great moment in hast
OK, well, I know this is late, but I thought of a few good "hate" moments:
--Rudy and JP for the night of 3rd ed hell. "OK, you guys go to the ne..." "lloyd" "Hey Jon, relax!" "...xt room and you..." "lloyd" "Hey man, chill out!" Ah yes, alcohol and 3rd ed, a fine combination.
--Myke for adroitly sabotaging some UCLA campaign five minutes after I'd announced it. I can't even remember if it was supposed to be Mage or 2nd ed D&D, but I do know that it was all over as soon as he solemnly announced, with utter conviction, that his character would be a cleric who drank human blood.
--Aeryk, Enron, Rudy, AND Ja-El for the Gamex "Night's Dark Terror" Basic D&D travesty. ME: "Hey guys, I'm going to run this awesome campaign!" ALL: "Cool!" ME: "We've played a small part of it before, but it's been a long time so I'd like to just restart it." ALL: "Cool." ME: "It's the one with the siege." ALL: "Cool!" ME: "OK, so you get on this boat...." ALL: "Oh my God! This is the one with the boat! This is the one with the siege! We've already played this one! Why are you making us play this?" An unprecedented case in which -four- friends were against me! The fifth player, Peter, looked on in horror.
--Enron for continuously repeating "Take it, take it, take it, take it" that night we tried to play Mutant Chronicles. OH MY GOD, SO ANNOYING!!
love moments
Anyone wanna totally puss out and provide love moments?
convention time!
Anyway, so if the best I'm going to get from Sir Rudy for D&D at the convention is "pencilling it in," I'm not going to bother putting in the 15 or so hours it will take me to plan and organize it. But fear not. I am committed to running something, maybe even two things, at this con. I actually have an idea that I think is really good. I think that if I do it, nobody will be disappointed about not playing D&D... really.
books
I'm reading a shit ton lately. Besides reading many many Exalted books (which is a cool, kung/wire-fu type fantasy game), I'm reading a -good- steampunk/fantasyish book called Perdido Street Station. Really well-written story with a Dickensian style to it.
I also picked up the new Neal Stephenson book, Quicksilver. It's 30% off, which means it was still $20, but it'll keep me busy... it's about a thousand pages. Plus it's only the first book of a series. Shee-yat!
Anyone else reading anything good? Or do you all subscribe to Egon Spengler's theory that "Print is dead"?
Saturday, October 04, 2003
Re: WTF, duck?
Sorry I have been busy, although today I could have. Its just that I have been preoccupied with working on some HTML for images n' stuff. Work has been busy as hell. It is really wierd, people around me have less and less to do as we get closer to the end, yet my co-worker and I get more and more pressure to get things done and more piled up on our plates. The company headqurters is trying to get every last bit of crap crammed through our test environment before the SF branch is closed Dec 31st. Seems out of all the test labs throughout the company ours is the only one that has the appropriate test equipment or that can test the crap that needs to be tested. Jon this is right up your alley. QA, more QA, and when in doubt, QA again.
Rude good luck with the new rig. Tell us how it runs.
I am off to get some eatage.
Sorry I have been busy, although today I could have. Its just that I have been preoccupied with working on some HTML for images n' stuff. Work has been busy as hell. It is really wierd, people around me have less and less to do as we get closer to the end, yet my co-worker and I get more and more pressure to get things done and more piled up on our plates. The company headqurters is trying to get every last bit of crap crammed through our test environment before the SF branch is closed Dec 31st. Seems out of all the test labs throughout the company ours is the only one that has the appropriate test equipment or that can test the crap that needs to be tested. Jon this is right up your alley. QA, more QA, and when in doubt, QA again.
Rude good luck with the new rig. Tell us how it runs.
I am off to get some eatage.
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Monday, September 29, 2003
update
Even though my gas was smelling quite delish, my shits weren't. Throughout the day, they've had an aroma somewhat garlic-like, but with a definate undertone of something much darker. Noticed a few little cloves bobbin' around in the tank too. You know, i've heard people can die from drinking too much water! I know when people are on certain drugs like exctasy for example, they'll keep drinking water thinking they're thirsty when they're really not. Crazy! Hope i didn't eat a deadly amount of garlic last night!
Oon - I'd be able to pencil in at least a one-off some weekend for some D on D action.
Speaking of the recall, I got my absentee ballot in the mail today - they ain't throwing out my vote, fuckers!
Even though my gas was smelling quite delish, my shits weren't. Throughout the day, they've had an aroma somewhat garlic-like, but with a definate undertone of something much darker. Noticed a few little cloves bobbin' around in the tank too. You know, i've heard people can die from drinking too much water! I know when people are on certain drugs like exctasy for example, they'll keep drinking water thinking they're thirsty when they're really not. Crazy! Hope i didn't eat a deadly amount of garlic last night!
Oon - I'd be able to pencil in at least a one-off some weekend for some D on D action.
Speaking of the recall, I got my absentee ballot in the mail today - they ain't throwing out my vote, fuckers!
So, the truth comes out.
So that is what really happened to Allison. All that crap about her calling again was just a clever ruse to cover up the horrible truth about your dark self... BTW Elrock, you are not supposed to pee in them, just jiz. So, I can under stand how you would mistake your less than abundant nut juice for your rather prodigious bladder juice. On another note, Jon, I guess we should only have five hookers. No sense in having eight if he will only 'Do' five of them. I guess we could eliminate Divine Brown and that one Tranny hooker Eddie Murphy likes. You can pick the third one to get rid of. Damn. Well that still leaves us some good ones, besides it save us some hard earned cash we can now spend on games, putting the 'con' back in Prosticon. So let it be said, so let it be heard.
Rudy, that Doonesbury might not be such a bad idea. Unless The Fuhrer, I mean the Chancellor puts a moratorium on recall laws after he is elected.
B prapared for the cheelling sound of your doom'b.
So that is what really happened to Allison. All that crap about her calling again was just a clever ruse to cover up the horrible truth about your dark self... BTW Elrock, you are not supposed to pee in them, just jiz. So, I can under stand how you would mistake your less than abundant nut juice for your rather prodigious bladder juice. On another note, Jon, I guess we should only have five hookers. No sense in having eight if he will only 'Do' five of them. I guess we could eliminate Divine Brown and that one Tranny hooker Eddie Murphy likes. You can pick the third one to get rid of. Damn. Well that still leaves us some good ones, besides it save us some hard earned cash we can now spend on games, putting the 'con' back in Prosticon. So let it be said, so let it be heard.
Rudy, that Doonesbury might not be such a bad idea. Unless The Fuhrer, I mean the Chancellor puts a moratorium on recall laws after he is elected.
B prapared for the cheelling sound of your doom'b.
Felix, Ro, Brother Simon, and Smoxakock shall ride again!!!
I'm in!
Also, please, nothing too weird with the hookers that you order for the bachelor party. I refuse to debase another human being by forcing them to play BB nekkid with me. And I don't want to be nekkid infront of you guys for fear of permanently scarring all of your fragile ego's. I also can only have sex with no more than 5 women in a row, so please, keep the numbers down. And don't forget that my ejaculations can be rather forceful as well as plentiful, so please stay a safe distance, preferably in another room with solid walls separating us, I only really want to put at risk the girl that is being paid to have herself put at risk. There have been accidents in the past that still haunt my dreams to this day.
That being said, anything else is okay.
I'm in!
Also, please, nothing too weird with the hookers that you order for the bachelor party. I refuse to debase another human being by forcing them to play BB nekkid with me. And I don't want to be nekkid infront of you guys for fear of permanently scarring all of your fragile ego's. I also can only have sex with no more than 5 women in a row, so please, keep the numbers down. And don't forget that my ejaculations can be rather forceful as well as plentiful, so please stay a safe distance, preferably in another room with solid walls separating us, I only really want to put at risk the girl that is being paid to have herself put at risk. There have been accidents in the past that still haunt my dreams to this day.
That being said, anything else is okay.
Best Farts Ever
****Spoilers****
I went to that restraunt "The Stinking ROse" last night, and I went GARLIC CRAZY! It was pretty good. on a 1-10 scale, maybe a 7.5 or somethin. Its a little pricey (about $16-20 a plate) but its worth going at least once. HAd 40 Clove Garlic Chicken, my friend had Silence of the Lamb Shank, had a shitload of garlic bread with this insane garlic spread, and then ended it with REALLY GOOD garlic ice-cream. The ice-cream tasted like frozen garlic butter, swear to god. In a good way. So, all night and this morning my air biscuits smell like PURE GARLIC i shit u not. Its kinda nice! It might be intense for others to smell, but for me - preeeettttyyy cooooolll!
Total Recall: Don't forget this Doonesbury if Arnold wins!
****Spoilers****
I went to that restraunt "The Stinking ROse" last night, and I went GARLIC CRAZY! It was pretty good. on a 1-10 scale, maybe a 7.5 or somethin. Its a little pricey (about $16-20 a plate) but its worth going at least once. HAd 40 Clove Garlic Chicken, my friend had Silence of the Lamb Shank, had a shitload of garlic bread with this insane garlic spread, and then ended it with REALLY GOOD garlic ice-cream. The ice-cream tasted like frozen garlic butter, swear to god. In a good way. So, all night and this morning my air biscuits smell like PURE GARLIC i shit u not. Its kinda nice! It might be intense for others to smell, but for me - preeeettttyyy cooooolll!
Total Recall: Don't forget this Doonesbury if Arnold wins!
Sunday, September 28, 2003
AWOL
I was cleaning out my old closet at my folks house the other day, and I came across my old AWOL tape. Did i already blog about this? Shit. I don't remember. Anyways, it was REALLY bad. They covered some CCR song and of course, there's "Super Shady Troll." Man, how embarrasing.
Cool pictures Enron! I don't really understand what's going on in the movie, but still seemed worth the viewing! Rock on...
-Gargamel
I was cleaning out my old closet at my folks house the other day, and I came across my old AWOL tape. Did i already blog about this? Shit. I don't remember. Anyways, it was REALLY bad. They covered some CCR song and of course, there's "Super Shady Troll." Man, how embarrasing.
Cool pictures Enron! I don't really understand what's going on in the movie, but still seemed worth the viewing! Rock on...
-Gargamel
Games Mayhem
Hey Enron, glad to hear you like the secret plan! The truth is Aeryk doesn't read so good, so when I call him up to read the news to him, as I do nightly, I'll just skip that part.
In regards to D&D, if I can get a commitment from all the OGs that they want to do this, I'll run it. I've had the next little piece of the adventure planned out forever and it would be great to do it since everyone is in town. BUT, if not everybody is up for it (be honest, folks), then I'll plan on running something else, a one-shot of some sort.
I've also got one unrelated supar-sekrit plan which I will withhold until a later date.
San Diego
I was in San Diego today. While I was there, I went to two notable places. Notable place 1 was a chicken pie restaurant called "Chicken Pie Shop." Not sure what area it's in, but it was on El Cajon and Utah off the 805. The chicken pie I had there was the fucking shit. Flaky and gravy-y without being overly heavy. If you like chicken pies, and you like eating chicken pies in San Diego, then you gotta try this place. Note: the chicken pie cost, I believe, $2.80, which at that rate it's cost-effective to actually fly down there for lunch.
Notable place 2 was that ancient land of dreams and desire, Game Empire. Yes, I looked it up in its new location. Still a cool place. Nothing really grabbed my eye, but I couldn't leave without getting a little something, so I picked up a starter of the D&D minis. As a means for acquiring D&D miniatures, this is bunk. But I've been looking at the skirmish rules, and... not bad. The rules are pretty similar to Chainmail, except the game is assumed to take place on a grid map and in a dungeon setting. Instead of outdoorsy terrain cards you get dungeon room terrain cards. There are more walls and corridors, so maneuvering is more important.
The biggest change seems to be that the command rules have been simplified. In Chainmail, each commander had a number of command points which he could use to issue special effects to his units. In D&D Minis, there are no command points, but instead each commander has a special effect which applies to all friendly models within 6 squares. A simplification, but really too bad. The stat cards are virtually the same, the point values seem to be in line. I think conversion would be easy.
Of course, I just looked at my Chainmail minis and they look amazing, whereas these plastic minis are pretty average. Good for plastic, but I dunno. I think I want to play Chainmail again!
UPDATE: Aeryk. Sorry about your accident. That fucking sucks....
Ja-El: What the hell are you smoking, riding a motorcycle?!?? Stastically, almost everybody who rides a motorcycle gets in an accident their first year. And almost everybody on the Action Team has gotten into an accident in the last year! You should leave such things to Professor Motorbike, or at the very least, be careful as hell.
Ryan: Happy Smurfday!
Hey Enron, glad to hear you like the secret plan! The truth is Aeryk doesn't read so good, so when I call him up to read the news to him, as I do nightly, I'll just skip that part.
In regards to D&D, if I can get a commitment from all the OGs that they want to do this, I'll run it. I've had the next little piece of the adventure planned out forever and it would be great to do it since everyone is in town. BUT, if not everybody is up for it (be honest, folks), then I'll plan on running something else, a one-shot of some sort.
I've also got one unrelated supar-sekrit plan which I will withhold until a later date.
San Diego
I was in San Diego today. While I was there, I went to two notable places. Notable place 1 was a chicken pie restaurant called "Chicken Pie Shop." Not sure what area it's in, but it was on El Cajon and Utah off the 805. The chicken pie I had there was the fucking shit. Flaky and gravy-y without being overly heavy. If you like chicken pies, and you like eating chicken pies in San Diego, then you gotta try this place. Note: the chicken pie cost, I believe, $2.80, which at that rate it's cost-effective to actually fly down there for lunch.
Notable place 2 was that ancient land of dreams and desire, Game Empire. Yes, I looked it up in its new location. Still a cool place. Nothing really grabbed my eye, but I couldn't leave without getting a little something, so I picked up a starter of the D&D minis. As a means for acquiring D&D miniatures, this is bunk. But I've been looking at the skirmish rules, and... not bad. The rules are pretty similar to Chainmail, except the game is assumed to take place on a grid map and in a dungeon setting. Instead of outdoorsy terrain cards you get dungeon room terrain cards. There are more walls and corridors, so maneuvering is more important.
The biggest change seems to be that the command rules have been simplified. In Chainmail, each commander had a number of command points which he could use to issue special effects to his units. In D&D Minis, there are no command points, but instead each commander has a special effect which applies to all friendly models within 6 squares. A simplification, but really too bad. The stat cards are virtually the same, the point values seem to be in line. I think conversion would be easy.
Of course, I just looked at my Chainmail minis and they look amazing, whereas these plastic minis are pretty average. Good for plastic, but I dunno. I think I want to play Chainmail again!
UPDATE: Aeryk. Sorry about your accident. That fucking sucks....
Ja-El: What the hell are you smoking, riding a motorcycle?!?? Stastically, almost everybody who rides a motorcycle gets in an accident their first year. And almost everybody on the Action Team has gotten into an accident in the last year! You should leave such things to Professor Motorbike, or at the very least, be careful as hell.
Ryan: Happy Smurfday!
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