Purple belt in Brazilian-jiu-jitsu. Any other grapplers/wrestlers? I dabbled in boxing, and I used to study karate. We learned a few joint locks and grapples there, but not a ton. Did learn that I'm what's called a 'non-responder'--pressure points aren't debilitatingly painful to me. Sure, they're ...
- Fri May 01, 2015 10:10 pm
- Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
- Topic: Workplace Invaders
- Replies: 55
- Views: 13930
Re: Workplace Invaders
He spaced a dude he had in cuffs as a sec officer, a bit excessive when you already have a guy completely helpless. The ban appeal is still in progress so the situation around the punishment there might change. On that specific point, yeah if you're there doing your job and some asshat starts busti...
- Fri May 01, 2015 9:50 pm
- Forum: Closed Policy Discussion
- Topic: Workplace Invaders
- Replies: 55
- Views: 13930
Re: Workplace Invaders
I know I don't play very often, but this is an issue that almost invariably comes up when I do. As the RD passing by I've seen so many people clamber into robotics and demand to be borged, even going so far as to hijack the fabricators and print their own parts. I've wanted to fucking brain those id...
- Fri May 01, 2015 9:31 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Ambitions General
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13371
Re: Ambitions General
It's a shame people get so fixated on this crap and take this one game so seriously. One of the unexpected benefits of ADHD (or whatever I have that makes me unable to concentrate, the jury's out on that) is that it makes it all but impossible to obsess over things. It keeps me from taking stuff to...
- Fri May 01, 2015 4:58 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: JOB GENERAL
- Replies: 144
- Views: 43412
Re: JOB GENERAL
That sort of experience can be invaluable on a resume, or at least I'm told.Wyzack wrote:I finally may have found someone to let me work in their lab for free this summer!
That sounds less awesome when i type it out, but at least i will be able to do cool research shit like i have always wanted
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:38 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Ambitions General
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13371
Re: Ambitions General
All our respective municipalities suck. If there was a brand new city being built right now--like, from the ground up, not just growing out of a small town into something larger--I'd want to live there. History is important, but shit, I don't want to live around it. I need someplace that feels alive...
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:07 pm
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER
- Replies: 50
- Views: 17954
Re: TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER
Deathwing here. All other upcoming WAMHAM games are shit. Space Hulk Terminator game from the guys who made E.Y.E. Y'know, maybe I'm a giant pussy, but I am so fucking happy for those guys. They started with what was basically a 40K fangame and now they're making a real 40K game. That's what I call...
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 2:38 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Ambitions General
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13371
Re: Ambitions General
Thing is, I don't really have any ambitions. I never thought about what I wanted while I was growing up because it didn't matter. Now I'm trying to piece together these half-formed ideas in my head to try to figure out what I'd actually enjoy doing. If I manage to figure that out, then I'll see if i...
- Wed Apr 29, 2015 10:55 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: JOB GENERAL
- Replies: 144
- Views: 43412
Re: JOB GENERAL
That's great! Always nice to hear of someone living life in a way that's satisfying to them.
- Wed Apr 29, 2015 5:32 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: JOB GENERAL
- Replies: 144
- Views: 43412
Re: JOB GENERAL
Is there anything more satisfying at work than bollocking someone for being stupid, especially when they're usually a condescending bitch? I'd say having someone praise you for doing "excellent work" in a "timely manner" when you honestly took way longer than you should have on ...