Posted by Xander on 8 July, 2010 – 4:02 pm
An oft complained about song by my friend from school comes to mind today.
I doubt he would argue with this case though.
My bosses came to me with a new contract this week, more money and more hours. So kinda wheel and woe right? Well they added the caveat that they wanted my memory to improve… no mean feat in my terms. In fact they went on and on about it almost as though they knew their purchase on this as a complaint was shaky at best.
Then the irony. Today I handed my cup to one of them asking for a cup of tea as he went to get himself a drink (he did offer, just in case you’re wondering). He returned some 5 minutes later with nothing chastising himself for forgetting and taking my snide remarks in his stride. He left and returned again 10 minutes later with, in his hands, his bottle of squash and my cup… of coffee…
Lesson 1 never be a smartass as there’s always going to be a bigger fish and you might just end up falling over it and looking like a real idiot.
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Posted by Xander on 7 July, 2010 – 9:34 am
No matter what anyone tells you… aside from me of course as I know more than all of them and their respective mothers put together of course… your registry is the lifeblood of your computer.
If your computer slows down, penny to a pinch of snuff that your registry is at least partially to blame. Computer keeps crashing? Could be a fragmented registry.
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Posted by Xander on 5 July, 2010 – 9:04 am
I started out writing about roleplay games for those who already played but the more I think about it the more I’m of the thinking that I should include those new to the game as without them the hobby dies off and writing for the community of roleplayers possibly means a lot of deaf ears as I’d estimate that many have already thought what I’m thinking and have written what I have.
Anyhow to aid those unfamiliar with the concept I offer… the wikipedia.
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Posted by Xander on 5 July, 2010 – 8:00 am
A fabulous subject for raising with the competitive. Debate, long used to determine who has the better argument, who’s in the stronger position… however isn’t it all just meaningless hocus pocus which could just as easily be replaced by the pudgel stick system from the TV series Gladiators.
In a debate there are manoeuvres and tactics designed to lead your opponent down a certain path so you can verbally and mentally ambush them later with your killer come back. There’s winners and losers and people deciding this fate sitting as impartial judges on the process. But isn’t this a logical process? Aren’t the great debaters seen as having sharp minds and an excellent grasp of logic?
A bunch of hooey… and I’m only being polite because this is public.
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Posted by Xander on 28 June, 2010 – 5:11 pm
Fantasy RPG settings are usually a well crafted affair with distant cities and intricate politics. The scenery rolls out before you presenting you with idyllic grassland, deep woods and jagged mountains. You can see the smoke rising from the hearths, you can smell the horses and general low tech lifestyle… then you introduce the players and the DM…
Roleplay is one thing and Rollplay is another. To Rollplay all you need is a vague excuse to kill the next thing coming and some dice and structure to decide if it works or not, roleplay is almost a breed apart.
To put it plainly, the problem I’m pussy footing around, if you’re in a fantasy setting then play as a fantasy character and not Neo with a new wardrobe! Read More »
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Posted by Xander on 16 June, 2010 – 4:39 pm
Okay so go look across the internet or your local store and you’ll find d20 roleplay everywhere. It’s omnipresent and kind of the new standard rules system for every game. However all is not perfect or really even well thought out…
At first level you’re basically a commoner with potential. Sure you’ve usually got better strength and constitution (or whatever) than your common pleb but in actual proficiency and competence your about trainee level. Then you go out on your quest for the lost squidgy spoon or your mission to save the republic from dark side wielding bunnies for say two weeks. Now two weeks in an intense engagement means that you’re racking up the good old experience at a frightening rate. It means that when you return to your hamlet you are now usually capable of taking on the guard sometimes all at once as an individual!! It works out that once you’re level 5 then those who are at level 1 no longer pose much of a threat if at all. It also means that for some mystical reason you increase in skill at basket weaving only by killing ugly looking things with a sword or a blaster. Strange no?
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Posted by Xander on 11 June, 2010 – 4:52 pm
I chose this system for my first review because it’s the system we’re currently getting to grips with for our new campaign and new DM.
On first contact you’d be forgiven for thinking that this is just another D20 clone with 3rd/ 3.5 Edition rules throughout. However this is an adapted version of those rules and there are some important differences. For the purpose of these reviews I’m going to assume that anyone who’s interested in roleplaying games has spent enough time with the 3rd/ 3.5 edition version of Dungeons & Dragons to know most of the rules so I won’t go into explaining everything but rather use that as a benchmark for comparison.
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Posted by Xander on 10 June, 2010 – 4:15 pm
For some reason up until this point the only things I’d blog about are those things which I hoped (to one extent or another) that someone else would find interesting. Although I’ve been into roleplay games since I was about 10 years old I’ve never said much about them. I’ve certainly never really aired my thinking in any real format.
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Posted by Xander on 3 June, 2010 – 11:47 am
A thought occurred to me whilst reading some Clarkson. His daughter asked him what the British "do" (or something along those lines). Now he was stuck because we’ve lost our engineering and our innovations only ever see the light of day on some TV show where a bunch of quite fiscally minded people argue whether the idea is profitable or not (The Dragons Den for those in the know). There’s no real drive for the next great thing. Aside from one or two projects and those engaged in classical science it always feels like we’re just following in the footsteps of other countries.
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Posted by Xander on 3 June, 2010 – 10:48 am
It’s been ages since I posted and I’ve got nothing really concrete to put down. Don’t know why but it’s important to me to have a fully formed post before I start writing. I know it’s not like I can get it wrong as it’s my own blog but there you go. Read More »
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