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mattingly reacted to rjcurrie in Favorite games you have run at a convention
Probably the most fun convention game that I had a part in running was the Champions 30th Anniversary that I co-ran with Dave Mattingly at Origins 2011. In addition to the 6 slots for regular players (playing the Champions), there were 3 special players: Steve Long playing Robert Caliburn, Darren Watts playing Doctor Silverback, and Jason Walters playing Caveman Cortez (from Lucha Hero). Steve, Darren, and Jason chose which of their characters they’d play.
Foxbat had come to the conclusion that he was a character in the Champions RPG and traveled back in time to Origins 1981 to kidnap the game’s creators and have them rewrite the universe to make him a hero.
In the rewritten universe, the Champions were now Foxbat’s Amazing Friends and the players had a lot of fun with the idea that Foxbat was now the world’s greatest hero. Meanwhile, in Vibora Bay, Robert Caliburn sensed the rewritten universe and along with Caveman Cortez, who had just finished helping him wrap up an adventure, headed to Millennium City.
The heroes eventually figured out what was going on and thanks to the genius of Doctor Silverback, they all headed back in time to Origins 1981. There they found Foxbat and a team of villains from Enemies 1 that had not yet appeared in another Hero book standing over the unconscious bodies of the Guardians. The heroes defeated the villains, preventing the kidnapping of George MacDonald, Steve Peterson, and Ray Greer and restoring the timeline.
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mattingly reacted to Logan D. Hurricanes in Jokes
I have a friend who tried to take a selfie in the shower. But the image was too blurry.
He has selfie steam issues.
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mattingly reacted to Pariah in What Have You Watched Recently?
Okay, I finally got around to watching Ms. Marvel on Disney+. I was initially a little hesitant, partly because she wasn't around when I was reading comics (which admittedly was a very long time ago) and partly because of a lot of things I'd read on the internet about the series. But I went ahead and watched it.
The people who complained about the series on the internet were, in my humble opinion, dead wrong. I loved it. I thought the character development was great. I thought Kamala's interactions with her friends, her family, and the people she met along the way were portrayed very well. I loved all the little cultural bits. I thought the little effects they threw in tying the story to the world of social media were a clever touch. I enjoyed the series as much as any of them.
I look forward to seeing Kamala on the big screen with Carol and Monica sometime soon.
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mattingly reacted to Starlord in What Have You Watched Recently?
I would've definitely agreed with that until ST: Strange New Worlds came out. Orville has steadily become a decent show. Not nearly as good as SNW, but much better than the rest of what passes as ST.
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mattingly reacted to Logan D. Hurricanes in What Have You Watched Recently?
We've been watching The Orville. This is much better than I expected. I thought it was going to be a raunchy family guy style parody, but they are actually taking it pretty seriously. And the effects are as good as anything ST:TNG had. Of course, that was 36 years ago, they should be at least that good.
So, yeah, I'm a little late to the party, but I'm on board for this.
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mattingly reacted to Logan D. Hurricanes in "Neat" Pictures
Magnificent Flower Sculptures at Bloemencorso Zundert Flower Parade
Linking because there are too many good pictures to show, go visit.
Including evidence that the giraffe is an unreliable unit of measure.
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mattingly reacted to Starlord in What Have You Watched Recently?
Currently in S2 of What We Do In The Shadows.
Wow, this is my new favorite show.
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