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General Discussion / Re: The friendly and polite EU-related terrible jokes thread
« on: January 30, 2020, 05:30:47 pm »
Quote from: Loud Whispers on January 30, 2020, 05:24:56 pm
UK is actually leaving the EU tomorrow. And immediately entering another transition period where we "finalise" Brexit.

NEVERENDING BREXIT

This is the first transition period though.

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: The King's Dilemma (8/12) Game 1: First Decision
« on: January 30, 2020, 04:10:12 pm »
Iain shrugs and sits back.

“There are other mills for these people to use. I find it hard to believe a group of drunkards could accidentally burn down three mills, but even if they did, it is not the King’s duty to compensate someone for their inability to secure their property.”

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Mystville [Game Thread]
« on: January 30, 2020, 04:06:11 pm »
Quote from: Frank on January 30, 2020, 12:59:11 pm
Quote from: hector13 on January 29, 2020, 07:49:48 pm
Afterwards, bum around town looking for bits and pieces to construct a crossbow and fashion some bolts.

Doctor Doak recovers enough lumber and scrap metal to create a crossbow and a reasonable amount of bolts for it. However he doesn't have the required tools or knowledge to construct them.

((Doctor Doak has the ability Jury-rigged, for just such an occasion))

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Mystville (Experimental RPG) [OOC Thread]
« on: January 30, 2020, 07:43:55 am »
+1

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General Discussion / Re: [Burg] 12 burgs a day recommended daily intake (Happy thread)
« on: January 29, 2020, 07:51:50 pm »
Ah you are lucky. I have to buy a washer and drier for my purchase :(

And also fix the floor, because apparently cutting away support joists beneath a bathroom - containing a heavy toilet and bathtub - is a good idea!

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Mystville [Game Thread]
« on: January 29, 2020, 07:49:48 pm »
Quote from: MeimieFan88 on January 29, 2020, 12:59:22 pm
(except Doctor Doak, who had already received the coins yesterday)

Doctor Doak looks downtrodden. :(

Then he gathers his notes, and heads to the apothecary and the sorceror, to see if they can figure out anything about the bright green fluid found in the gnolls' spines or the sprouting leaves in their brains.

Afterwards, bum around town looking for bits and pieces to construct a crossbow and fashion some bolts.

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: The King's Dilemma (8/12) Game 1: First Decision
« on: January 29, 2020, 07:44:42 pm »
Quote from: mightymushroom on January 29, 2020, 06:40:35 pm
"I am told I must pay 'proportional' to whatever the tax assessor says I must. The more work we put in to improving the land and the city, the less we get to keep. More importantly, is outlay going to be 'proportional' to contribution? Now that Gamam has need, all the Council seems to say is 'Ah, it's a local problem, take care of it yourself.'"

"The cost of being in a kingdom, my friend. Your gold pays for the soldiers that keep our merchants safe on the roads and our borders secure from potential invaders. It pays for the administrators that make sure the money goes where it's needed... for example, when we vote to support your lands and rebuild your mills."

Quote from: mightymushroom on January 29, 2020, 06:40:35 pm
Quote from: hector13 on January 29, 2020, 03:56:00 pm
“This is expensive, however, and I would need some of these expenses covered...”

"And doesn't this top off my plea. What part of 'We've suffered misfortune, we need coin to get us through' did you think means I am in position to pay you up front?"

Iain laughs heartily.

"Why, due diligence, dear boy! You spend a penny today to avoid losing many more tomorrow.

The dilemma we face is to rebuild the mills. That means the King's coin will be paying for the mills should we vote aye.

This means you - or your people, though I doubt they'd be pleased with that - will be paying to re-route the grain elsewhere. Re-routing the grain elsewhere does not guarantee the prices I will, almost literally next door. The further you have to go, the more you have to pay the driver, the more the wagons need to be maintained, and the more feed the animals need to get back and forth. And this on top of the cost to actually mill the grain!

Equally so, there is the potential for bandits. This requires guards, and still you may lose your harvest or parts thereof to even the pettiest thief with a quick mind for business, and even quicker hand.

If you agree to my proposal, I will make sure that the millers in my part don't try to profit - well, profit too much - from your miller's misfortune. I will provide the means to transport your grain and keep it safe, thus making sure your people can focus solely on rebuilding their ability to actually feed themselves.

Goodness me, I didn't even think of this before! I could even carry some bread your way in the short-term, so you don't even have to worry about your people starving while the grain is being milled over in my lands!

Iain laughs again, before a serious look passes over his face.

"However, I cannot do this without recompense. My people have their own needs, and while I sympathise with the plight of yours, I cannot overlook my own flock.

If I am to be honest with you, my people could profit a great deal from what your people are going through. We are one of your closest neighbours, and one of the first places your farmers will look to sell their grain because they can't do it closer to home. Should your people discover that you were offered the chance to make their plight easier and you refused in order to save yourself a few coins...

Iain pauses for a moment and then scoffs.

"Well, the potential for food riots would be the least of your worries.

To be perfectly honest, a mere abstention from me would be welcomed in my lands. I personally don't wish to see unnecessary suffering, and I believe the bonds between our lands, perhaps even you and I, could be made stronger if you agree to grease the wheels on my side a little.

Think on it. You would be loved by your people for buying food for them out of your own pocket, and not letting them starve because of some drunken fool."

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: January 29, 2020, 06:32:38 pm »
It seems everything was conspiring to make me late this morning.

Very icy, unexpectedly so, and it took a while to scrape all the ice off the windows. Already late now! Wait in driveway for a garbage truck to pass, it stops to pick up garbage in the next driveway. See the next turn I need to take, schoolbus turns onto it, followed by a regular bus. Drive slowly past schoolbus, wait for a moment behind regular bus as it was picking someone up, see big semi turn onto road in front of regular bus. Semi is turning at the next driveway to a factory, takes forever in doing so.

This all occurred within the first two minutes of me starting my drive.

FINALLY SOME ROAD TO MOVE ON.

DAMN RIGHT I GOT IN FRONT OF YOU SNOW PLOW.

Approach 4 way junction, I'm on the main road, stop signs on the ones attaching on the right and left. See people waiting patiently on the left, someone approaches the one on the right. They wait. They wait. As I approach their wheels start spinning because apparently the best time to attempt to go is when an approaching car is right next to you, and it's icy conditions so GUN IT OH NO NO TRACTION ARGH forcing me to put on my brakes before they give up and do what they should've done in the first place and watch as I go by. So badly wanted to give 'em the double birds, I sufficed with arms outspread, aghast look on my face.

Stuck behind someone doing 40 in a 55. Less problematical, since it's sensible, but I'm already late because of everything else so move damnit.

Everyone on the Interstate is being sensible, but there are like 3 trucks and a pickup hauling something in a row so I have to take the last 3 miles at 55 because I'm not going to risk my neck getting in front of them just to avoid 1 disciplinary point.

I still made it to work "on time", two minutes past my start time but 3 minutes before said disciplinary point.

I did have one... rather annoying customer, who put far too much thought into choosing a wax seal for their toilet, resulting in him taking 15 minutes to do something that takes most people 30 seconds.

highlights:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: The King's Dilemma (8/12) Game 1: First Decision
« on: January 29, 2020, 03:56:00 pm »
Iain of Wylio cocks an eyebrow in the direction of Drojand.

“Taxes are paid on landholdings and economic activity, as well you know. You pay, proportionally, the same as we all do, so playing the victim card will win you no sympathy here.

To be frank, you are my neighbour, and I am willing to guarantee your people reasonable prices for the use of our mills, as well as the wagons and drivers to transport your grain to and from. This is expensive, however, and I would need some of these expenses covered...”

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General Discussion / Re: AmeriPol thread
« on: January 28, 2020, 09:26:39 pm »
Statistics can be... manipulated isn’t the right word, but the same data set can show different things depending how it’s processed and presented.

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General Discussion / Re: [Burg] 12 burgs a day recommended daily intake (Happy thread)
« on: January 28, 2020, 09:24:47 pm »
*first-time house hunter’s fist bump*

You will sign your name and your initials so many times.

so many times

I am waiting on my stuff to close. Also do some things at the bank because admin staff at the compan we’ll be getting our loan through are less than stellar.

“Get this thing”

*gets this thing, sends it*

2 weeks hence

“Oh hey we don’t have this thing, remember to get it stamped too.”


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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: The King's Dilemma (8/12) Game 1: First Decision
« on: January 28, 2020, 07:50:28 pm »
((What’s the process for negotiating bribes? Are we allowed to PM each other? If we do, do we have to cc you, Ghazkull?))

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: January 28, 2020, 06:23:08 pm »
wel fuk u 2, duk

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: The King's Dilemma (8/12) Game 1: First Decision
« on: January 28, 2020, 05:54:53 pm »
Iain eyes Drojand, looking concerned.

“I know these are your people, duke, but we must consider all possibilities. I assume you want us to fund this project?”

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: The King's Dilemma (8/12) Game 1: First Decision
« on: January 28, 2020, 04:35:48 pm »
Iain chuckles gently.

“It isn’t minor if it’s brought before us. Do you know how much flour a mill can grind? It feeds a great many people. It’s a significant setback to a town to lose one mill, never mind three. The price of bread increases enough that the commoners can’t afford it, and even we nobles have to cut back on the finer things just to get a good meal in our bellies.”

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