The Campaign Builder's Guild

Quote from: LordVreeg
I guess I need to get a better handle on everyone's reaction here.

Retcons have always made me crazy.  Actually drove me away from comics, to be honest.  I agree with the Elf that it was a rush job to seem relevant.  I also don't consider Alan Scott a major character, nor do I find a retconning that gets rid of his children to be a good one.  Hundreds of characters to choose from, and they had to pick on who already had a deep backstory with family members.  I'd rather they had made him poly or bi and kept the kids.

Quote from: Luminous Crayon
I think it's laudable to put more LGBT role models in the media-- especially in superheroic roles-- but having this reveal turn out to be an alternate-universe version of an obscure B- or C-lister strikes me as just dull tokenism. "Gay superhero? That's cool. ...Oh, it's a backup version of someone nobody cares about anyway?"

Quote from: Elemental_Elf
gimmick.

Nothing to add, here...

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Quote from: Ninja D!
There's a petition to get David Tennant, dressed as the Doctor, to light the flame at the Olympic games, just like he did in the episode "Fear Her".

YES! YES! YES! DO IT BRITAIN! DO IT!

Very much this.

We're into season (series?) 3, now. Daleks in Manhattan is our next episode. Also, apparently the word "Daleks" warrants a squiggly red line. How odd...

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Quote from: SDragon
8:45? I'll need a character sheet, notes, background, and a beer, but I'll do my absolute best to be there for tonight.

i can help with some of that....

The beer I have. Just send me a message or file somewhere that has the sheet/note/background, and I should be good to go!

As promised.

Quote from: November 4, 2011First beer review in a long time: Rogue Chocolate Stout

Unfortunately, my beer glass is still at my old apartment, so I drank this straight from the pint (and 6 ounces) bottle. This kept it from opening much, but it was still quite enjoyable. The hops were present, but far from overwhelming. They added a nice bitter touch to the chocolate flavor. It reminded me more of some obscure dark chocolate than, say, Hershey's. This was definitely a plus for me, since I love dark chocolate, but it was also a plus for the girlfriend, who prefers Hershey's but hates beer. "I... don't hate this!", she praised. I think that works better than any rating I could give this stout.

Quote from: December 25, 2011Christmas Beer

That's right, another review. Unfortunately, it's been a few hours, so my memory of the experience isn't as fresh as I'd like, but here goes. The Christmas Beer of the Year is...

Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout

A good dark beer is well suited for wintertime meals, and a stout certainly delivers. Two words stayed in my mind as I drank this one: dark and smooth. Smooth came with the aroma of the open bottle; distinct, and easy to take in. The dark came with pouring; this beer is an opaque black. There was a grainy robustness that gave the strength of flavor of such a dark drink, but there was a bittersweet dryness that helped it slide down easily. The flavor didn't seem to me flashy or complex, but still clearly quality made.

I do like this beer. It's very drinkable, and a fine starting point for stouts. If you're looking for a good dark beer to keep you warm on winter nights, look no further

Quote from: February 4, 2012Beer Review Time

Tonight's beer is Peak Organic Brewing Company Weiss Principal Ale, "an imperial german-style hefe-weisse".

The head on this comes dense, with quite a bit of lacing. Perhaps it's because it's been awhile since I last poured a beer, but this one surprised me with the sheer size of the head. It looked almost like whipped cream.

The color is the cloudy amber-gold one comes to expect from a hefeweisse. It looks quite inviting.

The aroma is subtle. It took me a moment to notice it, but once I did, there was a definite fruitiness to it. The label says bananas, which I agree with, but I'm not sure I would have gotten that without a little help.

The banana-citrus combo with undertones of pine, however, I did pick up on the flavor. This is, admittedly, my first beer with such a noticable pine to it, so I couldn't put a name to that right away, but again, the label did help on this. Very, very tasty, with just enough to cut on the sweetness. I don't know how well this would've turned out without the hoppiness.

Overall, I'm quite impressed. It seems a bit like an IPA, so hefeweisse fans should probably take note at that, but so should IPA fans. If you can find this, go for a bottle.

Sidenote: I'm drinking a pint (techically 1 pint 6 ounces) tonight, and this is at a sturdy 8.6% ABV. There's absolutely no excuse for this to be any less strong than it is.

Quote from: March 15, 2012
This lacing just will not quit! If it's not clear by the picture, the lacing is all that's left.

The beer, by the way, was a pint of Murphy's Drought Style Stout. Very interesting. When the pour first started, it looked like chocolate milk, but when it was finished, pitch black like a stout should be, with a head that was cream any way you look at it. The taste was also milk chocolate, but with a distinct coffee. Very sweet, very good. I'm definitely having a pint on Saturday.

+Duck GirlCreations didn't like it, though. Gonna hafta get that girl a good pale ale sometime...

Quote from: March 31, 2012
Not so much a review, as a few comments:

Samuel Adams Winter Porter

There seems to be a lot of attention on what, precisely, the difference between porters and stouts is, especially when faced with creatives takes on both blurring that line. The difference is, to me, simple to understand.

A Stout is a dark beer that resembles a sort of "Milkshake" of a beer; it is, at once, thick and sweet and smooth.

A Porter is a more savory, though not as thick, drink, that should make you want a nice steak; preferably, a Porterhouse cut, and ideally served at a real English porthouse.

It's not that hard. This is definitely a Porter.

This particular porter, by the way, had what +Duck GirlCreations identified as a "woodsy bitterness", and I ended up deciding as being more herbal.

If you still can't tell a stout from a porter, try having a blind taste test between this, and Murphy's Irish Stout. Keeping these comments in mind, you'll be surprised at what you'll find.

Idiot's Lantern was a good one. LQ is noticing the mentions of Torchwood more than she was with Bad Wolf, but she was expecting an arcword by then, and she already knew that "Torchwood"-- whatever that may be-- existed.

Just finished The Satan Pit.

8:45? I'll need a character sheet, notes, background, and a beer, but I'll do my absolute best to be there for tonight.

I've been on another binge, introducing LQ to the good Doctor. We're already up to School Reunion, and she's begging to know what happens to Rose.

I have a few beer reviews I've been posting to Google+. When I get the chance, I'll be sure to copy/paste them over here.

I know i haven't been around in awhile, but I'm still alive, I think.

ANYWAY...

I'm thinking of adapting Fiendspawn, as well as a few other new ideas, for the Mini Six system. If i do, I might even try self-printing my own games, for very small-scale sale.

Quote from: Ninja D!
How went your binge?

Doctor Who returns soon!

It ran into a severe roadblock, but I'm playing catchup again. I just finished A Good Man Goes to War.

OH. MY. GOD.

Oddly enough, though, I remember getting that impression in River Song's first 5th season appearance, but then promptly dismissed it for whatever reason. It vaguely came back at the beginning of this episode, but there was just so much going on, that that didn't stay at the front of my mind.

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Quote from: SDragonand if I can find it, Safari
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Edit- ...and Safari isn't available.

Safari is an Apple thing. Only those of us crazy enough to own Apple products will have that.

I'm crazy, but not that crazy...

For the record, I'm using the Dolphin HD browser. I'll check out Opera, and if I can find it, Safari. I'll let you guys know if anything goes on with those.

Edit- Nope, no luck with Opera, and Safari isn't available. The tavern isn't as big of an issue as the recent posts, imho.

Testing this out from Android right now.  The only problem I'm finding is that I can't scroll through Recent Posts or the Tavern. These don't seem exceptionally major, but if they can be fixed, that would be cool.

I have a sort of curiosity of seeing what you'd be like at your limit, to be honest. The ~8 people was interesting, so that's fine by me. Really, whatever you can do is fine.

As a huge fan of expressionism and art history in general, I absolutely loved Vincent and The Doctor. This was possibly my favorite episode. The scenery was beautiful, And I couldn't help but chuckle at Bedroom in Arles hanging from a corner while wet. Also, as much as the term "proper art" makes me cringe, I did appreciate the nod to the controversy of expressive abstractions in art; Gainsborough, while impressive in his own way, was most certainly not Van Gogh.

Art geekery aside (believe me, I could go on), I also very much appreciated the way they incorporated emotional health issues into the story. Vincent's depression was depicted (both in writing and acting) with applaudable accuracy. I was glad that the Doctor attempted to offer comfort while Vincent was painting, but also glad that he was cut short before he got... Well, anvilicious. The ending was a much better approach, and beautifully touching. During the credits, I noticed that BBC also mentioned a website they had in support of mental (and emotional) health issues. This was yet another nice touch.

By the way, I'm currently in a Who Binge; I'm hoping to finish the seventh episode of season 6 by mid-afternoon Wednesday. That means one more episode today, and three episodes a day to the end, at minimum. Wish me luck!