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Post by Black Sam on May 13, 2013 21:25:01 GMT -5
Mechanics-wise? Don't remember a thing about it, honestly. Percentile dice, I'm guess'n.
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Post by The Punisher on May 13, 2013 21:26:53 GMT -5
Quoted for truth.
Haters gonna hate, it does exactly what it says on the tin. And when I don't have some high-drama stuff planned? Well, Hell, I pull out my D100 and we hit Alpha Complex. Some of my players favorite memories come from all the blatant stupidity and badassery that came from Paranoia. I'd regale you all with stories, but they're above your clearance level. For these stories, you should seek Complex X9G7-[REDACTED]-[REDACTED]-[UNDER PROCESS OF REDACTION].
Once said stories are received, be certain to [OMITTED FOR TREASONOUS LIBEL] after which the phone will [REDACTED], and under no circumstances will you allow it to [REDACTED], most likely caused by acid burns.
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Post by WildKnight on May 13, 2013 21:27:41 GMT -5
Mechanics-wise? Don't remember a thing about it, honestly. Percentile dice, I'm guess'n. I don't really remember the mechanics either, aside from the fact that they were typically clunky as was every other rules set at that time. There was eventually a d20 version of Paranoia, which I tried at a convention. The system played very quickly, which I appreciated because I just wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible.
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Post by Manah on May 14, 2013 19:24:50 GMT -5
Story time. When I worked at the paper, I was an entertainment writer/reviewer. One of my co-workers was the nicest, most up-beat, positive human being you would ever want to meet (in fact I found him obnoxiously so). This guy never had anything bad to say to or about anyone, ever. Except in his reviews. His reviews were primarily negative. By contrast I was, well, me. Most of my reviews were primarily positive, because my attitude was to review everything "in context" which basically meant giving everything more credit than it deserved. One day my immediate boss took this other gent (Hugh) and I out to lunch, and we got to talking review styles, and I asked Hugh why he reviewed things so harshly. He asked me if I ever thought he'd been dishonest in a review, and I said I didn't think he had (because that's what I thought). Then he told me something that changed my life. He reviewed things harshly for the simple fact that logically, the majority of what is produced in any given medium MUST be mediocre. That is the only way you can objectively have any sense of what is good or bad. He then went on to say that a critic shouldn't be afraid to pan mediocrity when dealing with "for profit" art, because people shouldn't be lulled into spending their hard earned money on mediocrity. He was right. Hmm... Interesting way to put it. Hadn't thought of it that way.
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Post by WildKnight on May 14, 2013 19:55:56 GMT -5
... is the modern equivalent of "whatever" and just as meaningless.
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Post by takewithfood on May 14, 2013 20:05:36 GMT -5
... is the modern equivalent of "whatever" and just as meaningless. I think of it more as saying "I'm not going to stop doing what I like just because some people don't like it." But that's my interpretation. Whatever. Haters gonna hate. ~TWF
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Post by WildKnight on May 14, 2013 20:14:16 GMT -5
... is the modern equivalent of "whatever" and just as meaningless. I think of it more as saying "I'm not going to stop doing what I like just because some people don't like it." But that's my interpretation. Whatever. Haters gonna hate. ~TWF ... yeah, no. "I'm not going to stop doing what I like just because some people don't like it" is that. "Haters gonna hate" is what people say when they have no response to a legitimate criticism.
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Post by takewithfood on May 14, 2013 20:50:30 GMT -5
I think of it more as saying "I'm not going to stop doing what I like just because some people don't like it." But that's my interpretation. Whatever. Haters gonna hate. ~TWF ... yeah, no. "I'm not going to stop doing what I like just because some people don't like it" is that. "Haters gonna hate" is what people say when they have no response to a legitimate criticism. ~TWF
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Post by WildKnight on May 14, 2013 20:57:36 GMT -5
... yeah, no. "I'm not going to stop doing what I like just because some people don't like it" is that. "Haters gonna hate" is what people say when they have no response to a legitimate criticism. ~TWF I don't feel like going to funnyjunk to view that image...
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Post by The Punisher on May 14, 2013 21:19:48 GMT -5
What's there to respond to? You're hating. You're going to keep doing that. I'm going to keep loving the game for the reasons I pointed out.
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Post by takewithfood on May 14, 2013 21:24:54 GMT -5
Aww, I hate it when they won't imbed; fixed it.
~TWF
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Post by WildKnight on May 14, 2013 21:25:06 GMT -5
What's there to respond to? You're hating. You're going to keep doing that. I'm going to keep loving the game for the reasons I pointed out. The problem being that "hating" suggests... Y'know what, forget it. I'm just going to start dismissing everyone who disagrees with me as "haters." Seems the hip thing to do these days.
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Post by The Punisher on May 15, 2013 10:04:29 GMT -5
You know I'm real hip. Also, been looking into the Dresden Files game here recently. What an interesting setting and system, really like it.
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Post by WildKnight on May 15, 2013 10:05:53 GMT -5
I'm not sure how well the system would work Play by Post, but I agree that the setting and game are outstanding.
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Post by The Punisher on May 15, 2013 11:28:49 GMT -5
Yeah, it'd be pretty terrible for play-by-post. But man, what a setting. I'm just always floored by the next juicy little tidbit I read.
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