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vidar
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Introductions
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Feb 4 13:10 UTC 2002 |
While the title should say it all, the purpose of this item is to
introduce yourself and tell us what aspects of role playing you're
interested in, favorite games / disliked games and the reasons for
those preferences. I'll start with a new response.
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vidar
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response 1 of 58:
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Feb 4 13:26 UTC 2002 |
Hi, as you have probably guessed by now, my name is Bjorn Arnesen. At
the time of this response I am 24 years old and a Swordplebe 1st Class
in The Ring of Steel. I have been playing role playing games since I
was (I think) 8. My favorite games include the Dark Sun setting for
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2E, Diomin, Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition,
the Planescape setting for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2E, Rolemaster
1st Edition, Sailor Moon, and Star Wars (WEG or WotC). The reason for
my likes are basically that I have played or GMed these games and liked
them, or in the case of Sailor Moon I am a fan of the TV show. The
only games I can say that I have a definate distaste for are White
Wolf's "Storyteller" series. The reasons are: those damned dots, the
sense that your character can do nothing about that impending doom
inherent to the World of Darkness series.
I have been acting off and on during the past 10 years. FARCo at
Commie High was great. I wish I had never stopped taking it. Now I
feel weird if I act without a weapon in my hand(s).
Oddly, I have collected cards for CCGs but I have only played one -
once. That was Spellfire and I got my ass kicked.
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mooncat
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response 2 of 58:
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Feb 13 22:15 UTC 2002 |
Hi, I'm Anne. Play mostly White Wolf games these days (specifically
Mage) and AD&D 3E. Ack... more later.
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vidar
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response 3 of 58:
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Feb 14 17:44 UTC 2002 |
Welcome Anne!
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blaise
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response 4 of 58:
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Feb 14 19:18 UTC 2002 |
Hi, I'm Jim Trigg, frequently known as Blaise (which is my SCA name). I've
been role-playing since 1980, starting with The Fantasy Trip and AD&D. I
haven't gamed for a while due to lack of time, but my favorite system is
GURPS. I especially dislike Cthulhu-type settings (including some but not
all World of Darkness) where the player characters basically have no hope of
affecting the greater campaign -- they're going to either die or become NPCs.
(The exception for the World of Darkness is Mage; also, I had hopes for
Changeling [I think it was], and never had a chance to play it to see whether
it would be decent.)
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mooncat
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response 5 of 58:
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Feb 14 22:01 UTC 2002 |
I can understand the grip about WoD being, umm, Dark in regards to
Vampire and Werewolf, but not towards Mage. I adore Mage, this is why
I'm in 3 (4?) games (and one 3Ed AD&D).
Overall I really like the versatility of Mage- what you can and cannot
do. And I like the dots...
(Hey Bjorn. :) )
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vidar
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response 6 of 58:
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Feb 15 13:54 UTC 2002 |
Welcome Jim!
Until recently, I also had time constraint problems with gaming. Now
my problem is one particular member of my current group: we try to meet
on Saturdays and he doesn't have his own transportation (his roommate
took a weekend job). Normally, this wouldn't be a concern, but I live
in Saline and he lives in Taylor, and it's not fair to expect one of
the other members of the group to drive out to Taylor from Ann Arbor
(or Saline in my case) to get him, and then drive to wherever we plan
to game that weekend. Also he borrowed a book from another group
member, so we have to figure out some way to get it back to her. No,
she can't get another one easily (it's an AD&D 2nd Edition book).
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mooncat
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response 7 of 58:
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Feb 18 22:29 UTC 2002 |
Heh, game at his place. ;)
With my AD&D group we ran into a problem wherein we can only game at
this one person's house because he's allergic to cats and dogs and all
the rest of us have one or both (actually, come to think of it, only
one of the locations has just a dog with no cat...) which can actually
be kind of annoying since he lives in Lansing.
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vidar
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response 8 of 58:
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Feb 19 14:11 UTC 2002 |
Well, when his roommate was going to be able to game with us we were
going to rotate between their place and mine. However, now we have a
third place in the rotation.
The new problem is that I don't if one member of the group has
recovered from mono yet.
Mono must be more common that I thought as I have had a total of 3
friends who've had it.
Thankfully none of the people in my group are deffective in the manner
of having pet allergies.
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