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Yep, got suckered into seeing Candyman 2021 because I went by general critic score and didn't do a deep dive. I'm not personally bothered by the fact that there is a part one and part two to Dune. The only time that stuff bothers me is if they drag it out by adding non-canon shit and it's...

I'm sure with enough Google searching I can figure out what you mean, but who is LLR and what does he disagree with? Edit: Nm I know who you mean. Ok, well I haven't heard his argument but he's a pretty reasonable guy so /shrug

So I'm immediately skeptical of that review for several reasons: First, he wraps a ton of his criticisms in generalities and cleverly worded puns that actually don't mean much when you parse them out. His writing is unnecessarily dense and hard to decipher, which always makes me suspicious...

https://www.indiewire.com/2021/09/dune-review-denis-villeneuve-1234660459/amp/?__twitter_impression=true Just going to leave this here

Fucking awful

Let us know if you find a worthwhile exchange.

It's an unpopular opinion, but I agree that 4E did some things right. The problem was that they abandoned too many core tabletop RPG principles in their attempt to make combat more engaging. There is no reason you can't build a system that takes some elements from 4E combat but keeps the...

The D&D Fly spell sucks. It poses problems. Nothing that can't be resolved, but it can be a headache. A good system builds in limitations and mitigating factors with flight to prevent it from being too much of a headache for the GM. D&D failed in this regard.

Definitely true. The oldest and most valuable baseball cards came with a pack of gum. Meaning, it was the gum you were interested in buying and the baseball card was just this little bonus no one cared much about. There are really two arguments going on in this thread and people are...

As we are talking here the crypto market is going nuts lol. Wonder if it's just a big bump in the normal cycle or if there is news coming

I mentioned it a long time ago after I had this kind of epiphany about how much blockchain tech is going to change the Internet. It's actually pretty wild when you start thinking about it. The benefits of transparency and instant verification in the digital world are fairly fucking profound.

No doubt. Probably even days in the case of a Mickey Mantle

Skimmed through them. It's mostly stupid bullshit. Several people clearly didn't understand the concept of nfts. But yes, you made it clear you did. Congratulations. And nothing would stop anyone from just copying one of those stupid rock nfts. As you clearly understand, the copy would not be...

Getting off and on of trains and chasing the hot girl of the week is how you lose money in crypto. Also, James is correct, you cannot copy an NFT. That's the whole basis behind nfts.

Well, I do hate steel beams.

Don't know- might have at some point, but it wouldn't have been under this name. You might have just seen my name around these forums. I've had the same handle with the same avatar since 04.

Agree 100%. As a player I love finding loopholes taking advantage of loose mechanics to create badass characters. And it pisses me off when a GM doesn't know how to handle it in an organic way and imposes some bullshit heavy-handed exception to the rules just to thwart me. On the other hand, if...

It's not really a problem though. Not any more than any other spell or ability is a problem. In that regard, everything in an RPG is a "problem" and how you solve the problem is the fun part. There are definitely some spells, features, abilities that can break a game because they are so...

I think D&D 5th is a great system for beginners and players who want to focus more on RPing than tactics/number crunchy stuff, but I have yet to find a fantasy system that was a good combination of: 1. Skill based and classless 2. Easy to learn 3. Easy to play 4. Significant "crunchiness" in...

Sounds like your grudge is with 5e. All I was saying is that there has been some version of flying in just about every version of d&d since first edition.

The team is Indian

I have similar questions. Im personally convinced that it is a super useful project with a bright future, regardless of ETH 2.0. BUT there is no doubt that it's a speculative and risky investment. But honestly I don't think it's any more risky than something like Solana (I'd actually argue...

I have yet to read anything that makes me concerned about my sizable MATIC investment. But you know, not investment advice, DYOR, etc etc

Flying has been around in DnD forever and poses some unique challenges for a GM, but it's not new and it's not that hard to deal with if you are a creative GM.

I actually don't disagree with you that it will be new innovators who start this trend (rather than the current big players). But the reason EA would want to do this is because, after another company starts the trend, they will be forced to get on board whether they like it or not. That's the...

Sure, this seems like a pretty natural progression for using NFTs in games, and I wouldn't be surprised if it happened in the very near future. It will probably start with big game companies forming metaverses for just their own titles. I.e. you can transfer items/in game money from any EA...

I'd say "well, that's all you get for $100," but apparently that's all you get for $100,000 too...

Not surprising. It's definitely going to be an emerging area of law though. Young lawyers smart enough to focus on that area of IP work aren't going to lack for clients and the near future I'd imagine.

I think your question is less about NFTs and more about copyright laws. There are already comparable examples that exist for your scenario. NFTs don't really add any new elements into the equation that can't be addressed with existing laws. Scenario 1- You own "The Old Guitarist," an original...

Anyone try the "crypto cash back" cards? I'm looking at a 3%/2%/1% back offer from Venmo. You get the cash back in the crypto of your choice (basically ETH or BTC) and it comes with zero transaction fees. I wouldn't ordinarily buy my crypto on Venmo, but 3% cash back in ETH or BTC for doing...

This needs to happen ASAP. The current system is fucked.

Shit man, you won't find me disagreeing with any of this. It's not even controversial really. We have thousands of years of human history and hundreds of examples of the rich and powerful gatekeeping knowledge from the rest of society. It wasn't too long ago you could get executed for having...

Yeah, that's kind of what I mean. Lots of people get the concepts, but not a lot of people have put much thought into the consequences. I think it's one of the least talked about but most important elements of the crypto paradigm shift. You can say I've got a tinfoil hat if you want, but I...

Now you're beginning to get it. How to monetize the internet has always been an issue since the beginning of the internet. This is built in Internet monetization.

This is true... If you ignore all the other evidence that Visa has given that they are pro ethereum and pro defi.

It IS a purely speculative bet on a future use case. And that answers your question as to why it means more than just being a boon for cryptopunk values. It's a further indication that Visa sees DeFi and Ethereum as having a huge role in the future of finance. Read their tweet- they see their...

Jesus, Visa just bought a cryptopunk lol.

I guess you could look at gold if you thought we were going to get a true black swan event, in which stocks and crypto both crash and we get hit with USD inflation at the same time. Edit: Also, from reddit- Your daily dose of Crypto The total market cap has risen 2.7% in the last 24 hours and...

If you are thinking about a stock market crash, being out of equities and into cash isn't a bad position. Gives you lots of dry powder to swoop in and buy the dip in a Black swan situation

Add me to the list of people looking for this too