I didn't realize they would populate the games. Yesterday my roommate and my friend in Chicago were tossing me hula hoops. It was bizarre. Now I can't decide if I want to make all my friends or delete them all.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.
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Laga - Feb 19, 2009 8:28:28 am PST #1657 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Liese S. - Feb 19, 2009 8:52:21 am PST #1658 of 26133
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
We also made our dog.
When he hops up and down in the background at the bowling alley...it is to laugh!
Laga - Feb 19, 2009 9:53:20 am PST #1659 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
You can make pets? ooh! how did I miss this feature?
Liese S. - Feb 19, 2009 9:59:23 am PST #1660 of 26133
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hee. No, you can't. We just made a person that looks as much as possible like our dog.
Yeah, it's stupid. But fun!
Laga - Feb 19, 2009 10:05:34 am PST #1661 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
hee! I love it.
Kalshane - Feb 19, 2009 6:29:36 pm PST #1662 of 26133
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Is it weird to make miis of people you know?
My friends and I have a long tradition of making each other (as well as each other's memorable table-top RPG characters) in any games with create-a-character features. It used be assorted wrestling games, but lately it's been the Soul Calibur series.
So I'd say no.
Of course, considering I make people I know into characters and have them fight each other, I'm probably not the best judge of such things.
Laga - Feb 19, 2009 6:42:57 pm PST #1663 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I've gone crazy and have started making my exes and giving them snarky names (e.g. Rain Cloud) but I cannot recall the hair of a guy I dated in high school. I know I ran my fingers through it but I can't remember it at all. Other parts of him are quite clear- I have utterly lost his hair. Oh well, I know it was short and brown.
Volans - Feb 20, 2009 10:07:41 am PST #1664 of 26133
move out and draw fire
I have to say that I'm kind of surprised that all my friends on Xbox have avatars that more or less look like themselves. Well, Sox may be the one exception, but even she's not too far off. Not a tall male monster or anything.
ETA: (Hi Sox!)
Even Mal recognizes our friends by their (incredibly mii-looking) Xbox avs "Hey Mom, there's Michael! He's sleeping!"
hippocampus - Feb 23, 2009 8:30:46 am PST #1665 of 26133
not your mom's socks.
Yeah I'm struck by how mii the xbox avs are. And my mii is a mii of Sox's past. though tall male monster is le tempting.
I've been in or around a couple discussions lately about 'personal avatars' vs. 'rp avatars' - ie ones that represent you (on wii, xbox, etc.) vs the characters you may play. To me, this doesn't seem so different from playing a board game in character but arguing about something else when you get up to get drinks. But it seems to skeeve others.
Any thoughts are welcome.
amych - Feb 23, 2009 8:37:27 am PST #1666 of 26133
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I don't get the source of skeeve -- is it that there's something deceptive about an RP av? Or that there's something too personal and uncanny-valley about a self-like one? I guess I can see either side, but neither one to the point of actual upset.
PS: everyone please respond prolifically, as I'm off to a very boring meeting!
PPS: My avs are mostly female and they all mustmustmust wear glasses, but other than that they're not especially me.