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How ironic was the title of my last entry.

I picked it because I thought it was funny, because if I know one thing about D&D, it's that alignments are a thing that exist and, no matter how many time I read the explanations, I do not understand exactly what they mean.

I've spent three days watching the first three eps of Critical Role and I think I'm kind of hooked?

Yes, yes, I know what I said. I am here, in a corner, eating my own hat. Look, I put tomato ketchup on it and everything.

But. I have had a shitty few days. For reasons I may expound on in a bit. I needed something to stop me thinking about shit, and watching eight people have masses of fun seems to be working. Also it gives me an idea of how one actually runs/plays and RPG because apart from RP'ing on a forum moons and moons ago, I've never actually played a tabletop version with books and rules and dice*. I would really like to, though! (And if I could figure out a way to do it over internet, I bloody well would. Anyway, I digress).

I think part of what did not help at first is the problems I've been having with my computer/browser. For the first time in forever, my browser keeps crashing my computer. Apparently it's to do with the flash plugin, but honestly ??? *shrug emoji*

The other thing is that the videos are HOW LONG EACH? I get that this is, like, average run time for a game but jeebus it took me almost a day to watch the first video. (Though part of that was down to Halloween and trick or treaters. Also computer crashes). I've taken to commandeering my mum's tablet to watch it instead, and that works better, although I have to put headphones in, because mum doesn't want to hear it (also sometimes I'm watching that while she's watching something I'm not interested in on TV).

So yeah. I fought the law, and the law fucking crit'ed me.

(pun not intended)

This hat is really tasty. Om. Nom. Nom. It's going to take me best part of two months to get through the archive (assuming one ep per day. I said to mum if I watched half an ep a day, it'd take three months and she boggled). Mind you, that's assuming I stick with this. I never finished catching up on the X-Men podcast, but that's because it didn't turn out to be like I expected, and after a while, I just lost interest. I'm expecting nothing from Critical Role, except occasionally hilarious D&D adventures.

(I should've known, as I have said in the past, I do enjoy hearing about other people's D&D adventures. Which I suppose would be a good chance to plug

ursulav's adventures. Sadly they're not all tagged (unless she or Kevin has gone back through her archive, but I doubt it), but they are BEYOND ridiculous***. And I love them. AND I'VE BEEN READING THEM FOR FIVE YEARS???? HOLY MACKEREL).

Anyway, then I started thinking about a really obnoxious vampire (Vampire? Because VtM?) character, and that has also been tickling me. Good thing I got my core rule book out a few months ago so I can give her stats if I want to. Though I might just roll with the concept for now, and see what happens. I think I'm going to write a story about her, eventually.

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Yeah, so the new fridge!

I booked the delivery for Halloween, so I really should've known it was going to be a nightmare. The guy on the phone who rang to check the details was nice enough, even if he did repeatedly try the hard sell to get me to get extra insurance on it (it costs the exact same from the manufacturer, so I think we're going to go with them instead). He said that, while we hadn't booked a delivery slot, I would get an email the day of the delivery to let me know when it was coming within a two hour slot.

This was not a problem, I can deal with that, I thought.

I defrosted the freezer the day before, but put everything back in, otherwise it would've been spoilt (spoilers: it got spoilt anyway but eh).

Monday morning, I wake up at quarter to seven. I get an email, it says, "Your delivery will be coming between 7 and 9 am". No problem, maybe they will come late!

AHAHAHAHAHA.

I just get finished feeding the cat at more or less seven AM, and the phone rings. I answer. A voice says, "Which is your house, we have delivery for you".

THEY WERE RIGHT ON THE FUCKING DOORSTEP.

I had thought I would have time to move the more difficult stuff before they got here. More fool me, I guess.

The delivery men were unhelpful. I think that they thought I was vastly unhelpful. I felt awful about things beyond my control, like the shape of my house (there's an awkward dog leg between the back door and the kitchen), and the fact that my kitchen units were badly designed (the fridge, though a slim one, barely fit in the space provided). Oh, and the fact that the new fridge didn't have wheels so it couldn't be manoeuvred easily. (The old one had them! I never knew that!)

So I ended up crying after they left, because it was obviously all my fault!

I left a review/feedback as asked by the company, but I did not rate them highly, based on their delivery guys. I won't be buying off them again.

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*Not for want of trying, though! I was just scared of the RP group at uni**, and I don't know anyone locally who would play with me now.

**The ones I met/knew were all lovely folks, but I'm not good at social interaction at the best of times.

***She plays a paladin called Rooster, who recently seduced a dragon to get them out of a tight spot. Seriously.

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Yes, yes, I know what I said. I am here, in a corner, eating my own hat. Look, I put tomato ketchup on it and everything.
This hat is really tasty. Om. Nom. Nom
XD Oh, I'm eating my hats constantly (so good that I'm a hatter LOL).

So I ended up crying after they left, because it was obviously all my fault!
:-(

Wow, being a hatter must be a cool job!

Well, I don't do them, I only manage sites of a company that creates hats. :-) But people call me a 'mad hatter' anyway. :-))

Ah, I see! Still a neat job, though.

:-)

Sorry to hear the fridge experience was so cruddy!

And if I could figure out a way to do it over internet, I bloody well would. Actually, there are lots of ways to do it over the internet! Usually with some combination of two or more out of video chat, text chat, forum posts, and sites that Roll20 that simulate stuff like dice rolls/grid maps and so on. The campaign I've been participating in for around a year and a half just uses a text chatroom and Roll20, for example, though I know a lot of groups will use forums or skype chat rather than chatrooms.

Edited 2016-11-02 21:22 (UTC)

Thanks.

Oh, that's what Roll20 does! (I've seen it mentioned a few times in the last few days but not looked it up). I've considered doing a text chat in the past (video isn't possible), but didn't know if people would be into that. Thanks, that's made me feel a bit better about possibly doing this in the future!

I have run several games over the internet! There are lots of ways to do it - what game in particular are you thinking of maybe running?

Possibly VtM because I know it best, though I had in the past considered a Marvel Heroes game. Maybe Changeling The Lost if I could think up some good ideas. Ultimately, I guess I don't know right now.

In that case, all you really need is a voice (or text) chat client. I've used Google Hangouts before, which does have built-in die rolling feature if people don't have their own dice (or there's always random.org or various online die rollers.)

If you aren't the sort of person who absolutely must visibly see the dice your players roll, you might like Discord better, since it has both voice and text components. I've not used it to run tabletop yet, but it seems like it would do so very well.

Ah that is a neat feature! And I think I have the hangouts app on my phone (which would mean I'm not tied to the computer).

I'm thinking of playing with people I know, so I trust that they would tell me the truth re: rolls (though I trust that people would be truthful anyway, even if I wasn't playing with friends). Though Discord is a good option to bear in mind for the the future.

I use Discord for guild chat in FF14 and it works quite well, I like it a lot.

Cool stuff! I know I've looked at it before because a friend uses it for just chat purposes (but I know it was intended for MMO players), but I can't remember if there's a Linux version (yet). Though by the time I get to actually doing this there might be.

So I ended up crying after they left, because it was obviously all my fault!
:-( *hugs*

*hugs back*

Thanks :)