Dr. MID-Nite

Godzilla Monopoly

Warning From Space Blu Ray

Godzilla King of the Monsters soundtrack

Tales from the Yawning Portal D and D book

Sins of a Solar Empire PC game (with Star Trek Armada 3 mod)

8 hours ago, death tribble said:

Some say it is better to give than to receive but the judge told me that I cannot give people a kicking. Oh well.

So what did you get ?

 

I received the three David Weber and Eric Flint books which tie into the Honor Harrington series,

a Slipknot CD,

Lucifer series 1-3,

Preacher season 1,

the Story of the Tour de France 1903-64,

Jam, two bottles of Cornish beer,

Prosecco

chocolate

headphones

Flamme Rouge (a cycling board game)

Mountains of Madness board game

King of Tokyo board game Dark Edition

What is added in the "Dark edition" of the KoT board game?

Super Robot Red Baron- A Japanese superhero show from the 70's.

2 hours ago, death tribble said:

It is a faction including MVP, Shelton Benjamin, Cedric Alexander and Bobby Lashley. The middle two are the ones who competed

Ah...thank you. I'm a bit out of the loop. I could see that pairing being good.

4 hours ago, death tribble said:

The big news from last night's TLC PPV is that Charlotte Flair is back. She teamed with Asuka to defeat Bazler and Jax to become new tag team champions.

The Hurt Business beat The New Day to become the new tag team champions.

Oh and Randy Orton set The Fiend on fire.

The Hurt Business?

Comic book stuff for the brother in law

Cooking stuff and music for the sister

Clothes for the niece

Warhammer for the nephew

video game stuff for the better half

All players can have them for free in my campaign, but like all free items...they are at the whim of the GM to make the game more interesting and fun. If they're a problem, it is GM's fiat on how to deal with it. I haven't had much of an issue to be honest. Yes, they can look up information, but it's not like they're going to get game breaking information. Reading on the internet that Photon is a woman with light powers isn't going to help you find her or capture her in and of itself.

My only gripe with 5th Ed Stronghold is the Deus Ex Machina "power dampener" they use to hold prisoners. Honestly,  each super's powers are unique and realistically they'd need to study them all individually and come up with ways to neutralize them separately. Earlier versions of Stronghold were much better in this regard.

12 hours ago, steriaca said:

I believe it exists as both PDF and Print On Demand.

Perhaps I don't get how print on demand works. I don't see options for it per se....

Is this available as a physical book? I looked and the Drive Thru RPG site seems to be all PDFs.

Champions Worldwide had a lot of NPC heroes.

There's always been bad artists. Al Milgrom was mediocre and Bret Blevins was god awful.

Ultraman Geed- The premise of this one is that the latest Ultraman is the son of one of the rare evil ultra beings...so a "nature vs nurture" theme is at the forefront. What can I say/ I like Ultraman shows.

I'm trying to think up some non lethal defensive weapons for a superhero base. I'll be honest though...I don't have much experience building bases. Does anyone have any builds (with appropriate base limitations) that they've used and recommend?

I absolutely do NOT want to see a pardon for Trump. Doing so validates his administration and everything it's done and stood for. I want him prosecuted to the fullest extent possible.

29 minutes ago, Hugh Neilson said:

 

Let's assume the only change is that the minimum wage rises so we pay more per hour for the same number of hours at the bottom of the pay scale.  What happens?

 

The more skilled, experienced, higher-paid employees see those at the bottom getting more.  They are, or so they feel, more valuable than those at the bottom.  They want higher compensation.  Will we have the line staff, the shift manager and the store manager all earn the same, or will wages rise across the scale to compensate, and maintain an incentive to advance to more senior, more responsible, higher-work, higher-stress positions?

 

The business owners can either accept lower profits, or they can raise prices.  Now, let's remember that many small business owners are also not making billions annually - they are just squeaking by too.    Many are earning less than minimum wage for their own labour.  Unless the goal is to concentrate all business ownership in mega-corporations, they have to be able to survive too.They raise prices so they can make ends meet.  Not just to cover increased wages - all of their suppliers are raising prices, because they have to pay higher wages too, and those higher costs also have to be covered.

 

So, with higher prices, those higher wages aren't translating to a higher standard of living, just higher inflation.  An arbitrary change to wage levels, with no changes in actual resources or productivity, just means the price of those resources goes up.  There is still only so much to go around.

So what you're saying is the American capitalist system is inherently flawed. Not exactly news. That said...again....minimum wage is much higher in other First World countries and they're not falling apart. It's the vast income disparity and corporate greed that keeps our unfair system going. We have plenty of resources.

2 hours ago, Greywind said:

 

Minimum wage goes up, less people and more kiosks up front.

 

Nonsense. The minimum wage is higher in nearly every other First World country and their economies aren't collapsing. Some jobs get replaced...others are created. It's not rocket science. This is fear mongering by a Capitalist America that doesn't want to give up one penny of profit or invest in the American people. 

Ultraman R/B and the R/B movie. As a tokusatsu fan, the chance to see all the Ultra shows in the States in subtitled format is very exciting.

1 minute ago, Hermit said:

 

I was about to say, does the State of New York want a piece of him for breaking some it's laws? 

 

New York now playing Thor "Cheeto,we would have words with thee!"

I get that reference.

25 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said:

On YouTube, David Pakman presented an interesting analysis of Trump voters' motivation: They think they're in a war. A war against abortion, against the fake news media; a war to protect Christian values, and to end the tyranny of "the left." In a war mindset, some casualties are to be expected. Some freedoms have to be curtailed. Moral qualms have to be set aside to achieve victory. And no amount of logic or facts is going to get through that attitude.

And Americans would rather fight to the death over idiotic nonissues and not focus at all on issues that might actually...you know...help people...like universal health care and education...or better job opportunities. I'm really fed up. The culture of anti intellectualism has made progress almost impossible.

50 minutes ago, L. Marcus said:

According to Snopes, someone compared votes cast in this election to the registered voters of 2018. Of course, this went viral.

Because you couldn't register to vote in 2019 or 2020?

52 minutes ago, Greywind said:

 

So the urban parts of the country are the only parts that matter?

With all due respect, I came nowhere near to saying that. I was stating that that rural and suburban communities(of which I happen to be part) tend to see the problems and issues in America as something that happens to other people...often with the caveats such as "well they shouldn't live in such a slum" or "well if they only worked harder..they'd be fine" and other such general statements that ignore American realities. Issues are something that happen to other people and everything would be fine if they "just stopped causing trouble". They don't see it...so it doesn't exist. At the same time....because they're isolated both in reality and thought from America's urban areas...they also believe in issues they're told exist because they have no context to believe otherwise. Again....out of touch. And you might try asking for clarification before quoting me out of context next time. Thanks.

22 minutes ago, Greywind said:

 

There's more rural areas than there are urban areas. So maybe it is the urban areas that are out of touch with the realities of the rest of the country.

And more people live in urban areas than live in rural areas. If you're going to use that logic, I'll simply say people matter more than land. Again, I live in a semi rural area....and I've lived in urban and suburban areas in the past. I have firsthand experience.

4 minutes ago, BoloOfEarth said:

 

I live in Michigan, and was rather upset when I woke up at 3 am and checked to see our state was (at that time) leaning toward Trump.  My daughter was the same way.  Happier now to see it leaning toward Biden, though I'll be even happier when it's finally called for Biden.

 

Was upset that Florida went to Trump, but then again if Florida Man had gotten sensible, that might be a sign of the end times.

Also in MI.. not surprised at the divide. The suburban/rural areas are out of touch with the realities of the rest of the country.

13 minutes ago, BoloOfEarth said:

 

There were 12 postal districts affected, but some postal districts covered more than one state (or parts of more than one state).  The states affected are:

• Pennsylvania
• Michigan
• Colorado
• Wyoming
• Georgia
• Texas
• Alabama
• Vermont
• New Hampshire
• Maine
• South Carolina
• Florida
• Wisconsin
• Arizona
• New Mexico

So at least two states that are still heavily contested...