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Post by Rofusco on Jan 19, 2014 18:03:17 GMT -5
Show up people. We need people.
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Post by Apples on Jan 19, 2014 18:38:30 GMT -5
No, I have 9 hours of classes on Mondays to not sleep through.
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Post by kasiil on Jan 19, 2014 19:28:36 GMT -5
Sorry I couldn't show. Work kept me in Toronto until now. I really wanted to play unfortunately we're on a deadline.
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Post by scott on Jan 19, 2014 21:52:08 GMT -5
Crap, didn't check this message board in time. I'll be at next weeks for sure
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Post by jamesb on Jan 21, 2014 21:37:35 GMT -5
I just found this club as I just arrived to MSU. I'd love to join in this game if you are looking for more people.
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Post by Rofusco on Jan 26, 2014 15:35:49 GMT -5
Sorry for the late response. Games are on sundays at 6:00pm, in BSB. We have no set room but we usually occupy BSB 136 or one of the surrounding rooms. We can help you create a character when you arrive.
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Post by kasiil on Jan 26, 2014 17:41:07 GMT -5
I will be there, maybe a bit late.
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Post by jamesb on Jan 26, 2014 21:46:05 GMT -5
Damn, school work got in the way and I forgot about this. Will do my best to make the next one if possible. Thanks for info.
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Post by Apples on Jan 31, 2014 12:19:38 GMT -5
Kay, if there is a game on Feb 16th, I will go to that one.
Anything I should prepare beforehand or is it just show up with an idea and be filled in the rest when I get there?
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Post by Guest123 on Feb 1, 2014 17:58:16 GMT -5
Maybe more people would come if your game was more accessible. I have asked peroanaly 6 time to be put on the email list with no luck, I have tried to dm games with no luck. And who wants to all be ninjas, that's the complete opposite of what dnd is. Oh and for a dnd could YOU DONT EVEN PLAY DND. Why not take votes on what people want to do or let DMs run games with more creative freedom or at least makes rules/guidelines available. I'm a die hard dnd fan but found this club so inaccessible, as it tailors itself to a group of friends instead of an inclusive environment.
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Post by Apples on Feb 2, 2014 13:53:20 GMT -5
90% going to make it today, just going to run Jhaeleraena though because I never even picked a class for Tom.
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Post by Rofusco on Feb 4, 2014 0:54:00 GMT -5
Maybe more people would come if your game was more accessible. I have asked peroanaly 6 time to be put on the email list with no luck, I have tried to dm games with no luck. And who wants to all be ninjas, that's the complete opposite of what dnd is. Oh and for a dnd could YOU DONT EVEN PLAY DND. Why not take votes on what people want to do or let DMs run games with more creative freedom or at least makes rules/guidelines available. I'm a die hard dnd fan but found this club so inaccessible, as it tailors itself to a group of friends instead of an inclusive environment. Our VP Social no longer does his job. Or rather, never effectively did his job and he didn't tell anyone he wasn't doing it. That is the main issue regarding emails as we have had no one to really replace him. Also, what are you talking about? We allow an enormous amount of creative freedom among DMs. Just because many of the DMs decided to focus on an eastern theme doesn't mean they all have to. Neither do the players have to design eastern themed characters. Also dnd has many eastern themed classes(the monk, ninja samurai classes from 3.5 spring to mind). So what you said about ninjas being the opposite of what dnd is, is just completely false. We also clearly posted the rules in this very topic. We tried to avoid strict rules so we don't inhibit a DM's creative freedom. If you need any more clarification, you could have asked. And so what if we don't play dnd in a strict sense? Pathfinder is very similar in its mechanics and is seen by many to essentially be dnd 3.75. You just seem to be ranting rather than giving constructive criticism. The only thing I agree with you on is that we need to try and make the club more inclusive. That is a legitimate problem with the way we run things at the moment but we do try to act friendly to new players and DMs.
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Post by guest 123 on Feb 6, 2014 12:15:18 GMT -5
Maybe more people would come if your game was more accessible. I have asked peroanaly 6 time to be put on the email list with no luck, I have tried to dm games with no luck. And who wants to all be ninjas, that's the complete opposite of what dnd is. Oh and for a dnd could YOU DONT EVEN PLAY DND. Why not take votes on what people want to do or let DMs run games with more creative freedom or at least makes rules/guidelines available. I'm a die hard dnd fan but found this club so inaccessible, as it tailors itself to a group of friends instead of an inclusive environment. Our VP Social no longer does his job. Or rather, never effectively did his job and he didn't tell anyone he wasn't doing it. That is the main issue regarding emails as we have had no one to really replace him. Also, what are you talking about? We allow an enormous amount of creative freedom among DMs. Just because many of the DMs decided to focus on an eastern theme doesn't mean they all have to. Neither do the players have to design eastern themed characters. Also dnd has many eastern themed classes(the monk, ninja samurai classes from 3.5 spring to mind). So what you said about ninjas being the opposite of what dnd is, is just completely false. We also clearly posted the rules in this very topic. We tried to avoid strict rules so we don't inhibit a DM's creative freedom. If you need any more clarification, you could have asked. And so what if we don't play dnd in a strict sense? Pathfinder is very similar in its mechanics and is seen by many to essentially be dnd 3.75. You just seem to be ranting rather than giving constructive criticism. The only thing I agree with you on is that we need to try and make the club more inclusive. That is a legitimate problem with the way we run things at the moment but we do try to act friendly to new players and DMs. Response: Why then do we have to play pathfinder? Why can't dm's run 3.5 or something else if they want to. Why do games start early and leave players/ new dms out in the hall. Why do you say that new dms will have help integrating into the new dming situation but leave them high and dry with a random group and no mcmaster experience with a game system they aren't familiar with. I asked if i could come and ask if anyone wants to play a 3.5 instead and i was told NO. How is that freedom, how is that fun. Instead a single group of people make all the decisions without i dunno asking the group taking a vote, be a meeting place for like minded people to play games they have a passions to play/write for. NO anyone who wants to come is forced into ridged one type of game, and you wonder why people don't show up because they have no freedom to branch out. It is an awful intimidating environment where new people talk down to by 'veteran dms' and people are handcuffed into one system without a choice.
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Post by Apples on Feb 9, 2014 11:32:10 GMT -5
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Post by Rofusco on Feb 14, 2014 17:53:32 GMT -5
Our VP Social no longer does his job. Or rather, never effectively did his job and he didn't tell anyone he wasn't doing it. That is the main issue regarding emails as we have had no one to really replace him. Also, what are you talking about? We allow an enormous amount of creative freedom among DMs. Just because many of the DMs decided to focus on an eastern theme doesn't mean they all have to. Neither do the players have to design eastern themed characters. Also dnd has many eastern themed classes(the monk, ninja samurai classes from 3.5 spring to mind). So what you said about ninjas being the opposite of what dnd is, is just completely false. We also clearly posted the rules in this very topic. We tried to avoid strict rules so we don't inhibit a DM's creative freedom. If you need any more clarification, you could have asked. And so what if we don't play dnd in a strict sense? Pathfinder is very similar in its mechanics and is seen by many to essentially be dnd 3.75. You just seem to be ranting rather than giving constructive criticism. The only thing I agree with you on is that we need to try and make the club more inclusive. That is a legitimate problem with the way we run things at the moment but we do try to act friendly to new players and DMs. Response: Why then do we have to play pathfinder? Why can't dm's run 3.5 or something else if they want to. Why do games start early and leave players/ new dms out in the hall. Why do you say that new dms will have help integrating into the new dming situation but leave them high and dry with a random group and no mcmaster experience with a game system they aren't familiar with. I asked if i could come and ask if anyone wants to play a 3.5 instead and i was told NO. How is that freedom, how is that fun. Instead a single group of people make all the decisions without i dunno asking the group taking a vote, be a meeting place for like minded people to play games they have a passions to play/write for. NO anyone who wants to come is forced into ridged one type of game, and you wonder why people don't show up because they have no freedom to branch out. It is an awful intimidating environment where new people talk down to by 'veteran dms' and people are handcuffed into one system without a choice. Last school year we had a vote at the DM meeting to do pathfinder. We have since stuck with it as it is fairly easy to access the material(the srd is quite robust) and is very much dnd-like. If you want to run your own 3.5 game through the club and/or the club forum then you can by all means. But the general consensus among the DMs at the DM meeting this year was to use pathfinder, so we generally use pathfinder for the core club game which we run on sundays. We offer a ton of freedom as to how DMs run their games aside from basic things like wealth/pc level and the system we use. Although even that is fairly flexible(last sunday one of our DMs ran the rpg Dungeon World with people from the club instead of the usual pathfinder, for example). The general way we decide on these things is by a DM vote based on who DMs and shows up to the meeting. Although even this system is vague, not clearly defined, and can be horribly intimidating for new DMs. Also we did not necessarily leave new DMs high and dry as you said. Nygil offered a DM tutorial mission early in October. He announced this at the general meeting. Also, when you mention you asked someone, I have no idea who that was so I can't speak for them. Although I apologize if someone was rude. Though I'm confused when you mention we start games early and leave players out in the hall, as we almost always start later than our 6:00pm official start date. If anything, we're really late most of the time. I completely agree with you on the intimidating nature of the club game and how it caters to a group of friends. Although we generally do try to be nice to newer DMs and such. There some irritating aspects of the club game structure that alienates new players. Specifically not keeping newer DMs informed of what is going on( for example, I'm not sure why, but we used facebook to discuss the structure of the club game for this semester with only a group of friends familiar with the club game, which in hindsight was a horrible idea). The vague, unsaid rules, held by some veteran club members(myself included) is also an issue. As we have no reliable one person to handle these kind of things so lots of issues go unaddressed. The "voluntelling" system we have for choosing execs is colossally stupid. As some execs are basically bullied and pressured into one position. The club has a lot of structural problems at the moment, which are made especially bad by our loss of executives, DMs and players over the years. We lost both our VP social(who did his job poorly) and our president this year. So organization has been a problem.
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