tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post5678194577956198241..comments2024-03-28T17:27:58.052-07:00Comments on Playing D&D With Porn Stars: Reader Participation: Disagree.Zak Sabbathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-153283375603750592021-10-22T09:05:18.793-07:002021-10-22T09:05:18.793-07:00Whoever said a gamebook with mediocre or bad art i...Whoever said a gamebook with mediocre or bad art is better than one with no art at all is wrong.<br /><br />Many RPG books nowadays are filled with the same woodcut or public domain art, usually thrown together without any rhyme or reason. The meta going on here, of me spotting these usually right away, actually lowers my enjoyment of a book. Some art I just find awful, so that, too, would lower my enjoyment of a gamebook.<br /><br />In such cases, I'd rather have a clean layout so I can immerse myself in the text and conjure my own mental images. It works for novels and textbooks, why wouldn't it for gamebooks?Nerzenjägerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02682799127301890341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-58378100410877449192021-10-21T21:06:26.745-07:002021-10-21T21:06:26.745-07:00@arfarf
not sure I disagree with all that@arfarf<br /><br />not sure I disagree with all thatZak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-40256526413570454072021-10-21T21:03:04.170-07:002021-10-21T21:03:04.170-07:00System absolutely matters, but players tend to opt...System absolutely matters, but players tend to optimize the fun out games if they find a repeatable decision point that optimizes net gain over potential loss. This is a big problem with exhaustive rule sets, they paradoxically want to support player agency with capital R RULEZ, but they fail at this mainly for the reason given.<br /><br />That being said, system matters =/= exhaustive rule set or focused rule set. There's a reason why people still use B/X over free form and it's largely because they have procedures/moving parts that create a lot of interesting emergent situations and they facilitate this kind of "fiction" or whatever the kids are calling it by allowing the rules parts to easily talk to the fiction part.Arfarfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08824267347868090873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-70307870059786615772021-10-19T04:02:32.821-07:002021-10-19T04:02:32.821-07:00@ZCE
Erased. Again: Regardless of intent, you...@ZCE <br /><br />Erased. Again: Regardless of intent, you're not allowed to leave new comments until you deal with the last one. Please do that.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-23837560942690983302021-10-19T00:36:45.870-07:002021-10-19T00:36:45.870-07:00@ZCE
Erased. You're not allowed to leave new ...@ZCE<br /><br />Erased. You're not allowed to leave new comments until you deal with the last one--you left the "Koebel did nothing wrong" response, I told you to email me to set up the discussion. Please do that.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-39260226307569466982021-10-17T18:14:54.842-07:002021-10-17T18:14:54.842-07:00I'm all out of things to argue about except ho...I'm all out of things to argue about except hockey and maybe record producers. shanepatrickwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09779728578574223142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-52175211263241888102021-10-17T03:34:44.971-07:002021-10-17T03:34:44.971-07:00@Hans Vermhat
Email me to set up the discussion--...@Hans Vermhat<br /><br />Email me to set up the discussion--zakzsmith AT hawtmayle dawt calm.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-579631208420722292021-10-17T02:42:16.233-07:002021-10-17T02:42:16.233-07:00Mandy did nothing wrong.Mandy did nothing wrong.Hans Vermhatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-16411650189921554112021-10-16T14:37:20.662-07:002021-10-16T14:37:20.662-07:00@ZCE
Email me to set up the discussion--zakzsmith...@ZCE<br /><br />Email me to set up the discussion--zakzsmith AT hawtmayle dawt calmZak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-87963687909598910762021-10-16T14:35:59.151-07:002021-10-16T14:35:59.151-07:00Adam Koebel did nothing(egregiously) wrongAdam Koebel did nothing(egregiously) wrongZCEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-73132221200998260672021-10-16T07:23:47.841-07:002021-10-16T07:23:47.841-07:00@kredonystus
Hot take, but not an issue likely to...@kredonystus<br /><br />Hot take, but not an issue likely to soothe the fires of the RPG community's seething soul.<br /><br />I like them both, personally, since animals are usually nice to me and none have ever lied about hate crimes or felonies.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-50955291821307866052021-10-16T07:18:46.921-07:002021-10-16T07:18:46.921-07:00Really controversial.
Dogs are better pets than ca...Really controversial.<br />Dogs are better pets than cats. They are happier, cuter and kill less native animals.Kredonystushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04800696469224511308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-88363364159630251912021-10-16T06:58:53.313-07:002021-10-16T06:58:53.313-07:00@shanepatrickward
Put in about an hour on Skyrim ...@shanepatrickward<br /><br />Put in about an hour on Skyrim and never played Oblivion, so I'm not going to fight you on that.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-37644890153857855742021-10-16T06:54:09.518-07:002021-10-16T06:54:09.518-07:00While Skyrim is an amazing game, the choices, free...While Skyrim is an amazing game, the choices, freedom and challenges (and sheer size of the world) in oblivion make the game far superior. shanepatrickwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09779728578574223142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-44379851665024024232021-10-15T13:32:37.663-07:002021-10-15T13:32:37.663-07:00@jimmy
No problem!@jimmy<br /><br />No problem!Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-52622974549081593702021-10-15T13:30:31.929-07:002021-10-15T13:30:31.929-07:00I have no idea what you're talking about on an...I have no idea what you're talking about on any level. I can't understand it at all<br /><br />Right, sorry, I posted that before I’d seen your other reply. <br /><br />The first one says all disagreements can be reduced to taste.<br /><br />The second one is an example of on that can't.<br /><br />Yeah, you’re right. I see that how I’m changing my words now is to get away from this straightforward point I made about taste. And It doesn’t square. Like the rain example shows it isnt true.<br /><br />Its interesting, I thought that I could make what I said make sense after the fact but this was in a way avoiding your question. I was more focused on the part of your question that was me not making sense than actually answering it.<br /><br />I learned something—thanksGemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385546644038535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-26407708882030502152021-10-15T12:39:13.993-07:002021-10-15T12:39:13.993-07:00@jimmy evans
I have no idea what you're talki...@jimmy evans<br /><br />I have no idea what you're talking about on any level. I can't understand it at all<br /><br />AGAIN:<br /><br />You said<br /><br />"Any disagreement will reduce into something like a difference of taste..." (there's more, but its not relevant here)<br /><br />Then you said<br /><br />"One person saying theres no rain when there is rain is not literally a difference in taste"<br /><br />So how do these two apparently contradictory statements square?Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-59577987919343046842021-10-15T12:36:29.195-07:002021-10-15T12:36:29.195-07:00Now that were comparing a portion of my initial st...Now that were comparing a portion of my initial statement to statements I made while answering questions about it, would it be appropriate to say that<br /> <br />"Any disagreement will reduce into something like a difference of taste..."<br /><br />Is true enough to consider the second half of the sentence<br /><br />So long as no one hates what has been said.<br /><br />Or possibly some other part of the comment?<br /><br />Gemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385546644038535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-8485869969167294302021-10-15T12:19:55.393-07:002021-10-15T12:19:55.393-07:00@jimmy
That doesn't explain anything or help ...@jimmy<br /><br />That doesn't explain anything or help at all. It still leaves me with the same question:<br /><br />You said<br /><br />"Any disagreement will reduce into something like a difference of taste..."<br /><br />Then you said<br /><br />"One person saying theres no rain when there is rain is not literally a differencein taste"<br /><br />So how do these two apparently contradictory statements square?<br /><br />The first one says all disagreements can be reduced to taste.<br />The second one is an example of on that can't.<br /><br />WTF?Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-48503892731778126732021-10-15T12:15:47.264-07:002021-10-15T12:15:47.264-07:00@zak
Something can have qualities of something e...@zak <br /><br />Something can have qualities of something else without becoming that thing—thats what metaphors do.<br /><br />So I would change the second statement, to resolve the contradiction, to this:<br /><br />One person saying theres no rain when there is rain is not <br /><br />literally <br /><br />a difference in taste. <br />Gemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385546644038535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-34200380134892673962021-10-15T11:45:49.248-07:002021-10-15T11:45:49.248-07:00So...
@Jose Kharlos
@maasenstodt
@simon tsevelev
...So...<br /><br />@Jose Kharlos<br />@maasenstodt<br />@simon tsevelev<br />@luca lornzon<br />@DM Critic<br />@denim chicken<br />@adamantyr<br />@benjamin cusack<br /><br />So get in touch about doing this--email me at zakzsmith AT hawtmayle dawt calm and let me know your preferred venue.<br /><br />The easiest is something with instant message capability (Facebook, Discord, Twitter DMs) but if you have another preferred venue to have the conversation let me know.<br /><br />If you don't email within 48 hrs your comments above will be deleted.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-86961318690834278192021-10-15T08:26:19.499-07:002021-10-15T08:26:19.499-07:00@benjamin
Oh that's insane. Let us definitel...@benjamin <br /><br />Oh that's insane. Let us definitely discuss that.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-81549905733720692512021-10-15T08:25:03.512-07:002021-10-15T08:25:03.512-07:00@Zak.
In life.@Zak.<br />In life.Becami Cusackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07217505009455196473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-26904553869304638952021-10-15T08:12:24.614-07:002021-10-15T08:12:24.614-07:00@Jose Kharlos
Partial disagreement: Art is better...@Jose Kharlos<br /><br />Partial disagreement: Art is better for pickup and purchase of a product, but writing style is in general better for seeing the product get used.Kyle Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-44871153609363009002021-10-15T08:00:04.067-07:002021-10-15T08:00:04.067-07:00@Benjamin Cusack
In games or in life?@Benjamin Cusack<br /><br />In games or in life?Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.com