drafterman

(Too late)

No clue.

(Fire your shortbow or fire an arrow? 😂)

(Roughly. I'm not going to like, pull out a stop watch or anything. But I had one group once that started getting into the habit of: wake up, have a single encounter, return to base and wait it out for the next day.

Things did not end well for them.)

(Probably 6 or 7 hours. Combat takes more time IRL than in game time. Each round is only 6 seconds)

I'll start when you do.

(There is nothing mechanically stopping you from saying you are going to, in-game, twiddle your fingers to pass the time until you can long rest again. There is also nothing mechanically stopping me from throwing a wandering monster at you every 5 minutes if that strategy is abused. I understand that it is necessary at low levels like these sometimes, but if you try pulling that at level 7... well, I have contingencies for that. }:) )

(It'll be a few hours before I can update. Grahfa spell Regen is once a day and that's happened.)

Bacon is significant, relevant, rational, logical, and common sensical.

I don't think the DDO HoF has any business being here. This site should not be treated as DDO 2.0.

(I like it)

On a serious note, I agree on sources (it should be the participant's job to address problem with cited sources) and S&G (unless the errors are so egregious as to interfere with meaning, in which case that really falls under Arguments).

I'm fine with keeping conduct. After all, we can agree that the winning or losing of a sports game depends solely on the points score, but nevertheless also agree that teams or individuals can be penalized for conduct.

Sorry, but clearly it's a Quadrinity as you forgot the most important element of all:

.....4a} Bacon

grammar*

Excellent!

(With...?)

Yeah, I went down that road with him too (https://www.debateart.com/forum/topics/147?page=1&post_number=24).

I went round and round with him about this too. He's a hard one to pin down, but hopefully I can spare you the same goose chase:

1. He believes that there is some fundamental essence of Truth-ness which underpins all other truths (https://www.debateart.com/forum/topics/147?page=4&post_number=91).

2. This essence exists independent of and is more than simply the set of all things that are true (https://www.debateart.com/forum/topics/147?page=3&post_number=67)

3. Without this essence, it would be impossible for other truths to exist (https://www.debateart.com/forum/topics/147?page=5&post_number=112)

Basically all truths are contingent on The Truth. The best conception I have is that this is a form of essentialism and that The Truth is the fundamental essence which allows contingent truths to exist in the first place.

Slap the name-tag "God" on this and that about sums up his philosophy.

What are you talking about? You're talking about The Truth!

Simply that, after I've voted on a debate, the site no longer presents me with the option to vote (for obvious reasons). I was just making sure that when someone's vote is removed, the functionality that let them vote in the first place is returns(e.g. the vote button for them to click).

My main concern was with the voting functionality would be restored, but this is good information. Thank you.

When a vote is deleted, is the person allowed to vote again on that debate?

This post will contain spoilers about the movie and the comics. If you don't want to be spoiled, stop reading.

Avengers: Infinity War is the first part of a capstone movie meant to be the culmination of all the Marvel Movies to date. The plot of this particular movie is roughly taken from a series of comics, "Infinity Gauntlet" from 1991.

There are a number of differences between the movie and the comic series (for better or for worse):

In the movie, Thanos is motivated by some twisted sense of preservation of the universe. Having experienced the downfall of his own people (which he attributes to over population), he believes that the same fate will befall the rest of the universe unless the population is significantly culled. Deciding upon a 50% reduction he goes about this the hard way, manually halving all of the populations he comes across. At some point he realizes he needs a better way, any decides to capture the Infinity Stones to achieve this. His acquisition of the stones is the underlying impetus for the plots of Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy, and the stones themselves feature significantly in almost all of the MCU Films save Black Panther, Ant Man (1 & 2), and Spiderman: Homecoming.

In the comics, Thanos actually doesn't give two shits about halving the population of the Universe; Death does. In the comics, Death is an actual being, death personified. She is angered that there are more living beings than dead, and seeks to even the scales. To this end she resurrects and empowers Thanos (who is in love and infatuated with her) to enact her will. Through trickery, Thanos convinces Death that he needs the infinity stones to accomplish this task, and she assists him in collecting them. He has to be reminded of his part of the deal (by his lackey, Mephisto) and only performs "the snap" as an afterthought, thinking that by holding up his side of the bargain, he will earn Death's affection.

Ultimately, I think this was a good move. Thanos' obsession with death is something that might play in the comics, but would be just a bit too silly on the big screen. It also eliminates having in introduce a new character, a cosmic being at that, and avoids any confusion with Death and Hela, Asgardian Goddess of Death. His plan in the movie is a bit more sensible (even if it has his flaws) whereas his goals in the comics are somewhat undefined.

Infinity War has been building for quite a while, with the gems appearing predominantly, and Thanos waiting patiently in the background. Only after repeated failures does he decide to enter the game himself, forcibly taking the gems and - only after protracted resistance - is he able to perform "the snap."

In the comics, Thanos' acquisition of the gems is a plot in its own right (Thanos Quest) and he goes around, personally taking them from various beings. The main plot (Infinity Gauntlet) starts with him in possession of all of the gems, and almost no one is even aware of this until after the "the snap". After culling half the population, then the protracted resistance begins, as Earth's assembled heroes attempt to take back the gauntlet.

In the movies, the heroes assemble at a number of points to try to prevent Thanos from getting the gems and to take back the gems he has already acquired. In the comics, they can only hope to kill or seize control over the gems, as he already has them all by the time anyone is aware. In both cases, Resistance is Futile, and Thanos easily dispatches them. The main difference is, in the comics, the heroes are acting under the direction of one Adam Warlock, who acknowledges that the fight is merely a distraction while more powerful beings (cosmic entities) muster in an attempt to launch their own attack.

Because it's exciting. This type of sexually-charged, taboo activity results in a release of dopamine associated with the initial phases of sexual arousal. Dopamine is also one of the neurotransmitters commonly associated with drug addiction. Basically: it got him high. And when people have that feeling, they are usually willing to abandon common sense and self-preservation to "chase" it and maintain it.

Slash the military budget.

Fixed up some formatting:

Sports and Crime have always gone hand in hand.

I appreciate the feedback and peer review. I don't consider myself unbiased enough to objectively evaluate the voting standards, so I won't touch that with a 10 foot pole.

I understand the desire to have users understand the rules, but - and call my cynical - that's really a luxury. The CoC isn't really for the users, its for site administration. And I agree with you about it being hard enough to get people to read the rules to begin with. That's part of the reason why I think that burden should be eliminated as much as possible. I completely agree that people will be unlikely to read the "whys" if they were in a separate document, but I don't think we can force or trick the users to read them by putting them in the rules document; they'll just not read that, too.

(Snerp is grappled by the door. While grappled your speed is 0. On your turn you can use an action (that is, forgo your attack) try and escape your grapple by performing a Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check)

(I assume you guys go through the south door?)

(You can take the "help" action which conveys advantage to someone else's attack nearby.)

(Flair is good and encouraged!)

(Not sure what you're asking with the prestidigitation)

(Yes, but he wants to use it as a weapon which means he has to give up his shield as defense)

Can you honestly say that there is a rule in the CoC whose reason isn't patently obvious? I mean, it's pretty generic stuff.

(You could, but we established that it is being held by a mage hand, and I've kept you as sword and shield. Do you want to change that?)

(When they aren't running, the ghouls are dodging. Dodging inflicts disadvantage on the effect. And attacking doesn't end the effect, damaging does)

(No)

Disagreement on moderation style notwithstanding, I've taken your feedback to heart. I've included a preamble section that goes into the philosophy and reasoning behind the CoC as a whole and made the consequences less "binding."

[15] Ghoul 4- Uninjured [Turned, 7 Rounds Remaining]