April 18th - Installation Anxiety

James · Postby **James** » 18 Apr 2007, 15:31

I return with less lameness and more rockz0rness!

Misty · Postby **Misty** » 18 Apr 2007, 16:01

Okay, I am SO glad you guys didn't use that other ending... I would've been extremely creeped out and a bit concerned for you guys (though knowing that Graham wrote it in the first place makes me concerned anyway)

Melendwyr · Postby **Melendwyr** » 18 Apr 2007, 16:18

"Well, we lost him."

"The Linux experiment is a failure. Now let's see how many golf balls we can fit in his mouth."

"Hooray!"

Alja-Markir · Postby **Alja-Markir** » 18 Apr 2007, 16:24

I'm mid-way through, and regarding Oblivion I can only recommend the following.

http://www.tessource.net/

Lots of great useful mods, I use a few of the model and graphical mods to improve lighting and textures, makes things even more vivid and beautiful. Specifically the Natural Weather addons and the Beautiful People addon.

Also, the original game leveling system is borked by nature, so I recommend you get Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul. It reworks a LOT of issues in the game and makes it much more fun to play. Also, I recommend Movable Bodies for when you want to move a stupid corpse and get something from underneath it without wrestling with it for ten minutes.

More to come as I finish the rest of the cast....

~Alja-Markir~

eiopqrtuwy · Postby **eiopqrtuwy** » 18 Apr 2007, 16:42

I love the endings for the podcasts, crude but funny.

And if you ever need to verbally refer to me just use my forum rank. I fully approve its use as my nickname.

Alja-Markir · Postby **Alja-Markir** » 18 Apr 2007, 17:04

Damn! I am unable to comply with the challenge! I have no exposure to the actual paper materials of a tabletop game, and I'm not about to search through 41 pages of posts by Alex to find whatever one thread you refered to in the cast.

Bah, I might just do it my way. And by my way, I mean a highly inaccurate parody of the sterotype of D&D that I am familiar with. With wild abandon and a mish-mosh of styles.

I expect a low turn-out on this one guys. Far too specific a geeky thing, no supplied aide for those not already familiar with the topic.

~Alja-Markir~

Melendwyr · Postby **Melendwyr** » 18 Apr 2007, 17:14

I could probably manage LRR slash if Capt. Jack Harkness is also permitted.

Melendwyr · Postby **Melendwyr** » 18 Apr 2007, 17:14

Alja-Markir wrote:Damn! I am unable to comply with the challenge! I have no exposure to the actual paper materials of a tabletop game,

www.d20srd.org

Entire Open Game Content for 3.5 D&D, including monster stats.

zombine · Postby **zombine** » 18 Apr 2007, 17:20

This is my experience with DnD

The gist of it is that Eric, well, you need a bit more about Eric, or else I won't fill quota. Eric comes quite close to being a computer. When he games, he methodically considers each possibility before choosing his preferred option. If given time, he will invariably pick the optimum solution. It has been known to take weeks. He is otherwise in all respects a superior gamer, and I've spent many happy hours competing with and against him, as long as he is given enough time.

So, Eric was playing a Neutral Paladin (why should only Lawful Good religions get to have holy warriors was the thinking) in Ed's game. He even had a holy sword, which fought well, and did all those things holy swords are supposed to do, including detect good (random die roll; it could have detected evil). He was on some lord's lands when the following exchange occurred:

ED: You see a well groomed garden. In the middle, on a small hill, you see a gazebo.

ERIC: A gazebo? What color is it?

ED: (Pause) It's white, Eric.

ERIC: How far away is it?

ED: About fifty yards.

ERIC: How big is it?

ED: (Pause) It's about thirty feet across, fifteen feet high, with a pointed top.

ERIC: I use my sword to detect good on it.

ED: It's not good, Eric. It's a gazebo!

ERIC: (Pause) I call out to it.

ED: It won't answer. It's a gazebo!

ERIC: (Pause) I sheathe my sword and draw my bow and arrows. Does it respond in any way?

ED: No, Eric, it's a gazebo!

ERIC: I shoot it with my bow (roll to hit). What happened?

ED: There is now a gazebo with an arrow sticking out of it.

ERIC: (Pause) Wasn't it wounded?

ED: Of course not, Eric! It's a gazebo!

ERIC: (Whimper) But that was a plus three arrow!

ED: It's a gazebo, Eric, a gazebo! If you really want to try to destroy it, you could try to chop it with an axe, I suppose, or you could try to burn it, but I don't know why anybody would even try. It's a *)@#! gazebo!

ERIC: (Long pause. He has no axe or fire spells.) I run away.

ED: (Thoroughly frustrated) It's too late. You've woken up the gazebo, and it catches you and eats you.

ERIC: (Reaching for his dice) Maybe I'll roll up a fire-using mage so I can avenge my Paladin.

At this point, the increasingly amused fellow party members restored a modicum of order by explaining what a gazebo is. It is solely an afterthought, of course, but Eric is doubly lucky that the gazebo was not situated on a grassy gnoll...

emma · Postby **emma** » 18 Apr 2007, 18:15

CHERYL BLOSSOM.

Oh god I read too many Archie comics in my youth.

tak197 · Postby **tak197** » 18 Apr 2007, 20:03

zombine wrote:This is my experience with DnD
The gist of it is that Eric, well, you need a bit more about Eric, or else I won't fill quota. Eric comes quite close to being a computer. When he games, he methodically considers each possibility before choosing his preferred option. If given time, he will invariably pick the optimum solution. It has been known to take weeks. He is otherwise in all respects a superior gamer, and I've spent many happy hours competing with and against him, as long as he is given enough time.

So, Eric was playing a Neutral Paladin (why should only Lawful Good religions get to have holy warriors was the thinking) in Ed's game. He even had a holy sword, which fought well, and did all those things holy swords are supposed to do, including detect good (random die roll; it could have detected evil). He was on some lord's lands when the following exchange occurred:

ED: You see a well groomed garden. In the middle, on a small hill, you see a gazebo.

ERIC: A gazebo? What color is it?

ED: (Pause) It's white, Eric.

ERIC: How far away is it?

ED: About fifty yards.

ERIC: How big is it?

ED: (Pause) It's about thirty feet across, fifteen feet high, with a pointed top.

ERIC: I use my sword to detect good on it.

ED: It's not good, Eric. It's a gazebo!

ERIC: (Pause) I call out to it.

ED: It won't answer. It's a gazebo!

ERIC: (Pause) I sheathe my sword and draw my bow and arrows. Does it respond in any way?

ED: No, Eric, it's a gazebo!

ERIC: I shoot it with my bow (roll to hit). What happened?

ED: There is now a gazebo with an arrow sticking out of it.

ERIC: (Pause) Wasn't it wounded?

ED: Of course not, Eric! It's a gazebo!

ERIC: (Whimper) But that was a plus three arrow!

ED: It's a gazebo, Eric, a gazebo! If you really want to try to destroy it, you could try to chop it with an axe, I suppose, or you could try to burn it, but I don't know why anybody would even try. It's a *)@#! gazebo!

ERIC: (Long pause. He has no axe or fire spells.) I run away.

ED: (Thoroughly frustrated) It's too late. You've woken up the gazebo, and it catches you and eats you.

ERIC: (Reaching for his dice) Maybe I'll roll up a fire-using mage so I can avenge my Paladin.

At this point, the increasingly amused fellow party members restored a modicum of order by explaining what a gazebo is. It is solely an afterthought, of course, but Eric is doubly lucky that the gazebo was not situated on a grassy gnoll...

Oh dear god, I have no experience with D & D, but I do have experience dealing with people like that. Often I just point and laugh, but sometimes I want to eat them so they would shut up.

Tensen01 · Postby **Tensen01** » 18 Apr 2007, 20:07

Hmmmm... See, now I'm pissed that I have a rank.

I'd go with GURPS myself(favorite system)... Maybe I'll do it anyways... Hmmmmm yeah

What the hell, why not

Ooh, or maybe 'Tales From The Floating Vagabond'

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[EDIT] Okay, so I'm trying to build Story Guy in GURPS... And I give up... Fuck that... he will NOT fit on a character sheet...

AmazingPjotrMan · Postby **AmazingPjotrMan** » 19 Apr 2007, 05:29

Okay...Paul how did you manage to get Journeyman 3?

And have you guys played Mutant?

dark_realm · Postby **dark_realm** » 19 Apr 2007, 08:31

graham was your video editing dance much like the party hard dance?

mosespippy · Postby **mosespippy** » 19 Apr 2007, 08:34

Congratulations Paul on getting games to work using Boot Camp. I tried running UT with it and it was processing too fast. My fix for it ended up screwing up windows. Couldn't run windows for 30 seconds before it would restart

Melendwyr · Postby **Melendwyr** » 19 Apr 2007, 18:17

Checked out onemorelevel.com . Pandemic is a great game.

Tensen01 · Postby **Tensen01** » 19 Apr 2007, 23:56

Again, I realize, again, that I have a rank and don't want a new one but:

GURPS Andy

click image for DA posting then again for fullsize.

Matt · Postby **Matt** » 20 Apr 2007, 00:17

yeah, that's pretty much what we're looking for.
it's awesome.

-m

JesterJ. · Postby **JesterJ.** » 20 Apr 2007, 00:25

Can I steal it?

dark_realm · Postby **dark_realm** » 20 Apr 2007, 00:49

bahahahaha, i love the second sheet how it has in the possessions "umbrella (stolen)"

Andy · Postby **Andy** » 20 Apr 2007, 01:15

HOLY FREAKING COW, TENSEN!

That's amazing! I'm extremely flattered.

Graham · Postby **Graham** » 20 Apr 2007, 02:37

Okay, someone do something like that!
THAT'S what we're TALKING about!

Try using page 2 of this character sheet PDF. It's really all you need to fill out.
Or try this site for a different sheet.

AmazingPjotrMan · Postby **AmazingPjotrMan** » 20 Apr 2007, 06:41

Okay, that just went from tricky to a hassle since I'm lost when it comes to rules and such...

Alja-Markir · Postby **Alja-Markir** » 20 Apr 2007, 09:57

I guess this proves that sometimes I'm just plain lazy.

I dunno, this particular challenge just doesn't seem fun to me, so I'm not going to bother with it just for a forum rank that will probably be a silly D&D reference. Rather save attempts for when I'll enjoy them.

Sorry lads, slacking off wins versus dopey character sheets. Plus it's easier than forcing myself to try to come up with witty and clever things to do with a character sheet.

Laziness - 1
LRR Fandom - 0

~Alja-Markir~

Tensen01 · Postby **Tensen01** » 20 Apr 2007, 21:20

Andy wrote:HOLY FREAKING COW, TENSEN!

That's amazing! I've extremely flattered.

You're welcome. Hope I got everything fairly right... sorta having to go by what I know based on Videos.

dark_realm wrote:bahahahaha, i love the second sheet how it has in the possessions "umbrella (stolen)"

Well, everything on the sheet is either to do with what I know of Andy or what's happened in Videos. Hence the Erlenmeyer Flask(Toilet Humor), the invisible Weapons(From Sound Wars, which I just now realized I totally screwed up... Andy had the Rapier NOT the Force Sword), and the recent Bank Statement(Street Value)

Glad everyone Digs it

I tried to do one for Story Guy but he So wouldn't fit on a sheet.

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