Woodraven |
Moff Rimmer |
Ashe Ravenheart wrote:Mairkurion {tm} wrote:** spoiler omitted **
What, you can't think of 20 so that you can rate each one 1-5?
(mathematics graduate)
Actually had a professor in college where we had 20 assignment throughout the semester, each one worth 5 points. The total was our grade at the end of the year.
Maybe I'm being mean by going 0 instead of 1, but they tend to inflate grades. Here's the thing: I've used a spread of five in the past, I think that's too fiddly for them. Many can't or won't bother to distinguish between 5 levels of quality. Also, I don't want 100 to be possible on a non-objective assignment.
For the few who will be pained by the spread, like I would be, I'll tell them they can give a .5 grade in-between if they ABSOLUTELY can't choose between the two.
I had a teacher who said that 91% was an "A" -- he didn't feel it was quite fair that "A" had an eleven percent spread when the rest of the letters only got a 10% spread.
Mike Welham Contributor, RPG Superstar 2012 |
Mairkurion {tm} wrote:I had a teacher who said that 91% was an "A" -- he didn't feel it was quite fair that "A" had an eleven percent spread when the rest of the letters only got a 10% spread.Ashe Ravenheart wrote:Mairkurion {tm} wrote:** spoiler omitted **
What, you can't think of 20 so that you can rate each one 1-5?
(mathematics graduate)
Actually had a professor in college where we had 20 assignment throughout the semester, each one worth 5 points. The total was our grade at the end of the year.
Maybe I'm being mean by going 0 instead of 1, but they tend to inflate grades. Here's the thing: I've used a spread of five in the past, I think that's too fiddly for them. Many can't or won't bother to distinguish between 5 levels of quality. Also, I don't want 100 to be possible on a non-objective assignment.
For the few who will be pained by the spread, like I would be, I'll tell them they can give a .5 grade in-between if they ABSOLUTELY can't choose between the two.
That has a certain logic to it.
Mairkurion {tm} |
Mairkurion {tm} wrote:I had a teacher who said that 91% was an "A" -- he didn't feel it was quite fair that "A" had an eleven percent spread when the rest of the letters only got a 10% spread.Ashe Ravenheart wrote:Mairkurion {tm} wrote:** spoiler omitted **
What, you can't think of 20 so that you can rate each one 1-5?
(mathematics graduate)
Actually had a professor in college where we had 20 assignment throughout the semester, each one worth 5 points. The total was our grade at the end of the year.
Maybe I'm being mean by going 0 instead of 1, but they tend to inflate grades. Here's the thing: I've used a spread of five in the past, I think that's too fiddly for them. Many can't or won't bother to distinguish between 5 levels of quality. Also, I don't want 100 to be possible on a non-objective assignment.
For the few who will be pained by the spread, like I would be, I'll tell them they can give a .5 grade in-between if they ABSOLUTELY can't choose between the two.
At Perkins School of Theology, a 92 or 93 was an A, depending on the prof.
Sebastian Bella Sara Charter Superscriber |
Mairkurion {tm} |
Moff Rimmer wrote:F's get a full 50% so what's the big deal if As get 11%?
I had a teacher who said that 91% was an "A" -- he didn't feel it was quite fair that "A" had an eleven percent spread when the rest of the letters only got a 10% spread.
::0gre, having found M's "Grade Inflation Button" jams it with his massive ogre thumb until sparks start shooting out of the panel::
Patrick Curtin |
Afternoon FAWTLiers. I am feeling Puckish, so I will mug for the Real World cameras in my baggy khahis o'er my goat hooves and spurt some random nonsense to welcome in Yome al-jumaah! (don't say yome al-jimaah by mistake, I found out the hard way that means F&*$ing Day in Arabic)
Dog Rast-stub-fari
Did you know?
That you're a f+~~ing dog ...
Dogs are funny creatures, I have a troika of canis way-too-familiaris snoozing about my pan troglydytus grognardicus personage. Bred through long ages from Siberian wolves, do they dream of ancestral hunts upon the frozen tundra while their paws twitch?
Ah Friday, a day of solemnity, whereof the money gets divided, the bill collectors get excited, But now I'm broke and it's no joke ...
So how is everyone, this fine Nor'Easter of an evening?
Woodraven |
silverhair2008 |
Celestial Healer wrote:
I'm feeling very unmotivated today.
So say we all!
I think I might know where your motivation went. Over the past two days I have been cleaning off my desk and table, and rearranging my bookshelves. Wound up throwing away three bags of old mail and other stuff. I can send your motivation back to you if you want. (Please take it back!)
Mairkurion {tm} |
Afternoon FAWTLiers. I am feeling Puckish, so I will mug for the Real World cameras in my baggy khahis o'er my goat hooves and spurt some random nonsense to welcome in Yome al-jumaah! (don't say yome al-jimaah by mistake, I found out the hard way that means f*+$ing Day in Arabic)
Dog Rast-stub-fari
Did you know?
That you're a f&%*ing dog ...
Dogs are funny creatures, I have a troika of canis way-too-familiaris snoozing about my pan troglydytus grognardicus personage. Bred through long ages from Siberian wolves, do they dream of ancestral hunts upon the frozen tundra while their paws twitch?Ah Friday, a day of solemnity, whereof the money gets divided, the bill collectors get excited, But now I'm broke and it's no joke ...
So how is everyone, this fine Nor'Easter of an evening?
I name thee, SPIRIT OF VLADICU!
And I cast thee OUT! BEGONE, foul Joycean Spirit! BACK to the bowels of Derrida that begot thee!taig RPG Superstar 2012 |
Wet Blanket |
Patrick Curtin wrote:Afternoon FAWTLiers. I am feeling Puckish, so I will mug for the Real World cameras in my baggy khahis o'er my goat hooves and spurt some random nonsense to welcome in Yome al-jumaah! (don't say yome al-jimaah by mistake, I found out the hard way that means f*+$ing Day in Arabic)
Dog Rast-stub-fari
Did you know?
That you're a f&%*ing dog ...
Dogs are funny creatures, I have a troika of canis way-too-familiaris snoozing about my pan troglydytus grognardicus personage. Bred through long ages from Siberian wolves, do they dream of ancestral hunts upon the frozen tundra while their paws twitch?Ah Friday, a day of solemnity, whereof the money gets divided, the bill collectors get excited, But now I'm broke and it's no joke ...
So how is everyone, this fine Nor'Easter of an evening?
I name thee, SPIRIT OF VLADICU!
And I cast thee OUT! BEGONE, foul Joycean Spirit! BACK to the bowls of Derrida that begot thee!
At least you're not banishing him to the tea cups of Derrida.
Mike Welham Contributor, RPG Superstar 2012 |
Jess Door |
Maybe I'm being mean by going 0 instead of 1, but they tend to inflate grades. Here's the thing: I've used a spread of five in the past, I think that's too fiddly for them. Many can't or won't bother to distinguish between 5 levels of quality. Also, I don't want 100 to be possible on a non-objective assignment.
On my high school chemistry research paper, after all his comments was:
-1% because there's no such thing as a perfect paper!
Total: 99%
Patrick Curtin |
I name thee, SPIRIT OF <REDACTED>!
And I cast thee OUT! BEGONE, foul Joycean Spirit! BACK to the bowels of Derrida that begot thee!
SPEAK NOT THE NAME!
Am I some vague metaphorical Hibernian afrit dewey from the scrotumtightening sea athwart the Snotgreen Isle, adrift in a clamshell of obfuscation and library codings?
History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awaken! And my alarm clock has broken!
I fear those words which confuse us so!
So ..whassup Leafy? =P
Mike Welham Contributor, RPG Superstar 2012 |
Crimson Jester |
Ashe Ravenheart wrote:Mairkurion {tm} wrote:** spoiler omitted **
What, you can't think of 20 so that you can rate each one 1-5?
(mathematics graduate)
Actually had a professor in college where we had 20 assignment throughout the semester, each one worth 5 points. The total was our grade at the end of the year.
Maybe I'm being mean by going 0 instead of 1, but they tend to inflate grades. Here's the thing: I've used a spread of five in the past, I think that's too fiddly for them. Many can't or won't bother to distinguish between 5 levels of quality. Also, I don't want 100 to be possible on a non-objective assignment.
For the few who will be pained by the spread, like I would be, I'll tell them they can give a .5 grade in-between if they ABSOLUTELY can't choose between the two.
How about 3 options. bad, ok and good.
The Thing from Beyond the Edge |
Holy Crap!
I can't believe what I just found out. :O
Like every other morning, I parked my car outside the shipyard at 0600 on Madison Avenue next to the Effingham Plaza Apartments and then walk into the yard to get some exercise.
When I walked to my car this afternoon at about 1620, I noticed there was a news van with a tall antenna with a dish on top across the street from my car. There was also a tripod (sans camera) set up in the yard next to the van. There was another van parked a little behind my car and while I sat in my car another van pulled up and parked on the other side of the road.
I was really curious as to what brought these news vans out here and figured maybe it had to do with the really high winds we had in the area.
So, I checked the net after getting home.
Holy crap was I wrong. Here is the real reason they were there...
That cop car in the pics was probably parked 20 feet in front of my car. :O
Urizen |
Mairkurion {tm} wrote:Maybe I'm being mean by going 0 instead of 1, but they tend to inflate grades. Here's the thing: I've used a spread of five in the past, I think that's too fiddly for them. Many can't or won't bother to distinguish between 5 levels of quality. Also, I don't want 100 to be possible on a non-objective assignment.On my high school chemistry research paper, after all his comments was:
-1% because there's no such thing as a perfect paper!
Total: 99%
Reminds me of the frustration I got when my final grade for Greek & Roman Mythology back in high school was 99%.
I think it had to do with the fact that I got one question wrong on the final exam and I argued and demonstrated that the answers provided to choose from were wrong given the context of the question she provided. I wish I could remember what it was.
That, along with having to correct the teacher from time to time during the course of the semester probably didn't help. I have a feeling she was assigned to teach the class without having a full background on the myths. I'm guessing she didn't take kindly to that. :S
Urizen |
Holy Crap!
I can't believe what I just found out. :O
Like every other morning, I parked my car outside the shipyard at 0600 on Madison Avenue next to the Effingham Plaza Apartments and then walk into the yard to get some exercise.
When I walked to my car this afternoon at about 1620, I noticed there was a news van with a tall antenna with a dish on top across the street from my car. There was also a tripod (sans camera) set up in the yard next to the van. There was another van parked a little behind my car and while I sat in my car another van pulled up and parked on the other side of the road.
I was really curious as to what brought these news vans out here and figured maybe it had to do with the really high winds we had in the area.
So, I checked the net after getting home.
Holy crap was I wrong. Here is the real reason they were there...
That cop car in the pics was probably parked 20 feet in front of my car. :O
Yikes!
Mike Welham Contributor, RPG Superstar 2012 |
The Thing from Beyond the Edge wrote:Yikes!Holy Crap!
I can't believe what I just found out. :O
Like every other morning, I parked my car outside the shipyard at 0600 on Madison Avenue next to the Effingham Plaza Apartments and then walk into the yard to get some exercise.
When I walked to my car this afternoon at about 1620, I noticed there was a news van with a tall antenna with a dish on top across the street from my car. There was also a tripod (sans camera) set up in the yard next to the van. There was another van parked a little behind my car and while I sat in my car another van pulled up and parked on the other side of the road.
I was really curious as to what brought these news vans out here and figured maybe it had to do with the really high winds we had in the area.
So, I checked the net after getting home.
Holy crap was I wrong. Here is the real reason they were there...
That cop car in the pics was probably parked 20 feet in front of my car. :O
+1
Spooky.
Crimson Jester |
Jess Door wrote:Mairkurion {tm} wrote:Maybe I'm being mean by going 0 instead of 1, but they tend to inflate grades. Here's the thing: I've used a spread of five in the past, I think that's too fiddly for them. Many can't or won't bother to distinguish between 5 levels of quality. Also, I don't want 100 to be possible on a non-objective assignment.On my high school chemistry research paper, after all his comments was:
-1% because there's no such thing as a perfect paper!
Total: 99%
Reminds me of the frustration I got when my final grade for Greek & Roman Mythology back in high school was 99%.
I think it had to do with the fact that I got one question wrong on the final exam and I argued and demonstrated that the answers provided to choose from were wrong given the context of the question she provided. I wish I could remember what it was.
That, along with having to correct the teacher from time to time during the course of the semester probably didn't help. I have a feeling she was assigned to teach the class without having a full background on the myths. I'm guessing she didn't take kindly to that. :S
Funny I had an American History class like that, the teacher finally asked me if I wanted to teach the class. I was floored, I did not know how to take it at the time. It made me quite timid for some time around her. I did however, 'correct' a couple of the questions asked on the final. I think she truly loathed me from then on.
Patrick Curtin |
Patrick Curtin wrote:taig wrote:Yes congrats!Mairkurion {tm} wrote:Badger: Good news on the interview! Congrats!Thanks!
I really thought I blew it this morning.
Thanks to you, as well. :)
How are you doing?
Oh, readying for a quiet night with the missus and the second season of the new Doctor Who. Things could be a lot worse ...
The Thing from Beyond the Edge |
Actually, the cop car in the pic was inside the parking lot so it wasn't that close to my car. The photo they had of an upper story window makes me think that she fell.
Here is a map:
You can scroll in to get a close-up.
I think the cop car was in the parking lot near where the building "bends"
My car was parked on the road. I was parked just to the left of the left most entrance/exit for the apartment's parking lot. The police were gone when I arrived and I think the camera crews were just tidying up before leaving.
Moff Rimmer |
Gaming question (that I didn't want to the mess up there since it really is more of an opinion question)...
Based on the celestial template, it's seems kind of implied that "Good" characters would summon angels and the like while evil characters would summon devils, etc.
There's a logic issue with this for me, though. Why would a "Good" character take over and command an intelligent celestial being to fight and potentially die at their command. Why wouldn't it make more sense to summon an evil creature to fight evil and die doing it?
The fact that it also becomes an "Evil" spell in that case kind of complicates things as well. Most other "Evil" spells really only help "Evil" characters. But the summon spells seem a little more fuzzy with that in my opinion.
So is there a problem with a "Good" character summoning a demon or devil to fight on his behalf?
taig RPG Superstar 2012 |
taig wrote:Oh, readying for a quiet night with the missus and the second season of the new Doctor Who. Things could be a lot worse ...Patrick Curtin wrote:taig wrote:Yes congrats!Mairkurion {tm} wrote:Badger: Good news on the interview! Congrats!Thanks!
I really thought I blew it this morning.
Thanks to you, as well. :)
How are you doing?
Sounds like a good night.
Mike Welham Contributor, RPG Superstar 2012 |
Mairkurion {tm} |
Reminds me of the frustration I got when my final grade for Greek & Roman Mythology back in high school was 99%.
:S
Final course grade, not objective test grade, right? Sorry, I can only understand 100% in a math course. There is no perfection in the human arts and sciences. Now, if they have to subtract 1% after grading because they graded it 100%, then they are just lazy f%ers who didn't grade it well the first time around and were too lazy to regrade it.
Mairkurion {tm} |
Moff Rimmer wrote:The way I understand summoning is that the creature summoned doesn't die when it would normally be killed. It just returns to its home plane.Gaming question (that I didn't want to the mess up there since it really is more of an opinion question)...
** spoiler omitted **
That's the way I read the arcane spell in 3.5.
The Thing from Beyond the Edge |
taig wrote:That's the way I read the arcane spell in 3.5.Moff Rimmer wrote:The way I understand summoning is that the creature summoned doesn't die when it would normally be killed. It just returns to its home plane.Gaming question (that I didn't want to the mess up there since it really is more of an opinion question)...
** spoiler omitted **
Also, a summoner's eidolon doesn't die, unless I'm mistaken. It just takes a little while to recuperate.
Woodraven |
Woodraven wrote:taig wrote:Tigger. He's not doing bad for 15 years old.Woodraven wrote:What's your kitty's name?No, I guess he isn't. Where'd you get him?
Growing up we had a friend of the family's who also owned the town bar. He lived in the country and his cat had a litter that he was giving away. We picked him. so can I call that a rescue cat? Also we got him near the end of November and by that time he was about a month old.
Studpuffin |
Gaming question (that I didn't want to the mess up there since it really is more of an opinion question)...
** spoiler omitted **
Summoning works a little different than calling and/or communing with intelligences from outside the material plane. It specifically works for you and your cause, following your orders but with the physical characteristics of a creature of its type. Maybe some "taint" of the appropriate alignment comes through, but you're not directly bargaining or even conversing with these creatures typically.
Something like Planar Ally might call a characters alignment into question, but I'd let the summoning go. Besides, the nice thing about summoning is being able to summon a creature with similar DR. They can often bypass the DR of similar creatures due to the special rules for DR and attacks. This makes summoning especially valuable in that regard.
But as "Carp a DM" suggests, use the fluff that fits! :D
Mike Welham Contributor, RPG Superstar 2012 |
taig wrote:Growing up we had a friend of the family's who also owned the town bar. He lived in the country and his cat had a litter that he was giving away. We picked him. so can I call that a rescue cat? Also we got him near the end of November and by that time he was about a month old.Woodraven wrote:taig wrote:Tigger. He's not doing bad for 15 years old.Woodraven wrote:What's your kitty's name?No, I guess he isn't. Where'd you get him?
Ah, 15 weeks. Everything makes a lot more sense. :)
Cool. Yeah, I'd say it counts as a rescue cat.
Moff Rimmer |
Mairkurion {tm} wrote:Also, a summoner's eidolon doesn't die, unless I'm mistaken. It just takes a little while to recuperate.taig wrote:That's the way I read the arcane spell in 3.5.Moff Rimmer wrote:The way I understand summoning is that the creature summoned doesn't die when it would normally be killed. It just returns to its home plane.Gaming question (that I didn't want to the mess up there since it really is more of an opinion question)...
** spoiler omitted **
Yeah, this is why I didn't want to post elsewhere. ;-)
I know that. Poor choice of words on that on my part. I'm just trying to figure out if it's ok for a good character to summon an evil outsider. It seems to be implied that this is "bad", but I don't understand why.
taig RPG Superstar 2012 |
The Thing from Beyond the Edge wrote:Mairkurion {tm} wrote:Also, a summoner's eidolon doesn't die, unless I'm mistaken. It just takes a little while to recuperate.taig wrote:That's the way I read the arcane spell in 3.5.Moff Rimmer wrote:The way I understand summoning is that the creature summoned doesn't die when it would normally be killed. It just returns to its home plane.Gaming question (that I didn't want to the mess up there since it really is more of an opinion question)...
** spoiler omitted **
Yeah, this is why I didn't want to post elsewhere. ;-)
I know that. Poor choice of words on that on my part. I'm just trying to figure out if it's ok for a good character to summon an evil outsider. It seems to be implied that this is "bad", but I don't understand why.
Your logical fallacies offend me! :)
No, actually, look to the bird for the word.
Studpuffin |
The Thing from Beyond the Edge wrote:Mairkurion {tm} wrote:Also, a summoner's eidolon doesn't die, unless I'm mistaken. It just takes a little while to recuperate.taig wrote:That's the way I read the arcane spell in 3.5.Moff Rimmer wrote:The way I understand summoning is that the creature summoned doesn't die when it would normally be killed. It just returns to its home plane.Gaming question (that I didn't want to the mess up there since it really is more of an opinion question)...
** spoiler omitted **
Yeah, this is why I didn't want to post elsewhere. ;-)
I know that. Poor choice of words on that on my part. I'm just trying to figure out if it's ok for a good character to summon an evil outsider. It seems to be implied that this is "bad", but I don't understand why.
The Abyss, Hell, and Abaddon do not forget the names of those who summoned their ilk...
Mike Welham Contributor, RPG Superstar 2012 |
Studpuffin wrote:That's what I was looking for. Thanks Penguin.Moff Rimmer wrote:** spoiler omitted **Gaming question (that I didn't want to the mess up there since it really is more of an opinion question)...
** spoiler omitted **
I'm glad I won't be here when Moff gets MURDERED!!!
Moff Rimmer |
Moff Rimmer wrote:The Abyss, Hell, and Abaddon do not forget the names of those who summoned their ilk...The Thing from Beyond the Edge wrote:Mairkurion {tm} wrote:Also, a summoner's eidolon doesn't die, unless I'm mistaken. It just takes a little while to recuperate.taig wrote:That's the way I read the arcane spell in 3.5.Moff Rimmer wrote:The way I understand summoning is that the creature summoned doesn't die when it would normally be killed. It just returns to its home plane.Gaming question (that I didn't want to the mess up there since it really is more of an opinion question)...
** spoiler omitted **
Yeah, this is why I didn't want to post elsewhere. ;-)
I know that. Poor choice of words on that on my part. I'm just trying to figure out if it's ok for a good character to summon an evil outsider. It seems to be implied that this is "bad", but I don't understand why.
Oooohhh. XP Generator...