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NOTHING but VENTS -- Vent all You Want Without Replies.

Posted by Shannara
V_V
member, 542 posts
You can call me V, just V
Life; a journey made once
Wed 8 Jun 2016
at 04:04
  • msg #851

...and The Agony of Defeat

After months of a (face to face) game being dead the GM contacts me to join. I decline. He asks to "talk it out". I listen, he gets lukewarm response, but hey if he's willing to change his stance on a the zero point flaw, then maybe I will give him another chance. Sometimes GMs just need that extra chance to work out kinks.

Well, after four more hours of making my character, on a phone I only have seven hours each month, he gets to the flaws. I said "let's do that first" "No, no, we need to see how many points you need" "Mike!" "Seriously it will be fine" and then that phrase "trust me".  So we get to flaws. Holy crap! Why am I not surprised. Having a love interest as a dependent NPC is worth 0 points. "Why?" I ask "Oh because your arch nemesis is going to start chapter 2 with her already captured." "Why the fruit is 0 points then!" "Oh...Oh! because I don't think that flaw really comes into play all that much" "WTF! You're PLANNING on having it come into play!" I lost my cool at that point and just hung up.

He called back and I let it go to voicemail. Three times. So finally I just pass the duty off to my friend to explain to him I have a zero point flaw for his game. My interest in it. You wanna know why it's zero points, Mike? Because I have zero interest.

*UGGG8HHH!*

I'm not so much pissed at his GM style. That's BS, but okay, that's his game. That's his prerogative. It's the fact he wasted my minutes, used three of my voicemail slots, and then had the audacity to pull the same "zero point flaw" thing which started the train wreck the first time. I didn't even want to play, and I said this much very succinctly. I shouldn't have thrown him a bone and heard his long-winded plea out.

*sigh*

*frowns*
I don't even have time for my favorite games I'm supposed to be a player in and I WANT to be there for....this just ruins any chance for real time chat. Oh well...maybe next month.
Piestar
member, 685 posts
once upon a time...
...there was a little pie
Wed 8 Jun 2016
at 05:03
  • msg #852

...and The Agony of Defeat

Just a general inter-generational rant, but I am so unhappy with the direction the game systems have taken, especially the D&D ones.

When I was playing back in the late seventies early eighties, role-play was in general more popular, and mix-max power-gamers were pretty much laughed at, scoffed at, and driven out of any good game if they didn't catch on.

Each iteration of the rules becomes more and more about that style of gaming though, 3 and 3.5 was the start of the era where more effort went into designing the character than ever seemed to go into playing it. I tried fourth edition and it was disgusting, first level and I had flash and fluff and powers like a superhero! Not interested in batman versus the Orcs.

Trying fifth ed., which I have heard is an improvement, but Rangers get spells at SECOND LEVEL, which you reach after only THREE HUNDRED experience points?

It's really like the party is starting at seventh level, which in many 1st and 2nd ed games is about the time I lose interest anyway.

Sigh.

Clearly that is what sells I guess, and the game I am in, the other players are all gloating about how they have 'broken' the system with their incredible characters, and shocked whenever a monster even comes close to hitting them back.

How would you even go about designing an interesting system that was about building up role-play options though? Can't think of many.

Sigh... but the 1st ed games are getting rarer and rarer.

Rant, vent, snort...
Novocrane
member, 248 posts
Wed 8 Jun 2016
at 05:31
  • [deleted]
  • msg #853

...and The Agony of Defeat

This message was deleted by a moderator, as it was moot, at 13:54, Wed 08 June 2016.
facemaker329
member, 6802 posts
Gaming for over 30
years, and counting!
Fri 17 Jun 2016
at 06:47
  • msg #854

Painful reminders

Losing a loved one right before a holiday makes for an annual jab in that empty spot they left behind.  Losing your father, right before Father's Day, adds an extra dose of bitterness to the experience.

Nineteen years, Dad.  I hope you'd be proud of the man I've become.  I know you wouldn't agree with all the choices I've made...I don't even agree with all the choices I've made.  But I think I've done a pretty good job of becoming the good man you would have wanted me to be, overall.

I miss you...
dalbus63
member, 2 posts
Fri 17 Jun 2016
at 23:19
  • msg #855

Bitter Almost-Love

How in the world are you going to call off a date just because I'm "inexperienced"? Since when is being inexperienced a bad thing. The only thing that means is that I won't try anything crazy or out of the ordinary unless you tell me to. I'm honestly not a bad guy. Yes, I work two jobs, which leaves with little sleep and even less time available to spend doing what I want to, but frankly, the money is nice (which by the way, I didn't hear you complaining about that extra money when we went to Great America and a really nice restaurant). You should've given me a chance. I would have made it well worth your while.
Lord_Johnny
member, 97 posts
Mon 11 Jul 2016
at 02:55
  • msg #856

Banging a head against a wall

Why the ever loving french fry is it so hard for people to understand the concepts of getting in character? I mean seriously, if your going to say something is the setting, with this and the other thing as the setting, then why, for the love of God why?! , is it so hard to get people to be in character? I mean, it's not that hard. It's not even that obscure, as most people already get the concepts of the setting. So hAve people be in character! It's your job GM, so just do it. Don't belly ache, don't whine, don't make excuses, don't say "well it's not exactly the same"! Just get your players to understand that some concepts apply universally, and have them get in character.

Not...that...French frying...hard!
Wyrm
member, 624 posts
Sat 16 Jul 2016
at 04:48
  • msg #857

Banging a head against a wall

Nothing like wasting a vacation day for the close on your house to get the keys and start moving, only for them to he done after you wouldbhave gone home from work.
The paper work was done, monies were exchanged and signatures sogned before today. Were we just waiting for the Ghostbusters movie?
V_V
member, 545 posts
Mon 18 Jul 2016
at 05:16
  • [deleted]
  • msg #858

A journey made once, and with no two steps retread.

This message was deleted by the user at 06:39, Mon 18 July 2016.
Isida KepTukari
member, 108 posts
Elegant! Arrogant! Smart!
Mon 18 Jul 2016
at 14:59
  • msg #859

A journey made once, and with no two steps retread.

Got home from vacation, met with our contractor to do some work on our new house, and then as soon as he left, our cat starts to poop everywhere.  And not solid poops, oh no, liquid poops.  Husband and I are basically chasing the cat around the house with paper towels and cleaner, trying to catch him before he ruins something else.  We had to lock him in the bathroom with his litter box just so we could get some sleep and not wake up to find more liquid feces on everything...

He's going to the vet in an hour.  I really hope this is just moving stress for the poor lad.
ginny
member, 285 posts
Thu 28 Jul 2016
at 00:16
  • msg #860

A journey made once, and with no two steps retread.

You have got to be a special kind of apple hole to invite yourself along on somebody's FAMILY vacation!

Once a year we go on vacation as a family, just us and the kids.  This year the girls are old enough to actually remember a fun vacation.  We're taking them to an amusement and water slide park a few hours away, and camping for the weekend.

Sounds like a great time.  And then our neighbor decides he's going too with his family, and asked the campground for a tent site right next to ours.  WTH?!  He's not even a close enough friend I'd call family.

REALLY?!  WHO INVITES THEMSELVES TO SOMEONE ELSE'S FAMILY VACATION??
PhatJackal
member, 39 posts
Thu 28 Jul 2016
at 02:49
  • msg #861

A journey made once, and with no two steps retread.

That feeling when it's discovered you have Surprise!BrainCancer and you suddenly find yourself away from home and your fur-babies for over two months with only a brief week-long visit with them between the major brain surgery and the radiation/chemo, and what you really wanted/needed was your favourite game (which has always been therapeutic even when life was good) but the GM puts it on hold with the possibility of deleting it. And you can't get angry with the GM at all because you know that they, like everyone, have their own strudel to deal with and you respect that, but you're still desperate to play that character and you don't really have the energy to try to find a whole new game, go through all the joining discussion, hope you mesh with the other players, etc. And then when you try to vent about this elsewhere, nobody really seems to get it or understand how important it is to you and so you can't even get any genuine sympathy because "it's just a game."
This message was last edited by the user at 03:01, Thu 28 July 2016.
facemaker329
member, 6853 posts
Gaming for over 30
years, and counting!
Tue 6 Sep 2016
at 17:58
  • msg #862

A journey made once, and with no two steps retread.

Got a vent and a not-vent, so I'll get the negative out of the way first (you can go to the appropriate thread and see what I'm not-venting about there...)

Missed out on two makeup jobs over the weekend, because while I was on my way to the first one, my car blew its timing belt...in the middle of the freeway at 80-something MPH.  Busiest weekend I've had in months, coming at me...less than three months after I'd had the clutch rebuilt...days before I was going to replace the water pump (and the timing belt, since that particular model runs the timing belt off the water pump...)

Now I'm back in the market for a car.  Got through the weekend thanks to the generosity of friends, but after spending nearly $1000 on my car already this year, having to turn around and buy another car is NOT a welcome challenge.
Merevel
member, 1115 posts
Gaming :-)
Very unlucky
Thu 8 Sep 2016
at 18:16
  • msg #863

A journey made once, and with no two steps retread.

Today feels like it is taking forever. Speed up bloody heck. I keep looking at the clock waiting thinking it must be later. Blarg. I'm bored.
Kaela
member, 1 post
Sun 18 Sep 2016
at 17:22
  • msg #864

...

Geez. I just got a profile on this website, but I'm still not used to it. I'm also on mobile, so its extremely difficult to see text and links. AAGGHHHH!!!
raygun_gothic
member, 38 posts
Sun 18 Sep 2016
at 22:07
  • msg #865

...

i really hate when players go MIA. in this instance, i think it's passive aggressive player, being a baby.
fireflights
member, 293 posts
playing with Fire
always burns
Tue 27 Sep 2016
at 20:27
  • msg #866

PM frustration

Really frustrating when you're trying to run a game and the PM system goes down in that game and all you can do is play the waiting game while trying to keep your frustrated players from complaining that they can't do things in the pm system....ugh I would really just like things to be normal now.....
Eggy
member, 718 posts
Tue 27 Sep 2016
at 21:54
  • [deleted]
  • msg #867

PM frustration

This message was deleted by the user at 21:55, Tue 27 Sept 2016.
V_V
member, 562 posts
You can call me V, just V
Life; a journey made once
Wed 2 Nov 2016
at 22:20
  • msg #868

PM frustration

I feel anxious and sad. I had a falling out with a friend almost precisely a year ago. In that year I haven't been able to shake the desire to hang-out and play a card game (something we both loved and no one else seemed to) with him.

He seems to give me the cold shoulder, and after a year I'm pretty sure he has no interest in ever hanging-out of playing cards with me. Yet he won't give a definitive reply. He's at the same hang out locations (the game shops) and it has been awkward to ignore him or interact with him only for him to ignore me.

My mother, who's not the best role-model, nonetheless said some words of wisdom. "You don't want to be with someone who doesn't want to be with you." and I understand that to be true.

I just wish there was some closure. If I knew where he stood, I could follow suit. I guess I just have to make the choice that I don't want to stay in between this state of do cordiality and and friendship. I can't be his friend if he doesn't want me to be, and it's damaging to my morale and self esteem to keep hanging on to that hope he'll turn around.

I hate losing friends. It happens so much more frequently in person than online. Yet the face to face connection, or at least hearing someone voice, is what I enjoy most.

Anyway, I don't want to dwell on it. I have some people on RPOL who've offered to be a sounding board and chat when I have the desire. I should focus on that.

I just...look at these cards, these dozens of decks I made to play with him, and it makes me wish he could see past my PTSD. But if he can't, he's not as good a friend as I'd hoped. It just makes me sad.

I see him tomorrow, as a mutual friend is taking me the shop and this guy has said he'll be there. That makes me anxious.

Oh well...
This message was last edited by the user at 22:21, Wed 02 Nov 2016.
JxJxA
member, 174 posts
Wed 9 Nov 2016
at 22:58
  • msg #869

Shellshocked

Just wow, and now I get to go to work hungover...
ashberg
member, 628 posts
Wed 9 Nov 2016
at 23:07
  • [deleted]
  • msg #870

Shellshocked

This message was deleted by a moderator, as it was against the forum rules, at 23:37, Wed 09 Nov 2016.
spectre
member, 842 posts
Thu 10 Nov 2016
at 02:10
  • [deleted]
  • msg #871

Shellshocked

This message was deleted by a moderator, as it was moot, at 03:19, Thu 10 Nov 2016.
taggart
member, 39 posts
Sat 12 Nov 2016
at 13:37
  • [deleted]
  • msg #872

Shellshocked

This message was deleted by a moderator, as it was against the forum rules, at 14:27, Sat 12 Nov 2016.
Merevel
member, 1161 posts
The Unlucky Gamer
Sun 13 Nov 2016
at 17:44
  • msg #873

Life

I wish people would leave me alone about getting a girlfriend. I know I would be happier. I just do not want to repeat history. What is wrong with breaking a cycle of being cheated on and lied to? People who say not all women are like that, make me want to swing a fist. Not all women are like that, but it seems like all women I end up being attracted to.

Are taken, or are like that.

So I gladly stay single, because even when I try to aim for a new goal. History repeats itself.
Eggy
member, 739 posts
Tue 22 Nov 2016
at 00:46
  • msg #874

Could have done better myself!

Minor Gripe: I've just had a pretty crappy blood drive experience. Usually, it's not much trouble. My blood pressure is usually a little low, but my veins are not hard to find at all. Plump and full of O Negative goodness ready to be tapped. So I hopped in the chair and held out my good arm, as instructed, but the tech just frowned at my arm and just stared at my best spot.

Blood Drive Tech: Does it always look like that? I mean, do you ever have trouble with your veins rolling?
Eggy: No, Miss.

She was a younger lady, but she still pulled out a pair of glasses and fiddled over my arm. Then she called over another tech to "take a look." Second Tech told her that I was great. But the first tech just huffed and rubbed my arm "to warm it up" for a good two minutes. Then, she asked me to squeeze a ball for another couple of minutes. After all that, she missed twice. The third try felt like she was skimming along, scraping my vein and digging. By the time she got it in, it was placed so awkwardly, that I could feel the weight of the collection tipping the needle upwards. I could not wait to get out of that chair. When it was over, she disconnected wrong and got blood on the leg of my pants.

Then she told me to make sure that I drink water before coming to the next blood drive.

BDT: Staying hydrated makes the process much easier.

Unbelievable!

My forearm looks like an eggplant.
MythZarya
member, 19 posts
Wed 23 Nov 2016
at 01:49
  • msg #875

Dear Dyslexic Driver...


...When you put on your right blinker and expect me to let you into the left lane as you drive 40 mph in a 65 mph zone, and then you flash your brights at me when I pass you by...

There's this thing called "Driver's Education". Look into it. That'd be awesome.

Thanks.
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