RANDOM VIDEOS THING

[saulfenky2470]

i love that random video link you see in the sidebar. but what i dont like is when it links you to a video up on the escapist. what i like to do is click a random video then watch it then click another random video, rise lather repeat. but when i get linked over to the escapist the chain is broken. cause if you hit back/refresh its the same random video.

just a rant to make your day happier.

[Elomin Sha]

Booooooooooooo, get off the stage. Where's the fruit seller when you need them? Booooooooooooooo.

[Danzama]

I agree with saulfenky2470, although it's not their fault, it is annoying

[Dutch guy]

And +1 from me too.

[the amativeness]

And +1 from me too.

And my axe.

[Graham]

Best I can suggest is to open it in a new window.
Sorry! We can't really fix that without just removing Escapist videos from the rotation, which would be worse.

[Evil Jim]

1. Go to the Video Archive page
2. Roll a D20. This will tell you which page to go to.
3. Roll a D10 + a D20. This will tell you how many videos down to count. Select & watch that video.
4. Return to the Video Archive page.
5. Repeat.

[Zombaholic]

I fire my bow at Small Time, I get a plus 1 with my fire damage...

[Vaughn]

Wait 5 minutes, reload, and it changes?

something like that?

[Evil Jim]

I fire my bow at Small Time, I get a plus 1 with my fire damage...

You neglected to paint your bow black so it still obviously looks like a toy that fires suction cup darts. Your target laughs in your face.

[Dubious_wolf]

1. Go to the Video Archive page
2. Roll a D20. This will tell you which page to go to.
3. Roll a D10 + a D20. This will tell you how many videos down to count. Select & watch that video.
4. Return to the Video Archive page.
5. Repeat.

I have used similar methods and can confirm it's effectiveness.

[saulfenky2470]

i remember this one time i think it was my first time playing dnd, anyway i was a dwarf. and i had an axe with +15 to attack and all that goodness. BUT ONLY 3 HEALTH. when i rolled my guy my rolling was awful. but i got like 7 nat-20's in a row once. so in battle you want me rolling, but let someone else roll my stats

[The Jester]

How the hell would you get a Dwarf with 3 hit points?! And an axe that gives you +15 to hit at first level?

[saulfenky2470]

i rolled a 3... and the axe was a gift from our quester guy.

[Elomin Sha]

I accidentally team killed.

[saulfenky2470]

you would

[The Jester]

But... you don't roll for HP at first level in the normal 3.5 rules. The HP's set, and then you roll the die your class dictates every time you level above that. Ah well... vOv

[empath]

1. Go to the Video Archive page
2. Roll a D20. This will tell you which page to go to.
3. Roll a D10 + a D20. This will tell you how many videos down to count. Select & watch that video.
4. Return to the Video Archive page.
5. Repeat.

I have used similar methods and can confirm it's effectiveness.

...despite never getting the opportunity of seeing any video that is listed first on any page. (d10+d20 ~ {2,30}, 1 never comes up)

[Lord Chrusher]

I am sure you can use your computer as a random number generator. For instance in Python:

Code: Select all

>>> import random
>>> random.randint(1, 30)

Not quite as fun as rolling dice but it gets the job done.

[Dubious_wolf]

1. Go to the Video Archive page
2. Roll a D20. This will tell you which page to go to.
3. Roll a D10 + a D20. This will tell you how many videos down to count. Select & watch that video.
4. Return to the Video Archive page.
5. Repeat.

I have used similar methods and can confirm it's effectiveness.

...despite never getting the opportunity of seeing any video that is listed first on any page. (d10+d20 ~ {2,30}, 1 never comes up)

While you are correct, I assert you don't need to see these as they are the most recent and freshest in your mind.

[Myrph]

1. Go to the Video Archive page
2. Roll a D20. This will tell you which page to go to.
3. Roll a D10 + a D20. This will tell you how many videos down to count. Select & watch that video.
4. Return to the Video Archive page.
5. Repeat.

I have used similar methods and can confirm it's effectiveness.

...despite never getting the opportunity of seeing any video that is listed first on any page. (d10+d20 ~ {2,30}, 1 never comes up)

Except new videos are added a couple of times a week, so every week, each video is shifted several places down from where it was the previous week, and as such if you space out you random viewing habits sufficiently, the videos that you would have missed from not being able to roll 1 on two dice are now available to watch and a different video sits in the awkward position, ready to move the next time a video is added to the list.

@Dubious_Wolf - You consider the Nanaimo Road Trip 2 video which sits in position 1 on page 14, uploaded on Jan 27, 2007 to be sufficiently recent to be fresh in the mind so not needing to be watched?

[Evil Jim]

Except new videos are added a couple of times a week, so every week, each video is shifted several places down from where it was the previous week, and as such if you space out you random viewing habits sufficiently, the videos that you would have missed from not being able to roll 1 on two dice are now available to watch and a different video sits in the awkward position, ready to move the next time a video is added to the list.

Exactly, thank you. I had hoped it wouldn't need explaining. Anyway, it does work.

[saulfenky2470]

yeah the hole roling die thing is fun and all but i like to just sit and hit one button to take me to a new video.

[the amativeness]

1. Go to the Video Archive page
2. Roll a D20. This will tell you which page to go to.
3. Roll a D10 + a D20. This will tell you how many videos down to count. Select & watch that video.
4. Return to the Video Archive page.
5. Repeat.

I have used similar methods and can confirm it's effectiveness.

...despite never getting the opportunity of seeing any video that is listed first on any page. (d10+d20 ~ {2,30}, 1 never comes up)

Better solution: roll a d6+d10. If the d6 is a 1 or 2, ignore it and use the d10 value (1-10). If the d6 is a 3 or 4, add 10 to the d10 value (11-20). If the d6 is a 5 or 6, add 20 to the d10 value (21-30).

[saulfenky2470]

GUYS ITS MY BREAK FROM SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, MATH AND ME DONT LIKE EACH OTHER OUTSIDE OF DND AND SCHOOL