What does this have to do with anything? Where in my post did I say QoL will get worse? I don’t understand what you are getting at. I guess QoL for some people must mean, I log in and the game should do whatever I want it to do without even having to leave town. This is an...
I want to add one other thing that’s related. When players fail, there must be consequences. Failing while climbing a cliff shouldn’t mean a character falling to its death. That’s no way for a hero to die. So what do you do? To an extent, you can have mechanical consequences suc...
What does that mean? The transformer model is able to take any sample of text and break it into parts to try to analyze it. It can look at individual words, phrases, and the entire text as a whole. It puts all of that analysis through the neural network. That’s a network with ton...
And yes, I know I’m still being really f$&%ing vague here when I say “how to play D&D.” I mean, you can probably tell I’m not talking about “rolling ability checks” or “taking one action and a move on a turn.” I obviously meansomethinghere. But what? Well, I’ll tel...
dry erase tiles. Which he told me is the One True Way™, of course. Meanwhile, I show up at the table with a blank Chessex Battlemat™ and draw maps as I need them. Preparing the maps in advance does save time at the table, especially if you aren’t a quick draw, but it ca...
It does depend (as you say) on whether using a dialogue tag will avoid unnecessary and cliched action description or whether it is better to make actions or simple word choice convey the shifting emotions, tensions and resolutions in a piece of dialogue. I think avoiding 'gimmicky' use of ...
And it would be around what skills does this peer have or what’s the specific thing they want to work on? And then they would bring that to me…but also they could express like I’d really like it if it could be [participant 4], or for it to be [participant 9]. Like I ju...
The last piece of the puzzle is here! The last API to enable partners to develop contact solutions is now available. This month the MS Graph Cloud Communications APIs became available, enabling calling + online meetings capabilities. The full package now includes: ...
After the last article’s realization, I am not sure I have a Long, Rambling Introduction™ in me. Especially given that the last article basically served as this article’s free writing. And I don’t want to force this s$&%. I mean, sure, it’s part of my style. It’s part ...
Definitions include: acronym for "if you know what I mean and I think you do". know if (one) is coming or going Definitions include: to have awareness of what's going on. throw against a wall and see if it sticks Definitions include: to present an idea and test the reaction. ...