Officer Hotpants 
Moderator
Double-0 Negative
@TeamBlueplant
Oh. That. I always just called that “purple” in my head. Thanks.
Oh. That. I always just called that “purple” in my head. Thanks.
Video game thread
FeatherTrap 
Knight of Boops
@Officer Hotpants
It is. Maybe I should start a thread to talk about my crazy worldbuilding ideas, like my take on Wood Elves being a race of Imperialist Conquerors who want to aggressively terraform the world back to the state of the Ur-Wood, forcing all non-elves to either regress to beastmen or die…
Dammit, now I want to play DnD/Pathfinder again.
It is. Maybe I should start a thread to talk about my crazy worldbuilding ideas, like my take on Wood Elves being a race of Imperialist Conquerors who want to aggressively terraform the world back to the state of the Ur-Wood, forcing all non-elves to either regress to beastmen or die…
Dammit, now I want to play DnD/Pathfinder again.
Sapphie 
Senior Moderator
Unavailable
@FeatherTrap
Are you implying you don’t always wanna play DnD? :P
even with one session a week I’m always hyped for the next one lmao
Are you implying you don’t always wanna play DnD? :P
even with one session a week I’m always hyped for the next one lmao
FeatherTrap
Knight of Boops
@Sapphie
I always want to play it, but some times the desire burns brighter then others. When I say it out loud, it is particularly strong, if that makes any sense.
Also it’s 3 in the morning for me and I’m supposed to be asleep >.<
I always want to play it, but some times the desire burns brighter then others. When I say it out loud, it is particularly strong, if that makes any sense.
Also it’s 3 in the morning for me and I’m supposed to be asleep >.<
Officer Hotpants
Moderator
Double-0 Negative
@FeatherTrap
That would be interesting. I love worldbuilding.
I’ve always wanted to get into actual D&D but have had to make do with PC games and reading wikis.
@FeatherTrap
Wow. It’s 1:40 PM here. Opposite sides of the planet, then.
That would be interesting. I love worldbuilding.
I’ve always wanted to get into actual D&D but have had to make do with PC games and reading wikis.
@FeatherTrap
Wow. It’s 1:40 PM here. Opposite sides of the planet, then.
Azure Fang 
Oh no, he's here?
@Sapphie
I miss running D&D and Shadowrun sessions, but haven’t been able to find any new players in the area and the couple diehards I do have (not enough for a table in their own right) patently refuse to play over online platforms.
I miss running D&D and Shadowrun sessions, but haven’t been able to find any new players in the area and the couple diehards I do have (not enough for a table in their own right) patently refuse to play over online platforms.
Sapphie
Senior Moderator
Unavailable
@Barhandar
I’d join that server but I’m already in 2 campaigns so I don’t think I’ll be joining any new ones.
@Azure Fang
I’ve mostly ever played dnd online; roll20 is a nice resource, and there’s no way a NEET-but-in-education like me would find anyone IRL to play.
I’d join that server but I’m already in 2 campaigns so I don’t think I’ll be joining any new ones.
@Azure Fang
I’ve mostly ever played dnd online; roll20 is a nice resource, and there’s no way a NEET-but-in-education like me would find anyone IRL to play.
Officer Hotpants
Moderator
Double-0 Negative
@Barhandar
Oh yeah. I’d heard there was a MLP D&D adaptation.
Oh yeah. I’d heard there was a MLP D&D adaptation.
Anonymous #3456
@Officer Hotpants
More than one. You can even buy merch and miniatures now.
There have been a number of video games featuring recognizable pony content , too. I wonder how long they can fly under the radar before Hasbro’s lawyers start sending the cease-and-desist letters.
More than one. You can even buy merch and miniatures now.
There have been a number of video games featuring recognizable pony content , too. I wonder how long they can fly under the radar before Hasbro’s lawyers start sending the cease-and-desist letters.
Azure Fang
Oh no, he's here?
@Sapphie
There are communities for finding local players, but I’ve never had any luck finding anybody in my area that’s interested in playing D&D 3/3.5e (own literally every official core and Forgotten Realms source book for the edition, so really not interested in upgrading to 5th) or Shadowrun 4th Ed. As to online options, I know they are viable but I would really rather find an in-person group to accommodate one of the aforementioned diehards. Plus, I do generally agree that playing online really loses a lot of the charm, being one that grew up playing in-person sessions.
There are communities for finding local players, but I’ve never had any luck finding anybody in my area that’s interested in playing D&D 3/3.5e (own literally every official core and Forgotten Realms source book for the edition, so really not interested in upgrading to 5th) or Shadowrun 4th Ed. As to online options, I know they are viable but I would really rather find an in-person group to accommodate one of the aforementioned diehards. Plus, I do generally agree that playing online really loses a lot of the charm, being one that grew up playing in-person sessions.
Officer Hotpants
Moderator
Double-0 Negative
@Anonymous #3456
Sweet. And you can’t own a style. So long as you don’t copy the characters or settings outright, or use leaked or extracted assets, there’s little they can do.
Sweet. And you can’t own a style. So long as you don’t copy the characters or settings outright, or use leaked or extracted assets, there’s little they can do.
Sapphie
Senior Moderator
Unavailable
@Azure Fang
Frankly, I don’t see the benefit of playing offline, only the downsides (having to either invite people over, or make your way over to someone else’s, not having digital maps, etc)
Plus there’s the fact that I’d much rather play with my friends (which requires online, since I have at most 3 IRL friends) than with randos that I’d meet only for dnd.
Frankly, I don’t see the benefit of playing offline, only the downsides (having to either invite people over, or make your way over to someone else’s, not having digital maps, etc)
Plus there’s the fact that I’d much rather play with my friends (which requires online, since I have at most 3 IRL friends) than with randos that I’d meet only for dnd.
Sapphie
Senior Moderator
Unavailable
@Barhandar
But I already have more friends than I can keep up with ;-;
But also like hotpants said, possible horror stories
And I dunno, does camaraderie require physical presence in the same room?
@ᏰᎯᎠᎻᎬᎯᏒᎿ
God I need to eventually replay bl2
But I already have more friends than I can keep up with ;-;
But also like hotpants said, possible horror stories
And I dunno, does camaraderie require physical presence in the same room?
@ᏰᎯᎠᎻᎬᎯᏒᎿ
God I need to eventually replay bl2
Officer Hotpants
Moderator
Double-0 Negative
@Sapphie
Doubtful. I mean I’ve rarely liked anyone in real life even half as much as I like my online friends.
Doubtful. I mean I’ve rarely liked anyone in real life even half as much as I like my online friends.
Sapphie
Senior Moderator
Unavailable
@Officer Hotpants
Yeah, I’m mostly in the same boat. My good IRL friends are sorta at the baseline for what I’d consider a friend
@Barhandar
How so?
Yeah, I’m mostly in the same boat. My good IRL friends are sorta at the baseline for what I’d consider a friend
@Barhandar
How so?
Anonymous #ED7B
4chan is like Tetris with words. That counts as an MMO, right?
Sapphie
Senior Moderator
Unavailable
@Barhandar
Oh I meant how does is camaradery require physical presence in the same room.
That was an entertaining read though
Oh I meant how does is camaradery require physical presence in the same room.
That was an entertaining read though
Azure Fang
With digital, I can’t throw d6 at (or threaten facetiously with my solid d100) the asshat making terrible jokes/Carlos-grade puns (usually the bard or anybody playing a kender). We can’t bicker over who gets that especially loaded slice of pizza, whose turn it is to grab drinks, or who ate the last of an especially desired snack. There’s no reading of each others character sheets and seeing the doodles/notes/eraser marks/stains/character that builds up on sheets of 8.5x11” printer paper (especially expanded, multi-page sheets printed one-sided with the blank sides being used for god knows what). There’s no post-game cleanup with everybody pitching in together to reorient tables and chairs, break down/beat each other with pizza boxes, stack/shelve books, and look for the aforementioned tossed and lost d6, never to be seen again and consumed by the gods of chance (or the vacuum cleaner). No giving a friend a ride home/to work because they forget to tank up before coming over or because they failed to mention what they’ve been adding to their bottle of soda. For lack of a better term, there’s no community.
There’s a lot more to pen and paper games than the games themselves that just doesn’t translate to digital (can draw some parallels with “social media” in that respect). And this is coming from someone with crippling social anxiety and agoraphobia. But, again, that’s from someone who has literally been playing/running in-person pen and paper games across multiple systems and editions since ~1996.
Obligatory study material:
The Gamers: Dorkness Rising
Dead Alwewives - D&D
Oh no, he's here?
@Sapphie
Last group I ran ended in a couple horror stories - one guy creeping on our female player, and one guy being the epitome of “this kind of game isn’t for you, stop trying to ‘look nerd-cool’ without actually wanting to play” that refused to give up until we removed him from the group - but that’s life in general; good comes with bad comes with good, and that’ll happen digitally as fast as it will in the meat. I’m not judging for preferring digital, to each their own, but as @Barhandar said:
Last group I ran ended in a couple horror stories - one guy creeping on our female player, and one guy being the epitome of “this kind of game isn’t for you, stop trying to ‘look nerd-cool’ without actually wanting to play” that refused to give up until we removed him from the group - but that’s life in general; good comes with bad comes with good, and that’ll happen digitally as fast as it will in the meat. I’m not judging for preferring digital, to each their own, but as @Barhandar said:
and ability to physically trottle someone who’s being excessively cheeky ingame
With digital, I can’t throw d6 at (or threaten facetiously with my solid d100) the asshat making terrible jokes/Carlos-grade puns (usually the bard or anybody playing a kender). We can’t bicker over who gets that especially loaded slice of pizza, whose turn it is to grab drinks, or who ate the last of an especially desired snack. There’s no reading of each others character sheets and seeing the doodles/notes/eraser marks/stains/character that builds up on sheets of 8.5x11” printer paper (especially expanded, multi-page sheets printed one-sided with the blank sides being used for god knows what). There’s no post-game cleanup with everybody pitching in together to reorient tables and chairs, break down/beat each other with pizza boxes, stack/shelve books, and look for the aforementioned tossed and lost d6, never to be seen again and consumed by the gods of chance (or the vacuum cleaner). No giving a friend a ride home/to work because they forget to tank up before coming over or because they failed to mention what they’ve been adding to their bottle of soda. For lack of a better term, there’s no community.
There’s a lot more to pen and paper games than the games themselves that just doesn’t translate to digital (can draw some parallels with “social media” in that respect). And this is coming from someone with crippling social anxiety and agoraphobia. But, again, that’s from someone who has literally been playing/running in-person pen and paper games across multiple systems and editions since ~1996.
Obligatory study material:
The Gamers: Dorkness Rising
Dead Alwewives - D&D
Officer Hotpants
Moderator
Double-0 Negative
@Azure Fang
Huh. I never realized the 8-bit version had cut so much out.
Huh. I never realized the 8-bit version had cut so much out.