Yes, I'm quite aware of Pathfinders popularity, especially among the 20-something crowd who thinks they are playing D&D. I don't argue that point. Believe me I've tried it, and 3.5 and 4... They are all, as another person mentioned, "video games on paper".
Really the thing about Pathfinder I couldn't stomach was how the story and character actions were just too "guided". It reminded me of playing Everquest for the first time and running into the edge of the map("wow, I can't keep going?!?). Sure, that is an extreme example, but the Pathfinder Society is too controlling and almost cult like in the way the GM's run their worlds. I like freedom in RPG's. For example, if I'm running Traveller and the group decides to forget about their mission to protect a mining convoy and jump over to another star cluster, hey, that is their decision, and I will allow players that freedom.
if Gygax had kept his eye on the ball better as far as the company went.
If memory serves me correctly, part of how things ended up in this state for TSR was because EGG was busy in Hollywood trying to get a D&D film made during 1985, and he actually took his eye off the ball while TSR was bleeding money. His heart was in the right place but he wasn't a smart businessman it appears. Also his ego was probably in the way of any clear thinking regarding business decisions.
The Blumes probably just wanted TSR to get back on track and saw EGG as a roadblock to that. Then they made the deal with devil...
Pathfinder is a joke, as is any edition past 2nd.
Anything made by WoTC isn't D&D, you can be assured of that.
Just because they have the rights to the name doesn't mean squat.
I play in a hybrid 1.5/2nd ed campaign that is a blast, easy to play, and doesn't have the "I'm going to run a half dragon Priest/Archer/Wild Mage with psionics" vibe that the WoTC "editions" have. It is old school D&D and fun as hell.
Read some of the "memoirs" of those who worked at TSR at the time. Williams couldn't stand gamers, D&D or pretty anything "geek/nerd".
She saw $$$ and tried to cash in. I would suspect a low level Illusionist may have been behind it...
Yes, I would have to agree. At least from what I've read, it does appear that Arneson, who was as much a "Father" of D&D as Gygax, got screwed sometime in the mid 70's by GG.
Yea, you don't need to be a carpenter to know what stick homes are framed with...
The biggest threat to forests is the cattle and palm industries in places like Brazil, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Sustainable forestry is better than non-sustainable.
Actually, there is a faint hope that the Chestnut and other American Hardwoods will make a comeback in the eastern US.
The greatest irony of all is that those with children are usually the ones screaming the loudest that nothing is wrong and we shouldn't have to change our behaviors or even slightly take responsibility for the destruction of the ecosystem that allows us, the Human Race, to live and flourish on this planet.
I would say Humans are the most "self aware" of any species on this planet.
Yes, Apes, Dolphins, etc are in the category too, but Humans live with the constant chirping of the "chattering monkey".
This self awareness leads to the heavy weight of Free Will...
I learn more about what happens in the US from foreign news than I ever do from US news, with the exception of The News Hour on PBS, NPR and Democracy Now.
American mass media and "journalism" is a vast miasma of bloated infomercial junk food weight loss car commercial erection drug propaganda aimed at conditioning whats left of the American Mind into dull and plodding consumerism and hopelessness.
Beyond that, any notion that we should be ashamed of how we have treated other species, destroyed habitats and whatever seems asinine.
Agent Smith:
I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area.
There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is?
A virus.
Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You're a plague and we are the cure.
Perhaps you should look at the regressive taxes imposed upon the Middle/Working classes. Things like sales taxes, etc; The percentage of income going to taxes for those groups is much higher than for the top 10% of income earners.
Wow, maybe if you had been paying attention, you would understand that the reason government is "breaking down" is because of unchecked corporate power. It is in the best interest of multinational corporations to "break down" any barriers in their way to profits at all cost, regardless of human or environmental well being.
There is a system, usually reliable, whereby I can call on my friends, neighbors and relatives to do my watering when I'm out of town.
Usually works pretty good if I give them a quick primer.
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Yes, I'm quite aware of Pathfinders popularity, especially among the 20-something crowd who thinks they are playing D&D. I don't argue that point. Believe me I've tried it, and 3.5 and 4... They are all, as another person mentioned, "video games on paper".
Really the thing about Pathfinder I couldn't stomach was how the story and character actions were just too "guided". It reminded me of playing Everquest for the first time and running into the edge of the map("wow, I can't keep going?!?). Sure, that is an extreme example, but the Pathfinder Society is too controlling and almost cult like in the way the GM's run their worlds. I like freedom in RPG's. For example, if I'm running Traveller and the group decides to forget about their mission to protect a mining convoy and jump over to another star cluster, hey, that is their decision, and I will allow players that freedom.
if Gygax had kept his eye on the ball better as far as the company went.
If memory serves me correctly, part of how things ended up in this state for TSR was because EGG was busy in Hollywood trying to get a D&D film made during 1985, and he actually took his eye off the ball while TSR was bleeding money. His heart was in the right place but he wasn't a smart businessman it appears. Also his ego was probably in the way of any clear thinking regarding business decisions.
The Blumes probably just wanted TSR to get back on track and saw EGG as a roadblock to that. Then they made the deal with devil...
Pathfinder is a joke, as is any edition past 2nd.
Anything made by WoTC isn't D&D, you can be assured of that.
Just because they have the rights to the name doesn't mean squat.
I play in a hybrid 1.5/2nd ed campaign that is a blast, easy to play, and doesn't have the "I'm going to run a half dragon Priest/Archer/Wild Mage with psionics" vibe that the WoTC "editions" have. It is old school D&D and fun as hell.
Read some of the "memoirs" of those who worked at TSR at the time. Williams couldn't stand gamers, D&D or pretty anything "geek/nerd".
She saw $$$ and tried to cash in. I would suspect a low level Illusionist may have been behind it...
Yes, I would have to agree. At least from what I've read, it does appear that Arneson, who was as much a "Father" of D&D as Gygax, got screwed sometime in the mid 70's by GG.
More like failed an Intelligence check...
Yea, you don't need to be a carpenter to know what stick homes are framed with...
The biggest threat to forests is the cattle and palm industries in places like Brazil, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Sustainable forestry is better than non-sustainable.
Actually, there is a faint hope that the Chestnut and other American Hardwoods will make a comeback in the eastern US.
The greatest irony of all is that those with children are usually the ones screaming the loudest that nothing is wrong and we shouldn't have to change our behaviors or even slightly take responsibility for the destruction of the ecosystem that allows us, the Human Race, to live and flourish on this planet.
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I would say Humans are the most "self aware" of any species on this planet.
Yes, Apes, Dolphins, etc are in the category too, but Humans live with the constant chirping of the "chattering monkey".
This self awareness leads to the heavy weight of Free Will...
I learn more about what happens in the US from foreign news than I ever do from US news, with the exception of The News Hour on PBS, NPR and Democracy Now.
American mass media and "journalism" is a vast miasma of bloated infomercial junk food weight loss car commercial erection drug propaganda aimed at conditioning whats left of the American Mind into dull and plodding consumerism and hopelessness.
Bread and Circuses and all that.
Beyond that, any notion that we should be ashamed of how we have treated other species, destroyed habitats and whatever seems asinine.
Agent Smith:
I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area.
There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is?
A virus.
Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You're a plague and we are the cure.
The Virii were an ancient Roman noble family,
One of their descendents still roams free...
"Peace In Our Time."
I was going to mod you up, but you're already at 5...
So, I have to say your post made my day!
That's some funny shit bro.
Most CEO's and Executive Level types are sociopaths.
CEO-speak.. "building the right organization" "work towards synergies and strategic alignment" gobbledygoop
Actually, I refer to that as flibbidy-flabbidy-floop
Perhaps you should look at the regressive taxes imposed upon the Middle/Working classes. Things like sales taxes, etc; The percentage of income going to taxes for those groups is much higher than for the top 10% of income earners.
You need to take a break from Fox News.
Wow, maybe if you had been paying attention, you would understand that the reason government is "breaking down" is because of unchecked corporate power. It is in the best interest of multinational corporations to "break down" any barriers in their way to profits at all cost, regardless of human or environmental well being.
We will live with corporate abuse but we won't stand for abuse by the state.
Good Lord Sir, you have spoken the truth.
password reuse on low risk websites is necessary in order for users to be able to remember unique and high entropy codes
Really? Wow, you had to do a study to "prove" what any dingbat(including myself) has known for years, using that rarefied skill called "Common Sense".
Implemented properly, ESN can be beneficial, analysts say.
Analysts say do they?
Well, if I were an analyst whose livelihood depended on implementing and supporting ESN, I would say so to.
requires that competitors be segregated on grounds of sex
Right, those that have sex with a partner and those that don't.
There is a system, usually reliable, whereby I can call on my friends, neighbors and relatives to do my watering when I'm out of town.
Usually works pretty good if I give them a quick primer.