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  Probability Manipulation: Throw My Bones by Deep Purple
Posted by: classicdrogn - 07-24-2024, 08:24 PM - Forum: The Game Everyone Loves To Play - No Replies


link


effect: Doug holds a planned action in mind while the song plays. If it's something that can be completed within the remaining duration of the song, he'll know the exact moment to perform it to get maximized results from his point of view, or to at least avoid wrost-case results if time is more pressing. If it's something longer term, at the end of the song he'll have a feel for whether the plan in its current form would have a good or bad result, again from his point of view. Other probability manipulation effects not originating from Doug (his chaos field or song powers, and only song powers in the plan) are not accounted for, but will also have unpredictable results when used against him to try to affect the intended action or plan, even more than usual when trying to deal with Doug.

(Also, it's just a good song, and its generally non-disruptive effect means he can just listen to it for the sake of it if he wants to, and make some really good sandwiches or something.)

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  First new Weird Al video in years!
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 07-19-2024, 12:20 PM - Forum: General Chatter - No Replies

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  BSODs around the world...
Posted by: robkelk - 07-19-2024, 06:18 AM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (10)

In case you haven't noticed yet.

The Register: CrowdStrike code update bricking Windows machines around the world

tl;dr: Routine patch was buggy but got autodeployed anyway. Many businesses (including airlines, hospitals, and broadcasters) affected. Australia was hit hard.


Looking for a silver lining in this cloud... Ah! From CrowdStrike shares sink as global IT outage savages systems worldwide, Putneymead GP surgery in West London is asking patients to "please bare with us":

[Image: putneymead_group.jpg]

I know bear/bare is already on the Big List of Booboos, but the example is too good not to share.

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  Best TTRPG system for swords-and-rayguns classic sci fi?
Posted by: classicdrogn - 07-12-2024, 02:38 AM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (4)

Of course you can adapt whatever strikes your fancy, as can generics like BESM, GURPS, or HERO by definition, but I'm wondering what people think of for out-of-the-box. (GURPS Space combined with Lowtech/Dungeon Fantasy are not disqualified if you really think that's the best. I'm just looking for opinions.)

Spelljammer, well, neither 2e or 5e D&D really match the tone I'm looking for, falling far more into Tolkienesque high fantasy than even early science fiction, and it's the only one I'm really familiar with aside from WEG Star Wars and the genericized d6 Space, which is by default a bit too industrial/technological, predictably in both cases due to those being the source material they're based on.

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  Not sure if this would be a power song...
Posted by: Norgarth - 07-11-2024, 11:29 AM - Forum: The Game Everyone Loves To Play - Replies (4)

but if so, it's probably on Doug's Restricted list.

Flirtin' With Disaster by Molly Hatchet


I'm travelin' down the road
I'm flirtin' with disaster
I've got the pedal to the floor
My life is running faster
I'm out of money, I'm out of hope
It looks like self destruction
Well how much more can we take
With all of this corruption

We're flirtin' with disaster
Ya'll know what I mean
And the way we run our lives
It makes no sense to me
I don't know about yourself or what you want to be, yeah
When we gamble with our time
We choose our destiny

I'm travelin' down that lonesome road
Feel like I'm dragging a heavy load
Yeah I've tried to turn my head away
Feels about the same most every day

You know what I'm talking about, baby

Speeding down the fast lane, honey
Playin' from town to town
The boys and I have been burnin' it up, can't seem to slow it down
I've got the pedal to the floor, our lives are runnin' faster
Got our sights set straight ahead
But ain't sure what we're after

Flirtin' with disaster, ya'll damn sure know what I mean
You know the way we run our lives it makes no sense to me
I don't know about yourself or what you plan to be, yea
When we gamble with our time, we choose our destiny

Yeah, I'm travelin' down that lonesome road
Feel like I'm dragging a heavy load
Don't tried to turn my head away
I'm flirtin' with disaster every day

And you are too, baby, ha ha ha

Flirtin' with disaster baby
Ya'll know what I mean
You know the way we run our lives
It makes no sense to me
I don't know about yourself or what you plan to be
When we gamble with our time, we choose our destiny

Yeah, we're traveling down this lonesome road
Feel like I'm dragging a heavy load
Don't try and turn my head away, ba ba ba yeah
Flirtin' with disaster every day

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  Happy Independence Day
Posted by: classicdrogn - 07-01-2024, 10:24 AM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (6)

To our Canadian friends, what it says on the tin

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  Crossovers That Should Not Be 27 - three sets of three rules of three... stinkers
Posted by: robkelk - 06-29-2024, 07:17 PM - Forum: Other People's Fanfiction - Replies (25)

Previous thread is previous



It is the prerogative and the duty of the royalty of Narnia to quest for the White Stig.

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  Does anybody here speak Norwegian?
Posted by: robkelk - 06-29-2024, 03:32 PM - Forum: My Apartment Manager is not an Isekai Character - Replies (2)

Or at least read it?

I've written a scene that's the first time two characters whose native language is Norwegian speak with each other "on-screen", so of course the conversation is in that language because why wouldn't it be? But it's a language that I can't read. We come in near the end of the conversation so there's less than a half-dozen lines.

I'm not completely convinced that Google Translate did a perfect job in translating them.

I don't need the text proofread right away (and can probably get away with footnoting it's mechanically translated), but I'd appreciate a second opinion on the translation, please.

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  Hey, urimikhli!
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 06-29-2024, 10:28 AM - Forum: Forums - No Replies

Because I've had a busy and troublesome week, I've been really generous with your new account. I've emailed you twice to ask you to confirm your membership. There's a big blue banner you should be seeing telling you to respond to to the email you've gotten from me. And I'm now trying to get your attention with a forum post. Why is it that you keep checking back to see if your account is active, but you won't do the one thing necessary for me to activate it?

This is your last chance. You have another day to reply as requested. Otherwise I'm going to write you off as an unusually persistent would-be spammer.

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  Ranma 1/2 to get new anime adaptation
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 06-26-2024, 01:20 PM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (1)

Weekly Shonen Sunday has announced that Ranma 1/2 will be getting an "all-new" anime adaptation. There aren't any specifics yet, there's apparently going to be an official announcement on July 17.

More info can be found here.

Oh, and there's a video announcement, although subtitles are disabled so it'll be less than informative for those of us who are Japanese-impaired:

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