@beecycling Do not chase your dreams. Humans are persistence predators. Walk behind your dreams at a pace that allows you to easily track them, and pounce on them when they eventually fall down, too exhausted to elude you any more.
Look, we're sorry, but #Violet is just too darn photogenic for us NOT to constantly toot pictures of her. #DogsOfMastodon
Remember to share positive posts, memes, etc. about open source things you use and like. A simple “I like this” or “thanks for working on this” can go a long way!
Happy people carry on using things quietly while negativity gets shared, memed, and shoved in front of folks who work on your favorite projects. One negative comment too often outweighs ten positive ones, because human brains are dumb.
Spread positivity, save someone from burnout.
Gonna delete my Facebook today. How many "Are you sure?" and "Smoove B will do whatever is necessary to win back your love" bargaining screens do you think I'll have to click through?
If there's time left in session 0 after character generation, I plan to put the party through The World's Shortest Dungeon Crawl[tm]. #ttrpg #SavageWorlds
In a disaster, communication will be extremely challenging. Volunteers are needed to staff Portland, Oregon's Basic Earthquake Emergency Communications Nodes (BEECNs):
In Eris Beta-V (a setting book for The Last Parsec), a character is described on p. 78 as "balding and milquetoast". On p. 95, the entry for the same character says he "has black hair and a beard", and has the edges Attractive, Charismatic, Command, Inspire, and Strong-Willed. Look, I recognize that I'm going to have to improvise when the party throws the plot out the window five minutes into the first sessions, but at least give me something consistent to work with!
the big draw of factorio is not that it's a giant spaghetti pile of technical debt of your own making... it's that you can spend an hour of intense work FIXING that technical debt. that's the unrealistic fantasy this game is providing
There are two hummingbirds in our back yard. We're hoping they'll make a nest in the hummingbird house. Maybe we should install some tiny speakers to play Chipmunks covers of Barry White songs.
I tried the fan-run site for playing Android: Netrunner online:
It took us a few minutes to figure out how to pick a default deck (you have to set the game mode to "Casual" when you create the game), but the interface is generally quite good (at least for someone who already knows how to play).
Looking forward to running my first session of #SavageWorlds, I made a very basic cheat sheet.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ggSRHH4e3uogusw_koGMDZASjLBys7FN_lcN5NCUTv8/edit?usp=sharing
These are rules that players will internalize after a session or two, but I didn't want to overwhelm them with more detailed cheat sheets.
CS professor, game designer, and fire dancer ordinaire.