Living in the Shadows: OOC, never relax... Options

[WinterRat1]

Something random someone sent me, I thought you all might get a few laughs out of it. I'm done with the CPA (for now) as of Saturday, so I'll be spending this week working on catching up on all the various stuff that's slid in the past week and change. Hope you all enjoy this!

[ Spoiler ]

Starcraft Tips to Dating (inspired by a convo with mnm)

I find it much easier to discuss sensitive topics, such as dating, in
terms of analogies. My friends have been using poker analogies,
mathematical analogies, and star wars analogies, and starcraft
analogies for as long as I remember. So here are some starcraft tips
to dating. gl hf gg

1) Use a standard build order. Stick with how most girls like
it--hanging out. Scout her base with an overlord and say "hi." Be a
friend and build up a nice, clean relationship with her.

DO NOT: be straightforward and do a full scale drone rush when you
have nothing else. It's TOO EARLY, and she'll retaliate by owning you
(unless she's open to just messing with you). And you have no expo to
fall back to, not even friendship. GG NO RE.

2) Spend time getting to know her. Keep that drone alive in her base.
Likewise, if she's curious about you, she'll try to keep her scv alive
in your base. You guys can chase each others' drone and scv around for
as long as you'd like. It's called flirting. ^^;;

3) Don't obsess. I know you want to find a way into her heart. She has
a pretty base, and there are cute little barracks and supply depots
waiting there, tempting you to hit them with mutalisks. But if you
send in a small force too early, there will be a fleet of marines
waiting there to destroy them.

4) Build a healthy economy. No, I don't mean earning money to please a
golddigger. I'm talking about RELATIONAL WEALTH. *shrugz* Build an
army. Make sure you have a good relationship with her where she feels
comfortable talking to you alot and sharing with you.

5) Don't hit and run. Now that you have an econ going, be confident.
Hit and run is good early for flirting with her base, but you need a
solid land war to win the game.

6) Micro well. Don't make her feel awkward when you ask her out, and
don't show too many signs of weakness. She'll exploit them and shut
your forces down. It's almost too easy.

7) It might be wise to stop if she mentions the word "friends." She's
threatening you with mass irradiates. You're being told, "Don't
attack, or I'll send 5 irradiated science vessels into your base and
kill your drones." Ouch. Don't push it, especially if your heart is
not well defended. Base rape hurts. T_T

8) Don't be afraid to ally up. If she has battlecruisers flanking your
one last expo, you could go down hard if you keep fighting. Ally up
and be friends, rebuild your expo, and if you're still interested in
hitting her base later, by all means go for it. Send an allied unit
into her base to show that you're friendly. Heck, if she allows it,
you can send your whole force into her base, and then backstab her.
HAHA. Unfortunately, that's where the analogy ends. =[ Evil me.

9) Ask your friends for battle reports. Rarely, if ever, will you see
a full replay of someone else's game, but detailed battle reports can
tell you certain things to imitate and certain things to avoid.

10) Finally, don't overstrategize! Your game becomes very rigid and
weak. Do the usual, send in scouts, have ols watching her units, and
adapt to her gameplay. Don't think too much beforehand. Just go with
the flow.

[grendel]

Karma awards for my players:

Shadowrunner13: 1 pt (Nov 23rd - Nov 29th)
Bastard: 1 pt (Nov 23rd - Nov 29th)
Bclements: 2 pts (Nov 23rd - Nov 29th)
The Eyes: 1 pt (Nov 23rd - Nov 29th)
Morgannah: 1 pt (Nov 23rd - Nov 29th)

[Slipshade]

Has anyone heard from Sedna in a while?

[Scrapheap]

Slip-
She sent an email to the GMs stating she'd be offline all week.

WR1-

[ Spoiler ]

Just a reminder, when you're available my storyline is waiting for your input. Since Sedna has been offline for a while, Slip could probably use some input too, if you're so inclined.

-S

[WinterRat1]

Argh, sorry everyone, catching up with RL is something I forgot I have to do in additon to catching up on Dumpshock. :(

By my recollection, I owe the following LITS related things (immediately):

-Storyline post for Scrap and Eyes
-Dossier post for Sedna

Next:
-Back GM karma error correction for Sedna
-Karma for all players

Last: SR 4 character analysis will be done after I get caught back up to speed on the day-to-day LITS stuff.

Did I miss anything? If there's something I owe someone (GM or player) not on that list, please let me know so I can add it to my list of things to do.

I don't know what Sedna's doing with Max, so I can't do anything for Slip until she gets back.

[Slipshade]

WR1 - We were just doing the tracking ritual to find Nora and Keira.

[WinterRat1]

Slip- I meant I don't know how she planned on running it, so I don't want to step on her toes or anything she has planned .

[Slipshade]

Not a problem. I fully expected to wait things out until Sedna can post again.

[Bastard]

Im back...well completely now. Been hit and run for the past couple of months due to lots of my favorite thing...OT. Uncle Sam is gonna be pissed, cause the department is way over budget and has to cut all the OT, so no more 14 hour days 3 days a week! Good thing I already spent all that extra nuya on festivas presents.

So let me be the first today to wish everyone Happy Festivas! A Holiday for the Rest of Us!

[bclements]

Glad to see you back Bastard :)

grendel: Looking for any tails (mainly looking at people) while moving toward a bus stop.

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Perception (-1 to TN): 7, 11, 1, 5, 3

[Moirdryd]

That sounds painfully close to the Everday Heroes tag line, Bastard, Deliria fan perchance or wierd coincidence?

[grendel]

Tony doesn't pick up any signs of surveillance, human or otherwise. Is he planning on taking the bus all the way there?

[WinterRat1]

OK RL finally caught up on (as much as it can be!), look for LITS-related catchup this week, those whom I owe. Sorry about the delay, hopefully we'll be back to our usual pace in the next few days.

[bclements]

[Bastard]

Sorry Moirdryd, its actually a Seinfeld reference. Its the holiday Georges dad invented and Krammer tries to promote. Instead of a Christmas tree, they had a festivas pole (because it was for us poor folk).

[grendel]

Bclements: give me a perception check for Tony. Any security knowledge skills can be used as complimentary.

Karma awards for my players:

Shadowrunner13: 1 pt (Nov 30th - Dec 6th)
Bastard: 2 pts (Nov 30th - Dec 6th)
Bclements: 3 pts (Nov 30th - Dec 6th)
The Eyes: 1 pt (Nov 30th - Dec 6th)
Morgannah: 2 pts (Nov 30th - Dec 6th)

[bclements]

Heh, Security Knowledge skills. Nice one :D

[ Spoiler ]

Perception (-1 to TN): 5,2,4,5,10

Just doing a once-over of the exterior of this place.

[grendel]

Bastard: when does Marquis plan on arriving at The last Drop? Give me a perception check if you plan on doing a drive by or other scouting.

[Bastard]

Perception for circling the block in Caddy

7,5,4,4,3,1

Park about a block away, then Perc check walking to

7,4,4,3,3,3



Im not there yet though...the meet is at midnight so I will Circle at 2345 and be walking in around 2355

[WinterRat1]

Hey Everyone, just letting you all know that a couple people quit work lately, so the workload has been piling up on those of us left (which is why I haven't been able to post at work). I'm still chugging along, but slower. On the immediate list, I'll be trying to get a ASVW post up soon, and Sedna's dossier as well.

[banditf50]

I've been moving really slowly too. My first meeting with my thesis advisory committee on this coming Monday and I have been pretty busy writing a report and puttinng together a presentation. Things will calm down soon though. On a side note . . . today we got our first big snow fall of the season, and it looks wonderful outiside. I love snow.

[bclements]

I got about a 1/4 inch last night (that melted as soon as it hit the ground). Despite predictions to the contrary, bread and milk shipments are still on-schedule for the greater Little Rock area, so all here really don't need to buy anymore. :grinbig:

EDIT: Sorry about taking so long, Shadow.

[Bastard]

In game, how much snow is there?

[grendel]

Depends where you are in the city. Most of the Downtown streets are clear, as are the interstates, but residential roads and rural areas in Snohomish still have snow on them, anywhere from four to fifteen centimeters.

[bclements]

Oh, Karma! *slaps head*

Shadow: 3pts (for 12/4 to 12/11)