Something that cropped up while in chat with Terrence earlier this evening. What if a university field trip to the phalanx gets a little lost. A group of students find the door to the "Impounded Supervillain Armor Storage Locker" ajar and sneak in. They try on random bits of armor, in an attempt to find what looks "cool." As they are parading around in a nearby room striking poses, a very harried official mistakes them for a new batch of hero recruits, and runs them through the registration process.

When the dust settles, they're out front of City Hall with their purloined gear and a hero registration in their hands.

The challenge: Build an SG whose members have powers and abilities that don't mesh, look like they were thrown together haphazardly, with no regard for min/max performance, or even reason. Ancillary powers that clearly don't make sense. Plus a look that just screams "randomizer button mash." This group forms an SG dedicated to surviving their horribly bad luck while they try to sort the mess out. And maybe along the way, save the world.

Onyx Path is celebrating their 10th anniversary with a number of big sales throughout the year. This week is 90% Off Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition PDFs. Most of these books are $3 or less.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/...&src=OPP10

StackExchange: How can electricity not work at Hogwarts?

The question was asked because nerves and brains use electricity.

The best answers look at the source material and point out that it isn't electricity that doesn't work, it's mundane applications of electricity that "all go haywire around Hogwarts, there’s too much magic in the air" (Hermione, in Goblet of Fire).

So... I assume (and seem to recall a statement from Bob) that Doug's helmet is protected against EM interference. That should provide protection against magical-field interference, too.

Or am I way off-base here?

Kodansha, Shueisha, Shogakukan and Kadokawa filing suit against Cloudflare

Quote:Japanese media report the companies are therefore going to file a suit against Cloudflare, which they feel facilitates piracy by providing its services to sites that share unlicensed Manga.

Take a famous line - one that (almost) everybody knows. Then attribute it to a different work (real or fictional) that it could have come from.

For example:

"Marley was dead: to begin with." - A History of Modern Reggae

Or:

"There's no place like home." - Field of Dreams

old thread

Army Of Tigers - Jonathan Young - 4:01

There is one enemy that no one has the courage to destroy
She sends us cataclysmic cancer from her castle in the void
She blinds our children, burns our skin
Dries our crops and rivers thinned
You already know her name
Yeah, I'm talking bout the sun
Against her no one's ever won
But I've got a plan so we can win, yeah

Apparently, Ubisoft's and Square-Enix's customers don't.

Quote:Unfortunately, this is just the beginning of the metaverse/blockchain/NFT news we'll be hearing all throughout 2022. Buckle up, folks, because it's going to get worse.

Or to be more precise, I did the back half of it from a scan by some guy who posted it to the usenet forum about BGC over a decade ago.

Anyway.

It's really interesting, especially when Suzuki waxes cynical about the future economics of OVA's in the mid-90's (by the end of the decade the format was dead, but Suzuki seemed to think the slump he was in would be undone. Poor bastard). Certainly there are parts where he's talking out of his ass about planning for Crisis, but those are interesting too.

Seriously, read this!

It's snowing here. Not unusual for Ottawa in winter, but we're looking at 1-2 feet of snow today. The record for snowfall on January 17 in Ottawa has already been broken, and it's still snowing. Environment Canada has declared a blizzard.

Highways are closed. COVID vaccination centres are closed. They cancelled the weekly gardening phone-in that hasn't been cancelled in years. People are being told to stay home.

And I just looked out the window, and can't tell where the snowplow went by a couple of hours ago.

Good thing I have shelf-stable food for a few days.

EDIT: Apparently, it's just as bad in Toronto and Montreal.