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Other Games / Re: PC Games for my Girlfriend and I
« on: April 16, 2013, 05:57:44 pm »
No, no, Internet and LAN are both fine, and we also have pretty good computers.
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Other Games / Re: PC Games for my Girlfriend and I
« on: April 16, 2013, 05:36:52 pm »Your search request returned too many results. Please specify:
Is price a factor? Would you prefer free-to-play? Should MMOs be excluded from the list?
In case the first post didn't make it clear, nothing about your suggestion matters to me. Just suggest.
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Other Games / PC Games for my Girlfriend and I
« on: April 16, 2013, 05:17:16 pm »
My girlfriend and I like to play on our computers. What are some good games for two? Co-op, versus, it doesn't matter! Genre? Doesn't matter! Style? Doesn't matter! I won't even list what we already play because our influences literally do not matter!
Though these threads, all across the internet, typically fill up with Minecraft, so I'll let you know that we already play it.
Though these threads, all across the internet, typically fill up with Minecraft, so I'll let you know that we already play it.
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Other Games / Re: EA Voted Worst Company in America. Again.
« on: April 09, 2013, 04:55:48 pm »
ITT, a lot of folks who have forgotten how poorly EA has treated both their employees and their consumers.
I don't understand what all the complaining here is about. The only reason companies like Bank of America are actually worse is because they have the power to be so. I am actually pretty positive that if the executives of EA suddenly took control of BoA, the latter company would get even worse.
If you're catching news articles about bank corruption that lack comments, it is only because of the volume of that topic. Deserving companies have won this award every year.
I don't understand what all the complaining here is about. The only reason companies like Bank of America are actually worse is because they have the power to be so. I am actually pretty positive that if the executives of EA suddenly took control of BoA, the latter company would get even worse.
If you're catching news articles about bank corruption that lack comments, it is only because of the volume of that topic. Deserving companies have won this award every year.
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Other Games / Re: Vampire: The Masquerade - figuring out times
« on: April 09, 2013, 04:38:18 pm »
Honestly, I threw out the request for characters to gauge actual interest. You don't actually need an edition to come up with a concept for a character. Since nobody asked "Hey, would this be okay?", I can only assume only Simmura was interested. I'm not going to spend a great deal of time writing a chronicle for players that don't exist.
I'm not exactly new on the boat here, either. An elder Giovanni and fledgling Nosferatu team would actually not be hard for a GM to work with. But it would be pretty difficult for that match-up to happen amongst reasonable players, since all the core books in every edition have some pretty clear rules on how to make a character. If I was running D&D, I wouldn't need to specify to my players that they can't start at level 20, after all.
I'd ask that, unless your intention is to join in on a game of Vampire, you refrain from posting in here. There's no point in making the thread look crowded.
I'm not exactly new on the boat here, either. An elder Giovanni and fledgling Nosferatu team would actually not be hard for a GM to work with. But it would be pretty difficult for that match-up to happen amongst reasonable players, since all the core books in every edition have some pretty clear rules on how to make a character. If I was running D&D, I wouldn't need to specify to my players that they can't start at level 20, after all.
I'd ask that, unless your intention is to join in on a game of Vampire, you refrain from posting in here. There's no point in making the thread look crowded.
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General Discussion / Re: Negative Free May Signup
« on: April 07, 2013, 06:34:46 am »
Not to be negative, but based on what I have read in the past, psychologists hold the opposite opinion on public announcements.
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Other Games / Re: Need help finding low-spec games!!!
« on: April 06, 2013, 06:21:57 am »
Is he on an Intel GPU, though? I'd assume so, but we're not really sure (though you may have looked up his PC's specs).
Additionally, if he was on the Intel HD 4000 he's actually got little to worry about. That thing is amazing. I was shocked when I found out my laptop could handle games like Skyrim without any issues at all (apparently it was optimized specifically for Skyrim).
Additionally, if he was on the Intel HD 4000 he's actually got little to worry about. That thing is amazing. I was shocked when I found out my laptop could handle games like Skyrim without any issues at all (apparently it was optimized specifically for Skyrim).
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Other Games / Re: Need help finding low-spec games!!!
« on: April 02, 2013, 07:31:43 pm »
Quake 3 is a fun FPS game.
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Other Games / Re: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
« on: April 02, 2013, 04:37:57 pm »
Dragonborn DLC is basically an expansion pack, it's no horse armour.
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Other Games / Re: D&D: Converting a 4e character to 3.5e
« on: April 01, 2013, 01:07:39 am »
That doesn't make any sense. The vast majority of prestige classes are from outside those three books, and are a perfectly valid part of the game.
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Other Games / Re: D&D: Converting a 4e character to 3.5e
« on: March 31, 2013, 10:01:30 pm »
Spellcasters are theoretically tougher in 4E if you're starting at Level 1, as they are more likely to survive to higher levels.
If you don't believe me, try solo'ing a Wizard in either system. 3.5, it's impossible. It can't be done. Your Wizard will die to spiders and other mundane creatures (when I was a kid, I played with my mom, and she got killed by three regular house spiders at the exit of a dungeon while trying to crush them with her staff). 4E, it's just really hard because you have no health. Unless you're a spellsword or something, where it's only moderately difficult.
If anything, we're looking at the reverse: Martial classes are weaker in 4E because it is so difficult to survive alone in 4E, but doable in 3.5. Since Wizards/Sorcerors never stood a chance to begin with, they are now better as solo'ers.
But if you compare what a character of the same level from each system is able to do, the 4E ones are strictly tougher. 4E characters at level 1 can survive multiple hits, heal themselves mid-combat without breaking a sweat, and deal 6 dice of damage in a single turn.
If you don't believe me, try solo'ing a Wizard in either system. 3.5, it's impossible. It can't be done. Your Wizard will die to spiders and other mundane creatures (when I was a kid, I played with my mom, and she got killed by three regular house spiders at the exit of a dungeon while trying to crush them with her staff). 4E, it's just really hard because you have no health. Unless you're a spellsword or something, where it's only moderately difficult.
If anything, we're looking at the reverse: Martial classes are weaker in 4E because it is so difficult to survive alone in 4E, but doable in 3.5. Since Wizards/Sorcerors never stood a chance to begin with, they are now better as solo'ers.
But if you compare what a character of the same level from each system is able to do, the 4E ones are strictly tougher. 4E characters at level 1 can survive multiple hits, heal themselves mid-combat without breaking a sweat, and deal 6 dice of damage in a single turn.
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Other Games / Re: D&D: Converting a 4e character to 3.5e
« on: March 31, 2013, 05:58:25 pm »
It is almost impossible to directly convert a 4e character into a 3.5e character, partly because of the power system and partly because 4e characters are inherently stronger in a fight than their 3.5e counterparts. If Barbarossa can actually do it, he deserves a Nobel Prize in RPGing.
Here is what I would suggest:
Cleric (Core Class) w/ the Rune Domain
Then you can look at prestige classes. These are basically like Paragon Paths. Although you don't pick them up until later, you generally want to plan for them well in advance. Here is a guide to Cleric Prestige classes written in the same way as the user-created 4E guides, which might help.
Here is what I would suggest:
Cleric (Core Class) w/ the Rune Domain
Then you can look at prestige classes. These are basically like Paragon Paths. Although you don't pick them up until later, you generally want to plan for them well in advance. Here is a guide to Cleric Prestige classes written in the same way as the user-created 4E guides, which might help.
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General Discussion / Re: Soylent Green Is Real, People!
« on: March 31, 2013, 05:32:01 pm »What was Body of Vi, Grak?
Here is a website where you can learn more. I can get you into the deal. You just have to pay me $500 a month for the raw merchandise. Selling is up to you. You get a huge discount if you sign up somebody else, though.
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General Discussion / Re: Bitcoins, worth investing in?
« on: March 30, 2013, 02:34:32 am »
I just wish I hadn't listened to you guys back when bitcoins were starting out and we all agreed it would be a bad idea to buy any.
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General Discussion / Re: Soylent Green Is Real, People!
« on: March 30, 2013, 02:28:37 am »
This reminds me of the Body of Vi scam.
Who wants to be under me in the pyramid?
Who wants to be under me in the pyramid?