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Title: I hereby take this opportunity
Post by: Ben Lehman on April 10, 2006, 02:26:43 AM
To declare obsolete any game that does not have a "draw your robot" space on the character sheet.

"But Ben!" you protest feebly, "my game does not have robots at all!"

"and whose fault is that," I respond, shaking my head slowly at your blindness, "and whose fault is that, in the end?"

yrs--
--Ben
Title: Re: I hereby take this opportunity
Post by: talysman on April 10, 2006, 02:57:16 AM
I second this motion, but add the "really cool draw-your-map-as-part-of-play" alternative, especially if you get to write stats on the map.
Title: Re: I hereby take this opportunity
Post by: Ben Lehman on April 10, 2006, 03:00:25 AM
Hrm.  I consider that decidedly inferior to drawing your robot.

But... if you insist.

yrs--
--Ben
Title: Re: I hereby take this opportunity
Post by: TonyLB on April 10, 2006, 03:11:52 AM
The robot game in my head comes with a plastic bag of assorted legos.

"Draw" indeed!
Title: Re: I hereby take this opportunity
Post by: Larry L. on April 10, 2006, 03:15:58 AM
Can we look forward to this feature in the next version of Polaris?
Title: Re: I hereby take this opportunity
Post by: DevP on April 10, 2006, 04:26:29 AM
Bliss Stage IS the sequel to Polaris.
Title: Re: I hereby take this opportunity
Post by: Walt Freitag on April 10, 2006, 06:02:22 AM
In any really good robot game, your robot should be able to draw itself.

- W
Title: Re: I hereby take this opportunity
Post by: Bankuei on April 10, 2006, 07:58:57 AM
Ben, why do you think I had to make my own Burning Wheel character sheets?  Where was all that robot gonna go?

Chris
Title: Re: I hereby take this opportunity
Post by: Ben Lehman on April 10, 2006, 09:12:22 AM
Quote from: DevP on April 10, 2006, 04:26:29 AM
Bliss Stage IS the sequel to Polaris.

Prequel, actually.

I'm glad to see spirited discussion, but you can't change a universal truth by arguing.

yrs--
--Ben
Title: Re: I hereby take this opportunity
Post by: Joel P. Shempert on April 10, 2006, 09:13:40 AM
Well then gee, what's the Internet for??
Title: Re: I hereby take this opportunity
Post by: joshua neff on April 10, 2006, 01:01:27 PM
Quote from: Melinglor on April 10, 2006, 09:13:40 AM
Well then gee, what's the Internet for??

Porn. And robots. And robot porn.