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[quote="Neuro"]Branmakmuffin, you /are/ being antagonistic.[/quote] I can but disagree. Or better yet, break out the "He started it!" [quote]I think JC probably is done with you. [/quote] I'll shed some tears on my break. [quote]When the staff stops speaking to you, maybe you should consider your p...

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[quote="Skyman"]I like to role play during combat if I can. I find it fun. Mostly if I can smack talk the NPC[/quote] Smack talk is fun and it makes the combat enjoyable, and smack talk is role playing. When I'm the GM, I smack talk the PCs all the time during combat. But I was referring specifical...

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[quote="Neuro"]Childhood is only a magical, trouble-free place filled with supportive learning for the wealthy and the lucky. If you live here, you're comparatively wealthy and *very* lucky.[/quote] Indeed. The lifestyle of the average lower-middle class American is probably as unimaginable to most...

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[quote="cczernia"]What about diceless games like Amber and Nobilis. Do those fall into group A or B. Or how about dice pools like Shadowrun 4th or WoD.[/quote] How do diceless games work? I've never played one. "Dice pools" sound like you take dice from a pool and use them, and as you use them, you...

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[quote="jimmy corrigan"]no context clue was provided to lead you to think otherwise.[/quote] And what context clue was there that my answer demonstrated an "attitude?" [quote]if i mis-assigned any ill intent, then mea culpa.[/quote] There was no ill intent, but you didn't hurt my feelings or anythi...

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[quote="Count Zero"]Spirit of the Century is one of the darlings right now for innovative mechanics. The Burning Wheel has some really interesting concepts too. A facinating game I picked up recently is Polaris.[/quote] I guess I'd have to see these games in action before I make any meaningful comm...

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[quote="jimmy corrigan"]even so, i wish you weren't so condescending about it. you see, had you just answered plainly like a normal person (see skyman's post as an example), i might have even been curious about the site mentioned. how does pointing out that i "don't hang out in enough" boards exact...

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~~[quote="mordraine"]~~I can't help you with your cat name, but I truly dig your Geek Orthodox tee.[/quote]
Gee-hodox

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~~[quote="Wintermute"]~~When it comes to science, at least, Wikipedia seems to hold it's own.[/quote]
Paul Reubens held his own.

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~~[quote="jimmy corrigan"]~~"j2"? what?[/quote]
You obviously don't hang out in enough RPG-oriented chat boards.

Holy crap! Is that TheKackler over there?

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~~[quote="Count Zero"]~~Actually no.. I could never get into it.[/quote]
Then this will mean absolutely nothing to you: "God damn it! We don't have a lot of time!"

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~~[quote="Count Zero"]~~It is one of the ways I met most of my current group.[/quote]
I like to game with the people who most loudly and sincerely praise my flawless gaming skills.

Not to mention those who show an appreciation for my undeniable humility.

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~~[quote="Count Zero"]~~I just find it interesting that since they are damn near impossible, that almost every politician seems to bring up the specter of them whenever possible.[/quote]
Good grief, man. Don't you watch "24?"

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[quote="devlin1"]Anyway, I like one-shots.[/quote] And that's the point of this thread. If you like them, have fun. BTW, I drink occasionally, not often, and I can certainly take it or leave it. The next session of the game I just started playing in is going to be canceled on July 3 because some of...

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[quote="Skyman"]The "BS" was refering to the statementWhich is being conveyed as a statement of common fact.[/quote] "Sucks" is such an obvious a word indicating opinion that no "IMO" should be needed. [quote]Which is a fact that I, and some of the other folks here from what I see of the following ...

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~~[quote="Neuro"]~~Fuck no, Wikipedia is more accurate.[/quote]

:lolup:

That's funny.

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[quote="mordraine"]Good one-shots don't focus on character development. They focus on story.[/quote] If they do focus on story, it must be like a short story (whereas a continuing campaign is like a novel). [quote]Typically there'll be pregen PCs with enough of a background story for the player to ...

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~~[quote="mordraine"]~~So spill it Gramps! :)[/quote]
46.

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~~[quote="Shoby187"]~~How am I supposed to get my learn on without Wikipedia![/quote]
You could use an encyclopedia instead.

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One-shots suck. They emphasize mechanics over role playing. That's not surprising. How much character development can you do in 5 hours? How much can you care about a character that you're you're never going to use again in that context?

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[quote="Count Zero"]You would think so, but you would be suprised. Improvisational theatre stuff is being filtered into gaming.[/quote] are you talking about LARPing? If you are, in my view, that's a whole separate ball of scientific goo that can't be conflated with PnP (or CRPG) role playing games...

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[quote="mrlost"]Well, I'm trying to figure out how these companies make money, are they simply selling advertisement space, or are they actually collecting information on their users.[/quote] If anyone thinks they're [i]not[/i] using it for marketing purposes, the Brooklyn Bridge has been relocated...

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~~[quote="mordraine"]~~I'm 45.[/quote]
~~[b]~~You lose![/b]

(Oops, maybe not.)

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[quote="Count Zero"]Basically, back in the "old school" days, you were simply happy to have someone who could run a game, much less a GM/DM that wasn't an asshole.[/quote] There is some truth to this, because with fewer gamers, there were fewer GMs, therefore there were fewer good GMs. Plus, the RP...

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[quote="mordraine"]Most likely older than you.[/quote] Most likely not, but we'll let it slide. [quote]I already admitted that, after considering, I remember the disappointment (the second thing to go is memory!). Did you read my later response with my dialog between MILITARY, GAYS and CLINTON? Tha...

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[quote="mordraine"]I remember at the time that DADT was considered to be a good thing, even by (gasp) gays.[/quote] How old are you? I recall it being regarded by gays (both the gasping and the non-gasping kind, although I'm not a gayologist, nor do I play one on TV) as a bad thing. What I heard fr...

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[quote="Count Zero"]The nice thing about class based systems is you do get a structure with which to build your character and your setting (for the DM), but it doesn't handle the "exception to the rule" situation very well without making a new class. They both have their trade offs.[/quote] I suppo...

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I don't give a hoot about prestige classes, so I think about only the first few levels. For non-class-based games, long-term planning is unnecessary. If it's a money/time system like RuneQuest, save your shekels or spend them as they roll in. If it's a character-point system like GURPS, same thing, ...

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~~[quote="MikeB"]~~Short Round lives as does the rest of the party, just poor Murfage(Is that how yah spelled it?:naughty:) lies in a heap of ashes.[/quote]
Man, only a mean GM kills a PC and then forgets how to spell the character's name.

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If Short Round lives, everything's cool with the universe.

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[quote="MikeB"]Wow, what a show down with the minions of the Shadow Troll. In the end it was Murfache mano a mano with the leader. The rest of the party unconscious or burned to a crisp by fire Magic. Talk about muscle for the tussle, grit to get hit type of stuff.[/quote] Is the beloved Short Roun...

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~~[quote="Skyman"]~~:lolup:[/quote]
I have to tell you, I did not make that up, so don't give me too much credit.

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~~[quote="Skyman"]~~lvls in azz kicking would be nice[/quote]
As long as Shortround doesn't get his Ks and Ls mixed up.

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~~[quote="Uber_snotling"]~~Gaming ~~[i]~~is[/i] like going on a date.[/quote]
Either your dates or your game sessions (or both) are completely different from mine.

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[quote="Skyman"]the best always are....well if you ever want to jump in we got a great NPC named Short Round who kicks azz[/quote] Is that the Trollkin? He kicks ass 'cause he's an NPC-man, uh, -Trollkin. If I controlled him, he'd be pudly. Actually, if I can make an occasional game, that's not a b...

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[quote="ekomega"]As a DM, I had plenty of people tell me they had a lot of fun during their first game, and then never answered my emails or calls or whatever again.[/quote] Some people just don't like to hurt others' feelings, or appear confrontational. [quote]I'd rather they said "this wasn't rea...

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~~[quote="Illuman23"]~~Sounds almost like a Paranoia character (IE Roy G Biv).[/quote]
Willy Boner? Yuri Nate? Dick Hurtz? Mike Hunt? Buster Highman?
~~[quote]~~Remember people's names, and don't be afraid to ask multiple times if necessary.[/quote]
Even better, remember characters' names.

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~~[quote="Skyman"]~~Well ya could always join[/quote]
I would, but I got one game a week in me, and it's taken.

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[quote="Uber_snotling"]Good stuffs here. 3. Bring beer or other tasty snacks to help suck up.[/quote] There's a good one: don't bring alcohol to the first session. If I were GMing a regular group and a new player showed with a 12-pack, I'd be alarmed. I'm not a Mormon or a teetotaler, but I don't l...

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[quote="Neuro"]The point is not that the characters are telepathic, the point is that in my group, it's okay to talk about things even if it isn't okay to talk about things in your group. So since we're talking about being new to other groups, it's important to understand that we don't all do thing...

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~~[quote="MikeB"]~~Hello everyone. Great Session last night. Everyone gets ~~[color="Red"]~~800 experience[/color][/quote]
Including me, and I'm not even in the campaign.

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[quote="Neuro"]I believe in metagaming to some degree. We play people who have resources far beyond our own in many different cases. [...] If I had a dollar for every time one of you fuckers wanted to play an elf... ;)[/quote] Telepathy is usually not one of those resources. Oh, that's another pet ...

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[quote="Skyman"]*hold out white/red ball* I choose ORCUS! Go go Orcus GO![/quote] Where's your Pokemon mythos? It's "Orcus, I choose you!" This may be more of a pet peeve than a faux pas, but I can't stand what MikeB calls "meta-gaming," players who discuss with other players what their PCs should ...

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[quote="devlin1"]No no no... we'd all be playing [i]Tunnels & Trolls[/i]. It's the second RPG ever created! Naturally it would've filled in the number-one spot![/quote] Oh, yeah, I forgot about T&T. @Skyman: I couldn't find the confirmation e-mail, then MikeB suggested I look in my bulk mai...

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