Yo. Heard from Eben that we had a massive crew last week. Awesome. So, the Agon campaign I wanna start is not going to be quite ready by tomorrow, so instead...
Oooh! Can I get chained up in a big tank of water like Houdini and then have the tank pushed out of the back of an airplane? Or would my facetious suggestion...
Here's the official word from Jason Morningstar, the author: "Falling in love is a viable option covered in the Drowning and Falling Role-Playing Game Core...
I, sadly, did not complete any progress on my Long Stair hack, and my job + ExaltedMUSH has been sucking up my energy, so I don't think I'll have anything to...
It's a good thing then that this is the week when Jay Walt's pitching a game almost literally made out of puns. You'd better bring the goods, Slim. *finger...
Now, this may be more than a one night thing, so it might not work logistically, but here's my pitch. To play, or if there's at least one other experienced...
Hey Folks, What's on the table this week? Due to a request from Robert, who can actually make it this week (so I'm told), I'm going to be putting off Sons of...
... I would be interested in running "Shock;" or playing Agonia. -d P. S. So the actual game is called "Shock:". I've made some rules hacks for smoother...
... Putting conjuctive punctuation in a terminal position in a name is immoral. Using alternate punctuation that is almost indistinguishable at a casual...
To: Dev Re: The morality of language You are a bad person, and this sort of behavior makes the world actually and literally a worse place to live in. That your...
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Wait, is Dev a bad person for his improper punctuation, or for doing that "I'm editing your quote with words I like" thing? Because, my deep and abiding...
I disagree. Language and punction evolve at the level of the street (or superhighway), and it's this kind of backwards thinking which prevents the general...
Point the Zeroth: Fuck Yeah, Agonia! Point the First: A quantum leap is literally the smallest possible change you can make to a thing. When an electron jumps...
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Jul 9, 2008 4:32 pm
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... Yes ... Very nicely....
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Jul 9, 2008 4:34 pm
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And I'd play the knife-game again, too. I have the rules more-or-less shorthanded into my notebook, so I think I could re-play it from that. -d...
According to wikipedia, "The interrobang (‽) is a nonstandard English-language punctuation mark intended to combine the functions of the question mark (also...
Language is the tool of the imperialists, designed to permanently oppress the communicative proletariat. I tolerate it for the moment only because the...
I can actually make it to SG tonight! A bit late, maybe 7:20 or so. But I would love to get in on some of the Agon sweetness. ... From: Jonathan Walton...
... Do you have any problem understanding me if I say this argument is awful? In real English, that means that your arguments have inspired awe; in this...
That was the only bit of the whole thing that was completely honest. I seriously don't know what he was trying to say. I know what you're trying to say...
Eric Pinnick
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Jul 9, 2008 5:15 pm
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Eric, "Quantum Leap" is like "Quantum Torpedoes" in Star Trek: TNG. Literally, it means "a countable number of torpedoes." But it sounds cool, so of course ...