Marc - The Thoughtful Gamer

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[Marc - The Thoughtful Gamer @MarcTTG]

I've found my way to bluer skies. Same username.

[Marc - The Thoughtful Gamer @MarcTTG]

Examples: Imperial Assault has been a hit, but keeping track of all the components through a campaign is a headache. Gloomhaven was too esoteric. SW Rebellion was ok, but he didn't quite grasp strategy and needed someone to read stuff to him. Memoir '44 was ok (too dry/grounded?)

[Marc - The Thoughtful Gamer @MarcTTG]

What good ameritrash is out there? Looking for games that:
1. Are combat/action focused
2. Aren't 2+ hours long with tons of setup
3. Have very little or no english language skills required 4. Aren't crazy heavy or punitive
5. Not dry or historical.

[Marc - The Thoughtful Gamer @MarcTTG]

I have confirmed that @squarespace is either: 1. Lying to me. 2. Somehow technically incapable of pushing through a domain transfer. 3. Deliberately holding my domain in limbo for multiple days to.....convince me to stay with them out of frustration? IDK. This is absurd.

[Marc - The Thoughtful Gamer @MarcTTG]

I don't like going to social media to complain, but my website is going to be down for about 10 days because of @squarespace's stupidly long customer support wait times and general incompetence. Why is there no way to push through a domain transfer? Why do I have to wait 5 days?

[Marc - The Thoughtful Gamer @MarcTTG]

@KGRhetorical @squarespace To be fair, they do have a SOP, it's just an email that says "you requested a domain transfer. It'll happen automatically in 5 days unless you cancel it" and there's no apparent way to just make it happen immediately.

[Marc - The Thoughtful Gamer @MarcTTG]

I don't like going to social media to complain, but my website is going to be down for about 10 days because of @squarespace's stupidly long customer support wait times and general incompetence. Why is there no way to push through a domain transfer? Why do I have to wait 5 days?

[Marc - The Thoughtful Gamer @MarcTTG]

@belltowergames Yeah but that's a bit adjacent to the question of who is more important, though.

[Marc - The Thoughtful Gamer @MarcTTG]

@belltowergames You might say Constantine by that logic. There might be a number of people who were necessary to the rise of Christianity. At that point how do you distinguish any as more important other than picking the originator?

[Marc - The Thoughtful Gamer @MarcTTG]

@a_man_possessed Restore could work

[Marc - The Thoughtful Gamer @MarcTTG]

@gengelstein Yeah I drove past one a few weeks ago and it looked like something someone made in their backyard with sheet metal. Or, a car from an early PS1 racing game.

[Marc - The Thoughtful Gamer @MarcTTG]

AI jokes write themselves

[Katie O'Reilly @DrKatfish]

happy large-boulder-the-size-of-a-small-boulder day to all those who celebrate

[Marc - The Thoughtful Gamer @MarcTTG]

@belltowergames Isn't posting about it on a public forum instead of contacting them privately or just ignoring it also petty?

[Charlie @charlie_stew98]

“I like Samwise, could be a good ring bearer”
“Hasn’t made a move on Rosie”
“So?”
“That means no confidence, plus he’s a little thick on the waist”

[... @MrSnugglePuggle]

Gandalf: Frodo, Caradhras has defeated us. Would you rather take the One Ring by the Gap of Rohan through a land where Saruman has spies everywhere or attempt to pass through the mines of Moria where the dwarves woke the nameless fear, Durin’s Bane?

Frodo:

[Benni Valur @bennivaluR_]

“Then there is Merry’s younger cousin, Pippin”

“I don’t know Elrond, there is word on him on the pipe-weed and hitting the inns”

[🟡 The tumboy 🟡 @TheTumboy]

Frodo: but.. the thing is uh…

Gandalf: you don’t know how to take the ring to Mordor

Frodo: that’s right

Gandalf: Frodo, it’s not that hard, Frodo. tell ‘em Boromir

Boromir: it’s incredibly hard

[Spatch1003 @Spatch1003]

“Guys, you’re still trying to replace the Eagles. I told you we can’t do that. Now what we might be able to do is re-create them in the aggregate.

Frodo can carry the Ring, but can’t walk 1,700 miles. This is Samwise Gamgee, he can’t carry the Ring, but he can carry Frodo.”

[Nerd Soup Aaron @nerdsoupmonkey]

“Elrond, this is Merry and Pippin, they’re hobbits. They are two of the most undervalued people in middle earth. These guys should cost a thousand silver pennies each. We can get them for a second breakfast”

[Marc - The Thoughtful Gamer @MarcTTG]

The Moneyball/LotR mashups all over my timeline are the best thing I've seen on this website in years.