I had a roommate who was a paranoid schizophrenic. He was ok most of the time but he liked to have conversations with people that he knew but were not there and he was totally convinced that I was a schizophrenic too. But he eventually went back on meds to control his quirks so to speak.
Personally I like SETI@home it runs quietly in the background the only time I interface with it is when it wants another work unit. I know that I can set it to connect automaticly and download them but I like the illusion of control over my system.
Maybe there is no intelligent life out there but if there that's the case then it is an awful lot of wasted space. If there is intelligent life out there then I hope they didn't call collect because I'd hate to get the bill on that one.
While it is literally a Hot Spot, I would not call 8.2 visitors per day a Tourist Hot Spot. Your average Porta-Potty gets more visitors per day than that. Would you call a Porta-Potty a Hot Spot?
$200.00 is that per Rad or what?
D&D 30 sheesh I must be getting old
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I remember playing AD&D 1st eddition in the 80's then 2nd ed. came out. It seemed more fun then, no more asking the DM what a 4th level thief needed to hit a 12hd monster with an AC of -5. I loved the THAC0 concept just add or subtract the enemy's AC to your THAC0 and roll.
I never did like modules though some of them weren't too bad. The best games were when the DM just shot from the hip or had a basic outline for a plot of some sort. Modules though like the rules are not carved in stone. I like them for the maps and stuff.
Rules lawyers are a pain though. I figured a real novel way of dealing with them. Let them have what they want for a time even throw them a bone or two, then they find a box.
Senerio: DM: you find an unlocked box (somewhere). Thief (aka rules lawyer): I open it and look inside. DM: you see a little man looking down at something. Thief: I try and see what he's looking at. DM: you see a little man looking down at something. Thief: I reach in at take what ever he's looking at. DM: you're sucking into the box and find your self floating around in nothing. Thief: I use my ring of three wishes and wish myself out of the box. DM: It doesn't work you're still in the box. Thief: I wish I hadn't found the damned box then. DM: doesn't work you're still in the box. Thief: But I don't understand it nothing is more powerful than a wish. DM: really tell that to Loki (or some other appropriate diety) because I don't think he/she really cares. Thief: I start praying to Loki to get me out of here. DM: "We're sorry do to the extremely high volume of calls to the God of Mischief, all lines are busy. Please hang up and try your prayer again later. And thank you for using the Loki hotline."
Meanwhile back in the dungeon... Fighter: Hey what happened to the thief? Cleric: I thought I saw him over there by that box.
Those where the days. My gamming buddies and I basicly ignored those fear mongering religious twits who wouldn't know a demon if it scored a crit with a +5 Unholy Avenger to their pea-brained skulls. They're ones living in a fantacy world if they think their religious dogma can stamp out D&D or any other RPG. I suspect though D&D will one day go the way of ENIAC, where the once reveered books will lay in a room collecting dust only to be revived for a brief period of nestalgia.
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I had a roommate who was a paranoid schizophrenic. He was ok most of the time but he liked to have conversations with people that he knew but were not there and he was totally convinced that I was a schizophrenic too. But he eventually went back on meds to control his quirks so to speak.
Personally I like SETI@home it runs quietly in the background the only time I interface with it is when it wants another work unit. I know that I can set it to connect automaticly and download them but I like the illusion of control over my system.
Maybe there is no intelligent life out there but if there that's the case then it is an awful lot of wasted space. If there is intelligent life out there then I hope they didn't call collect because I'd hate to get the bill on that one.
$200.00 is that per Rad or what?
I remember playing AD&D 1st eddition in the 80's then 2nd ed. came out. It seemed more fun then, no more asking the DM what a 4th level thief needed to hit a 12hd monster with an AC of -5. I loved the THAC0 concept just add or subtract the enemy's AC to your THAC0 and roll.
I never did like modules though some of them weren't too bad. The best games were when the DM just shot from the hip or had a basic outline for a plot of some sort. Modules though like the rules are not carved in stone. I like them for the maps and stuff.
Rules lawyers are a pain though. I figured a real novel way of dealing with them. Let them have what they want for a time even throw them a bone or two, then they find a box.
Senerio:
DM: you find an unlocked box (somewhere).
Thief (aka rules lawyer): I open it and look inside.
DM: you see a little man looking down at something.
Thief: I try and see what he's looking at.
DM: you see a little man looking down at something.
Thief: I reach in at take what ever he's looking at.
DM: you're sucking into the box and find your self floating around in nothing.
Thief: I use my ring of three wishes and wish myself out of the box.
DM: It doesn't work you're still in the box.
Thief: I wish I hadn't found the damned box then.
DM: doesn't work you're still in the box.
Thief: But I don't understand it nothing is more powerful than a wish.
DM: really tell that to Loki (or some other appropriate diety) because I don't think he/she really cares.
Thief: I start praying to Loki to get me out of here.
DM: "We're sorry do to the extremely high volume of calls to the God of Mischief, all lines are busy. Please hang up and try your prayer again later. And thank you for using the Loki hotline."
Meanwhile back in the dungeon...
Fighter: Hey what happened to the thief?
Cleric: I thought I saw him over there by that box.
Those where the days. My gamming buddies and I basicly ignored those fear mongering religious twits who wouldn't know a demon if it scored a crit with a +5 Unholy Avenger to their pea-brained skulls. They're ones living in a fantacy world if they think their religious dogma can stamp out D&D or any other RPG. I suspect though D&D will one day go the way of ENIAC, where the once reveered books will lay in a room collecting dust only to be revived for a brief period of nestalgia.
Long live D&D.