Haha, come to think of it, I made my first friends in college by joining a Dnd campaign. The campaign ultimately failed and we only met up a single time, but that's all it took; I met the people, hung out with them for those few hours and for the rest of that weekend, and everything took off from there.
Greg laughed at me when I said I liked to play DnD, but then I found out he had several level 80 WoW accounts. It is my opinion that you can't make fun of someone for being a nerd if you are in possession of SEVERAL level 80 accounts.
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Several? Hey now, watch it >_>
I had a level 70 in BC, that got banned because I got bored and went out in a blaze of hilarious glory.
I still have a level 80 though that I made for Lich King though, ain't gonna lie <_<
My new job is pretty awesome. I'm a game room attendant, which means I sit in a room and if someone comes in to play pool or ping pong or something I make sure they don't break or steal anything. It's only 7 1/2 hours a week and minimum wage, but that's $8.25 an hour to do things like homework or play pool.
I've always wanted to try D&D (or some other D20 system) but don't know anyone who plays them. And I'm not about to drop $90 on a set of books that I may not be able to find friends to use with.
You damn kids and your higher minimum wage. Why back in my day, I was starting at $5.50, and that was considered good for the time. And back then people called me sir, and I had to walk uphill both ways in the snow to get to the office, and get the fuck off my lawn.
I've always wanted to try D&D (or some other D20 system) but don't know anyone who plays them. And I'm not about to drop $90 on a set of books that I may not be able to find friends to use with.
I picked up The Player's Handbook (fourth edition); it's an interesting read but I can't do much with it if no one's gonna play. What do you Orange Belt types say to trying it out over the Internet? Anyone here have DM experience?
I picked up The Player's Handbook (fourth edition); it's an interesting read but I can't do much with it if no one's gonna play. What do you Orange Belt types say to trying it out over the Internet? Anyone here have DM experience?
I'd be up for playing that. However, in my experience forum-based RPGs can be slow and are more story-focused than the action-and-stats I understand is in true table-tops. Even attempts to use a system have always eventually evolved to be story-driven and dice-less. If we were to do something like this, we'd probably need to get in a chat program or something for the actual gaming sessions.
Although that has me wondering: are there any chat programs (or plug-ins thereof) tailored for gaming? Like with dice roll number generators, stat tracking, grid maps, and the like?
We've tried a few storyline-based things here on the forums, but each one eventually fizzles out as it gets too large and complex for people with other real world responsibilities to handle. I'd be up for doing something like this (if time zones lined up, of course), but it would be best limited to X number of people.
What if you did it over Skype or something? That would work.
Double post because there aren't enough posts these days:
My team won 3rd place in the interoffice tug of war tournament. But the real victory was my team's first match. We went up against the favored team to win with 4 out of 7 players very large foreigners. All bigger than me to boot (even the chick). Teams were 5 boys and 2 girls. They had a weight advantage. But my team had a Ryan advantage. We won, and the team pretty much gave me all the credit. As I was the anchor in the back, I accepted it wholeheartedly.
Then I got effing tired by round 3 when we lost in the semifinals. Still pleased with how it went though.
D&D! Yes! I'm so there. Sign me up. And.... erm, well, I HAVE DMed in the past, but I'm not sure if anything I've done has been that successful. I guess the Mage campaign was fun...
But if we're doing D&D, what edition would we be using?
You seem quite adamant about what system we should use. A person so adamant would certainly know his way around a tabletop system. You may even have the most RPG experience out of all of us...
Uhm... he's actually DMing his FIRST campaign right now. And doesn't exactly have an excellent grasp on the rules. Pathfinder is just so awesome that it's easily recognized as the epic piece of work it is.
I'd take up the DMing, but I'm kinda swamped DMing my own campaign right now. I'll join if I can make it though.
So I was on campus earlier tonight, picking up my roommate since she didn't feel like walking home at night, and along the way I turned a corner going 30 when the speed limit is 15. By the way, no one ever takes that going 15 mph, but whatevs. Anyway, cop pulls me over, tries to be intimidating with their giant ass flood light shining in my mirror, another cop is standing next to my car shining their flashlight at my door... I hand over all my stuffs and send my roommate a text telling her to just walk over since she's less than a block away. I'm actually in a pretty good mood, given the situation, since this is the 4th speeding ticket I've ever gotten (yeeeeah I might have a lead foot) and I was like "Ehh, my parents will be pissed, my next paycheck is worthless, but whatever, at least I'm not going to get my license taken away."
So I'm sitting there waiting, the other cop won't let my roommate wait in my car so she's sitting off to the side, and the cops are taking their sweet time. The one police woman finally comes back to my car and asks me some questions about whether I have a campus permit, if I'm a student, etc. Then she tells me the best news ever. She said she was going to write me up for a campus citation... I asked her what that was, and she said basically, my fine is $25 instead of $250, and it doesn't go on my driving record.
Fucking awesome. Best speeding ticket EVER.
Worth it? Maybe not, but I'll still take it!
EDIT: Also, after she handed me all my stuff, she handed me a little card to fill out a survey to rate my interaction with the campus police. Basically, they let me off because they wanted good ratings. I lucked out.
I once got pulled over back home for aggressive driving. I was weaving in and out of the lanes too fast, according to the cop. But he let me off with a warning, on account of every time I changed lanes, I used my turn signal.
That's funny. Apparently Austin has started cracking down on aggressive drivers-- I was listening to the radio one night and there was an advertisement about how you're legally supposed to leave a car length for every 10 mph you're traveling behind the car in front of you, and that they'd start writing people up for aggressive driving. I heard it and immediately thought SHIT.
The general rule of thumb is to be no less than three seconds behind the other car (as in, it should take at least three seconds for you to reach a landmark the car in front of you just passed). This works well since it adjusts the faster you're going.
The general rule of thumb in Ireland is to be no more than three feet behind the car in front of you (as in, it should be at most three footlong hot dogs between your front bumper and their back bumper). That works well since it intimidates slow drivers to drive faster.
The general rule of thumb is to be no less than three seconds behind the other car (as in, it should take at least three seconds for you to reach a landmark the car in front of you just passed). This works well since it adjusts the faster you're going.
4 seconds according to The Smith System which is apparently the one used by corporations across the country. And always look 15 seconds ahead of you, but don't just stare ahead, look around every 2 seconds, but never look away from the road, make eye contact with pedestrians so you know they see you, but don't get distracted by looking at people or things on the side of the road.
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Several? Hey now, watch it >_>
I had a level 70 in BC, that got banned because I got bored and went out in a blaze of hilarious glory.
I still have a level 80 though that I made for Lich King though, ain't gonna lie <_<
I picked up The Player's Handbook (fourth edition); it's an interesting read but I can't do much with it if no one's gonna play. What do you Orange Belt types say to trying it out over the Internet? Anyone here have DM experience?
I'd be up for playing that. However, in my experience forum-based RPGs can be slow and are more story-focused than the action-and-stats I understand is in true table-tops. Even attempts to use a system have always eventually evolved to be story-driven and dice-less. If we were to do something like this, we'd probably need to get in a chat program or something for the actual gaming sessions.
Although that has me wondering: are there any chat programs (or plug-ins thereof) tailored for gaming? Like with dice roll number generators, stat tracking, grid maps, and the like?
EDIT: Google delivers!
http://www.rpgobjects.com/index.php
http://gametable.mornproductions.com/Index
http://www.triaxe.co.uk/dnd/index.php?page=Home
I think the DM should be the one ultimately responsible for deciding what chat client we use, though.
What if you did it over Skype or something? That would work.
My team won 3rd place in the interoffice tug of war tournament. But the real victory was my team's first match. We went up against the favored team to win with 4 out of 7 players very large foreigners. All bigger than me to boot (even the chick). Teams were 5 boys and 2 girls. They had a weight advantage. But my team had a Ryan advantage. We won, and the team pretty much gave me all the credit. As I was the anchor in the back, I accepted it wholeheartedly.
Then I got effing tired by round 3 when we lost in the semifinals. Still pleased with how it went though.
But if we're doing D&D, what edition would we be using?
Edit: Shut up. I was too caught up in it's awesomeness to notice my error.
You seem quite adamant about what system we should use. A person so adamant would certainly know his way around a tabletop system. You may even have the most RPG experience out of all of us...
Guys, I think we have a "volunteer" for DM!
I'd take up the DMing, but I'm kinda swamped DMing my own campaign right now. I'll join if I can make it though.
Also... Patherfinder? Seriously?
So I'm sitting there waiting, the other cop won't let my roommate wait in my car so she's sitting off to the side, and the cops are taking their sweet time. The one police woman finally comes back to my car and asks me some questions about whether I have a campus permit, if I'm a student, etc. Then she tells me the best news ever. She said she was going to write me up for a campus citation... I asked her what that was, and she said basically, my fine is $25 instead of $250, and it doesn't go on my driving record.
Fucking awesome. Best speeding ticket EVER.
Worth it? Maybe not, but I'll still take it!
EDIT: Also, after she handed me all my stuff, she handed me a little card to fill out a survey to rate my interaction with the campus police. Basically, they let me off because they wanted good ratings. I lucked out.
Haven't been written up so far!
4 seconds according to The Smith System which is apparently the one used by corporations across the country. And always look 15 seconds ahead of you, but don't just stare ahead, look around every 2 seconds, but never look away from the road, make eye contact with pedestrians so you know they see you, but don't get distracted by looking at people or things on the side of the road.
SCIENCE! driving at its finest.