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Not by Sight (Stone River Book 2)
By (author)Kay Lyons Stockham
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/tg/ - Traditional Games
Anonymous Wed Apr 21 21:52:14 2010 No.9344761 [Reply] [Original] [4plebs] [archived.moe]
>> Anonymous Wed Apr 21 21:55:14 2010 No.9344832
What you saw was a fantasy world of intrigue, what your friend sees is the status menu of video game RPG.
HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
MY PLAYERS HAVE DONE THE EXACT SAME SHIT
Spilling coke or taking your character sheet? Because root beer stains felt poker tables like a bitch.
That's why you keep a dummy character sheet in front of you, then pull out the real character sheet when FIGHTAN.
What a faggot, I would have smacked him upside the head and kicked him out.
Sensing disturbing levels of samefaggotry, please stand back.
Only the second post is OP. I forgot the text with my image.
>> Shas'o R'myr !!TZikiEEr0tg Wed Apr 21 22:29:14 2010 No.9345572
I knew it was a kobold rogue by
>tiny
>hooded
>shifty
>>9345572 tiny
Isn't that more of a pixie thing?
>> Rokea !.kY34XtGRg Wed Apr 21 22:33:14 2010 No.9345666
Lol christ it's even more hilarious as a ms paint.
Size is relative.
When I made him he was a bit smaller than a normal Kobold. about a foot smaller. Stat wide he was just Small.
>"LOOK AT ME, I'M AN ATTENTION WHORE!"
>*Snatch*
>"Stop being a cunt."
Slap that bitch for taking your stuff. Slap him again for interrupting you.
I lolled.
Exhibit A) Why DMs need their own campaign binder and DM Screen.
Except that Kobold was a PC. Sure it should be painfully obvious to the players when I start shifting as a minor and backstabbing. But let me play my own character.
A kobold in a cloak is still going to be obviously a kobold.
Unless it's templated as to be unrecognizable.
I'm notorious for forgetting my DM screen. I make due with laptop screens or folded paper.
Doesn't stop me from bringing a wide array of minis that I won't be using to throw people off if they catch a peek, though.
I figure a Kobold Disguise kit would be stuff to make him look less like a kobold in a cloak and more like a vague humanoid.
A guy in my group does this whenever he wants to look at something of yours. Dice, character sheet, a book that is in your hands, etc. He has done this to me a grand total of one time, because that one time, he grabbed a book out of my hand and tore a page in the process. I immediately punched him in the face hard enough to knock him backwards out of his chair and calmly informed him that every time he touches something of mine without first asking me, I'll hit him harder than I did the last time.
I don't mind the other players touching my things, but the blatant disrespect this annoying little cunt shows when he snatches something right out of your hand? Fuck that.
I once had a 100% NO METAGAMING campaign, I let the players individually choose which city they want to start in without telling them who had chosen what already.
It took them five sessions before two of them happened to bump into each other.
Happened to me once too. I was looking up something from PHB3 that I had just bought. trying to figure out the rule. One of the younger players rips it out of my hands and the page with the power I was looking for was ripped from the book in my hand.
Now I don't intentionally look scary when I'm mad, but I work at a biker bar as a bartender. I'm not as mean as I look, but I have that look that can make a sixteen year old cry. And he did.
I cant stand this, I work to make a plot twist and they guess the fucken thing cause they read the same obscure passage in the monster manual as me. I had one WoW fag who suggested farming villagers for xp so they could "raid easier" completely serious not like typical party shinagins.
I think I'll start home brewing shit or changing it entirely.
"you see an elf"
"I attack the pussy"
"HE PULLS HIS GREAT AXE AND CLEAVES YOU IN HALF, OH YOU DIDEN'T KNOW ALL ELVES ON THIS CONTINENT HAVE +5 STR"
>I had one WoW fag who suggested farming villagers for xp so they could "raid easier" completely serious not like typical party shinagins.
My ass just started to bleed a little. Had a new player ask me if he could be a vampire and I said sure, then he proceeded to ask 'So do I get to look strange like sparkle and stuff in sunlight?'
He was totally serious with this hopeful look on his face.
I encourage all players to read the Monster Manual. It helps encourage familiarity with the game. I don't encourage players to read it during the game. That's just a dick move.
I do however permit it as a prop if a character buys an "Encyclopedia of Monsters" for 10k gold.
any other board and I'd think internet tough guy, but us neckbeards are basically bikers without the leather
Oh god, the tough guy routine is all a facade. I have bouncers and a shotgun at arm's reach in case anything goes wrong.
That sounds kind of fun.
Or the toughness. Or, in fact, any of the attributes of a biker.
Hm... out of curiosity, I wonder how many bartender-neckbeards there are among /tg/ regulars.
Upscale small-town Irish pub tender here. Shit pay, dream job. Everyone loves the guy with the beer and whisky, even if they have to pay for it.
>> Anonymous Thu Apr 22 00:02:14 2010 No.9347462
Excessive body hair, distrust of outsiders, BO, and a die hard appreciation for aesthetics the rest of the world thinks is stupid sound like some good parallels.
oh if they nat 20 an idintification rule I let them read the passage. the problem is some assholes look at the stats and implement it during the game. by friend is new to DM'ing and has this god awful grognard in his group. I'm there to help but this guy will yell "your not the dm!" he rolled a paladin who keeps abusing the rules and tries to play it like a vidya. I keep telling to kill him off to teach him a lesson. he tells me the paladin has been thinking Palor is talking to him but it was really an arch devil trolling him
pic related, my face
>toughness
you don't know many bikers outside of the tv do you
I'm a private investigator, but I always try to make friends and tip well every bartender I meet.
You guys are a goldmine of information.
going for either gen ed or IT, bar tending always seemed like a pretty chill job if it's a local place
It's not the 1920s any more. Put down the fedora.
No, seriously, especially the dudes in single bars. It makes infidelity investigations easy modo.
Fedoras are the best headcovering devised by mankind.
That being said I am a bit of a hat fetishist. Love all kinds, but the people who wear fedoras and think that it grants like 20 cha are wrong. Its just a cool hat
Actually, leather is pretty much the only similarity between /transgender/ and bikers.
Fedoras are indeed awesome, but you need to wear a suit with them, otherwise you're just a hipster.
Okay, hold on. There's nothing wrong with someone wanting to be stylish and look good. I wish I had the money to afford a nicer wardrobe like how people dressed in the 30-40's, Fedora among that.
But goddamn people DO need to understand certain styles beget certain accessories. Fedoras DO NOT GO WITH TANKTOPS AND JEANS.
I call shenanigans because real bartenders never talk.
Apart from carelessly spilling drinks, I AM THAT PLAYER. Fuck you and your pretense---your character's fluff is not even half as interesting as you think it is, even after allowing for this fact. Universal law.
WHAT NOW, TG?
Rocks fall, only you die.
Those would be very strange barmen then.
Most of the ones I know love to bitch and moan, and almost everyone loves to talk about themselves and what they see. The trick is to go when the bar is doing slow business.
With the right surrounding wardrobe jeans are okay with a good 'ol fedora.
Those light trenchcoat things are perfect actually. Jeans, one of those and an untucked striped dress shirt
Then you're not talking to bartenders. You talking to servers. And I still call bullshit.
RAILROAD! CHOO-CHOO!
My DM actually forbids other players from reading another player's character sheet.
It isn't so much a "HAY GUIZE ROLEPLAY EVERYTHING TO THE LETTER" issue, so much as one player who intentionally irritates one of the players by comparing stats and mechanics with him, when he is less about the numbers and more about the character behind them. The rest of us are a little more balanced, but the statfag doesn't whine as much so we ruled in the MASTER OF ROLE PLAY (he has in fact called himself this, unwarranted self-importance and whatnot). He stops annoying the whiny guy, we can get back to pretending to be elves and wizards and shit like that.
Apart from carelessly spilling drinks, I AM THAT DM. Fuck you and your jackassery---your spotlight grabbing is not even half as amusing as you think it is, even after allowing for this fact. Universal faggot.
WHAT NOW, B&?
Um, okay, if you say so. I'm not sure what so objectionable about it, but in general people in the service industry (not just bartenders but store staff, waitresses, hotel staff, etc) enjoy complaining about their clients, and all you have to do is pretext and listen and they'll hand over just about any info you want.
My personal favorite is apartment managers, who tend to be gossipy middle aged women who love to talk. Once you get them going they're amazingly helpful.
This man knows the number one fact about therapy and information gathering. People talk about themselves, they like doing it more than anything else in the world, and if pushed lightly in the right direction as long as its related to them they'll say it
I post on /tg/ calling you a bad DM and asking for help on how to troll your game with a bad character build because I, like all /tg/ posters, am socially defective and only know how to respond in a passive-aggressive manner which will only escalate anatagonism up until the point that DRAMA happens.
That sounds like fun, I'd like to try playing in a game like that someday.
On a related note, I heard a cool story once (bro) about a campaign where it was so metagame-free, each player rolled a 1d20 for their starting level and built their characters without DM knowledge. He'd write adventures with random levels, the players would hear about it and try to figure out whether they could handle it. The players would then each handle their own combat, and the DM would only be told the outcome.
What made this funny was, eventually the DM pinned down everyone's class and level but the bard, who always seemed to come out of fights unscathed. It eventually turned out he was Bard 8 / Assassin 10.
>It eventually turned out he was a cheating bastard.
You can't trust players. This is why I roll all the dice and hang on to the character sheets myself when I DM.
I was posting in a passive-aggressive manner about the idiot who grabs character sheets, no comment on the DM came from me
prereqs wut?
And real bartenders, like me know that if I reveal information about one of my customers, it's bad business and they can't trust me.
Mr. So and so wouldn't appreciate me telling some Dick that he was in the card room every night after work blowing off half his earnings so his wife can get a bigger settlement for the divorce.
I just don't work in the service industry, as some drink chucking, bottle twirling prick. Real bartenders have a code of honor.
Why would you want to conceal your character info? To make it impossible for fellow players to do teamwork and coordination?
As the DM it's necessary. As a player it's dickish and unsportsmanlike, and only serves as a detriment in the group.
A little metagame knowledge that helps everyone play AS A TEAM in a game where you do TEAMWORK isn't going to suddenly annihilate your ability to RP.
Dick here. I'm always amused when the bartender who protect client information, yet the government worker will gladly handover someone's life information on the phone just because I asked.
Crazy world.
All he's doing in the first frame is describing what his character looks like. No attempt by the other player was made to discern more information from player 1, he just snatched his sheet and knocked his soda over in the process without remorse. Two major dick moves.
3.5 Assassin doesn't have any sneak attack prereqs or anything, just skills, all of which are class skills for bards.
Unless you mean the requirement that they have to kill someone. I'll grant that would be tough for a bard.
you expect me to introduce myself as a scout5/ranger1 with the swift hunter feat, with arcane casters and undead as my favored enemy?
I introduce myself as an ex-military former scout. I am good with the bow and blade, and prefer to stay mobile.
that's all you get. no, you can't look at my character sheet.
geez, trying to play a chameleon with pricks like you should be Fun.
"I am a specialist. specifically, I specialize in ambushes and the preventing of."
seriously, if you rip my sheet out of my hands and shout across the table "Hey, he's a factotum5/chameleon3!", you just ruined my character. bloody vengeance will be had.
It's the same code of ethics that all good doctors protect the confidentiality of their patients. He trusts me to keep my mouth shut, I get a loyal customer who tips well.
If I do talk I also trust him to feed me a fist wrapped in a chain.
It's a game, learn to dig past the crappy abstractions and get to the crunch already.
If you want to write fapfic about your character do it in your own goddamn time.
or you know, the players could know this shit ahead of time before the game happens
if the guy who snatched the sheet had known what the party composition would've been, he would've had no need to snatch the sheet
most players will figure out who the fuck is playing what beforehand; the fact that one player isn't telling the other players makes it implicit that he is deliberately withholding information to teammates
Exactly my feelings.
have you guys heard of a concept called "roleplaying"?
seriously, I'm not saying everyone should write a 15-page essay on their character's background, history and life story; hell, I can't be bothered to do more than think of the basic idea of where the bloke came from.
what sort of sense does it make for a group of strangers who just met to instantly work together as a well-oiled machine? that is, quite rightly, supposed to take a while to learn. isn't roleplaying supposed to contain character development?
>> Dick Thu Apr 22 01:01:14 2010 No.9348748
Yeah, for doctor's offices I rarely go through the doctors themselves. Usually the receptionists and sometimes the nurses are the weak link.
More generally, I usually need medical records for child related cases, and if the hiring parent has custody of the child in question, I just go ahead with a release of info form and do it all upright and such.
tl;dr'd the rest of the thread, but this guy's being truthful. I wince at calling it a code of honor, but I suppose that's what it is. Other than that, it's also good business. You don't just sling drinks, you also make people feel safe and comfortable. At home, so to speak. It's what keeps them coming back. Small-talk and the usual pint-bottom philosophy are a significant part of the job. And gossiping to non-coworkers is an absolute no-no, since it'll detract from the feeling of security the place gives. Which will, without exception, show on the income.
At the same time, though, bartenders have to maintain a distance. Be formal on first meetings. Be politically correct, and steer discussion away from 'sensitive' subjects. Keep your sexual orientation under wraps, whether gay or straight. You'll have women buzzing around you every hour of the day, and since you will without exception be the sharpest fellow in the bar, temptations will be constant. But keep it professional. Never give your surname, or at least use an alias - people sometimes do unsavory things when drunk, and sometimes the unsavory things escalate to the point that they'll follow you home if they know where to look. No skimming, taking advantage of over-inebriated clients, or any other shenanigans. Those end carreers.
The list goes on for a while from here, but I suspect people will get the idea.
Exactly. It's not a just a job, it's one of the last remaining great traditions.
Am I a faggot for doing something similar to OP's pic? Once the game starts, I do my damndest not to metagame.
But BEFORE the game starts, I'll metagame the fuck out of shit. For example, if I'm rolling up a brand new character, I'll ask everybody what they're playing so I can fill whatever role I think we lack - like for example if the party lacks healing I'll be a cleric.
>have you guys heard of a concept called "roleplaying"?
I do it fucking near-daily and I don't need to hide the character sheet from all the other players to do it competently
>what sort of sense does it make for a group of strangers who just met to instantly work together as a well-oiled machine? that is, quite rightly, supposed to take a while to learn. isn't roleplaying supposed to contain character development?
knowing what other players are capable of doesn't instantaneously make your group perfect at team play and strategies
even if you knew every single party member's exact CHA score, what feats they took, what weapons they used, and what spells they prepare daily, it'd still take a long amount of time to devise the perfect strategy for each encounter
roleplaying doesn't mean you have to dick the group over because of your masturbatory antisocial "look at how dark n mysterious and BROODING i am" bullshit that reeks of emo sue
Depending on my character I am quite willing to go into details when asked, or none at all.
If I'm playing my Bard, I will just hand out my stuff because my bard likes to get to know people and work together with random strangers.
If I'm playing my Changeling Rogue, I'll just say something like, "He's wary of new faces. You can see he favors a crossbow and is chewing on the tip of a lock pick." That usually gives enough detail to the players on what they expect me to play as. At that point depending on how trusting he's felling he might tell more about himself in game.
The odd thing is, other than the loads of women buzzing around, that's more or less identical to my behavior for this job as well.
You don't want ANYTHING of the clients following you home. The law type an attorney is most likely to be shot while practicing is family law, and PIs and other second parties are at risk as well.
>"look at how dark n mysterious and BROODING i am" bullshit that reeks of emo sue
It's all the same "I made, you saw, we played" bullshit.
Let me have fun with my character, you play your own.
>It took them five sessions before two of them happened to bump into each other.
Care to share what's it was from reality-point-of-view?
More temptation for metagaming that way.
I would assume a lot of "Ok, leave the room for 10 minutes and play video games while the other players take their turn."
Not if your character is going to annoy the rest of us with your bullshit.
Tell us what you are, a small reason as to why you joined the party, and let's just get on with it. This is a game, not drama theater.
pixies are small, they are halfling size
In time the mysterious cliche fades. Usually a session or two and I do explain my actions like why I'm part of your party.
Yeah, funny thing about that: 8 hours of insufferable bullshit is still 7:58 too many.
This a thousand more times.
The story isn't about your character. The story isn't really about anyone's character. The odds that your complicated back story will even come up are slim to none. That's not because you didn't come up with an interesting one.
That's because no one's going to ask you.
No one's going to give you that opportunity you've always had waiting in the back of your head. The busty, sort of shy female NPC isn't going to sit you down alone one night and say, "So why'd you get into adventuring?"
It just doesn't happen.
Stop trying to force the mysterious dark corner of the room chaotic neutral dark cloak and hood bullshit at the table.
Cares.
Actually, players in my group do this for each other. I was so proud when they started making idle conversation IC, seeing as they started off as a group of WoWfags.
One of them still doesn't get into it, but fuck him, he plays wow at the table.
Not the guy in question, but I actually did get asked my backstory once.
But that was because my character was the only Drow this DM had EVER allowed, so everyone wanted to know what I'd come up with to get him to let me play it.
You could just do that now instead of being an attention whore.
We don't have time for your mysterious backstory, there's a world to save and monsters to kill, join us or be left behind.
Can't see any other reason for anyone to have ever done this than because they wanted to gloss over the target's story and after the fact have that person look back at them and say,
"What about you?"
This is what pisses me off most.
The six hour long argument between this dude and the OCD Warlord who must memorize every character's sheet was funnier.
Here is the thing, my back story, everyone's back story in the campaign we're playing matters. The I'm mysterious, don't look at me thing is appropriate because 1. He's a Kobold, 2. He was a slave and doesn't trust people easily.
My DM's way of handling this sort of drama whoring assfuckery is to have us all meet up some place, and then take a couple week journey during which all the PCs get to know each other in character so that we don't have to listen to the stories OOC.
>doesn't trust people easily
Except for the PC's that you'll miraculously 'grudgingly' join until over time your icy heart is melted by the camaraderie you all share?
Oh okay.
My DM makes a point of telling everyone at the very beginning of the campaign what class and race everyone is, specifically to get around all that Changeling faggotry.
More like "I don't plan on participating in social encounters. Please don't make me!"
I've never had an issue with actual changlings, because they just can't resist showing off their power.
Also useful so that if nobody brought a cleric they can figure this out IMMEDIATELY rather than two sessions in when someone is dying.
>>9348481 you just ruined my character
HAHAHAHAHAHA no.
I hate faggots that think cloaks and hoods are some kind of magical Ultimate Disguise Kit.
Guess what faggots? People can see your fucking face under a fucking hood, unless you've got it pulled over in such a way that you're effectively blindfolding yourself. And unless you've got it zipped/buttoned up like a goddamn coat it's not going to help much to hide anything underneath it whenever you move.
As for the comic? Kobolds have long snouts, so that's pretty fucking hard to cover up with a hood. And that cloak isn't going to do shit to cover up the fact you've got a goddamn tail and legs jointed like a goddamn animal. Guy in the first panel is a faggot, the other guy is only a douche for spilling the soda.
I MAD
On that note, repostan.
It does make you look like a threat though.
No, it doesn't.
Yes it does. Mysterious hooded figures are a cliche villain.
No, it doesn't. Because, as you even said, it just makes you look like a cliche.
This reminds me once again why I only like the idea of role playing and not the reality. There are only two sides, emo fucks and metagaming raid bastards.
I'm pointing out that it, in addition to making you look like a complete tool, makes the other PCs likely to suspect you of being a villain, or at least a chaotic stupid faggot.
How it should have gone:
IC: First panel. Other characters react.
OOC: "Hey, what are you playing?"
"Kobold rogue, thanks for asking and not being a prick."
"Sure."
I have a player with this problem, only he sneakily looks at it when he gets up, so I started putting enormously powerful monster sheets front page in the DM screen, he'd walk by, see a renamed Orcus, and shit himself.
When he got back, he said very cautiously, "I back slowly out of the bar, weapons drawn, whispering to the rest of the party that they should do the same"
They then back into the bar to get mugged and arrested as one of the brigands feigns the assault
"BUT THE SHEET SAID A DEMON WITH 48 AC!! WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO!!???"
Ok, then. In that case, agreed.
I had a Missionary in our Rogue Trader game -constantly- snap his fingers at me and demand that I give him a +10 for my Exceptional Leader ability.
Every fucking time he snapped his fingers, I gave it to someone else. Rude prick. That, and he metagamed "hm we need new vocal cords HEY OH WAIT DOESN'T KRIEG KNOW ABOUT CLONING" Krieg Trooper in the party rages, tries to dual-storm bolter him in the face.
that, and faggoty badasses who disrespect authority and doesn't afraid of anything. "wat? im guardzman i dun salute lewten-ant. WAT Y AM I SHOT FACE"
You seem to be the only person, samefag, who falls for that pathetic trope.
>hurpderp
Can't think of anything else to say.
>>9350569 disrespect authority and doesn't afraid of anything
In games where you're not playing little peons this can be perfectly appropriate.
Not much else needs to be said.
Or, conversely, in games where you don't have that stupid "the generals are in charge so they must be the strongest!" bullshit going on.
In games, or in life generally, it's a good Idea to not piss off the guy who can decide your fate.
In the RT game, it was cool, character development, etc. But the all-guardsmen game...yeah, I'm unsure why he did it. It'd be like a Space Marine standing in his Primarch's face going BAW NO YOU STINKYHEAD I HATE YOUR ORDERS.
"Crap, I forgot which character I was!"
...hard to do when every one of the characters are the same. Fast, melee-oriented, "fuck the captain who's practically family/the sarge who saved my ass/LITTLE KIDS GETTING IN THE WAY OF MY PUNCHES"
Playing the sneaky guy in the hood can be done well if your party is just forming and you haven't gotten to know each other. Eventually though you're character is going to cause problems if you refuse to flesh him out a bit more.
For example, my Character the Kobold Rogue was a slave for for a Drow Master. He grew up chained and shackled until one day he broke free of his bindings and murdered his master in his sleep. Seeing the suffering that his master not only caused him, but all his fellow slaves instilled him a great respect for each race's differences and abilities and without the prejudices of typical Kobold upbringing.
Now he searches the land, looking for clues to his brother's whereabouts. All he knows is that he was sold to an Orc when they were very young. So survive he keeps his race a secret in order to avoid the usual Kobold stereotypes. Using a clever disguise kit and his unusually small stature for a Kobold, he attempts to pass himself off as a Gnome or Half-ling in a hooded robe to the causal observer. In combat he uses the abilities he learned as slave to survive, by sticking to the shadows and taking his enemies by surprise.
He doesn't trust new people very easily, giving him the impression that he's often up to something. In truth he's a good soul who's trying to find his last living relative.
That reminds me of the 4-man party I had that were ALL bastard sword-wielders in light armor who could bench half a ton. They were also all really rare races. It was kind of amusing, though I'll have to admit they fit better in the professional military setting than the normal patchwork party does.
Uhm, no, that isn't done well at all. I don't give a fuck about any of that crap, and neither will your party, beyond the fact that you're a rogue who didn't take any social abilities.
So how exactly do you disguise the fact you're a lizard-like creature with a tail, long snout, and different shaped legs? And don't you fucking say "the cloak hides it" because I swear to god if you do I will sit here frothing with rage and type insults at you because this is the internet and there isn't much else I could do anyway.
>> Alpharius Thu Apr 22 04:01:14 2010 No.9351008
Because you know what his party wants. Not everybody is LOL EFFICIENCY AND LEMME SEE THAT SHEET
A really clever disguise kit.
You forget, these are people who play DnD.
You seem to believe that everybody is as worthless as yourself.
I think you're confusing me with yourself, since you're the one who thinks people show up at sessions to wank instead of play.
You'd be surprised how many people ignore shit that's happening right in front of him. Are you going to check every shifty-looking halfling-sized thing you see for a tail? You'd also be surprised how far some people can get just by acting like they belong exactly where they are.
Also, cloaks can hide a lot when it's already fucking dark and all you have to go on is vague shapes anyway. If he's a smart kobold he's not walking around in broad daylight like an idiot.
Eh, better than "LOL CLOAK&HOOD"
The reason the dude is an asshole isn't neccessarily because he looks at the sheet, it's because he fucking grabs it, rather than asking like a fucking person should. It's called being fucking polite, and it has nothing to do with roleplaying.
There is a difference between using a hood and cloak to further obscure yourself in a dark place where you're already pretty obscured as it is, and walking around thinking that hoods create some kind of anti-light zone under them that will hide your face no matter where you are or how much light there is.
Its the latter that pisses me off and too many people seem to actually believe.
GOD FUCKING DAMN IT, GET OUT OF YOUR FUCKING BASEMENT YOU BOARD GAME OBSESSED FREAKS! SURE, DND WAS CREATED FROM A WARGAME, BUT NEWSFLASH; THINGS CHANGE, AND SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO CARE ABOUT THEIR CO-PLAYERS' BACKSTORIES, AND GM'S OFTEN WEAVE THEM INTO THE GREATER PLOT! STOP BEING FUCKING DOUCHEBAGS AND ACCEPT THAT SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIKE THE "ROLE PLAYING" PART OF "ROLE PLAYING GAMES" AS MUCH AS THE DAMN CRUNCH, PLEASE STOP BEING SUCH IMMENSE STEREOTYPES OF TABLETOP GEEKS! FUCK!
*pants*
Also, cruise control...
Ever notice how its only D&D players that think there only is and can only be stats and crunch?
That's all the OP is bringing to the table.
I've also seen it with Dark Heresy and GURPS
u mad, bro?
y u mad?
Understandable in GURPS. The one time I tried making a character there, I didn't have enough points left to buy a personality.
You should've picked the sort of personality you get points back for, then. You know, a thoroughly miserable wretch of a human being. Like us.
Clearly you misread my intentions. I'm for role playing.
Is not me, diregard that fag.
Yes, and that's exactly my point! Why must everything be so goddamn crunchy!? I'm not saying a "deep character" is unoptimised, I'm just saying that in order to get the most out of the experience there should be at least something remotely believable about them, which a little background could help with. Roleplaying is so much more than just killing things really good, and it doesn't make you a faggot to give some consideration to a damn plot! Sword and Sorcery is fine, complex intriguing is fine, epic fantasy violence is fine, dungeon crawling is fine, monster hunting, mystery solving, paranoia, backstabbing, san-losing and vampire/werewolf wrestling is all completely fine, but make it the part of something! Otherwise we could spend the afternoon rolling up characters to kill a dragon over and over again, because then we'd not even have to bother looking for that dungeon or meeting at that tavern/bar/spaceship, and we could get on with the violence right from the fuckin' start!
Might be the case, actually I was intending to quote a shitload of posts, but the computer here sucks, so it would take too much time, I apologise for that, though I'm still fucking fuming over thread.
The fuck is wrong with just killing things and taking their stuff?
Way to be closeminded, bro.
This is exactly how I wanted my character to be. Sort of a comic relief with a tragic past. The reason I don't engage in role playing is because I'm rolling stealth checks the whole time, getting ready to detonate a bomb or something or making sure I'm not captured with the party so I can break them out. Also ding all sorts of weird shit. I made a stealth check once and all of a sudden a bunch of guards burst into he room and take the party into a dungeon. Except me, I was hanging off a curtain rod and accidentally made myself look like some drapes.
It's a wizard.
>>People not realizing that the OP was a PC and not a DM
/atomicunderwearfacepalm.
>background used by DM for adventure hooks
>gives players the options of doing shit about it and an opportunity to share their "OMG SO AWESOME STORY" in a decent way.
>AwesomeDM.png
I was shocked to learn that most DMs who write their own campaigns don't do this.
That's exactly the point. It's actually really interesting to listen to people recounting their latest or most memorable adventure, plus it makes the experience more exiting for the participants. Of course, you shouldn't use everything all the time, but a little note here and there, or just a continuity nod of someone reading the name of his brother among the captains for a trade guild makes a lot of difference.
Besides, when people talk about "awesome rpg stories" here, you'll be hard-pressed to find a hack'n slash adventure adding up to them one-shotting the BBEG with a well-placed shoe (which is fucking awesome), but it's only interesting the first three times. The more narrative examples, however, can tell of everything from mind-raped players, to tear-filled farewells to badass oneliners said in the perfect situation, with hundreds more still unmentioned. That's the difference between "gaming" and "playing". Both are fun, sure, I love good dungeon crawls, but that's not the soul of the roleplaying game for me.
As mentioned, it's part of it, but it's not all of it. I would never pay a thousand dollars for a stack of books whose contents can be summed up as "Five hundred different ways of killing goblins, summed up in four different categories.". Is it too much to ask for a little more variety in application than that? And yes, I am aware that roleplaying is possible in virtually any game available, but seriously, DnDers should look past the crunch and see the fucking universe. It's like spending a week intensely staring at a mansion without ever going in, without ever wishing to learn anything about it, just staring at it because it's so cool. You learn exactly where every window is, you know exactly how every brick is placed, you can draw plans for the entire exterior of that mansion in your sleep, but you haven't got a clue about what's inside, because that's for faggots and emo kids.
And yes, I am totally aware that you were just joking.
Damn it, why does shit always have to die right when I start getting steamed up?
>> Artillery of dude +1 Thu Apr 22 06:14:14 2010 No.9352404
>>Moist.
>DnDers
See, this is how I know you're a faggot.
You assume that everyone who plays Dungeons and Dragons doesn't care about roleplaying.
Sorry that the game I like doesn't have scenes or stunts or whatever it is your amazing roleplaying system has.
I like roleplaying, but I want to play a game, too.
No, I didn't, I did say that it was overrepresented though. And really, tell me one other system that gets close to DnD when it comes to what we just talked about. The other big games like GURPS, WoD, etc do not work that way (although I've seen the same kind of talk when it comes to WoD) without at least someone objecting, and the other games that I know can manifest this behaviour by default are ED and Exalted, but it's far rarer due to the sheer number of DnD players.
If you got offended I really do apologise, but you must agree at least to a certain extent.
>"Five hundred different ways of killing goblins, summed up in four different categories."
I'd pay good money to read that.
Shadowrun.
And I just think you're an elitist who can't understand that people enjoy the game just as much as being the character.
DnD does have stunts now, actually.
This in 4th or something?
It's basically guidelines for adjudicating the effects for "I do something awesome" actions.
Huh, time changes.
rolled 18 = 18
I don't get your analogy at all.
Why am I not going in the mansion again?
Because you play Dungeons and Dragons, I guess.
But I've gone into a mansion while playing Dungeons and Dragons.
Gee, sure is DEATH TO THE FALSE PRETEND in here.
How can that be, when we're so obsessed with crunch?
Disliking self-aggrandizing faggotry != being obsessed with crunch.
Maybe you guys have different groups, but we once had a 6 hour Mekton session that took place solely in a bar after a mission. We had met a new recruit upon returning (friend'd first session) and decided to go out for a meet and greet/celebratory drink.
Our characters just sat at a bar chatting shit, delving into the other's backgrounds and generally just getting to know each other/reminiscing about 'previous missions' that the two senior pilots had been on (naturally they were all made up on the spot).
This was midway through a fucking Mekton campaign, and people can't even roleplay in D&D? For shame, those of you who are not trolling ITT.
Difference here: that's a group that's been going for a while, not a new one.
Kobold rogues are brilliant.
Team up with the fighter and you can shifty into a flanking position incredibly easily.
At the time there was no-one in the group that I had known for longer than a few months, and we had played maybe a dozen session of anything in that time.
>midway
Here's the key word. Things are different at the beginning.
Doesn't matter.
The way it goes is stats, teamwork and questing, and THEN maybe I'll give a shit about your actual character.
Try pulling something off like the OP and you'll just never befriend the team and nobody will ever care and then eventually you die and they won't bother healing you because who gives a shit about the silent guy who wasn't any fun?
Yeah, if one of my coworkers wasn't "fun" then I certainly wouldn't try and ressurect him.
This may be because I have the mental age of an 8 year old.
If your character didn't provide anything to the group (i.e. FUN) that any other rogue of equivalent level could have, then yes, the group is well within rights to say "try again" and not spend the resources to raise your original character.
I wish I had made a better metaphor, or at least not called it a "mansion"...
I've spent multiple consecutive DnD sessions without combat. Lot of people spending time shopping and talking. And this was even the 4e that everyone claims is just a wargame.
Boring game sounds boring. That requires each and every player to talk one at a time with the DM, which leaves you doing nothing at all with the game about 80% of the time.
That's great, but you're still a painfully small minority.
>> Jacob Ladder Thu Apr 22 07:23:14 2010 No.9353153
What I'm trying to get at is that it isn't the system it's the players. DnD is just the most well known RP systems (at least outside of Germany) so when people try an rpg they're likely going to try DnD.
Stop lumping everyone that plays DnD into one group, that's like lumping all scientists into a group, there are too many subcultures.
>The way it goes is stats, teamwork and questing, and THEN maybe I'll give a shit about your actual character.
Jesus fuck, why do you people even bother leaving your WoW accounts to show up for these ROLEPLAYING sessions? You want to play a game where stats are more important that character? Here's the newest Disgaea, go grind in the corner while the rest of us play this character driven roleplaying game.
My gaming group does this when we need to too to craft a better story.
If someone wont be involved for a few scenes they get control of one of the extras that will be interacting with the party members.
Story uber alles.
This is why RPGs suck.
It's either "How dare you not roleplay!" or "How dare you not optimize!"
Faggots, the lot of you. Go write a book or play a fucking video game.
Do you greet people in real life with a monologue about your history?
No you fucking do not.
Because nobody gives a shit about the life history of total strangers.
You start caring about people's lives after you've gained a reason to appreciate them, not before.
Same thing applies here.
Several thousand times this.
You'd be better served by a computer game if number crunching is your thing.
Since you want to play a roleplaying game and don't give a shit about character you deserve to be mocked as the little cocksucker you are.
I pray to Crom you are never a DM/Gamemaster/Storyteller because you would fucking suck.
I was going to say something but fuck it. Just lol @ you
My God, this is why I dislike internet forums. The "roleplayers" are almost always a small segment of the group focusing on a small segment of roleplaying, and they always deride everyone else and come off as insufferably elitist.
Faggots. If you care about character so much, write a story.
And you, If you care about stats so much, play a video game.
Both of you are retards, and I hope you die.
I'll just be over here, playing some chess or card games, because apparently RPG players are whiny babies.
When did /tg/ sink to /v/-level trolling?
>I can make universal statements about all roleplayers based on two samefags
Right, roleplaying. Not "public masturbation", roleplaying.
Roleplaying is not jacking off your flaccid insignificant character concept onto the group, it is productively working with the group in character. If/when it ever becomes relevant to the plot or we actually decide we care enough to ask, THEN you can give us the backstory rant.
>>9353369 flaccid insignificant character concept
How dare you insult my character concept!? I have the best, biggest character concept ever!
Well fine but you should've said that to start with. Saying
Makes you come off as a number cruncher who doesn't want anyone to write a character backstory beyond "He pushed a mill wheel for many years and it made him strong. Then he was a gladiator. Now he quests."
I guess we actually agree though.
pretty sure there are like five people there bub. Bad troll.
You guys must have really shitty groups if your characters can only switch between 'I am a level 12 paladin, here's my feats and equipment' and 'I am going to tell you about every facet of my deep past, this'll be a long story'.
Roleplaying isn't black and white like that, and the way the OP introduces his character is more than acceptable (if a little cliché).
in b4 this somehow becomes a cut/uncut debate.
As a GM I like reading character backstories. They're plothook gold-mines and useful for figuring out what objectives the character has. Nobody's going to rant about it to the other players. There's also a practical limit on backstory length. A couple of paragraphs is good. Any more is overkill.
Seriously. If you didn't gather that he's some kind of rogue class from that description you probably don't have the mental capabilities to fully enjoy a good RP game.
Have you browsed other forums?
They're full of insufferable faggots from both camps. This shit is par for the course. Either you're a faggy drama student who must wow the world with his amazing story that is totally not a cliche even if he did rip it off from some fantasy novel, or you're some aspie motherfucker who plays Rolemaster to warm himself up for Calculus.
The good players don't make it worth it.
If you want a good time with bros, just play board games, like Settlers of Catan. Don't waste your time with RPGs.
I was uncut and then was forced to get cut due to phimrosis. Fuck the haters.
For the record I preferred uncut until it caused me intense pain due to tearing. Now I'm just glad it can't cause me intense pain again.
Same. Character backstories are something every DM worth his screen should love to read, because:
-They give you so many ways to both be evil and make the characters more engrossed in the story.
-They help you spot faggot players from a mile away before the game starts.
Ouch, that really blows. Especially since it's supposed to be much worse going cut from uncut later than just being cut early on.
...Now consider that we committed years of work from valuable researchers and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cutting-edge medical equipment to make that discovery.
What the fuck man.
I'm DMing my college group and it was just revealed that "Pelor" was actually an illithid that raised them all as sentient undead (skimmed over the fact that you can't unwillingly be raised).
This is odd.
i'm currently playing a halfling rogue. Whenever the "So what's your guy?" question comes up, "I'm a locksmith."
I wish my players would write backstories for their characters.
Or hell, if they would make their characters have CHARACTER, it would be nice.
Right, so unless my backstory becomes the focal point of the story, I'm going to be the sneaky little fucker who goes off and does stuff in the shadows, to the benefit of the party, because I'm a shifty little bastard and that's how I wanted to play this character.
When a player does that, I always make sure a facehugger lands on their character before the night ends.
Then the players who actually play your games willingly are almost as insufferable as you are.
Don't look at my shit. It's that simple.
I can't even imagine something scarier than running into something like a facehugger in a game. That's evil.
It's awesome because the player knows he's going to die, but has no idea when.
Exactly. And the reality of the situation never seems to hit them until the facehugger falls off. Then there's only the waiting...
Don't look at my shit.
Well, this was fun.
>roleplaying.
>a game, not drama theater.
Doin' it wrong.
omg, I lol'd so hard
Wow. Theatre is the same thing as jacking it in public now.
Maybe you should go back to your Saturday morning cartoons, and let the grownups game how we like?
Wait, this guy was DM?
The DM gets to see *all* the character sheets before the game starts, *always*. What the fuck kind of game is this where he has to steal them from the players? WTF?
They're both players.
No, Mr. Anon.
I expect you to die
My players do this all the time.
Mostly they lie a lot though, as their characters have shady pasts they don't want the other characters to know about.
Yay for an entire thread where everyone forgets the fact that different groups and settings have different 'acceptable' behaviors from the players.
If everyone else is saying "I'm a 3rd level rogue", "I'm a 4th level fighter" and you're all meeting at a tavern, then saying "I'm a shadowy figure who doesn't reveal exactly who he is" makes you sound like a pretentious douche.
If everyone else is meeting each other in character and have personal motivations, and you just come up and say "I'm a 5th level monk, tell me what you guys are! I punch someone, lol", you're going to seem like a tremendous faggot.
Of course, chances are you're going to be somewhere between these as there ARE a few places between all crunch and all RP (holy shit, imagine that).
Also just to chime in on >>9353048 as a game I am currently in is the same way (and 4e). It was a little rocky at first trying to figure out exactly why everyone was hanging around with each other, but every once in a while the DM covertly pulling on some players background makes the plot feel like we're driving it rather than being forced to it.
>there ARE a few places between all crunch and all RP
No there aren't. Quit being indecisive and pick a side already.
Shows what you know, I took Improved Fence Sitting a few levels back. I use it to like both 3.5 AND 4.0.
>Yay for an entire thread where everyone forgets the fact that different groups and settings have different 'acceptable' behaviors from the players.
That is basically every thread on /tg/.

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Аппарат в полном составе совершил посадку на Мун.
"Rover + Skycrane" - это шаблонный аппарат, состоящий из беспилотного планетохода с посадочным модулем в его верхней части.
The landing module is propelled by 4 radially-mounted Rockomax 24-77 engines. Those are fuelled by one ROUND-8 Toroidal Fuel Tank and one Oscar-B Fuel Tank mounted on top of each other. Yet it doesn't have enough fuel on board for landing the rover from orbit in most cases, but it can be used for the last meters. There is only fuel for 6.4 seconds on full thrust in a vacuum available.Due to its high TWR, a possible solution for this is to stack 2 more Oscar-Bs on it, but any number of fuel tanks more than that will easily cause the craft to tip over at touchdown.
The landing module has no separate command module aboard making it slightly complicated to detach the rover and then discard the landing module. The required technique is to set a small amount of throttle (either insufficient to lift both rover and skycrane, or small enough that the rover does not rise high enough to be damaged by the drop), then immediately trigger the decoupler. Engines remain at the throttle set when decoupled from their command module, so it will fly away uncontrolled (assuming there's sufficient fuel remaining), and hopefully crash somewhere innocuous. The chances of it landing back on the rover are near zero, due to surface rotation and it being quite unlikely to actually fly on a completely stable vertical vector. Alternatively it can be just decoupled and the rover tries to "shake" it off, but the semi-violent driving required risks overturning the rover.
Although it is named Skycrane it doesn't use the same technique to place the rover like the sky crane did with Curiosity. It is not possible in the stock game to have two parts only connected with a tether so that the landing module has to touch down with the rover.
Планетоход сам по себе передвигается при помощи шести шасси "Модель S2" от "RoveMax". Он оборудован различными внешними датчиками. Восемь фотогальванических панелей "OX-STAT" расположены в верхней части и наклонены во все стороны, что обеспечивает достаточное электропитание.
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June nodded slowly as she took in the explanation.
While June contemplated her situation, Michael recalled back to when he sought out a helper – someone to manage his social media and PR requirements.
He had approached the CCS Disability Action, Northern Region which had their offices close by and Peter the Community Support Coordinator had no hesitation in recommending June. He himself, as he explained, had an impediment which took effect when he was under stress. However, he looked and acted very normally to Michael.
It seemed that June had been born crippled, without the ability to use her legs. This confined her to a wheel chair for the rest of her life.


land full of ironies and paradoxes. Are you amazed ?
into philosophical angle of my photos.Also I intend to publish my blog thoughts.
I love the quote about photography & philosophy. I have become more interested in in the spiritual side of photography more recently. I mainly use my mobile phone to take photographs and some of them I get printed off at the photography shop.
Photography & philosophyvsounx interesting .
Yeah,we takes hundreds of photos throughout the year ,and I always wonder whether this clicks give any message of philosophy,so I started taking clicks with spirituality in my mind.
Congratulations for your wonderful venture of combining photography and philosophy.
Do post some of the photos in your blog whenever it is possible.and hi greetings from India and thanks for stopping by.
Thank you Huzeyfe Kiran,You are kind and encouraging .Yes I agree about your opinion on photographs,especially when there is so much advancement of technology.Appreciate visiting my blog.


On behalf of The Koblin Family Law Center posted in Domestic Violence on Tuesday, July 1, 2014.
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Some professionals believe that domestic violence is commonly perceived as being something that only poverty-stricken Americans suffer. However, it can span across economic and demographic landscapes, being just as prevalent among the wealthy as the poor. Women, men and children can be victim to domestic violence and live in constant daily fear from their oppressors.
Making the decision to end the cycle of violence and safely exit an abusive situation can be stressful and difficult for many victims. It can be complex for a person to leave their abuser for a number of reasons; sometimes this includes the nature of the relationship, financial dependency or the presence of children. Security can often be the most important element for a person that desires to end an abusive relationship.
Some California victims may have concerns about pressing charges against an abuser for fear of their children or facing retaliation. However, living with daily abuse can negatively affect all who are involved, including the children. By seeking help and legally claiming abuse or threatening behavior, a person may be able to take the first steps toward ending this devastating problem. Some may choose to file a suit or seek a restraining order against their perpetrator to help fight against the domestic violence they have suffered.


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To Be Staged in Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac London's Exhibition Robert Rauschenberg: Spreads 1975-83, Alongside John Cage: Ryoanji Installation. Inspired by Rauschenberg and Cage, a World Premiere. In collaboration with MusicArt.
Concert-Installation by Pianist Annie Yim, with Poet Kayo Chingonyi & Composer Raymond Yiu.
To coincide with the exhibition Robert Rauschenberg: Spreads 1975-83, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac and MusicArt present the world premiere of a musical performance inspired by Robert Rauschenberg's collaborations with the pioneering avant-garde American composer John Cage. Co-created and performed by pianist Annie Yim with poet Kayo Chingonyi and composer Raymond Yiu, this Conceptual Concert in Three Acts is framed by the piano music of Cage, including The Seasons (1947) and Winter Music (1957), alongside an installation of sound and spoken dialogue. The final act of this cross-disciplinary concert is a staging of Cage's iconic piece, 4'33" (1952). The performance multiplies artistic roles and dissolves boundaries in homage to Cage and Rauschenberg. Beyond their artworks on view at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac London, the words of Cage and Rauschenberg too have inspired this concert-installation.
Robert Rauschenberg was a prolific collaborator, inspired by the shared creative process of working with close friends, including the painters Jasper Johns and Cy Twombly, choreographer Merce Cunningham and composer Cage. "That's why I like dance, music, theatre, and that's why I like printmaking, because none of these things can exist as solo endeavours", Rauschenberg told Artnews in 1977, "…the best way to know people is to work with them, and that's a very sensitive form of intimacy". Rauschenberg first met Cage in the early 1950s; Cage was already established as a leading figure of the post-war avant-garde, while Rauschenberg was just embarking on his artistic career. Both were at the centre of an intimate circle of artists who came together at the experimental Black Mountain College. While there, Rauschenberg participated in Cage's Theatre Piece #1 in 1952, an experimental multi-media performance spontaneously staged in the dining hall. Later credited as the first Happening, it allowed poetry, music, dance, and film to be freely incorporated, featuring Rauschenberg's White Paintings (1951) suspended from the ceiling. The monochrome White Paintings – in which Rauschenberg sought to create works that appeared untouched by human hands – served as an inspiration for Cage's most famous composition, 4'33". "The White Paintings were airports for the lights, shadows, and [dust] particles", said Cage. In the same spirit, the score for 4'33" instructs the performer not to play their instrument for any length of time. The piece is in three movements, which forms a frame around the sounds of the environment.
A spirit of radical experimentation marked the friends' continuing collaborative work. Automobile Tire Print (1953) was created when Cage drove his Model A Ford over twenty sheets of typewriter paper, its rear tyre coated in black paint leaving a printed trace. Later, alongside dancer and choreographer Cunningham, with Cage as composer and Rauschenberg as set, lighting and costume designer, they devised and staged radical performances that redefined modern dance. The influence of Cage, Rauschenberg and their collaborators has reverberated across the worlds of visual arts, poetry, dance, and music, and is still palpable today.
Drawing inspiration from the art and life of John Cage and Robert Rauschenberg, MusicArt presents a concert-installation in three acts.
Live piano performance of Cage's The Seasons (1947) and Winter Music (1957), combined with recorded extracts of Cage's spoken voice during Interludes between Acts. Winter Music was dedicated to Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, employing collage techniques and Cage's influential notion of indeterminacy. The score indicates that the number of pianos to be used ranges from 1 to 20, in whole or in part, and the exact notes and length of the piece are determined by the performer(s).
An original multi-media Performing Installation, created and performed by pianist, composer and poet, with pre-recorded elements in the gallery space.
A finale with audience participation.
A second performance will be staged at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Salzburg on 17 April 2019.
With special thanks to Edition Peters UK and The Poetry Society for their kind assistance to MusicArt.
Kayo Chingonyi was born in Zambia and moved to the UK at the age of six. He is the author of Kumukanda, a poetry collection that won the 2018 Dylan Thomas Prize ("The world's largest literary prize for authors under the age of 40 writing in English" – BBC). He is a fellow of the Complete Works programme for diversity and quality in British Poetry, and was an Associate Poet at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in 2015. He is the founding editor of The Poetics of Grime, the current poetry editor for The White Review, and he has edited special issues of Magma Poetry and Poetry Review. He teaches, writes and produces music, organises and hosts poetry, music events and radio programmes, and DJs.
Annie Yim founded MusicArt in 2015 in London. Described by The Times as a pianist who "made the most beautiful sounds, radiantly coloured, thoughtfully articulated", she was St John's Smith Square Young Artist in Residence in 2016/17 and made her UK concerto debut at LSO St Luke's. As founding member of the Minerva Piano Trio, she is currently Making Music Selected Artist 2018. She has broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, Classic FM, and national radios in Canada and Portugal, and her performances with artists and art spaces have been featured in New York T Magazine, Artnet, and Gramophone. Born in Hong Kong and brought up in Vancouver, she holds a Doctorate in Musical Arts for her performance-based research at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and City, University of London.
Hong-Kong born composer Raymond Yiu was the winner of the BASCA British Composer Award in 2010, with nominations in 2004, 2012, 2013 and 2018. He has worked with ensembles and artists including Lukas Foss, BBC Singers, Chroma, Ensemble 10/10, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Lontano and London Sinfonietta. The Original Chinese Conjuror was commissioned for the 2006 Aldeburgh Almeida Opera, while Maomao Yü was commissioned by LSO for Lang Lang and the Silk String Quartet. Following the premiere of his "hugely impressive" (The Guardian) Symphony at Proms 2015, The World Was Once All Miracle, commissioned for Manchester International Festival 2017, was nominated in the large-scale composition category of 2018 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards.


The power of Christ, the crucified Saviour, to give eternal life, should be presented to the people. We should show them that the Old Testament is as verily the gospel in types and shadows as the New Testament is in its unfolding power. The New Testament does not present a new religion; the Old Testament does not present a religion to be superseded by the New. The New Testament is only the advancement and unfolding of the Old. Abel was a believer in Christ, and was as verily saved by His power as was Peter or Paul. Enoch was a representative of Christ as surely as was the beloved disciple John. Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him. To him was committed the message of the second coming of Christ. "And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment upon all." Jude 14, 15. The message preached by Enoch and his translation to heaven were a convincing argument to all who lived in his time. These things were an argument that Methuselah and Noah could use with power to show that the righteous could be translated.
That God who walked with Enoch was our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. He was the light of the world then just as He is now. Those who lived then were not without teachers to instruct them in the path of life; for Noah and Enoch were Christians. The gospel is given in precept in Leviticus. Implicit obedience is required now, as then. How essential it is that we understand the importance of this word!
The question is asked: What is the cause of the dearth in the church? The answer is: We allow our minds to be drawn away from the word. If the word of God were eaten as the food for the soul, if it were treated with respect and deference, there would be no necessity for the many and repeated testimonies that are borne. The simple declarations of Scripture would be received and acted upon.
Its living principles are as the leaves of the tree of life for the healing of the nations.
The word of the living God is not merely written, but spoken. The Bible is God's voice speaking to us, just as surely as though we could hear it with our ears. If we realized this, with what awe would we open God's word, and with what earnestness would we search its precepts! The reading and contemplation of the Scriptures would be regarded as an audience with the Infinite One.
When Satan presses his suggestions upon our minds, we may, if we cherish a "Thus saith the Lord," be drawn into the secret pavilion of the Most High.
Many fail of imitating our holy Pattern because they study so little the definite features of that character. So many are full of busy plans, always active; and there is no time or place for the precious Jesus to be a close, dear companion. They do not refer every thought and action to Him, inquiring: "Is this the way of the Lord?" If they did they would walk with God, as did Enoch.


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{% capture notice_01 %}
**NOTE**: To use OpenMANIPULATOR-X, you need to upload a firmware into OpenCR by using either **shell script** or **Arduino IDE**.

1. **[Shell script](#shell-script)** is highly recommended to upload the firmware as it uses a pre-built binary file
2. **[Arduino IDE](#arduino-ide)** builds from the provided source code and uploads the generated binary file.
The OpenCR Arduino board manager does not support ARM based processors such as Raspberry Pi or Jetson Nano.
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**WARNING**
Please connect all DYNAMIXEL modules to the OpenCR before uploading the OpenCR firmware.
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After OpenMANIPULATOR is properly mounted on TurtleBot3, the OpenCR firmware needs to be updated to control connected DYNAMIXEL. Please follow the firmware update instructions below.

1. **[TurtleBot3 SBC]** Download the OpenCR firmware file on Raspberry Pi (SBC) and upload the correct firmware with the following commands.
```bash
$ export OPENCR_PORT=/dev/ttyACM0
$ export OPENCR_MODEL=om_with_tb3_noetic
$ rm -rf ./opencr_update.tar.bz2
$ wget https://github.com/ROBOTIS-GIT/OpenCR-Binaries/raw/master/turtlebot3/ROS1/latest/opencr_update.tar.bz2
$ tar -xvf opencr_update.tar.bz2
$ cd ./opencr_update
$ ./update.sh $OPENCR_PORT $OPENCR_MODEL.opencr
```

2. When the firmware is completely uploaded, you will see a text string on the terminal: **jump_to_fw**

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**DANGER**

**Please be aware of pinching your body between the robot joints!!!**

When the firmware is successfully uploaded, OpenCR board will reboot and **the OpenMANIPULATOR-X will move to the initial pose**.
It is recommended to put the OpenMANIPULATOR-X as a similar pose as shown below image to avoid any physical damage during the initial pose.

![](/assets/images/platform/turtlebot3/manipulation/open_manipulator_gazebo_1.png)
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### [Arduino IDE](#arduino-ide)

Please be aware that OpenCR board manager **does not support Arduino IDE on ARM based SBC such as Raspberry Pi or NVidia Jetson**.
In order to upload the OpenCR firmware using Arduino IDE, please follow the below instructions on your PC.
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![](/assets/images/icon_unfold.png) Click here to expand more details about the firmware upload using **Arduino IDE**

1. If you are using Linux, please configure the USB port for OpenCR. For other OS(OSX or Windows), you can skip this step.
  ```bash
$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ROBOTIS-GIT/OpenCR/master/99-opencr-cdc.rules
$ sudo cp ./99-opencr-cdc.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
$ sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
$ sudo udevadm trigger
$ sudo apt install libncurses5-dev:i386
  ```
2. Install Arduino IDE.
  - [Download the latest Arduino IDE](https://www.arduino.cc/en/software)

3. After completing the installation, run Arduino IDE.

4. Press `Ctrl` + `,` to open the Preferences menu

5. Enter below address in the `Additional Boards Manager URLs`.
  ```bash
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ROBOTIS-GIT/OpenCR/master/arduino/opencr_release/package_opencr_index.json
  ```
  ![](/assets/images/platform/turtlebot3/preparation/ide1.png)

6. Open the TurtleBot3 with OpenMANIPULATOR firmware.
  - TurtleBot3 with OpenMANIPULATOR : ***File > Examples > turtlebot3 > turtlebot3_with_open_manipulator > turtlebot3_with_open_manipulator_core***

7. Uncomment `#define NOETIC_SUPPORT` on `turtlebot3_with_open_manipulator_core.h`, and save it with any name.

8. Connect OpenCR to the PC and Select ***OpenCR > OpenCR Board*** from ***Tools > Board*** menu.

9. Select the OpenCR connected USB port from ***Tools > Port*** menu.

10. Upload the TurtleBot3 firmware sketch with `Ctrl` + `U` or the upload icon.
  ![](/assets/images/platform/turtlebot3/opencr/o2.png)
  ![](/assets/images/platform/turtlebot3/opencr/o3.png)

11. If firmware upload fails, try uploading with the recovery mode. Below sequence activates the recovery mode of OpenCR. Under the recovery mode, the `STATUS` led of OpenCR will blink periodically.
  - Hold down the `PUSH SW2` button.
  - Press the `Reset` button.
  - Release the `Reset` button.
  - Release the `PUSH SW2` button.
  ![](/assets/images/parts/controller/opencr10/bootloader_19.png)


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Scholars match wits over God's existence
Updated Mar 29, 2019; Posted Oct 04, 2007
By Greg Garrison | ggarrison@al.com
A highly publicized, sold-out debate on God at UAB turned into a lively joust Wednesday night between Oxford University scholars who took turns driving each other onto the defensive.
Scientist and atheist author Richard Dawkins came to the Bible Belt to debate the existence of God with his fellow scholar John Lennox, a professor of mathematics and philosophy.
"We all of us share a reverence for the beauty of the universe," Dawkins said. "You want to attribute it to a maker, a creator."
But the feeling of awe can best be explained by science, he said. "Religious explanations are now superseded and outdated."
With the BBC, NPR and Fox News Channel taping and a crowd of 1,000-plus watching, Lennox seemed to match Dawkins' wit in challenging many points of the biologist's best-selling book "The God Delusion," which argues that religion is irrational and dangerous.
"God, far from being a delusion, is real," Lennox said. "What divides us is not science. We're both for it. It's world views. Which is a delusion? Atheism or Christianity?"
Lennox noted that atheism has motivated atrocities like those Dawkins accuses religion of motivating.
Dawkins said religion's demand not to be questioned leads to violence. "It leads to terrible acts done in the name of religion," he said. "The one gift I would give to any child is skepticism."
Larry Taunton, executive director of the Fixed Point Foundation, a Christian organization that sponsored the debate, introduced the speakers. Bill Pryor, a federal appellate judge, led the debaters through points raised in Dawkins' book in less than two hours.
The exchanges were sometimes sharp and funny when the speakers were allowed to directly address each other. Lennox suggested Dawkins believed that his wife loved him, but it's not scientifically provable. "Is there any evidence for that?" Lennox said.
"Yes, plenty of evidence," Dawkins said. "Never mind about my wife."
At another point, Lennox said, "Atheism is a faith as well." Dawkins retorted, "It's not," and hung his head, shaking it.
"I believe God created the universe; you believe the universe is all there is - those are both statements of belief," Lennox said.
Dawkins said there was no more danger in his atheism than in Lennox's "not believing in Zeus."
Lennox, who believes science and faith are compatible, focused on the difficulty of explaining the origin of life, a question not addressed by Darwin's theory. "I think atheism undermines science," Lennox said. "You've got to believe in the rational intelligibility of the universe before you can do any science at all."
Lennox argued that the Bible's story of a finite beginning of the universe was backed by science, after centuries of support for Aristotle's view of an eternal universe.
Dawkins said he was unimpressed with the Bible getting it right, since there were only two options - a finite beginning or eternal universe.
Dawkins noted how morality has changed century to century, even though the Bible hasn't changed, only interpretations of it. Racism and sexism were rampant in the past, but condemned now, he said.
If people get their morality from the Bible or Quran, "their morals are likely to be hideous," he said. "Either you are afraid of God, or you're trying to suck up to him. Neither of those two is a very noble reason."
Lennox said Dawkins' arguments for a world driven by chance undermined his ability to draw on morality.
"If it is a hideous world, it gives us something to rise above," Dawkins said. Every time someone uses a contraceptive, they are defying Darwinism, he said. "We can defy the hideous blind physical forces that put us here," Dawkins said.
Lennox concluded by appealing to his belief in the resurrection of Jesus. "Atheism is a delusion," he said. "If there's no resurrection, the terrorists and fanatics have got away with it," he said.
Dawkins seized on Lennox's ending back at his faith instead of science. "Having proven some case for a deistic God, you fall back on the Resurrection," he said. "It's so petty, it's so trivial. ... So unworthy of the universe."
Dawkins ended the debate there. "Although we can't disprove there is a god, it is very, very unlikely indeed."
E-mail: ggarrison@bhamnews.com


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Children of the Pharaohs
Relocating to Cairo, and Paris, with two boys in tow
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Autumn has come to Cairo.
Looking at all the glorious photos of fall foliage in the Northeast of the U.S., it feels a little silly saying that, but there's been a little nip in the air. Sure, the daily highs are still in the mid-70s or low 80s, but at night it's been dipping into the low 60s. That feels colder here than it sounds. Air conditioners are off and it's too chilly to walk barefoot in the house. Last night on the way to dinner I left my sweater in the cab, and I regretted it the rest of the evening.
I've been following through on my resolution to get out of the bubble more, and last night's dinner was part of that. Friends of a friend from New York were passing through Egypt on a three-month round-the-world trip, so we met up at a storied establishment in the heart of Belle Epoque Cairo called Café Riche. It opened in 1908 and has been a haunt of Cairo's intellectuals ever since.
The whole vibe is very un-Cairo. With its wood-paneled walls; its faded black-and-white photos of Cairo's most influential cultural figures; its scattered disarray of books, papers and random memorabilia; and the klatch of old men gabbing over steaming plates, Café Riche feels a bit like a cross between the Friar's Club and Barney Greengrass, for those of you who know New York. The night we were there, it felt like almost everyone else in the restaurant was a regular.
Café Riche has been the backdrop of many a seminal event in Egyptian history. An assassination attempt on the Prime Minister was staged from its doorway in 1919 (he survived). That same year, revolutionaries used the basement as a secret meeting space from which they agitated for the overthrow of their British rulers, and in 1952 Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser plotted his own coup from the comfort of a Riche table, this one against King Farouk, who reportedly met his wife at the coffeehouse. And Egypt's favorite songbird, Umm Kalthoum once held a concert there.
The days when famous writers such as Naguib Mahfouz could be found loitering over Turkish coffee are gone, but the tables are still populated with a cast of fascinating characters. We were having an entertaining conversation of our own at our table, but I would have loved to have been able to talk to some of the other guests. I have a hunch many of the same people would be there if I ever manage to make a repeat visit. That is definitely now on my to-do list.
I fear I may have to erase another item on that list, though. I've been wanting to go camping with the kids in the White Desert, which looks absolutely stunning. A while ago one of the embassies issued a warning about going there, and this week Egypt's most active militant group, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, swore allegiance to ISIS. That can't be good. The desert may well be perfectly safe, but I'm going to watch this one play out for a while before I dust off my sleeping bag.
We never did make it up to Alexandria, and with the holidays coming up our weekends are pretty packed. It looks like we might have to wait until spring. That's okay. There's plenty to explore in Cairo in the meantime.
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From her perch as chairwoman of the U.S. House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., weighed in after Iran tested missiles in violation of a UN Security Council resolution.
Businessman Carlos Beruff, currently running for the Republican nomination in Florida's U.S. Senate race, came out swinging on Thursday at U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and fellow Senate hopeful U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., for praising Fidel Castro.
With St. Patrick's Day next week, the Florida Retail Federation (FRF) expects a slight decrease in spending even as Americans are predicted to spend $4.4 billion on the holiday.
Already under fire from the left for limiting the number of debates between the Democratic presidential hopefuls, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), is now targeted by a new TV commercial.
Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, is focusing more on protecting the Buckeye State than winning Florida on Tuesday and that was clear as he rolled out an endorsement on Thursday.
With Iran testing missiles in violation of a UN Security Council resolution, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, continuing his bid for the Republican nod in the U.S. Senate race, took aim at President Barack Obama's policies.
Businessman Carlos Beruff, who is running for the Republican nomination in the U.S. Senate race, offered his take on Iran testing missiles in violation of a UN Security Council resolution.
U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., who is running for the U.S. Senate, weighed in on Wednesday on reports that Iran has been testing missiles in violation of the UN Security Council.
At an event in Miami on Wednesday, businesswoman Carly Fiorina, who bowed out of the presidential race after New Hampshire, threw her support to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for the Republican presidential nomination.
While most of his focus is on the presidential race, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., teamed up with U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, on Tuesday to demand answers about payments made under President Barack Obama's federal health-care law.


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