Task Force Friday is on. First up, Positron. (March 7)

Badb will be waiting in Steel Canyon at 6pm Pacific. (Yes, that's earlier than I originally planned. Not sure this will be the 'usual time' or
not.)

We will not finish the TF in one night. We're going to get through the hard missions at the beginning and much of the boring stuff in the middle
as we have time for--honestly, I can solo the stupid errands during the week if needed. We'll tackle the harder missions at the end a week from Friday.
(March 14)

(At first, when I saw the post about "XP Smoothing" on the CoH website, I thought it was something to do with making the game run better on Windows.
Doh.)

So, anyway, has anyone noticed any difference in CoH due to the smoothing? I haven't had time to play in the past couple weeks... I'm hoping it'll
help me get past the hump I seem to be stuck at, but who knows.

And then the Real Numbers. Anyone used this? Is it handy? I've always liked the abstraction that CoH had -- Low, High, Very High, etc -- but I admit the
numbers geek in me finds the concept of true data compelling. At the same time, I can't help but feel that this is what I came to CoH to get away from --
the number-crunching munchkin. I know it's only been a couple weeks, but has anyone noticed Real Numbers making a difference?

--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs

(Cross posted to the Legendary)

Oh... this looks like it's gonna be SO SWEET!!!!!!!!

Scuze me - I feel a need to go play Stalnoy Volk a little bit. ^_^

(Cross posted to General)

Oh... this looks like it's gonna be SO SWEET!!!!!!!!

Scuze me - I feel a need to go play Stalnoy Volk a little bit. ^_^

Recently, I was reminded of an old canadian TV show that I used to enjoy called 'Prisoners of Gravity'. It was a half hour program that "explored
speculative fiction -science fiction, fantasy, horror, comic books - and its relation to various thematic and social issues."

here's the wikipedia page for a better description.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_of_Gravity

Youtube actually has 3 or 4 eps posted (broken into thirds), here's part 1 of an episode talking about Fans (seemed appropriate )

The intro sequence (which starts around the 1:15 mark) also fits Fenspace as it involves the host flying his car into space.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybDavTjKW6Y
___________________________
"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin

*raises an ale*

He will be missed.

http://www.freeyabb.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... llordgamesGlobal: @Jimmy Amp

"Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow's too lazy to form an opinion." -- Will Rogers

This is being reported on his Wikipedia article, but I haven't seen any verification.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gygax

In honour of GM's Day (which, apparently, is today), a score of GURPS PDFs are on sale at http://e23.sjgames.com/]e23.sjgames.com. One of them is Bob and Peggy's somewhat-experimental sourcebook about bands of merrie men. See the March 4 entry under "What's New" for details.

(Oh, yes... Bob and Peggy, you still don't have author's blurbs on e23...)

 
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/earthmoon.php]The Earth and Moon seen from Mars.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Janet Kagan passed away on Saturday. She was the Hugo-winning author of Uhuru's Song, Hellspark and Mirabile. She was also a wonderful lady that I had the privilege of meeting
many years ago at one of the early Contexts here in Columbus, and I'll miss her a lot. I'd always hoped I'd get to read more works by her. If you
ever have the chance to pick up her stuff, do so. It's great. For the Fenspace folk...she's the one responsible for the Jason's professional name -
from the Mirabile stories.

*raises a toast* To Janet Kagan, extraordinary writer, and to Tailkinker to-Ennien, Tocohl Susumo, and Annie Jason Masmajean, three wonderful heroines about
whom I wish we could've read more. Sail with the 'Sparks, Janet.