Misery Index

So a little bit off topic.

Baseball - the sport of summer - for me anyway.

But what happens when you can't stand to watch your team because of the expectation of failure. When you can't bring yourself to hope because failure is so ever present.

ESPN has labeled the Seattle Mariners (the team I follow - my team) as #2 on their Misery Index. The Cubs are first.

The Seattle Mariners:
No World Series Games - ever.
The moment that fans all look back on is a division win against the Yankees almost 20 years ago. 2001 was the 116 win season, but even that is a tie with another team.
They even talked smack about our uniforms. OK, I hate the trident too.

Do you keep watching. Do you keep hoping.

Well - yes. And every loss adds a little more weight.

Like the article I read today and that started this little mini-rant (Lookout Landing) so disappointingly pointed out - only 5 more weeks to the trade deadline...sigh.

I try and find the bright spots:
Franklin at Second
Iwakuma's pitching
Zunino's catching
Seager at third
Kendrys hitting the walk-off a few days ago
Some good talent down on the farm

And when all else fails there's this weekends games.

The Cubs are in town. It's #2 vs #1.

God help me but I have some hope again.

Update:
How could I forget the Perfect game last year! I watched the final few innings in a bar in Indianapolis the Wed before GenCon - awesome (and now this post is gaming related - bonus).

And Brad Miller has been called up from AAA Tacoma - two rookies in the infield - Here We Go


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Is that a Dwarf in your pocket

So what do you do when a player creates a (armored) dwarf barbarian named Boris Manmeat with a codpiece of constant erection? You declare it to be awesome and roll with it!

And when the thief wants to steal the magic sword that the dwarf just dropped? You let her use the codpiece to swing between his stubby legs and make off with it! More awesome!

A good night of gaming.

Well needed.


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Substitute Players

In my current Dungeon World game, I have six PCs. It is unfortunately uncommon for everyone to be there at the same time. THis last Tuesday, I had three regular players gone, but two occasional players (meaning they don't have PCs in the game) were there. The logical solution was to have them play the PCs of two of the players that were not there.

In this case it worked pretty well. The PCs were fairly established in their actions and patterns and the players are all friends and have played together for years.

It was a fairly heavy role play session - a lot of discussion on actions and consequences.

I don't think it would have worked as well with new or unfamiliar players - but in this case the game goes on.


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THey Don't Like My Game!

So what do you do when you don't think your players like your game.

Not everyone - I think - but certainly some.

There is a definite deliberate ignorance of the rules, and constant derogatory comments directed at play.

It could be that I am being defensive and taking things the wrong way, so I've decided that the only thing I can do is ask the players.

After this past session I sent emails to two of them asking what they thought of the game, and anything they could suggest to improve. I sent it to one of the players I think was not enjoying the game, and to another that seemed to be enjoying and was being an active helpful participant.

I have one response so far. Good questions about things that were confusing or unclear. Still waiting on the other player.

I'll try a different set of players next week.


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