It’s even worse than a LoL clone. LoL is pay to play (one of many reasons its a trash, inferior product to DotA made for idiots and psychopaths) but at least you can get in for free.

I think you’re giving Filoni wayyyyyyyy too much credit in terms of his ability to maneuver an increasingly kluge’d together canon. I know thats what he’s going to try and do but the problem isn’t the length of the ST, it’s the “world state” that exists at the start and then what happens during.

Dear Penthouse,

Well ... during those 5 years she was mandated by a court to take whatever medicines her conservator stuffed in her to control her behavior so maybe she was a meaningfully different, less out of control person if now no one is monitoring her meds.

The more infill content they do, the more the way the sequel trilogy binds them is going to stand in stark relief. The battles that Ahsoka, Mando, Grogu and other characters fight will never be able to show lasting, perpetual gains for the normal parts of the galaxy because it all has to be reverted back to the…

LOL

LOL

Which to me is why the spirit is transparently empty. It does nothing other than salve the ego of people simple-minded enough to think it prevents those they’ve banned from watching their stream.

The thing about living in Texas is that all the bad things matter a lot less if you make a bit more than median national income because then the kooky Republican governance doesn’t wind up mattering to you and you’re living in a state where you pay less in taxes, have cheaper housing but still relatively high indexed…

I think before the launch of every big game like this there’s a tendency for people to get these kinds of vibes. The best thing to do is take a breath, realize that you don’t have to pre-order and ultimately a game not living up to the hype doesn’t matter in any important sense of the word, let the game come out and…

LOL there’s no moralistic argument here. The whole premise of the article starts with the author making an explicit defense of save scumming by saying it is equivalent to a fun way that DM’s can use to manage game ending outcomes, when it’s really not. It’s just re-rolling if you don’t like the result, which generally…

“We will hold onto the love and respect we have for each other and I wish her the best always,” Asghari continued, before adding a bizarrely glib, “shit happens.” The statement then concluded with a plea for “everyone including media to be kind and thoughtful.”

Really the “win state” if you will is kind of expected. If you don’t roll your way into a “win state” in BG3 you’ll get a game over and get to go back to your last save. Every other outcome still leads you forward. A good DM wouldn’t bother to re-route the story for every failed roll that didn’t kill you and doesn’t…

*Lockpicks for 24 hours in a deep, dark evil dungeon where they’ve been loudly murdering the BBEG’s minions with no consequences*

Well sure but also the best DMs know the dice rolls have to matter some of the time.  You have to blend that into keeping the story rolling.  

Well sure but also the best DMs know the dice rolls have to matter some of the time.  You have to blend that into keeping the story rolling.  

The Master Race meme of 2023 really is no longer PC vs. Console.

Play how you want, not the point. When you start comparing a way of playing to another way of playing though you invite critique on the accuracy (or inaccuracy as the case is here) of your comparison.

When someone fails particularly hard, a good DM will often figure out another way for the players to move forward.

I mean you can definitely do the D&D equivalent, but that’s just a re-roll, and the fact is when you have to resort to that everyone secretly knows it’s kind of lame even if no one says it.