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thoughtpunks

@thoughtpunks@dice.camp

Making #TTRPG games and being weird.
team: rev, yvette
games: http://bit.ly/ThinkPol
rev's ko-fi: http://ko-fi.com/revcasey
rev's other games: https://revcasey.itch.io

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it's frankly amazing how many funding problems the US government could solve by eliminating the income cap on Social Security taxes and taxing capital gains like regular self-employed income.

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Rules do not elide: my take on a possibly very stale debate.

(Free to read, even though it's hosted on Patreon.)

https://www.patreon.com/posts/rules-do-not-101695104

thoughtpunks,
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@armadajosh that discourse drives me so up a wall. The whole conflation of elision and abstraction is particularly scraping my bones level irritation.

Tim_Eagon, to cars
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Wait, the extant Tesla models are S, 3, X, and Y? SEXY? Seriously?

thoughtpunks,
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@Tim_Eagon his brain is peak 2010 4chan.

thoughtpunks, to random
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I need people to understand the Internet was once WILD. As in literally a place where someone had a .org dedicated to providing advice on loving dolphins. Really loving dolphins. Loving dolphins in a very direct, very intimate way. Including warnings about the dangers of dolphin dick.

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I will love you harder and more forever than Starfish if you help me get to the store tonight before they close. It would stop me from opening another pack of cigarettes [which were a free gift to me] and quit again. Please? These are literal years of life we're talking about.

Games & updates for life: https://ko-fi.com/s/df215d11bf

Direct tips:
Debit/credit https://paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4TQUQPZ9VBXGS
App https://cash.app/$revpcasey
PP https://paypal.me/tpipc
KF https://ko-fi.com/revcasey

thoughtpunks, to random
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My brain is full of RPG game thoughts reading a couple manuscripts for people and working on my starter Substack posts. I'll be throwing of that random brain detritus at you soon. This weekend is pretty big. NEVER Stop Smiling gets EPUB, HTML, & Markdown files too!

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Be a liar if this being the only tipper the last couple days isn't disheartening as hell. 😬

If you're not a dick and wanna help someone re-quit smoking after being a heavy smoker for forever, I'd truly appreciate you.

Direct :
Debit/Credit Cards https://paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4TQUQPZ9VBXGS
Cash App https://cash.app/$revpcasey
PayPal https://paypal.me/tpipc
Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/revcasey

Or PAY ONCE and get ALL of our releases FOR LIFE!
https://ko-fi.com/s/df215d11bf

PLEASE help me get my non-smoking aid.

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Is there a working active Plume instance that isn't just a spam pile?

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    thoughtpunks,
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    @LeviKornelsen I can almost feel the THIS ROOM EXISTS? shock vibe.

    thoughtpunks, to random
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    This is absolutely terrifying and haunting.
    https://www.propublica.org/article/911-call-analysis-fbi-police-courts

    thoughtpunks,
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    @Tim_Eagon The article was already long, but I really wish they would have at least had a throwaway paragraph about how this "analytics" bullshit makes its way into the professional world, as well as numerous bureaucracies [especially border/immigration and welfare]. Because horrifying as it is, it's an even more widespread rot than the article lets on.

    thoughtpunks, to KindActions
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    Simple goal: Bike & gear accommodating my disabilities.
    Cannot safely drive & busses suck here.
    Budget is just one year of bus passes.
    Saving on bus pass & Ubers for gaps, I'll have less need.

    Empower me & make my life more sustainable.
    https://fundrazr.com/revbikefund
    💕💸

    LeviKornelsen, to random
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    Here's an assertion that should be fairly agreeable with a second of consideration:

    In a trad game, when it comes to how much gravity the game mechanics exert on play, the pull of the character sheet and the things the player imagines based on it is notably stronger than the great majority of of other rules. It's the dwarf star of rules gravity.

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    thoughtpunks,
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    @pteryx @LeviKornelsen @Silverlion OK, this thread has my attention because I've run into similar issues as Pteryx [and similar dissatisfaction with Gumshoe].

    My solution is leaning into emergence.

    1. Decide how big or complex the mystery is. Translate that to phases/steps and clues per step.

    2. Accumulate at least the minimum number of clues through investigation.

    3. Once enough clues are accumulated, the players make a theory and roll an oracle to see how close they are.

    1/2

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    @pteryx @LeviKornelsen @Silverlion Sometimes it will be wrong or you'll be short a piece of evidence to be sure. Even Holmes and Poirot ran across dead ends and red herrings or needed to revise initial theories.

    But it's a very direct structure that tells the players to chase clues and build theories. And making oracles rolls for theory accuracy gives uncertainty and surprise, while leaving it player directed.

    Include an oracle for dead-ends & cold trails to prevent stalls.

    That's my thing.

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    @pteryx @LeviKornelsen @Silverlion I've badly misunderstood you in some ways. Though that comment helped clarify context/meaning that wasn't apparent to me on first read I have to admit still being at loss and not quite wrapping my head around what you're getting at. I can get to the ballpark but there's tensions there for me throwing me off [like player-driven & design focused with a GM-set objective truth].

    I may just be having an off night. Apologies for any unintended disruption.

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    @pteryx @LeviKornelsen @Silverlion My screenreader is working on the first one about the disaster campaign right now. The mystery one I have opened in the next tab when this one finishes! I very much enjoy our conversations and your thoughts, so I'm already investing the effort to better understand it. I'm already getting more context for some of what you're getting at in here. If I have anything useful or interesting thoughts in brain after finishing both posts, I'll chime back in.

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    @pteryx @LeviKornelsen @Silverlion to be clear, this is the one I'm reading/listening to right now. https://pteryx.dreamwidth.org/3448.html

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    @pteryx @LeviKornelsen @Silverlion If I only read those, I'd still have offered the oracle approach! It fits forcing players to use clues/make theories and accepting the possibility of incompleteness/wrongness. But combining the posts here and the blog entries, I see why that's exactly the wrong solution for you. Ideas incoming.

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    @pteryx @LeviKornelsen @Silverlion Suggestions:

    1. Elimination as progression. Count interpreting evidence to rule out likely theories/suspects as a clue/evidence gain itself. Example: Give a bonus to chasing leads.

    2. Sum is more than the whole. Treat clues/evidence like alchemy. Stacking complementary clues is a new clue or lead, or turns clues into solid evidence, or the like.

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    @pteryx @LeviKornelsen @Silverlion

    1. Award resource points, free ally use, or some equivalent for running into dead ends, red herrings, and bad theories. Reward the deeper exploration that leads to those obstacles.

    2. Evidence timers. The longer clues are sat on, the likelier leads are to grow cold, evidence is to be lost, etc. Bit of stick to complement the carrots and create a sense of urgency to examine and use clues.

    3. Crime/problem timers. Like the prior, but triggering troubles.

    thoughtpunks,
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    @pteryx @LeviKornelsen @Silverlion I think there's more stuff percolating but that's what my brain has for now. Those are basically placeholders/brainstorm output. They can be varied with any number of equiv examples. Couple carrots encouraging direct clue usage. Carrot for dead ends/false starts. Stick or two to create pressure and urgency to examine clues and build theories to move forward.

    Am I hitting any closer to the mark this time?

    thoughtpunks,
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    @pteryx @LeviKornelsen @Silverlion can you elaborate a little on the gap between the incentive triggers and what you'd like to arrive at? or alternatively, what the gap between player understanding and triggers like that would be in your experience?

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    It's 95/month for bad bus system. + Ubers for places busses run rarely or just don't run. For just the cost of a year's bus passes, I can get a bike AND full gear that accommodates my safety & disability.
    https://throne.com/revcasey/collections/revs-mobility

    Or Amazon gift cards to rev @ thoughtpunks .com

    thoughtpunks, to books
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    The number of people who mock others for lack of media literacy and not knowing what the book/comic/lore says who are framing the universe as a rejection of white saviorism and fascism is way the f too high. Please stop and read the . My irony sensors are overloaded.

    thoughtpunks,
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    @LeviKornelsen I cannot see it myself, but I can appreciate both the nuance and hopefulness of that read. It's certainly more familiar and considered than the simple shallow take on Paul! So it's well outside the bounds of my swipe. And thus even though I can't quite experience the story that way, I can appreciate where you're coming from and the level of thought in it.

    thoughtpunks,
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    @LeviKornelsen By the way, one of my favorite things in our interactions is when you have such a different POV than I do. I like that we both can take the time to express where we're coming from, even explicitly disagreeing, and have it be so damn pleasant. <3

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