Cleinhun

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    I think it's worth pointing out that during the credits the movie shows the emotions for various minor characters, and they match the gender (and the hair) of the character they're part of. It does seem like Riley is different mostly because she's the protagonist.

     

    Also, was that volcano thing the worst short Pixar's ever done? Even aside from the character designs, it was dull. It's like the script was "volcano romance" and "I guess put a song in it" and they forgot do actually write the rest.

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    It's not exactly D&D, but I'll reiterate here that Campaign from the One Shot podcast folks (and One Shot, for that matter, which explores smaller tabletop games) is great. It's a Star Wars tabletop campaign run in the Edge of Empire system, and it's both funny and dramatic, in turns. Like it should be, I think!

    My friend keeps trying to get me to listen to that one, I guess I ought to give it a shot. I'll report back when I have.

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    My secret plan was to create this thread in the hopes that it would inspire someone else to actually do the work of planning something. Obviously that didn't work out.

    Do we want to meet up in Davis or in Sac? What's more convenient for everybody? Also, does anyone have a weird work schedule of something we'd want to plan around?

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    The latest episode of MBMBAM is possibly the best one that they've ever done, more so even than the one with the "Jimmy Buffett or Kenny Chesney" contest

    Better than Boat Drinks? You've set my expectations pretty high.

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    This seems to me like the sort of thing that would only be interesting if it works as well as advertised, but since this is a kickstarter and not a finished product there's no way to tell. The kickstarter page claims the tech works, but it still reads to me more like "wouldn't it be cool if there was a game like this?" than "this is a gane we are actually capable of making"

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    Wow, this game is crazy.

    I've reached the point where the

    chit-chat window shows up, and that implies, to me, that the games thinks I should be able to figure it out with the information I have.

    Is that an accurate assumption or am I reading too much into that?

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    Something that helped me get more into the game was when my local game store had a core set only tournament, which had a good mix of new and experienced players. I had played a few times before then, but never with anyone who was more experienced that I was, so it was helpful to see how experienced players usually play the game.

     

    A few months later they tried a tournament where you could only use core set + any three data packs, and you had to make both decks from the same three packs. Almost nobody showed up for that one, mostly because it was during finals in a college town, but I thought it was a really interesting format.

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    It appears that there are several thumbs located in the Davis/Sacramento area, and I think we should take advantage of this and have some sort of meet up. If you are in the area check in here so we know how many there actually are, and we can brainstorm some plans.

     

    I think there was another thread for real life meetups, but I really wanted to use this title.

  16. Posted

    I was under the impression that the "lore" of Hearthstone was that it's a card came that exists within the WoW universe. Like if Magic: the Gathering had cards based off real world celebrities. But now we're getting off topic.

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    For a long time I was mostly a t-shirt and cargo shorts kind of guy, but I've recently been trying to expand on that, without really knowing what I'm doing. Something I've been wondering is, how does one make shorts work? It was 95 today, so fuck pants, but are people judging me for my shorts? Are there different kinds of shorts that are seen as more respectable? Or should I just say screw it and stick to what I already have?

  21. Posted

    I think a fantasy adventure is a better fit for the McElroy's style of comedy than fake advice does, and this is coming from a huge MBMBAM fan. I've also been impressed with the stories Griffin has written for the campaign. Or maybe I'm just a sucker for train mysteries.

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    There's just something about it that I don't like, and I can't put it in words very well. I like aspects of it a lot, but it never really came together for me as a cogent, likeable whole.

    While I think the show has continued to get better the longer it goes on, I wouldn't say the difference is ever as noticeable as it was for the really early episodes. Basically, if the show was ever going to click with you, you're probably past the point where it would have.

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    I feel like if you want pixel art to look good you need to have similar constraints on the animation as you do on the art. It doesn't look like they're doing that so the animation is inconsistent with itself, which is too bad, since it looks great some of the time.