by hyperkind

Just to be clear, the 'chat' was what I was looking at, in addition to listening to the audio. In the streamer who got raided and interrupted, it 100% happened in the chat. He made vocal comments, but the complaints (and confrontation) all occurred in the chat.

I looked at the chat (and listened) for the stream that sent it over, and I did not see or hear anything. Again, I was following a recording, and I do believe Tanya's streams are heavily moderated (where the guy to whom she sent the raid had no real moderation at all), so it is possible the entire thing got cut from the post.

by Cervantez

Now I'm starting to think I'm doing something wrong. I actually just re-read to rules to make sure I'm not missing anything...

I just ended my second playthrough as a great conquerer at the end of the first month of early winter in year 3.
So almost two whole seasons earlier than the last time.

My first year ended really badly with almost all of my household dead from the cold. Luckily by the end of the second year I had fully recovered, even though I had to work really hard to get the supporters and fame to reach Fame Lvl 4 to start fostering some new family members.
At the end of that year I also had a total of +6 on Exploring (Land) checks and multiple sheds all overflowing with food of all kinds. The farm was almost self-sustaining at that point, so that I just kept exploring all the rare events and got a lot more fame that way.

It was still great fun and very different than my first game (instead of Wisdom and Seamanship, I focused on Survival and Combat, but quickly became a very proficient farmer).
I finally got to see a small cave, but I think by the time I started exploring on land, my Survival was so high that I skipped straight to the EL and SL events and there are not many caves there. By the end of the game, I had all 8 SL events resolved.

I have played this game for 1.5 weeks straight, sometimes 4+ hours a day.
I will now have some High Quality Ale and take some Leisure at Home, even though my Happiness is already very high 🙂

Next time I play this, I will try some of the hard variants.
I also still need to figure out how I can convert to Christianity 🙂

by AB2014solo

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I once added The Magical Year of a Teenage Witch to one of Daniel's geeklists, and someone commented that it seemed to be like Thousand Year Old Vampire but without the creepy theme. It might be an alternative.

by puckhead

An item RPG Item: Masks of Nyarlathotep (5th edition) has been added to the geeklist Investigators - Masks of Nyarlathotep (PS)

by lorddillon

I never backed this project and have only been following it tangentially, and I don't know any of the involved parties personally, so I really have no dog in this race... but I find it so interesting that the RPG industry has some failed kickstarters that bring so much ire from the audience.

I don't like the idea of someone getting harassed, especially because it usually happens to women far more than men, and in a much more aggressive fashion. [o](Women get threats to be violently raped and/or murdered in a gruesome sexual way far more than men get that type of threat, though they do also receive death threats)[/o] Also, men often recover from the "incident" much more quickly and easily and do not have their careers ruined (C.f. Gareth-Michael Skarka), whereas women often disappear from the spotlight and are never able to return to an industry and establish themselves.

by lorddillon

hyperkind wrote:

(She said she got harassed on her own Twitch - THAT I could not find. I listened to her entire recording prior to her actually turning it over to the other streamer and couldn't find one interchange, or even her mention of it - and she isn't one to drop anything. Maybe she or one of her mods deleted that part in the recording)

I'm sure the harassment was in the "chat" portion of the stream, so if you only got the audio, you didn't hear anything because it was in text format.

by Mallet

Started lurking a few weeks ago.
Keep up the action, guys ! 👍

by schkff

Elon Musk is going to have a fit.

by Valdus

I also would like to join.

by hyperkind

I was curious what happened, and I *did* hear/see part of it. I was able to track down the Twitch where the 'raid' was sent, and the situation blew up on someone's Twitch. I really felt bad for the guy - he was gobsmacked and didn't know what to say. He just kept repeating that he didn't know anything about it, and that his Twitch feed wasn't the appropriate place to deal with it. Tanya herself appeared (in all caps), critiquing the guy (who asked her direct questions, which I assume he also asked her elsewhere, but didn't answer). She didn't stay on long, but her last comment was something like "you want an update, then you'll get an update". I suppose the update to the KS happened immediately after that.

(She said she got harassed on her own Twitch - THAT I could not find. I listened to her entire recording prior to her actually turning it over to the other streamer and couldn't find one interchange, or even her mention of it - and she isn't one to drop anything. Maybe she or one of her mods deleted that part in the recording)

It was handled badly, in the wrong place, at the wrong time. It's one of those "valid complaints in the wrong forum" type of thing, because, as was said, this is someone who is still trying to reinforce an online personality, while a "game" (or a concept) sits covered in cobwebs for nearly a half decade.

I think (am actually pretty sure) the frustration of the person grew out of Tanya constantly complaining about being "broke", but found money to go to (travel, reg, hotel, IDK maybe registration was comped) four or five conventions this year as she is "unemployed" (and has already said she's going to PAX Unplugged). This wouldn't be so bad if she wasn't referencing herself as the creator of the game in question during her intros. It's bad-faith action, and it is kind of a middle finger to anyone who put in even a dollar to the KS.

Full disclosure: I found out about the game less than a month ago, and was interested in the concept and wanted to play. Got a bit nervous when searches turned up no really game, just people talking about it. Found a Reddit that pretty much affirmed it was DOA as of last year, and someone led me here.

Which I give credit to all of you - reading the entire thread was a pretty enriched history.

by Karkared

Due to the first letters in its second name, Shub-Niggurath is officially renamed, so that the bots do not confuse it with a slur.

https://www.polygon.com/call-of-cthulhu-shub-niggurath-name-...

by Yugblad

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Excellent!