the youth might be in good hands

Dec 23, 2019 4:42 PM

The youth might be in good hands

FP edit: take this poll or I'll teach small children how to swear: https://strawpoll.com/e4yhaga5

There is yet hope

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

We used to play handheld video slots that only had one out come and we shit talk kids for their stupid games.

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

It's okay; Gary sent us.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I have subbed for just about every school in my city and the kids are great, mostly. There is a lot of trying to skip, but thats normal.

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Back in my day you could count the emotes in fortnite in your fingers...

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

It MAYBE lost some popularity, but it is NOT dead, not even close.

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Fortnite deserved death

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I introduced DND to my fifth graders as a storytime game. They freaking loved it. Nice to see the education system getting better. XD

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

When I go through my old stuff, and find a whole back of TSR marvel super hero books and modules...

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Bohemian Rhapsody.....My son (13): Mom, have you heard this cool new song?.....Me:

6 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

Nice gif. But can you find me a shrubbery?

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

my kids dont play fortine hell no, we play rocket league, smash bros, mario kart and halo!!

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Sit down kid and let me tell you about my seventeenth level Dragonborn fighter-sorceress.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Fortnite is a gateway drug

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

My 8 year old would like a word with you. He just coerced me into buying all the starwars skins. Kids got class.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

You can probably thank Stranger Things for this

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Fortnite is far from over.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Wine at an arcade? What?

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Could have been early evening at some place like Dave & Busters.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I've seen them (barcades) but never seen one where you could take alcohol into the all-ages area if they have one.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Katie's a Riot Games employee. Very high chance a holiday party (at an arcade) involves wine, nerd parents, and their kids who play dnd

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Don't mind me...I'm just finishing out my collection of Megaman: Battle Network titles for GBA

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Fortnite is dead? Cool. Can we go back to Unreal Tournament now and Epic Games not shitting the bed?

6 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 0

No keep fortnite going, it keeps the kids out of my games.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

And not the drivel UT that they pooped out. The original GOTY edition please

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

This is D&D spam. This post itself. D&D spends so much money on product placement now, Stranger Things, Big Bang Theory....

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

It's not, Katie's a decent person and a Riot employee, not a wizards one. FFS nerds enjoy games news of the freaking year.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Local comic book store doesn't even sell D&D because it "doesn't sell".

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Kids forget that games in the 80s just got harder and faster until you died...just like life

6 years ago | Likes 36 Dislikes 0

Well thats it then. We finally won

6 years ago | Likes 71 Dislikes 1

Excuse me while I call literally everyone from high school.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Yeah man. This totally happened.

6 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 1

Yeah, haven't you heard of those arcades where you can get tipsy off of wine around 11 year olds?

6 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

It's a family party. Probably. I don't fucking know. I hate that I know what Fortnite dances look like. Am I a rambling old man now?

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Katie's a Riot Games employee. Very high chance a holiday party (at an arcade) involves wine, nerd parents, and their kids who play dnd

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

And those same 11 year olds happen to spout your specific agenda against fortnite because "fortnite bad cuz it's not my generations game"?

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 4

Katie's a Riot Games employee. Very high chance a holiday party (at an arcade) involves wine, nerd parents, and their kids who play dnd

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

and also: children of game designers probably exposed to more stuff than parents who don't know games at all

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Tbf, fortnite is actually pretty dead. People have moved on.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

What's the new thing? Is it really Minecraft again? I ask this with great hope.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Should have done the Fortnight dance to prove your street cred

6 years ago | Likes 658 Dislikes 5

That's the Turk dance, you heretic!

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 2

Did the Carlton. Got sued immediately.

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

[dabs weakly to make everyone uncomfortable]

6 years ago | Likes 133 Dislikes 0

*dabs and rolls out*

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And here I am starting Skyrim over with a new RX 5700.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

No, Fortnite is over. Should cite some sweet lore and character arcs instead.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I was at a the cardinals game last week and some asshole won a year of free canes chicken by fortnite dancing. I’m livid. I love canes.

6 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Canes is criminally underrated

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

You say that but literally everyone I've ever heard talk about it says it's amazing. Maybe under represented. Oregon expansion please :)

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That shit is delicious. I’m probably gonna have to get some now damnit.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

i love the fact that it's not WHAT you want other than HOW MUCH you want

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

[Greybeard DnD player chortles]

6 years ago | Likes 353 Dislikes 1

*rolls for Initiative

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

nod nod :laughing in great-grandparentese because 3 generations of my spawn play DnD:

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

*grey-haired lady literally named Grey giggles in +2 to charisma*

6 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

How do you do, fellow old person.

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

My kids asked to play DND for Xmas. Bought both starter sets, player hand book, dm hand book and monster manual.

6 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Good, good. They've taken their first steps into a much larger world...

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Let the adventures commence! Bought my son his first set in ‘79 or ‘80 and now great-grandkids getting cool dice for Christmas.

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

The dm I just started playing with got all off us dice for xmas

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Real question: what % of grey do I need to qualify as a greybeard? I’m at like 5% now, but it’s coming in quick.

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I won't gatekeep, but a noticible shock of grey and at least 2 editions of DnD played.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Sweet! I'll be awaiting my membership card and setting up my forum accounts so I can start complaining about the newest editions of things.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

As I told two pups arguing at the FLGS back in the 3.0/3.5/PF Edition Crusades; It doesn't matter what you play, as long as you're playing.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Amen to that! I'm lucky enough to be running one (Fallout-themed) and in another (Grimm's fairy tales themed).

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

0 grey only being 38 but I played 1st-5th.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I've got nearly a fistful of grey at less than 33, so count yourself lucky :P

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Do you count pathfinder?

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

PF is where it split into a separate branch of RPG evolution. By yeah, I count it. Go have fun.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

What about GURPS?

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I have the Dr Strange pattern grayness. Can I sit at this table too?

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Yes, but you might be told to play Wizards constantly.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Damn

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Well time to bust out the Thaco

6 years ago | Likes 41 Dislikes 0

Lemme go get my THAC0 wheel and we'll do this thing.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Argh... my sensitive 3.5 ears are screaming in agony. Stop!

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

What class are you playing? An elf.

6 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

No first edition armor system

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Half-Orc woman in a homebrew 2.0 campaign on the oceanside. :D

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

THAC0, that's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

6 years ago | Likes 28 Dislikes 0

I still pick up Baldur's Gate(1/2) (PC Game) from time to time. It never got old to me :P

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Imma gonna haveta name my next D&D character Thac0 now.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

"You may think you have he upper hand, but you have forgotten one thing...its Thac0 Thursday."

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

In all fairness fortnite was never cool.

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What about PUBG mobile?

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It's a perfectly okay game, it just suffered from the same generational hate of "Well MYYY generation's Multiplayer online FPS was better!"

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Epic saw the PUBG success and created their own free version that's loaded full of microtransactions. Fortnite is a mediocre game that's >

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

> designed to have mass appeal, so that Epic can rake in that money hand over foot.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That's just the counterstrike weapon lottery model though, it's hardly something fortnite introduced

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Well it's a bit different since when we were younger, the multiplayer online FPS games were things like CoD which appealed to everyone.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Fortnite heavily appeals to children in contrast, which makes older people more likely to see it as "cringe" or "childish"

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Oh yeah, the age old "Ugh, kids and their toys!" line of thinking

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Me: nostalgic laughing as I go broke buying remasters of Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, resident evil, final fantasy, and psychonauts.

6 years ago | Likes 299 Dislikes 4

Going to reinstall Starcraft Brood War this week, because I still love that campaign (and my Zerg)

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Adding, in the SC2 engine, so it's like a remake.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I just picked up RE 2, and FF7 looks dope

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Only pandemonium needs a remake now.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I got the crash remaster on steam, pair it with the ps1 classic controller. Fuckin awesome!

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

*bahulbaga*

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Hi, are you my boyfriend? Brad, is that you??

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Bf and I have been playing the revamped RE, it’s been cool.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Just picked it up, hell yeah

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You’ll dig it. The graphics update are solid enough on their own.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Get crash team racing. Omg so fun

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I still have my psone copy.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I have the old one too I couldnt believe how streamlined I thought it was back in the day. Lvls are better in old, gameplay better in new.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Marry me

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

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6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I have all Pokemon game’s down to the Nintendo cube. I have tekken3 and played all originals you wrote.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Feeling better about you lol. Nice picks!

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Bro that FF7 remake looks amazing.

6 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Ruined for me by the shitty way they're going about it. I'm not gonna buy 3 games just to play FFVII again.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Wait. What? I didn't do any research tbh, where can i read about this?

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Basically the "first game" is only going to span until the escape from Midgar.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

So how's about that final fantasy crystal chronicles remake coming out soon for switch?

6 years ago | Likes 29 Dislikes 0

Hold up. WHAT? Like, for real??

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

wait what? i played that once for like an hour at my buddies place and never again. is it really coming to switch?

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I think that's the only final fantasy I never played, how was it?

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Good story. And you get to explore the world and essentially play an epilogue. No action just talking to all the people after the end.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Single-player, it was ok. Probably not worth it tbh. But with friends, it's hands-down one of the best co-op experiences ever.

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

If you've ever played Four Swords Adventures, it's basically Final Fantasy's version of that.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

In short, don't play anything ff based on Nintendo. They will expect you to get 4 switches to enjoy the full experience. Much like how 1/2

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

They expected people to buy 4 gba

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

It's releasing on Switch, PS4, Android, and iPhone.

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My parents have both been players since AD&D. I grew up with the game, looking at the pictures before I could read. So glad it's mainstream!

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

My exact response when my students ask "you know who Pikachu is??" or make any reference about Star Wars or Harry Potter.

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Oh yeah?! This is the Aslan I remember

6 years ago | Likes 36 Dislikes 0

Most of this was filmed where I grew up in the Peak District!

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Oh my god me too

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

When you try to find a picture of the 1977 D&D Basic Set you played and all you find is the 2001 reprint that is already 18 years old...

6 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

I still *have* my old Basic set!

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Hey, 3rd edition is what I learned on. And by "learn", I mean I played Neverwinter Nights.

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Neverwinter Nights was dope (still is)

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Indeed! Update the engine and graphics and it would still sell well today.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

My uncle’s youngest son tried telling me about this awesome tabletop game he discovered called Battletech and asked if I had heard of it...

6 years ago | Likes 104 Dislikes 0

I have to admit, Catalyst has done an excellent job keeping that game going.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Holy shit

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Well had you?

6 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Nope. Never. Battle-what? Mech-who?

6 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Name checks out. That's gotta hurt/be amazing for you tho.

6 years ago | Likes 41 Dislikes 0

I told him if asked me that again I’d make like an Atlas roided out on triple strength myomers and he’s a Locust that wandered too close.

6 years ago | Likes 29 Dislikes 0

Ah, I see you're a fellow Steiner scout. Well met, the Lyran Commonwealth stands strong, brother!

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

More of Fed-Com loyalist. So much potential for good. Wasted.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

FYI: an Atlas with active TSM has enough strength to straight up grab a 20 ton Locust and use it as a club.

6 years ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 0

Pft, you should have said Berserker, and you would cut him literally in half.

6 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Show the Hatchetman who owns melee. Never seen one of them punch a Masakari in the faceplate...

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

What...

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Other than a few mechanical complaints about it, I’ve been really enjoying MW5.

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