I'm so sorry bubbles, are you doing all rite, we should hang out tomorrow afternoon. Ill give ya a call when I'm off work.

Farva's a good driver... yeah... a really good driver.

Hey Guys,

My Grandmother passed away yesterday and the funeral is Monday, so I don't think I'll be able to make the game.

It's OK John. We understand. You're a celebrity now, which means you don't have time to hang out with us non-famous people. No hard feelings. Really. We'll see you Monday unless someone more famous comes along.


(Commercial for Black Devil Doll? You pushing his film on the podcast? That's awesome.)

Hey guys I have too much shit that I have to get finished before Saturday. I'm not going to make it for Friday night's shindig. I've got a ton of stuff to do, including recording a guest spot on the internets biggest horror radio talk show Dead Pit (yep I'm an internet celebrity!), as well as work on getting an audio commercial together with the director of a little movie called.......



Hells Yeah! Now I just need him to send me a screener and I'm set!

Steelers rule!

I spent like 20 minutes looking for a picture of a room messier than Dustins on the internet.
I looked on sites talking about compulsive hoarding and such.
No luck.
So here's what I ended up with.... actually looks as if Dustin went camping for a few days!

Dustin's up in his room right now, actually.

Is Dustin still alive? Haven't seen him in a while.

So are we playing D and D tonight? Has anyone seen Dustin? What is the meaning of life? :)

Ever worn an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on your back?

They will have laptop LHC's in 10 years I bet.
If the Universe or Planet isn't destroyed that is.

A micro black hole that consumes the planet would be awesome. Or a reaction that turns the entire planet into a star one atom at a time. That'd be one hell of a way to go.



This is either another photo of the LHC or Han Solo standing in the firing path of the main gun of the Death Star.

But it's a fun way to destroy the universe!

John - Sure we can do the shindiggage here. That'd actually make things a bit easier as far as cooking goes.

Farva! Be a good man-bitch and clean my house. We're expecting company.


I get my bottles filled at Clear Water, I think it's called. It's on 585; if you're coming by Rubbermaid and heading towards Ex-Hawkins/Aldis/the gas stations it'd be on the right just past the area with all the cul-de-sac homes. I think there was a Sprint building right next to it. Big house, parking lot, and a sign.

25-cents a gallon if you fill your own jugs.

Jeremy - So at lunch today the wonderful Mrs. Shatz informed me that she couldn't have the house presentable by Friday. Is there any chance that you can host the shindig on Friday?

Jeremy - Well I would like to have it at casa de shatz, but that means I need to get up off of my fat ass and clean the house. I shall start that process tonight. Homemade pizza sounds freaking awesome! Movie wise I'm really interested in seeing Strings. Sounds freaking weird as hell (which appeals to me).

Farva - Agreed. You are in fact a douche :P

Dustin - I can't believe that you bailed on my Cthulu game. It makes me very sad on the inside were I'm all sensitive and shit....... <_<

Jeremy - One other question. Where do you get your water for the cooler? We have gone thru both of our bottles and need to pick a couple more up.

Later bitches! Oh and don't forget to vote on Tuesday.

John,

Were we doing the Friday thing at your house or mine?
I think we've got it covered as far as food. If you're cool with it, I think we're going to do that homemade pizza again. (It's going to be partially baked the night before and ready to just toss on a stone and bake.)

I need your orders. Ask Jen what she wants on hers!

Toppings:
Pepperoni
Mushrooms
Sausage
Bacon
Onions
Black Olives

I've also got a movie if we decide to do that for part of the evening. Strings came in, and at least what I've seen so far it looks farkin' awesome. (That was the one with the puppets.) Jen may even watch it.

And Farva says he's a douche.

Ah those wacky Germans are at it again.



And just in case you don't remember the classic....

I am so geeked about this....

Well the game should be about as safe as a Cthulu game can be. Lots of investigation with some violence :)

how about this one? it will kill u all!

So... what should we expect in this game?
What sorta characters should we be thinking of making?

Creepy, eh?

John, look away from the Ark!

Cool then!
I'll be ready to see horrible things that make me lose my sanity on Monday!!

www.zombiemoose.com!

Surprizingly enough, I actually do have most of my Cthulu characters still.
What's the over/under on fatalities? I may have to keep the CSI back home for this one and take the Messican gangstah.

Okay

1. That is a creepy ass picture right there. Where did you find it?

2. I would love to run some Cthulu stuff if you guys want. I actually have something that I could throw together. With that in mind who still has there characters? If not no big deal. You can make characters in 5-10 minutes.

So what are we doing Monday guys. I'm fine with freezing my game for a bit if John wants to run some Cthulhu stuff.

God I can't help myself, but here is another link. This guy has made some killer short films.

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1379193668

Here is another one. I saw this one a while ago and really liked it.

Patrick Rea is one of my favorite up and coming filmmakers. I just found out that a bunch of his short films are available on the web and wanted to share them.

See you guys tonight for some kick ass Mediterranean food.

Ed Helms is/was on the Daily Show so it could of been, don't remember it though.

Sandals of the Tiger’s Leap from S&F are also cool shoes. You deal double damage on a charge. Could be real nice with that spring-attack thing you wanted to do.

Bags of holding are always good. Eyes of the Eagle for spot.

You'll be plenty useful at higher levels. Spellcasters are always going to kick melee's ass as far as destructive power, but you're going to be up there with a rogue as far as ass-kicking. Especially once we get the gold to outfit you properly.

Think of Bubble's monk in the epic campaign. You're judging the class by Farva's attempts at a brawler, and that's wrong. ;D


I'm not sure what's going on next week. I'm still wondering about Friday. Farv' wanted to buy us all a burrito. A baby-sized burrito. At Chipoltes' grand opening.

The Zombie thing is great. Wasn't that on TV before? Daily Show, maybe? I could have sworn I've seen it before.

Cool stuff

Well I've been filling my pack with stuff that no one wanted (I kept asking!) so I'm sure I can loan you some cash.

I have:

+1 Daggers x2
+1 Shortsword
+1 Flaming Longsword x2 (I think there are two)

as well as an assortment of mundane items (11 short bows anyone?)

As a monk I was hoping to pick up a nice pair of boots (more speed is good), perhaps a pair of glasses (better search/spot), and a bag of holding (so I can carry more crap back to the vendors!). Honestly the stuff I want is pretty cheap so there should easily be another 4 or 5 k of gold to help you out.

One observation that I've made so far is that there isn't a whole lot of stuff that is "dropped" by bad guys that I can use. In a way it is kind of fun for me. I get to be creative in finding items that can augment my skills and be used for some unexpected tricks. I've never really played a monk because I've always found them to be useless, except to get prerequisites for prestige classes. I'm still not sure how useful I will be at higher levels, but I'm enjoying the character now so to hell with it.

On another note have we figured out what we are doing next week? Is Scott continuing his game? Are you guys digging on old school WOD? I know that I've missed the last couple weeks of his game, but I did have the plague you know. I refuse to be sick any longer so I will be there no matter what we are doing.

One other thing. I'm making no promises here but are you guys interested in picking up a few sessions of our dormant, but ongoing Cthulu game? I have some ideas swimming around in my head (some perhaps due to the codeine so be warned) and might want to unleash them. I suppose the other question is who still has their characters?

ps: For those of you who don't know the picture is me with Daniel Harris (Halloween films). She is one of the few actress that is actually hotter in real life than she is on screen. Not only that but she was bored (it was a terrible show) and spent like 20 minutes talking to me about dogs (always a great in with the ladies). Not only that but she was wearing really low cut jeans, a thong, and gave me plenty of time to enjoy the view. Hell even an old dude like me notices that shit! /end creepy mode

"It will be nice to finally reach a real city. Especially one this size. We can restock and rearm ourselves with much-needed supplies and equipment for the battle ahead of us.

How are our funds? I myself carry roughly 5700 gold worth of coin and gem, and one enchanted (+1) dagger in trade."

(I'm about 10,000g short of the +1 Adamantine Full Plate - an awesome 17,500g. And another 2,000g for the matching Adamantine shield, but I've also got that +2 shield to trade in towards that one. I wonder if I can convince those banker-vikings from the Capital One commercials to give me a loan? <.< )

PSA:

Not completely over, but we've most definitely won. There are still got a few stray virii hiding in the urban terrain, but I've got white blood cells deployed as a police force. We should have the last of the resistance cleared out in a matter of days.

So as far as I know we're on for tonight.

Well I am back to work today. I still sound like shit, but feel much better. I have two questions.

1. Is everyone over this crap yet?

2. Are we having a game tonight?

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the hell with midgets gay robots that the shit .

Everyone wants to be a Dancing Midget!

You damn right I'm right.

Your Right!!

Midgets are pretty cool.
Dancing midgets are cooler.
Midgets singing and dancing to Bali music is just awesome.

I'm just starting to feel it today.

Looks like I didn't manage to evade this plague. =/

Scott, if you're still coming over make sure to wear one of those SARS masks.

Hey guys I feel worse today then I did yesterday. I'm not going to make it to the game tonight. Sorry.

Obviously the job did not require spelling skillz.

Congrats though!

i got i got it.thinks to all the people that paryed did vadoo or sackfic a baby for me to get the think you .

I'm working on some stuff for the game Monday. Hopefully I'll have some interesting things set up for you guys to do... nice little happy encounters and such. Nothing dangerous or scary so don't worry.

John, if you want, try to get a map of your bar drawn up... or at least a good description of it.

Thanks.

yipe i got the second interview Friday 10:30 am wish me luck.

I'm on I'm really on . well i went to the job thing and it looks really so far cross your fingers for me.

I've given up trying to figure out the Blog. Yes I shall be at casa de Gaggins tonight. I need the Bruce Leroy hookup!

John,

We doin' the regular Friday thing?
I've got the food and entertainment ready!

WooHoo! I get to contribute to the blog again!

Apparently John's invite-stick is out of charges. Farva's on da' blog.
Who else needed access anyway?

Say it! Say 'Car Ramrod'!

Jeremy - You have been godified.

All - What did I miss on Monday? I was really bummed that I felt so crappy because I was looking forward to playing some old school WOD.

John, could you kick my account up to SuperGod, or whatever the manager access level is? I still wanna' poke at this Blogger thing and see if I can get it working.

Guys I'm not feeling well tonight. I have no voice and feel like crap. I'll catch you guys later.

Had an awesome time last night guys.

John you said you wanted my Myspace link.

You guys suck. Why don't you want to see Cloverfield? It has been getting some decent reviews.

Oh noes!

Me and the Farv really aren't too excited about the movie thing. If you wanna' do dinner we could always split afterwords. You two kids can be all alone. You can take her to a scary movie, and stick your dick in the bucket of popcorn. (Chicks dig that trick. Just make sure the butter cools a bit first.)

I work Friday night. Sorry I can't make it, but...

Dudes Jennifer and I want to see that new monster movie Cloverfield on Friday night. Are you guys in? We could get some eats before or after and make a night of it. Let me know.

Oh and Dustin

Well, yeah. I can understand their ruling. He doesn't have the added weight of human meatlegs to slow down his sleek android replacements.

It's especially unfair when he has his MASC engaged.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,322486,00.html

So a double amputee (basically a guy with no legs) has an unfair advantage when running against guys with legs! Fuck the Olympics.

Sorry but this just really bugged me this morning when I saw it...

Dustin - Don't forget to set aside April 4th-6th aside. I just made the reservations for our hotel room. They are showing some killer movies on 16mm this time. Shockwaves, Assault on Precint 13, and Abby (Blacksploitation Exorcist rip off!). It also looks like Runk and Ed will crash in the room with us, which means it will only cost $10 a night! This is going to be a killer convention.

Damn dude if I needed anymore drive space I would have to buy one.

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=205599887&adid=17653&dcaid=17653

1TB Gigabit Networked HD for under $300.
Hot. Freaking. Damn.

Heroscape has a FAQ on the web page!

Can a defender have height advantage when rolling defense dice?
Yes. Height advantage refers to both attacking and defending. If either figure’s base is on a level higher than the other figure’s base, that figure has height advantage and can roll one more die (attack or defense) for that attack.


Maybe that new printing of the instructions made that clearer, 'cause the old one sure didn't.


If I am engaged to an opponent’s figure, can I move around it while still staying engaged?
Yes. As long as you don’t move away from the figure you can run circles around it in order to gain height advantage, engage other figures, etc.


I don't think that came up (most moves I remember disengaged completely) but it's good to know.


Can I use a special power on a ranged figure when I'm engaged with a different figure?
When you are engaged with another figure, Special powers (NOT Special Attacks) can still affect figures you are not engaged with. If you are going to use a normal/Special Attack, it must affect the figure you are engaged with.

Did we all miss a part in the rules that says you have to attack an engaged figure? That changes battle strategies with and against certian figs quite a bit. I don't remember Farva getting in that situation, but I know myself (with my archers and the archer hero) and John's Q9 fired out of an engagement multiple times last night.

Does elevation give a +1 die bonus to a Special Attack?
Special Attacks are NEVER modified.

I did that wrong with the ninja chick. I added a die when flickin' a star at one of Farv's guys.

Can Major Q9’s shoulder pads block his own line of sight?
Yes. When checking to see if you have a clear line of sight with Q9, you may want to look behind the targeted figure’s Hit Zone to see if you can see Q9’s head, or the side of his face. He cannot fire directly behind himself.

If a single spaced figure is not facing another figure that he is attacking, does he have line of sight?
Facing does not matter when determining Line of Sight for the single spaced figures. The best way to tell if your Attacker has a clear Line of Sight is to get behind its head and look at the targeted figure. If you can see any part of it from its head, you have a clear Line of Sight. The facing of the attacker's head does not matter.
With Double Spaced figures, facing does matter, as certain areas of the body may block Line of Sight.

The line-of-sight in the FAQ is kind of interesting. If I'm understanding it correctly LOS can be blocked by anything- including your own men. Big-ass figs sometimes can't see over their own bits (they mentioned the orc lizard-rider) and facing also seems to count. What they describe is almost a firing arc. (Making multi-hex figures a bit harder to use than single-hex.)

However, it also mentions being able to fiddle with your own minis (including ones not having an order token) at any point in your turn. So the front line could "turn sideways" to clear a shot then turn back to block an opponent's counterattack.
I guess the extension of this would also explain the lack of a firing arc for single-hex minis. They can just rotate in place.

'Course, they also stress the "any part of the hit zone" rule. Being able to see a fig's arm (if it's in red) between the armpit of another mini or under a giant's legs, etc... seems to be good enough for LOS, so I don't think would start too many arguments.
How do the multiple-base figs handle rotation, though? It says you can flip it in it's squares for free (no movement.) I'd imagine pivoting it (one hex in place, the other changing) would be a normal movement?




Does Cyberclaw also affect a character with Ghost Walk or Disengage?
Yes. As soon as they pass onto a space adjacent to Major X17, they are locked into the engagement. No special power on an army card or glyph can get them out of the engagement.

The clamps! The clamps!


Can Tor-Kul-Na start to use Trample Stomp even before he has moved 1 space? Let’s say for example, he starts adjacent to Drake, can he roll for Trample Stomp without even moving?
A figure can move 0 spaces, and the Army Card states “at any point while moving. So yes, he can stay where he is and use Trample Stomp as long as he could move onto the space that Drake occupied if the wound from Trample Stomp happens to destroy Drake.


There is another fig mentioned in the FAQ regarding on-move abilities. 0-space moves are legit, so Farva's big stompy was actually quite a bit stompier. And that disengagement-to-turn thing was unnecessary.

I actually have that Twisted Sister Christmas album on my computer, haha.

I wish King Diamond made a video for No Presents For Christmas, bad ass song.

Oh I just had to post some Wham Christmas for Dustin!

That Batman preview looks cool. I will say that I HATE the look of the Joker.

Damn it I know that I'm being a real nerd here but I have to see this movie!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QZLv3Z7L5lY

The Dark Knight trailer.

Looks fucking awesome.

Hey guys I feel like crap today. I think that I'm going to head straight home after work. I'll talk to you guys later this week about Friday's shindig.

I think I just peed a little! Ho-ho!

BEST MOVIE EVER!

Farva are you coming?

I'll be over 'bout 6PM as usual.

I'm working a double on Friday, so I wont be able to make it. If I do end up getting out early, it will be around 10:00 that I show up.

So I was wondering who was going to make it to casa de Shatz for Friday's shindig? I think that Jennifer is going to make some kick ass grub, but I need to know how many she is going to cook for.

I'm hoping to have the TV fixed by then, because I have some movies to watch. If not we can always break out the Munchkin cards.

http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3714326

"Sit on my lap, children! I've got a surprise!"

Awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NJQvswrSPg

Why do I find this amusing? I just don't know.

Hot damndedy-damn!

Heh I remember someone saying on Monday that they wished that Futurama was coming back. Here you go!

http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/11/26/david-x-cohen-of-futurama-the-tv-squad-interview/

I Have to work Friday nigh. Its a phase shift, so I should get out between 8:30 and 11pm.

Happy Birthday, Jimi!



Now blow out your guitar and make a wish.

Happy Turkey Day!