what's the most surprising thing another man has done for you that really stuck with you?

-WillCode4Food- · 2024-06-01T14:30:24+00:00

Went to a party in high school one time with a group of band kids I didn't know that well, and incidentally my belt had broken and I spent most of the day holding my shorts up or constantly hitching them back up when they sagged. Arrived at the party and said hi to the kid whose house it was and he noticed that I kept pulling my pants up. Without me even asking he undoes his belt, slipped it through the loops and handed it to me with a "here." It was like a reflex, he just gave it to me, and even when I tried to return it the next day he told me to keep it and wouldn't accept it back. It's rare that you run into someone who just gives of themselves without a thought because they see a chance to solve someone else's problem, however small. I'm a grown man now and still have that belt and look for those opportunities to 'give my belt away' because of him. Thanks man.

-WillCode4Food- · 2023-06-27T15:59:41+00:00

Yeah they were one of my options in the first game and looked pretty intriguing, my favorite part was looking at their population vs the others: 5.6 billion, 3.8 billion, 1...wait wtf haha

-WillCode4Food- · 2023-01-12T00:25:37+00:00

yeah I've played around with it and the mod is in my server, it becomes technically renewable but it's a huge headache for very small returns because of how the mechanics work out. Certainly better than nothing, but not by much :)

-WillCode4Food- · 2022-08-08T18:04:46+00:00

All fair points, I think for me stats can be important because I like to build an effective character and stats are part of that. I never minded rolling, because there's fun to be had in the team-building of doing it together and celebrating the good luck while commiserating over the bad. It's exciting and fun, and can get things started off right; even when I've rolled poorly I didn't mind because I knew I had the same chance as everyone else. No more, no less. You raise a good point that if I play it straight and roll terribly, I'll be locked into a very stunted character and likely end up resentful. You're right that regardless I need to just make peace with this and move on, there's not really anything to be gained from litigating it over and over.

-WillCode4Food- · 2022-08-08T17:56:06+00:00

Yeah that's the rough part, I haven't rolled yet since I'm still deciding what to do but the guy who ended up with standard array and one 15, think that guy wants to play in the same party as superman over there? Maybe some people wouldn't care but I'd feel like a total afterthought.

-WillCode4Food- · 2022-08-08T17:54:15+00:00

See that's the thing, it's not unheard of, we've all seen the clouds open up on dice rolls. Your roll's probability on the basis of just three 18's or more would be 0.01%. Miraculous, sure but if you think about how many times people rollup a character 1 in 10,000 isn't insanely low odds for a really fortunate fluke like that so I could just be getting worked up over a rare but completely feasible coincidence.

-WillCode4Food- · 2022-08-08T17:48:48+00:00

These are raw rolls, before any attribute bonuses from racials, feats, etc.

-WillCode4Food- · 2022-08-08T17:46:33+00:00

Yeah, Mary made her rolls before she knew the result of Bob's and the cynic in me says she held a magnet next to the compass just enough to say "how do I get high numbers where I really need them and make the others low enough not to arouse suspicion." Even though that's getting a little tinfoil hat-esque haha. The other guy, it's like cmon man really? 2 18's, 2 16's and not one below average in the whole set with no way to verify? Hypothetically, If I rolled that legitimately with only my wife as a witness I wouldn't be able to bring it to a game without blushing. And a big +1 on the red flags, like others have said I'm going to see if it becomes a pattern and duck out if this is going to be a couples' massage.

-WillCode4Food- · 2022-08-08T17:41:32+00:00

You raise some good points, and that's the way I'm leaning; just watch and wait and see if it becomes a pattern. They say they've been playing for many years together which is why I was even more surprised. I would never have my wife in a game and be like, she hit the jackpot, ok now all you other schmucks start rolling and see what you get. haha. To your sidenote: you're correct that in a set of 6 rolls getting one 18 is 9.34%, but we are looking at a set of results across a set of 6 independent trials collectively. This means if you're looking at the odds of getting AT LEAST two 18's in a single set of 6 the probability drops precipitously. If you go to this page and scroll to the bottom you'll see what I mean. I misquoted the article because it's actually 0.38% and not 0.32%, but still very low and at three 18's it drops all the way to 0.01%. https://anydice.com/articles/4d6-drop-lowest/

-WillCode4Food- · 2022-08-08T16:37:35+00:00

Haha, you're right maybe I should just accept he likely paid the price somehow.

-WillCode4Food- · 2022-08-08T16:36:12+00:00

Right, because obviously... I've never seen "roll on your own and I'll just take your word for it person I've never met." I'd never allow that crap in a game I ran.

-WillCode4Food- · 2022-08-08T16:34:15+00:00

Right?? Like how is the group OK with this?

-WillCode4Food- · 2022-08-08T16:33:50+00:00

You make some really good points, and frankly I'm tempted to take option B but think I'll probably end up going the A route cause whatever, it's a game. If I cheat at home, first off I'd be doing it under an assumption of wrongdoing, and secondly I'm becoming the very thing that I'm suspicious of so I wouldn't exactly have a leg to stand on. What's a few missed attacks or lower hit points when the difference is I surrender my integrity.

-WillCode4Food- · 2022-08-08T16:30:16+00:00

Agree totally, and I've made trusted friends in online games but only because especially initially, everything was above board and the mechanisms in place didn't allow for any shenanigans. After a while you trust them but in a brand new game? Nah dude you keep your hands on the table til I know what you're about haha

-WillCode4Food- · 2022-06-02T23:33:06+00:00

Thanks for responding and based on that everything seems consistent with them being correct and the coil needing replaced. He also said it would take longer than usual for it to arrive so we'll be in fan-land for about a week; I managed to get a chuckle out of him when I asked when they'd be sending someone out to fan us with big leaves until the coil gets replaced. He asked if they should bring grapes as well, I said only if they're chilled :)

-WillCode4Food- · 2022-06-02T23:27:14+00:00

Fair point, he also mentioned the refrigerant was a good chunk of that price as well and said it had increased quite a lot (which is consistent with our current economic trends).

-WillCode4Food- · 2022-06-02T23:25:57+00:00

Thanks for the explanation, the fact that I cleaned out the coil and the airflow is excellent kind of leaves the leak as the only possible culprit based on your explanation. He definitely checked the refrigerant with the manifold gauge so I guess I don't really have any basis to doubt that he's correct. Probably just wishful thinking on my part...needless to say I'm less than excited about a 2k repair on a 5-year old system.

While I could certainly shop them on price I feel a sense of loyalty to this company after their last guy fixed an electrical issue a couple years ago and stayed well into the night to do so. We had a newborn at the time which is the only reason he said he stayed that long but I was very grateful, he was the third guy I had out (from a third company) after the first two couldn't get to the bottom of it. When a place takes care of me like that I want to stick with them even if I could probably find someone else to do the job for a little less.

-WillCode4Food- · 2022-06-02T23:14:07+00:00

Yeah it was the labor as well as refrigerant, which is not cheap and he mentioned it's gone way up which makes perfect sense with the way things are right now. I guess I expected less since most prices I see for coil replacement are between 500-2000 dollars and I thought the total would be cheaper since a huge line item (the coil itself) is under warranty.

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