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12:05 AM

Spam in the stack! - Don't downvote, just flag.

@SevenSidedDie I asked my fellow con-makers for d8 in the end and some seem very concerned with the players losing them, suggesting using more d10 instead. Which I don't have. >_>

BESW

@Zachiel BAM.

trogdor

lol

stupid spam

Zachiel

I needed that BAM. I come from a lenghty, manual-less discussion about ranged characters being able to benefit from combat advantage at all (probably based on people remembering pretty well that they can't get CA from flanking and taking that as an absolute truth, which would be logical since artillery risks less).

BESW

@Zachiel [groan]

Zachiel

Heh

trogdor

12:53 AM

@BESW oh, I finished friendship is optimal

BESW

@trogdor That was fast.

trogdor

It was a combination of interesting and creepy

it isn't as long as like, a real book

BESW

And there's the Optimalverse if you want more.

trogdor

I am having an actual epic battle with War and Peace right now

mostly I am not fond of the fact that there are 500 characters being switched between, and I am only like 15-20% done

and more keep showing up

I think I know now why it was a punchline in cartoon jokes about someone taking too long to do something XD

@BESW what is that exactly? just more fimfiction of that universe?

BESW

@trogdor Yeah, fanfics by other people inspired by the original fanfic.

trogdor

12:57 AM

ah ok I see

on the one hand, I would love to see someone else's take on that story, or setting

BESW

@trogdor One way to read it is as a thesis about the relationship between individuals and history.

trogdor

@BESW this is kinda the approach I am taking

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trogdor

if Tolstoy expects me to memorize each character and his/her individual personality he is doing it wrong, not that I think that is automatically his goal

still, it is an interesting read if you can get beyond that one main criticism

BESW

Another thing to remember is that War & Peace was originally a serial story, published chapter by chapter over a long time.

So readers would have time to digest each bit and really get familiar with it, before moving on to the next.

trogdor

1:01 AM

ah

my mom loved it when she read it, I am not sure I could ever say that about a book like this, but I could still probably say I liked it a little

anyway,... friendship is optimal went in a few directions I didn't expect,... some were good, some ok, and some I would probably take a certain amount of issue with.

without mentioning what any of those things are because spoilers

in some ways it was just a lot weirder than I thought it would be

trogdor

1:22 AM

in short with no spoilers I would personally rate it as a mixed bag

some things I didn't like, I am sure at least some other people wouldn't like, others might be just certain pet peeves I have that are not necessarily widely shared

and it wasn't all bad by any means, it was entertaining and interesting if you can ignore the things that you don't personally like about it, unless you just like the whole thing which is everyone's perogative on a case by case basis really

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