Making Light :: <![CDATA[“‘The days of your life’ refers to in-game time…”]]> :: comments https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#comments Language, fraud, folly, truth, history, and knitting. Et cetera. en Thu, 09 Apr 2020 21:43:41 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.34-en “‘The days of your life’ refers to in-game time…” Blacow* speaks of four players: the Wargamer, the Power-Gamer, the Role-Player, and the Story-Teller. The Wargamer, what does he say?... Blacow* speaks of four players: the Wargamer, the Power-Gamer, the Role-Player, and the Story-Teller. The Wargamer, what does he say?... https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html <![CDATA[“‘The days of your life’ refers to in-game time…”]]> -- comment #1 from Will Frank comment from Will Frank on 9.Apr.20 Why is this game different from all other games?

]]> <p>Posted April 9, 2020 9:43 PM by Will Frank</p> https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4403517 https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4403517 Thu, 09 Apr 2020 21:43:41 -0500 <![CDATA[“‘The days of your life’ refers to in-game time…”]]> -- comment #2 from BSD comment from BSD on 9.Apr.20 My character was a wandering barbarian, and he went down into the dungeon with a small party and became a leader of a great nation...

]]> <p>Posted April 9, 2020 11:15 PM by BSD</p> https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4403526 https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4403526 Thu, 09 Apr 2020 23:15:07 -0500 <![CDATA[“‘The days of your life’ refers to in-game time…”]]> -- comment #3 from Avram comment from Avram on 10.Apr.20 I feel a bit bad that Cory Doctorow linked to this and described it as “a gamer’s haggadah,” and maybe folks’ll follow the link expecting an actual whole haggadah, not just a Four Sons joke.

I don’t have a D&D-themed haggadah, but a few days ago someone posted a haggadah-themed D&D adventure on Reddit. Maybe that’ll do.

]]> <p>Posted April 10, 2020 1:23 AM by Avram</p> https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4403544 https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4403544 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 01:23:21 -0500 <![CDATA[“‘The days of your life’ refers to in-game time…”]]> -- comment #4 from Dave Harmon comment from Dave Harmon on 10.Apr.20 I sat in on ZOOM Seders for each sister, but understanding things was a problem -- even for the first one it was fairly tough, but for the second one with over a dozen participants, I could barely follow anything.

It occurred to me at the time that all the voices were coming from the same place, which was killing my hearing compensations; after the second one, I realized that even IRL, a table with a dozen-plus people around it would be a pretty hellish hearing environment for me.

The second sister E-mailed a PDF of her Haggadah for the year, noting that most years they have an extra item on the plate representing some issue for that year. Their incomplete list of prior items (I E-mailed and reminded her of the orange, for female rabbis):

* FREE TRADE COFFEE BEANS - There is still slavery in the world
* SAFFRON - Something small can make a big impact - what do you want to change this year?
* GUMMY BEARS (KOSHER FOR PASSOVER) - Animal cruelty
* OLIVES - Our hope for peace in the middle east - and around the world
* FREE TRADE CHOCOLATE - Slavery still exists within the US - children/teens/people in the sex trade, immigrants forced to work to pay off their trip, LGBTQ who feel they have no other choice to survive
* ORANGE PEPPER - Orange is the color of gun violence prevention
* PINE CONE - The symbol for mass incarceration problems in the US
* HOMEMADE PICKLES - Remembering our traditions - Pickles are something that were made for hundreds of years and became an afterthought on the side of a plate but they were actually added to our diet to help with digestion.

This year's "item" was an empty space:

*EMPTY - We are reminded of all we are missing this year during COVID-19

]]> <p>Posted April 10, 2020 8:26 PM by Dave Harmon</p> https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4403606 https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4403606 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 20:26:57 -0500 <![CDATA[“‘The days of your life’ refers to in-game time…”]]> -- comment #5 from Erik Nelson comment from Erik Nelson on 11.Apr.20 This looks a little like a quotation from Sun Tzu also

]]> <p>Posted April 11, 2020 4:36 PM by Erik Nelson</p> https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4403649 https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4403649 Sat, 11 Apr 2020 16:36:00 -0500 <![CDATA[“‘The days of your life’ refers to in-game time…”]]> -- comment #6 from dcb comment from dcb on 12.Apr.20 Avram: that's wonderful!

Dave Harmon@4: I like your sister's idea. I remember the orange a few years ago.

]]> <p>Posted April 12, 2020 10:27 AM by dcb</p> https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4403730 https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4403730 Sun, 12 Apr 2020 10:27:42 -0500 <![CDATA[“‘The days of your life’ refers to in-game time…”]]> -- comment #7 from CHip comment from CHip on 22.Apr.20 Well, that's a blast from the past: I vaguely recall a question on NESFA email ~recently, but aside from that I haven't seen any indication of Glenn in a few decades -- I drifted away from D&D after a few months in the mid-1970's (Glenn was known for putting SF monsters in his dungeon -- RAH wormfaces, Valerians, Dilbians, and even (at my suggestion, as I was leaving) vatches) and he drifted away from SF fandom as Apaloosa faded. The reference is especially strange because he mentioned being schooled by severe nuns; I don't know whether he got involved in Judaism or simply thought the parallel was fun.

]]> <p>Posted April 22, 2020 6:23 PM by CHip</p> https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4404146 https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4404146 Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:23:26 -0500 <![CDATA[“‘The days of your life’ refers to in-game time…”]]> -- comment #8 from Joe in Australia comment from Joe in Australia on 26.Apr.20 If the spambot had only left one comment –
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]]> <p>Posted April 26, 2020 7:37 AM by Joe in Australia </p> https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4404329 https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4404329 Sun, 26 Apr 2020 07:37:29 -0500 <![CDATA[“‘The days of your life’ refers to in-game time…”]]> -- comment #9 from dcb comment from dcb on 26.Apr.20 Joe in Australia @19: Dayenu!

]]> <p>Posted April 26, 2020 4:39 PM by dcb</p> https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4404348 https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4404348 Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:39:52 -0500 <![CDATA[“‘The days of your life’ refers to in-game time…”]]> -- comment #10 from sl1pp3ry k01 comment from sl1pp3ry k01 on 8.Jun.20 Mary Aileen, I may know what is happening. Please reach out to me soon.

]]> <p>Posted June 8, 2020 8:22 PM by sl1pp3ry k01</p> https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4406541 https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4406541 Mon, 08 Jun 2020 20:22:59 -0500 <![CDATA[“‘The days of your life’ refers to in-game time…”]]> -- comment #11 from Greg Costikyan comment from Greg Costikyan on 2.Sep.20 See also the Bartle player types:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartle_taxonomy_of_player_types

And Quantric Foundry's taxonomy, which is based on in-depth research and actual data:
https://quanticfoundry.com/#motivation-model

]]> <p>Posted September 2, 2020 12:49 PM by Greg Costikyan</p> https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4409710 https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4409710 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 12:49:32 -0500 <![CDATA[“‘The days of your life’ refers to in-game time…”]]> -- comment #12 from stefan jones comment from stefan jones on 3.Sep.20 (GREG!)

]]> <p>Posted September 3, 2020 11:52 AM by stefan jones</p> https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4409733 https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4409733 Thu, 03 Sep 2020 11:52:56 -0500 <![CDATA[“‘The days of your life’ refers to in-game time…”]]> -- comment #13 from Buddha Buck Sees spam comment from Buddha Buck Sees spam on 12.Jan.21 I don't know if I love "Game", but I know I don't love being played.

]]> <p>Posted January 12, 2021 8:21 AM by Buddha Buck Sees spam</p> https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4416498 https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4416498 Tue, 12 Jan 2021 08:21:22 -0500 <![CDATA[“‘The days of your life’ refers to in-game time…”]]> -- comment #14 from John M. Burt comment from John M. Burt on 18.Jan.21 I attended a Seder once, at my Quaker Meeting, with my late wife, Kathe, whom you knew as Older and sometimes as Older and Better. She told me about how she had conducted a Sukkot with her grandmother, not knowing at the time it was a Jewish practice, and had concluded in later years that her grandmother was a Primitive Christian.
Kathe was appalled when she saw an ad for a plastic Sukkot shelter. I suggested that a more appropriate "modern" Sukkot shelter would be an actual survival tent which the family would cook in, dine in and camp in overnight, thereby ensuring that all of their gear was in working order.
Just in case....

]]> <p>Posted January 18, 2021 5:56 AM by John M. Burt</p> https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4416753 https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4416753 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 05:56:08 -0500 <![CDATA[“‘The days of your life’ refers to in-game time…”]]> -- comment #15 from dcb comment from dcb on 18.Jan.21 John M. Burt @17: Thank you for sharing those lovely recollections. The idea of camping in a survival tent and checking everything works is great in following the spirit of the law - the idea of an impermanent shelter. Unfortunately the rabbis decreed that while the roof of the Succah had to provide more shade than light, you have to be able to see the stars through the roof...

]]> <p>Posted January 18, 2021 10:22 AM by dcb</p> https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4416761 https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4416761 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 10:22:59 -0500 <![CDATA[“‘The days of your life’ refers to in-game time…”]]> -- comment #16 from Xopher Halftongue comment from Xopher Halftongue on 18.Jan.21 dcb 18: So you use one with a transparent roof and use a transparent fly. Right?

]]> <p>Posted January 18, 2021 10:38 PM by Xopher Halftongue</p> https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4416791 https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4416791 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 22:38:04 -0500 <![CDATA[“‘The days of your life’ refers to in-game time…”]]> -- comment #17 from P J Evans comment from P J Evans on 19.Jan.21 18
A parachute would work for that - there's a hole where the lines cross, and you can see the stars through it. (Light goes through the nylon, too.)

]]> <p>Posted January 19, 2021 11:16 AM by P J Evans</p> https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4416809 https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016646.html#4416809 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:16:46 -0500