During the previous session of the Magical Burst game I'm GMing, one of my players accidentally hit 11 Magic Overcharge. At 10 or more overcharge in a stat, the stat automatically "bursts", with various (devastating) effects depending on if it's Magic, Heart, or Fury.
Magic bursts release destructive magical energy, destroying an area dependent on your overcharge at the time, and killing any normal human in the vicinity. At 11 overcharge, that area is the size of a skyscraper.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I'm 90% sure I've used that joke before but it's one I'm proud of
During the previous session of the Magical Burst game I'm GMing, one of my players accidentally hit 11 Magic Overcharge. At 10 or more overcharge in a stat, the stat automatically "bursts", with various (devastating) effects depending on if it's Magic, Heart, or Fury.
Magic bursts release destructive magical energy, destroying an area dependent on your overcharge at the time, and killing any normal human in the vicinity. At 11 overcharge, that area is the size of a skyscraper.
That's the MadoMagi-inspired magical girl RPG system right?
Edit: yeah it is.
Magical Burst a role-playing game of desperate magical girls.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
An alternate universe where Tachyon is from Ohio and Central Avenue is from Gloucestershire
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
GMH what are your thoughts on Windows 10 making security updates mandatory?
But like i meant more like, would i be the same person if i grew up somewhere else? Would you be the same person if you grew up somewhere else? Would any of us?
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
But doesn't that mean now everyone who reads your work in which you use the word will think you're making a common spelling error?
But it's not a spelling error, so I don't care.
Well you're not doing it by accident, but your readers won't know that.
It's like putting the period outside the quotation mark when the quote isn't a complete sentence: it's not technically wrong, but it runs counter to the American convention so I avoid it in formal writing so people don't think I'm making a grammar mistake.
If nothing else, my EmBurst campaign has the whole "anime pacing" thing downpat. First session went Slice of Life -> Rival kidnaps friend -> Clone comes from magic mirror, leading to ~cliffhanger~.
Second went: Players try to find clone -> Get attacked by monster of the week -> Session ends on the note of "Yes, you destroyed the monster, but you also destroyed an apartment block."
But doesn't that mean now everyone who reads your work in which you use the word will think you're making a common spelling error?
But it's not a spelling error, so I don't care.
Well you're not doing it by accident, but your readers won't know that.
It's like putting the period outside the quotation mark when the quote isn't a complete sentence: it's not technically wrong, but it runs counter to the American convention so I avoid it in formal writing so people don't think I'm making a grammar mistake.
I actually just do this even in my formal writing. Because I consider the other way to be technically wrong.
But it is wrong, if the quote being quoted does not contain the final punctuation mark, unless that final punctuation mark is set off using brackets to indicate that they are editorially added and not original.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
But it is wrong, if the quote being quoted does not contain the final punctuation mark, unless that final punctuation mark is set off using brackets to indicate that they are editorially added and not original.
The American convention is that the placement of the punctuation does not indicate whether or not the full stop was part of the original text being quoted, so how can that be wrong?
, unless that final punctuation mark is set off using brackets to indicate that they are editorially added and not original.
That's not the convention anywhere! If anything, enclosing the period in brackets is wrong, and ugly and pedantic and silly.
The quote is supposed to tell me exactly what was said! How am I supposed to know what was said? Did that person really insert a question mark into their emphatic statement? No, they didn't! Your quoting them in a question should be using the quote itself as a noun, with the quotation marks determing the beginning and ending of the block that functions as a grammatical unit!
But it is wrong, if the quote being quoted does not contain the final punctuation mark, unless that final punctuation mark is set off using brackets to indicate that they are editorially added and not original.
The American convention is that the placement of the punctuation does not indicate whether or not the full stop was part of the original text being quoted, so how can that be wrong?
But it should! It's not fully informative otherwise!
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I'd just like to point out that, even under the American convention, question marks are typically an exception--i.e., if the quote itself isn't a question, the question mark goes outside the quotation marks.
On the one hand, i do agree, and i prefer the UK system because it appeals to my sense of consistency and seems less ambiguous.
On the other, you're an intelligent individual, you know what the US rule is and you are perfectly capable of applying it when interpreting the sentence, the same way you would any other grammatical rule. Accusing people who follow the established rule of 'doing it wrong' is misunderstanding how language works, and blaming other people for it.
On the one hand, i do agree, and i prefer the UK system because it appeals to my sense of consistency and seems less ambiguous.
On the other, you're an intelligent individual, you know what the US rule is and you are perfectly capable of applying it when interpreting the sentence, the same way you would any other grammatical rule. Accusing people who follow the established rule of 'doing it wrong' is misunderstanding how language works, and blaming other people for it.
(I'm opining somewhat facetiously, in case it wasn't clear.)
I just want language to work in more logical, consistent, informative, well-behaved ways. Continuing use of traditions that are misinformative or inconsistent, therefore, counts as "wrong" for the purpose of this objective.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Preferring the UK convention is fine. I prefer it, myself.
Calling the US convention "wrong" is a bit silly, because it's just an agreed-upon rule that's generally followed. It's like saying our traffic signs are wrong for giving distances in miles instead of kilometers.
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it's cuz i know how to spell "judge" and the letter combination "dgm" looks like it can't be pronounced, i guess
What was this for?
Apparently "judgement" is actually the preferred spelling in the UK, just not internationally.
Not sure why i didn't know this.
Magic bursts release destructive magical energy, destroying an area dependent on your overcharge at the time, and killing any normal human in the vicinity. At 11 overcharge, that area is the size of a skyscraper.
Edit: yeah it is.
I once had to fight with the spellchecker in Microsoft Word to get it to stop calling it a misspelling based on my English U.S. set language.
Don't forget Bonzi Buddy!
i actually do wonder how that would turn out.
Well you're not doing it by accident, but your readers won't know that.
But like i meant more like, would i be the same person if i grew up somewhere else? Would you be the same person if you grew up somewhere else? Would any of us?
Second went: Players try to find clone -> Get attacked by monster of the week -> Session ends on the note of "Yes, you destroyed the monster, but you also destroyed an apartment block."
It's standard American English grammar.
In British English yes, in American English no.
That's not the convention anywhere! If anything, enclosing the period in brackets is wrong, and ugly and pedantic and silly.
On the other, you're an intelligent individual, you know what the US rule is and you are perfectly capable of applying it when interpreting the sentence, the same way you would any other grammatical rule. Accusing people who follow the established rule of 'doing it wrong' is misunderstanding how language works, and blaming other people for it.
I just want language to work in more logical, consistent, informative, well-behaved ways. Continuing use of traditions that are misinformative or inconsistent, therefore, counts as "wrong" for the purpose of this objective.
So i suppose i'm just objecting to that use of the word 'wrong'.
"wrong" requires a standard by which a condition or action is evaluated
Their objective is to post a sign that follows the US standard and communicates what they want to communicate.
wait what