tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post9033756474428329863..comments2023-11-03T02:44:56.790-07:00Comments on Fortress: Ameritrash: Ultimate Podcast with Mr. Skeletor!Matt Throwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04426055092986158446noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-57928054851586401962013-04-19T19:20:30.031-07:002013-04-19T19:20:30.031-07:00Even when you evacuate early, you leave with no ce...Even when you evacuate early, you leave with no certainty of how quickly you will come to your new shelter or what you would find now there [url=http://www.kjpbadcreditloans.co.uk/]http://www.kjpbadcreditloans.co.uk/[/url] <a href="http://www.kjpbadcreditloans.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">payday loans for bad credit</a> you should remember the fact that you will drop your a guarantee if you do not create repayment by the due date http://www.rtmdz.co.uk/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-56036713298222697602012-03-31T08:30:30.747-07:002012-03-31T08:30:30.747-07:00I saw really much useful information above!I saw really much useful information above!posicionamiento web en googlehttp://www.pcwebsite.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-74749578757253930272011-12-19T11:34:47.098-08:002011-12-19T11:34:47.098-08:00Mr.Skeletor always do a great job in his podcast!Mr.Skeletor always do a great job in his podcast!viagra onlinehttp://www.smartonlinepharmacy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-71350419572616518502007-12-14T15:43:00.000-08:002007-12-14T15:43:00.000-08:00You know, I think Juniper's got everything that's ...<I>You know, I think Juniper's got everything that's needed in a website there.</I><BR/><BR/>Uba's right, though The number of free Content Management Systems floating around is mind-boggling, and I have no idea if the one that I've used (Mambo/Joomla!) is the best choice. A more thorough analysis of the site's requirements and of the available tools is important, and will be worthwhile.Juniperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05905667009014233372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-89096723088040922102007-12-14T15:15:00.000-08:002007-12-14T15:15:00.000-08:00P.S. I'm so techinically inept. I finally found ho...<I>P.S. I'm so techinically inept. I finally found how to post on the test site but when I went to save it, I couldn't 'select a catagory.' Is this disabled?</I><BR/><BR/>OK, this is fixed. You (Steve A.) and Uba should now be able to submit content through the User Menu. I didn't give anyone else permission to submit content because nobody else has registered. :-)Juniperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05905667009014233372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-56148972064541338492007-12-14T14:56:00.000-08:002007-12-14T14:56:00.000-08:00You know, I think Juniper's got everything that's ...You know, I think Juniper's got everything that's needed in a website there.<BR/><BR/>Except maybe space for a few of Steve's songs.<BR/><BR/>--Mike L.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-37833091415347701962007-12-14T13:41:00.000-08:002007-12-14T13:41:00.000-08:00What BGG did was to make it a community deal and a...<I>What BGG did was to make it a community deal and all these cutesy-pie features. Which is just fine for them, as far as I'm concerned.</I><BR/><BR/>I still like BGG a lot, some of the douches posting there notwithstanding. But they've slapped so many bags on the sides of bags on the sides of their basic forum/database system that it's getting downright ridiculous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-27064301900230937452007-12-14T13:26:00.000-08:002007-12-14T13:26:00.000-08:00An example: the idea that you can categorize games...<I>An example: the idea that you can categorize games according to their mechanic is one that originated with Derk. It's one of the founding principles of the site, and it's embedded in the site's genes. It's also completely silly.</I><BR/><BR/>Throwing out the notion of classifying games based on mechanisms seems to be throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I can describe TI3 as a game with the following mechanisms:<BR/><BR/>- User-constructed board.<BR/>- A&A-style combat.<BR/>- Variable player powers.<BR/>- Tech-tree based unit ability improvements.<BR/>- Puerto-Rico style role selection.<BR/><BR/>And this would give you a pretty good 50,000 ft. view of what's going on in TI3. I haven't said anything about whether it was good or bad or whether or not the parts actually gel together into a good game, but I've told you enough to know whether or not there's something on that list that you absolutely love or absolutely hate. If a pizza place offers me a new Topping X on my pizza, I'm probably going to ask what it tastes like. "It's completely silly to categorize pizza toppings, you'll just have to try it and see," is not going to be an acceptable answer, because I'm going to be sorely disappointed when Topping X tastes like a combination of pineapple and anchovies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-74950637083428860582007-12-14T08:08:00.000-08:002007-12-14T08:08:00.000-08:00Wow, we could change KANE & LYNCH to AGRICOLA or R...Wow, we could change KANE & LYNCH to AGRICOLA or RACE FOR THE GALAXY and it'd be about BGG...Michael Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01465993224831900150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-21958733832308758762007-12-14T07:00:00.000-08:002007-12-14T07:00:00.000-08:00F:AT fills a need that cannot be satisfied by BGG ...F:AT fills a need that cannot be satisfied by BGG but it does not compete on the main feature, so I don't think F:AT should worry too much about justifying its existence. Water under the bridge.Jurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00159781200263742361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-10504701731805753752007-12-14T06:57:00.000-08:002007-12-14T06:57:00.000-08:00Gamespot should TOTALLY be the hub of the videogam...Gamespot should TOTALLY be the hub of the videogame universe. POSITIVE REVIEWS for ALL ADVERTISERS! Sign up now!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Loved the Penny Arcade comic on that whole shebang:<BR/><BR/>http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/11/29Ken B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01621793460967739987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-1435645429204479342007-12-14T06:42:00.000-08:002007-12-14T06:42:00.000-08:00Well, there have been other databases in the past....Well, there have been other databases in the past...but they were pretty clinical. What BGG did was to make it a community deal and all these cutesy-pie features. Which is just fine for them, as far as I'm concerned.<BR/><BR/>But thinking about how there's really just one site for such a big hobby boggles my mind. No one in video games, music, movies, or any other hobby would be satisfied or interested in there just being one site that holds the reins on all conversation, commentary, and opinions. In fact, there would be complete hostility toward a single site if it were the central hub that all discussion revolved around. The way it is now, it's really just BGG and a couple of blogs and Boardgamenews.com off to the side. Almost complete hegemony within this established culture. And no, it clearly doesn't speak to or for everyone there regardless of how much folks want to suggest it does.Michael Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01465993224831900150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-31217318664653678012007-12-13T21:39:00.000-08:002007-12-13T21:39:00.000-08:00The problem is that because they have the game dat...The problem is that because they have the game database, BGG can make a strong claim to be the all-inclusive boardgame site. For reasons that Juniper summarized, that claim may not be born out in practice. If a more neutral and thoughtful group were to put together as large a database teamed with a tighter run website, BGG's dominance would go down the tubes. <BR/><BR/>WNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-5691292472214428052007-12-13T17:32:00.000-08:002007-12-13T17:32:00.000-08:00One thing that would be nice over there is somethi...One thing that would be nice over there is something that SJG does at their forum. There's a forum that's admin only that announces who's banned and what for. Additionally, over their Avatar there's the line "Banned". That way there can be no guessing.<BR/><BR/>--Mike L.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-83567566281509840672007-12-13T15:51:00.000-08:002007-12-13T15:51:00.000-08:00It was HINTED to me that DREW may have copped a ba...It was HINTED to me that DREW may have copped a ban or something, though I'd be very surprised if that were true.<BR/><BR/>Anyway lets get our hands off our schlongs about the outrage to the reaction of J's thread - if someone posted here about supporting BGG he would have been ripped a new asshole, so lets not claim the moral high ground for the degeneration of that thread. It really should not have been there and frankly I'm surprised it wasn't worse. <BR/><BR/>Anyway lets stop the jibber jabber and actually start having a red hot go at getting this site up. In my opinion if Jupes wants the job of webmaster or whatever he's got it, lets work out if we need anyone else, add them to our google group and move this conversation to there so we can fight it out in private. <BR/><BR/>I was going to comment with the problem of BGG being the only place for games but I think I'll write it as an article instead, thanks for starting the discussion up Dennis.Mr Skeletorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17641339798508135450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-18603271998449978622007-12-13T13:52:00.000-08:002007-12-13T13:52:00.000-08:00People shouldn't expect one stop shopping for ever...<I>People shouldn't expect one stop shopping for everything; that's why we were taught how to research topics when we were in school.<BR/>--Mike L.</I><BR/><BR/>Exactly. However, try explaining that to the users over at the 'Geek.Rliyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08644720690880433211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-455146343838811232007-12-13T12:09:00.000-08:002007-12-13T12:09:00.000-08:00One thing to emphasize is that CSW is not part of ...One thing to emphasize is that CSW is not part of BGG, and never will be. While there's a lot of decent wargame stuff on BGG, it's still eclipsed by CSW and some other wargame sites.<BR/><BR/>People shouldn't expect one stop shopping for everything; that's why we were taught how to research topics when we were in school.<BR/><BR/>--Mike L.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-42353668927125736522007-12-13T11:07:00.000-08:002007-12-13T11:07:00.000-08:00Well, there is that mysterious photo of an 18xx ga...Well, there is that mysterious photo of an 18xx game posted by Clearclaw where the faces are all obscured and all you can see is that it appears that everyone is wearing Members Only jackets and there's a calculator for every player. Maybe Drew's in that picture?Michael Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01465993224831900150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-80448744795020485882007-12-13T10:52:00.000-08:002007-12-13T10:52:00.000-08:00Has anyone ever seen Drew1365 and Clearclaw togeth...Has anyone ever seen Drew1365 and Clearclaw together in the same place? Maybe there's a Clark Kent/Superman thing going on there.Juniperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05905667009014233372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-85524254167633193112007-12-13T10:06:00.000-08:002007-12-13T10:06:00.000-08:00Nah, he's just building enough gumption to drop th...Nah, he's just building enough gumption to drop the F-bomb against Skel over there...either that or practicing his faux British accent for his interview with Weeks.Michael Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01465993224831900150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-5990027759520122392007-12-13T10:03:00.000-08:002007-12-13T10:03:00.000-08:00I think Mrskeletor hurt Drew1365 feelings ,he Has'...I think Mrskeletor hurt Drew1365 feelings ,he Has'nt posted much of anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-50906642808242976492007-12-13T09:45:00.000-08:002007-12-13T09:45:00.000-08:00BGG isn't just a website. It's a culture and a lan...<I>BGG isn't just a website. It's a culture and a language. It's a specific way of looking at boardgames, and that perspective determines, to a large degree, the tastes of the BGG culture.</I><BR/><BR/>Perfectly stated, and really in those elements lies the crux of my grievance with the site.Michael Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01465993224831900150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-77180860332049700792007-12-13T09:38:00.000-08:002007-12-13T09:38:00.000-08:00Tom, Michael, Dennis, Steve (no just kidding - not...Tom, Michael, Dennis, Steve (no just kidding - not_Steve_ever) ... you guys are all talking sense and have made a similar important point.<BR/><BR/>The content here on F:AT is <I>different</I> to the type of content on BGG so:<BR/>1. It needs a separate site<BR/>2. There's no point trying to take it to BGG - that failed which is why F:AT is here.<BR/><BR/>None of those idiots at BGG calling for you writers to move your ideas back to BGG must have any idea of what gets written here most of the time, 'cos if they did they would realise that the resulting flame wars, red flagging, warnings/bannings would mean it would be a very short return.<BR/>And what they actually want you guys to write would probably put you to sleep.Southernmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254183843277088157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-59416731077071442342007-12-13T09:31:00.000-08:002007-12-13T09:31:00.000-08:00Dennis made a good point- if this material were on...<I>Dennis made a good point- if this material were on BGG, it wouldn't be as good. At best, it would be lost in the endless avalanche of posts, at worst they would denigrate into the worst grades of internet jibber-jabber.</I><BR/><BR/>All discussion on BGG ends up, ultimately, being about BGG. It's boring.<BR/><BR/>It's hard to discuss games on BGG without resorting to the use of that site's bizarre jargon. BGG reviews inevitably depend on the scores of prejudices and groundless assumptions about games that prevail there. BGG isn't just a website. It's a culture and a language. It's a specific way of looking at boardgames, and that perspective determines, to a large degree, the tastes of the BGG culture.<BR/><BR/>An example: the idea that you can categorize games according to their <I>mechanic</I> is one that originated with Derk. It's one of the founding principles of the site, and it's embedded in the site's genes. It's also completely silly. It means that innovative games like Knizia's TOWER OF BABEL* are dismissed as "just another area control game," while little-played games that are mechanically similar to CAYLUS can sell 750 preorders in a week or two. Whatever.<BR/><BR/>If I may misquote Marshall McLuhan: the mediocre is the message.<BR/><BR/>F:At is a different medium and a different message. I hope that, as F:At grows, a crucial aspect of that message remains "question the prevailing assumptions."<BR/><BR/>* No, TOWER OF BABEL isn't my favorite game, either, but it does offer something new, and it's definitely not another SAN MARCO. The real problem with it is that the theme is incoherent and the art is wrong.Juniperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05905667009014233372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811769968708731746.post-65134828229511797522007-12-13T08:54:00.000-08:002007-12-13T08:54:00.000-08:00I always thought of us as the daughter that was di...I always thought of us as the daughter that was disowned when she started dating a musician & dropped out of college to live in a van and follow The Dead.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01990801735325411116noreply@blogger.com