| Torchwood Rant (humourous, spoilers) |
[Jul. 8th, 2009|12:36 pm] |
OK, so for anyone that hasn't or isn't watching Torchwood: Children of Earth, you're not going to want to read this as it's chock-full of spoilers. Hopefully, though, you'll consider coming back and reading it another time.
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| Nerd Test |
[Mar. 20th, 2008|08:55 am] |
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| Stolen from Emmelinemay |
[Mar. 14th, 2008|03:36 pm] |
This image is just bloody terrifying if you ask me.
Shall also do well for "sarcastic applause" posts, should I need them.
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| D&D 4th Edition Post - Gamers Only! |
[Mar. 12th, 2008|10:50 am] |
It's struck me recently whilst reading all of the D&D 4th Edition News and tidbits that have trickled out over the last few months - 4th Edition puts the players at the centre of the story in a way that 3rd Edition never did.
3rd Edition excelled at being a consistent system - if a Wizard fired three Magic Missiles at you, you knew he was either 5th of 6th level. A skill check was always the same, regardless of how success or failure would affect the story. Characters had to live by the rules of the world around them.
However, in 4e Edition this is not quite so true. For example, we've been introduced to some changes relating to healing. Put simply, once per fighter any character can heal themselves for an amount of damage - it's called Second Wind, and reflects the character taking a moment in a fight to recover themselves and keep on going. Characters that take a Short Break (5 minutes) can use their own healing to heal all the way back up to full (although you only have a certain amount of personal healing per day). Taking an Extended Break (six hours) heals you back up to Full Hitpoints, regardless of the amount of healing you have left.
At first glance, these all seem a little odd. But when you think about how it serves the story of a group of heroes fighting through tough situations, overcoming trials and accomplishing great deeds it makes perfect sense. Does Conan need to be healed by a Cleric every time he takes a couple of sword blows? Does John McCain in Die Hard get any healing at all? No - the story dictates that these characters can keep on going without magical assistance, and it makes sense that Player Characters (being the central part of the story, as they surely are) should be able to do the same.
Of course, there are still options for magical healing. We've seen abilities of both the Cleric and the Paladin that allows them to heal others (or themselves) and from what we've been told the Warlord will have similar abilities (more along the lines of "Get up and fight!" than "The power of my God shall heal you!").
I think this is a brilliant move. It places the characters (and thus the players) at the centre of the story, meaning their actions are important. Not everyone in the world heals completely overnight, but allowing the characters to do so avoids a lot of problems of campaigns being derailed by PC's heading back to the village every two days to get healed up. |
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| Worldwide GaryCon |
[Mar. 6th, 2008|12:02 pm] |
This is an idea that has been spreading around the internet:
"By now most of you have seen the news about Gary Gygax.
I suggest that as a way of honoring Gary Gaygax we have a "GaryCon" across the globe this Friday and Saturday night.
By "We" - I mean every gamer possible who plays RPGs. Everywhere.
All of us play either Dungeons & Dragons this Friday and Saturday night
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We play the RPG rules system of our choice - but we do a typical D&D-type dungeon crawl. ...either Friday or Saturday night.
Everywhere....every city or town possible."
I may be running a little something with ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) villainous_mog on Saturday, depending if I'm working, but I'd certainly suggest to anyone else that can manage it that this'd be a great way to mark his passing. |
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| Open Letter |
[Mar. 5th, 2008|08:00 am] |
To the arseholes who tried to get into littleangel_103's car, broke the front passenger door lock so the door won't shut properly and took the blades off both the front and back windows. You can really just F*** off and die.
No love,
Me. |
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| RPG Style Quiz |
[Feb. 13th, 2008|04:53 am] |
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Law's Game Style
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| You scored as Tactician You're probably a military buff who wants to have the chance to think through complex problems. You want the rules, and your GM's interpretation of them, to match up what happens in the real world or at least be consistant. You want challenging yet logical obstacles to overcome.
Tactician |
| 83% | Storyteller |
| 75% | Power Gamer |
| 67% | Method Actor |
| 67% | Specialist |
| 50% | Butt-Kicker |
| 50% | Casual Gamer |
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| Books 2008 |
[Feb. 8th, 2008|08:32 am] |
9. Sound Bites: Eating on Tour with Franz Ferdinand
A very pleasant little book by the lead singer of Franz Ferdinand, who used to be a chef (amongst other things). It collects a column in a newspaper detailing the food he ate as they did their world tour. Very evocative of different places, and very enjoyable to sift through and feeling the highs and lows of eating out around the world.
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| Kevin Shwe, Kevin Shwe, Kevin Kevin Shwe |
[Feb. 8th, 2008|08:29 am] |
Someone whom I used to work with, Kevin Shwe, has found himself in the final of a competition for the BRIT Awards. It was a competition for deliberately silly dancing and you can vote for him here: http://www.pricelessdanceoff.com/voteKevin.html
Click on View Dance to skip the interview! If I could find a way to embed the video here then I would but it seems that's not possible. |
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| Indigestion |
[Feb. 6th, 2008|01:51 pm] |
OK, so I had indigestion on Sunday night / Monday.
I felt much better by this morning - but I've eaten half a sandwich from our home made bread and my stomach feels about ready to explode again. Feel drained and uncomfortable - might I have developed an intolerance to bread, or might it be something to do with the home made bread we've baked? The only other thing I can think of that might be in common both times is a bowl of muesli that I've eaten.
I really don't want this to happen on a regular basis - any ideas?
Bleh. |
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| Free Tickets |
[Feb. 1st, 2008|09:44 am] |
We have two spare free tickets for the Times Destinations Show (http://www.destinationsshow.com/) and we're heading over there tomorrow to browse and get excited about holidays, eat some nice food and possible see some of the fun acts they have on.
It's at Earls Court - if anyone wants to join us then let us know. This message is also going up on littleangel_103's journal.
We've been the last couple of years and enjoyed it. Plus, you can get some nice freebies. |
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| Open Letter To The Daily Mail |
[Jan. 20th, 2008|09:37 pm] |
Dear Paul Dacre(1),
I draw your attention to the following extract from the recent column by Richard Littlejohn:
"It might not be fashionable, or even acceptable in some quarters, to say so, but in their chosen field of “work”, death by strangulation is an occupational hazard. That doesn’t make it justifiable homicide, but in the scheme of things the deaths of these five women is no great loss. They weren't going to discover a cure for cancer or embark on missionary work in Darfur. The only kind of missionary position they undertook was in the back seat of a car."
The sheer disdain for the life of these women, mixed with the unbridled sexism and lack of respect for human life, absolutely takes my breath away. How you can justify paying someone to write such a hate-filled, pathetic excuse for journalism is beyond me. It beggars belief that Mr Littlejohn, who obviously does such sterling and public work in his own "cure for cancer" and "missionary work in Darfur" sidelines, feels that he can make these kind of comments about women (and they are women first, regardless of the way they earn money). I am utterly disgusted and furious that you felt it appropriate to publish these comments.
I would hope that you might ask Mr Littlejohn to consider the lives both of these women, and of their family and friends, before spewing any more of this pathetic excuse for writing.
yours sincerely,
Mathew Freeman.
Thank you to the blogger at the Fword.org that flagged this up for me. You can also read more details at http://feministfire.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/5-women-dead-richard-littlejohn-says-its-no-great-loss/
Please write in. It only takes a moment.
(1) Paul Dacre is the Editor of the Daily Mail and can be contacted at:
The Daily Mail
Associated Newspapers Ltd
Northcliffe House
2 Derry Street
London
W8 5TT
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| Online Quiz Challenge! |
[Dec. 13th, 2007|03:36 pm] |
http://ukchampionofthehousehold.buzzthegame.com/home.php?game=c3561941
Click on the link, then click on option 3 "Take a Friends Challenge" and answer the questions by click on the answers - dead simple!
I'd just like to ask everyone to use the LJ username when they put in their nickname, so that we can all see how everyone has done. And please feel free to share this link on with other people from LJ - let's see how many people we can get on the leaderboard!
LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
Edit: Fixed link. |
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| Album Meme |
[Dec. 12th, 2007|08:52 am] |
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I've altered the rules slightly to have a lot less names in it - basically, if I get a name I'll try for another one.
Basic rules - go to Wikipedia, click once on random article for your Album Title, again for the band, and then a further fifteen times for the track listing. Here's mine:
Seduction Community by Horta Oest
1) Saar mark
2) Eugenia bayatensis
3) John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry
4) Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond
5) Kamran Khan
6) Activation
7) Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik
8) Jalgaon sex scandal
9) Elbow
10) Compression fitting
11) Biomorphic robotics
12) Recceology
13) Cade's Road
14) Cephalic
15) Tears of Stone
Clearly, this is some sort of prog-rock opus, probably written in the late 60's under the influence of drugs and drawing heavily upon both Eastern Europe and Industrialism.
I'd really like to hear the lyrics for Kohtla-Jarve Vriu Sputnik. |
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[Nov. 6th, 2007|05:20 pm] |
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My Yahoo email appears to be down - is anyone else having problems? |
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