Jump to content

metadigital

Members
  • Posts

    13711
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by metadigital

  1. Like SS, Xcom used a system whereby stats increased the more you used them. Guys made to carry heavy weapons would get stronger, guys who did a lot of sniping would get more accurate, guys who panic in combat would slowly get braver.

    So ... doing strength training gives the character strength; doing hand-eye coordinating tasks increase hand-eye coordination ... and running away like a little girl grants the PC courage? :(

     

    Yeah, essentally. Though it's more the 'use' of the courage stat (as in, the character experiencing somthing that frightens him, such as a team-mate dying or a psy-attack) that causes the boost in bravary, rather than the stat being exceeded and the resulting panic.

    Ahhh, I see.

     

    So is there a critical failure where the character is permanently damaged with Post-Traumatic Stress ..? :-"

  2. 1. I'd bet the culprit is frequency; her LCD probably only has a limited number of legal frequencies, and could be only 50Hz, for example.

     

    2. Don't forget the nutmeg for bathing Kewpie Dolls in honey. Or you might be able to sacrifice star fruit and custard apples with a giant plastic anime axe.

  3. I am pleased that I am blissfully unaware of the many permutations of productions that have zero-budget and a bunch of attention-seekers, marketed under the "reality" banner. Just as zero-budget extras-in-old-curtains were a hallmark of the early SF tv, and laugh-tracks were a staple of previous generations' comedy shows, this too will pass into legend. And it can't come soon enough for me. (It will be interesting for future crops of sociology students to trawl through in their endeavours to grok the dynamics and ethics of the human social condition, though. I just don't want to watch it. With advertisements.)

  4. "Out of Range" means that the frequency or resolution is too much for her (you sly dog, you) monitor. Most probably the frequency. Safe mode should boot into a very ordinary default VGA resolution, so I'm not sure why that tactic isn't working. Anyway, because Windows took your monitor as the plug'n'play default, and your monitor is a weirdo-one, she is suffering. You must atone to the gods of IT and sacrifice all your PayPal credit on small, head-bouncing Kupi dolls and ritually drown them in molasses (honey is okay for a substitute, but you'll have to add some nutmeg as compensation).

×
×
  • Create New...