What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[Fragems]

QUICK!!! Name a game where your character has to go to a laundromat.

Indigo Prophecy. Plus I'm sure Shenmue I or II had at least one if not more .

[REPO Man]

I actually have no issue about doing laundry. I also prefer it to washing all the dishes (ironically, washing dishes is all I get asked to do, aside from taking out the trash, which in a house with currently 4 adults and up to 3 kids, not to mention a few pets, fills up quickly and that's saying something since it's a 39 gallon can and uses lawn and leaf bags). But because my brother and sister-in-law don't really do the laundry (or just don't do it enough since there's NEVER a moment where there isn't about 3-5 loads worth of dirty laundry) and don't like me doing it for them (since I don't fold them and ignoring it for the most part means doing less work than when I do it and don't fold it). That's why I always take my laundry over to my uncle's house since his girlfriend doesn't mind and doesn't ask for anything in return (since she knows I only ask her to do it since she knows how my brother and sister-in-law are).

And to add insult to injury, they hardly every take out the trash AND hardly ever wash the dishes.

Let's just say that if I ran this household then maybe it wouldn't be such a shithole.

[KalessinDB]

So tonight was my bi-weekly Ravenloft game. For those of you who haven't played the setting, it's the token "Dark, Gothic" framework for Dungeons & Dragons. We completely do not play it that way. Party is comprised of a Cleric, a Bard, a Fighter/Rogue multiclass, and a Cleric (me).

So we're breaking into a bank, past a variety of spiraling hallways each with their own doom -- first, a room full of bees (long running gag that the DM decided to make happen), then a hallway dripping acid, one that's unnaturally bone-chillingly cold, one that rolls boulders at us, one that's full of fire, one that's magnetized (we carry lots of metal weapons and I at least am in full plate armor with a shield), until finally we get to a hallway full of spikes. And we're able to sit here for a bit and try to figure out how to get past the spikes -- some of the previous ones we had figured our way through to minimize the damage (the acid-dropping one, we grabbed some doors and held them up over us like umbrellas), others we just said "fuck it!" and ran (the fire hallway).

We do not do so good in figuring things out. Mainly because we had to leave the doors behind a while back, and didn't want to run through all of the damaging hallways to get them. Which is a shame because we thought having something to step on would really be useful. So I just kinda pointed out that I have the ability to bring people back to life, and all it takes us is a few hundred gold worth of diamonds (which is not much to us at this level). By that theory, we could just throw the druid on the spikes, myself and the fighter/rogue could jump on his back (we're brothers), then we do the same with the bard, then lather rinse repeat, one after the other. When they die, just use their corpse, resurrect them at the end of the tunnel. Riotous laughter ensues from the party, as this is obviously a ridiculous suggestion -- I'm not outright evil, nor would the two platforms be entirely okay with this (plus it would take 2 very high level spells, and I only get to cast 2 of that level a day)

I then noticed that I have a cantrip (very low level spell, that I get infinite casts of) which takes a dying character and automatically stabilizes them. Combine that with the bard's low-level spell of "characters automatically get 1 hit point back a round" and if we were slow enough, we wouldn't even have to kill the other two! They would just be screaming in agony the whole time as we're trampling their faces into the six inch spikes!

Yeah... it was good times.

[Golgo 14]

They tell me their parrot loves to... FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Goodness.

[Erik_Twice]

I'm not outright evil

I would have changed your alignment instantly after the spike thing.

Hilarious anecdote, I wish I had people to roleplay with.

[TSTR]

They tell me their parrot loves to... FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Goodness.

dirty bird

[Luke]

Frown: Going to have to start wearing socks on my hands before bed time, again.

For some reason I scratch my face like mad in my sleep.


Smile: I got an invitation to give a lecture on on-line marketing at my University.

Public speaking...some love it, others hate it. I love it.

[Jagosaurus]

Agreed, Comcast TV is way overpriced. I have them for data & they threw in free HBO & local channels. Great speeds (105 mbps) at a great price.

We'll disagree on Dish. When did you have them? Seems they really stepped up their game recently.

I have amazing picture, 120+ channels, 3TB HDD DVR, built in Sling Box for remote viewing/mirroring, ability to download recorded programs to external devices and watch off line, ability to add external HDDs to DVR if I use all 3TB onboard... all for ~35% less than Direct TV. My install was great & customer service has been awesome.

Best TV service I've ever had (my fourth provider over the years).

My FiOS internet is spectacular compared to Comcast, which in my area has a 250GB hard data limit per month. I'm predominantly using YouTube, Steam, NetFlix, and Plex over the internet, this just isn't an option. Especially not when games are becoming 50GB each, or streaming a season of one HD show over the course of a month is 25GB.

Dish Network was OK when I got it, they were flaky sometimes, but in my specific area, they've had repeated disputes with local affiliates. They're currently in one with KATU. Which means no ABC ... again. Just no. I'm not playing that game.

There's other issues with satellite that I don't feel like dealing with again, too.

Ahh got it. Luckily my Comcast "basic TV box" with all live HBOs & HBO On Demand (Go) is TV over coax so streaming HBO seasons doesn't impact my bandwidth. No data cap on my internet package. They threw in that box & HBO for free. Nice compliment to my 120+ Dish package.

To be fair, my parents had the same issues with Direct TV, missing local channels on & off for years. My Dish service has only acted up 3-4 times in the past 13 months due to storms. My Comcast Cable TV acted up much more at random.

... man, internet & how we consume media at home has changed & is often cheaper due to competition. Good time to be an entertainment nut, which none of us here are

[Cronozilla]

Lately in most areas, it would appear that many competitors are colluding with one another. If you see how Comcast and Century Link have carved up Oregon and Washington you'll see what I'm talking about.

[marurun]

Frown: Going to have to start wearing socks on my hands before bed time, again.

For some reason I scratch my face like mad in my sleep.

Get some of those cheap, thin, cotton archives gloves. They don't feel like much but you can still use yer finnies.