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At which point one's comparing apples to oranges as the Han character doesn't have the benefit of that refinement (and, indeed, suffers from Lucas' tendency towards second-guessing himself and inability to let good things just lie, re: shooting first).

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I SAID "NO PICKLES!"

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Seconded!

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Neither one has an eyepatch . That being said, and critiquing in terms of their surrounding culture, rather than anachronistically considering them as independent entities, I've got to go with Han because he established the archetype in science-fiction film and Mal inevitably borrowed traits from Han.

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I need an excuse to use vacation time. This sounds like a good one.

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~~[quote="Uber_snotling"]~~Can I get a hells yeah from all folks planning on attending this Saturday?[/quote]
~~[i]~~Still[/i] in.

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I'm good to go.

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[quote="Skyman"]BTW if you had moved to Kentucky I would have given you[url=http://www.fatdragongames.com/]this link[/url][/quote] Naw. [url=http://www.comicbookworld.com/]Comic Book World[/url] is the place to be when it comes to the Northern Kentucky area. I do find it frightening, actually, that...

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~~[quote="Count Zero"]~~Michelle and I arrived on Monday in the Bay Area. The movers don't arrive until Thursday, so we are sitting in a giant empty loft with two very confused cats.[/quote]
Good luck with the movers. I had to sleep on the floor for two months when I moved here.

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Shine on!

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...who wants to come with? Right now I really want to see Sweeny Todd and I Am Legend, but I'm not going to bother if I have to go by myself.

If gaming is absolutely required, I can be convinced to bring ZOMBIES!!! to I Am Legend. ;)

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Huzzah!

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I still plan on showing up (fat lot of good it does me to RSVP now, really...).

That's it, I'm turning on automatic e-mail updates.

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Are new guys you've only seen in the flesh once invited?

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[quote="Illuman23"]For some reason Hollywood hasn't done any (to my knowledge) giant robot[/quote] [i]Transformers[/i] recently (which is why they're considering doing [i]Robotech[/i] now) and, waaaaaaay back, [i]Robot Jocks[/i]. [quote] or power armored sci fi.[/quote] Granted. They didn't do it w...

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The title pretty much says it all, really.

Any one of the above, two to four players preferable, location and date negotiable. Knowledge of any of the above systems is unnecessary (I can teach); and I can provide enough forces for anyone who shows up.

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You're moving? Where to?

(undertone) This is what I get for not paying much attention. :/

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Given that I no longer expect artistry of any sort in movies, I think both should at least be entertaining. The Dark Knight will probably be more artful, but Iron Man will have stompy powered armor suits, which suits me just fine. What surprised me poking around is that there's rumors of a Robotech ...

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That's just it. It was a in-person PnP group, but then one of the players is shipping out and he'd still like to play (after going without for so long) and I'd like to Do My Part (TM) for morale. So it's going to be mostly PBeM. The system we're using is FASA's percentile-die based Star Trek Rolepla...

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Oh yeah, I forgot. For those chat-run moments, you may as well let me know what chat/VOIP programs you have (IRC clients, Skype, Ventrilo, Google Talk, etc. etc. etc.).

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[quote="Illuman23"]On US Meat production: I firmly believe that Americans are way too distanced from the realities of meat production.[/quote] They're too distanced from most things, honestly. I agree on this point, but it may backfire: people have been culling cattle for meat for generations and o...

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I agree with Count Zero on this one. If the DoJ statistics are anything to go by, people are slowly getting less violent over time. Unfortunately, contentment breeds sloth and apathy, while fear gets ratings and votes. It doesn't matter if the kids aren't killing anyone; what's important is that eve...

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Yes, I live! I know I disappeared for a while but, as UberSnotling can tell you, that's because I attached myself to a gaming group like a remora attaches itself to a shark and was generally having a high old time. Once two games sort of drew themselves down, and a USN lieutenant joined up, I offere...

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Hmmm... well, with the Space Kingdom of Sweden storyline, that suggests more Braininator action.

[edit] aaaand done. Wow, I even got an opportunity to give the Death Defying stunt background...

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Argh. I see that I need to pay attention to these forums more often.

Anyway, nice meeting you all and exposing you to my penchant for really going for in-character psychoses. 'Twas most fun indeed.

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Okay, I finally got something up. I left off the guest-starring so if anyone wants an elitist Swedish ninja diplomat to show up somewhere in the backstory...

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Magnus Hesche, Ninja Envoy to New Worlds Childhood: Born in Ã–rnskÃ¶ldsvik, Sweden, Magnus' first memories of childhood bring him back to the Oscar II Institut fÃ¶r MÃ¤nniskafÃ¶rbÃ¤ttring och KollektivuppehÃ¤lle , a wonderful sort of creche kindergarten where he could grow up with the relatively in...

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Well, once I actually buy the book from, um, somewhere I'm all for it. I do love me some pulp.

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Same question as with modern fusion experiments, though... does one get more energy out of this process than one puts into it (via the radio)? It doesn't strike me as immediate junk science because it operates essentially on a macroscopic example of the quantum nucleonic reactor (destabilize somethi...

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More than welcome. 'Twas fun--been quite some time since I've scrapped some miniatures.

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Righto. I've just gone through my printout of the rules, highlighted some stuff, and scribbled down some notes. Anything else (other than the obvious dice and tape measure) you need me to bring?

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Righto then.

Game Towne, tomorrow 12 AUG (*doublechecks* *triplechecks*)... what time?

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I suppose I make one... should I be working through the unit creation rules or no?

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Heh. This reminds me of a conversation back in university about silly names given by people with no grasp of the local language. Unfortunately, it seems Mister Crusher^H^H^H^H^H^H^HWheaton does not have that excuse. Given all the trouble associated with going by one's middle name, much less changing...

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[quote="Count Zero"]I am going to figure that one out. I figure one of the game stores. I still need to make a second fighting force.[/quote] Well, my old 40K stuff finally got shipped in. Between them, my Starship Troopers stuff, and perhaps throwing together a Star Trek away team using the same p...

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And people wonder why I say having some sort of social moral compass (no matter how existentially absurd the choice or establishment of one is) is important? It's the only way we can legitimately show outrage at such horrors.

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August 12th where (assuming, of course, that I'm invited)?

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Seems to be doing a fair sight better than Davis...

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I'll reread the rules tomorrow and tinker a bit.

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"Erect IN DEFIANCE OF GOD'S WILL!" has to be immortalized somewhere.

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I was kicking around the ol' hard drive and came across this, a bio for the fellow whose paper silhouette I happen to use as an avatar for these boards. http://www.weirdozone.com/games/startrek/Diniyyun.pdf It's an example of the sort of biographies I write up even if I don't really have to. I like ...

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Well, assuming the datacards avoid any sort of picture, it makes sense that one could fit really-condensed-rules and a statline on them. The reason why I figure vehicle damage rules should be different (although yes, for abstraction and playability reasons I generally prefer a same-system-for-all bi...

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Agreed, roll to hit/wound is silly. I much prefer the abstraction used in Starship Troopers . As it seems you're already aiming for 'realism' via lots of specific modifiers, you may as well throw in vehicles. Vehicles aren't people, though, and so their damage system should probably be quite differe...

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I see D10s. I like it already. [after quick read-through] Like any skirmish game with more than three attributes per model, I could see this bogging down really quickly. Add in the usual weakness of any universal system of being, well, universal and thus comprehensive and thus big and that could mak...

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...if people like that sort of thing. Gigantic, bombastic, The Universe Is In Peril And It All Depends On You plots only work when, well, people want to feel that empowered. I got stuck in a game like that once; because I'm not wired into empowerment fantasies my usual reaction (which I was only boo...

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The commute prevents it from being a sound investment.

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[quote="Dragonkin"]Do they have choices? Indubitably. But they aren't the same choices that you, I, or any other American have to make, nor are they influenced by the same sources that our decisions are. The long and the short of it is this: we're all entitled to our opinions about what happened (a...

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Well, in my thinking, Yoda is an idiot. Fear is, again, natural and serves a very important purpose: one who truly lives without fear tends to not live very long. Anger is the same way. When in a crisis situation, one without a lot of training otherwise can only respond with fear dominating or ange...

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Joy, BattleTech. I wubs me my giant robots. Thanks for the compliments. I do understand that no matter how firmly I hold my own views, no one else has or even should agree (it'd be nice, but no big deal). I understand the difficulty with intellectually compartmentalizing yourself from other people w...

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Since I don't like going to movies alone...

Battletech, Starship Troopers, or Star Trek: Starship Combat Simulator

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Devil's advocate time!

Join the space navy and see the universe!

Okay, I got one working.

Example Character Biographies?