Let's see... Multiple accounts in firefox is one way. The other is to Shift-Delete the websites you don't want in your history. Other than that, try to not show your clients websites that contain keywords such as "fucking" and "hot teens". Unless you're working in the porn industry anyways, in which case, why are you complaining? Conflict of interest?
Ah, I see. Science "probably won't work", so people decide to go to prayer, which "definitely won't work". Further solidifying my two-point thesis: 1) A fuckton of people are stupid. 2) Stupidity is always terminal.
Hey, just for your information, the site in your sig is marked by google/firefox as being an "attack site". See Here. Dunno if you're in control of that domain or not, but I just wanted to let you know.
You know, sometimes it helps to try and see the big picture, instead of just a small slice of a picture.
To get you started, dig up your immunization records. And notice the "Hepatitis" shots you had. And how you don't have it today. And then go back and look at how it's in your post.
I was worried someone might make that comparison. Frankly, it doesn't hold, as most linux developers have some real, working knowledge of programming and its theory. I would argue that most DMs do not have equal knowledge of game systems and game balance.
And in Microsoft's case, they might as well be just ignoring the R&D =].
Which is why, for me, upper level college classes (yes, it took until my 15th year of school for this to become normal!) were such a wonderful breath of fresh air.
Cosby: But the worst, is the cocaine. (audience members scream) Cosby: There they go! You say "cocaine" and people go "yeahhhhh?"... "Yeah I do a few liiines"
Yes, the "I roll to hit the [enemy]. Wizard's turn!" level of play variation. They've really gone downhill from there, into the "fun, varied abilities" level.
Try designing the same character in core (PHB/MM/DMG only) 3.5. You'll get just as far. That type of character didn't exist until the Book of Exalted Deeds, unless you decided to make a Cleric 20 that just roleplayed as a pacifist - which you can do just as well in 4E. So, isn't your problem really rooted in "4E only has core material; it needs splats!"?
Funnily enough, my personal experience shows that companies that spend millions on R&D for a system end up with something much more balanced, coherent, and fun than Joe DM smacking together his own system.
That bothers you, yet does D&D 3.5 abilities all being "at will all god damn day long" or "x/day" bother you? You think it makes more sense for a fighter to be able to execute his signature ultra-draining power slash 3 times in a row and then not again for 23.9 hours, or for him to be able to do it once every 5 minutes or so? For some reason, the second works better and makes more sense to me.
I suppose a better system would be allowing per-encounter and per-day abilities to be repeated at the cost of some kind of resource (stat drain, healing surge drain, hit points, debuff, whatever), but they probably already thought of that and decided against it.
Not quite. They're commenting on the fact that Google (a company that is known for excellence) has had one of their offerings beaten by using a simpler technique. This isn't a "google hatefest", it's just cool.
While he was arguing against the fanboy aspect of the article, almost all his points are about how ridiculous he thinks 4th edition is.
As for D&D 4th, not to point anyone in the direction of anything illegal, but there might have been a leak of the books you can peruse. Personally, I think it was intentional, as people will be able to read over the books online this way, and then they will be more likely to buy the books (and their friends...) when they see what it's really all about.
I'm no 4th edition fanboy, but I find the system to be very enjoyable - a breath of fresh air, if you will. Just be prepared for some major differences - it is far and away NOT 3.5. It's a "re-envisioning" of D&D. I find many people are already disliking it because they wanted a slight update to the D&D they know, not a full new game. In a few aspects (nothing concrete, this is just a "feeling" for me) it seems to hearken back to 2E.
- No strategy. Instead of having to rest and pray (or study) to gain spells back, they have the equivalent of "cooldown" (which I can forgive in an MMO, but makes no real-world sense). Basically your players can use their best spells every fight. No strategy, no need for lower-level spells at all. Why do they even exist once you pass 5th level (or whatever level it is you get fireball now)?
You haven't even read the books at ALL, have you? There's 3 kinds of powers - at will (you can do them whenever, all day, usually low damage/low utility), 1/encounter (you can use these once per battle, and you have to take a 5 minute rest before you can use them again), and 1/day (you have to sleep for 6 hours to get them back). There's also a good deal of variety in the abilities, and yes, there is reason to use Magic Missile after you get Fireball. The system works great, and there is a HUGE amount of strategy involved, it's just very different from 3.5's "everything is x/day". And, come on, did you just try to argue that having SPELLS work on a cooldown system makes no REAL WORLD sense?
I really don't feel like refuting the rest of your post, but mods, note that this guy has never seen the books himself, has never played with the system, and is knee-jerking at it without knowing what he's talking about.
If I want to run a fast moving pen and paper well balanced D&D type game the options tend to get poorer the farther I seem to move farther from AD&D v2.0.
That's odd, because every review I've read of D&D 4th says that it's very balanced, very easy to get into, and the game moves quickly and smoothly. Then again, the reviews I read were saying that the game is made more for the common person (what do you know, a company trying to sell their product to as many people as possible) and not the people who still enjoy THAC0.
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Well, perhaps it's not circles, but I can see this technology benifiting CUBE
This is, of course, assuming they've had time to evolve into bipeds. China really needs to get the ball rolling on developing!
Then the apocalypse started in August 1996. Moped Jesus is only a matter of time, now.
I cast Level 7 Noscript. Firefox turns into the best browser.
For what reason do you need both flashblock AND noscript?
Let's see... Multiple accounts in firefox is one way. The other is to Shift-Delete the websites you don't want in your history. Other than that, try to not show your clients websites that contain keywords such as "fucking" and "hot teens". Unless you're working in the porn industry anyways, in which case, why are you complaining? Conflict of interest?
Ah, I see. Science "probably won't work", so people decide to go to prayer, which "definitely won't work". Further solidifying my two-point thesis:
1) A fuckton of people are stupid.
2) Stupidity is always terminal.
Hey, just for your information, the site in your sig is marked by google/firefox as being an "attack site". See Here. Dunno if you're in control of that domain or not, but I just wanted to let you know.
Is that so!
To get you started, dig up your immunization records. And notice the "Hepatitis" shots you had. And how you don't have it today. And then go back and look at how it's in your post.
See: http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=579703&cid=23733337
I was worried someone might make that comparison. Frankly, it doesn't hold, as most linux developers have some real, working knowledge of programming and its theory. I would argue that most DMs do not have equal knowledge of game systems and game balance.
And in Microsoft's case, they might as well be just ignoring the R&D =].
Which is why, for me, upper level college classes (yes, it took until my 15th year of school for this to become normal!) were such a wonderful breath of fresh air.
Cosby: But the worst, is the cocaine.
(audience members scream)
Cosby: There they go! You say "cocaine" and people go "yeahhhhh?"... "Yeah I do a few liiines"
Try designing the same character in core (PHB/MM/DMG only) 3.5. You'll get just as far. That type of character didn't exist until the Book of Exalted Deeds, unless you decided to make a Cleric 20 that just roleplayed as a pacifist - which you can do just as well in 4E. So, isn't your problem really rooted in "4E only has core material; it needs splats!"?
+1 For using "vacuous" in a sentence +1 For ending your post in "YAWN" without being a troll.
Funnily enough, my personal experience shows that companies that spend millions on R&D for a system end up with something much more balanced, coherent, and fun than Joe DM smacking together his own system.
That bothers you, yet does D&D 3.5 abilities all being "at will all god damn day long" or "x/day" bother you? You think it makes more sense for a fighter to be able to execute his signature ultra-draining power slash 3 times in a row and then not again for 23.9 hours, or for him to be able to do it once every 5 minutes or so? For some reason, the second works better and makes more sense to me.
I suppose a better system would be allowing per-encounter and per-day abilities to be repeated at the cost of some kind of resource (stat drain, healing surge drain, hit points, debuff, whatever), but they probably already thought of that and decided against it.
Not quite. They're commenting on the fact that Google (a company that is known for excellence) has had one of their offerings beaten by using a simpler technique. This isn't a "google hatefest", it's just cool.
While he was arguing against the fanboy aspect of the article, almost all his points are about how ridiculous he thinks 4th edition is.
As for D&D 4th, not to point anyone in the direction of anything illegal, but there might have been a leak of the books you can peruse. Personally, I think it was intentional, as people will be able to read over the books online this way, and then they will be more likely to buy the books (and their friends...) when they see what it's really all about.
I'm no 4th edition fanboy, but I find the system to be very enjoyable - a breath of fresh air, if you will. Just be prepared for some major differences - it is far and away NOT 3.5. It's a "re-envisioning" of D&D. I find many people are already disliking it because they wanted a slight update to the D&D they know, not a full new game. In a few aspects (nothing concrete, this is just a "feeling" for me) it seems to hearken back to 2E.
I really don't feel like refuting the rest of your post, but mods, note that this guy has never seen the books himself, has never played with the system, and is knee-jerking at it without knowing what he's talking about.
Just for your knowledge, people are calling Pathfinder "3.75".