Sociotard

I had some fun doing painting with light on an old sword of some kind I found at my in-laws house. I also used burning steel wool for the first time, so that was extra fun.

I recently read The Martian by Andy Weir.  It's about a manned, 30-day Mars mission that has to abort after 6 days, and a mishap during the evac leaves one crew member behind and assumed dead.  Once he realizes what's happened, he has to figure out how to contact Earth to let them know he's alive, and then stay that way until they can come get him.  Luckily, the next mission is set to land about 1000km away and in about 4 years, so, no pressure.  I read this in essentially one sitting, and while I am no astronaut, it seemed realistic...it was definitely realistic enough to get me thinking about the Solar Hero period.  I definitely recommend this to anyone setting up a campaign in that time period.

I only played the first Halo game, but
1) Master Chief does run away from danger he can't possibly fight (when Halo is going to explode).  He doesn't comment on being afraid of that, but he honestly doesn't comment on much in the game in any event. 
2) I have no idea how to make a game about expressing fear in a healthy, productive way that would be fun. I've played horror games like Condemned, and while they did a good job letting me feel fear in my seat (in that fun way horror movies do) the character didn't express anything of the sort.
3) I understand that the lack of Female and Gay characters is a problem, but
4) I hate it when people conflate that issue with violent games.  I should be allowed to enjoy violent video games and want women in games accorded whatever degree of respect the male characters do, both at the same time.
 
So, basically, yes boys should feel comfortable asking for help when they are afraid, but asking for help in a game is boring and disempowering.  Feeling mighty is one of the funnest parts of video games.

Dashboard cams, you're doing it wrong.
 
Seriously though, moviemaking in the old days just seems insanely dangerous.

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That's a 500 foot tall dam in Switzerland, with those gym climbing pegs attached to it. 

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That's a 500 foot tall dam in Switzerland, with those gym climbing pegs attached to it. 

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That's a 500 foot tall dam in Switzerland, with those gym climbing pegs attached to it. 

What if somebody made a DnD movie that was actually good?


 
I especially like how his women look respectable.
 
From Nathan Hallinan

What if somebody made a DnD movie that was actually good?


 
I especially like how his women look respectable.
 
From Nathan Hallinan

What if somebody made a DnD movie that was actually good?


 
I especially like how his women look respectable.
 
From Nathan Hallinan

Not sure if this has been posted, but Eric Guzman has some very nice amalgams of DC and Marvel characters.
http://ericguzman.deviantart.com/gallery/44112069

This week I got a little photobug in me and decided to do some painting with light, using my small foreign coin collection and some flaming toilet paper. I just took the same shot over and over with 1 second aperture, with the only variation coming in how I applied light (flaming toilet paper)
 
 
 
 

Worth watching. She makes some valid points.
 

Re: Three or more Eyes
 

Re: "There is no pain; you are receding...."
 
Naked power advantage: Invisble Power Effects (touch group), with Usable as attack applied to the naked advantage. I think this is against the rules, but it kind of works. This way, most blows will be completely unfelt, but really bad ones (those with too many points) still cause pain.
 
Aid EGO, only to resist pain (Remember, one of the times ego comes in handy is when you need to resist pain to keep going.) This is a great choice for the "just something to keep me in the game" effect.
 
The flash thing could work too.

Re: A black hole in orbit: what would it be like?
 

Re: A black hole in orbit: what would it be like?
 

You (and Hyper-Man) are thinking of the Niven short story "There is a Tide". Louis Wu finds a planet with a 'moon' that is a five feet or so diameter sphere of neutronium. Meets up with an alien race (the Trinocs) who make the mistake of getting too close. From a distance, the 'moon' produces tides just like Luna does here, but the gravitational gradient is *incredibly* steep, so don't get too close.
 
"Neutron Star", OTOH, is Beowulf Shafer's orbit of an actual neutron star in a GP hull packed with, among other things, a bunch of explosives courtesy of Sigmund Ausfaller.
 
This ends my "Niven Nerd" fact of the day
 
- Bill

Re: A black hole in orbit: what would it be like?
 
It would change earth's energy balance a tiny, inconsequential bit, in that we wouldnt be getting the infintessimal increase in incoming photons from the moon (reflected), and we would be getting a little tiny bit more energy from the sun, as lunar eclipses would no longer block incoming solar energy for a few minutes a year, as they used to.
 
The main things I'd be worried about would be (assuming the hard radiation emission is negligible... someone do the math!) is the effect on the ecosystemof having no visible moon. Do some species use the moon as a visible cue as to when to do things, or rely on its light (faint though it is) to aid them in the hunting/other nocturnal persuits?

Re: A black hole in orbit: what would it be like?
 
I'd expect the Moon-hole to be basically invisible: it's so small that you'd never see it, even if backlit (0.1 mm == small!) and any accretion-disk like effects would probably be too small to see at any reasonable distance.
 
On the other hand, this would be an incredible boon to the human race: as I understood it, you could use such a thing to turn matter into energy with about 30% efficiency! Then, just beam it home as microwaves.
 
(my understanding is that a high-speed particle beam that is shot just close enough to be captured by the hole will spiral in, gaining immense energy as it goes--much of which will be radiated off before it enters the hole. This has the effect of releasing a large percentage of the beam's mass as energy)
 
Anyway, if it's a tech civilization that's got this, they may have tapped it for power, which probably requires putting a power station around the hole.

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER
 
LOOKIE ME!!! LOOKIE ME!!! I'M A DUMB DISCUSSION BOARD SPAMMER!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Re: End of an Era
 
Speaking from a lack of world ending events in our game, The Best of luck to you , There is nothing better than a great ending to a awesome run. Just smile and let it all go down in a blaze . Congrats on a great , great era of gaming.

Hmm, seems like I messed up the attachment. I'll try again.