| Rowland's Office has picked up on the Braves' balky offense. I played with some stats, but got highly inconsistent data, so I'll re-check over the weekend, using better data (from baseball-reference.com this time). |
| posted at: 18:23 | permanent link to this entry |
| Hey, look: Wizards/TSR have a silly "D-n-D name generator", where you enter a few letters from your name, select chosen (or random) character specs, and receive a dungeon-esque sounding name to impress your friends and influence gamers. This started out fun, until I got to the newer listboxen fields to select your character's...
"Profession?" "Fame?" What the hell kind of Web 3.5 (beta) bullshit is this, anyway? When I was a kid, we started with 1 level, a junk sword or dagger, maybe a spell, and a will to not spend another half-hour rerolling. And if we were lucky, we had more than 4 hit points. And we worked our way from the bottom up, kobold by kobold, orc by orc, rat by smelly-ass rat, zombie by decomposing zombie. We went in Search of the Unknown. We launched raids from the Keep on the Borderlands. We took sail to the Isle of Dread, and taught that Tyrannosaur what 6d6 really meant. We killed the High Priest of Waterdeep, and for good measure, killed the beholder that priest opposed. We set up guilds, keeps, and towers; and then we led armies to victory. And when our days were short, we sought immortality. And we were fucking good at it. Baker? Blacksmith? Lackey? Valet? They're all pseudonyms for Normal Human. Normal. As in, "What your pansy-ass character does to share the pain of your miserable day job." As in, "I'm a Wizard/Bard, and it's O.K. I work all night and I sleep all day." Save vs. Death Ray, or get off my lawn. |
| posted at: 16:05 | permanent link to this entry |
Today's topic for discussion is:
| Chipper Jones will hit .400+ for the 2008 season. |
| posted at: 02:16 | permanent link to this entry |