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This page is for discussion of stuff related to the game coming up this week, no matter when that actually is. For instance, we can all assume Nate isnt coming for some lame reason and that Ed is sick of pizza and is bringing teriyaki or some other crap. They can post something here if that happens to be untrue.

Schedule

Date...........game................Location..........(Advanced attendance)
6/06/08......W-Wolf..........BnD............... Dieter not home until 7pm, Brandon absent or late
6/13/08......Surprise..........BnD............... Brandon gone
6/20/08......Super Heroes............BnD............... Brandon still gone
6/27/08......Super Heroes............BnD............... Kim gone, ed gone
7/04/08......W-Wolf...........BnD...............Ed absent
Matt 99% absent
7/11/08......W-Wolf...........BnD............... Brandon gone
7/18/08......W-Wolf...........BnD............... Brandon gone
7/25/08......?????...........BnD...............Kim gone
8/01/08......?????...........BnD...............Ben (and Kim) gone, Brandon gone
8/08/08......?????...........BnD...............Ben (and Kim) gone, Brandon gone (& officially married)
8/15/08......?????...........BnD...............Ben (and Kim) STILL gone
8/22/08......?????...........BnD...............
8/29/08......?????...........BnD...............Last session at BnD (BEN: not the last session at the location, but rather the last session with that location identifying itself as BnD, at which time it will revert to its Ur-identity (see "Address" bar, on your screen, above). To be less, as both Ed and I described it, verbose, Dieter is moving in with some friends of his at the end of August. Thank you) (DIETER: Awwww.... I was hoping for a few eruptions of confusion and fear before clearing it all up. Spoilsport).
BEN "spoilsport": sorry. I thought you might be, but then I decided that clearing up fear and confusion on the wiki would take up like 5 pages of text.

KIM: Dudes, I'm sorry but I'm gonna miss a shitload of Heroes sessions from now through December... is it even worth me playing?

--Matts 20:36, 19 June 2008 (MST)The summer is always a sketchy time. Don't worry about it.

--Edmiao 20:51, 19 June 2008 (MST)yeah, look at the list so far. we're glad to have you join!

Attendance and Food Preference

6/20/08

--Dieter the Bold 17:45, 17 June 2008 (MST) I shall be attending. And seeing the Hulk earlier. So I shall be fired up to SMASH.

--Gdaze 18:58, 17 June 2008 (MST) Well okay World Breaker... I'm gonna go see Batman on Saturday myself. And yes will be there.

BEN: batman comes out July 18th, friend.

--Gdaze 20:51, 17 June 2008 (MST) Well shit, my friend is a fool then. Ah but who is more the fool? The fool, or the one who follows the fool?

--Gdaze-- Will anyone be picking up pizza? MATT? Cuz if so, I'm in.

--Edmiao 08:47, 20 June 2008 (MST)present, 6pm, no pizza.

BEN: present, I don't think i have time to get pizza. If someone else could be in charge, that would be great. I'm of course pitching in for it.

--Matts 09:58, 20 June 2008 (MST)I'll either get the pizza or I'll order it when I get to Ben's.

--71.216.15.253 12:03, 20 June 2008 (MST)UPDATE: I'm not gonna eat pizza, but I will call in a delivery when I get to ben's if nobody else does anything.

--Gdaze-- Fine, I guess Matt is to into his "I'm-a-sissy-boy" diet to eat pizza. Forget the pizza then, I'll just pick up some Teriyaki. I will be there a little before 6 if that is alright, or right on six.

KIM: I'm picking up Ben from work and SHOULD be home around 6pm, but have my usual 6pm-8pm conference chat online to attend to... so Ed no pizza, Matt no pizza, Gabe is NOW no pizza... just Ben, Dieter, and myself? Is this a first that we'll have ONE pizza?

Ranting and raving or other random comments

--Dieter the Bold 13:02, 16 June 2008 (MST) Gentlemen, and lady: It's finally dawned on me that in 3 weeks it will be the 4th of July. On a Friday, no less. I think, given the date, we should be a little more proactive in determining our whereabouts. I already see Ed has declared himself busy. Is anyone else planning on crazy BBQs, late night fireworks, etc., etc.? If so, speak soon, because for those who plan on attending gaming, I'd like to put out the idea of doing a Patriot Themed One-shot or series of One-shots. Are we your average Joes caught up in a time-warp, leading us to fight in our countries greatest battles? Are the Brood invading and we must use our amazing super powers to defend Earth? Or have we accepted a race for charity with people making donations to the hero that can traverse the world the fastest (but some of our arch-nemesis have other plans?)? Regardless, as the 4th is a federally recognized holiday, and we therefore get the opportunity to take off work, I vote we have a gaming day + BBQ, and then leave the night open for more gaming or for fireworks or whatever. I look forward to your responses.

KIM: I too vote for festivities, and will bake cherry pies or other such traditional yums on request (and if you say please). BBQ is good, if heroes, count me as present, if one-shots are to be had instead, I might have a couple friends over for boardgames in the other half of the communal area. Also, isn't the other side of midnight Matt's bday?

--Matts 16:17, 16 June 2008 (MST)I'm not sure if I'm in town or not yet. I may be off having a cabin adventure. Regardless, sometime in proximity we'll party for my big day. It's only once a decade that the digits in your age add up to 10!

--Edmiao 16:40, 16 June 2008 (MST) damn, sound like fun. parents in town. so no me.

GABE: Hmm maybe, Noelle is outta town, so I shall be all alone! SO ALONE!

My goodness, I'm so bored at work. I should bring my magic cards in so I can at least make decks.

--Dieter the Bold 22:07, 17 June 2008 (MST) My mom's packing and loading stuff at our house on Sunday and would love to hire some helpers for an hour's work. She'll pay around $20 and would appreciate any help. If anyone's interested, let me know.

GABE:I may be able to Dieter. Wow, the Spore creature creator is now downloadable! Sweet, although limited it is something to pass the time at work.

GABE: Hey MATT. Do you play Mass Effect much? If not, mind if I borrow it? Like, tomorrow?

--71.216.15.253 14:22, 19 June 2008 (MST)Sure, I'll bring it along with all those comics and whatnot.

--Dieter the Bold 20:01, 19 June 2008 (MST) I hearby make the official motion to cancel gaming on July the 4th. I introduce a second motion that we hold a BBQ, movie, boardgaming day in its place. Movies to be of the classic patriotic kind. Patton, comes to mind.

JASON: If this materializes I would like to say I am 66% on attending, as well as bringing along a sidekick, some board games and possibly even some patriotic movies.

GABE: Dude, the Patriot! Nothing is better then spearing a British officer with the American flag! What is your sidekick's power or powers?

JASON: She has the power to speak Japanese and use Photoshop CS on the mac. Dont be a hater, thems some serious powers yo.

GABE: Man..., I can barely speak English and have the ability to burp after eatting even the most least gasiest of foods. My powers blow.

KIM: I'm a fan of the boardgame-bbq... may be inviting some vanilla friends to play teh scrabblez wit me, unless ya'll are down with the Kung-fu Munchkin.

JASON: Teh Scrabblez? D00d, wiik. At the very least we should play Cranium. Ill bring it. Thats a rad party game.

KIM: ooooooooooooooooooooh, CRANIUM. There's gotta be a way to make it a drinking game, no?

Other RPG or Non-RPG gaming Events

Monthly Board Gaming Day

--Gdaze 22:56, 19 June 2008 (MST) I just got two sets of the new jungle set for Heroscape, it makes the board look AWESOME. And yes, I am actually going to play it too.

--Edmiao 08:48, 20 June 2008 (MST) i'll believe that when i see it.

Weekly Magic Whining/Complaining/Smack Talking

--Matts 23:11, 16 June 2008 (MST)I think the thing about momentary blink is that when priority changes, state based effects are checked, and a state-based effect is an aura having a target. If at any time it doesn't have a target maybe it goes to the graveyard?

--Edmiao 23:29, 16 June 2008 (MST) the article says that the game views the blinked creature as a new and different permanent, which seems pretty strange to me, but that's what they say. in answer to my phasing question....

Leaves Play A permanent leaves play when it moves from the in-play zone to any other zone (see rule 410.10c) or when its owner leaves the game (see rule 600.4a). If a token leaves play, it ceases to exist. This is a state-based effect. See rule 420.5. If a permanent leaves play and later returns to play, it’s treated as an entirely new permanent with no “memory” of anything from its former existence. (Phasing is an exception to this; see rule 502.15, “Phasing.” Permanents that phase out also don’t trigger any comes-into-play or leaves-play abilities.)

--Edmiao 21:32, 18 June 2008 (MST)Ben, card for your exploding giant deck. 1R Mogg Maniac, 1/1 creature. whenever mogg maniac is dealt damage it deals an equal amount of damage to target opponent (we have one). yup. 4RR Coalhauler Swine 4/4 creature, same thing but to each player (we have 2 of em)

BEN: Got a nice set of lorwyn, morningtide, and shadowmoor. Probably 600 commons/uncommons, 2 planeswalkers (red and white, at the low price of $3ea), and 14 other rares. Should have probably gotten a few more rares, but my haggling skills suck and I was trying to be nice (paid $1 per rare). Anyways, I didn't edit the commons/uncommons, but for the rares, I didn't get anything for control decks cause I hate them, and I didn't get anything for the elf deck, cause he had some gross rares for that deck. But I did get a bunch of elemental rares so we can finally have an elemental deck or two (including another horde of notions, 3 smokebraiders, and 4+ flamewalker invokers!)

The Next Step in Werewolf

Werewolf Recap

Next step in Super Heroes

--Matts 22:16, 16 June 2008 (MST)Here's the plan for Super Heroes - Ashcan Preview. It's going to start in Iraq, but those who wouldn't be there, don't worry. I'll have NPCs if you want em, or you can keep fine tuning your characters or establishing backstory between y'all. It'll move to New York from there, a few years later, and we'll do some quick scenes about the connections between the characters then. Then we'll move into the final act of the prologue.

Since I'm moving more directly into plotting things at this point, if you have input on the kind of villain you'd like to see, let me know. Otherwise, I'm just running with the antagonists I have, and sort of loosely fitting them to your characters.

The tone is also gelling at this point. As it stands, plot-wise, it'll incorporate governmental hassles, steampunk artifacts, cults, terrorists, and old gods, with more juice coming up as I get final characters from everyone.

GABE: Hey Matt, since Brandon is going to be there, do you need his character finished?

--Matts 10:47, 19 June 2008 (MST)The attendance section says he won't be. What do you know that I don't?

GABE: My bad, that should have said "is NOT going to be there".

--71.216.15.253 11:50, 19 June 2008 (MST)Yeah, don't worry about it.