I don't have any bad memories about Microcenter.  So I guess they did something right, or I'd probably remember.

Yeah, I build my own...  but that does have bad memories.  Multiple days of frustration trying to get my OS to work only to find out, "sorry, new motherboard means you can't boot from your old hard drive because windows is freaky like that sometimes."  The only fix was to buy a new hard drive or lose all my data.  Forced me into splurging for a solid state hard drive, so i guess it was for the best in the end.  But DIY can become a major pain in it's own right, so it's understandable when people opt for having someone else put things together that are supposedly 100% compatible.

GOG.com is having a huge Star Wars game sale at the moment.  They have the better ports of the old Tie Fighter etc games than the steam versions, along with the whole "No DRM, so you only need one copy for siblings to play too" situation.

Granted even at $4 per oldschool Star wars spaceship game, you still need a joystick to play those (My fairly cheap "Logitech extreme 3D pro" I got for when I was more active in Elite Dangerous works, if you ever really wanted to play those games but were only willing to pay a $30-40 for a viable joystick)

Just so that you'll know.  I just finished building my first computer.  It was easy to do when you have 90 minutes, a Philips Screwdriver, and a couple Youtube videos.  That's why I was away for most of this week.

Now that I've finally transitioned into "Alice" (Yes, I'm naming my builds) I'll go back to doing my part in the RP tomorrow afternoon.

Congratz!  :)

Do you think that a Jamie/Pan scene would be good in the Togetherness thread before I post there.

And I'll start the first turn int he playtest tomorrow evening.

I can do that, sure.

In reply to Pan Flute (msg # 172):

Don't worry, Jamie doesn't drug the tea, although it's a herbal zen-like tea (Think of Tazo)  Jamie wouldn't do that to someone she sees as a possible friend.  I have to confess that she has done that before, to those Karma sics her on.  (Example, switching drinks to someone who's spiking them without him aware of the switch.  While she's enjoying a long island that she magically purified, the would-be pervert is on the floor or charmed by that Black Widow type who'll ensure that he'll never bother anyone again.)

It might be the late hour, bit I wonder how those two would click.

Honestly it's more like proving his point rather than making him eat his words. "It won't run away because nature is needlessly homicidal... Yes, like that. ow."

Jamie really needs "karma" explained to her by someone.  Even as effective 'Make sure to only maim and murder people nobody cares about' tends to be in gaming and fiction.  Can't say my characters haven't taken advantage of that myself in the past though.

Run a Guy who's last name sounds out phonetically as "The Henchman".  Make the local heroes the most mad when you try to act MORE moral than usual, compared to stealing trucks and then running people/things over with them.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:30, Thu 18 May 2017.

I have to admit that Your Mileage may Vary when it comes to Jamie's sense of justice, a more low-key sense of smiting evil-doers by tricks and pranks. Some might appreciate it, others do not.

I'm more thinking about the mental image of Jamie giving a dramatic speech about Karma, while that black widow killer Jamie is an an accomplice to steadily works through the bar patrons as a morbid background gag.

"It's nice that you smited the creepy guy and all... But could you do something about the serial killer too?"
This message was last edited by the player at 08:21, Thu 18 May 2017.

In reply to James Hill (msg # 176):

In short, use a better image.

I was poking fun at it in the sense of "Basically everybody does this to one degree or another in gaming, even me".  Not any for realizes judgmentalness of pretend characters applying protagonist logic.

Otherwise I'd be too OOCly afraid of Jamie to have Tark risk helping Broth up. Let alone sounding like a disappointed sitcom dad about it.

A better image...  like this one?

https://scontent.cdninstagram....0625_717676626_n.jpg

Well, Meiou? Do you care/mind?

In reply to Nathan (msg # 179):

https://scontent.cdninstagram....0625_717676626_n.jpg

That fits Jamie's image in the RPs to a tee.

In reply to David Foxfire (msg # 181):

Fwee!  :D

I was telling Tim, "A redhead elf with an impish smile was actually pretty hard to find.  I was expecting quite a few.  But most of the redhead elfs out there look angry, unamused, or unhappy one way or another.  A generic smile here and there."

It's about as rare to find an impish redhead elf as it is to find a GUY redhead elf.  Maybe moreso.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:33, Fri 19 May 2017.

In reply to Nathan (msg # 182):

That's why Jamie Wintertouch likes the novelty of being called "The Red Haired Elf," because of her ability to smile and being appreciated for being a ginger and half-fay.  Of course, that would be because she did the Tyrion Lannister approach with her being a Ginger and "Wear it like Armor."  All the usual crap she got when she was younger ended up like water off a duck's back.

sorry would of answered sooner as id told dave and i thought he passed it on. I'm fine with it.

Sorry about the delete.  I thought I'd be able to have a thread developing Pippkin's lair since people wanted to talk more about it, but it might go into off-color territory and Tark reminded me that RPOL might frown upon some sort of thing.  So I deleted the thread.

If I can find a more appropriate venue, I'll use that.

There's a hell of a lot of fine print for both players and GM alike involved if you wanted to go through with such a thing on RPOL, yeah.

Though one of the hard rules is "No non-consensual content". So regardless of player interest, even if everybody involved had crossed every t and dotted every i (Which even those not joining in would have to) that basically means a Chaos Croc clone's gimmick is a nono.

 (don't argue semantics where the Mods rouse themselves from their 10,000 year slumber to get involved.  Unless, again, you're basically trying to get kicked off RPOL on purpose.  Otherwise you can go 10+ years without ever seeing a single mod post outside of the announcement forums like I have)
This message was last edited by the player at 04:20, Sun 21 May 2017.

honestly to me it sounds like the discord channel could be a good place. those interested could join an interact and those not dont have to see it or do anything with it.

Speaking of, I do not have Meiou's or Dave's discord names. Mind tossing those my way?

Please exclude me from anything NSFW.

Meiou#6435

In reply to Nathan (msg # 189):

No problem.  I don't put anyone in anything they don't want to.