alphabethunter

joined 7 months ago
[–] alphabethunter 29 points 1 day ago

Nah, it's scary when the entity threatening you with a lawsuit has enough resources to bury you under paperwork and drag a legal battle that'll hurt your business for years even if they have no chance of actually winning the suit.

[–] alphabethunter 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't have the dread of choosing what comes next, but I'll wait a few days after finishing a really good book before I start to read something else. I think some books need those few days to be properly digested, and cycled out of your system. After a few days, I just pick something that looks at least okay. If it's fun, I'll read it whole, if not, I'll drop and move on to something else. In the meanwhile, before picking the next thing, I'll just enjoy some of my other hobbies. Play games, go deep into a rabbit hole of knowledge I had no clue it would be interesting, touch some grass... Also, it helps to take a look at discussions surrounding the book, it helps me connect through the book.

[–] alphabethunter 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I read over some of your other comments talking about this, and have to say that a Pokemon game is a weird choice. Avoid adaptations of X Popular Thing, and look for original games. It's in those that there's stuff to learn from.

You don't need to agree with every rule from other games, and you don't even need to change your preferences for 5e. But there's stuff out there that will serve you as inspiration, and change the way you understand things in the books you've read before. Start by looking at games in a similar genre, fantasy, high-fantasy, low-fantasy, swashbuckling, sword & sorcery. You'll probably find at least one piece of advice or implementation of a rule that will make you understand the hobby/DMing better in every game out there.

[–] alphabethunter 1 points 4 days ago

The lack of details is so they can invest a few dozen millions in Trump's private funds.

[–] alphabethunter 1 points 5 days ago

On their mobile app is one every few posts. I've seen as many as one every three in the main feed. It was simply unbearable.

[–] alphabethunter 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The horny half of the internet, which is about 99.69% of the whole internet.

[–] alphabethunter 9 points 5 days ago

It basically looks like Lethal Company with a half-twist. These games are indeed fun with friends, for a very limited amount of hours. But it's 10 bucks, so I guess that's fair. I wouldn't expect 10 bucks to give me unlimited hours of fun, especially in today's landscape for games.

[–] alphabethunter 27 points 5 days ago

Narrator: "He won't"

[–] alphabethunter 3 points 5 days ago (4 children)

When you said officially I imagined you had stumbled your way into becoming an official DM for WotC, running games somewhere in one of their basements, as a job.

As someone who has been a DM for 20+ years, my advice to green ones is that now is the time for you to drop just playing D&D and learn of other pastures, there is a world to explore when it comes to RPGs, or a few. Take a look at some other games/systems, it'll make you a better DM.

[–] alphabethunter 3 points 1 week ago

That's sick, but seven figures holy shit!

[–] alphabethunter 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No we don't, never heard anyone use that term when referring to games that are similar to Vampire Survivors. It's always survivor-like game. Also, bullet heaven is not even an accurate description of the game, as in lots of these games you don't throw lots of projectiles around. If you're going to force a name change, Mob Hell is a way better descriptor.

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