Betrayal Legacy is a lovely game. We've also done Pandemic Legacy with success too.
We picked up betrayal at baldurs gate haven't got a chance to play yet but totes excited.
I'm so excited I just can't hide it.
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Oh... mur... gard...
So, you know how I constantly gripe about people changing the plots of "classics" because they think they can write better than the original author, and how much I hate it?
Well, I'm gonna have to shut up for a bit now.
James Cameron took the fairly incoherent mess that is the overall Battle Angel: Alita storyline and did his utmost to make it a coherent plot. Hugo is no longer so annoying that you cheer when he dies. Alita does not suddenly take up Rollerball between two books because... 'guh'? Cameron took out the spackle, the paint, and then the Sawzall, the jackhammer, and the concrete mixer, tore down the manga entirely, and then carefully glued it back together in a coherent order that makes sense.
I luuuuuuuuuuuuuurved it!
I loved the manga back in the 1980s, even though it didn't make sense, because the concept was awesome. Against Freehold's advice, I bought the Collector's Edition set, and I'm reading it at bedtime and I luuurv it.
And I saw the movie, with the totally-rewritten plot and a few major salient plot points changed, but otherwise intact, and I luuurved it.
I went so far as to say, "Y'know, if we had time, I'd happily sit through that again right now."
So, I reserve a "0 beer" rating for movies that are so classic that I think that everyone needs to see them. Battle Angel: Alita is a solid film, but not in that league, so I'm giving it a rueful 1 beer, because if you give it an 0.5 beer rating you'd end up wasting half a beer.
But if you can tolerate that the entire plot has been rearranged to tell a far more coherent story and you're a fan, I think you'll like what Cameron has done.
Oh... mur... gard...
So, you know how I constantly gripe about people changing the plots of "classics" because they think they can write better than the original author, and how much I hate it?
Well, I'm gonna have to shut up for a bit now.
James Cameron took the fairly incoherent mess that is the overall Battle Angel: Alita storyline and did his utmost to make it a coherent plot. Hugo is no longer so annoying that you cheer when he dies. Alita does not suddenly take up Rollerball between two books because... 'guh'? Cameron took out the spackle, the paint, and then the Sawzall, the jackhammer, and the concrete mixer, tore down the manga entirely, and then carefully glued it back together in a coherent order that makes sense.
I luuuuuuuuuuuuuurved it!
I loved the manga back in the 1980s, even though it didn't make sense, because the concept was awesome. Against Freehold's advice, I bought the Collector's Edition set, and I'm reading it at bedtime and I luuurv it.
And I saw the movie, with the totally-rewritten plot and a few major salient plot points changed, but otherwise intact, and I luuurved it.
I went so far as to say, "Y'know, if we had time, I'd happily sit through that again right now."
So, I reserve a "0 beer" rating for movies that are so classic that I think that everyone needs to see them. Battle Angel: Alita is a solid film, but not in that league, so I'm giving it a rueful 1 beer, because if you give it an 0.5 beer rating you'd end up wasting half a beer.
But if you can tolerate that the entire plot has been rearranged to tell a far more coherent story and you're a fan, I think you'll like what Cameron has done.
Yeah me and em went and saw it like Thursday and we both enjoyed it. It took me a bit to get used to her eyes being HUMONGEOUS but at the same time it kind of gave her a cutesy look even though she was brutally (and I mean brutally) slaying other cyborgs
I would watch a sequel.
Oh and I'm not at all familiar with the manga.
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Made it through book 10 of the Wheel of time. 10 was by far the worst of the series so far but the internet tells me 11 is one of the best.
Not bad not too far off from mine.
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Good News:
Tala's mom is ambulatory for moments, and working up. She even got to the car on her own the other day.
Bad News:
Tala herself and I are in the hospital right now, as she's getting uncontrollable tremors and tics.
That sucks. Is it Anxiety or medication related?
They think it may be a med side effect.
She's sent home w some ativan and a referral to see a neurologist just to make sure. Also a recommendation to see her psych.
Insurance covering all that?
Con of the North is done. People are cleaning up the last bits of the room. We're leaving with a big group to get sushi in a bit. After con dinner! Whoohooo!
Its been amazing. Luckily we get to hang around and to the touristy thing for a few days.
Wish I could have gone up there to meet up with you, but Aiymi and Zelda had different things planned for my time.
No, not that.
Sheesh.
No, Aiymi had an ER visit because she failed to take 10 on eating (she's fine), and Zelda had me helping her with cleaning out her storage unit. She's hoping to be rid of it by the end of the month.
I'm glad she is doing okay.
Oh... mur... gard...
So, you know how I constantly gripe about people changing the plots of "classics" because they think they can write better than the original author, and how much I hate it?
Well, I'm gonna have to shut up for a bit now.
James Cameron took the fairly incoherent mess that is the overall Battle Angel: Alita storyline and did his utmost to make it a coherent plot. Hugo is no longer so annoying that you cheer when he dies. Alita does not suddenly take up Rollerball between two books because... 'guh'? Cameron took out the spackle, the paint, and then the Sawzall, the jackhammer, and the concrete mixer, tore down the manga entirely, and then carefully glued it back together in a coherent order that makes sense.
I luuuuuuuuuuuuuurved it!
I loved the manga back in the 1980s, even though it didn't make sense, because the concept was awesome. Against Freehold's advice, I bought the Collector's Edition set, and I'm reading it at bedtime and I luuurv it.
And I saw the movie, with the totally-rewritten plot and a few major salient plot points changed, but otherwise intact, and I luuurved it.
I went so far as to say, "Y'know, if we had time, I'd happily sit through that again right now."
So, I reserve a "0 beer" rating for movies that are so classic that I think that everyone needs to see them. Battle Angel: Alita is a solid film, but not in that league, so I'm giving it a rueful 1 beer, because if you give it an 0.5 beer rating you'd end up wasting half a beer.
But if you can tolerate that the entire plot has been rearranged to tell a far more coherent story and you're a fan, I think you'll like what Cameron has done.
._.
Whut.
Mornin John.
O good, the spammers are back. Still, nice to know that Ronda Rousey is willing to help with our AOL email login problems, isn't it?
Oh is that what that is? I didn't even check it out.
Dwayne Johnson will save us.
Apparently I'm some sort of god to the Latino guys at work, because I memorized my route instead of using a GPS every time I do it.
Dwayne Johnson will save us.
you ever notice he looks a lot like the rock?...
Dwayne Johnson will save us.you ever notice he looks a lot like the rock?...
No, you'd have to capitalize The Rock in order for it to be someone's name.
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For Aiymi...
She was eating steamed corn. One kernel ended up going down the wrong pipe. She started choking on it, then coughed. Rather than expelling into her mouth, it went straight up into the sinus passages. She couldn't get it out on her own after about 36 hours (including using sinus rinses), so she went to the ER. They did a CT scan to find the corn kernel in her sinuses. They were able to remove it with non-invasive methods. All clear.
But...
Last July when she was in the hospital for her mini-stroke they did a CT and found a cyst in one of her sinus cavities. They figured like any cyst it would eventually re-absorb and be fine. Unfortunately the current CT scan shows the cyst has enlarged. So she needs an ENT doc to take a look at this.
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For Aiymi...
She was eating steamed corn. One kernel ended up going down the wrong pipe. She started choking on it, then coughed. Rather than expelling into her mouth, it went straight up into the sinus passages. She couldn't get it out on her own after about 36 hours (including using sinus rinses), so she went to the ER. They did a CT scan to find the corn kernel in her sinuses. They were able to remove it with non-invasive methods. All clear.
But...
Last July when she was in the hospital for her mini-stroke they did a CT and found a cyst in one of her sinus cavities. They figured like any cyst it would eventually re-absorb and be fine. Unfortunately the current CT scan shows the cyst has enlarged. So she needs an ENT doc to take a look at this.
Well. F*$#. I'm glad she got the corn stuck. The cyst needs to be investigated post haste.
Betrayal Legacy is a lovely game. We've also done Pandemic Legacy with success too.
Interesting. How's the learning curve on those?
The game we played is Charterstone. After game 1 there seems to be a rapid escalation of widgets, for two of us at least. The widgets had the effect of really accelerating the advancement of those of us with access to them, and creating a lot more things to remember.
Both Homunculi and Yellow have decided they're done with the game, but Mrs. Sunrise and I may get a replacement pack at some point to start over just the two of us. Because it's a beautiful game and it seems like it could be amazing if we put the time and focus into it...
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Made it through book 10 of the Wheel of time. 10 was by far the worst of the series so far but the internet tells me 11 is one of the best.
Wow, you're really bookin' it thru those books.
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"This website says Silverlight is blocked! Fix it!"
That site uses Silverlight, so you can't use Chrome. You *have* to use Internet Explorer.
"I don't even have Chrome!"
Umm...you're in Chrome right now.
"What?? No I'm not! I was told I don't have Chrome!"
I'm looking at your screen. You're in Chrome. Not only that, but you have Chrome set as your default browser. You very much have Chrome.
"Oh. So...what do I have to do to make this work in Chrome?"
It won't. It never will. Silverlight doesn't work in any browser except Internet Explorer 11, which you also have. It's this icon right over here.
"Can't you make them fix that?"
Uh...fix what?
"Chrome should work for this."
No.
"This website says Silverlight is blocked! Fix it!"
That site uses Silverlight, so you can't use Chrome. You *have* to use Internet Explorer.
"I don't even have Chrome!"
Umm...you're in Chrome right now.
"What?? No I'm not! I was told I don't have Chrome!"
I'm looking at your screen. You're in Chrome. Not only that, but you have Chrome set as your default browser. You very much have Chrome.
"Oh. So...what do I have to do to make this work in Chrome?"
It won't. It never will. Silverlight doesn't work in any browser except Internet Explorer 11, which you also have. It's this icon right over here.
"Can't you make them fix that?"
Uh...fix what?
"Chrome should work for this."
No.
that silverlight thing is b+$$!%!@.
All websites that use Silverlight need to be rewritten to work without it. Microsoft is abandoning it. The *only* reason it's still supported in IE is because businesses cry.
EDIT: The only reason IE still exists is because businesses cry as well.
Yeah! Those f!+~ers!!
Apparently, the other crew leaders (except for summer coworker) can't get off from job to job without using a GPS, one guy can't even make it back to the shop without his GPS.
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Sorry about Alymi, that sucks!
Worst case for her is a sinus surgery to remove the cyst. Those aren't particularly fun, but there's a lot of worse medical things to go through. There aren't any indications of it actually being cancerous or anything, other than it getting bigger, which normal everyday cysts also will do.
No, you'd have to capitalize The Rock in order for it to be someone's name.Dwayne Johnson will save us.you ever notice he looks a lot like the rock?...
Said the only person on the boards without a capitalized name.
Said the only person on the boards without a capitalized name.No, you'd have to capitalize The Rock in order for it to be someone's name.Dwayne Johnson will save us.you ever notice he looks a lot like the rock?...
Er, gran?
So, how much of a homebody is NobodysHome?
Shiro's at a conference in downtown S.F. this weekend, so last night we went out, had an abbreviated dinner with him, saw the movie, and came home. I really really hate going to S.F. because of the crowds, the traffic, and the overall belligerence.
So Shiro's at the conference again today, and invited me out for an all-expenses-paid dinner at Alexander's Steakhouse if I'd come to the city again.
And, it being a night before a work day, and having already dealt with S.F. traffic once this weekend, I politely declined.
Yep. I believe there's a picture of me next to "homebody" in the dictionary.
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You should've invited him to Denny's.
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So Shiro's at the conference again today, and invited me out for an all-expenses-paid dinner at Alexander's Steakhouse if I'd come to the city again.
1) Your Alexander's Steakhouse is not the same thing as our Alexander's Steakhouse.
2) The first thing that popped into my mind when I read that sentence is "Shiro is NH's sugardaddy." Please forgive me.
Oh... mur... gard...
So, you know how I constantly gripe about people changing the plots of "classics" because they think they can write better than the original author, and how much I hate it?
Well, I'm gonna have to shut up for a bit now.
James Cameron took the fairly incoherent mess that is the overall Battle Angel: Alita storyline and did his utmost to make it a coherent plot. Hugo is no longer so annoying that you cheer when he dies. Alita does not suddenly take up Rollerball between two books because... 'guh'? Cameron took out the spackle, the paint, and then the Sawzall, the jackhammer, and the concrete mixer, tore down the manga entirely, and then carefully glued it back together in a coherent order that makes sense.
I luuuuuuuuuuuuuurved it!
I loved the manga back in the 1980s, even though it didn't make sense, because the concept was awesome. Against Freehold's advice, I bought the Collector's Edition set, and I'm reading it at bedtime and I luuurv it.
And I saw the movie, with the totally-rewritten plot and a few major salient plot points changed, but otherwise intact, and I luuurved it.
I went so far as to say, "Y'know, if we had time, I'd happily sit through that again right now."
So, I reserve a "0 beer" rating for movies that are so classic that I think that everyone needs to see them. Battle Angel: Alita is a solid film, but not in that league, so I'm giving it a rueful 1 beer, because if you give it an 0.5 beer rating you'd end up wasting half a beer.
But if you can tolerate that the entire plot has been rearranged to tell a far more coherent story and you're a fan, I think you'll like what Cameron has done.
._.
Whut.
Think "fanboy fiction".
Cameron obviously loved the original, and tried to put in all the bits and pieces that make it up, but if you didn't find the original timeline a bit hard to swallow, you're a better man than I.
So it wasn't so much of an, "I can write this better," as an, "Now that I have the whole thing I can have the overall story plot flow more smoothly."
I'm sure purists are rioting throughout the U.S. and Japan, but if they'd done it in manga instead of in a movie I think they'd have said, "Yeah! Nice retelling!"
Oh, and is "manga" pronounced with a hard or a soft 'g'? There is much argument here about it.
EDIT: Yay! Everybody's wrong! A Japanese poster on a forum said it's similar to the 'g' in "singer", so neither hard nor soft. What kind of g is that, anyway?
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You lost me at "James Cameron wrote a good, coherent movie".
EDIT: Yay! Everybody's wrong! A Japanese poster on a forum said it's similar to the 'g' in "singer", so neither hard nor soft. What kind of g is that, anyway?
A lot going on today.
Furnace guy is coming over to either replace the fan or the furnace.
A friend I haven't seen in a long time is in town and should stop by to hang out tonight or tomorrow.
And at some point today or early tomorrow morning I have to switch trucks so they can mount a plow on my truck.
Seems like a lot to do on 3 hours of sleep.
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New annoyance.
Weather people that insist on calling 2-4 inches of snow "Several inches of snow".
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A lot going on today.
Furnace guy is coming over to either replace the fan or the furnace.
A friend I haven't seen in a long time is in town and should stop by to hang out tonight or tomorrow.
And at some point today or early tomorrow morning I have to switch trucks so they can mount a plow on my truck.
Seems like a lot to do on 3 hours of sleep.
Just send them a picture of Tiny T-Rex strapped to the front bumper of the truck, holding a show shovel.
*claps hands* Ok, that's one problem fixed. What's next?
EDIT: Yay! Everybody's wrong! A Japanese poster on a forum said it's similar to the 'g' in "singer", so neither hard nor soft. What kind of g is that, anyway?
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Back from Star Wars...
The party met a new PC, a chiss technician who was not particularly happy about Chiss Ascendancy alliance with Sith Empire. When they were going through the job interview (the party needs technician, slicer, and a medic, and the new character is a Cyber Tech that can deal with all the necessary skills... plus Astrogation and secondary Pilot), a few members of a local gang came looking of a chiss. One fight and three gangsters later, followed by the party leaving the bar quickly, the party learned that Sith are paying some not that big money for information about a chiss.
Little information to start with–especially with the new player claiming that he didn't do anything that might warrant Sith attention. After some snooping around they learned that there is a recent urban legend about a rogue chiss Sith roaming around the cluster... And then the most Cunning players decided they should make a heist and try to pull Sith searchers into a trap...
And it worked.
They now have a Sith Dropship, with an unconscious heavily wounded Sith warrior, the PC (also unconscious), and a local law enforcement agent (fainted from strain) on the Sith payroll inside, and four dead Sith soldiers scattered around...
The Sith warrior was an attache of Lady Tyrandi, Twi'lek Sith Envoy in a diplomatic cruiser orbiting the planet. Making this whole mess into a diplomatic incident in progress.
Oh, and before they set the trap they also managed to attract the attention of the supposed rogue chiss Sith.
And they still have no clue who fired the torpedo on the Sith diplomatic cruiser on the previous session...
Garcon servilis. When you are a fiend but you need your staff to serve a fancy dinner for your guests.