The Nerd & Geek Thread
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I almost touched off a riot in high school English class when I did my term paper on the "practical and educational benefits of AD&D". Half the kids became convinced I had sold my soul to the devil; the other half thought anything not a video game wasn't worth even mentioning (this was in the early 90's...oh how times have not changed). My teacher was sitting in the corner trying not to laugh out loud, told me afterward he had already decided to give me an "A" for the paper just from the title alone. (It was actually a meticulous paper, wish I still had a copy.)
Played AD&D from age 10 til graduation, it was a sad day when I got to college and couldn't find a group to play, everybody was all about drinking, sports and for some strange reason, studying. Fast forward 15 years and tried to introduce the game to my kids with me as DM, but it's not a video game or YouTube video and they grew bored after five minutes.
It's the best open world "video" game in the world. Your brain literally doesn't have a limit on resolution.3 -
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I almost touched off a riot in high school English class when I did my term paper on the "practical and educational benefits of AD&D". Half the kids became convinced I had sold my soul to the devil; the other half thought anything not a video game wasn't worth even mentioning (this was in the early 90's...oh how times have not changed). My teacher was sitting in the corner trying not to laugh out loud, told me afterward he had already decided to give me an "A" for the paper just from the title alone. (It was actually a meticulous paper, wish I still had a copy.)
Played AD&D from age 10 til graduation, it was a sad day when I got to college and couldn't find a group to play, everybody was all about drinking, sports and for some strange reason, studying. Fast forward 15 years and tried to introduce the game to my kids with me as DM, but it's not a video game or YouTube video and they grew bored after five minutes.
It's the best open world "video" game in the world. Your brain literally doesn't have a limit on resolution.
And no video game can top the open world experience, either, or the ability to mix and match all sorts of genres.1 -
Has anybody ever started a roll20.com game from people on here who play or are interested in playing?0
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Reckoner68 wrote: »Has anybody ever started a roll20.com game from people on here who play or are interested in playing?
There's been talk of doing a campaign before but nothing has happened that I know of. If we have a DM that wants to set it up I'm sure people would join. It may end up like herding cats though.1 -
Reckoner68 wrote: »Has anybody ever started a roll20.com game from people on here who play or are interested in playing?
There's been talk of doing a campaign before but nothing has happened that I know of. If we have a DM that wants to set it up I'm sure people would join. It may end up like herding cats though.
I've wanted to try out pen and paper RPGs for a very long time but can't find a local group, so if you decide to start something up and are willing to drag along a newb, I'd be greatly interested!1 -
Reckoner68 wrote: »Has anybody ever started a roll20.com game from people on here who play or are interested in playing?
I've tried it in the past, but it doesn't have that little something, that you can only get from sitting at a table with your friends.1 -
I suppose it all depends on just how vastly different the time zone is! I'm EST but I'm a night owl on the weekends and even on weekdays, I don't usually head to bed until 11 pm.1
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I also have a full license to Fantasy Grounds. It's been great fun but can be tough to find people to play with if you don't already have a group in mind or someone is less tech savvy, although it's not got a steep learning curve.1
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bmeadows380 wrote: »I'm EST but I'm a night owl on the weekends and even on weekdays, I don't usually head to bed until 11 pm.
THAT is your definition of "night owl"? I only go to bed that EARLY if I have a 4am wake-up, otherwise it's at least midnight and half the time 1am.1 -
bmeadows380 wrote: »I'm EST but I'm a night owl on the weekends and even on weekdays, I don't usually head to bed until 11 pm.
THAT is your definition of "night owl"? I only go to bed that EARLY if I have a 4am wake-up, otherwise it's at least midnight and half the time 1am.
Hey, I'm nearing that age now where 9 PM is considered late! lol
I should change that to try to be in bed by 11 pm (usually not until midnight) because my alarm goes off at 5:30 to 6 AM for work the next morning. I'm not all that young any more - running on less than 5 hours of sleep doesn't cut it
Though I usually don't start my housework on weekends until after 10 PM. I was vacuuming my house at 2 AM last weekend and finished baking the cake for Sunday dinner around 4 AM.
Right now it's 11 pm and I've got tomatoes going in my hot water bath canner with 20 minutes still to go and another batch of jars waiting to be put in when those come out. AT 40 minutes processing time, its going to be closer to 1 AM when I finally get in bed tonight!0 -
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mattig89ch wrote: »
I'm curious if it is in survival mode or creative mode. Either way....0 -
mattig89ch wrote: »
I'm curious if it is in survival mode or creative mode. Either way....
I would guess creative. But thats 100% a guess0 -
Like this!Versicolour wrote: »
In spite of having months to plan and make my outfit, I still ended up throwing together something vaguely resembling steam punk wild west over the three days before the day
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Is this the thread where all the cool kids hang out?4
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Versicolour wrote: »
In spite of having months to plan and make my outfit, I still ended up throwing together something vaguely resembling steam punk wild west over the three days before the day
ooooo, big fan of steampunk myself. Sadly can't do much with it nowadays. And, since I lost weight, I don't have an outfit anymore. What else do you have to your outfit?1 -
CanesGalactica wrote: »
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mattig89ch wrote: »Versicolour wrote: »
In spite of having months to plan and make my outfit, I still ended up throwing together something vaguely resembling steam punk wild west over the three days before the day
ooooo, big fan of steampunk myself. Sadly can't do much with it nowadays. And, since I lost weight, I don't have an outfit anymore. What else do you have to your outfit?
Nothing much apart from that and a skirt (no bustle, there was no time for that). I did make the bag myself though, so I am pretty chuffed
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