be sitting behind some filing cabinets in his basement so the players couldn't see him. He was just a disembodied voice while the players sat around the table in a dark unfinished basement lit by candlelight.Modern zoomers would pass out in terror but back in the 1970's when you didn't even have crude video games, that's a pretty immersive setting. Of course the O.G. grogs soon rebelled and demanded to know more of the rules, etc. so it could never last. But if you were running a game for little kids who didn't know better and couldn't grasp the rules anyway, it might work today.
Zoomers made a game specifically for that vibe called ten candles
>>96449866Gary Gygax couldn’t conceive of the heinous shit all female groups do, it’s just a collective rape fantasy
>>96449866OK but tell me more about your lust-provoking image.
>>96449985>Gary Gygax couldn’t conceive of the heinous shit all female groups do, it’s just a collective rape fantasyThe way you nip that behavior in the bud is add single male pajeet to the group, the women will self-police and shut down.
Gary was a shit DM, a shit designer, and an even shittier person.The only people worse are the goblins who continue to worship his corpse.
>>96450166So THAT'S what kindly doing the needful means.
>>96450191>Gary was a shit DM, a shit designer, and an even shittier person.>The only people worse are the goblins who continue to worship his corpse.This is you.
>>96450191true>>96450557well meme'd teenbro!
>>96449866very interesting, but that rogue should be using her headband as an improv bra. At least attempt to cover up in a way that won't cause splinters.
Would have loved to have met Gary. He sounded like he knew how to fun
>>96449866That's more or less how my first game of D&D went. It was probably the most fun I've had in a TRPG since everything was mysterious and exciting. It was also tremendously stupid, because no one had any idea what they were doing (not even the DM, who was only making up the rules as he went along, based off of his vague memory of actual games he played in), and we had a character death about every 20 minutes of real time, as pretty much any failed save or critically failed skill check meant permanent maiming or instant death. But what a time it was. Nowadays, I utterly loathe rules-lite games. t. zoomer
>>96449866Lot of things Gary did would get called theater kid shit by the faux-Grogs who pride themselves on their OSR purity spiraling.
>>96450707>>96450191>SamefaggingMore pathetic than you imagine Gygax to be.
>>96449866I don't know what this thread is about, but nice sexy rogue image.
>>96451010>Lot of things Gary did would get called theater kid shit by the faux-Grogs who pride themselves on their OSR purity spiraling.That's because people making such assessments have zero critical thinking skills, all they know is what ChatGPT tells them and ChatGPT is easily manipulated by Big Censorship.I guarantee when Gary was crouching down behind some boxes to hide from his players, he was doing it to create an atmosphere. He wasn't doing it to seem cool to his all-male player group.
>>96450713>very interesting, but that rogue should be using her headband as an improv bra. At least attempt to cover up in a way that won't cause splinters.She's only lvl 1 and knows she has zero chance to pull off a backstab. She knows her best tactic is to Distract at +5 and stab the enemy while he's staring at her tits.
>>96449866What's a videogame I can play for picrel vibes?
>>96451200For what vibes? You didn't post an image.
>>96451205rel to the OP's pic.
>>96451218It's not based on a game and has no video game relations.
>>96451220not him, and his question is moronic anyway, but you don't seem to understand what "vibes" means
>>96451259not him but maybe you don't
>>96451260teach me sempai
>>96451129>He wasn't doing it to seem cool to his all-male player group.You mistake theater kid antics as something they do to seem cool or impress women. Theater kids do that shit because it is their nature. They prioritize theatrics.
>>96451282not him but nah
>>96451303>You mistake theater kid antics as something they do to seem cool or impress women. Theater kids do that shit because it is their nature. They prioritize theatrics.Absolutely not. If there's a necessary but insufficient element to what defines a theatre kid, it's only doing things for attention. That's precisely what a theatre kid is. You're confusing them with "real" artists who would be doing their creative thing, including making up a fantasy world (like Tolkien) for the love the activity even when no one is watching.
>>96451349Engaging in theatrics IS attention seeking. You're not disagreeing with me as much as you are pretending to.
>>96450166>add single male pajeet to the groupsounds like the cure is worse than the disease
>>96451715>sounds like the cure is worse than the diseaseSome people, probably a majority, need to touch the stove at least once to actually believe it's a bad idea.
>>96449866>picsomeone get that girl a shirt and some training.
>>96449972I've heard Zoomers all look old because of stress and vaping but that's rough:https://www.patreon.com/login?ru=%2Fposts%2Fnew-ten-candles-115182565%3Fimmediate_pledge_flow%3Dtrue%26post_tier_unavailable%3Dtrue
>>96449972>Zoomers made a game specifically for that vibe called ten candlesThe vibe of hiding in a dark basement due to social anxiety and needing a game that explicitly prevents eye contact?DESU I laugh at the memes of anxious Zoomies and I'm sure it's true for the type who post on Reddit. But the ones I meet IRL seem perfectly fine. Unless the anxious ones really stay completely out of sight.
>>96452484mostly naked and covered in dirt is not a bad way to go about sneaking around (unless you the climate is particularly cold)I'm more worried about those thigh-bags. Have them attached tight enough to stay on while moving around would probably mean the belt is tight enough to limit circulation, which will make the limbs exhaust much faster.
>>96453058>I'm more worried about those thigh-bags. Have them attached tight enough to stay on while moving around would probably mean the belt is tight enough to limit circulation, which will make the limbs exhaust much faster.You must not go to the gym. This common attention-whoring technique is to be able to Distract Enemies from the rear as well as from the front.
>>96453231I don't think that quite compares. That strap is only holding itself, not whatever weight there would be inside the pouch, and that strap is only worn for a workout set of 1-2 hours, not all day long. Also leather vs whatever syntetic material that is.Leg pouch should attach to the belt to distribute the weight between hip and leg, not hold on solely by squeezing the tight.
>>96450166A quick way to GM for a single male pajeet only
>>96449972Candela Obscura?
>96451220But seriously people, game with party and adventure where there are sexy flirty girls party members?
>>96449866>He was just a disembodied voice while the players sat around the table in a dark unfinished basement lit by candlelight.The original Discord + Roll20 experience.
>>96453462That's just off-brand DnD
>>96449985wait what? can you elaborate? do they LARP as male characters who roam around raping NPC women or what do you mean? i've only had 1-2 women at my tables at any given time and about 1/3 of them would RP as a male character.
>>96453967It's a meme.>>96449866I regularly run games just like that. I have a home brew on which I'm working and several scripts that help me automate all resolution mechanics while I narrate. The players Only have partial copies of their character sheets and their inventory list. It's quite awesome and my player like it. Thought about putting all the things together into a nice GUI and releasing it for pwyw on itch, once I have some spare time and when I'm happy with the system.
>>96451611>Engaging in theatrics IS attention seekingNot necessarily.It's a hard thing to describe but the fundamental crux of it is 'Are you being theatrical because that's part of who you are, or because you think people will respond to it better'Are you, funnily enough, playing a part when you play a part.The easiest way to tell the difference is that theatre kids will cringe themselves to death and become the most vicious bunch of mean girl bitches the second they run into someone that's the real deal. There is nothing they despise more than someone who is naturally and organically the way they imagine themselves being, they'll immediately tell themselves that it's gay and cringe because they're doing it without any irony, while it's totes fine for them to do because they're doing it self-awarely.Perfect example, pic related. You can audibly hear the gears grinding in this mans head as he tries to justify why the sincere work of a master of the craft totes isn't as good as the insincere works of a mediocre pastiche.Oh and example of theatrics that isn't attention seeking:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_TJFhVUOzcListen to this, it's Tolkien reading the Lord of the Rings, a particularly powerful and dramatic passage.He doesn't just read it.He's into it. You can hear it in his voice. He's doing this alone, reading his work into a machine rather than to a person, a machine that by his own admission he kind of hated, or at least didn't trust.And he is pouring his heart, lungs, kidneys, intestines and all other giblets into it, not for an audience, but because he loves the work and because, in his heart, he's there in the moment.Tolkien is a man who, in that reading, could feel the horse under him and hear the Trumpets of Rohan.And that isn't something you can fake, no matter how hard you work at it.That's the difference.
>>96450011Elf with a dubious consent fetish. Many such cases.
>>96451349>If there's a necessary but insufficient element to what defines a theatre kid, it's only doing things for attention. That's precisely what a theatre kid is.is that not contradictory? "insufficient" implies there's another necessary element, but then you state this is a "precise" definition, which means complete>>96454182>Are you being theatrical because that's part of who you are, or because you think people will respond to it betterI think I agree with you, but a performance does kind of need an audienceeven sincere masters want their work to be seen, and writing only to never show it to anyone is generally agreed to be creatively unhealthythis is especially true of a live performance, where you don't even make a record of itso I don't think "honest acting" is pure id either, you do need people to respond
>>96453385Cute bashful she-dorfI fucking love Dungeon Meshi.
>>96454353>a performance does kind of need an audienceThat's kind of my point though. For some people it isn't a performance, it's just part of who they are.I'll give another two examples and see if those kind of help my point.Chris-Chan and Quentin Tarantino.I don't like either of these people for the record.Chris-Chan is entirely sincere in his batshit insanity, he'd be making Sonichu regardless of if anyone was reading it or not, because it's his own passion project. He isn't doing it for other people, if tomorrow everyone just decided to leave Chris-Chan alone he'd still create his autistic little comics and continue on as before. It's not for other people, it's something internal.It is not a performance.Similarly, Quentin Tarantino loves movies. Not for the accolades, not for the money, he seems to truly be someone who loves movies, to the point where he won't hesitate to just shit all over something if he thinks it's poorly made, or pull someones bollocks off with his bare hands if they're fucking around on his set.Compare that with famous youtube man Chris Stuckman.Here is a man who does not love movies, he loves the idea of being a movie-maker, of having the influence, of the prestige, of rubbing elbows and dicks with high society, to the point where he won't even make criticism anymore of absolute dogwater movies for fear of it damaging his chances of being allowed in with the in crowd.If Tarantino had never made it big and he was some washed up student living in a trailer somewhere? He'd go hungry before selling his camera, even if no one watched the movies he made.If Chris Stuckman meanwhile found a better avenue towards fame, fortune and faggoting around with celebrities? He'd light every copy of his own movie on fire without hesitation.I guess the fundamental question is kind of a 'If they were dancing alone, would they still dance.'Stuckman wouldn't.Tarantino would.And I don't think anyone could physically stop Chris if they tried.
>>96449866>zoomers... le bad!Get new material, unc
>>96449866Sounds like a normal online game.
>>96454450>If they were dancing alone, would they still dance.That's kind of beautiful anon.
>>96449985Gary Gygax couldn't conceive of the heinous shit no games 4chan posters do, it's just a collective Gary Gygax couldn’t conceive of the heinous shit all female groups do, it’s just a collective rape fantasy fantasy
>>96454450>>I guess the fundamental question is kind of a 'If they were dancing alone, would they still dance.'This unironically describes 99.99% of /tg/ posters who post about it because they sincerely love the idea of creative fantasy words. They not only receive no traditional benefit for the hobby, they have to actively hide it from normies. No, you're not an e-girl making a few bucks on a D&D channel who would switch tomorrow to covering anime if she thought it was more viable. You're a weird shut-in who would be ashamed if someone you liked or respected saw everything you typed about ElfGames.
I don't see how doing that would enhance the game at all. Just seems like he wanted to drug out in the middle of sessions.
>>96460207Can you imagine an apple?
>>96454353Ugh… it’s simple. Each theater kid on his own is attention seeking. “Theater kid antics” are the emergent behavior of 5-10 equally attention seeking (and narcissistic) people in a single group. It’s the interplay between their demand for attention and inability to sincerely give attention to one another that creates the dynamic. They just continually run open loop into absurdity because they aren’t capable of being a sufficient outlet for one another’s demand for validation.
>>96454450This is the opposite end of the spectrum. Single minded autistic demand to create regardless of validation and appreciation. Now the audience and the studio are just necessary evils that have to appeased in order to have the necessary resources to create.
>>96454450I've tried to follow this conversation and I'm not even sure if you were ever on the same page as anyone else in this thread.
