Heading to work, will have a more engaging post up afterward. Just wanted to throw up yet another hint at another sub-plot completely unrelated to the current oh..five or so the PC's are actively in the center of.
I'm a bit busy today, I'll try to get a post in later.
That sure took a turn for the interesting. Oil and water, these two.
Kassie, I'm guessing grad school in biology?
PhD in Evolutionary Biology - well done! Also read a lot of history and the Byzantine Empire is one of my favourite periods ... I've been kind of playing with creating a Byzantine-themed campaign world.
My interest in South Asian colonial history seems less and less useful in this thread...
I started as a Biology major. I remember my Evolutionary Ecology professor reminiscing about 'spider camp'. We all thought he was a little nuts.
Allie, it's okay. I prefer the Middle East and northern Africa myself.
Yeah, it's quite possible they could have some major philosophical differences. The law vs chaos axis can be quite volatile. Funny thing is that Daen thinks he's helping. I'm sure they could work it out eventually, but it would take time and decent communication. Both things that are sorely lacking for Daen.
As for education, mine was... unorthodox. It only took nine years and four schools to get my bachelor's.
The GM seems interested in exploring the unsavory side of LG and how it intersects with mortal fallibility, based on recent comments, so I think the multiple perspectives will strengthen the game as a whole. Allie's probably somewhere between Grimold and Daen at the moment, and Eckart's somewhere in left field with his plot line, so it should be really interesting to see how this develops.
Wow, I don't feel quite so bad. If I don't have any more hiccups, I'll be looking at three schools and six years. In any case, four year graduation is all but a bold-faced lie these days.
If we do, we do. To be honest, I'm bored with the whole "LG isn't good or lawful" schtick. It's usually just a confusion or lack of definition of terms. DMR is really good at having and developing multiple characters which we can bounce off of as well as each other, and that's what gets me exited about this campaign. He's also got a bit of an E6 thing going on here which I've always wanted to explore. Although to be honest, very few campaigns ever make it past level 6 so I guess they all could be put under that umbrella.
I don't particularly like the alignment system much anyway for anything but broad strokes. There are to many complexities in most characters and alignment shifts in some contexts.
Things get weird when Law, Chaos, Good, and Evil are real, fundamental forces instead of abstract concepts. Of course, so are the Aristotelian elements of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, which is also really weird.
In any case, one can be LG without being a paragon of perfect Law and Good; that's for Outsiders. And, depending on who you ask , not even then.
Daen, you're right about confusion or lack of definition of terms, but that's because neither the system nor the culture have been able to come to a consensus about it.
Meh. I'm just here to game. Exploring the alignment system is okay, and if that's where the game goes, that's okay with me. If not, that's fine too.
It's not really a strong theme. Mystery, intrigue, school/learning and friendship are the themes for the first arc. Second part introduces more political maneuvering and heavy themes of lloss and protection.
Sounds like Elyssa's the inspector's daughter.
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Very Bad Day Save is the worst thing ever!
Now that I think of it, I probably should have made that 20 a diplomacy check...
Yep, still a bad day.
At least it's only a zone of truth :D
Is Eckart still with us?
No, I haven't obtained a replacement yet though. I have no good ideas for introducing a new character other than maybe a transfer from another cohort.
I can start trying to think of options, if you'd like.
That's a bummer about Eckart. That story arc had some of the juciest bits!
I want to get Grimold fully integrated into the group/team/game before snatching up another player first.
Family in town plus working this weekend, so may not be able to post much.
Pity that Eckart's gone,... his story had a lot of potential. :(
It's totally not Leo and Septima. Not sure who it is, but it's not them.
Okay, so, list of plots:
1. Become a Knight
2. Fisk's Secret Meeting/Other Stuff
List of Subplots:
1. Alacarty's Scriptorium (something's fishy and we never resolved it)
2. Rats Everywhere
3. Daen v. Leo
4. The Murdered Oathless
5. Sabotage!
I'm certain I'm missing some somewhere...
I don't know if Daen mentioned it here, but he said he was going to be away for a couple of days in my Kingmaker game. Helping a friend move, or something.
Sorry for the slow-down lately. I've been immersed in trying to learn R after over a year without touching any statistical software.
He, he,... what kind of models are you running? Be aware that lme4 has removed the ability to easily get P-values if you're running glmm's.
No models, really. I'm mostly just using (trying to use) it for data management since I do not have a license for SPSS or STATA. I'm trying to get back into GIS and attempting to make a crime map at the census block level with qGIS. If I had access to incident-level data, I'd love to run some basic correlations comparing their previous residence with the places they plan to move to but..I'm lucky to have county-level data. I'm using the Uniform Crime Reports which should have agency-level stuff, but I can't figure out how to find that or parse it out of the dataset.
If I miss a day of posting here and there, I'm sorry in advance. My grandfather is dying of cancer, and visits are pretty draining emotionally. When I get back home, I don't usually have energy to throw together posts.
Deal with what you have to, that's terrible. I'm sorry for your pain, my grandfather passed away years ago of the same thing. It's terrible watching loved ones pass away slowly. Good luck to you and your family.
Yeah, take care of more important things first. We can be patient.
Sorry to hear that, Allie. I was never really close with my extended family, so it's not something I've had to deal with. Raven, how's the R coming?
Take your time, these situations are not easy.
No models, really. I'm mostly just using (trying to use) it for data management since I do not have a license for SPSS or STATA. I'm trying to get back into GIS and attempting to make a crime map at the census block level with qGIS. If I had access to incident-level data, I'd love to run some basic correlations comparing their previous residence with the places they plan to move to but..I'm lucky to have county-level data. I'm using the Uniform Crime Reports which should have agency-level stuff, but I can't figure out how to find that or parse it out of the dataset.
Haven't really used GIS stuff yet,... may do eventuality , although I'm currently just looking at doing GAM models with a smooth of location (coordinates) - I want to look at environmental factors that influence various features of my systems.
I've never used GAM before. What are you using it to look at? All of my experience has been in sociology with mostly general linear models and some dabbling with HLM for social disorganization. It sounds like you're working mostly with ecology?
Btw, any idea where I can find some good tutorials for R? I can't figure out why sub-setting and pulling out the variable and connected variables I want from the dataset is proving to be so difficult. I have multiple agencies in multiple states and want to reduce it down to just those agencies in one state.
I've never used GAM before. What are you using it to look at? All of my experience has been in sociology with mostly general linear models and some dabbling with HLM for social disorganization. It sounds like you're working mostly with ecology?
Btw, any idea where I can find some good tutorials for R? I can't figure out why sub-setting and pulling out the variable and connected variables I want from the dataset is proving to be so difficult. I have multiple agencies in multiple states and want to reduce it down to just those agencies in one state.
Thinking of using a GAM model to capture environmental variables within my sites by essentially fitting a smooth of birth date to the model... You should be able to subset by state using:
NewDF <- subset(MyDataFrame, State == "Statename")
As far as tutorials, I've mostly found that searching for specific questions. I use "The R Book" (Crowley) - but that's mostly for ecological stuff. I'll have a quick look around and see what I can find.
Thinking of using a GAM model to capture environmental variables within my sites by essentially fitting a smooth of birth date to the model... You should be able to subset by state using:NewDF <- subset(MyDataFrame, State == "Statename")
That'll only work if the data are arranged in a way that id's state as a separate column, if you let me know what the data look like (i.e., what columns are in the dataset) I might be able to see what else might work.
That worked! Although I'm not sure why..I had tried using the subset before and it didn't seem to. Unfortunately, reducing that one variable didn't do as I had hoped and remove other state data from the other variables. I'll have to figure out how to do that but before I do I need to try and figure out if I can get the agency identifiers somehow connected to FIPS or census tract numbers or latitude/longitude.
Continued by PM...
Kassies trying to start the big cohort vs cohort fight this time!
Hate those cohort 2 bastards!
Don't worry about us too much DMR. We're still warming up on some things. We're also not terribly communicative yet, although Daen is learning the importance. He's still just a kid after all, and a horribly sheltered one. We'll get there.
Just another day at school. Brutally physical course work, hallway battles between cohorts and the unrelenting joy teachers get on siccing monstrous beasts on their students.
On another note; posting will become much more consistent starting next week. I got a new job with a steady schedule (finally) and will not have to work evenings, weekends or doubles anymore. I'll likely be posting between 6 and 7 ish Central time on weekdays.
It's like the trifecta of "things that take up time" has all happened within a span of two weeks--got accepted back into a graduate program (online), my wife is going to have a baby and I'm starting a new job. Whoo!
That said, I still have allotted time for the game..so posting rate will not change other than to be more consistent time-wise.
Upon review, aren't stirges tiny? Shouldn't they have to enter my square before attacking? Should I have gotten an attack of opportunity? Not that it will make too much of a difference, but I was a bit curious to see them all not in my square.
If you want to play it like we have for whatever reason, that's cool. Just thought I'd bring it up though.
Yes they are and you do! They're not even proficient with acrobatics, so they have no way to avoid an attack. Go for it. I forgot that rule.
Confusion has set in. Are we up?
No. I was waiting for Grimold's actions to continue.
Okay. Glad I didn't post something, then.
Sorry, it seems like I'm the bottleneck. This wave of tests will be done after today. Finals is in 3 weeks, I'll make a note the week before.