Tuesday, February 3, 2009

The Original Ser: Day 41


Here's a bold new drinking game! Based on Box-Head, but with a better rule system to keep players from bailing when the cards run out, I feel this one could make for a competitive and hilarious time. Get ready for Crit-High/Crit-Low, A drinking game by Ser Flash

GOAL: Be the last person still in the game.

Basic Materials;
One set of Gaming Dice (4 D6, 2 D10, D20, D12, D8, D4)
Glass beads/Chinese Marbles or any other forms of counters
Shot Glasses
A caution headband/hat
Liquor of choice, preferably with at least one being 35%+/vol.
A sense of humor (not exactly required but very good to have!)

Basic Rules;
PRE-GAME: Each player should have comparable liquor to start. Where people's tolerances vary, so too can the drinks used. However, too wide a margin is not allowed (For example, if most people are using 35-40% liquor and mixing to approx. 12% or so, don't be a bitch and drink 4% light beer). The exception is if everyone is doing a lower percentage, a player could choose to challenge themselves with a higher percentage (for example, shots of whiskey vs. coolers for everyone else).

STARTING THE GAME: Each player rolls a die (host chooses from any of the dice in the set). The host can choose whether high or low goes first. When the high/low roll has been made, the turns go in a clockwise motion.

PLAYING THE GAME: For all turns, each player simply rolls a D20. A 20 is Critical Hit (Crit-High) and a 1 is Critical Miss (Crit-Low). Every roll has a value, and are as follows;

1 - Crit-Low: Player Finishes their drink, then takes a straight shot of the strongest liquor on the table. If the player is wearing the Caution Band, they take two shots instead of one. Sword of Judgement affects only the shots taken.

2 - Fuzzy Duck: Each player says "Fuzzy Duck" in clockwise succession. A player may say "Was He?" and the direction will reverse. The player who breaks the chain drinks.

3 - Story Time: Player starts with a single word, and each player adds a word to the last word while reciting all previous words to tell a story. The player that interrupts the chain drinks.

4 - All Thumbs: All players attempt to get their thumbs on the table before they're last. This can work for or against the player, so they'd better be fast!

5 - Question Master: The Player who becomes Question Master has the power to make anyone who answers a question of theirs, no matter how small, simple or vague, to drink, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

6 - Devil's Drink: Player rolls 4 D6. If 2 or more D6 come up with 6, a drink is mixed with every liquor and mixer on the table, no exceptions. The player must drink it. A player wearing the Caution Band must do the same.

7 - Categories: Player comes up with a category, and Each successive clockwise player names something related to the main topic. Anyone taking longer than 10 seconds, or breaking the chain with a dubious answer drinks.

8 - Bathroom Beak: You get one Bathroom Break counter.

9 - Rule of the Roll: Players that roll 9 can make up a drinking rule. Anyone who forgets to do what the rule implies drinks again, hopefully remembering to obey the rule, lest they drink again and again. NOTE: the rules that can be made up CANNOT interfere with the core rules and roll values of the game.

10 - CAUTION: Player wears the Caution Band (or hat). A player with the caution band on drinks whenever any other player does. The next person to roll 10 takes the Caution Band.

11 - Rhyme Time: Player chooses a word that can be rhymed. In clockwise succession, players attempt to rhyme the word. The player that breaks the chain by flubbing a rhyme drinks.

12 - Jubilation: Everyone raises their glass/can/bottle, shouts "Jubilation!" and Drinks.

13 - Friday Disadvantage: Player rolls D12. If the game is played on a Friday. High roll (7+), you finish your drink. Low roll (6-), everyone but you drinks. If the game is not played on a Friday, High roll, player drinks. Low roll, everyone, including the player, is safe.

14 - Right Hand Man: The person sitting to the right of the player drinks.

15 - Math Whiz: Player rolls D4, D6, D8, D10 and D12, takes the three highest values and adds them together. If the result is over 15, everyone including the player is safe. If the result is under 15, everyone except the player drinks. If the result is exactly 15, everyone including the player finishes their drinks. If two or more dice of the 5 have the same value, roll again.

16 - Spiked!: Everyone but the player rolls a D8. High roll (5+) and they're safe. Low roll (4-) and they must spike their drink with a shot of the strongest liquor on the table.

17 - Caltrops: Player rolls D4. Everyone else then rolls D4. Highest value drinks. In the event of a tie, there is no tie-breaker. The Player's value is the number of drinks the high roller(s) will take.

18 - Magic Missile: Players say "Magic Missile" in a clockwise motion. A player can say "I cast" to reverse the order to counter-clockwise. In reverse order, a player can say "At the Darkness" to put the order back to clockwise motion. The first to make an error drinks.

19 - Sword of Judgement: Roll again. The effect of that roll is double, including Crit-High and Crit-Low. . If 19 is rolled again, re-roll.

20 - Crit-High: Everyone but the player finishes their Drinks, then takes a straight shot of the strongest liquor on the table. A player wearing the Caution Band does two shots instead of one. Sword of Judgement affects only the shots taken.

Losing: If a player passes out, throws up or generally secedes, they lose. Last person in the game wins.

And that's it! GOOD LUCK ALL PLAYERS AND HAVE FUN!!

Monday, February 2, 2009

The Original Ser: Day 40


Stormy weather coming. Hopefully my power is maintained. Better charge my PSP and DS just in case. Looks like an ice storm to me. They're calling for 30 cm (12 inches) of snow, yet the official forcast says... 2cm. WTF?

I'm cooking dinner right now. I'm attempting Vermicelli Bolongaise, which is essentially spaghetti with thinner noodles and a special ingredient added to your typical meat sauce. In this case, it's Brothers Pepperoni, a local specialty which is damn good deep fried, nuked or even on its own. The sauce definitely has a unique scent now, to I'm anxious to try it.

Otherwise, I'm finally gearing up to attempt my big event. I was going to formally announce it today, but I think I'll wait till I get ajust a bit more planning and communication in. I want it to get me and Nuclear Geek as much attention as I possibly can, so it's important to do things just right.

Finally, I have the makings of a brand new drinking game in the works. It's going to be called "Crit-High/Crit-Low". I'll post the rules once they are finalized.

Hm, I guess there really isn't too much to say right now. Pretty bland overall. I guess that's it then. More coming soon.

-Ser

Thursday, January 22, 2009

The Original Ser: Day 30

Whoo, been a while. Well, things are a bit less dramatic for me right now, and for good reason: I know what I'm going to strive for in my life for the short term. It's going to be the ultimate test of endurance, but I think I'll be able to pull it off. We'll have to see how it goes.

Anyways, I've been paying a SHITLOAD of Persona 3 Fes lately (partly what Inspired me in my quest for personal glory). That is one long ass game, I gotta say. Still need to play "The Answer", which is the expanded part, but I'm sure I can pull it off. Well, hopefully. I'm challenging myself to do it in just two more days, today included. We shall see.

I had a hell of a dream last night. It started off, pretty much, with me buying a 36" LCD TV. Of course, even though it was a steal at $300.00, we can't afford anything like that, and as a result, we couldn't buy a bus pass for my wife or food. D'oh!

The dream continued with me looking on Kijiji.com for a buyer for my old (and current real-life) TV, a 42" HD projection model. I was going to sell it for $500.00. It was then that I noticed that there was a lot of wind and rain outside. I called to my wife because the rain was hovering in midair because of intense updrafts. The clouds were beginning to swirl above us, and the rain kept pelting down after being suspended momentarily in the air.

All of a sudden, there was an intense blast of lightning that had two distinct reports of thunder. It built in intensity with each strike in the distance, forming huge golden orbs of energy, and eventually, black voids. It scared the ever-living crap out of me. It got to the point that buildings were being razed to the ground. I was beginning to wonder how we could ever survive if it came close to us. Then, as suddenly as it started, it stopped.

The dream ended with a weird twist, being that some sort of robot was responsible for the disaster, and task forces were dispatched to the scene of destruction. It was then that I woke up. Gnarly.

Ah well, that's it for now. Stay tuned to NuclearGeek.com for more on my surprise challenge!

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

The Original Ser: Day 12


It's the day before Christmas Eve, and I'm really pissed off. I feel as if Teletech and the Canadian Government have stolen a lot from me. It's like some sort of fucked up conspiracy to get taxpayers money to line their pockets with cash. I have $12,000 in Employment Insurance that I can't claim because I quit the fucking hellhole that was driving me to lynch myself. So because I identified that the place was screwing me, and because I knew if I didn't break the cycle I'd end up doing very bad things, and because I left to make sure things could get better before they got worse, I'm left with nothing.

Teletech... well, Teletech has this thing about overloading all of its workers well beyond capacity. It also has a thing for telling you you're doing your job wrong only after they've changed things without you knowing, purposefully seeking your your mistakes to exclude you from bonuses and worst of all, the absolute worst thing of all, the have a thing for focusing only on your flaws. You have a Defect Rate. How defective were you on that last call? Look how inadequate you are. Not to mention it andall centers like it are he sweatshops of the Western world. Now I know how the people in Vietnam and the Philippines China and so forth feel.

Not to mention the clientele. They are rude, boorish, inconsiderate, tactless, imbecilic, delusional, borderline bipolar, fully psychotic gibbering monkeys that want everything for nothing and claw at your eardrums with razor-sharp talons of hate and noise if they don't get just what they fucking want.

Every minute of every day I spent at Teletech (or as I emphatically call it, "Teletrash") I felt like I was being flossed with a length of barbed wire, up my ass, through my very spirit and out my mouth.

So I quit.

So what happens to my $12,000 I busted my ass for there? The government absorbs it. They take it from you while you're employed, your employer rapes your soul, you quit, and you're left with nothing but a gaping emotional void and destitution. It pisses me off so badly, I can't fucking do anything right now. It makes me less inclined to work, all told. I don't want to feel the despair that I felt at that demonic spawning pit again. Right now, that's all I see in the workplace today.

I don't know what I can do any more....

-Ser

Thursday, December 18, 2008

The Original Ser: Day 7


Yep, it's as I feared; it was the AirCard. My new router didn't fix a thing, so it's been returned, and I got a 25' Ethernet cable (in a pretty shade of red, meaning DON'T FUCKING DISCONNECT THIS) for $10.00 less. Problem solved, I'm running at pretty much instant speed now. Byaah!

On another note, I also discovered that Nintendo has finally introduced the North American Club Nintendo. I had enough registered goods to become a platinum member straight off with a whopping 700 coins, so I'm happy. Only 2 Wii games until I can get the sweet (and rare) Game & Watch Collection!

Other than that, I'm kicking back with a few beers because running the fucking wire from my living room to my computer room was a pain in the ass. Far more work than it should have been. Ah well, it's done and that's all that matters.

-Ser

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The Original Ser: Day 6

My interwebz have been completely demolished after a security update I downloaded yesterday. Not only that, my computer's HDD nearly met an untimely demise... with all of my most precious music files (Garage Band) and movies not being backed up.
Well, thankfully, I didn't have to suffer that fate. I was able to repair the damage on my HDD through the Mac Disk utility. Things could have been far, far worse though.


The big thing now is my internet connection. One of two things are happening right now; Either (1) my router is dead or (2) my airport card is dead. Assuming number one was the case, I went out and bought a new router. Hopefully, Everything gets back to its snappy old self again with a couple tweaks, and I can get back to work. I've been out now for three days, and I need to keep making money, especially after having to drop another $45.00 on a new router. Thankfully it was on sale for $39.99. If the router DOESN'T work though, I'm going to have to settle for a really long ethernet cord, and I'll return the router. Booyah.

Anyways. time will tell. I hope it was just the freaking router.....

-Ser

Friday, December 12, 2008

The Original Ser: Day 1

Here I am, in a third steady blog. I came to realize that there's an appropriate place for everything, and while my gaming thoughts are needed on 1up. or nG, no one really needs to know that I've gone to EBGames or whatever and talked non-shop with the manager, or that I needed to bring my fuzzy, Eclair, to the vet because she ate a rubber band (no worries, she didn't, nor has she!).

So here is my life blog. I can't say I'm the most interesting person on the face of this very diverse planet of ours, but hey, if even one of you out there makes it a point to read abut little old me, then that makes it worth it. That said, welcome to The Original Ser's Original Blog.

I'm feeling a little overwhelmed today. I'm a manager for a company here in Halifax called CollaboRIA, a Rich Internet Applications firm. I know I have valuable insight and experience that will be an asset, but damn, the Project Manager bit is totally unknown ground to me. Eventually it will come to a point that I'll get a real handle on it, so no biggie, but for now, it's got me on edge. Because of course I want to impress them. The good news is that I made a suggestion that took our client completely aback, made the totally reevaluate their entire website strategy and say "That's a really fucking excellent idea!"

Just leave it to me.

This means that on OUR end of things, the budget might be strained. Great for future business, because of innovative thinking, we'll be recognized for it. But it's going to be tight. Real tight.

Damn.

Well at least I come across confident (in an ironic kind of way). I'm not trying to be negative, it's just new nerves, I guess. We'll just have to see how everything works out. I touched base with the client last night, and should be receiving an outline of everything they want, so I can write up a document for our designers.

That's all I got. Stay tuned for more stories from yours truly.

-Ser