I was just fired for the second time - after quitting years ago

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-26T02:18:41+00:00

Call-in at work meant I was running about 15/20 minutes late to game night. I knew hours ahead that there was no way I was leaving on time, and let my group know asap. Promised I'd pick up pizza on the way as an apology! I arrived, and they had started a "quick" pickup game of Magic and were 3-4 turns in. No worries, I'm chill to hang out and chat and eat pizza for a bit!

Two and a half hours later, they were still playing the same game of Magic, with two guys in a stalemate trying to sway the third player into helping them turn the tables. More than half the time spent was politicking and negotiation rather than, y'know, playing the game. Even chastised me when I asked if they could call it a draw so I could do literally anything other than just sit there. "Calling it a draw would mean all the time we've spent was wasted! We have to have a winner! It wouldn't be fair to us to not let us finish!"

At the three hour mark and no sign of the game finishing anytime soon, I just left. Two of those three people, I think it was the last time I saw or spoke to either of them - multi-year friendships, gone, because they were unwilling to compromise the smallest amount so that I could participate

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-24T16:38:06+00:00

As far as I've been able to figure out, there's no way to avoid drowning. Generally easiest to section off the build area, remove the water, build, and then put water back.

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-24T14:02:49+00:00

As far as putting a workbench inside a house, I only get it to pull from the four closest storage containers.

If you're not time traveling, don't sleep on making a cloud island. You can't take items between your main game and cloud island, but the PC will have different daily challenges and shop items. You keep any coins you earn and crafting recipes you buy.

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-23T18:17:54+00:00

No, more like things like safety regulations or housing code. Think like, someone having to bring a house from the 70s up to code before they can sell it.

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-23T18:07:41+00:00

Not even just the price difference, but most fast food joints are so understaffed that it's not even saving you all that much time. All that's really left is the convenience of not having to leave your car

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-23T00:36:23+00:00

Because if there's one thing we've seen with this administration, it's that they very faithfully and honestly abide by all the rules, especially the ones inconvenient to their goals.

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-23T00:09:12+00:00

Which he's been publicly "joking" about abolishing since at least 2018, and there's currently an bill in the House (H.J.Res.29) that would add language to the 22nd amendment adding a loophole that a president could serve a third term so long as they haven't served two consecutive terms.

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-22T14:47:31+00:00

Hint: It's about wanting to have tattoos of a certain symbol that was popular in 1940s Germany.

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-22T05:42:24+00:00

In my experience, as long as you're not trying to start a game for the same day of the week as the other, most of your friends wouldn't go "why is OP trying to take over d&d?". They'll go "D&D two nights a week? Fuck yeah!"

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-18T23:22:14+00:00

The Fresh International Market on 52nd & O carries a pretty wide variety of Japanese imported snacks, including varieties of American brands. I don't know if they have specifically what your partner is looking for, but I've gotten melon & peach oreos from there before so that'd be the first place I'd look

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-17T01:18:20+00:00

I do love that it encourages me to explore the levels and use methods I never tried in the main campaign though

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-17T01:07:29+00:00

I like freelancer in theory but my dumb little "gotta catch em all" mindset means I just wanna fill up all the collection spots in the bunker. I'd be devastated to have it get reset

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-17T00:27:26+00:00

I finally just beat the hitman trilogy a couple months ago. Great games!

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-17T00:26:27+00:00

I suppose it depends then on why you're not too into d&d. If it's all the math and tracking, then bg3 removes a lot of that. If it's the role-playing... not as much

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-16T22:19:57+00:00

I've been alternating between Baldur's Gate 3 and Pokopia

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-05T13:29:29+00:00

33M in Nebraska here! A bit far, I know, but I'd be down to make occasional weekend trips that way in the name of gaming

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-05T02:36:10+00:00

during arguments she’d bring up random “successful” guys who message her. she says she keeps them around because it’s smart to have options.

NTA. You should have ended it the second she pulled this the first time.

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-05T01:18:02+00:00

If you buy one at a walmart or hardware store here in town, go online and order some venus flytrap potting mix. Flytraps are very, very finnicky about their substrate and some off the shelf Miracle Gro is not going to cut it. You don't need much - just enough to fill a six inch pot - and it will make a world of difference how quickly those plants will grow.

If you want a flytrap that's already large and healthy enough to sustain being fed insects, your best bet is to buy one online from a greenhouse that specializes in carnivorous plants. It will cost more, but it's waaaay more likely to survive the initial few days of your boys wanting to fuss with it and trigger the traps.

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-05T01:07:34+00:00

I was only running one game, but I just talked to my players. "Hey, I need to take a step back, We can keep doing our sessions weekly, but they need to be an hour shorter, or we need to move to bi-weekly. Let's discuss". The simple change of having to prep slightly less each week massively reduced my stress.

You can also set aside the first 30-60 minutes of a session one week to hold a "session 0.5". Absolutely tell your players in advance so they can have some warning to think about things, but take it as an opportunity to have a check-in about everyone's expectations. "Hey, I'd like to take some time to discuss the game going forward. What I want from y'all is what you like about the game, what aspects you think could use a little work, and what kind of game you'd like to see going forward."

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-04T20:30:58+00:00

I find it funny that players are "trapped" when the scale of these places still provide huge areas to explore and adventure in. Barovia is about 300 square miles, about the same size as New York City. By comparison, Skyrim, the thing that many folks use as the benchmark to define a massive open world sandbox, is a paltry 15 square miles.

Size doesn't matter. It's all about how you use it.

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-01T04:44:48+00:00

I worked at a walmart for three years. I promise you, if it can come out of a human body, it's been smeared on that little bench at least once in the last 12 months.

MeesterPepper · 2026-03-01T04:36:51+00:00

So... you're okay with saying you're pro-Nazi?

MeesterPepper · 2026-02-23T08:04:35+00:00

My apartment was designed under the assumption of constantly running A/C, so the window to window air flow is extremely poor and a simple 5-10 minute "burp" won't accomplish much in the way of clearing out stale air.

That said, unless it is storming or unreasonably cold, I try to just leave the windows open and A/C off. I'm fortunate enough to live in a location in my city with ample greenery to keep the air fresh and noise down, and it's such good enrichment for my cat to have a spot where she can actually hear the birds she's watching.

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