With this post, I'm meeting my goal of four posts per month (including my Minecraft blog). Speaking of which, I think that I'll resolve to continue making four posts per month.
Additionally, I'm considering a weight loss/exercise resolution, but I'm not sure exactly what to make it. If I make a weight loss goal, then I'll need a target number, which will need to be within reason (I'm thinking 250), and I'll need to make sure that I'm on course for it. If I make an exercise goal, then I'll need to be fairly specific in my requirements and exceptions. I currently tend to exercise on a Thursday/Sunday schedule, since that ties in w/ my work & play schedule, though I'm considering adding Friday or Saturday, with the specific day depending on which day I'm out that weekend. This one still needs fleshed out; maybe I'll post in the new year once I've gotten it sorted.
Monday, December 31, 2012
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Questions Arising from Shadow of the Century
Evil Hat Productions, makers of, among other games, Spirit of the Century, are currently doing a kickstarter project for what they're calling "Fate Core". In one of their updates, they announced an intention to make Shadow of the Century, a temporal sequel to Spirit of the Century. (Watch the video, too.)
Some of this makes sense: Once they start talking about it, 1980s action/adventure makes a lot of sense as sort of a spiritual sequel. However, I'm left with some significant questions.
Some of this makes sense: Once they start talking about it, 1980s action/adventure makes a lot of sense as sort of a spiritual sequel. However, I'm left with some significant questions.
- What makes the people that the Centurions are training special? With the Centurions in Spirit, there was something significant to their birth. Are the trainees not special, and just chosen? Or are they Decadions or something?
- Has the existence of the Century Club had no influence on world events? I know that pulp action requires a fair amount of suspension of disbelief, but it seems hard to believe that the Great Depression, WWII, and the Red Scare/McCarthyism all happened as normal. Maybe there needs to be some kind of alternate history in there to explain how we got to more-or-less the 1980s as we know them.
- Why is there time travel built into the metaplot? It seems like it might be highly unnecessary.
- Why were Doctor Methuselah & Mack Silver specifically killed off? I get that they'd want to kill off good guys & bad guys in equal numbers, but why those two specifically?
- Was it really that easy to label the Century Club as a communist organization?
- Is the Cold War still going on in the Shadow of the Century setting? Did it ever happen at all?
Obviously, there's just the announcement, and so not every detail will be filled in right away, but I feel like these questions are sort of fundamental.
Xmas Haul 2012
I thought that I'd go ahead and tell everyone what I got for Xmas this year.
Apparently, getting directions the old fashioned way (i.e., from Google Maps) just won't do, so somebody got me one of those in-car GPS navigation doodads.
I also got some anime: Rozen Maiden: Overture & part of Monster (it's a long one).
I also got a hard copy of Godlike, which was apparently difficult to procure. I know that I haven't seen it around, but I guess that the guys who make it haven't really been pushing to get it out there, either. I can't wait to get some time to read the rules in more depth and also read up on the setting in more detail.
I also got a new robe, some gift cards, and some mints.
Overall, it was a good Xmas on the receiving end. I hope that everyone else got stuff that they wanted, too! *<:-D
Apparently, getting directions the old fashioned way (i.e., from Google Maps) just won't do, so somebody got me one of those in-car GPS navigation doodads.
I also got some anime: Rozen Maiden: Overture & part of Monster (it's a long one).
I also got a hard copy of Godlike, which was apparently difficult to procure. I know that I haven't seen it around, but I guess that the guys who make it haven't really been pushing to get it out there, either. I can't wait to get some time to read the rules in more depth and also read up on the setting in more detail.
I also got a new robe, some gift cards, and some mints.
Overall, it was a good Xmas on the receiving end. I hope that everyone else got stuff that they wanted, too! *<:-D
Friday, December 28, 2012
SolLock's Log: Day 6
I started the day by going back to retrieve the Apricorns that seem to grow so vigorously around here. After that, I trained my pokémon thoroughly against the wild pokémon on Route 32. Pitcher got into some interesting wrestling matches against some wild Ekans, but always won out.
As I worked my way southerly, I encountered a youngster named Albert. Sting was able to take out his Rattata and Zubat, thanks to judicious use of Harden - though that Zubat's Supersonic had her on the ropes for a while, so I had to use a Potion to keep her safe. Not far from him, I found a Repel.
Following the western side of the route, I encountered a camper named Roland, whose Nidoran was readily dispatched by Arsonist. Near him I found a Great Ball and TM09: Bullet Seed. As I pressed on, Watchman came frighteningly close to fainting against a wild Bellsprout. She really needs some training to bulk up. I snuck past a trainer and, luckily, right into a pokémon center.
At the center, a man gave me an Old Rod, to get me started fishing. Another man gave me two Lure Balls because I was collecting Apricorns, and told me of a man named Kurt in Azalea town who makes special pokéballs out of Apricorns. When I left the center again, I spotted a girl amidst the trees behind it. Upon speaking with her, I learned that she was Frieda of Friday. Apparently, today was Friday, and so my lucky day, too, as she gave me a Poison Barb. I, of course, gave it to Sting to hold, since she knows Poison Sting.
After that, I went to the watchful trainer whom I'd avoided earlier. This youngster Gordon had a Wooper, so I promptly switched out Watchman for Pitcher. A single Vine Whip ruined his day.
After that, the Egg that I was carrying hatched into a Togepi. I called Professor Elm right away, and he told me to bring it to him. He seems to have been a bit confused, though, as he immediately called me thereafter to tell me the same thing. When I got back to Prof. Elm's lab, I showed him Togepi. He seemed to get very excited about Togepi's rareness and muttered something about legendary pokémon, then gave me an Everstone and sent me on my way. An Everstone prevents the pokémon holding it from evolving, but I don't have anyone that I'd like to hold it, so I'm just keeping it in my pack for now.
I trained Togepi on Route 29 until he learned a 4th move, though it's Metronome, so I've no plans to use it: He could end up using Selfdestruct or Explosion. Then, I trained him against the Poison-types on the upper part of Route 32, since he knows Extrasensory.
Oh, and Joey called. He apparently failed to catch a Hoothoot. Then Wade called. Apparently, his bugs managed to knock out a Hoothoot. Good on them, I guess.
At the end of our training, Togepi learned Sweet Kiss, which replaced Growl. Now, it's time for a well-earned rest.
[NOTE: This entry corresponds to Friday, December 28th, 2012.]
As I worked my way southerly, I encountered a youngster named Albert. Sting was able to take out his Rattata and Zubat, thanks to judicious use of Harden - though that Zubat's Supersonic had her on the ropes for a while, so I had to use a Potion to keep her safe. Not far from him, I found a Repel.
Following the western side of the route, I encountered a camper named Roland, whose Nidoran was readily dispatched by Arsonist. Near him I found a Great Ball and TM09: Bullet Seed. As I pressed on, Watchman came frighteningly close to fainting against a wild Bellsprout. She really needs some training to bulk up. I snuck past a trainer and, luckily, right into a pokémon center.
At the center, a man gave me an Old Rod, to get me started fishing. Another man gave me two Lure Balls because I was collecting Apricorns, and told me of a man named Kurt in Azalea town who makes special pokéballs out of Apricorns. When I left the center again, I spotted a girl amidst the trees behind it. Upon speaking with her, I learned that she was Frieda of Friday. Apparently, today was Friday, and so my lucky day, too, as she gave me a Poison Barb. I, of course, gave it to Sting to hold, since she knows Poison Sting.
After that, I went to the watchful trainer whom I'd avoided earlier. This youngster Gordon had a Wooper, so I promptly switched out Watchman for Pitcher. A single Vine Whip ruined his day.
After that, the Egg that I was carrying hatched into a Togepi. I called Professor Elm right away, and he told me to bring it to him. He seems to have been a bit confused, though, as he immediately called me thereafter to tell me the same thing. When I got back to Prof. Elm's lab, I showed him Togepi. He seemed to get very excited about Togepi's rareness and muttered something about legendary pokémon, then gave me an Everstone and sent me on my way. An Everstone prevents the pokémon holding it from evolving, but I don't have anyone that I'd like to hold it, so I'm just keeping it in my pack for now.
I trained Togepi on Route 29 until he learned a 4th move, though it's Metronome, so I've no plans to use it: He could end up using Selfdestruct or Explosion. Then, I trained him against the Poison-types on the upper part of Route 32, since he knows Extrasensory.
Oh, and Joey called. He apparently failed to catch a Hoothoot. Then Wade called. Apparently, his bugs managed to knock out a Hoothoot. Good on them, I guess.
At the end of our training, Togepi learned Sweet Kiss, which replaced Growl. Now, it's time for a well-earned rest.
[NOTE: This entry corresponds to Friday, December 28th, 2012.]
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