[EmperorMagus]

Bachelor King, on 14 January 2020 - 11:21 PM, said:

Getting drawn into my sisters fucking shared relationship drama and now so is old man. Her and her cousin that wanted me to wiggle my bean have decided to share the cousins boyfriend and now after a few months it's failing apart. Go figure... now we have to "extract her" Thursday because things have really fallen down the tube. I'm like beyond frustrated at her as she had her old fiancée who she left to go play sister wife blow our old mans phone up to tell us about the Thursday extraction cause the cousin and boyfriend won't let her use their phones. She's not in any physical danger they just being dumbasses.

I just want to play Death Stranding dammit.

Do you live in a soap opera?

[Slow Ben]

Its like Cajun Days of Our Lives.


You should have your own reality show.

[Tsundoku]

Slow Ben, on 15 January 2020 - 03:36 AM, said:

Its like Cajun Days of Our Lives.


You should have your own reality show.

*coughSwampPeoplecough*

[Andorion]

Christopher Tolkien has passed away

[QuickTidal]

Andorion, on 16 January 2020 - 06:12 PM, said:

Christopher Tolkien has passed away

Saw this. Sad as he gave us so much of his fathers unpublished material.

But wasn't he like 99? Long life, can't complain.

[Tsundoku]

Truly one never knows what's going to happen next with BK.

Back to work on Monday.

On the plus side it looks like it's going to be far, far more chilled than my previous workplace.

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 17 January 2020 - 04:39 AM

[Cause]

BK I need more info on this story cause it sounds wild. I’m not entirely sure what happened but it sounds wild.

Also this stuff happens in real life? Go cousins boyfriend.

[Puck]

D&D DMs who think their job it'S to play AGAINST the party, not with it. Fuck's sake, I'd really been looking forward to this campaign.

[Maark Abbott]

Been out with an ear infection. Fucking agony. It's not bad today but there's a nasty headache and lack of energy residing.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Puck, on 19 January 2020 - 01:19 AM, said:

D&D DMs who think their job it'S to play AGAINST the party, not with it. Fuck's sake, I'd really been looking forward to this campaign.

Ouch. I sympathise!

[Maark Abbott]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 20 January 2020 - 09:27 AM, said:

Puck, on 19 January 2020 - 01:19 AM, said:

D&D DMs who think their job it'S to play AGAINST the party, not with it. Fuck's sake, I'd really been looking forward to this campaign.

Ouch. I sympathise!

That will be a DC13 charisma check to see if your sympathy is genuine

[Abyss]

Maark Abbott, on 20 January 2020 - 08:48 AM, said:

Been out with an ear infection. Fucking agony. It's not bad today but there's a nasty headache and lack of energy residing.

That's what you think.
Been to Ceti Alpha 5 lately?

[Abyss]

Maark Abbott, on 20 January 2020 - 12:44 PM, said:

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 20 January 2020 - 09:27 AM, said:

Puck, on 19 January 2020 - 01:19 AM, said:

D&D DMs who think their job it'S to play AGAINST the party, not with it. Fuck's sake, I'd really been looking forward to this campaign.

Ouch. I sympathise!

That will be a DC13 charisma check to see if your sympathy is genuine

This is so amateur hour DM. The point is to tell a story and ensure the players have fun, FFS. Not 'win'.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Abyss, on 20 January 2020 - 03:35 PM, said:

Maark Abbott, on 20 January 2020 - 12:44 PM, said:

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 20 January 2020 - 09:27 AM, said:

Puck, on 19 January 2020 - 01:19 AM, said:

D&D DMs who think their job it'S to play AGAINST the party, not with it. Fuck's sake, I'd really been looking forward to this campaign.

Ouch. I sympathise!

That will be a DC13 charisma check to see if your sympathy is genuine

This is so amateur hour DM. The point is to tell a story and ensure the players have fun, FFS. Not 'win'.

Abyss, we have a player in our campaign who could use some of your wisdom re the point is not to win!

[Macros]

If you ain't winning, you losing

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Macros, on 21 January 2020 - 09:18 AM, said:

If you ain't winning, you losing

Or in his case, if you ain't winning, you fluff your dice rolls until you are

[Abyss]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 21 January 2020 - 09:09 AM, said:

Abyss, on 20 January 2020 - 03:35 PM, said:

Maark Abbott, on 20 January 2020 - 12:44 PM, said:

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 20 January 2020 - 09:27 AM, said:

Puck, on 19 January 2020 - 01:19 AM, said:

D&D DMs who think their job it'S to play AGAINST the party, not with it. Fuck's sake, I'd really been looking forward to this campaign.

Ouch. I sympathise!

That will be a DC13 charisma check to see if your sympathy is genuine

This is so amateur hour DM. The point is to tell a story and ensure the players have fun, FFS. Not 'win'.

Abyss, we have a player in our campaign who could use some of your wisdom re the point is not to win!

To be fair, many many people new to RPGs don't grasp this concept of playing for fun rather than to win. It runs contrary to how most games are played, and kind of has to be learned. Trying to get a newbie used to first person shooters to grasp that working WITH the other players and actively working within the STORY to do something other than stab kobolds and sautee goblins can be tricky.
Cooperative games like SETTLERS OF CATAN, etc, are an exception to pretty much the entire field.
The player has to be open to it, and the rest of the table has to be open to encouraging the concept.

And if it's the DM... yeah, you're likely screwed, because 'Oh you beat ten goblins huh? well, here come TWELVE HOBgoblins. And three trolls. Three TWO-HEADED trolls. WITH .50 CAL MACHINE GUNS MWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA roll for initiative."

To say nothing of the Nilbogs.

[Tiste Simeon]

Terry Jones, one of the Pythons, has died.

[QuickTidal]

Tiste Simeon, on 22 January 2020 - 12:49 PM, said:

Terry Jones, one of the Pythons, has died.

Saw this. Super sad.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

First day in my new gym yesterday (moved with my PT). Three others came over from Wakefield as it was PT's first evening teaching classes, and I'm so glad we were there because this gym is utterly miserable. Not a single person thanked her at the end of classes, just left without a word. Nobody queues or waits, they just barge through because they're clearly more important, and there is no talking or laughter or any levity at all (which we had in abundance at the old one) - they're all just stone faced and miserable. It's also the first time I've been wolf whistled at in a gym (don't get me wrong, I completely ignore it, but added to everything else you definitely register it's a very different atmosphere).

Hopefully it'll improve for PT teaching once she's had a few weeks at it. I'll happily go to a gym and get on with what I'm doing and ignore everyone, so I can't say it will stop me going or anything, but I think we all left with new found appreciation for the old gym. It had its problems but at least the atmosphere was pleasant.