an aim conversation from this evening.
sirgreendragon (10:36:38 PM): hello
NSFJermX (10:36:48 PM): hey
sirgreendragon (10:37:00 PM): I just emailed you, but then I saw you online
NSFJermX (10:37:21 PM): Fire away, I havent seen an email from you yet...
sirgreendragon (10:37:37 PM): once I log in to the website, how do I download the rep client
NSFJermX (10:38:01 PM): umm, what's a rep client?
sirgreendragon (10:38:15 PM): maybe you aren't who I thought you were
NSFJermX (10:38:19 PM): perhaps..
sirgreendragon (10:38:27 PM): never mind
sirgreendragon (10:38:31 PM): sorry
NSFJermX (10:38:33 PM): good luck!
P.S. I blame Davery for my sudden interest in Black Strap Rum.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Strange excercise: Mafia
Okay, I have a request for anyone who reads this.
(I have enough role playing games at the moment, thanks, but that doesn't mean that I don't bend my mind around stuff as it occurs to me. I mean c'mon, if I was more into our healthcare system, I'd TOTALLY be into the adult ADHD thing. Anyway:)
I've spent the last few days kicking around ideas for a role playing game centered on Mobsters. I posted about it a few days ago, with "alternative" mobsters, either Werewolves or Ron Edwards style Sorcerers, or even Shadowrunners.
I watched "The Sopranos", I've seen my fair share of mobster movies, and done as much reading as I can on the internet, which seems to be mostly limited to books available on amazon.com and wikipedia.
Anyway, here's what I'm after. I'm not involved in organized crime. But I sure am curious. On the off chance that I end up being able to run a game that focuses on organized crime, I would love to get some feedback from people about... well.. about what they'd do.
See.. okay well, let's say you sat down to play a game, and the guy running it said "Okay, you're a made man. You and your crew are loose as a goose, and need to create some territory and get some cash flow going. You've got zero current operations, you're starting from scratch, though of course, the boss that you'll be reporting to expects $10,000 or %20 of your take, whichever is greater, per month. You've got a small crew and a small front operation. What's your plan?"
This has struck me in such a way as to generate interest in making it some kind of online game, either a play-by-blog or play-by-email thing, but I'm not there yet, and shouldn't even be sharing that information with you.
Anyway, the whole point of this post is, as I asked: what would you do if you were playing this game?
(I have enough role playing games at the moment, thanks, but that doesn't mean that I don't bend my mind around stuff as it occurs to me. I mean c'mon, if I was more into our healthcare system, I'd TOTALLY be into the adult ADHD thing. Anyway:)
I've spent the last few days kicking around ideas for a role playing game centered on Mobsters. I posted about it a few days ago, with "alternative" mobsters, either Werewolves or Ron Edwards style Sorcerers, or even Shadowrunners.
I watched "The Sopranos", I've seen my fair share of mobster movies, and done as much reading as I can on the internet, which seems to be mostly limited to books available on amazon.com and wikipedia.
Anyway, here's what I'm after. I'm not involved in organized crime. But I sure am curious. On the off chance that I end up being able to run a game that focuses on organized crime, I would love to get some feedback from people about... well.. about what they'd do.
See.. okay well, let's say you sat down to play a game, and the guy running it said "Okay, you're a made man. You and your crew are loose as a goose, and need to create some territory and get some cash flow going. You've got zero current operations, you're starting from scratch, though of course, the boss that you'll be reporting to expects $10,000 or %20 of your take, whichever is greater, per month. You've got a small crew and a small front operation. What's your plan?"
This has struck me in such a way as to generate interest in making it some kind of online game, either a play-by-blog or play-by-email thing, but I'm not there yet, and shouldn't even be sharing that information with you.
Anyway, the whole point of this post is, as I asked: what would you do if you were playing this game?
This is what I'm up to (working, apparently)
I'm working about 23 extra hours this week, at my second job. Monday morning was the pits. I worked midnight to 6am, then got to work my usual 8-5 on about 2 hours of sleep. I was functional, but I wouldn't call myself 'keen' or 'alert'. I do not mind the evenings and weekends, but the night stuff is crap. I mentioned to one of the semi-managers that the sunday night thing wasn't going to work for me. I always have a weakness when it comes to telling someone that I will be unable to fulfill their expectations, but this is kinda serious to me, so I managed.
Worked aquatics and reptiles tonight. There ya go - boring details. Yknow, its kinda fun. I don't mind - heck, I'd go as far as 'like' - working with people. I'm fairly charismatic, and I adapt pretty well to having two or three things that need to be done "right now", so I don't mind retail. These 6:30PM to 9:30 or 10PM things are alright. Heck, would you believe that I managed to come home, exercise, run 3 miles, eat, and go to work at 6:30?
Worked aquatics and reptiles tonight. There ya go - boring details. Yknow, its kinda fun. I don't mind - heck, I'd go as far as 'like' - working with people. I'm fairly charismatic, and I adapt pretty well to having two or three things that need to be done "right now", so I don't mind retail. These 6:30PM to 9:30 or 10PM things are alright. Heck, would you believe that I managed to come home, exercise, run 3 miles, eat, and go to work at 6:30?
Monday, July 30, 2007
On my mind
randomly, here's some stuff that is kicking around in my head or that I'm just plain drooling over - and links..
Xbox 360 games: Assassins Creed, GTA IV, Halo 3, Beautiful Katamari.
I've returned to the idea of a Mafia game. Now with a twist though. And I don't think I'd use TSOY (gasp!!!!). Actually considering the World of Darkness system or maybe, just maybe, Modern d20. Don't quote me on that. The mob thing has been kicking around though, partly thanks to this thread on the Forge forums, which I intend to possibly plagiarize from. Mobsters with a twist: either Werewolf mobsters, or Sorcerous mobsters, or even Shadowrun mobsters. There's just so much for a wise guy to do, trying to muscle in and carve out some new territory, make it run, keep it going, and keep all the other wise guys, irish mobsters, street gangs, Vory, Triad, Yakuza, Latin Kings, and maybe MS13 at bay.
Xbox 360 games: Assassins Creed, GTA IV, Halo 3, Beautiful Katamari.
I've returned to the idea of a Mafia game. Now with a twist though. And I don't think I'd use TSOY (gasp!!!!). Actually considering the World of Darkness system or maybe, just maybe, Modern d20. Don't quote me on that. The mob thing has been kicking around though, partly thanks to this thread on the Forge forums, which I intend to possibly plagiarize from. Mobsters with a twist: either Werewolf mobsters, or Sorcerous mobsters, or even Shadowrun mobsters. There's just so much for a wise guy to do, trying to muscle in and carve out some new territory, make it run, keep it going, and keep all the other wise guys, irish mobsters, street gangs, Vory, Triad, Yakuza, Latin Kings, and maybe MS13 at bay.
Catchup
1. Breach
2. Running
3. Work/sleep
4. Gaming
As promised, I saw Breach. It was terrible. It one of those movies that tried to be sortof about computer stuff, and so it has the "computer people" throw around words like "IP", and "Router", and "Gigabit", and "Bandwidth". A great deal of eyerolling was done. It also features lame dialog and characters. It is based on a true story, but we all know how those "based on" things work. Next up: The Simpsons Movie
I've been a bit lax with my running and exercise. But I can honestly blame a lack of time, rather than laziness. I intend to get a run in on Wednesday, but I don't know if I'll have an opportunity before then.
So I'm working two jobs, which is mostly okay. I've put in a couple of evenings, and a Saturday. It's alright. Nothing super exciting - it's retail in a pet store, so I won't try to bore you with mundane details. However, they had me do a midnight to 6AM shift this morning (Monday). So I got an hour or two of sleep Sunday evening, went to work for 6 hours, slept for another hour, and am at work again. It kinda sucks. The kicker I think is the money. I don't mind so much, giving up some of my evening and weekend free time in return for just a little more than federal minimum wage, but I'm not so sure that I'm cool with giving up sleep, and dragging during my real job for the same low pay. And my feet hurt.
Ran some Shadowrun of Yesterday this past weekend. It went pretty dang well. There was good and bad. The good was that everyone got to be pretty involved, and it seemed to be alot of fun. I had a good time, and my players were hitting keys. The bad is that we continue to have some friction problems with my teenage player. I spoke with him after the game, trying to gently but firmly encourage him toward the behavior and so forth that I'm interested in. I don't want to come down on him in a way that completely discourages him, yet I'm more than willing to try to shape his gaming behavior in a way that benefits our group as a whole. Its a difficult situation for me. I'm not interested in just eliminating him as a player. Nor am I interested in giving him a total green light. This is - should be - a learning experience for him. I don't wanna give him boring "Here's how you're supposed to play the game" lectures, I'm trying positive reinforcement. I just need to keep working on bringing him out of and away from the "Kill all the orcs" mindset. It is classic adolescent gaming. I was there myself, and I see other folks talk about it or reference it all of the time.
Now: more coffee.
2. Running
3. Work/sleep
4. Gaming
As promised, I saw Breach. It was terrible. It one of those movies that tried to be sortof about computer stuff, and so it has the "computer people" throw around words like "IP", and "Router", and "Gigabit", and "Bandwidth". A great deal of eyerolling was done. It also features lame dialog and characters. It is based on a true story, but we all know how those "based on" things work. Next up: The Simpsons Movie
I've been a bit lax with my running and exercise. But I can honestly blame a lack of time, rather than laziness. I intend to get a run in on Wednesday, but I don't know if I'll have an opportunity before then.
So I'm working two jobs, which is mostly okay. I've put in a couple of evenings, and a Saturday. It's alright. Nothing super exciting - it's retail in a pet store, so I won't try to bore you with mundane details. However, they had me do a midnight to 6AM shift this morning (Monday). So I got an hour or two of sleep Sunday evening, went to work for 6 hours, slept for another hour, and am at work again. It kinda sucks. The kicker I think is the money. I don't mind so much, giving up some of my evening and weekend free time in return for just a little more than federal minimum wage, but I'm not so sure that I'm cool with giving up sleep, and dragging during my real job for the same low pay. And my feet hurt.
Ran some Shadowrun of Yesterday this past weekend. It went pretty dang well. There was good and bad. The good was that everyone got to be pretty involved, and it seemed to be alot of fun. I had a good time, and my players were hitting keys. The bad is that we continue to have some friction problems with my teenage player. I spoke with him after the game, trying to gently but firmly encourage him toward the behavior and so forth that I'm interested in. I don't want to come down on him in a way that completely discourages him, yet I'm more than willing to try to shape his gaming behavior in a way that benefits our group as a whole. Its a difficult situation for me. I'm not interested in just eliminating him as a player. Nor am I interested in giving him a total green light. This is - should be - a learning experience for him. I don't wanna give him boring "Here's how you're supposed to play the game" lectures, I'm trying positive reinforcement. I just need to keep working on bringing him out of and away from the "Kill all the orcs" mindset. It is classic adolescent gaming. I was there myself, and I see other folks talk about it or reference it all of the time.
Now: more coffee.
Friday, July 27, 2007
watched: Notes on a Scandal
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