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Not an unfair assumption, and probably the best way to frame the choice of backing a game. I never backed the game because I was a lot younger with no money at the time, but to be honest I was highly skeptical that Rob's grand vision of UQ would come to fruition. It's a shame that I was right.
I don't mind the save system since there's plenty of auto saves. And I probably spent just as long trying to fight that guy too. Makes sense though he's in armor and probably has way more training than you do at that point.
I really, really want Wrinkle In Time to be good, it was one of the first "long" books I ever read as a kid, back in like... thiiiird grade? The sci-fi themes and ideas were lost on me and I barely remember the plot of it since then, but I do remember one scene with the main character (the big sister character who's white in the book, but it's not a big deal really) where she's basically trapped in this horrific mindscape that bends her perception of space and time. I was genuinely horrified, but in that sort of "holy shit, I'm so happy to be scared right now" way that moments like those are supposed to make you feel.
The movie has a lot to live up to because of that moment, but I suppose we'll see what happens.
Gave Rob a dollar a long time and now I get those updates I share occasionally. The game changed so many times since he announced it and he tried to do it with so few people. First it was a sort of maplestory game, like an MMO, then it became a single player game where you still could make your own character, then it turned into a game where you just use the characters from the show... on and on and on. This is all after Danny and Rob worked on the game for some time before that and it was a pokemon style game, only for Rob to completely change what the game was. Danny could tell that story again and better than I could, but yeah, all of that considered (and fully expected), I'm glad I only donated a dollar.
I want Rob to be successful. I want him to do well, but good lord does he do everything he can to ruin things for himself. Hell, even that minecraft server he set up, the one where people donated money to him so they could wear hats (and to support him, sure), is whitelisted and you can't get into it without a mod or admin letting you in. You actually have to know a guy who knows a guy just to go play minecraft and not even with Rob, just on the server. He tweeted some nonsense about closing the server that his minecraft stuff is on. This is how he did it, apparently: https://twitter.com/urealms/status/956345601557450752
Like... all he had to do was say, "We're shutting down the server at the end of the year. Thank you for playing on it, I appreciate your support." Instead, he gets spiteful towards people and bitter. Just, damn, man...
Wow that's super shitty, just as I thought he was turning over a new leaf with paying back all his backers he does something like that. I just don't get it, like I can tell he's not a bad guy but just someone who is completely unprepared to handle being even remotely internet famous, but after over a decade it seems baffling that he hasn't either gotten tougher skin or realized this isn't for him. There's no shame in not being able to handle internet fame and he's not the first or alone in that but it becomes hard to defend when he lashes out at people.
I guess I had hoped that all these failures would have humbled him a bit and made him appreciate the people who genuinely enjoy what he does online, but if he can't handle that he probably should just walk away and find something he's more capable of dealing with.
I guess I had hoped that all these failures would have humbled him a bit and made him appreciate the people who genuinely enjoy what he does online, but if he can't handle that he probably should just walk away and find something he's more capable of dealing with.
To be fair, Rob's only employable skill is that he's naturally funny. What the fuck else could he do besides making internet videos? He's a 30 something year old who's never had a job (besides working at The Escapist), and never went to college. If he does go back to college, he'd have to explain in a job interview why he's in his 40's and never had a job.
So, speaking of The Escapist, that website's pretty close to dead. I still go there every week for Zero Punctuation, but there's literally nothing left besides that and the forum. I occasionally randomly click on a thread, and it seems kinda reminiscent of what it was like when Rob shut down his forumbecause of me.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.1041677-Im-going-to-miss-you-people-when-the-Escapist-shuts-down
So, speaking of The Escapist, that website's pretty close to dead. I still go there every week for Zero Punctuation, but there's literally nothing left besides that and the forum. I occasionally randomly click on a thread, and it seems kinda reminiscent of what it was like when Rob shut down his forum
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.1041677-Im-going-to-miss-you-people-when-the-Escapist-shuts-down
This 2018 Forum Award for Dramatic Understatement goes to...
Rob's biggest problem is that he is completely and utterly unable to separate business from emotion.
Like every major decision I've ever seen him make regarding his content or the forums has been heavily influenced by whatever the fuck he happened to be feeling in that particular moment (usually anger), and as a result he comes across as petty, childish douchebag.
tbh I'm surprised Kitten didn't divorce him sooner.
Like every major decision I've ever seen him make regarding his content or the forums has been heavily influenced by whatever the fuck he happened to be feeling in that particular moment (usually anger), and as a result he comes across as petty, childish douchebag.
tbh I'm surprised Kitten didn't divorce him sooner.
rob's biggest problem is that he has an IQ of 90
I actually don't think it's that, he's not a dumb guy but like shadow said he's horrible at handling his emotions. Like he gets a huge ego boost from being D-List internet famous which he feeds off of but that ego is so fragile that even the tiniest bit of criticism sends him off the deep end. Which I totally get, I don't think I would be able to handle that type of attention much better which is why I would never go for it.
I liked it as well until I needed to go to work and there was no quit without saving option. Now I have to go to the other save scumming extreme.
If you're active there and have people you don't want to lose contact with, maybe you could let them know about Mach and tell them they can join us here? I don't know how likely anyone would be to take you up on that offer and I know The Escapist itself is why people use that forum at all, but I figured I'd make the suggestion. People on the Escapist forum (at least back when I used to look through and occasionally comment on things) fit to our brand of
Obviously not saying go make some sort of big announcement thread and tell people to migrate here, we wouldn't be able to satisfy their need for what the Escapist does, of course, but if there's a handful of people you'd like to keep around in a forum setting, I suppose it couldn't hurt to ask, right? Plus it would be nice to have more faces here and possibly people who used to watch URealms on there. We'd have something in common *shrug*
I've never actually posted on there, I just lurk like a bitch. In fact, I don't even have an account, I just read random threads that catch my eye or the comments to the ZP videos. But considering you at least have an account there, maybe you ought to consider doing what you suggested.
I could certainly see it working out. Our communities do have a bit of overlap because of URealms. We've successfully merged ourselves with another community in the past, although we kinda slaughtered most of the people who were already living here.
I'm curious, though, if @RECONmaster even wants to expand the community. I'm not really sure what his motivation to keep this site up is considering how rarely he posts. Does he want a tightly knit but small number of active users? Does he have ambitions for a growing community? Does he just not want us to get sad when he pulls the plug on the server?
I could certainly see it working out. Our communities do have a bit of overlap because of URealms. We've successfully merged ourselves with another community in the past, although we kinda slaughtered most of the people who were already living here.
I'm curious, though, if @RECONmaster even wants to expand the community. I'm not really sure what his motivation to keep this site up is considering how rarely he posts. Does he want a tightly knit but small number of active users? Does he have ambitions for a growing community? Does he just not want us to get sad when he pulls the plug on the server?
I haven't actually visited the Escapist in earnest in years, so it wouldn't really mean much for me to let people know about Mach. I also never really made any connections with anyone, so yeah. It's a shame what's happening to the site though, it doesn't deserve to go down like that.
And yeah, I'm curious about all of that other stuff too.
And yeah, I'm curious about all of that other stuff too.
Rewinding things for a sec:
@AndyM03 I totally agree on Lady Bird. Way overhyped. A near-perfectly executed coming of age film set in the early 2000's in Sacramento (it helps if you've been there), buuuuut it's not that impressive to have perfect execution when your scope is incredibly small and simple. Wasn't doing anything new or interesting at all.
Also the mom is verbally abusive and that's never properly reckoned with. Sure, there's a nice message about how it's possible to have positive interactions within a dysfunctional parent-child relationship, but I don't like that the film gave her a pass on one of the most destructive things you can do to your kids.
@AndyM03 I totally agree on Lady Bird. Way overhyped. A near-perfectly executed coming of age film set in the early 2000's in Sacramento (it helps if you've been there), buuuuut it's not that impressive to have perfect execution when your scope is incredibly small and simple. Wasn't doing anything new or interesting at all.
Also the mom is verbally abusive and that's never properly reckoned with. Sure, there's a nice message about how it's possible to have positive interactions within a dysfunctional parent-child relationship, but I don't like that the film gave her a pass on one of the most destructive things you can do to your kids.
I can't comment on Ladybird, haven't watched it, but it also helps to quote his post, TC.
In case anyone is interested and hasn't seen it on the Discord chat, I'm very close to finalizing the system I wanna use for my Star Wars game set in The Old Republic. I've linked it a few times to get feedback and drum up attention since it seemed a fair few people were interested when we talked about it. It still has some work to be done on it before it's ready to go, but it's based on the Lasers & Feelings system, with a smattering of Star Wars style DnD (if you've played KOTOR or DnD at all, you'll feel comfortable with it). It's not super complicated and the game has (hopefully) been designed to be played using as few dice rolls as possible (I love simple games, the rule of cool is the best rule, imo).
If you'd like to play or at least would be willing to look at the google docs I have for it and give me feedback, I would greatly appreciate it. Here's the link, it has a clean sheet in it for you to use, an example of a starter character, as well as the main game document.
In case anyone is interested and hasn't seen it on the Discord chat, I'm very close to finalizing the system I wanna use for my Star Wars game set in The Old Republic. I've linked it a few times to get feedback and drum up attention since it seemed a fair few people were interested when we talked about it. It still has some work to be done on it before it's ready to go, but it's based on the Lasers & Feelings system, with a smattering of Star Wars style DnD (if you've played KOTOR or DnD at all, you'll feel comfortable with it). It's not super complicated and the game has (hopefully) been designed to be played using as few dice rolls as possible (I love simple games, the rule of cool is the best rule, imo).
If you'd like to play or at least would be willing to look at the google docs I have for it and give me feedback, I would greatly appreciate it. Here's the link, it has a clean sheet in it for you to use, an example of a starter character, as well as the main game document.
Yeh, but when I'm using my phone I throw all forum etiquette out the window so I can finish my post within the acceptable time range of taking a dump.
You need to take longer shits my dude, nothing quite like the solitude of sitting on your porcelain throne.
But like...Blooky has to pee every 10 minutes.
That, and adult life has me busy enough nowadays that taking a long poop is kind of a luxury. Like, there are only a few days a week where I can extend a poo just for fun.