This is kinda ominous ngl
Gotta compliment him on his reflexes. No hesitation. Just described exactly what he was seeing, regardless of what it was.
me when i recommend something to someone and they end up not liking it
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For what it’s worth this might be the funniest joke I’ve ever made
SCP agents throwing me out of the building after I keep suggesting more and more detailed and intimate forms of restraint that they could use on me.
“Lmao why do they start talking like Sephiroth when they get angry”
Why don’t you? You should try it. It’s very liberating.
My friend blocked me because I wouldn’t stop sending him this picture
furtiveseal asked:
A while back you said in an ask that Operation Solstice Rain was probably the best starter module for Lancer, but that Shadow of the Wolf might be even better. Now that Shadow of the Wolf is out, do you have an opinion on which would be the better to get a completely new group started, or a general comparison to offer between the two?
(I'm not asking about IGF because I'm looking for something short to test the waters with a new group and probably don't want to commit to a full LL0-5 just yet)
In personal terms, I’d say Shadow of the Wolf is definitely my favourite of the two, but I’m not going to say something so broad and universal as “it’s the best starting module for Lancer.” It’s the module I would choose if I were introducing people to Lancer (and, indeed, I’m currently running it for a bunch of new players), but it all depends on what you want.
Shadow of the Wolf is very character-focused and leans heavily into the deep lore of Lancer, which is good if you want a roleplay-heavy adventure with lots of memorable characters and an interesting setting. However, your players really do need to be heavily invested in the elevator pitch of Shadow of the Wolf to get the most out of it- you need to be interested in the idea of going to Neofeudal Mech University and you need to have a character who can interface with ideas of classism, elitism and entrenched hierarchical traditionalism.
Solstice Rain is certainly more roleplay-lite on its face - it’s military fiction played very straight. But it is certainly less daunting to make a character for; you don’t really need to understand very much of the setting’s lore. It’s made by Kai Tave, who’s a mastermind at Lancer design, so the battles are challenging, the exotic gear is well-tuned and everything just fits together very well. You can pick up Solstice Rain, roll basic LL0 characters and be fighting mechs inside of 20-30 minutes, and it does a great job of teaching players how the game works by making them experience it.
I honestly think people should buy both books, and offer both of them to their players. Kai and Kat both deserve your money.
A detail I find really interesting about Chell, GLaDOS, and Wheatley's first confrontation in Portal 2 is when Wheatley starts gloating about taking over the facility. "I did this! Tiny little Wheatley did this!"
And GLaDOS interjects like, "You didn't do this. She did all the work!"
I find that interjection fascinating because. Like.
GLaDOS doesn't actually know anything about what happened behind the scenes. She lost track of Chell and Wheatley after Wheatley opened up a wall panel and they bolted off together into the facility's inner workings. She doesn't see them again until Chell falls for her fake door trap, at which point GLaDOS is unpleasantly surprised to discover that Chell's disabled the turrets and neurotoxin in the meantime.
She has no evidentiary foundation to base that accusation on.
This is also before GLaDOS recognizes Wheatley as the Dumbass Core, so it's not based on an assessment of him.
The only explanation it leaves is that it's based on her assessment of Chell. Despite GLaDOS's enmity towards Chell, the one thing she rarely goes after Chell for is her intelligence.
When she does, it's an admission of her high standards for Chell; Like when the fake door trap works and GLaDOS concedes, "I didn't actually think that would work. I already built a much better, smarter trap up ahead for when this one fails." That's a backhanded insult. It's calling her dumb, but in a disappointed way rather than an affirming way.
Chell tests very well. Between the two games, GLaDOS has developed a strong understanding of Chell's aptitude for critical thinking and problem-solving in stressful situations.
And so she takes it on faith, just from what she knows of Chell, that Wheatley is stealing Chell's credit.
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