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| Sunday, December 6th, 2009 | | 11:02 am |
| | Thursday, November 19th, 2009 | | 11:59 am |
| | Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 | | 9:30 pm |
V and a Blog
So, I liked V. The acting was meh, but I liked how they modernized. I was talking with Lotus and I agree that they went too fast, but given its troubled production and how fast shows get cancelled, I can't blame them. Also, I've created a blog since I'm all writer like now. http://likwitmc.blogspot.com/Should be fun! Current Mood: creative | | Friday, October 2nd, 2009 | | 5:21 pm |
I'm a writer
I finished the rough draft of my novel this week. Now begins the editing, then letting some people read it, then incorporating their suggestions, then professional editing, then lots of praying that an agent will pick me up. Regardless, I'm proud of myself, I set out to write a book and I've accomplished the hard part. Hope everyone is doing well! Current Mood:  content | | Friday, August 21st, 2009 | | 10:15 pm |
Basterds
Awesome flick. Go see it. Current Mood: content | | Monday, July 20th, 2009 | | 4:49 pm |
| | Saturday, June 13th, 2009 | | 2:24 pm |
New Phone
Same Number. Please text me your name and number! Current Mood: chipper | | Friday, May 15th, 2009 | | 9:07 am |
| | Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 | | 1:37 pm |
Southland
Awesome show. I hope NBC gives it a chance like Life. Current Mood:  sick | | Friday, March 20th, 2009 | | 12:08 pm |
SCaRE
I'm going, hope to see alot of you all there! Current Mood: happy | | Friday, March 6th, 2009 | | 8:16 am |
| | Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 | | 6:48 pm |
Reset Thoughts
I sent this to my RST after he asked for opinions on reset, thought I would share! Hey RST, Saw your post and wanted to give you some of my thoughts. I agree completely with everything you said. Some additional things I would like to see: More snow, less snowflakes. I think bloodlines should be NST or higher. There is not enough "vanilla" clans and people align with their bloodlines, not their clans as a whole. Couple this with the covenants and there is too many diverse groups. This leads to a boring game because there is nothing to polarize people. Make diablerie more appealing. Yes, I know it was bad in the old game, but was it that bad? Made for more conflict and some great/memorable villains! Now its just a waste of time. More to fight over. There's really nothing for people to fight over at a level higher than local. Like cam vs. sabbat. Like bloodhunts being upheld throughout regions. Brood and VII are so cliche' and boring and always NPC, so it turns into plot bus monster of the week. Maybe make a seperate venue and allow some cross over, of course,you know I'm a sabbat/villain junkie! Princes symposiums in vampire. A general status system for all vampires. Make it mean something. Give something else to fight over. I do love that age has nothing to do with it, thats a start but people need more accountability IC. Overarching law system. Justicars and archons or something similar to that. I would be against them being portrayed by one ST as an NPC. Let them be PC's so they can be killed/taken out without having to jump through hoops. ST's in those positions tend to get attached to the NPC. Just please, no conclaves where NPC's steal the show. Let the player's do it, but give them tools to enforce it like making status mean something. The gist of your post is that WW didn't define the new world for a global chronicle. Let's make it our own. Less good death xp for when people appeal and/or are hostile. Less appealing of character death in general. People who don't appeal and are class acts should be singled out and praised/rewarded. Most combat scenes I was in the victim/person was practically writing their appeal before the first round was over. The attitude of people is atrocious. There needs to be more fostering of better and responsible roleplay and more people being taken to task for their unacceptable behavior. Some kind of bone for character death. Like, you start with a certain amount for how long you were in play so you don't have to play catch up when you die. Make benchmarks, so when people hit levels, they know even if something goes wrong, they are ok for their next PC. However, if they make a revenge PC and die quickly or get desanctioned, they start at the new benchmark. I think the main issue is people are too attached to their characters. Losing a PC is a great way to grow into maturity as a roleplayer and if its not a huge loss to make another one, I think people will be more civil when it comes to conflict. I say this because our official approach is a mmrpg. In a mmorpg, when you die, you don't have to start completely over. It should be difficult, maybe painful, but I feel like with this chronicle, because there is so much to spend xp on and its been going for so long people are scared to lose what they have worked on and scared people are not rational nor civil. Less xp in general. Less math. My dream would be rock paper scissors, but I know that is gone. I think we need to find something that is less math intensive, its hard for new players (myself included). More accountability/record keeping. I remember in oWoD you had to have signatures, approvals, etc. Because special things are so common cheating is much more rampant in this chronicle and no way to really keep the books. It's also easy to cheat by mistake because you're not a math genius(see above). I agree completely on customs. In fact, I would outlaw custom bloodlines and allow only custom devotions, that way they can be taught and its not one group in control all the time. But I would not allow any custom stuff for at least a year into chronicle. Maybe more. Staking is way to easy and instant death in vampire. It needs to be alot harder, otherwise it comes down to initiative everytime. its hard to avoid the one trick mook pony, but I'm sure with some thought, it could be done. Dying without taking a single action is not fun for anyone. Combats last forever even in the new system, I don't see how letting the underdog get a chance would hurt that. One thing that a friend of mine said that I really take to heart: We're essentially playing ancient vampires who are acting out the last years of their existence. People should be encouraged to settle scores and take chances more. It should be stated that your PC will die before the end of the story, so play your heart out or something similar, your story will end, etc. Anyways, these are just a few of my thoughts, I hope they make sense as I was just writing what came to mind. Current Mood: creative | | Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 | | 10:21 pm |
Heath
Congrats. You are missed. Current Mood: content | | Saturday, February 14th, 2009 | | 1:17 pm |
Books
So, I've been reading alot lately, as I've decided to sit down and try to write my own novel. I've had the privilege to read some truly great books over the past month and wanted to recommend them to you all. Blood Meridian- Cormac McCarthy- As most of you know, this guy is my favorite author. this books is an amazing western story, with tones of supernatural and the apocalypse. It's a treatise on violence and the nature of man. Not for those who dislike brutal unforgiving violence, but a masterpiece none the less. I highly recommend this. The Brief and Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao- Junot Diaz- This is a pullitzer winner. I've decided to go along and read them all in reverse order. This is a story about Dominicans and their culture as seen through the lense of a gaming nerd. Yes, gaming nerd. It is a fabulous love story that will make your cry, I loved it. 2666- Roberto Balano- It's hard for me to describe this. Think twin peaks in a 900 page novel about a secret history of the world. Its dense and difficult at times, but it is was named Time's best book of 08, so I gave it a go and it's very interesting to read. I'd be interested to hear you alls thoughts on it. I've read a few others, but these ones really got my attention, hope you enjoy them! Current Mood: creative | | Friday, February 6th, 2009 | | 11:07 pm |
| | Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 | | 4:57 pm |
Update
Haven't updated in a while, so here goes: Leslie and I are doing well, thank you for all the continued support. It's rough going at times, but then I'm reminded why its worth fighting for. I got a facebook thingy, still figuring out how it works. Work: Is good, my supervisor retired, but my unit is handling our own until they hire a replacement next year due to the budget. I'm also the AIDS/HIV Coordinator for the City now, which brings alot of work, but well worth it. I was stranded in Milwaukee, -10 degrees! TV: BSG is always great, but aside from this, I'm watching little. Damages, Nip Tuck, The Beast (new patrick swayze fbi show, kind of fun), and Gossip Girl, yes I can admit it. We'll see if Chuck, Heroes, Life, and Reaper are still on my strong list. I've also been rewatching Homicide. Movies: Too long to post, I'll have Oscar thoughts later on after nominations this thursday! Friends: Chafee is through the surgery, so he's back to work with the Police. The Tribe continue to be a source of warmth and happiness. I miss my friends and travelling through the Cam, but not enough to play that horrid horrid game. I am completely dissapointed in what the club (I typed and retyped My Club, but its not mine, not anymore) has become. I could go on, but those on here that know me, know how I feel. Its got no soul for me. Books: Cormac McCarthy continues to amaze me. I recently finished The Road and am now reading Blood Meridian. Awesome. His prose is simply insane. Limen! Read the Road so we can talk about it! I also actually read Homicide, David Simon's book that The Wire and Homicide were based on. Just knowing that most of these things actually happened amazes me. Comics/Cthulhu: Fall of Cthulhu continues to keep me entertained. Puppy: The Bunk is doing well, I'll try to update with some pics. Gaming: Board: BSG is a ton of fun, although as humans we've only won once. Online: Messing around with CoH to spend some time with Smitty and Shea. Fun, but light. I play Left 4 dead and CoD on Xbox when I get the time. Table: 1. Midnight: My wife is the best GM ever. I'm playing a gnome channeler, a la stringer bell/lando calrissian, resistance leader. The party thinks I'm a gnomish obama trying to unite the people against the Shadow, its some awesome RP being the only Good alignment in the party! 2. Call of Cthulhu Supers: My Beyond campaign continues to run, its going well, some serious RP. Although, the once a month saddens me because its long between games and we play virtually all day, so they will be done soon! 3. Future Projects: I am beginning to create my own homebrew fantasy world. This is a challenge for me because I dislike fantasy so much(I know, revoke the geek card) I'm planning on 4th ed, but once I get some ideas, I'm going to post here for feedback! I think that its for the moment! Current Mood: satisfied | | Sunday, January 4th, 2009 | | 10:33 pm |
City of Heroes Help W/ Vista
Hey all, I installed CoX on my comp, but it gets to the Loading screen and then stops responding. I tried run as admin and it doesn't work. I have tried to search the forums to no success. Anyone have any ideas? I have vista 32. Weird part is I installed it on my laptop, also vista and no problems! I read something on a forum about sidebar messing it up, but no solution. Thanks! | | Saturday, December 27th, 2008 | | 9:47 am |
| | Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 | | 9:27 am |
The Road
Most people on this list know that I'm a huge Cormac McCarthy fan. I finally had an opportunity to read The Road during our trip to Vegas. For those that don't know, this is being made into a movie with Viggo Mortensen at the lead. Read this book. I can't recommend it enough. I will warn you that it is not a happy feel good book, but as someone who views their father as his personal hero, this book make me cry and smile. It was wonderful. If anyone has read it, I'd love to know your thoughts. Current Mood: enthralled | | Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 | | 1:58 pm |
Random
So, I had that Paper Planes song in my Ipod for a while now, but I just found out there's a remix with Bun B from UGK. Hawtness. Current Mood: excitedCurrent Music: Paper Planes Remix |
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