Bay 12 Games Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.

Messages - Techhead

Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 65
1
Other Games / Re: Clockwork Empires - Gaslamp Studios makes a colony builder!
« on: February 28, 2013, 01:54:42 am »
I noticed that the trees are only ~8 feet tall. I understand that huge trees might have problems with occlusion, but they look like large shrubs. How are you supposed to get lost in the woods when a man on horse-back can see past the tree-tops? How are bears going to hide from the player in between mauling your woodsmen?

Also, it will always be too soon for Roanoke jokes.

2
General Discussion / Re: FearfulJesuit's American Politics Megathread Two: Election Boogaloo
« on: February 27, 2013, 01:06:42 am »
That map must be color-swapped. The thirteen reddest states in the 2012 presidential election were Utah, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Idaho, West Virginia, Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama, Nebraska, Kansas, Tennessee, North Dakota, and South Dakota. All of the above are dark blue on the map. Mind you, this implies that Vermont, where 66.57% voted for Obama, goes Republican.

3
General Discussion / Re: FearfulJesuit's American Politics Megathread Two: Election Boogaloo
« on: February 25, 2013, 11:11:20 am »
Quote from: misko27 on February 25, 2013, 04:03:39 am
Quote from: Reelya on February 25, 2013, 02:36:25 am
Quote from: misko27 on February 22, 2013, 04:22:19 pm
Proof the states have better and more innovative solutions the the feds, http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/bizarre-bills-fill-nations-state-houses-87933.html

I sincerely hope your kidding, all those are terrible examples of "innovation". Virginia legalizing co-habitation? How's that instruct the Feds, when co-habitation isn't a federal offense?

The most practical thing there is the one letting people eat road-kill. Maybe everyone in the nation can eat road-kill to help the economy.
Do i seriously need to hang up a damn sign when I joke?
You are discussing politics on the internet, so in this case, yes.

4
Other Games / Re: League of Legends - Season 3!
« on: February 22, 2013, 01:54:18 pm »
One of (in my opinion) best things to do if you hate the meta is the kill-lane. Put two guys with high synergy next to eachother in botlane. Stuff like Yorick/Zilean. Suicide bomber ghouls? Yes!

5
General Discussion / Re: Occupying Wallstreet
« on: February 16, 2013, 04:05:05 pm »
And here I thought that our frequent military ventures have demonstrated that national security interests took precedence over the economy.

6
Other Games / Re: League of Legends - Season 3!
« on: February 10, 2013, 01:20:19 pm »
BT, Inf, PD might be the default three carry items, but BotRK might be better than BT in her anti-tank role.

7
General Discussion / Re: dhok's American Politics Megathread Two: Elected Boogaloo
« on: February 09, 2013, 03:35:13 pm »
Quote from: Nadaka on February 09, 2013, 01:13:34 pm
The only one to be harmed by a mechanical failure of a gun is the shooter wielding it, unlike cars. It endangers only the owner. Inspections are not necessary for the public good.
Various types of firearm malfunctions have been known to hurt or kill bystanders; especially slamfires, hangfires, and squib loads.

8
Other Games / Re: League of Legends - Season 3!
« on: February 08, 2013, 03:53:11 pm »
One problem with AS/Tank is there is only one AS item that grant health, armor, or magic resist, Wit's End. And the best AS item is Runaan's hurricane, which is paying for a Passive that Vayne won't use unless she buys AD or On-hit.

9
Other Games / Re: Clockwork Empires - Gaslamp Studios makes a colony builder!
« on: February 08, 2013, 02:46:47 pm »
Quote from: ScriptWolf on February 08, 2013, 02:12:47 pm
So long as it has the features who cares about graphics :P I would take civ 3 graphics for deeper gameplay any day
Civilization Three? You must be spoiled by these fancy new games.

10
Other Games / Re: Dungeons and Dragons, anyone?
« on: February 07, 2013, 03:40:47 pm »
Quote from: Girlinhat on February 07, 2013, 03:14:05 pm
All the material is available online.  If I were preparing to DM (or be a versatile player) I'd get sheets of paper and plot out key points to remember and how things work, instead of lugging the book around just bring in what I need for that scenario.  Like, not gonna be using the book on aquatic combat for the city, probably...
Almost all the material is available in the SRD. Aside from certain monsters that comprise WotC's 'Product identinty' (which you can easily do without), there is this bit:
Quote
"No Covered Product may contain rules or instructions of any kind that:

Describe a process for Creating a Character
Describe a process for Applying the Effects of Experience to a Character"

11
Creative Projects / Re: GUM: Grand Unified Model, Bay12 collab
« on: February 07, 2013, 02:54:39 pm »
Also posting to watch.

12
General Discussion / Re: dhok's American Politics Megathread Two: Electric Boogaloo
« on: February 07, 2013, 01:15:50 pm »
That explains why so many Chess champions are from Russia!

Also, the word 'Doom' in the title of the previous thread turned out to be oddly prophetic.

13
Other Games / Re: League of Legends - Season 3!
« on: February 06, 2013, 05:34:33 pm »
That was a beautiful play. CJ does wise up pretty quick and sends Kha'Zix bot and having Ezreal/Sona/Cho'Gath mid, but there wasn't much they could do.

14
Creative Projects / Re: Yet another programming/game project
« on: February 06, 2013, 05:19:05 pm »
Ah, I see that now. That's probably a better way of modelling it. I didn't notice initially because I was mainly looking at the mountains instead of just wide strips of land. Two nitpicks/suggestions:

First, you should modify it so that humidity travels westward in equatorial regions. The trades blow east to west.

Second, you might want to base it on just elevation instead of a combination of elevation and distance. The Amazon river continues to be humid 1000 miles west from the Atlantic, while small mountainous strips like Madagascar and Baja California have very noticeable rain shadows. Northern and Southern Baja California actually display rain shadows on opposite sides due to differences in prevailing winds.

Disclaimer: I am not a climatologist. I just remember my Earth Science and Geography classes and did additional research as necessary.

15
Creative Projects / Re: Yet another programming/game project
« on: February 06, 2013, 04:12:12 pm »
I thought up how you could do rain shadows fairly easily. If you distorted the humidity maps E/W according to latitude, and gave mountains a negative humidity rating, you would get dry areas leeward of mountains, and wetter areas leeward of oceans.

Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 65