…i work with mostly first and second-generation immigrants from all over the world, and a common pattern i’ve noticed among established first-generation immigrants is strong anti-immigrant sentiment; a little bit that they emmigrated to get away from those people, a little bit f*ck-you-i-got-mine…
(i actually thought this was ammunition from an old disc gun)
…all my turntables have included 45RPM adapters for the spindle; never needed anything separate for the records…
…i have a 5" adapter ring for 3" compact discs, though: that has seen legitimate use in all my slot-loading players, although drawer-loading players always included detents for smaller discs, and of course portable players snap directly onto the spindle…
…that was a significant theme in 2061: oddysey three…
…those are what i use, but whereas i can avoid touching anything with my hands until using a towel and any residual dampness air-dries between my fingers and skin, hopping across the bathroom to a towel one foot at a time is awkward and best and my feet are pretty much going on the ground immediately after mostly-drying them…
…washing my feet in the sink is trivial; drying them well-enough not to track around slightly-damp feet afterward is a hassle…
feet.
…it’s a tarantino thing…
…yeah, i think that’s an essential cultural distinction between tabletop and videogame backgrounds; i started seeing the transition in campaign styles in parallel with the advent of structured narratives around the mid-eighties leading into the nineties…
…by contrast, our groups routinely swap DM roles across multiple tables which all share the same more-or-less persistent world, although individual character and DM experiences can vary within the boundaries of narrative coherence…that sustained investment is the fundamental point of of our tabletop campaigns; it distinguishes freeform from prescribed gameplay and is why we chose open-ended campaigns over closed-form boardgames…
…are you familiar with the old RPGA living campaigns?..ignoring the structured campaign setting, that style of pickup game used to be how most folks played…
…if player characters aren’t at liberty to move between campaigns, then ultimately no, they don’t have agency: they’re just ephemeral labor playing-out the DM’s narrative with nothing to show for it afterward…
…mind, i’m not damning that arrangement - some folks enjoy the transient experience - but i have no interest in investing my own creative energy toward anything that i don’t keep…
(i already deal with that sixty-five hours every week and remuneration barely suffices to stay my contempt)
…folks frequently presume i’m a recording on telephone calls; i used to do radio so i guess my extemporaneous diction comes across more composed than anticipated…
…fair enough; i don’t invest my time in campaigns where players don’t retain agency over their own characters…
…west marches vs. one-shot campaigns, plenty of tables for both styles…
…nah, i have plenty of characters from other campaigns available when the opportunity arises…
…i’m not big on contrived replacements; i may rejoin organically at some point in the indeterminate future but if i’m out i’m out…
…we had the 4016 2001N with an external tape drive: not quite as much geek-cred as the original 2001, but still respectable…
…that page has some cut to balance the preceding fill… 🥁
…if there’s one thing bob and doug mckenzie taught me, it’s that time stamps are very difficult to fake…
…there’s one clear victor and it’s not even close…
“You unleash a string of insults laced with subtle enchantments at a creature you can see within range.”
…its only component is verbal, and while it’s not subtle casting it’s fair to characterise as subtle casting; i’d argue for first-round surprise in the context of open dialog and in fact that’s how we’ve played it at my tables…