Freehold is now following Will O Brien.
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Just checking in--all is well, our sickness is past (though a cough lingers when I overexert myself), and I'm gradually piecing things together at the new house. I've also started dating someone new, which is very exciting! I may go visit her in April, or she may come visit in May.
In funny ex news, the unthinkable has happened: We have become the cliche. She literally stole my dresser. She lost "her" cat (not even getting into that), and when she found him again she sent me a photo of him in their new apartment... and I noticed that my dresser was in the background. She'd taken it from the old apartment without asking, and I'd been too stressed to notice because I'd been letting her use it since she moved in.
Avatars have been changed to blame the innocent. Sorry, Cosmo.
Very foolish of me to forget that squatter's rights apply to borrowed furniture.
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I would covertly retrieve your cat and cabinet if I could.
Glad everyone's doing better.
At least you two seem to be one somewhat decent terms post-separation. Hopefully the negotiations can be minimally stressful.
Just checking in--all is well, our sickness is past (though a cough lingers when I overexert myself), and I'm gradually piecing things together at the new house. I've also started dating someone new, which is very exciting! I may go visit her in April, or she may come visit in May.
In funny ex news, the unthinkable has happened: We have become the cliche. She literally stole my dresser. She lost "her" cat (not even getting into that), and when she found him again she sent me a photo of him in their new apartment... and I noticed that my dresser was in the background. She'd taken it from the old apartment without asking, and I'd been too stressed to notice because I'd been letting her use it since she moved in.
Avatars have been changed to blame the innocent. Sorry, Cosmo.
Very foolish of me to forget that squatter's rights apply to borrowed furniture.
Saint Vincent DePaul is a great place to find a new dresser.
I'd honestly let the old one go.
Glad everyone's doing better.
At least you two seem to be one somewhat decent terms post-separation. Hopefully the negotiations can be minimally stressful.
Oh, we're done. Like, she's been treating me absolute like garbage for the last three months, and expecting me to give her my dresser was the last straw. I called her out on how she's been treating me (like, not helping cook or pay for food or anything, barely talking to me and being extremely rude when she did), and she got mad because she "doesn't enjoy these conversations" and it blew up.
I literally tried my best to close things on good terms. When we moved out (before this fight), I sent her a short but friendly goodbye message, and got back "Bye". She doesn't really put effort into her friendships unless she's getting something in return.
She said she'd return the dresser and I'm holding her to that. I've had it since I was a kid (it may be an heirloom, I don't know) and it's a really nice dresser. If she flakes, she flakes. I'm not gonna call the cops or anything, so if she really fights it, I'll let it go. I'd be surprised, though. Always having the high ground is important to her; it's what justifies her mistreating people.
We were both bad girlfriends, but she's a horrible ex, a crappy friend and an insufferable roommate.
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Yeah, I do have salt. I earned this salt. I've been doing my best to be "the bigger person" since, like, December.
My girlfriend was her friend before she started dating me, and she's actually a lot madder at Ex than I am. Ex has been treating her pretty badly.
I'm sorry she is being awful.aaa
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I stand corrected, then >.>
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I would love to have a normal relationship with my PbPs not entirely dominated by guilt for hiatuses.
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I clear my conscious of that by being extra chill towards others that aren't keeping up.
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I had a really bad falling-out with a forum friend a few months back--one of those arguments that escalated way out of control and completely nuked any rapport between us. I get really anxious posting around here lately because I'm terrified they'll pick a fight with me or try to relitigate things. So, it's a weird vibe in the forums these days. It can be really jarring to realize someone you considered a friend could be willing to think so little of you.
Anyways, long COVID is kicking my butt, and my sleep schedule is...
*looks up at the shiny 2:43 on my screen*
... rocky.
In terms of general mental health, I'm doing really, really well, though. I'm keeping up with the PBPs, I'm cooking and baking and keeping my workspace clean (now if only I could get some work done), and I somehow survived the holiday season. My hyperfixations refuse to stand still long enough for me to finish anything, but I'm doing a ton of creative work in general. I even won NaNoWriMo last year! And I'm playing so much Pathfinder these days. It's fantastic.
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Well, I'm glad to see you, at least.
Fights with friends can be very, very difficult.
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If only that Freehold dude would just shuuut uuup...
Oh.
Hi.
Didn't see you there.
KC, good to hear you're doing well. Keep your head up.
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If only that Freehold dude would just shuuut uuup...
Oh.
Hi.
Didn't see you there.
KC, good to hear you're doing well. Keep your head up.
We both know I'll never shut up.
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Nice to see you, KC!
You, too!
God, these debates got so boring. I'll probably mute them soon.
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Glad to hear you are doing pretty good there KC, and yes, I am still alive, just been...well, long story, too long for here, or anywhere. 2023 I am expecting you to treat me and the wife a heck of allot better than your friend 2022...I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE :)
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Oh my god Ruby is finally laying her eggs sitting down again and not just dropping them from her perch every night. Thank goodness.
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Stupid Tracfone management. If we your customers needed to check/change settings on our phones before you rolled over to VoLTE yesterday, you should have given us a heads up first. Making your phone/chat reps take the brunt of anger & frustration from rightfully-peeved customers isn't acceptable either.
You, too!
God, these debates got so boring. I'll probably mute them soon.
Sorry you're dealing with long covid [ANGRY DESANTIS RANT DELETED], and that your sleep schedule is wonky. I hope your forum friend comes around, sometimes it just takes some time.
I'm pretty out-of-the-loop on whatever debates are going on, but I've been disconnected from Pathfinder and RPGs lately. Accidentally crapped on some peoples sacred cows in the Transformers fandom yesterday though; I try to be diplomatic, but my god some fans have such unyielding rigid restictions on their nostalgia-entrenched toys & characters.
Oh my god Ruby is finally laying her eggs sitting down again and not just dropping them from her perch every night. Thank goodness.
Yay!
FWIW, our local longtermer eagle, Harriet's, first egg this season just hatched yesterday. No change on the second egg yet. (Eagle cam link)
Oh my god Ruby is finally laying her eggs sitting down again and not just dropping them from her perch every night. Thank goodness.
.....what?
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Stupid Tracfone management. If we your customers needed to check/change settings on our phones before you rolled over to VoLTE yesterday, you should have given us a heads up first. Making your phone/chat reps take the brunt of anger & frustration from rightfully-peeved customers isn't acceptable either.
You, too!
God, these debates got so boring. I'll probably mute them soon.
Sorry you're dealing with long covid [ANGRY DESANTIS RANT DELETED], and that your sleep schedule is wonky. I hope your forum friend comes around, sometimes it just takes some time.
I'm pretty out-of-the-loop on whatever debates are going on, but I've been disconnected from Pathfinder and RPGs lately. Accidentally crapped on some peoples sacred cows in the Transformers fandom yesterday though; I try to be diplomatic, but my god some fans have such unyielding rigid restictions on their nostalgia-entrenched toys & characters.
Trukk not munky?
Ruby's my Rhode Island Red, and the only layer right now. For a while she was laying from the perch. It was... problematic, to say the least.
Trukk not munky?
And I'll have you know that one of the characters for which I most want to see a redone figure is Oilmaster, a Trukk who is a Munky (and a Pretender and a small jet plane).
I had a long rant to post about how Hasbro's OGL 1.1 monetization push feels like the first step in putting the squeeze on all the fan communities built up around their products, and how Transformers hobbyists might be among the next. I really don't want to boycott the new movie and new game coming out, and I really really don't want to boycott buying their new figures. Damnit.
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I'm excited for the new D&D movie. I'm going to not watch it and instead rewatch some good D&D movies, the first one and Wrath of the Dragon God. I refuse to watch any other "D&D" movies that aren't the quest to rescue Snails from the fiery pits of Hell.
My, things are exciting lately.
May we live in interesting times?
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My, things are exciting lately.
Poisonous, imo.
I hope it ends well in the long run. But I think this is an awful chapter for the TTRPG community.
People’s excitement is translating into tribalism and vindictiveness, imo.
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I dunno, I think things got a lot better in the community after ORC was announced. My sympathies to the WotC devs, though.
I dunno, I think things got a lot better in the community after ORC was announced. My sympathies to the WotC devs, though.
Youre probably not a 5E fan. Listen to what theyre going through.
Fwiw, I mean the community as a whole, not the (D&D)' part of it who clearly felt much better once ORC was announced.
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I dunno, I think things got a lot better in the community after ORC was announced. My sympathies to the WotC devs, though.
I feel really bad for Wes Schneider, I imagine being in charge of the creative department for Dungeons and Dragons had to be a sort of dream job for him and then this happens.
A protected open license is the only good thing to come out of this, imo.
People’s excitement is translating into tribalism and vindictiveness, imo.
That existed well before 2023.
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Yes. I clearly meant that the concepts had just been invented.
Thanks for setting me straight.
5e players are not a monolith and neither are we. Leon, I'm going to politely ask that you please stop trying to start this argument, as it is way too close to outright edition warring for my liking. This thread is for gripings and mumblings, not banter and bickerings.
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[A post was deleted, in case my post above seems like a non sequitur.]
I'm thinking a lot lately about the "roleplay vs. rollplay" argument. Obviously, it's a false dichotomy, but it did spark my mind about a framework I think works better: rollplay versus rulesplay.
FATE is a rollplaying-driven game. This means that the rules, the choices made, are slightly less important, while the rolls themselves are much more important. There are fewer rules to govern differing chances of success, so the dice (and/or whims of the GM) are sometimes much more influential than what you actually decide to do, or how your character is built.
5e leans towards being a rollplaying game, too. It's not bad, but it does make one's choices a little less influential, and that's the tradeoff for the game generally flowing faster.
GURPS is a rulesplaying-driven game. This means that the rules are much more significant, and the choices you make within those rules will have much more impact, while the dice are less important. Sure, you rolled x number, but that x is going to have very different consequences if you rushed into melee vs. if you hung back vs. if you tried to negotiate vs. if you ran away.
PF2 leans towards being a rulesplaying game, too. It's not bad, but it does make the game more prone to interruption, and it makes people more hesitant to make new rules for fear of messing up a more delicate instrument. That's the tradeoff for your choices feeling more consequential.
Both systems are designed to facilitate roleplay. Rulesplay does it by encouraging creative choices that make sense for the situation, by emphasizing the differences between characters and the actions they take. Rollplay does it by leaving the canvas blank so the RP faces fewer interruptions.
I personally think rulesplay leads to a more satisfying roleplaying experience for me, but I get why rollplaying is fun for a lot of people. Some people like to write on printer paper to free them up completely. Some people like line paper to structure what they create.
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Yes, they just delete posts now, they don't say why it was deleted or acknowledge that a post was there to be deleted, it's just gone.
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> "oh look at miss self-appointed forum mod"
listen buddy when we have actual Paizo-appointed forum mods again I'll happily defer
I do try to control my bossy side and phrase everything as gentle suggestions, but seriously, things are rocky lately. I figure if we don't take it upon ourselves to at least try to deescalate arguments, we're basically screwed. XD
I'm not so sure it does! A couple posts get deleted, but I've been waiting weeks on a thread move (including sending an email about it), and that one edition war troll has largely gone ignored.
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I miss Sara Marie. Not just because the moderation team has never recovered from her absence. I may support Paizo as the lesser of two evils, but don't forget how they treated her and Diego.
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Something to keep in mind, yes.
Nobody ever gets it right 100% of the time, sadly.
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I'm so cross that people got Ask James Jacobs locked, because I really want to ask if making Golarion so directly compatible with Age of Worms was deliberate.
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When it comes to a lot of the old school paizo adventures, the answer is probably yes.
I'm so cross that people got Ask James Jacobs locked
What's the story there? I had always assumed that he just burnt out on doing it because of the time commitment.
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Eehhh, people liked using the thread to complain at him, or worse, take his words out of context to win arguments. I expect he realized it was becoming a professional hazard.