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The 2022-23 Mock Gambling Thread - WILD CARD WEEKEND
Commissar SFLUFAN replied to Slug's topic in The Locker Room
Chargers - $15,000 1. Chargers TD 2. Chargers 3. Giants/Vikings 4. Ravens/Bengals 5. Vikings/Bucs/Bengals -
Quite possibly considering the seeming fixation on the "5 million units" figure!
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This report features devastating before/after satellite pictures of Soledar and its surroundings: ‘Hellish’ battle for Soledar symbolises state of Russia’s war in Ukraine | Ukraine | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Fall of saltmining town would be propaganda coup for Kremlin but analysts say scale of casualties make it a pyrrhic victory
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ISW analysis for 13 January 2023: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 13, 2023 | Institute for the Study of War WWW.UNDERSTANDINGWAR.ORG The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on January 13 that Russian forces seized Soledar, Donetsk Oblast, on the evening of January 12. The Russian MoD claimed that Russian forces can now form a “cauldron” around Bakhmut and threaten Ukrainian sup
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Update: Hasbro/WotC appears to have capitulated
Commissar SFLUFAN replied to Commissar SFLUFAN's topic in The GM Screen
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. It was totally a draft version intended to solicit "feedback" that was attached to executable contracts that were sent to multiple third-party creators over the Christmas holiday with a deadline of January 13 to be signed/executed.- 48 replies
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Update: Hasbro/WotC appears to have capitulated
Commissar SFLUFAN replied to Commissar SFLUFAN's topic in The GM Screen
In short: practically everything would be impacted if the draconian OGL 1.1/OGL 2.0 came into effect. Let's start with this very good explanation of what the original OGL 1.0/1.0a represents from a poster at ResetERA: The stipulations of the OGL 1.0/1.0a allowed for third-parties to create the plethora of supplementary games that directly contributed to the TTRPG Renaissance, from major publishers like Paizo and Kobold Press to the dozens games/other materials that have proliferated on Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms. If you open a TTRPG source book or other material that says "Compatible with 5E" or similar language on the cover, you will see printed in its entirety OGL 1.0a. Even the second edition of Paizo's Pathfinder RPG whose mechanics have moved far enough away from its D&D 3.5E roots to be practically its own system continues to print the OGL 1.0a in its materials for reasons completely unrelated to game mechanics (keeping the game approachable for third party publishers, the legal costs of establishing a separate Paizo-specific license, etc.). In addition, the OGL 1.0/1.0a provisions were used by the developers of the virtual tabletops platforms as a guideline in creating those systems under the assumption that it applied to them as well. The fact of the matter is that OGL 1.0/1.0a has been effectively inextricably woven into the fabric of the TTRPG system. And OGL 1.1/2.0 in its current form would effectively take not a match, but a flamethrower to that fabric. To give an example, the provisions of OGL 1.1/2.0 discussing the use of virtual/electronic tools if implemented would force ALL of the virtual tabletop platforms out of existence because according to the text, the intent of the OGL 1.0/1.0a was to solely cover "printed media and static electronic file formats" and therefore WotC would lay claim to the actual tools (electronic character creation sheets, setting creation tools, scenario creation tools, etc.) used by the VTTs. I could go on and on, but I'm sure you get the picture of how utterly devastating the implementation of OGL 1.1/2.0 would be for the TTRPG community. In fact, I've heard a couple of attorneys suggest that if it was ever upheld in court that it could potentially have significant ramifications within the software open source community! To conclude this post, remember that Canadian lawyer who wrote a nearly 400 pages long PhD thesis on the OGL 1.0/1.0a and was featured in one of the videos I posted yesterday? He was a guest on the Roll for Combat YT channel today to discuss OGL 1.1/2.0:- 48 replies
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The game appears to have underperformed its absolutely ludicrous unit sales projections by about 3 million units and had an estimated budget of $162 million. Krafton′s 200 billion-paid new game sluggish...securities companies lowering target stock prices M.K-ODYSSEY.COM SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) - Krafton[259960]′s new "Callisto Protocol," which was released last month ata cost of about 200 billion won over three years, is observed to badly influenc
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General Gaming Company of Heroes stress test?!?!
Commissar SFLUFAN replied to unogueen's topic in The Spawn Point
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This could very well be linked to the string of murders that's been occurring at Bragg over the last couple of years. The Fort Bragg Murders WWW.ROLLINGSTONE.COM At least 44 Fort Bragg soldiers died stateside in 2020 — several of them were homicides. Families want answers. The Army isn’t giving any.
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PC AMD RDNA3 Presentation Today at 4pm EST
Commissar SFLUFAN replied to Mr.Vic20's topic in The Spawn Point
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Why You Should be Afraid of Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty’s Bosses – IGN First - IGN WWW.IGN.COM
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ISW analysis for 12 January 2023: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 12, 2023 | Institute for the Study of War WWW.UNDERSTANDINGWAR.ORG Russian forces’ likely capture of Soledar on January 11 is not an operationally significant development and is unlikely to presage an imminent Russian encirclement of Bakhmut. Geolocated footage posted on January 11 and 12 indicates that Russian forces l
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Update: Hasbro/WotC appears to have capitulated
Commissar SFLUFAN replied to Commissar SFLUFAN's topic in The GM Screen
Probably nothing in the short term, but I'm really not sure that they're all that concerned about the bleeding as long as they get their long-term goal of dominating the virtual tabletop space which is where they believe the future of the hobby is heading. They'll gladly endure the loss of the third-party content as a trade-off for that outcome. Also, the mainstream press is now picking up the story: Dungeons & Dragons & fear & loathing (Financial Times) ‘People are leaving the game’: Dungeons & Dragons fans revolt against new restrictions | Role playing games | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Wizards of the Coast, which owns the game, is preparing to change longstanding licensing rules- 48 replies
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The (allegedly) 40 days between the Resurrection and the Ascension contain many events that could be depicted: What Did Jesus Do Between His Resurrection and Ascension? WWW.ONELIFEPUNXSY.ORG The 40 days between Jesus' resurrection and ascension are vital to the completion of his work in this life. Here are the events chronologically.
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Update: Hasbro/WotC appears to have capitulated
Commissar SFLUFAN replied to Commissar SFLUFAN's topic in The GM Screen
That is absolutely the case. But it's also the case that WotC is counting on the sheer ubiquity and inertia of D&D to simply overwhelm the new awareness of that vulnerability.- 48 replies
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