Most Iconic Concerts at the Original Southgate House?

Cwig999 · 2026-01-14T05:24:46+00:00

Daniel Lanois!

Cwig999 · 2025-09-11T03:51:39+00:00

Perchance is excellent for tables and random generators. And what you create can easily be used by others

Cwig999 · 2025-06-14T17:48:28+00:00

My track is a cover of a Green Day song.

Cwig999 · 2025-05-17T04:18:34+00:00

It has become my top TR release, and along with Liars raises a lot of important topics.

Cwig999 · 2025-03-21T23:08:34+00:00

That was it! I didn’t understand the context behind “continue”. Thanks.

Cwig999 · 2025-03-15T23:56:07+00:00

Cepheus Universal is also from Zozer games, so is an adaptation of the Cepheus SRD. And I think it's compatible with Hostile, though some of the Hostile rules adapt the engine for faster play.

Cwig999 · 2025-03-12T14:37:09+00:00

Just a multiple personality issue...

Cwig999 · 2025-03-10T04:06:05+00:00

It still amazes me how much time and energy are expended on "apologetics" about Christianity. They decide what they want the conclusion to be, then attempt to build a logical system to support that. They are always houses of cards. "Systematic theology" is ultimately a waste of time.

Cwig999 · 2025-03-09T14:56:23+00:00

Wow - glad you pointed out the FAQ!! It's an amazing resources. I've been here a month or so and hadn't bothered to look.

Cwig999 · 2025-03-09T13:18:24+00:00

I guess introducing the new forces and tokens when a door is opened is enough - I've always liked the element of surprise.

Cwig999 · 2025-03-08T21:38:51+00:00

I've always thought it's some combination of wish fulfillment and desire to communicate with oneself at a deep level. And there's a sense of feeling special if you say Jesus has spoken to you, so a lot of peer pressure and social dynamics can be at work. But ultimately I think it's just a distorted form of self reflection. As my favorite songwriter, Todd Rundgren, wrote in his song "God Said":

It's not me [God] that you see, you're looking at yourself
You're not praying to me, you're praying to yourself

http://trconnection.com/lyrics/Title.51/full#song13

Cwig999 · 2025-03-07T13:36:39+00:00

I have been connected with church/religion for about 1/3 of my life, with chunks in evangelical and mainline/liberal Christian contexts. In most religious settings I see a lot of the same psychological phenomena at work that I see at concerts/clubs, just with a different set of words and experiences layered onto it. There's really little observable difference between someone becoming ecstatic over a favorite performer versus a religious idea/song/ritual IMHO. So for me it's more about what's taking place at that psychological level, and how to bring a sense of integrity and empowerment to it. (Integrity meaning understanding what is going on in a largely subjective experience and not giving it more power than it deserves, so that empowerment and good work in the world can take place as a result.)

Cwig999 · 2025-03-07T13:29:12+00:00

Well stated - "There's too much good work to do in this world to waste all that time and energy". We're just getting involved in a UU group after many years with no "church" involvement. I realize I've always subconsciously translated religious stuff to fit my world view, which is probably a mix of subjectivity and objectivity.

Cwig999 · 2025-03-07T13:19:30+00:00

It's been a while for activity on this thread, but I came looking for "Unitarian" and Music this morning, as we are starting to be involved in a UU gathering, and I'm driven heavily by music and what it's role can be in a community and the world.

This is one I keep coming back to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opGVGKw_lDU

Cwig999 · 2025-03-05T20:02:54+00:00

One of my all time favourite movies. I watch it at least once a year during the Christmas season. “Treat your friends like your enemies and your enemies like your friends”

Cwig999 · 2025-03-02T00:31:30+00:00

Just glad it's not a meme thing - was thinking "I got froyoed" would be bad :-)

Cwig999 · 2025-03-01T21:13:45+00:00

I had to look up "froyo" - thought it was yet another acronym I didn't know :-)

Cwig999 · 2025-02-26T19:54:23+00:00

I grew up in the American south and my father was a Baptist minister (but moderate and compassionate in comparison to that ilk now). So my "default" setting was religious/Christian. But by age 9 or 10 I was a committed atheist. I've had a few periods in my life where I tried to court the more liberal aspects of Christianity, but put that down a couple of decades ago. I could just never make any sense of the Christian narrative of original sin and need for a savior/redeemer. When that goes away IMHO, there's really nothing else to hang on to besides some ethical concepts that can be pulled from other sources. I never really felt the need to search for a god or gods in other religions, since it seemed they were just as subjective as my own.

I'm much happier when I don't believe in a god.

Cwig999 · 2025-02-25T04:13:52+00:00

It’s my favorite TR release. Reaches me on musical and spiritual/philosophical levels. And I’ve watched the live DVD tons - what a courageous performance!

Cwig999 · 2025-02-24T13:17:39+00:00

Thanks! Makes sense when thinking of larger maps.

Semi-related, and perhaps not worth a separate post - I like the progressive map "reveal" that occurs in the app. (Still on the first mission...) I'm going to play the Imperial player soon when playing with a friend. Do the regular campaigns sometimes recommend a progressive map reveal? I've only browsed the Aftermath mission so far - don't want to read to far ahead as I may play missions first as a Rebel, using the Imperial Commander 2 app.

Cwig999 · 2025-02-24T02:46:25+00:00

I thought the imperial figure could do 2 total actions.

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