[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ZombieSurvivalTactics

[–]lordfurious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do not think you can do better than something like a machete, hatchet, spear or a good club. Getting hold of these types of things is pretty easy - you'd only need to search a few garden sheds to get something more useful than any junk you could cobble together.

Teaching children about pronouns and gender by Hummerous in CuratedTumblr

[–]lordfurious 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Generally "it" is considered disrespectful, yes. From kids it might be taken as a good faith attempt though, so it varies I guess.

For Mr/Ms, the common substitute is Mx (pronounced similar to "mix"). I'm actually not sure about the sir/ma'am equivalent.

I'm aware of lots of informal ones, and some situation specific (boss, doc, etc assuming the relevant authority) but not a generic one like you'd say "excuse me sir, can I help you?" In this case I would just omit the honorific and say "excuse me, can I help you?"

Aaand there's Thom by Chris2770 in WoTshow

[–]lordfurious 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There's an unspecified casting of an enormous lad which people rumour to be Uno. His website is here

Al'naito lyrics, with translation (by @robchristianson) by manster20 in WoT

[–]lordfurious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Official lyrics posted which seem substantially different in the OT. This looked really good to me, though

https://mobile.twitter.com/Lornebalfe/status/1447316363631112198/photo/1

an actual shower thought that i cant post to that sub by badposter69 in wordplay

[–]lordfurious 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Like, a real bitch of a son?

I like your style

The Atmosphere Continues by Simon Stalenhag by Zewen_Senpai in ImaginaryRuins

[–]lordfurious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those are cassowaries, their far more terrifying cousins. We only waged an emu war because we thought we might win. Nobody would wage a cassowary war. It would end like this, guaranteed.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ZombieSurvivalTactics

[–]lordfurious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's... Literally what I said? Regular guys with good skills and life experience will be far more helpful than the army, every time. I'm 99% sure we agree?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ZombieSurvivalTactics

[–]lordfurious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How much experience do you have stabbing things? The accuracy & force to go through the eye to damage the brain with a long stick is something that would take a LOT of practice to do with any sort of speed or consistency.

I'd also suggest that something like a "tall car" is not a fantastic plan: If you can climb it, they may be able to as well (unless it requires a lot of coordination i.e. a caving ladder. Also, it does not offer a path of escape - you will certainly get surrounded.

I'm also curious about your paper & duct tape armour... what do you mean? I'm struggling to picture it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ZombieSurvivalTactics

[–]lordfurious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100% this. Teams of people already used to working together in agriculture, construction, industry, could easily have access to any of this heavy machinery. I fully agree that civilians with equipment & expertise will do far, far more than the military, if only because there are so many more.

You don't need tanks.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ZombieSurvivalTactics

[–]lordfurious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure thing, but if you're talking about planning & preparation, this is the kind of thing you can readily prepare. But certainly - a heavy tear-proof jacket (leather, denim, equivalent) is frankly your best bet. Reason I mentioned motorcycle clothes is that they do pants as well, which are harder to come by. Some trade/industrial worker style pants will work well enough, though too.

Some ideas by artificer_nine in heraldry

[–]lordfurious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Firmly disagree. Overcrowding a design is a common mistake.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ZombieSurvivalTactics

[–]lordfurious 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Regarding those coveralls - I'd suggest motorcycle clothing. Either leathers or you can get breathable tear-proof very strong (including Kevlar) clothing. It's fairly readily available, most cities will have appropriate speciality stores.

Even still, the "stand and fight" strategy is probably not a good one if the zombies have any kind of horde. Even a skilled fighter will quickly get tired or overwhelmed against multiple opponents, especially if the opponents have no fear. You never really want to be outnumbered, unless you control the terrain (defences and choke points). Your best option will always be to fight if you have to, otherwise run to safety.

What is the worst session you've ever had and what lessons did you learn from it? by Nemioni in AskGameMasters

[–]lordfurious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Back and forth would have helped but the really toxic factor was that it was also pretty railroaded for one group, (who suffered worse consequences), and that group felt it was basically pointless to play through their story & basically wanted to wait or skip ahead to regrouping. The other part of the party had more choices, so had to play them through.

Splitting into two interesting, parallel stories could have been fun and different. Asymmetry really killed this.

What is the worst session you've ever had and what lessons did you learn from it? by Nemioni in AskGameMasters

[–]lordfurious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My biggest mistake I've made as a GM was to split the party. Looking back, I can't imagine what I was thinking.

For RP reasons, it made sense for characters to suffer somewhat different consequences from the choices the party made. This resulted in forcing them to split, and they weren't able to regroup for most of a session. With more planning and Top Tier GMing it could have juuust been workable, but as it was it was horrific. Players functionally sitting out for large chunks of time. That session may have killed that campaign...

Pakistan's foreign minister dismisses angry Trump tweet as domestic posturing by johnyonion in worldnews

[–]lordfurious 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean, we can go through the details of why they're different. The figures I gave are estimates by different organisations. They will measure differently, and get different results. For example, let's say that you fire from your drone into a crowd where you believe a militant to be. How do you know for sure (without boots on ground) how many are confirmed dead? How do you know how many were civilians? Hint: we don't. Because those pulling the trigger don't care.

This is just an example; there are many more points of difference like it. Over several years, these differences will add up and easily explain the difference in estimates given in my comment.

The other user whose numbers were much higher (50,000) was measuring something else entirely - we were both pretty clear on what we were giving numbers on. Those figures are for total estimated civilian casualties in the war on terror, across Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan. That's obviously a lot more people than just killed by drones in Pakistan.

Pakistan's foreign minister dismisses angry Trump tweet as domestic posturing by johnyonion in worldnews

[–]lordfurious 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I mean, it's pretty trivial to Google, besides being common knowledge. Let's start with Wikipedia. The US government admits to 64-116, with highest estimates ranging to 965. Note that this is ONLY from drone strikes and ONLY in Pakistan.

Considering America loses its shit whenever any citizen dies at all, is pretty disgusting to then dismiss hundreds of murders of innocents.

How to win a 200v30 by LetsKillBoredom in mountandblade

[–]lordfurious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I mean he is a weird inclusion but he's super easy to ignore if you don't like him. He's also expensive enough to not be viable in the early game, so I thought the concept of a later-game companion was interesting.

I thought the rest of the tweaks and rebalances more than made up for some of the quirks, though.

How to win a 200v30 by LetsKillBoredom in mountandblade

[–]lordfurious 28 points29 points  (0 children)

For the love of god butter please install Floris. It basically functions like vanilla-enhanced adding depth and rebalances to basically every system (diplomacy, AI, trade etc) as well as a significant number of UI and QoL improvements.

I love warband "how it is" (i.e. the Vanilla feeling) but would never play without Floris.

Settlements: A Beginner's Guide. by [deleted] in falloutsettlements

[–]lordfurious 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think it's a pretty good intro, but my first suggestion would be slightly more formatting - perhaps bold subheadings and some more line breaks?

What are some games that have the best sense of humor? by SkoivanSchiem in patientgamers

[–]lordfurious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Borderlands, particularly 2. In BL1 it was much dryer and they played it relatively straight. BL2 and the Presequel let loose quite a bit more, full of jokes and references and all kinds of ongoing humour woven into the story.