tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post5238041010721262451..comments2023-06-15T11:59:39.572-04:00Comments on DYVERS: 97% is Still Failing 3% of the TimeDyvershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-40688330718355667952014-04-21T09:37:48.151-04:002014-04-21T09:37:48.151-04:00Good point!Good point!Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-9739279089597124892014-04-20T06:09:21.073-04:002014-04-20T06:09:21.073-04:00Maybe the 3% is just setting information and stuff...Maybe the 3% is just setting information and stuff, not mechanical wordings, and therefore doesn't need playtesting?Laurence J Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14532211281687775499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-65801364440788736782014-04-18T06:16:52.408-04:002014-04-18T06:16:52.408-04:00Hopefully, and I'm speculating here, go figure...Hopefully, and I'm speculating here, go figure, that maybe all the rules are written and the finished game is at the printers now, and they are waiting for the proofs to come back? Maybe?<br /><br />I'll just sit here and tell them to hurry up and take my money and give me my game already!Jim Haltomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027543630803308847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-63854419736663626322014-04-17T21:14:05.522-04:002014-04-17T21:14:05.522-04:00I've thought about it a lot since this first c...I've thought about it a lot since this first came out and it seems to me that the 97% done is Perkins way of saying we're dotting the i's and crossing the t's. I think that he thought that by saying, "Hey, we've only got 3% left to finish!" that people wouldn't freak out and go off the deep end. Sadly he forgot this is the internet where no innocent statement Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-64624066771720460382014-04-17T19:24:34.774-04:002014-04-17T19:24:34.774-04:00I honestly don't know how they're going to...I honestly don't know how they're going to manage to get this done by GenCon if they're still writing rules four months out. Does this mean that what gets written now isn't going to be playtested? <br /><br />There's a rather long tail in terms of production. Editing, layout, printing, shipping... If they're still monkeying with the text at this late date, my optimism for Greyhawk Grognardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929743865700766901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-64707593395093102892014-04-14T16:05:00.110-04:002014-04-14T16:05:00.110-04:00The fractured settings certainly didn't help, ...The fractured settings certainly didn't help, but the bigger problem was mismanagement by TSR executives and some major miscalculations in the long game. I'll try and find you a link I was reading about the near death of TSR and the sale to Wizards. <br /><br />Really great stuff. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-71037295491223552072014-04-14T16:00:44.983-04:002014-04-14T16:00:44.983-04:00Trying to support all those settings was a non tri...Trying to support all those settings was a non trivial part of what killed TSR. While many of those settings were neat, they severely fractured the fanbase. It seems more like Hasbro is trying to get others to do the heavy lifting on that part this time.LazarXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14384718402612629129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-41516968390751428792014-04-14T15:21:45.797-04:002014-04-14T15:21:45.797-04:00"I'm going to go smoke now" is how I..."I'm going to go smoke now" is how I used to sneak outside to drink rum with this lesbian I was friends with back in college. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-13401355050629020462014-04-14T15:16:39.206-04:002014-04-14T15:16:39.206-04:00If that's the style they are going with, then ...If that's the style they are going with, then it makes me want the damn game even more, because I love it. I'm going to go smoke now.Jim Haltomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027543630803308847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-89206005917773964062014-04-14T11:49:26.729-04:002014-04-14T11:49:26.729-04:00Very well! :)Very well! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09772329817644671667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-87664468511565729422014-04-14T10:22:48.044-04:002014-04-14T10:22:48.044-04:00"I hope that the three images in the preview ..."I hope that the three images in the preview that you've posted are the style that they will use."<br /><br />I strongly suspect that it will be as we've seen lots of this style in every product since the Sundering started and in each of the 'previews' we've gotten from Wizards. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-86758290249321714342014-04-14T10:06:08.854-04:002014-04-14T10:06:08.854-04:00I look at 5th ed. with no hurry, unlike Jim Haltom...I look at 5th ed. with no hurry, unlike Jim Haltom, but me too smoke cigarettes. ;)<br /><br />I wait to give a very thorough and critical view at rules, this's the minimum after the havoc they do with 4th, imho.<br /><br />Instead I am very happy that Ed Greenwood is back with great pomp to take care of FR and I hope he is capable of replace that crap they did with the Spellplague. :)<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09772329817644671667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-66097250307580912852014-04-14T08:41:16.267-04:002014-04-14T08:41:16.267-04:00No, I think cartoonish is accurate. That doesn'...No, I think cartoonish is accurate. That doesn't mean bad, but it was closer to stylistic manga than realistic. David The Archmagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649391406526258069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-70020049110551304692014-04-14T08:27:13.885-04:002014-04-14T08:27:13.885-04:00Damn it. He had it up on his website for years but...Damn it. He had it up on his <a href="http://www.jackgrace.com/music/" rel="nofollow">website</a> for years but he's changed songs. You can actually listen to it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkOOmdI3R5Y" rel="nofollow">here</a> even if the audio isn't the best. <br /><br />Great song.Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-15682063601950858592014-04-14T08:23:40.271-04:002014-04-14T08:23:40.271-04:00Shit, I can't find it on Sony Music Unlimited....Shit, I can't find it on Sony Music Unlimited. I'll have to wait til I get home, see if I can find it on Spotify.Jim Haltomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027543630803308847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-86652297227899547782014-04-14T08:21:32.787-04:002014-04-14T08:21:32.787-04:00Sick minds think alike.Sick minds think alike.Jim Haltomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027543630803308847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-41958250383265778522014-04-14T08:18:03.476-04:002014-04-14T08:18:03.476-04:00Are you sure we're not related?Are you sure we're not related? Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-78667634017302351972014-04-14T08:16:55.704-04:002014-04-14T08:16:55.704-04:00I absolutely agree. I absolutely agree. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-62523306278770433732014-04-14T08:15:50.673-04:002014-04-14T08:15:50.673-04:00Even if we had kinder kenders, they still all need...Even if we had kinder kenders, they still all need to be strangled violently and their bodies used as bricking for my castle of hate.Jim Haltomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027543630803308847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-79389286818505705922014-04-14T08:13:49.856-04:002014-04-14T08:13:49.856-04:00Either way, Wizards gets some of the best fantasy ...Either way, Wizards gets some of the best fantasy artists around however they go style-wise and I've always thought the art has been phenomenal, no matter the edition. Hell, even inconsistent art styles don't bother me, IF the art is good.Jim Haltomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027543630803308847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-84473308886491208522014-04-14T08:12:35.460-04:002014-04-14T08:12:35.460-04:00Thank you for that correction. Thank you for that correction. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-4535684624166936552014-04-14T08:12:06.036-04:002014-04-14T08:12:06.036-04:00" I think I'm just tired of waiting and I..." I think I'm just tired of waiting and I want the full goddamn game now instead of August, because I want my players to have the full rules for classes and such."<br /><br />We're kind of at the saturation point on a lot of this because we've been waiting so long and there has been so little concrete information. I think a lot of it will get better once we some firm Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-44659966629978332502014-04-14T08:08:40.937-04:002014-04-14T08:08:40.937-04:00Kinders? How about Kenders.Kinders? How about Kenders.Wolvercotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06710670911682183011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-84964272426635388762014-04-14T08:06:16.997-04:002014-04-14T08:06:16.997-04:00My bias?
I didn't say that cartoonish was ba...My bias? <br /><br />I didn't say that cartoonish was bad. Fourth Edition had an incredibly consistent art style that was highly influenced by manga art. To call that art style cartoonish isn't the same thing as calling it bad; rather it's the same thing as saying that Jim Lee has a more cartoonish style than Alex Ross. It's a reflection of reality.Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-9717898612863848742014-04-14T06:55:14.039-04:002014-04-14T06:55:14.039-04:00Your bias is showing. Cartoonish? Really... go fuc...Your bias is showing. Cartoonish? Really... go fuck yourself.JonathanTheBlackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12250317690075063160noreply@blogger.com