Saga Ward
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And it's like... Many other RPG's are smoother and quicker to learn, and will do what you want better. Some are so slim you can print at home on half a dozen pages, and they'll still hit the same levels of depth and complexity.
"Try another rpg" is not a pain in the ass just because DnD was.
"Try another rpg" is not a pain in the ass just because DnD was.
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
And it's like... Many other RPG's are smoother and quicker to learn, and will do what you want better. Some are so slim you can print at home on half a dozen pages, and they'll still hit the same levels of depth and complexity.
"Try another rpg" is not a pain in the ass just because DnD was.
"Try another rpg" is not a pain in the ass just because DnD was.
But it's kind of a pain in the ass to learn, and it's not good at being all things, so people who have played and know how prickly it can be think ALL rpg's are like that.
"You want me to learn ANOTHER RPG?" where "learn" means "read 1000's of pages and buy hundreds of dollars of books."
"You want me to learn ANOTHER RPG?" where "learn" means "read 1000's of pages and buy hundreds of dollars of books."
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
But it's kind of a pain in the ass to learn, and it's not good at being all things, so people who have played and know how prickly it can be think ALL rpg's are like that.
"You want me to learn ANOTHER RPG?" where "learn" means "read 1000's of pages and buy hundreds of dollars of books."
"You want me to learn ANOTHER RPG?" where "learn" means "read 1000's of pages and buy hundreds of dollars of books."
DnD's greatest strengths (legacy branding, cultural dominance) are its greatest weakness. It's an okay game but people think it's the only one (its brand is synonymous with the hobby itself), whether by broad impression because they don't know any better, or by sunk cost because they're invested.
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
DnD's greatest strengths (legacy branding, cultural dominance) are its greatest weakness. It's an okay game but people think it's the only one (its brand is synonymous with the hobby itself), whether by broad impression because they don't know any better, or by sunk cost because they're invested.
Oh yeah, Yoko Taro would have in perpetuity, if he could, a maid cafe where a 2B maid steps on you and drops sneaky little lore hints you can't find anywhere else. He'd have revelations printed on the interior seams of sexy android body pillows.
November 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Oh yeah, Yoko Taro would have in perpetuity, if he could, a maid cafe where a 2B maid steps on you and drops sneaky little lore hints you can't find anywhere else. He'd have revelations printed on the interior seams of sexy android body pillows.
I like it when it's done by your Yoko Taros and your Hideo Kojimas and other such weird lunatics, like it's part of the art and the weird. Like ergodic fiction (House of Leaves) in a game. The audacity is neat. But yeah when it's movie stuff in Fortnite, when it's just money marketing: ugh.
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I like it when it's done by your Yoko Taros and your Hideo Kojimas and other such weird lunatics, like it's part of the art and the weird. Like ergodic fiction (House of Leaves) in a game. The audacity is neat. But yeah when it's movie stuff in Fortnite, when it's just money marketing: ugh.
It's an amount that if you ate it out of the bag you'd not only know you were eating too much cheese but you'd be sick of it before you got there, but in the pot it's like, "I dunno, could be a little cheesier."
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It's an amount that if you ate it out of the bag you'd not only know you were eating too much cheese but you'd be sick of it before you got there, but in the pot it's like, "I dunno, could be a little cheesier."
Anyway, I clocked that Nott does a quick little Akira slide in the new Mighty Nein animated show. I thought it was cool and not something you'd "um ackshyually" about.
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Anyway, I clocked that Nott does a quick little Akira slide in the new Mighty Nein animated show. I thought it was cool and not something you'd "um ackshyually" about.
Yeah that's a real grim pair of words king of like "child labor" or "underage prostitution" that should be inherently understood as wrong and just explains itself.
And yet. That the pairing exists at all points to a big fuckin problem.
And yet. That the pairing exists at all points to a big fuckin problem.
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Yeah that's a real grim pair of words king of like "child labor" or "underage prostitution" that should be inherently understood as wrong and just explains itself.
And yet. That the pairing exists at all points to a big fuckin problem.
And yet. That the pairing exists at all points to a big fuckin problem.
I'd like it if we could take a, like, 5 year leap of faith and just give socialism a try, as a treat. Abolish ice, abolish the police as we know them, add social workers of all stripes, universal basic income, guaranteed housing, health, and food, etc.
Just to see! For fun!
Just to see! For fun!
November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I'd like it if we could take a, like, 5 year leap of faith and just give socialism a try, as a treat. Abolish ice, abolish the police as we know them, add social workers of all stripes, universal basic income, guaranteed housing, health, and food, etc.
Just to see! For fun!
Just to see! For fun!
And the furtive monsterfucker, so easily forgotten...
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
And the furtive monsterfucker, so easily forgotten...
"Oy. Pick up dat can."
November 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"Oy. Pick up dat can."
SAME. My expectations were subterranean, thought there was no way the thing could be good after what it went through, and then I found a damn triumph. Team went through hell and made a very surprisingly good cap to the series, and they did not get the recognition they deserved.
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM
SAME. My expectations were subterranean, thought there was no way the thing could be good after what it went through, and then I found a damn triumph. Team went through hell and made a very surprisingly good cap to the series, and they did not get the recognition they deserved.
I've long thought that learning/reading RPG's, and actually playing them, are two separate (but often entwined) hobbies. DnD can be kinda frictional to learn, but once you do it runs pretty well and broadly--just gotta get over the initial hurdle. Harder when you do just wanna play for sure.
November 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I've long thought that learning/reading RPG's, and actually playing them, are two separate (but often entwined) hobbies. DnD can be kinda frictional to learn, but once you do it runs pretty well and broadly--just gotta get over the initial hurdle. Harder when you do just wanna play for sure.
Been saying for a hot minute that if somebody starts muttering about age of consent and "how young is 15, really?" they absolutely, 100% are thinking of somebody specific. There is already a child in their orbit that they would if they could--get your kids away from them.
November 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Been saying for a hot minute that if somebody starts muttering about age of consent and "how young is 15, really?" they absolutely, 100% are thinking of somebody specific. There is already a child in their orbit that they would if they could--get your kids away from them.
Even if it were true (it's not) and I believed it (I real big fuckin' don't), well, you know, I'd just be willing to risk it.
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Even if it were true (it's not) and I believed it (I real big fuckin' don't), well, you know, I'd just be willing to risk it.
Yeah, when I say "release the files" it's not to satisfy a morbid curiosity! I'm not being a nosy bitch (not about this, anyway). What I mean is, "do a thing which would hopefully help lead to consequences for the people in them, no matter who!"
Release the files means, "Get their asses."
Release the files means, "Get their asses."
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Yeah, when I say "release the files" it's not to satisfy a morbid curiosity! I'm not being a nosy bitch (not about this, anyway). What I mean is, "do a thing which would hopefully help lead to consequences for the people in them, no matter who!"
Release the files means, "Get their asses."
Release the files means, "Get their asses."
They really ought to bring it back to theaters. I just think it never really got its chance, you know? I was busy, and a lot of people I know were. But if they brought it back we'd definitely go see. I swear.
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
They really ought to bring it back to theaters. I just think it never really got its chance, you know? I was busy, and a lot of people I know were. But if they brought it back we'd definitely go see. I swear.
Following you is a reminder that KC is actually a pretty big and significant city, if that makes sense? Like yeah, sure, it's a city, but it's not NY or LA or Chicago or... But like, it IS, you know? It's huge! Being spread across such an area doesn't diminish that.
November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Following you is a reminder that KC is actually a pretty big and significant city, if that makes sense? Like yeah, sure, it's a city, but it's not NY or LA or Chicago or... But like, it IS, you know? It's huge! Being spread across such an area doesn't diminish that.
Wow. By asking the question "Can I get a bigger refund if I lie about my income," you're showing that you're thinking on another level. It's honestly a whole paradigm shift, it's not just smart, it's **transcendental.** Let's dig into how you can use inaccurate numbers to maximize your return.
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Wow. By asking the question "Can I get a bigger refund if I lie about my income," you're showing that you're thinking on another level. It's honestly a whole paradigm shift, it's not just smart, it's **transcendental.** Let's dig into how you can use inaccurate numbers to maximize your return.
This is exactly me. Did it out of convenience, but saw that and just could not believe it. "AI" is super fucking bad at numbers, what in the actual fuck. It doesn't know what numbers even are!
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This is exactly me. Did it out of convenience, but saw that and just could not believe it. "AI" is super fucking bad at numbers, what in the actual fuck. It doesn't know what numbers even are!
So, now, trump is launching his. Surely there will be retaliation? Surely bubba or whoever else will come forward? Throwing somebody under the bus doesn't go just one way!
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
So, now, trump is launching his. Surely there will be retaliation? Surely bubba or whoever else will come forward? Throwing somebody under the bus doesn't go just one way!
Because that was the point of a lot of it, right? Let's do crimes together so we both have nuclear buttons on one another. If you wanna join the club you gotta blow bubba. Don't burn me and I won't burn you, because we definitely could, mutually assured destruction.
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Because that was the point of a lot of it, right? Let's do crimes together so we both have nuclear buttons on one another. If you wanna join the club you gotta blow bubba. Don't burn me and I won't burn you, because we definitely could, mutually assured destruction.