 Stupid Deaths, Those Wacky Players |
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 Aug 11 2005, 07:41 AM
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Dragon  Group: Members Posts: 4,718 Joined: 14-September 02 Member No.: 3,263  |
Here mmu1 provides a fine example of what the 3rd line of my signature is talking about. :notworthy: They were kids cutting loose and having some fun playing a game, not some pompus tightasses deluding themselves that they were running a RL CIA agent training exercise. |
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Aug 11 2005, 12:03 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,070 Joined: 7-February 04 From: NYC Member No.: 6,058 |
"Ooh! Look at me! Now look at my special signature! See how precious and witty I am! Ok, ok... now look at me again!" :S |
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Aug 11 2005, 12:55 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,718 Joined: 14-September 02 Member No.: 3,263 |
:rotfl: Feeling so stripped nakked and hurt by the truth of me calling you out on being a wet-blanket turd you desperately try to change the subject by attacking me....for having a humourous (at least to me ;) ) distilling of an opinion in my signature line and having the audacity to *gasp* refer to it when it is extremely topical? So i should have instead duplicated the text from the signature into my post? Now please, let us get back to the subject of you being being a nit-picking, uptight wiener. Are you going to try put up an argument against that? Or have you given that up and realized that as a lost battle....before you even tried? |
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Aug 11 2005, 01:19 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,070 Joined: 7-February 04 From: NYC Member No.: 6,058 |
Oh noes... You called me names, then declared your unchallenged intellectual superiority without actually making an argument of any sort!
Well, I guess I've been told and I'm just going to have to leave you to roll in shit all by yourself. Have fun! |
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Aug 11 2005, 01:23 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,453 Joined: 17-September 04 From: St. Paul Member No.: 6,675 |
Looks like everyone is back to their old tricks. And I though a little civility had snuck in here. Oh well.
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Aug 11 2005, 01:51 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 470 Joined: 2-January 05 From: Quebec Member No.: 6,924 |
It got mugged.
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Aug 11 2005, 02:26 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 458 Joined: 12-April 04 From: Lacey, Washington Member No.: 6,237 |
Maybe the troll fell on that too
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Aug 11 2005, 02:54 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 586 Joined: 22-November 02 From: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A. (or C.A.S.) Member No.: 3,630 |
Clyde:
I think I saw that in the weather report earlier this morning. "The National Weather Service has issued a weather advisory for our viewing area. You can expect intermittent heavy showers of large Metahumans today." ;) --Foreigner This post has been edited by Foreigner: Aug 11 2005, 02:54 PM |
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Aug 11 2005, 05:36 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,532 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Calgary, Canada Member No.: 769 |
What, is your name?
Sir Gawin What, is your favorite colour? Blue What, is the airspeed velocity of a falling troll carrying an elf? I dont' know that! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH |
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Aug 11 2005, 05:47 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,286 Joined: 24-May 05 From: A 10x10 room with an orc and a treasure chest Member No.: 7,409 |
Ahh, thanks blakkie missed that part. Guess it makes more sense now. It still was a stupid death, just not in the traditional sense.
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Aug 11 2005, 06:05 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,453 Joined: 17-September 04 From: St. Paul Member No.: 6,675 |
It was nice of the troll to think of his fallen elf friend and carry him out of the bad fire's way.
He was being helpful. Really, he was. |
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Aug 11 2005, 07:04 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 586 Joined: 22-November 02 From: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A. (or C.A.S.) Member No.: 3,630 |
imperialus:
An appropriate response, considering the material. Funny how the Monty Python and the Holy Grail references keep popping up. --Foreigner This post has been edited by Foreigner: Aug 11 2005, 07:24 PM |
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Aug 11 2005, 09:57 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,362 Joined: 3-October 03 From: Poway, San Diego County, CA, USA Member No.: 5,676 |
Does the troll have horns? Is it an immortal elf?
I don't know that! Ahhrg! |
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Aug 11 2005, 10:17 PM
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Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill. Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,545 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gloomy Boise Idaho Member No.: 2,006 |
I think MMU1 and I both agree that it seemed like a senseless death that the GM forced on the Elf. Being an experienced GM I only ever see that when the GM wants to kill the player.
The troll would have had to wanted to land on the elf, otherwise the tumble would have found him on the bottom. I don't have scientific knowledge to present a formula for you, but falling out of a window isn't as simple as 'whoever went out first lands first." They went through the window, I don't think they bothered to open it first. The troll could have gotten snagged, he would have had to defeat the barrier of the wall and the window etc. Instead the GM just arbitraley declared him dead. And when something smells bad, it is bad. And that smells very, very, bad. |
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Aug 11 2005, 11:27 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,070 Joined: 7-February 04 From: NYC Member No.: 6,058 |
In all fairness, it was clarified that the elf died anyway from the impact - but the initial post made it seem to me like the GM was being a jerk, and made a heads/tails roll to see whether a character got squashed. (since I dimly recalled a 4th story fall shouldn't be lethal - and it's not, at least in SR3, it's "only" a 5S or 6S wound according to the SR Companion)
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Aug 12 2005, 07:51 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
usually any thing of 3+ stories can be. Course depending on what you land on I guess any fall can. Was the elf pointy or sharp (blood elf!?) by any chance? :D
Hey! Look at my sig next! Yes, the mugger got my dignity (I was almost out of it anyways). |
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Aug 12 2005, 04:20 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,664 Joined: 21-September 04 From: Arvada, CO Member No.: 6,686 |
From what I understand, the elf rolled for his damage taken during the fall, and ended up dieing from the fall combined with being used to smash through the window for the troll to get out. In light of him dieing, the GM rolled to see if the troll happened to land on top of the elf, for entertainment purposes.
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Aug 12 2005, 05:40 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,070 Joined: 7-February 04 From: NYC Member No.: 6,058 |
...which made it impossible to sell the elf's body to the organ-leggers, screwing the players out of hard-earned :nuyen:. Like I said, the GM was a bastard. ;) |
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Aug 14 2005, 01:43 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,718 Joined: 14-September 02 Member No.: 3,263 |
Yes, my bad for calling a spade a spade. Of course this is the second post in a row where you completely sidestep defending your statements. Instead again resorting to [apparently undefendable?] sarcastic distortions of my posts.
First in, first out? I suggest you first might want to take a figurative shower after tossing your sarcastic, baseless insult. |
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Aug 14 2005, 02:44 PM
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Free Spirit Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,950 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bloomington, IN UCAS Member No.: 1,920 |
blakkie, at least mmu1 was contributing to the topic. I got a bit of a smile when thinking of the cartoonish troll shaped outline left behind. It was also a valid point about the arbitrary, at that point, decision of who landed on who, much less if anyone landed on anyone. The follow-up discussion of falling objects seem to indicate a few people may have agreed with the point.
All you seem to be doing is flaming. A point of having a sig is so that people may refer to it from time to time and be reminded of the sig member's opinion or outlook. IMO, it was needless to say, "Here's another instance of part 3 section a of my sig." Btw, are you compensating for something (not necessarily the usual something) by needing multiple tags? It seems silly at times when a person's sig is longer than their comment. Now back to our regular scheduled thread, before someone gets it locked. Stupid player deaths... The first character I remember dying was a cybered up dwarf magician. The team was all together and heading into an alley (confrontation/ambush) following someone apparently in tribal attire who had beckoned them. At the far end of the alley was a group the tribal guy was heading toward. It is night with poor visibility in the alley. However, the team is made up of a dwarf, a troll, and 2 veteran players who I would think had some form of vision enhancement. The cyber, magic dwarf decides to cast a light spell. Ok, maybe a good idea to eliminate any darkness modifiers and maybe provide some glare modifiers depending on where the spell was targeted. So I, the newbie GM ask where he wants the light to appear? Dwarf: Right above us. Me:?! Everyone else: No!! Light them up! Before the dwarf's next round he had taken deadly damage in the firefight. I don't recall if a teammate shot him accidentally or not, but I do recall they sold off his cyber at the street doc's without trying to get him medical attention. |
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Aug 14 2005, 02:56 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 807 Joined: 9-October 04 Member No.: 6,741 |
Newbie character and player. Just learning the game. Well, for his contacts list, he include Lofwyr as a fixer. In fact, as his only fixer.
Newbie: Hey, Train! I just got a novahot job from my fixer for the group. He wants us to break into the Renraku Arcology! Train (troll gunbunny): This doesn't sound right... Who is your fixer? Newbie: Lofwyr. Why? Train: *promptly begins beating the newbie* Train, calling me about ten minutes later: Hey, Feral, got a problem with the intern. Me (psychotic street sam): What is it? Train: His fixer is Lofwyr. Me: Is he dead yet? Train: With a complication. Me: Complication? Train: Yeah. He's still breathing. *sound of a panther cannon firing* |
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Aug 14 2005, 04:25 PM
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Horror Group: Members Posts: 5,322 Joined: 15-June 05 From: BumFuck, New Jersey Member No.: 7,445 |
o.O
Bwahaahahaahaaaaah! BAWWAHAAAHAAAAAAAH! HOW, exactly, do you get Loffy as a Fixer? |
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Aug 14 2005, 06:10 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,718 Joined: 14-September 02 Member No.: 3,263 |
Maybe i read him wrong. He certainly seemed to be pulling a "reality snob" routine. If that wasn't the case, yes my bad. But given his sensitivity to my inital post, i'm guessing i'm right. I still remember way back when i started posting here i put up a story about my first session playing SR. Right up front i said it fell into the stupid things players do category, mainly because i didn't have a sniff about how the game or the world worked. I, and the rest of the group, still had fun playing and all. It was really damn funny. Then someone piped up with the oh-so-helpful "that GM didn't know anything about the SR setting" type of comment, that is pretty damn close to the actual wording. I asked why, what part was the problem (because i was still new to the game). They didn't even bother respond. I eventually came to realize the attitude underlying the comment, and just how damn prevalent it is here. The person i remember it being still posts here, and often. I'm not going to name them because i'm not 100% certain of the name, and at this point it isn't even that important who it was. I'm frankly tired of that whole pretentous attitude surrounding a game, and have lost my patience for that sort of crap.
Given the above, i'd say in fact it does serve a point to underline the ongoing disease infecting this place as opposed to this simply being an issolated incident. It isn't just that post by mmu1.
:P True that though there are people with bigger sigs than others my current one is on the high side. Much larger than i normally have. I kinda accumulated then lately. While i managed to cull some things, i think the "rye special" was the last one i ditched, i'm torn between things to keep and things to toss. The Mercer quote is really old, probably 2+ years. Definately since before the last time i got fed up with this place. So even though i like it maybe it needs to go. I found the Crimson one really, really funny at the time. However it is more topical and doesn't have much of a shelf-life, so it should probably go. The Firefly quote will have to stay till at least the movie comes out. I wish the "Dumpshock Forums:..." line wasn't applicable anymore so i could dump it, i really do. But sadly it is, and likely to stay that way. It is the reason i've left here for extended time before, and most likely it will be the reason i'll leave again. Anyway, back to whereever the thread subject had drifted too... |
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Aug 14 2005, 06:11 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,718 Joined: 14-September 02 Member No.: 3,263 |
Three words: sensual...talon...massage |
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Aug 14 2005, 09:50 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,278 Joined: 15-April 05 Member No.: 7,336 |
This was a long time ago. My second run ever as GM.
A character tried to walk through an airport with an AK-97. When challenged he said it was for "orthopedic uses" (apparently meaning chiropractic). He proceeded to have the group troll hit him on the back a few times to get the point across to the security guards. .... The end of the story involves a lot of slivergun fire. |
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