there you go :)

huzzah!

I'm honestly surprised that less people use the chat feature

@GPierce I don't know, I figure RP would be a more populous caht

@waxeagle Agreed

I'm surprised there are not any rough play by chats up

@GPierce there is the back room. BBS hosts games from time to time in there

If your friend is on SE (or is willing to go find 20 rep) we could play some of our pbW game in a SE chat

@GPierce Did you see the the AW author showed up and commented?

@TheOracle sounds/sound tracks are a can of worms in my mind...

@waxeagle Yes, I did, I thought it was awesome!

@waxeagle This... almost seems like a rehashing of that question. I agree with BBS that we need to be consistent with these Qs. If one sound question is OT, then all are.

@GPierce me too. Its really really cool to see authors show up and answer questions about their own systems

it also seems I drooled a bit and made a terrible pun...

@waxeagle I'll try to convince him to join. He doesn't care for forums, so hopefully this will meet that criteria for him

@waxeagle Wha??

@GPierce (site instead of sight)

@waxeagle Also great publicity, potentially!

@GPierce exactly, they can say "hey they give good answers to question about my game over there" and we can say hey this guy cares enough to show up here every once in a while. Its a good solid two way street

@waxeagle Exactly. I want to give AW a shot simply because of that. (Ok, maybe an exaggeration, but there is a kernel of truth in that I'd be more open to play new systems if I got to talk with the designer.)

@GPierce exactly. AW might be a bit gritty for me, but its made way more interesting by the fact that the designer cared enough to answer the question himself

@TheOracle I think I'm going to have to VtC this Q, simply based on precedence and for consistency's sake.

@GPierce its not necessarily the same as Sard's q. partly because its far narrower. Still incredibly broad, but at least its narrower

Mxy's reasoning of it not being a real question or devolving into a list is true for this one as well..

@waxeagle I agree it is more focused, but it still broad and will, if left unattended, turn into a list

@GPierce agreed

@waxeagle Someone just needs to make a fantasy sounds soundboard and be done with it. I honestly think that is the best bet for Sard's Q. You can make your own soundboards online quite easily.

@GPierce true. That would be a solid answer for his question. After they make a real fantasy one. i want an OotS one :)

@waxeagle haha nerd

@waxeagle A cheesy 60's Batman soundboard would be awesome for gaming.

@GPierce only a bit. Its kind of the defacto ref for our group. Almost all of us have read it and the ones who haven't are quickly being pressured into it

"I hit the Orc with my sword (rolls a nat 16, hits) I do 13 damage" "Biff! Pow!"

@GPierce that would be incredible....possibly even with a small screen that flashed the words...

@waxeagle That's when you need an IPad...

Which are apparently pretty awesome gaming tools (and the only reason I've considered buying one..)

@GPierce they sound like it. between iplay4e. PDF gaming books and other things, they almost make the fact that its made by apple worth it...

@waxeagle Yeah, that's the killing point for me, Apple product. Well, and the price. I do really like both the Android and the Samsung tablets, though.

It'll be really interesting to see where tablet tech goes in the next 5 years. If textbook sales are any indication, a lot of pdf textbooks are being sold. I genuinely think that tablets are the future of general computing.

@GPierce yeah I haven't had chance to get hands on with any of them. When I am looking at replacing my netbook I will probably look at a droid tablet (or chrome os if its out by then). They look like they will pretty much make netbooks null and void

@GPierce unless the figure out a decent keyboard for them i will still stick with a real PC as my primary machine. However, for reading a text book or something like that those are going to be really nice. Especially if they interactivity with them

@waxeagle I am considering getting one, but probably won't. Once again, price is a factor and I could buy a laptop for the same price.

@waxeagle Exactly. I don't mind touchscreens, provided they are actually responsive.

When I think of tablet pcs I cannot help but think of Star Trek.

@GPierce yeah if you can get a full featured laptop why buy a stripped down tablet, even if its cool

@waxeagle Wow, I love the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

I'm a Samsung fanboy, to be fair though

(and it's an Android tablet)

@GPierce thats cool. I will have to check that out. I hate my samsung glyde phone...

but it was kinda of first gen touch screen tech

its 3 or 4 years old and its touch screen is really buggy now

@waxeagle I have a first gen Samsung touch screen phone.. it was cool when I got it, but it definitely doesn't hold a candle to touch screen tech now

@GPierce mine was awesome. but yeah, touch screen tech now is incredible. I've handled a couple of iphones and good grief...hopefully getting a droid phone fairly soon. just need to convince the wife its a neccesity

@waxeagle Fiancee and I are considering switching from AT&T to Verizon so I can get my Droid and she can get another IPhone (this time the 4)

@GPierce we have been with V forever. fairly happy with coverage. I haven't tried a smart phone through them yet

@waxeagle I've had ATT since 2004, no real complaints. Network can be crap sometimes, but that's true with any wireless provider.

I personally prefer V's phone selection over ATT's

@GPierce it does tend to be really nice, in particular in the smart phone arena

@waxeagle ATT really lost the advantage over Verizon when the IPhone opened up to the Verizon market.

@GPierce too true.

@waxeagle Prior to that I'd say they were winning the provider wars. Now? Not so much, especially since Droid is Verizon-exclusive

@waxeagle @BrianBallsunStanton Started a new wave for group character creation

I need to find 1 more player and we are golden

@GPierce good deal. i will check that out.

@GPierce yeah probably. Although I think Verizon's 3g campaign really hit them where it hurt.

@GPierce good deal

wonders why google didn't notify him of a new wave

@waxeagle Because it's the debil

@GPierce somehow a company whose motto used to be "don't be evil" has become evil incarnate...its odd

@waxeagle Haha, I have no real problem with Google. Thank you for the free and awesome email and other stuff.

@GPierce I don't have a real problem with their services, which I take full advantage of. But their business practices of late are problematic

or at least potentially so

@waxeagle I just pretend all is well in the Land of Oz

@GPierce pretty much same here, except then I listen to way to much NPR and my world crashes..

ok, time to go home

@waxeagle Woooo, freedom! Have a good one, man

Good explanation

@CRoss For on topic questions?

@GPierce yes ... I think there is a little flexibility, but it describes the sweet spot well

If that's the case, some minor revision especially for RPGs would be needed. But I think that as-is it does illustrate a point.

@CRoss Did you see the new sound question?

@GPierce yes ...

@CRoss Less broad... but still broad. I'm sure Sard will whine if his question is closed and this one isn't...

@GPierce do you think it should be closed?

@CRoss The sound questions are a weird gray area at best, in my opinion. I really feel like they are too broad and that a simple google search would provide what they are looking for. I also think they can/will quickly devolve into lists.

...

@CRoss That said, I do tend to sympathize with them being closed for being off-topic more than them being on-topic.

@GPierce is that the problem here? everyone goes "oh I feel bad this got closed?"

@CRoss I don't feel bad if a bad question gets closed. Heck, if one of my questions got closed I'd realize it probably was poorly worded, not on topic, or just plain bad.

shrugs

In the nice circle chart thing you posted, I think the sound questions fall in the "just you" category

@CRoss I see you closed it. I think that was the right call, at the very least it shows some sort of consistency in closing of sound-based questions

@GPierce If I'm going to be the cruel mod, I might as well be the cruel mod ...

@CRoss Yeah, you are so cruel

@CRoss I mean, closing questions other people have VtC'd? How dare you??

@GPierce nope, no one else VtC those questions

@CRoss Fine, fine. Reopen then and I'll VtC so you can close 'em again. :P

In the future I'll be more liberal with my VtC

(provided of course I have a legit reason to VtC)

@CRoss In staying with consistency, I VtC'd the fantasy images question as it really varies only in medium presented from the sounds questions

@CRoss If you VtC a question, it gets closed and then reopened, can you not VtC the newly edited/opened question?

@GPierce not sure

mornin.

@BrianBallsunStanton Evenin'

@BrianBallsunStanton I've wrangled a feral kitten today. Big plans for your day?

packing

@BrianBallsunStanton Ah, yes, that sucks! At least you've got somewhere cool to look forward to.

meh