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Coop prepares for the worst day in a few weeks, while congratulating:
Cool-points: Level 21
sandwich-eater: Level 32
Spretnaz: Level 17
DiMono: 23,000 Saves
LittleWashu: 20,000 Experience

At 10/1/12 06:58 AM, dragoswrath wrote: This is the...

the best thread in existence. It's spread far over 2,000 pages from a single retarded topic, and no mod has stopped it.

And most of the mods post in it from time to time.

More conversation later - gotta get going :(

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Listening to:

Witchcraft - Firewood

At 10/1/12 03:31 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/30/12 10:03 AM, Bahamut wrote: I'm not sure how much he even uses his Last.fm account now.

Last seen: August 2012
So, not too long ago.

And the odds of trying to steer away from it?

At 10/1/12 03:45 PM, Odyssic wrote:

At 10/1/12 09:16 AM, Bahamut wrote: Except for some who did try but failed. Malachy did lock this thread, though.

Really, I don't remember this, what was the reason?

Only for lulz.

At 10/2/12 01:03 AM, LittleWashu wrote: Next milestone passed 20,000 Exp. Normally I would say it isn't a big deal but for this achievement I will make the exception.

WOOOOOOOOO! But seriously, good job on that!

Coop feels sick to the stomach over work. Congratulations to:
No-one. Perhaps today is the day... who knows.

At 10/1/12 09:16 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 10/1/12 04:11 AM, Coop wrote:

At 9/30/12 10:03 AM, Bahamut wrote: This is why I'm more reliant on public transport. Sucks for getting buses but I suppose I can't complain about the trains.

Well, at least you have a heads up, when it comes to London meets. My setting is too rural for me to rely on public transport. If I relied on anything like that, I'd take the bike to work sooner.

I'll be able to book the train tickets within two weeks seeing as by then it will be 13 weeks in advance. Best train ticket prices then and this time I can easily settle with day 0 of the meet but no screwing around for the aftermath.

I've got to get a job sorted - I'm just spending the few minutes before work being really pissed off about trying to book a hotel in French. No disrespect meant to any Frenchies reading this, because the guy wanted me to change a hotel booking 36 hours before the guys arrive, for a date they aren't booked for.

At 10/1/12 03:31 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/30/12 04:54 PM, Coop wrote: Hmm... opera is making things really hard for me to read the quoted text.

Hm, no problems here at all with quoted text.

It probably just needed to restart. I was not in the mood, anyway, but the black was all grey, so the quoted text practically looked the same. All fixed now.

At 10/1/12 04:11 AM, Coop wrote:

At 9/30/12 08:15 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/28/12 05:34 AM, Coop wrote:

At 9/28/12 01:58 AM, Haggard wrote: People always say "the cold war is over", but I'm not sure if I can believe them or not.

Well, judging by the way that Russia and China are dealing with Syria, it's still in full swing.

And I wouldn't be surprised, if the "old rivals" USA and Russia would still be snooping around in each others affairs.

Something tells me there was a little Cold War about the death of the former Russian agent, Alexander Litvinenko, who was killed using Polonium-210, to poison him with radiation.

The most expensive assasination of all time.

That we know of.

Nice story. But the DM should never get frustrated. Nothing better than a party that nearly kills themselves due to stupid arguments. Less work for the DM. ^^

Oh, I've learned from these issues and gone on to run my own games. I think I'm doing marginally better.

It also depends a lot on the players. In my old group, we more often than not got ourselves into trouble because of stupid actions from the players... ok, it didn't really help that one of the characters had a really low intelligence (he was a fighter, so... ^^). So the player only played his character. And he did it very well.

Fair enough - I've had experiences of players who play to break the game. Just how it goes, I'm afraid.

Nothing beats good play of character. When I first started, I took the easy way out and played a Malkav. So any blunder I would do, I could blame it on me being not totally sane, haha.

My first character was an Assimaar - I had to assassinate the prince of the town, then when that failed, I ran. I was blood hunted in a "LARP" fashion, which I evaded with a change of clothes and the help of a few friends from college playing pool in the local pubs.

They're still human. Just blood bound mortals, with a little Potence and possibly Fortitude added.

Oh, right. Maybe I was thinking of some other Ghouls from some other universe.

Ghouls in D&D are dead - they eat rotting flesh and can paralyse just by touch.

Never encountered Ghouls in D&D, we didn't play it that much.

Fair enough - not everyone's cup of tea, I suppose.

Well, the world is great. I enjoy Baldur's Gate and other D&D based computer games. But the system is too fucked up to be really enjoyable in a P&P session.

It's getting better - look at how bad the system was in the 70s.

I could have played that into an NPC encounter. "And yet the two members of house Ravnos still live? One day, their luck will run out, I am sure."

There where no NPCs around. We where in the middle of an ocean and our helicopter just crashed. Because the pilot turned into a vampire as well...

Oh... that's not fun.

Good thing Vampires are already dead. We managed to "survive" (ie, stay undead).

Well, the helicopter was likely to explode, so rotshreck tests all around!

I don't know if it exploded or not. But in a group of 7 (I think) only 1 Ravnos survived (the others where "unconsius", ie they didn't have any blood left), and he had enough blood points left to bring one member of the group back to unlife. So of course he chose the other Ravnos, hehe.

Well, if they can find any cattle around, they can sort out the rest coming back. Emergency crews have enough blood, too ;)

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Listening to:

Witchcraft - Firewood

At 10/3/12 04:01 AM, Coop wrote: Coop feels sick to the stomach over work. Congratulations to:
No-one. Perhaps today is the day... who knows.

Today is the day?

At 10/1/12 09:16 AM, Bahamut wrote: I'll be able to book the train tickets within two weeks seeing as by then it will be 13 weeks in advance. Best train ticket prices then and this time I can easily settle with day 0 of the meet but no screwing around for the aftermath.

I've got to get a job sorted - I'm just spending the few minutes before work being really pissed off about trying to book a hotel in French. No disrespect meant to any Frenchies reading this, because the guy wanted me to change a hotel booking 36 hours before the guys arrive, for a date they aren't booked for.

When my money builds up a bit next week, I should easily book train tickets to cover London. I know I'm lucky that I don't have hotel expenses to cover down there and I'm most grateful for that this time. Over the time my money is taking a toll so it's only a matter of time until bankruptcy.

At 10/3/12 10:44 AM, the-phantom-spancker wrote:

At 10/3/12 09:59 AM, Bahamut wrote: 1

What is this? Reply only??

You sure showed up at the right time. This Saturday your very own thread here will be 10 years old. Crazy to imagine a thread on the internet has lasted this long with constant activity.

Coop types out cricket minutes, while longing for progress. Congratulations to:
fuzzum111: Level 38

Listening to:
Europe - The Final Countdown

At 10/3/12 08:31 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 10/3/12 04:01 AM, Coop wrote: Coop feels sick to the stomach over work. Congratulations to:

Good thing that I don't have to work today. It's National Day!

Trying to sort out hotels in France with 36 hours notice, when it appears that the centre of Dijon is fully booked... Great.

At 10/1/12 03:31 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/30/12 04:54 PM, Coop wrote: Hmm... opera is making things really hard for me to read the quoted text.

Hm, no problems here at all with quoted text.

It probably just needed to restart. I was not in the mood, anyway, but the black was all grey, so the quoted text practically looked the same. All fixed now.

Sounds like some CSS error (like, the CSS not being fully loaded).

Well, whatever it was, it's fixed now :)

At 10/1/12 04:11 AM, Coop wrote: Something tells me there was a little Cold War about the death of the former Russian agent, Alexander Litvinenko, who was killed using Polonium-210, to poison him with radiation.

The most expensive assasination of all time.

That we know of.

It's also one of the most weird assasinations of all time.

Yes, but some of those have been really weird. Particularly the ones that look like accidents / suicide.

It also depends a lot on the players. In my old group, we more often than not got ourselves into trouble because of stupid actions from the players... ok, it didn't really help that one of the characters had a really low intelligence (he was a fighter, so... ^^). So the player only played his character. And he did it very well.

Fair enough - I've had experiences of players who play to break the game. Just how it goes, I'm afraid.

Nothing beats good play of character. When I first started, I took the easy way out and played a Malkav. So any blunder I would do, I could blame it on me being not totally sane, haha.

My first character was an Assimaar - I had to assassinate the prince of the town, then when that failed, I ran. I was blood hunted in a "LARP" fashion, which I evaded with a change of clothes and the help of a few friends from college playing pool in the local pubs.

You mean Assamite? And I never played LARP, I always found it very strange...

Yes, Assimaar is a plane-touched D&D race (half-angel) Driving into the centre of Worcester, pulling up at a parking space and popping the boot, to the lads grabbing their gear, including a SPAS-12 replica shotgun, for BB rounds was a little worrying. Especially when the lad in question grabs the gun (with no ammunition) and says "right lads, off to the bank!"

Well, the world is great. I enjoy Baldur's Gate and other D&D based computer games. But the system is too fucked up to be really enjoyable in a P&P session.

It's getting better - look at how bad the system was in the 70s.

Yeah, first we had "Advanced" D&D and then everything was even more confusing...

Advanced D&D still had THAC0 scores. Nowadays, you get an armour class of 10, plus your armour mod, dexterity mod (reduced for armour manoeuvrability), a modifier for the dodge feat, on one attacker per round, plus any cover, shield or spell / magic items you have. That number is equal to what the attacker must roll on the d20 to hit you. Their base attack bonus, plus strength (or dexterity - feats apply) modifier, plus any magical bonuses. Much easier to work out.

I don't know if it exploded or not. But in a group of 7 (I think) only 1 Ravnos survived (the others where "unconsius", ie they didn't have any blood left), and he had enough blood points left to bring one member of the group back to unlife. So of course he chose the other Ravnos, hehe.

Well, if they can find any cattle around, they can sort out the rest coming back. Emergency crews have enough blood, too ;)

I think we never continued that adventure for too long after the helicopter crashed. Too bad. Would have been fun to go hunting for some fishes!

"Hey, I though you said that Troy McLure was dead."
"No, what I said was: 'he sleeps with the fishes.' You see..."
"Uh, Tony, please, no. I just ate a whole plate of dingamagoo."

At 10/3/12 09:59 AM, Bahamut wrote: 1

Can't help but think that this was my countdown all along :P

At 10/3/12 04:01 AM, Coop wrote: Coop feels sick to the stomach over work. Congratulations to:
No-one. Perhaps today is the day... who knows.

Today is the day?

Apparently not. If it's not today, I'll be peeved.

Tonight is the night where Red Dwarf returns to TV and not in a crappy special like Back to Earth.

Also, thinking positive for job applications only for them to turn you down no matter how much enthusiasm you had? Fuck you.

Listening to:

Destruction - The Antichrist

At 10/4/12 04:47 AM, Coop wrote:

At 10/3/12 09:59 AM, Bahamut wrote: 1

Can't help but think that this was my countdown all along :P

Nope, that was for Red Dwarf X.

Today is the day?

Apparently not. If it's not today, I'll be peeved.

Then what the hell is it?

33,000 Saves!

I became a Lieutenant General

At 10/5/12 07:31 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 10/4/12 08:49 AM, Bahamut wrote: Tonight is the night where Red Dwarf returns to TV and not in a crappy special like Back to Earth.

I was damn good as well, I really liked it.

I agree. It's not an instant classic but it's still a good start and considering VI, VIII and Back to Earth, I was fearing for worse. However, whether they explain the plot holes in this season is another story.

30,000 BLAMS!

Finally, I have deleted my thirty-thousandth piece of work here on Newgrounds. I really do feel EPIC.

And now, I'm going to bed...

At 10/5/12 09:31 PM, Coop wrote: 30,000 BLAMS!

Congrats!

At 10/5/12 11:31 PM, Cootie wrote: Supreme Commander... oh yes. I have finally hit the top of the B/P ranks after so long. Oh well, now to get myself in the top 200.

Congrats. You're a bit late though.. You've been Sup. Commander for at least a week.

At 10/6/12 02:17 AM, gamejunkie wrote: Also, how about this?!?!

Entries submitted yesterday: 38
Entries blammed yesterday: 0

That's actually inaccurate.. It's been broken since the redesign.
If you go to the actual page it shows 4 submissions were blammed yesterday.

Passed 19,000 saves

Happy 10 years LUL!

At 10/5/12 09:31 PM, Coop wrote: 30,000 BLAMS!

That is an excellent job. Just get 10,000 more and you will finally pass me in blams. I suppose a big story is on its way now.