…i think pep rally is a more-appropriate metaphor for performative protest…

feet.

…it’s a tarantino thing…

…yeah, i think that’s an essential cultural distinction between tabletop and videogame backgrounds; i started seeing the transition in campaign styles in parallel with the advent of structured narratives around the mid-eighties leading into the nineties…

…by contrast, our groups routinely swap DM roles across multiple tables which all share the same more-or-less persistent world, although individual character and DM experiences can vary within the boundaries of narrative coherence…that sustained investment is the fundamental point of of our tabletop campaigns; it distinguishes freeform from prescribed gameplay and is why we chose open-ended campaigns over closed-form boardgames…

…are you familiar with the old RPGA living campaigns?..ignoring the structured campaign setting, that style of pickup game used to be how most folks played…

…if player characters aren’t at liberty to move between campaigns, then ultimately no, they don’t have agency: they’re just ephemeral labor playing-out the DM’s narrative with nothing to show for it afterward…

…mind, i’m not damning that arrangement - some folks enjoy the transient experience - but i have no interest in investing my own creative energy toward anything that i don’t keep…

^{(i already deal with that sixty-five hours every week and remuneration barely suffices to stay my contempt)}

…hot tub time machine; absurdly better film than its pitch had any right to be…

…fair enough; i don’t invest my time in campaigns where players don’t retain agency over their own characters…

…west marches vs. one-shot campaigns, plenty of tables for both styles…

…nah, i have plenty of characters from other campaigns available when the opportunity arises…

…i’m not big on contrived replacements; i may rejoin organically at some point in the indeterminate future but if i’m out i’m out…

^(petite)

…not in fifth-edition dungeons + dragons: knowledge checks are intelligence, judgement is wisdom…

…ye gads, that’s reminiscent of some godspeed you! black emperor…

…you know, now that i’m really thinking about it, there may be a token 12"x18" privacy screen set on the table between displays, but it doesn’t impede adjacent displays from your field of view at all: it’s more about the suggestion of privacy than actual functionality…

…here we just have touchscreen kiosks set side-by-side along open tables, no privacy other than the LCD field-of-view…

…good enough for the rosenbergs, good enough for the trumps…

…i’m not sure tesla’s ambitions will be around much longer…

…the first was manic fanfic; i suppose whether that’s tolerable depends on the audience…

…will some just drop this guy in an industrial shredder already?..

…there’s no trying, man, it’s already undone…

…ye prophets, i want to smack vedek winn every time i see her f*cking face…

#notmykai