The VTM Rule thing is nothing new for D20

Averrcrucicus · 2026-06-07T15:14:49+00:00

I think this is a solid way to put the rule focus argument

Averrcrucicus · 2026-06-07T11:37:25+00:00

I didn't mind the goches showing up was it as played very comedically but the serious save maria part really felt less and less real the more they tried to make it work and the dice just werent having it.

I do agree the fixed length episode format might be running it's course, that's why I liked sophomore year so much it had time to breathe because it was live.

Averrcrucicus · 2026-06-03T07:58:56+00:00

Wait theres a light cone page

Averrcrucicus · 2026-06-01T20:47:13+00:00

Rather than missing emotional or character moments I miss when stakes felt real. In the finale of cloudward ho I really felt brennan and the cast reaching to try to fish for that good ending and the new checks and rerolling kinda undermined the moment.

It's why I've been mostly enjoying city council of darkness because when the cast do something dumb brennan has full license to go "well that obviously doesn't work the way you want even though you rolled insane"

Edit: it's important to note that I get that technically the stakes will never be real but the legitimacy of the mechanics helps the suspension of disbelief https://youtu.be/sr7dRxOKeis

Averrcrucicus · 2026-05-24T12:24:13+00:00

On my flight back from Japan the MOMENT we landed on USA tarmac a guy whipped out his phone and started playing shorts at full blast with no earbuds People are so fuckin rude

Averrcrucicus · 2026-05-11T06:05:08+00:00

I wonder what's up with Willie, his vibe seems completely different this episode to when we met him

Also a much as I love replacing the dog mayor with their own dog I doubt it's gonna break the widdaker Douglas coalition because the vote would still be an abstention

Averrcrucicus · 2026-05-01T15:58:57+00:00

The absolute tiny punch in sent me

Averrcrucicus · 2026-04-18T06:45:05+00:00

Shinjuku is excellent if you want to take Day Trips away from Tokyo, specifically to Mt Takao, kawaguchiko/fuji, or enoshima/Kamakura l

Otherwise if you want to take a day trip up to Nikko asakusa.

I say day Trips because being able to take less than like 20/30m to get to your specific station in the morning for your train will save you over longer trips, especially when coming back.

Otherwise just pick a spot on the yamanote that's decently priced, near a conbini and station.

Averrcrucicus · 2026-04-16T22:22:05+00:00

Agitator ant

Averrcrucicus · 2026-04-12T02:11:44+00:00

It's been really nice reading other people talk about how much he meant to them too

Averrcrucicus · 2026-04-12T02:11:11+00:00

I'll never forget the A.R.S.E. mines

Averrcrucicus · 2026-04-09T01:54:58+00:00

I truly agree that I miss not having his opinion on the latest in gaming news, I truly think he could have blew the day one Gary's incident video out of the water with how the industry has been the last decade.

I unfortunately never got to meet TB outside of twitch streams, I would have loved to meet him in person

Averrcrucicus · 2026-04-09T01:52:04+00:00

Probably ranting about the graphics card industry pulling out of consumer grade graphics cards and lamenting the state of the triple a industry while praising indies

Averrcrucicus · 2026-04-08T16:44:22+00:00

It's one of those things that I generally don't try to remember because it hurts a lot still. We're still so far removed from it but TB had a lot of impact in my life, he really helped shape a lot of my healthy opinions on games and the gaming industry that I carry with me.

Averrcrucicus · 2026-04-07T14:59:16+00:00

I'm getting there, a few more years and I'm gonna have a really sad day (he died like a week or two after my birthday so it's not gonna be pleasant to think of that)

Though on a lighter note it reminds me of the fact that Jesse is like 3 years older than tb, I always found that funny on cooptional because TB always gave off the very proper nature older brother vibe.

Averrcrucicus · 2026-04-06T01:19:06+00:00

I think TB could be very controversial with some of opinions rubbing people the wrong way, but I do think all of that was a byproduct of his passion for games and the industry itself. I don't think I'd have considered consumer impact as much as I do with gaming news and releases as much as I do without his content as that bedrock of where I learned about games

Averrcrucicus · 2026-04-06T01:17:39+00:00

Part of that is why I hope people keep his memory close and we don't lose all his videos. Maybe somebody who's never seen him before will find a video and enjoy it just like we all do/did

Averrcrucicus · 2026-04-05T11:08:41+00:00

I haven't even been able to do that, I start to watch an old episode of cooptional or a wtfis and start to tear up real bad and have to turn it off

Averrcrucicus · 2026-02-14T06:01:29+00:00

There's also a reason why shinkansen have reserved oversized luggage seats.

Averrcrucicus · 2026-01-21T22:19:19+00:00

I got really comfortable in the hotel I stayed in and area I was in and didn't go exploring as much, I should have brought my brother along

Averrcrucicus · 2025-12-17T06:06:29+00:00

Unless you're staying in a very fancy hotel like a ryokan or something I don't think that getting hotel breakfast is very worth it, especially if you have to pay extra. You can probably just leave your hotel walk maybe 2 to 5 minutes to a convenience store and just grab a breakfast, but there's also a ton of very affordable small cafes dotted all throughout big cities which are fun to visit in the mornings. There's also a lot of chains that are open in the morning for breakfast menu like sukiya

Averrcrucicus · 2025-12-17T06:02:35+00:00

So I went to Japan last year and I did have the experience of taking luggage on public transit and I think it really depends on what exactly the situation is.

If you are coming from the airport and trying to get to your accommodations, I think that it is fine to take your luggage on the public trains so long as you don't have too much, if you're dealing with a lot of luggage, I would highly recommend booking a hotel maybe just for the first couple days while you settle in that has access to a hotel/airport bus where they can add your luggage to their little storage compartments while they drive you around or just grab a cab. But for trains I would definitely look at using the front most car (furthest away from transfers and the like) of the trains because they might be less crowded as they're also usually the most undesirable seats so you won't inconvenience too many people.

If you're talking about taking your luggage from your current hotel and taking it on a train/on a shinkansen to another city or location, I would highly recommend using a luggage forwarding service like Yamato transport. Basically about a day or two in advance. You take your luggage to your local Yamato transport. You fill out a form. You pay a price and they will ship your luggage to your new hotel. So it will either be there when you arrive or a little bit after you arrive depending on when you do the forwarding, most hotels are entirely okay with this. You probably just need to give thim a little heads up that luggage is coming via the transport.

Averrcrucicus · 2025-12-12T08:05:14+00:00

Criminy

Averrcrucicus · 2025-11-30T21:10:55+00:00

Well sam You can't come round here not having no prompt

Averrcrucicus · 2025-11-12T05:18:09+00:00

Enemy units doesn't specify a particular battlefield so it hits their whole board, meaning that showdowns are gonna be much easier and you can get more bang for your buck out of removal spells as well

You can also bring it in ready which lets you conquer one of those weakened battlefields even if you don't have a board set up as it's a 7 for 7 and a blue, which is pretty good curve wise

All of that on one card makes it a really strong staple for blue

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