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Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Posted by The ForceFor group 0
Haarmon Dak
player, 900 posts
Are you talking to me?
Tue 12 Jan 2021
at 20:43
  • msg #274

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

I'm on my third test. Twice because my wife had a new fever, once because a guy in my office tested positive. All negative.

I am also generally less than enthused by the leadership around this, but just before the numbers started climbing, I heard so many people complaining about all this 'fuss for nothing.'

Like they do about the Y2K bug.

People don't understand that, if you take good enough precautions, it feels like you did it for nothing.

I'm sorry to hear about your daughter as well, Juragga, and I'm glad you continue to test negative, Shard.
Shard
player, 1561 posts
Most days, I'm tired.
...or drunk.
Sun 17 Jan 2021
at 11:40
  • msg #275

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Three tests...urgh.  And yes, we had people saying similar things up here.

...didn't help that our leaders were effectively encouraging it.  Even recently.  "Hey, the situation is dire right now!  So we're going to put the province into lockdown!   ....AFTER the weekend, so get your Christmas shopping finished!"
The Force
GM, 1201 posts
These aren't the dice
rolls you're looking for.
Sun 14 Feb 2021
at 07:57
  • msg #276

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Posting this in all of my games.

Due to a recent, and sudden, change in circumstances, I'm afraid that I am unable to continue GMing games for the time being.  As a result of this, all of my games are closing, with immediate effect.

While I may return to GMing in the future, I can not guarantee that I will pick up any of my current games again.

Apologies to all of my players, it has been a pleasure gaming with you all.
Rhijans Thanus
player, 1553 posts
Just let me do my job and
nobody else gets hurt.
Sun 14 Feb 2021
at 09:27
  • msg #277

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Well...that's disappointing.  But understandable.

It's been a pleasure, truly.  I'll keep my fingers crossed that things change again and you can resume...but I won't hold my breath for it.

Best wishes to you all!
Haarmon Dak
player, 905 posts
Are you talking to me?
Sun 14 Feb 2021
at 15:40
  • msg #278

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

I hope you're okay Ron, and I hope things get better. This has been the single greatest and most satisfying role-playing experience of my life and I will genuinely miss each and every one of you.

Thank you everyone.
Juragga
player, 691 posts
Wookiee Warrior
Bringing the Boom
Mon 15 Feb 2021
at 02:36
  • msg #279

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Ron, thanks for everything, and best of wishes! Let us know if we can assist you in any way.

If any of you are looking for games, or are in games that need players, maybe we can keep in touch?

Thanks to Ron and the rest of you, this has been a fantastic game.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:53, Mon 15 Feb 2021.
Shard
player, 1568 posts
Most days, I'm tired.
...or drunk.
Tue 16 Feb 2021
at 01:49
  • msg #280

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Oh my goodness, Ron!  I hope that you are well...

I will sorely miss our games, but it's far more important for you to get whatever you require.    Your life, your circumstances, those things are the critical ones.

Everyone, I've been...so blessed to have this experience with you.  I hope to see you around, though I'm not here as often as I used to be.  Maybe we'll get to play again in the future, maybe even with Ron.

Regardless, I wish everyone the best, and hope that we meet again!

PS - anyone wishing to rmail me, I go by Raffles here.  ^_^  Love to all of you!
This message was last edited by the player at 01:56, Tue 16 Feb 2021.
Haarmon Dak
player, 906 posts
Are you talking to me?
Tue 16 Feb 2021
at 02:14
  • msg #281

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

I'm truemane. Feel free to rMail any time.
Rhijans Thanus
player, 1554 posts
Just let me do my job and
nobody else gets hurt.
Tue 16 Feb 2021
at 03:06
  • msg #282

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Facemaker329 here.  I'd happily game with any of you any day...maybe even playing a system I don't know.  *grin*  rMail, say hi in Community Chat, whatever.  This game helped keep me sane during some truly infuriating times at work, and I love all of you for that.
Juragga
player, 692 posts
Wookiee Warrior
Bringing the Boom
Tue 16 Feb 2021
at 18:07
  • msg #283

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

My handle is just Dale here on RPOL.

Be safe, and well, guys.  Will miss writing with you. And Ron is a great GM.  I look forward to playing with him again someday, I hope he's OK.

I do run a couple games on RPOL.  Not sure if they'd be to your taste, but you'd be welcome!

Star Trek Adventures set during the Wrath of Khan era, and a Mutant Future/Gamma World game.
Rhijans Thanus
player, 1555 posts
Just let me do my job and
nobody else gets hurt.
Tue 16 Feb 2021
at 20:31
  • msg #284

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Star Trek Adventures...is that a system?  Or the title of the game?  Sounds intriguing...I like the TWOK/TOS movie-era setting...
Haarmon Dak
player, 907 posts
Are you talking to me?
Tue 16 Feb 2021
at 20:50
  • msg #285

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

In reply to Rhijans Thanus (msg # 284):

It's a system. A d20 roll under system. It's not too bad. It's quite open-ended and narrative-driven so there's lots of potential for crazy sci-fi shenanigans.
Juragga
player, 693 posts
Wookiee Warrior
Bringing the Boom
Wed 17 Feb 2021
at 00:57
  • msg #286

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

It's a 2d20 system by Modiphius.  They also use the same (or similar) system for their Conan RPG, and John Carter Warlord of Mars RPG.

You guys would be more than welcome, we're just wrapping up the 2nd mission.  My pacing of late has been almost as bad as it is in here, just due to health issues, but I'm trying to keep it going. ;)

link to another game
This message was last edited by the player at 00:58, Wed 17 Feb 2021.
Shard
player, 1569 posts
Most days, I'm tired.
...or drunk.
Wed 17 Feb 2021
at 01:15
  • msg #287

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Interesting!  I will consider...never been much of a Star Trek person, but then I'm not much of a Star Wars person, and?  *looks around*

I'm already going into Ron-withdrawl....
Rhijans Thanus
player, 1556 posts
Just let me do my job and
nobody else gets hurt.
Wed 17 Feb 2021
at 06:42
  • msg #288

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

I was a Trek fan from way back...I blame my dad, he watched reruns of TOS a lot...not obsessively, by any means, but I kinda attribute my interest in sci-fi to him in many ways.

But Star Wars...I tell people Star Wars was my first love, in sci-fi.  I enjoy Star Trek, but I love Star Wars.  Not obsessively...I don't have all the books, I don't think I've ever read any of the comics, I've seen some of Clone Wars and Rebels...saw a couple of episodes of Resistance and was left flat.  But the original trilogy had a special magic for me.

But, considering I've gone, in the past month, from three active games and one haltingly active game that runs in fits and starts to one active game and the stumbling one, I've got some time...

I'll have to check it out...I'm not familiar with the system, beyond having heard of the company.  I've got a pdf of the John Carter rules somewhere, I'll have to scare it up and take a read through...

And I keep expecting Ron to show up at any moment and say, 'Why are you all still here?  I said the game is done...' *grin*
This message was last edited by the player at 06:43, Wed 17 Feb 2021.
Juragga
player, 694 posts
Wookiee Warrior
Bringing the Boom
Wed 17 Feb 2021
at 14:06
  • msg #289

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

I've run ST:A tabletop to great success.  It's a fun, fast-moving and cinematic game system that lends itself perfectly to Trek, IMO.

The quick-start rules are free on Drive-Thru RPG:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/p...dventures-Quickstart

...and I think on Modiphius' site as well.

Not trying to pimp my game, would just love to keep gaming with you all in some capacity. ;)
Rhijans Thanus
player, 1557 posts
Just let me do my job and
nobody else gets hurt.
Wed 17 Feb 2021
at 15:17
  • msg #290

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

I'll definitely be giving it a look...but probably not today.  I'm working on a shoot for a series of online commercials (freelance set designer), so my day is going to be just a little crazy, what with the hour-drive to the studio and having to pack up set-dressing when it's done tonight...
Juragga
player, 695 posts
Wookiee Warrior
Bringing the Boom
Wed 17 Feb 2021
at 15:34
  • msg #291

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

No worries and no rush.  I'm taking my son to the DMV for his driving test today, and I'm off work until Friday (still recovering from non-Covid lung infection caused by, and complicated by, severe allergies to the #%!@#%% California wildfires).  So I'll be around. ;)
This message was last edited by the player at 15:39, Wed 17 Feb 2021.
Shard
player, 1571 posts
Most days, I'm tired.
...or drunk.
Mon 26 Feb 2024
at 20:23
  • msg #292

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

As said in the wrong thread (of course)…

Seven years and I still love this game.  :)
Haarmon Dak
player, 908 posts
Are you talking to me?
Tue 27 Feb 2024
at 03:44
  • msg #293

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Me too! I still miss you guys.

What are you all doing for role-playing these days? Anything interesting?
Rhijans Thanus
player, 1559 posts
Just let me do my job and
nobody else gets hurt.
Tue 27 Feb 2024
at 05:12
  • msg #294

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Well, I'm in another game that I started playing in just after this game started up...playing a Marine Sergeant-Major sniper in a future-set Earth vs bad aliens (turns out that they're not all bad aliens, but it also turns out that some of the aliens we initially thought were good were just kind of stringing us along, so the 'bad aliens' category keeps shifting...and also includes a bunch of humans who are selling out their own kind...)

It's less fanciful than Star Wars (no Jedi, no Force)...kind of a little bit pulp-fiction heroes, Star Trek, Starship Troopers, and Horatio Hornblower, all mixed together.  But it's been intriguing enough to keep me involved since Day One (out of the original lineup that started the game rolling, there's me and the GM left...the other six or seven players all came in later.  Some of them joined the game, dropped out, and then came back a few years later.

I'm currently heading a covert operation to eliminate a slaver who's well-enough connected on the space station where she's operating that local authorities don't feel like they can take action without causing a backlash...so I'm trying to make it look like rival gang factions went after each other.  The current mark is the third and last one on the list.

Roy (my character there) and Rhijans would either get along really well, or else utterly despise each other.  I'm not sure which.  They're cut from the same cloth, in a lot of ways...which, in my experience, either means you're birds of a feather, or else you recognize all your worst qualities in the other guy and can't stand the constant reminders.  *laugh*
Juragga
player, 698 posts
Wookiee Warrior
Bringing the Boom
Tue 27 Feb 2024
at 15:57
  • msg #295

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

I've been away from RPOL for about a year.  Just recently joined a couple games - one a Mutant Future/Gamma World game where I play a mutant dingo, and a 1st edition AD&D game where I play a young druid.  Both games are new and I've only been in them for less than a month, so... all I can say is, so far, so good. :)

This was a great bunch though, miss writing with you guys.
Haarmon Dak
player, 909 posts
Are you talking to me?
Tue 27 Feb 2024
at 19:08
  • msg #296

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

I had some RL stuff go down in November and I've been away since then. I've been keeping an eye on the Players-Wanted and GM-Wanted forums, but nothing's really caught my eye.

My previous offer to run something for you all still stands, if people have room for a game and we can decide on a story/game/system/setting.

EDIT: Look at Haarmon's little face! It's been so long since I've seen it!
This message was last edited by the player at 19:08, Tue 27 Feb.
Rhijans Thanus
player, 1560 posts
Just let me do my job and
nobody else gets hurt.
Wed 28 Feb 2024
at 03:50
  • msg #297

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

I've had a slight change in employment status (for the better)...I'm an assistant manager in our department, now, and officially in charge of all the technical bits and pieces (I was in charge of it before, just unofficially...it's become my job because literally no one else in our department knows much about lighting, rigging, etc).  This comes with a significant pay raise (like, I'm taking home about $400/month more than I was last year!)

But it has impacted my gaming.  I'm technically GMing a Robotech freeform game (inherited the job from the original GM), but I'm so often preoccupied with work stuff that I haven't had the mental energy to keep up with it.  So, I'm not likely to jump into any new games any time soon...

But if it's the right setting and system, with this group? I might be persuaded...
Shard
player, 1573 posts
Most days, I'm tired.
...or drunk.
Wed 28 Feb 2024
at 13:09
  • msg #298

Re: Yet ANOTHER wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Whee!  Look at everyone’s faces!

Well, they’re not that unfamiliar to me, I just reread the entire game.  ^_^

Sounds like everyone’s doing some interesting stuff, and that life isn’t treating anyone too poorly.  Sorry to hear about the troubles, Haarmon.  Good news for Rhijans!

For myself, I’ve been up-and-down. Had some health scares, but doing OK on that front now. My play post gaming has been minimal since a lot of Ron’s games died, and I’m not in right now.  One game, really.  I admit, I’m not 100% invested in it, but I’m staying in because of the people.

But I’m starting to get back into things now.  So if there was a good game with this group, I would certainly be interested. I absolutely loved playing with you three!
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