Critics who treat adult as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence.
- C.S. Lewis
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That movie I actually want to see.
: Goes back to Mad machinations.:
a WH40K game, reviewed by the great wolf himself.
also, fuck leandros. he's exactly the kind of smurf that chou hates.
Hm. My GM tactic of 'getting recalcitrant player to post through violence' seems to be working.
^_^
Why are we here?
"Superboy Prime (the yelling guy if he needs clarification)..." - Postmania
"...dropping an orca whale made of fire on your enemies is a pretty strong opening move." - Nik
"Why throw punches when you can be making everyone around you sterile mutant corpses?" - Pendaran, regarding Dr. Fate
I blame slow posting (in part, my fault for sure).
.....
Also, unaggressive players. ^_^
I will note, however, that my tabletop games can go multiple sessions without any actual combat. This is for a multitude of reasons, including (but not limited to):
1. Players who love to RP;
2. A GM who likes intrigue and only dramatically appropriate action;
3. Players (back to them) who love to PLAN (my god, if they KNOW there's going to be a fight, they beat the planning into the ground...and are fully aware that said planning will probably fall apart quickly, but will at least keep the framework intact).
These players make YOU guys look impulsive when it comes to the planning.
I mean, when they assaulted the Eye of the Hurricane, it was -- I kid you not -- TWO full eight hour game sessions of nothing but discussion, finalizing plans with allies, slowly moving in, etc (also RP, but most of that was 'finalizing plans' and the like). That's not to count the actual lead-up to that time of planning, which involved travelling around getting as many allies/interested parties as they could on board (including two of the people running Phaion, because absolutely they would want the Eye taken out if possible, which provided the players' support system and 'take and hold' troops).
...and yeah, it did fall apart in the end (outside interference!), but whoooo, did they hold that plan together for a while and beat unholy hell out of that pirate city. And won. The ancient dragon barfing lightning all over them and one of the people they wanted to question might have eaten up a chunk of the city, but it was pretty much over by that point.
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Why are we here?
"Superboy Prime (the yelling guy if he needs clarification)..." - Postmania
"...dropping an orca whale made of fire on your enemies is a pretty strong opening move." - Nik
"Why throw punches when you can be making everyone around you sterile mutant corpses?" - Pendaran, regarding Dr. Fate
I’m gonna miss San Diego. I’ll try to come back for comic con. If I don’t make it for that then I’m definitely doing Wasteland Weekend.
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THE CBR COMMUNITY STANDARDS & RULES ~ Know them. Follow them. Love them.