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  Happy Solstice
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 12-20-2020, 09:03 PM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (1)

For those board members who follow a neo-Pagan or other faith which celebrates the solstice, let me please wish you a Happy Solstice.

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  Got some spare cash?
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 12-18-2020, 02:10 PM - Forum: Politics and Other Fun - Replies (9)

Atlantic City is auctioning off the right to press the button that blows up Trump's old hotel/casino.

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  [OOC] Voices: who plays who
Posted by: robkelk - 12-17-2020, 09:55 PM - Forum: The Attic - Replies (7)

Quote:"Remember that I showed everybody one episode of the anime that was made about you, and everyone complained about the voices being a little bit wrong?"

"You said it was because we weren't in this universe, so they had to use voice actors instead."

But they're only a little bit wrong... so the seiyuu should sound similar to the displacees, even if they aren't exact. Ne?

For reasons, I made a list of who's shown up so far.

EDIT: Out-of-date list snipped - see post #8 in this thread for something that's a little more up to date.

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  Study: Trickle Down does not work
Posted by: SilverFang01 - 12-16-2020, 09:19 PM - Forum: Politics and Other Fun - No Replies

Isn’t that just a fact?

Who knew that a "Department of No Shit" degree from the University of Duh would turn out to be so useful?

Fifty Years of Tax Cuts for Rich Didn’t Trickle Down, Study Says

Quote:Tax cuts for rich people breed inequality without providing much of a boon to anyone else, according to a study of the advanced world that could add to the case for the wealthy to bear more of the cost of the coronavirus pandemic.

The paper, by David Hope of the London School of Economics and Julian Limberg of King’s College London, found that such measures over the last 50 years only really benefited the individuals who were directly affected, and did little to promote jobs or growth.

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  Remember the anti-porch pirate glitter bomb from a couple years ago?
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 12-16-2020, 09:17 PM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (2)

Meet version 3.0:



And apparently we missed version 2.0, when they actually got Macaulay Culkin involved (because of the Home Alone references).

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  SCOTUS Passes On Undoing Marriage Equality
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 12-15-2020, 12:16 PM - Forum: Politics and Other Fun - Replies (14)

Despite a 9-3 conservative majority, the Supreme Court rejected a case from Indiana intended to strip equal parenting rights from married same-sex couples.

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  Yet another teaser from Chapter Four
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 12-15-2020, 08:26 AM - Forum: Drunkard's Walk S: Heart of Steel - Replies (2)

As I close in on the ending of this chapter, here's a little tidbit as a holiday present.  



The four of us were across the street from the shop in question,
which was closed up tight -- right down to the clock-painted
metal shutter rolled down over the storefront and locked
securely.  Well.  Given that it was late afternoon on a Monday,
and the store had only had its grand opening two days ago, was
pretty solid evidence that something hinky was going on, as far
as I was concerned.  "I think we're better off debating that
later, girls," I said.  "We have more important matters at hand."

"He's right."  Luna laid a hand on each girl's shoulder.  "We'll
talk about it in the after-action briefing."

Usagi's eyes lit up, no doubt at thought of the brownie waiting
for her at the Hard Rock.  "Right," she echoed, then glanced at
me.  "What's next, sensei?"

"Oh, no," I chuckled.  "I'm not in command, Teishi.  *You* are.
Take what you've been learning the last few weeks and apply it." 
Ami gave me a curious look, but I didn't react to it.

Usagi bit her lip as she thought.  "Well, first thing is we need
intelligence on the enemy.  No!" she interrupted herself. 
"There's something else, first."  She grabbed Ami's hand and
dragged her back into the alley behind us.  As first Usagi and
then Ami called out the trigger phrases for their transformations
I shared a grin with Luna, after which we joined the girls in the
alley.

"...ways transform *before* you start an operation," Sailor Moon
was lecturing Sailor Mercury.  "*That way we're protected both
physically and identity-wise if something goes wrong right from
the start."  I suppressed a proud smile at hearing her repeat my
words almost exactly, and I noticed that Luna wasn't even
bothering.

Mercury had a very serious expression on her face, and nodded
solemnly when Moon finished.  "And now we gather intelligence?"
she asked.

"Yeah!" Moon replied with a brisk nod.  "Now, what I've done
before is use the disguise pen to go in looking like someone who
belongs wherever the Enemy is set up.  I find out what I'm
facing, then leave and come back as me.  But I can't do that this
time."  She waved toward the steel-shuttered shop across the
street.

"But this time we have my computer!" Mercury said, producing the
gizmo in question out of a little blur of magic in the small of
her back.

"Exactly!" Moon declared triumphantly as Mercury was already
suiting actions to words.  Luna and I stood back and watched
the two of them as she flipped it open, then touched the stud in
her ear to turn on the "goggles" that wrapped her face in a
bubble of blue light.  I seriously wanted to look over her
shoulder as she used the device, but that could wait until later.
This was a learning experience for the two of them, and didn't
need me sticking my nose in. 

Yet.

Mercury held the tiny terminal in both hands like a game
controller or a cell phone with the text messaging app open, and
operated it in much the same manner.  Her thumbs danced across
the keys with a practiced speed -- I briefly wondered if muscle
memory carried over across reincarnation -- then she paused for a
moment, apparently studying something displayed on her HUD.  She
tilted her head, then began rapidly keying again.

"I hope I'm reading this right," she muttered.  "It looks like
there's some kind of space-time distortion inside the shop.  It
makes it hard to scan anything past the first few meters inside
the shutter, but I can make out two non-human entities inside."

Moon nodded thoughtfully.  "Just like at the Crystal seminar,"
she said softly.  "One to guard, and one to drain."

"Yes," Mercury replied.  "That does seem reasonable."

"One question," Moon added.

Mercury looked up at her from the computer.  "Yes?"

Moon smiled sheepishly.  "What's a space-time thingy?"

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  If only I could find a way to use this...
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 12-13-2020, 08:41 PM - Forum: Drunkard's Walk S: Heart of Steel - Replies (4)

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  Some Benny Goodman
Posted by: itsune9tl - 12-12-2020, 02:26 AM - Forum: The Game Everyone Loves To Play - No Replies


https://youtu.be/Qm-LXCcASuw
Primary: Allows Doug, and his "Plus One, to freely move across the scene as long as they look like they are dancing "Swing" Style.
Secondary: Doug may be "Forced" to sing along with the lyrics.

As a bonus Doug's "Loon" field may trigger "Domino Effect" chain reactions.

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  The Trailers Thread II
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 12-11-2020, 03:25 PM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (300)

Previous thread.

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