John Masterson ([info]baxmasterson) wrote in [info]whitewolf_lj,
2008-04-01 10:45:00
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THE MOST AWESOME THING YOU'LL NEVER SEE!!!

No one posts on Tuesdays, so I'm posting. They should have thought of that when they told me to post all those Monday meeting notes a couple years ago. Let's call this "Bax's Inside Awesomeness," because what's inside me is, in fact, awesome (even if Brian says what's inside of me is mostly smelly cheese).

Ethan and John talk about what it's like to be a developer, but no one talks about what it's like to be the little guy, the one whose ideas and dreams get stomped on because someone else doesn't like it. I busted my ass for weeks on this project, and no one thinks it's awesome. I mean, how can it not be awesome? It's got booze and vikings and breaking shit in it! IT IS MORE AWESOME THAN CAN BE SAFELY CONTAINED IN ONE PLACE.

Whatever. I don't care what matt and Ethan and Rich and Kelley and everyone else says. My ideas are cool. Sexalted would sell like hotcakes, and so would Shadows of Iceland. So screw it. Here's a link for you guys to see what could have been, a sample of my ideas cut down in their prime.

http://download.white-wolf.com/download/download.php?file_id=957

I still have some ice wine to finish.

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[info]matt_m_mcelroy

April 1 2008, 14:58:54 UTC 4 years ago

Downloaded and a link to this post has been added to:

http://www.flamesrising.com/april-fools

Awesome!

[info]eldritch48

April 1 2008, 15:01:33 UTC 4 years ago

Sheer awesome. This supplement *has* to be made, even if you just put it out as a .pdf!

*snarf*

[info]eskemp

April 1 2008, 15:03:02 UTC 4 years ago

Look, Bax, you've been here how long? Every time you've pushed a proposal at me, you keep on making the same mistakes. Let's enumerate, shall we?

- They're turns. Not "rounds." They're only rounds in D&D. Almost every other game system calls them turns. Including ours.

- It's "Health." It comes in "points." It hasn't been "Health Levels" since 2000 or so.

- You don't roll Willpower. You spend it to gain extra dice.

- There are no more "soak" rolls.

- Characters no longer have an "Appearance" trait.

- We don't capitalize Every Goddamn Word. It makes my eye twitch whenever I see you capitalize "Freehold" or "Vampire."

- And it's "discreet" when you mean "stealthy," "horde" when you mean "a bunch of guys," and "your" when you mean "belonging to you." (Which is spelled y-o-u, by the way, even in inter-office emails, if you're trying to impress anybody with your writing skills.)

I mean, just... come on, man! Think!

[info]bloodshadows

April 1 2008, 15:09:44 UTC 4 years ago

You got served!

[info]eddyfate

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Anonymous

April 1 2008, 15:06:17 UTC 4 years ago

Burn.

[info]the_chimp_pimp

April 1 2008, 15:06:46 UTC 4 years ago

Awe. Some.

[info]bladededge

April 1 2008, 15:11:08 UTC 4 years ago

Sexalted would totally sell.

[info]eskemp

April 1 2008, 15:20:16 UTC 4 years ago

You didn't see Bax's proposal. I wouldn't wish that book on my worst female enemy, much less the average female gamer, much less the average female Exalted fan.

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[info]oakthorne

April 1 2008, 15:17:19 UTC 4 years ago

Oh, Bax.

What have you done?

[info]eddyfate

April 1 2008, 15:48:21 UTC 4 years ago

Wait, what? I think we nixed this. Did I miss something while I was on vacation?

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[info]wordwill

April 1 2008, 15:25:22 UTC 4 years ago

Finally went ahead with this, did you?

[info]jachilli

April 1 2008, 15:25:48 UTC 4 years ago

Way to go, stupid.

Since you've effectively "published" this, you've put us in the hole on art and writing costs, in addition to whatever time you've spent on the clock assembling it. Now your "cool" idea has to be paid for, since you've used the artists' and writers' work in propagation. Go read the fucking contracts. I know asking you to read is outside your normal abilities, but since you don't seem to be able to do your goddamn job at any juncture at all ever without fucking something up, maybe it's time to go back to square one.

The hell with kicking your ass next time I see you downstairs. I'm going to have you fired. I'm going to have you fired and I'm going to have these art and writing costs taken out of your paycheck -- which is too much, by the way, if you've been paid even a single fucking dollar for what you've contributed in your time here. I don't know how you wormed your way in here, since everyone I know gave you the thumbs-down way back when you were a goddamn intern candidate, but that's it. The end of an era. Thanks for signing your own termination papers, you mutant.

[info]oakthorne

April 1 2008, 15:51:33 UTC 4 years ago

Sic 'em!

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[info]ziabandito555

April 1 2008, 15:43:19 UTC 4 years ago

Well it would be pretty cool to see an iceland source book...

[info]theliel

April 1 2008, 15:47:20 UTC 4 years ago

Win and Awesum

I hate to say it, but i'd buy this for the Dusk Court;)

[info]zenten

April 1 2008, 16:12:45 UTC 4 years ago

Sweet, this reminds me of the Nunavut by Night LARP that lasted a few years in the 90s.

[info]sandeberg.myopenid.com

April 1 2008, 16:15:41 UTC 4 years ago

Cool!

I love this no matter the date!

[info]dandelionclock

April 1 2008, 19:20:42 UTC 4 years ago

I think I have just weed myself laughing.

DAMN YOU, WOLFIES.

[info]nerdwerds

April 1 2008, 19:49:44 UTC 4 years ago

it wouldn't download for me

[info]baxmasterson

April 1 2008, 19:58:32 UTC 4 years ago

Try http://www.white-wolf.com/downloads.php?category_id=49 and click on THE MOST AWESOME THING YOU'LL NEVER SEE!!!

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Anonymous

April 2 2008, 03:17:36 UTC 4 years ago

<--SunnyD

Sexalted needs more Hyung Tae Kim.

MORE. HYUNG. TAE. KIM.

[info]shikei_and_cz

April 2 2008, 07:43:18 UTC 4 years ago

Re: <--SunnyD

And more banana sling.

To balance out the camel toe of doom, y'know.

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[info]glamourweaver

April 2 2008, 10:23:33 UTC 4 years ago

So what do you think the chances are that this is one big online performance piece by Bax, Ethan & the others at White Wolf for April Fools?

[info]jlburgos

April 2 2008, 20:44:36 UTC 4 years ago

fantastic

You guys really know how to do April Fools day.
:-P

[info]aegri

April 3 2008, 04:46:27 UTC 4 years ago

Yeah, so I knew when I read it that it was an AF joke... but still.. *I'd* buy it... and I rarely buy any WW books any more.

((All ya need to do to sell me on a source book is use Vikings and do some good research. .. and yes, I am saving up for a complete Scion set.. especially with Ragnarok coming!))
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