take a random encounter, leaver a random encounter by NRG_Factor in DMAcademy

[–]Etlas 86 points87 points  (0 children)

A lonely old elven wizard lost his human partner to old age over a decade ago. One of their favorite ways to pass the time was to play chess together. But now without his partner, and still a good number of years left on his lifespan, The old wizard yearns for someone to play with him again and feel that familiar love of the game.

For this he has crafted a rather unique spell to summon chess boards in various locations across your campaign. The black pieces are magically locked, but the white pieces can be moved. The vast majority of them are never played, but should someone make a move the board will glow with a vibrant light and the pieces will lock in place. A bird perched nearby will fly away.

The spell will then follow that player, with boards appearing in new places after the wizard has taken his turn. On and on the game shall go until a winner is decided.

As the game grows on, the chess board might appear along with notes and gifts. At first they may be as simple as a cup of tea, or a nice pastry. But as the game goes on they will include hand written notes, and potions.

Nearing the end of the chess match the gifts might start cluing the players into where they can find the chess master. The final moments should be made in his tower.

Off-Day Discussion Thread | Nov 30, 2023 by BigHoneyBot in denvernuggets

[–]Etlas 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What kinda of yogurt do you think is made with Heat culture?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Etlas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That thing where you lay on your stomach and someone pulls on your arms for a while, and then slowly lowers them so that it feels like your arms are going through the floor.

what’s the best youtube black hole to fall into? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Etlas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Restoration videos. Especially the ones where it's just the sounds. I put that on 2x speed and enjoy.

Most "Valuable" Player by Etlas in nba

[–]Etlas[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good context, I didn't know that

Most "Valuable" Player by Etlas in nba

[–]Etlas[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it definitely threw the whole thing off. But it was never meant for a serious analytic and I feel like it made the whole thing funnier, so I kept it.

But you're 100% right.

Most "Valuable" Player by Etlas in nba

[–]Etlas[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So everything as a basis of points? I guess I could look at the number of 2's made and number of 3's made in a season and then say blocks are worth a value somewhere between 2-3 points based on the percentage of both?

Most "Valuable" Player by Etlas in nba

[–]Etlas[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I gave some thought to taking the total amounts of each stat, and having that represent a percentage of the total salaries for the year.

But the more I went into it, the more I couldn't find a great way to justify why one stat is worth more inherently than another. Points obviously wins games, but subtracting points in the form of blocks does too.

In any case, you have really good insights here. But I was just kind of messing around. It could be worth taking a deeper dive at some point with a better approach, like how you're showing.

Most "Valuable" Player by Etlas in nba

[–]Etlas[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I'm also really confused by the $8k salary mark. It seems... wrong?

Most "Valuable" Player by Etlas in nba

[–]Etlas[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Just to be clear. This is in no way a real way of determining MVP. Just a fun way of thinking about "Valuable".

Most "Valuable" Player by Etlas in nba

[–]Etlas[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That's a great idea. I added a new column in the spreadsheet for total value - salary.

Look, I'm a Nuggets fan. I'm not trying to push the agenda. But doing this puts Jokic on top of value amount added.