My favorite version (live!)
Dec 31, 2020
Dec 30, 2020
Dec 24, 2020
21st century sade
Sade - Your love is king
Sade - The Sweetest Taboo - it's a christmas song, if only slightly so.
Dec 23, 2020
Dec 19, 2020
SNSO - Teens in Space
Character creation demo
Resources:
Ships (p. 7):
| Row | Class | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Tech | Built by an unknown species, these ships are rare and often unique. This class of ship holds many secrets and may be highly sought after by many factions, including warlords, governments, and crime syndicates. |
| 2 | Envoy | Built for luxury, these ships are typically decked out with the finest interiors for maximum comfort and style. This class of ship is often used by diplomats and the wealthy, so they’re the prized target of pirates. |
| 3 | Freighter | Built for transporting goods, these ships are relatively bulky. This class of ship is typically favored by smugglers and often targeted by pirates. |
| 4 | Prototype | Built for a specific purpose, this ship is the only known one of its kind. As a result, it may be highly sought after by many factions, including warlords, governments, and crime syndicates. |
| 5 | Science Vessel | Built for deep space voyages, these ships are equipped with the tech and tools to perform all manor of scientific research. This class of ship is typically funded by corporations or governments. |
| 6 | Scout | Built for short-range or long-range reconnaissance, this smaller class of ship is typically arrayed with strong sensors and is used by corporations and governments to gather intelligence in unknown regions. |
| 7 | Stealth Vessel | Built for covert missions and espionage, this smaller and less noticeable class of ship is often used on missions by governments or military. |
| 8 | Warship | Built for battle, these ships fl y faster, have stronger shields, and wield a variety of weaponry. This class of ship is often part of military or peacekeeping forces but is also common among pirates and crime syndicates. |
Species (p. 73):
| Row | Species | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Abysseans | Water-breathing humanoids who explore space in exoskeletons. |
| 02 | Ananos | Bulky, mole-like creatures tantalized by the treasures found below-ground. |
| 03 | Benthosa | Sentient bodies of water composed of the consciousnesses of the life forms within them. |
| 04 | Calceans | Mechanical recreations of an extinct species. |
| 05 | Cephalons | Gelatinous, tentacled beings that share a symbiotic relationship with their host bodies. |
| 06 | Chimaven | Bird-like beings obsessed with the sky. |
| 07 | Cimexeans | Insect-like humanoids who share a hive mind. |
| 08 | Cumulusareans | A friendly, cloud-like species of artists. |
| 09 | Espereans | Psionics advocating for intergalactic peace. |
| 10 | Frigoreans | Resurrected humanoids who value equality. |
| 11 | Herbaceans | Sentient plants who rarely leave their collectives. |
| 12 | Humans | The restless explorers of the cosmos. |
| 13 | Informeans | Gelatinous spheres who poop fuel and are super nice to everyone. |
| 14 | Loricatoreans | Tiny humanoids who travel the galaxy in android exoskeletons. |
| 15 | Mystarians | Nomadic, all-female mystics who wield The Bind. |
| 16 | Neozo | Animals given human qualities and, generally, bad attitudes. |
| 17 | Pantheros | Once worshiped as gods, now sought for their ability to create energy. |
| 18 | Proeleans | Warlike humanoids who seek galactic domination. |
| 19 | Pugnarean | Tricksy, technologically-advanced shapeshifters. |
| 20 | Quillarians | Tiny bio-organic engineers, healers, and fuzzy hug monsters. |
| 21 | Raskog | Sleeping hominids, frozen in time. |
| 22 | Reptilnae | Small, reptilian creatures with 360 vision and a flair for blending in. |
| 23 | Skitchlings | Mouthless, gangly beings often hired for covert missions or their skills at dance. |
| 24 | Sollemneans | Serious, emotionally-cold humanoids. |
| 25 | Squillians | Bipedal shrimp originally bred for consumption. |
| 26 | Therinians | Intelligent bears who live in peaceful, rule-driven collectives. |
| 27 | Throggofel | Diminutive, often-cyborg tinkerers obsessed with technology. |
| 28 | Viscoseans | Symbiotic gels looking for a willing host. |
Stats (p. 23):
| Stat | Description | Verbs |
|---|---|---|
| Brains | This stat determines how book-smart a character is, as well as how well they understand and solve intellectual problems. | calculate, confuse, learn, remember, repair, solve |
| Fight | This stat determines how good a combatant a character is with whatever weapons or fighting skills you decide your character knows. While a character with a high Fight stat won’t be able to pick up a blaster and use it effectively having never fired one before, this stat will make them good with weapons that they have experience with. Also, they’ll be able to learn how to use new weapons and fighting skills more easily if given the proper training. | blast, cut, hit, shoot, parry, punch, wrestle, restrain |
| Flight | This stat determines how fast a character is on their feet (or whatever they have to move them around the universe). Most importantly, it determines how good they are at piloting ships and all other manner of vehicles. | drive, fly, maneuver, pilot, run, steal |
| Charm | This stat determines how socially adept a character is and how good they are at reading the emotions of another creature or group of creatures. Characters with a high Charm will be able to talk themselves out of tough situations and into good ones with relative ease—within reason. | convince, entice, lie, seduce, talk, trick, persuade |
| Grit | This stat determines how hard it is to break a character emotionally or physically. It also determines how much physical damage they can take before feeling it. Characters with a high Grit will be good at rolling with, dodging, and even taking the punches. Finally, Grit also determines how “street-smart” a character is. | brace, dodge, endure, haggle, resist, take a hit, track |
Dice (p. 24):
| Die | Explanation |
|---|---|
| d20 | Superb |
| d12 | Impressive |
| d10 | Above Average |
| d8 | Below Average |
| d6 | Bad |
| d4 | Terrible |
Stat Checks (p. 26):
| Difficulty | Explanation |
|---|---|
| 20+ | A task at which only the most incredible could even possibly succeed—but if they succeed, it will be one of the most impressive things a creature has ever done. This is a nearly guaranteed failure. |
| 17-19 | A task where success would be incredible and impressive. This, too, is a nearly guaranteed failure. |
| 13-16 | A task where success is extraordinary—but decidedly possible for those who are truly skilled at it. |
| 10-12 | A task where success is impressive—but completely expected for those skilled at it. |
| 7-9 | A task where success is certain for those very skilled at it—but not for those who aren’t. |
| 3-6 | A task where success is likely for all but those who aren’t skilled or have a low stat in that field. |
| 1-2 | A task where success is nearly guaranteed except in extreme cases. |
Failure or Success (p. 28):
| Result | Guidelines |
|---|---|
| 10 or higher | The character succeeds smoothly and easily. |
| +5 to +9 | The character succeeds quite impressively. |
| +1 to +4 | The character succeeds, but not impressively. |
| 0 | The character succeeds but just barely. |
| -4 to -1 | The character fails, but not too badly. |
| -9 to -5 | The failure is bad but not a disaster. |
| -14 to -10 | The failure is profound. |
| -15 or lower | The failure is staggering and catastrophic. |
Tropes (p. 108):
| Row | Trope | d20 d12 d10 d8 d6 d4 |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Captain | Grit Brains Flight Charm Fight Brawn |
| 02 | Diplomat | Charm Flight Brains Grit Brawn Fight |
| 03 | Do-Gooder | Charm Brawn Grit Brains Flight Fight |
| 04 | Dreamer | Flight Charm Brains Grit Brawn Fight |
| 05 | Engineer | Brains Grit Brawn Flight Fight Charm |
| 06 | Exiled Royalty | Flight Brains Charm Fight Brawn Grit |
| 07 | Experiment | Fight Brains Flight Grit Brawn Charm |
| 08 | Explorer | Grit Flight Brains Brawn Fight Charm |
| 09 | Face | Charm Flight Brawn Brains Fight Grit |
| 10 | Flyboy | Flight Fight Brains Grit Charm Brawn |
| 11 | Hitchhiker | Flight Grit Charm Fight Brains Brawn |
| 12 | Lone Survivor | Grit Fight Flight Brawn Brains Charm |
| 13 | Medic | Brains Grit Flight Brawn Charm Fight |
| 14 | Merc | Fight Grit Brawn Flight Brains Charm |
| 15 | Missionary | Brains Charm Grit Flight Brawn Fight |
| 16 | Newbie | Flight Charm Brawn Fight Brains Grit |
| 17 | Profiteer | Brains Charm Flight Grit Fight Brawn |
| 18 | Scholar | Brains Charm Grit Flight Brawn Fight |
| 19 | Scoundrel | Charm Grit Flight Brains Fight Brawn |
| 20 | Ship-Born | Flight Grit Brawn Charm Brains Fight |
| 21 | Soldier | Brawn Fight Grit Brains Charm Flight |
| 22 | Tech Wizard | Brains Charm Flight Grit Fight Brawn |
| 23 | Traveling Celebrity | Charm Brawn Brains Flight Fight Grit |
FTL (p. 9):
| Row | FTL Technology | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Fuel | Convert some kind of incredibly dense or powerful fuel into energy to propel the ship at incredible speeds. |
| 02 | Mystical | Draw from some mystical force that binds the universe together to power the engine and propel the ship at incredible speeds. |
| 03 | Fold | Fold space itself through some scientific or mystical means. |
| 04 | Gates | Travel through “gates” that are set up around the universe for ships to travel through. These gates could have been created by society, could have just mysteriously appeared, or could have existed for as long as anyone can remember. |
| 05 | Fictional | Exploit weird, totally fictional loopholes in physics that definitely wouldn’t work, like traveling through a black hole or using the gravity of stars to propel them. As long as you’re having fun, the science doesn’t matter. |
| 06 | Unknown | Push a button and have it work—who cares how! |
- Tao Zero: Fuel (hydrogen scramjet).
- Star Trek: Fuel (Anti-matter+matter / deuterium).
- Dark Matter: special PCI-E bus card: assumed Fictional
- Star Wars' hyperspace: a type of folding space (jumping to another space/dimension).
- Babylon 5: gates, but some ships also have gates.
- Dune: folding
Math:
- Ties: Ties go to the defender.
- Exploding dice: If you roll the maximum possible number on a die, it allows you to reroll and add the result.
- Modifiers do not explosed.
- Planned action: use one-half the die.
- Using IP to enhance stats (p. 17):
| Enhancement | IP Cost |
|---|---|
| +1 | 1 |
| +2 | 1 + 2 = 3 |
| +3 | 1 + 2 + 3 = 6 |
| +4 | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10 |
Glossary:
- IP: Improvement Points (p. 17)
References:
Dec 12, 2020
Spring Boot in Action Notes
What I tire of in new technologies, is when examples are made that are supposedly so simple, but then you go to run them and they fail. For example Spring Boot in Action, if you run this example on Windows using Java 1.8.x, it will fail. There is an error. I really wish documentation could live on its own without requiring access to Professor Snape's comments regarding how to actually perform the experiment. Spring in Action (page 28):
1. Java version
>gradle bootRun > Task :compileJava FAILED FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. * What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':compileJava'. > Could not target platform: 'Java SE 11' using tool chain: 'JDK 8 (1.8)'.
Which is weird, since on the gradle site, the instructions state that install should only be run on Java 1.8+. Spring boot also mentions 1.8 solution. https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/1.3.0.RELEASE/reference/htmlsingle/ Running any of the help options doesn't present solutions. If you look at the build.gradle it has only:
group = 'com.example' version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT' sourceCompatibility = '11'
So modifying the build.gradle, including a new parameter for targetCompatibility, and setting both the sourceCompatibility and targetCompatibility to 1.8, then it worked.
sourceCompatibility = '1.8' targetCompatibility = '1.8'
Later I installed Java 11 for eclipse 2020-09 compatibility.
2. Java version
Later on, on page 35, it discusses running
mvn dependency:tree
But nowhere have we been instruction to install maven yet, and it fails.
3. Implicit maxlength
Chapter two example, the booklist has a hidden issue, there is apparently a maximum length on the description field, although there is no automatic validation to let the user know that. I tried entering the specs for Building Evolutionary Architectures: Support Constant Change and it will fail with a non-descript message, below.
Whitelabel Error Page This application has no explicit mapping for /error, so you are seeing this as a fallback. Sat Dec 12 11:27:21 CST 2020 There was an unexpected error (type=Internal Server Error, status=500).
It is not clear where this gradle-launched tomcat is storing its logs so at least I could look up the exception that occured. But trial and error made me convinced there is an arbitrary length limit on the description field. This string is only 506 characters, is there a 255 limit OOB? Anyhow, change the input to onl the first sentence, it works.
The software development ecosystem is constantly changing, providing a constant stream of new tools, frameworks, techniques, and paradigms. Over the past few years, incremental developments in core engineering practices for software development have created the foundations for rethinking how architecture changes over time, along with ways to protect important architectural characteristics as it evolves. This practical guide ties those parts together with a new way to think about architecture and time.
4. Remove Junit errors
If you upgrade sprint boot... such as I did to try to get a good version of spring that I could run in eclipse, I updated to spring-boot-2.4. I needed to add this the maven pom:
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
5. Remove deprecation warnings
Follow the instructions on baeldung.
6. Thymeleaf warnings
To remove thymeleaf html namespace warnings in the sample code, append Thymeleaf namespace attributes to the html tag:
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:th="http://www.thymeleaf.org"
xmlns:sec="http://www.thymeleaf.org">
7. BR and HR element warnings
<!doctype html>
Dec 11, 2020
All Suffused with an Incandescent Glow
Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go
Doomsday Clock: would it be great to have a leader that moves the clock back?
Nov 22, 2020
Starcom Nexus
Just finished the scenarios for Starcom Nexus (took two tries to get it right). Very fun game. Love the storylines that go along with it. Most of my ships had a thunderbird-like look to them.
Oct 9, 2020
RPG ideas to keep it fun/enjoyable
Running an RPG Saturday for Eclipse Phase, but with a diverse crowd, trying to keep the horror/drugs/destruction part of Eclipse Phase reeled in. Unless the players want that.
The c-card is a way to signal offputting ideas in the storyline. Alternatively also can use the o-card to indicate interest in a sidepath.
Script change Is an idea I first heard of in Teens in Space. It allows players to take more control over the narrative, to perhaps skip over areas, revisit them in a different way, etc. I've been in situations where the choices of some characters upset other characters to the point of emotional diress, so we went back and reran the situation in a different way.
Oct 8, 2020
Using I Ching for RPG
For a recent Space Opera Eclipse Phase scenario, I've integrated a couple ideas using an age-old randomizer. The I Ching online reader allows you to add story ideas thousands of years old.
Reading / Listening Q4 2020
| October 2020 |
| Niven, L. 1975. Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven. |
| November 2020 |
| December 2020 |
Sep 13, 2020
Sep 9, 2020
Where Tears of the Sun Failed for Me
At about 2 seconds into the movie, you see a subtitle, "Somewhere off the African Coast".
That could literally be any cardinal direction from the coast, 38 countries in Africa have a coast.
Aug 17, 2020
Reading/ listening Q3 2020
| July 2020 |
| Vardeman, Robert E. 1985. The Klingon Gambit |
| August 2020 |
| Niven, Larry. 1970. Ringworld. |
May 8, 2020
Apr 21, 2020
TRANCEFORMER: 20 YEARS
One of my favorite compilations, picked up from Virgin in London.
Tranceformer: The Uplifting Mix - CD1
Tranceformer: The Uplifting Mix - CD2
Apr 12, 2020
Ben Böhmer: Black Hole
Once you saw the future and now you're looking back At how you gave up everything you have Once there was no distance, no space between us two Once I fell, I fell into your black hole
Apr 4, 2020
Apr 3, 2020
Reading/Listening Q2 2020
| April 2020 |
| Armstrong, D. 2014. Great Minds of the Medieval World |
| Anderson, P. 1952. Vault of the Ages |
| May 2020 |
| Straczynski, J. M 2019. Becoming Superman |
TIL Trivium and Quadrivium
From the great courses:
- Trivium - The trivium is the lower division of the seven liberal arts and comprises grammar, logic, and rhetoric.[
- Quadrivium - the quadrivium (plural: quadrivia) consists of the four subjects or arts (arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy) taught after the trivium.
So should the game trivial pursuit be quadrivial pursuit?
Mar 26, 2020
Mar 25, 2020
Mar 23, 2020
Mar 19, 2020
Mar 7, 2020
Mar 1, 2020
Eliza, are friends "Electric"?
ELIZA: How do you do. Please tell me your problem. YOU: You know I hate to ask, but, are friends "Electric"? ELIZA: You say I know you hate to ask ? YOU: Mine's broke down an I've no one to love ELIZA: Can you elaborate on that ? YOU: So i found out your reason for the phone calls and smiles ELIZA: Do you want my reason for the phone calls and smiles ? YOU: And it hurts ELIZA: What does that suggest to you ? YOU: And I'm lonely ELIZA: How long have you been lonely ? YOU: And I should never have tried ELIZA: Do you say and you should never have tried for some special reason ? YOU: And I missed you tonight ELIZA: You seem to need to missed me. YOU: So it's time to leave. ELIZA: Please go on. YOU: You see this means everything to me. ELIZA: What makes you think I see this means everything to you ? YOU: [Synth solo] ELIZA: I'm not sure I understand you fully.
Feb 27, 2020
Heaven
Heaven is the home of our hearts And heaven won't tear you apart Yeah heaven is the home of our hearts And heaven don't tear you apart There's too many kings wanna hold you down And a world is a window gone underground There's a hole in the sky where the sun don't shine And a clock on the wall and it counts my time
Feb 25, 2020
Reading/Listening Q1 2020
| January 2020 | Ursula K. Le Guin. 1974. The Dispossessed |
| February 2020 | Laumer, K. 1967. Galactic Odyssey |
| March 2020 | Robert Shea. 1975. Illuminatus Part 1 The Eye In The Pyramid |
Feb 11, 2020
Above & Beyond / Anjuna Beats
Alone Tonight
Ibiza 2019
Prague 2019 Warm-up on the Vltava River
Prague 2019
Feb 8, 2020
Cowgirl: Alternate lyrics
| Underworld - Cowgirl | Underworld - Cowgirl (Alt Cowgirl C69 Mix from A1564) |
|---|---|
| Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything I'm invisible, I'm invisible, I'm invisible, I'm invisible I'm invisible, I'm invisible, I'm invisible, I'm invisible Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Why don't you call me, I feel like flying in two Why don't you call me, I feel like flying in two I'm invisible, I'm invisible, I'm invisible, I'm invisible I'm invisible, I'm invisible, I'm invisible, I'm invisible Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Why don't you call me, I feel like flying in two Why don't you call me, I feel like flying in two Why don't you call me, I feel like flying in two Why don't you call me, I feel like flying in two Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love I scream I scream I scream so much You know what I mean this electric stream And my tears in league with the Wires and energy and my machine This is my beautiful dream I'm hurting no one Hurting no one Hurting no one Hurting no one I want to give you everything I want to give you energy I want to give a good thing I want to give you everything Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything In one final scream of love who could climb This high she looks beautiful like a child I feel tears And I want to scream You know what I mean cause this is hurting no one Am, an eraser of love Hurt the necessary feeling Why don't you call me, I feel like flying in two Why don't you call me, I feel like flying in two Why don't you call me, I feel like flying in two Why don't you call me, I feel like flying in two Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love Am, an eraser of love, am, an eraser of love | She smells of soap, she smells so clean, blonde smiles chrome position, got it off the television, wrapped in skin, the mega bride, beneath the branded sky, a puppet, a razor of love, said something wonderful once, she's a cowgirl, well I suppose, mini thing fringes and boots, the double six, the double six, the double six Brazil. She has two names, one for her face, the other for her eyes, the other for the tongue, she has two names, one for her face, the one for her eyes, the other for the tongue, thank you for the touch like a razor rub my wound let me to open I'm ready to use, like vanilla, like incense, eighteen years in a week for the comfort of a stranger, snake bite and cream, time is running out, we walk like snakes, beautiful blonde, call me I feel like flying, into good weather, no no music, no no cigarettes, no no elevator Beethoven. Home video, skin video, we are so small, talk to me, talk to my machine, shut your mouth, I'm a snake man 11:56pm, with a union gun, hardware gun software leeches and cream, freezes big as chickens, formless and more like a blood thing more like screaming skin she's my aluminium Venus, fresh eggs and big black Cherokee, marrying the white gun, two hundred teeth, pain scream tax free rediscover guinea pigs, of Mississippi delta, too clean red fox over the new power of six ninety-nine, motionless I'm a red recreation like a river, swimming with the insects speed monkey saveloy, star leg into the pan tease it out of the hole triple x, man dies of erotic overload twenty four hour visiting massage very discreet, 18 to 30 mechanical bone, flexible friends, new white new money, do you want it now in mono or in stereo, blue removal men through to be batman again, what's the matter, what does it think what does it matter what I think, you got the brain, you got the use of a brain this week. I could turn to. Never get out of a boat, unless you're going all the way, I would have done, I would have done anything, for you, thank you for the touch like a razor rub my wound, let me to open I'm ready to use like vanilla like incense eighteen years in a week with the comfort of a stranger with the, snake bite and cream, time is running and we walk like snakes with the beautiful blonde why don't you call me I feel like flying into good weather again, no no music, no no cigarettes, no no elevator Beethoven, now you're the birdstar big boy beats her with everything fax fluorescent cruel smoking Indian, rubber gun girl, charcoal mellow salty salty Cinderella, snake bite and cream, she has two names, one for her face, the other for her eyes, the other for her eyes, she smells of lies, she smells of soap, she smells so clean, blonde smiles in the chrome position, got it off a television, wrapped in skin, she's the mega bride, beneath her beautiful branded sky, she's a puppet an eraser of love, said something wonderful once, fast boon for sexual America, sexual advertising, I'm invisible, I'm a fallout don't eat the mushrooms. Reference: https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/60234/#comment-73016340394 |
Feb 2, 2020
Con of the North - Blakes 7
- Tobago Poster Font - Used for Series D Titles according to this blog post at Blake's 7 online.
- Blakes 7 System Generator - Generates systems, worlds, asteroid belts using the Blakes 7 RPG game tables.
- Blakes 7 movement rates
- My take on the time distort and spatial conversions in Blakes 7
Jan 26, 2020
Con of the North - The expanse
- Monster ideahttps://twitter.com/D_DJoh/status/1220983279236583424?s=09 for expanse rpg.
- Some conversions, ex. "living on the fringe" -> Fringer.
Jan 20, 2020
Music that is produced by electronic oscillators
"At the moment there's certainly an increasing interest in electronic music. Music that is produced by electronic oscillators."
Trevor Something - Come Back Down
What the Future Sounded Like (2006)
Jan 19, 2020
Con of the North - Starlost notes
The Starlost: 37 Years Later
Based on the Cordwainer Bird-written 70s Television Series. The 200 mile-long Earthship Ark is over 500 years into its interstellar voyage, 800 years into the future. Only 37 years ago three young people tried to save the Ark but never reported back. Can you solve the improbable crisis or will the Ark crash into a star?* Using Roll for Shoes modified for scaling effects and damage. Game Start: SAT 1400 Location: Players: 6 Materials: None Game Length: 2 hrs Rating: Everyone Rules Knowledge: None Special Track: No Game Type: RPG Game System: Roll For Shoes GM: Jeff Conrad Sponsored by: Saturday Night Space Opera System: Can I tie my shoes? RPG
Based on the Cordwainer Bird-written 70s Television Series. The 200 mile-long Earthship Ark is over 500 years into its interstellar voyage, 800 years into the future. 37 years ago three young people tried to save the Ark but never heard from again. Can you save the Starlost?
To us, it has been 47 years. But this scenario says 37 years... what gives? That's time dilation commander... they were in time dilation!
The Starlost: the PISCES - time dilation!
Reference: Con of the North: book
Bubblegum crisis... secret Vision document
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RAD
Not sure where I was, but I seemed to have completely missed this RAD movie growing up. Having loved BMX'ing Bloomington's undeveloped properties, all around extreme western Bloomington, including, Hyland Lake, Bush Lake, various routes to Eden Prairie shopping Center, Eagan, Mpls lakes. I love to bike everywhere. While not a racer, I always wanted to. This would have been my rewatch movie for the early eighties.
Art critique
I object to the aesthetics of Keith Haring's three-eye smiley face. While this might have been created as part of an attempt to invigorate art into an urban pop-shop setting, it seems crude to me. When I saw this piece in Syracuse, NY I have to say it was appalling that this seeded to be given such precedence in the musuem - I believe it was a huge piece, larger than a square meter covering a third of a wall. While I appreciate many modern artists, to me this seemed crude, and I only imagine the other talented artists that have been lost to time because this artist was chosen to represent the community here.
This has for me stood up there with the most overvalued art, along with the scrap paper collections of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel. They overpaid for their lined-paper scribblings from various artists.
Surprisingly there are multiple artists that claim to have done the three-eyed smiley face. No these aren't deep mind, spiritual third eye renditions. Eugene Stetz also claims to have drawn three eyed smiley faces.
Jan 1, 2020
Con of the North 2020 - Bubblegum Crisis notes
Bubblegum Crisis: AD POLICE
Reference: Con of the North: book
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