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Mike "That Guy"

@thatguyinatl.bsky.social
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AKA "LARP DAD": director of LARP at Momocon, game player and designer, hobbyist cook. Professionally a software engineer with more experience than I really want to mention (because it makes me feel old).

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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Something people in #ATL should know is that @betteratltransit.bsky.social is full of shit. They are funded by people and organizations that are committed to keeping Atlanta car centric and who are diametrically opposed to any expansion of transit or development of the #Beltline
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I'm not sure how I got talked into this, but I am running 4 #Daggerheart sessions at @lugcon.bsky.social 3 of them in my Space Western #Pilgrim campaign frame The stories and the adventures are written, that was the easy part. The real challenge is making a whole mess of pre-gen characters.
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
My mental thesaurus is currently failing me. I am looking for a term to replace spellcasting in #Daggerheart to be the usage of ancient, miraculous, and hard to understand technology. Like "Super Science" or "Technology", but verbing instead of nouning
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I should probably share this. We purchased some art for the #daggerheart project. We got it from Evilyn Quinn; follow her to see some more of her work. www.tiktok.com/@evilyn.quin...
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Working on this #Daggerheart quick start seems to be more formatting that writing. If only I took notes in well spaced and neatly columned flows instead of the crazed stream of consciousness I usually write in.
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Today I started the process of translating my DM notes from the Momocon play test of Pilgrim, my Space Western re-skin of #daggerheart into a quick start module that I'm likely going to publish on @heartofdaggers.bsky.social when it's done. I'm preparation for getting a crowd funding campaign.
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Designing #daggerheart combat encounters is an art of creating a deadly scenarios where the odds are against the heroes. Sprinkled with opportunities and obstacles. I do this because I know that the players are going to come up with something from our of left field that I never considered.
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Artwork for a #TTRPG is the first step of letting go and letting the seed of your vision germinate in other minds. Because what they create is going to help set the tone for players you will never meet. It is a little scary.
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Well @dragoncon.org TTRPG division hasn't gotten back to me regarding running Pilgrim, so I'm likely going to be skipping them and now applying to run at @lugcon.bsky.social instead
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
After making some edits to my Space Western #daggerheart re-skin, I'm thinking of writing a free one shot (with pre-gens) for people to try out the world and the re-skin. And also so I can get some more feedback as I continue refining it.
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Ran a play test of Pilgrim (my Space Western reskin of #Daggerheart) at @momocon.bsky.social, it went super well. The players (according to the surveys I gave them) had a ball and I got to see some of the tweaks that I made in action (which was super helpful) 1/3
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Tonight's #daggerheart one shot is going to be running my Space Western re-skin, it will be my first play test of it and it will be interesting to see how well the system supports the technology aspects of the game.
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Making a decision to make this social media account dedicated to my #Daggerheart #TTRPG design and livestreaming I have 3 sessions this week at @momocon.bsky.social
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
If you are using #BitLocker migrate off of it RIGHT NOW! www.techspot.com/news/112410-...
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A security researcher says Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker, releases an exploit to prove it
According to the researcher, YellowKey appears unusual for a previously unknown security bug. Nightmare-Eclipse explained that the flaw can be reproduced by copying an attached "FsTx" folder...
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Last night's #Daggerheart #LivePlay session devolved into giggles as one character, to create cover for some skullduggery, invented a whole story about the Highborn PC having a "weird foot thing". 🤣
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
We will be having the fifth session of our #Daggerheart #LivePlay this Sunday starting at 6pm EST. www.twitch.tv/dungeonmayhe...
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Twitch
Twitch is the world
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
#FuckICE #AbolishIce #meme #They'reTheSamePicture
The "They're the same picture" meme format where the two pictures being compared are: on the left a Nazi officer holing a gun to the head of a man on his knees in the street moments before executing him; on the right a federal agent holding a gun to the head of Alex Pretti (who is on his hands and knees) moments before executing him.
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
More thoughts on the "Space Western" #Daggerheart project I am working on. Today zero-G environments. In media zero G has been expressed in a lot of different ways, which makes it a particularly interesting narrative opportunity in a #TTRPG 1/6
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/01/2026
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Just how out of control has #ICE become in #Minneapolis? They are unlawfully stopping citizens minding and demanding the people stopped to "show their papers". The one common thread each of the people stopped had was that the people stopped were all people of color. www.reddit.com/r/UnderRepor...
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From the UnderReportedNews community on Reddit: Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're her...
Explore this post and more from the UnderReportedNews community
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
More thoughts on my #daggerheart project. Reskinning vs Restructuring. The book talks about re-skinning the classes and domains to fit into your own campaign; and that works, as long as your campaign is fantasy heavy. But as I started re-skinning for my Space Western, things broke down 1/6
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
They have my vote too Ken
Tweet from Jeopardy champion and host Ken Jennings saying: The "prosecute the former regime at every level" candidate has my vote in 2028.
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
more thinking on my #daggerheart project. Making space encounters interesting. One of the common tropes of Space Westerns is the space battle but in RPGs they become boring table top strategy games that do not engage everybody at the table. My solution is to treat them like environments 1/4
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 07/01/2026
Here are two key frames of the video. (Changed language on the first notation.)
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Still working on my sci-fi #daggerheart project; but today I am doing some final prep by making some "sexy" equipment cards for the party for the game we are streaming this weekend www.twitch.tv/thegiantsnoo...
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
More thoughts on my #daggerheart project. Treating technology like magic. Leaning into Arthur C Clark's idea that any sufficiently advanced technology is indiscernible from magic, the first step is to use the spellcasting mechanics to manage the actions of technology. 1/5
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Over my holiday break I ended up doing a lot of writing on my #daggerheart #ttrpg project. I am going to post some thoughts here. After some going back and forth I decided to lean further into the themes of the "Space Western" genre. Not with gun slingers, horses, etc. but the structure.
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
The Internet Algorithm spit this at me tonight, which led me down a rabbit hole of 80's soft pop melodies singing death metal lyrics, and videos that appear to have been shot by Tim & Eric's cinematographer. I'm not even mad, that was all high praise. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddCn...
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The Dream Eaters: I AM THE ANTICHRIST
YouTube video by The Dream Eaters
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
The Sandwich Slinger has been acquitted of all charges. Let's now see those prosecutors facing sanctions for suborning purjury from the "victim" to make the situation seem more serious than it was. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Regarding what I am seeing about #HasanPiker. A person that you agree with can also be a piece of shit. His comments of "it's just a dog" have been a tone deaf red flag. There are other and better voices out there, seek them out and you may learn something new.
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Just coming back into an area with cell service after spending a week as a hobbit and my phone explodes with with notifications; the top of which has the headline "Trump increases tar..." I left swipe and say, "Nope. Don't care. Fuck that guy "
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
After being emphatically encouraged to do so, I have returned to my RPG project. I have decided to use the #daggerheart system because it is a more story focused system instead of crunchy interlocking numbers. My goal is to have it ready for a couple 1st level sessions at #momocon next year.
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
"I think empathy is a made up New Age term that does a lot of damage" - #CharlieKirk (1993-2025)
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Last night Russia did something that can only be read as a prelude to war. During their war with Ukraine there have been multiple isolated incidents where a Russian cruise missile, a drone, or a fighter has accidentally drifted over into Polish or Romanian air space. 1/7
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Hey Wharton Business School, one of your graduates appears to not understand basic math. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-says-h...
thedailybeast.com
Trump Lowers Drug Prices by ‘1500%’ After Firing Stats Boss
The president’s boast defied basic arithmetic.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/07/2025
NEW: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to overhaul an obscure but vital program that underpins the nation’s childhood immunization system. Depending on what he does, the results could be catastrophic. By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
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RFK Jr. Wants to Revolutionize a Program That Supports Childhood Immunizations. The Results Could Be Catastrophic.
The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program stabilizes the nation’s childhood immunization system while paying those harmed by rare side effects. If the program topples, it could threaten access to vaccin...
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
I want an entire series of this.
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
what is particularly galling about this is that they made this choice because of politics, but when ever you point out their obvious maladministration they scream, "how dare you make the death of children a political issue!" www.latintimes.com/flooded-texa...
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Flooded Texas County Turned Down Funds for Warning System From Biden Admin in 2021: 'We Don't Want to Be Bought'
Kerr County officials rejected federal aid in 2021 that could have funded flood sirens, citing political objections.
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
If @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social had any shame or self-awareness of her own racism and islamophobia, she would resign... Like @alfranken.bsky.social did when she personally targeted him and claimed his scalp for an overblown story.
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David Earl Williams III @dewforpolitics.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
20-year-old U.S. citizen Adrian Andrew Martinez was swarmed by ICE in Pico Rivera while defending someone. He never hit back—just struggled—before being slammed into a CBP van. No records. No lawyer. His mom can’t find him. This is abuse of power. Keep recording. Don’t stop.
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Just to be clear, ICE is breaking the law right now. Not regarding them grabbing people off of the street... Congress fucked up and left enough wiggle room in immigration law for the Trump administration to do this. 1/3
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I don’t know, I just don’t think we should be making decisions with geopolitical implications that could result in millions of deaths and catastrophic damage based on a passage in Genesis.
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
The King's sad and quiet "parade" versus the Philly No Kings March at the same time. #NoKings
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I am not so dispirited that I want to leave the planet. This is where I keep all my stuff. But I would like a trebuchet large enough to launch some people into the sun.
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a man is laying on a tire on a seesaw while a woman stands behind him holding a microphone .
ALT: a man is laying on a tire on a seesaw while a woman stands behind him holding a microphone .
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
An interesting fact check. Trump wants to sell himself as the Deporter in Chief, and saying that the chaos ICE is causing is a necessary evil to "get criminals off the streets." 1/4
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
MAGA and the Tea Party before them have flown the Gadsden flag and fantasize about standing up to federal overreach. Now we have an actual federal overreach and...
A satirical Gadsden flag with a snake wearing a red hat with the words, "OMG your tread tastes great"
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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Here we have troops in LA sleeping on concrete floors with no food, no water, and no logistics. I know SecDef Hegseth wants to encourage "warrior culture", because warriors win fights... and nerdy things like logistics are "woke". 1/2
Tweet from Gavin Newsom showing photos of national guard troops in LA sleeping on concrete floors with no food and no water.

"You sent your troops here without fuel, food, water or a place to sleep.  Here they are - being forced to sleep on the floor, piled on top of one another.  If anyone is treating our troops disrespectfully, it is you Donald Trump."
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Mike "That Guy" @thatguyinatl.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Not sure if this is real or not, but damn I would be a rapturous voyeur watching her work.
Daily mail headline: Political dominatrix who uses mind games to humiliate her submissives reveals how she focuses her unique skills on white, right-wing men in order to turn them into socialists.
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