Zagorath

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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 43 minutes ago

Help settle an argument, !brisbane-ites. If I were out running and shared my location with you, and you saw that I was here:

Screenshot of a map marking a spot on a bikeway between Beams Rd and Roghan Rd

And suggested to you (who's in a car) to meet me on Roghan Rd, where would you go?

(You may need to right click -> open image in new tab, to get it large enough to see the image properly, if you're on desktop.)

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 2 hours ago

Oh huh. The message is in French, so I guess they're banned from their own instance? I feel like the "banned" message should make it clear whether it's a community ban, a ban from my instance, or a ban from their instance.

 

Transcription5 photos of Darth Vader, each showing the scene described in their captions:

  1. Darth Vader personally goes to the Tantive IV, which is covered in spaceship, to oversee the operation
  2. Darth Vader personally goes to Hoth, which is covered in snow, to oversee the operation
  3. Darth Vader personally goes to Cloud City, which is covered in city, to oversee the operation
  4. Darth Vader personally goes to the forest moon of Endor, which is covered in forest, to oversee the operation
  5. Vader: She must have hidden the plans in the escape pod. Send a detachment down to recover them.
    Commander Praji: Do you want me to prepare your ship so you can oversee the operation personally like you always do?
    Vader: Of course not. That planet is covered in sand. I-
    Both imperials in chorus:-don't like sand. It's course and rough and irritating. And it gets everywhere. We know, we know.
[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

Huh? How come @daniel_callahan@jlai.lu got banned? Their history doesn't look particularly problematic?

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 6 hours ago

Right, exactly what you've said right here is exactly the mindset I'm pushing back against. The comic comes across as though it's saying "only those soft soyboys care about stuff like psychological safety, real tough guys who play tough manly gritty realism don't need that soyboy shit". Which is an incredibly toxic and lazy point of view.

I don't think the author of the comic intended it that way, but that's how it comes across.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

No, I disagree that it should be in this comic because it sends the wrong message.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

In formal English, the comma is just wrong. Informally, I agree it does a very effective job of making the message get across that way.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 19 hours ago

Oh dang, there's a sports edition now?

I love the idea of that. Unfortunately it's probably going to be way to America-centric for me. Someone lmk when they start including IPL and NRL players 😆

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 37 points 19 hours ago (5 children)

To be fair, most French speakers would say the same thing when talking to Quebecois.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 27 points 1 day ago (4 children)

No, they have nothing to do with the style of play. They have to do with group dynamics, which is an entirely separate thing.

I actually haven't ever used them myself. I've only played with people I already know or people that those people are vouching for, and I do a solid session zero to establish campaign content and tone. But it's who I'm playing with and the fact that we've discussed it that's relevant there, not whether we're playing heroic fantasy romance or dark gritty realism.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Great to see the AEU come out explicitly calling it a genocide.

Shame on SBS for hedging their comments so much. It really isn't relevant; they had to go a long way out of the flow of the article and this news story just to say "hey, Israel doesn't like it when you point out their genocide".

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 41 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Because they're valuable whether you're doing sexy romance or gritty realism or something else entirely. They don't factor in with the "various styles of play are all equally valid" conversation.

 

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TranscriptionThe GM: *Makes a clearly overpowered monster, intending for the party to flee.*

The Party:

[Picture with the text "Hit him with your crossbow Steve!" overlaid, of a large octopus/squid-like creature with tentacles raised out of the ocean. It towers over a pair of humanoid figures, one holding a staff in one hand and pointing at the squid with the other, the other person aiming a crossbow at it.]

 

TranscriptionFighter: So uhhhhh... you gotta pretty neat weapon there.

Artificer: Thanks, designed "Ol Buzzy" myself!

Fighter: Mind if I give her a go?

Artificer: Sure, but you need any pointers?

Fighter: Naaaaaw, I can figure it out.

Artificer: *To the DM* CAN he figure it out?

DM: *To fighter* ...roll me a wisdom check.

Fighter: *Nat 1*

DM, Artificer, and Fighter in unison: Hoo boy.

[A picture of a man starting a chainsaw while the blade is placed between his legs, resting on his crotch.]

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