Tobias_Reece Posted July 11, 2002 Posted July 11, 2002 I was a wood-elf man I'm afraid, and I played as VAN-SAAR in Necromunda. I could play really well, but I couldn't paint at all. In fact it was quite funny.......I would place my knackered plastic models on the table and my opponent would laugh......laugh out loud......then I'd laugh when I decimated his Orc Boar Boys with my Wardancers, and crippled his goblin regiment will my archers..........hee hee, it brings back memories...... "You Are Never Given A Dream Without Also Being Given The Power To Make It True. You May Have To Work For It, However"Principal Kobudo Instructor & OwnerWest Yorkshire Kobudo Academy2nd Kyu (Matayoshi Okinawan Kobudo, IOKA UK)
BlueDragon1981 Posted July 11, 2002 Author Posted July 11, 2002 There are a lot of RPGs out there. I like how they make you use your imagination. I have a druid/ranger on third edition rules who fights better than fighters do. Of course the swords I have help with that. I need only roll 16 to get a crit. I got lucky and beat something that was suppose to destroy me. The DM was astonished...but anyway we got the rewards for it....im sure now we are going to fight some impossible dragon on the next quest...oh boy. Half Sun Elf is what my druid is.
Don Gwinn Posted July 14, 2002 Posted July 14, 2002 Eye of Tiger. . . "lighten up, Francis." Everyone knows D&D players are not devil worshippers. They're nerds. Seriously, I never played it. I had a traumatic experience when I was 11 years old. It was supposed to be an honor; I took the SAT test and my score qualified me to apply to IMSA, the Illinois Math and Science Academy. Now, this was a residential high school for geniuses near Chicago. Supposed to be a great honor to attend. However, they didn't have American football and as the night went on they seemed to be spending too much time talking about how suicides were down that year. That was enough for me. No cars, no football, and the curriculum didn't seem that awe-inspiring to me. Anyway, we all had roommates for the night. Mine was a freak by the name of Simon. Simon's hobby was to create weird fantasy puzzles and stare at someone like a freak as the poor kid tried to tell him he didn't want to play. Simon and the other "guides" decided it would be fun to show us Dungeons and Dragons. So they played. Until three in the morning. And they insisted that we watch. We were not to leave the room, and we were not to read or talk. Just watch the fascinating pageant of triumph and disgrace that is Dungeons and Dragons. If you'd lived through it, you wouldn't play it either. ____________________________________* Ignorant Taekwondo beginner.http://www.thefiringline.com
Eye of the Tiger Posted July 14, 2002 Posted July 14, 2002 Sounds traumatic, I couldn't survive a night with nerds.
SaiFightsMS Posted July 14, 2002 Posted July 14, 2002 Hey I resent the nerd crack Okay it is true that originally most of the players were of the highly intelligent variety considered nerdly by their less gifted counterparts. But since then rpg's have gone much more mainstream; especially after the advent of Magic the gathering.
SaiFightsMS Posted July 14, 2002 Posted July 14, 2002 At least I have a sense of humor. When I was in high school being 4 year varsity kind of drowned out the more nerdy part. I sort of lived in 2 worlds. Not everyone has the imagination for rpgs that aren;t displayed on a screen. But back then gaming technology was still evolving as pong.
BlueDragon1981 Posted July 16, 2002 Author Posted July 16, 2002 I can almost garantee that the creativity and IQ levels of people who play D&D are more than the average person. You would be surprized the people who play the game. A lot of them you would not call nerds. And a lot of them you would never know play it. So to catergized them is just plain stupid. By the way what is wrong with being smart????? Just because you dont like something or havent even played it for that matter doesnt mean the people who do are nerds, or anything else.
Don Gwinn Posted July 17, 2002 Posted July 17, 2002 Oh, lighten up, Francis. Geez. The smiley means it's intended to be funny. I have nothing against nerds. I am a nerd in many ways. Being a nerd does not mean you're smart, though many smart people are nerds, and just to cover all the bases, I have nothing against smart people either. Relax. I just told you that I took the SAT at 11 years of age and was invited to attend a specialized residential math and science academy. What kind of kid do you think does that sort of thing? A NERD. Why do you think I was there in that den of nerds in the first place? Because they saw in me the roots of a budding young geek ready to burst into full nerdhood. And when you're a nerd, it's good to have a sense of humor about being a nerd. Ask SaiFightsMS; she gets it. _________________ ____________________________________ * Ignorant Taekwondo beginner. http://www.thefiringline.com [ This Message was edited by: Don Gwinn on 2002-07-16 23:42 ] ____________________________________* Ignorant Taekwondo beginner.http://www.thefiringline.com
ZeRo Posted July 17, 2002 Posted July 17, 2002 On 2002-07-11 15:36, Tobias_Reece wrote: I was a wood-elf man I'm afraid, and I played as VAN-SAAR in Necromunda. I could play really well, but I couldn't paint at all. In fact it was quite funny.......I would place my knackered plastic models on the table and my opponent would laugh......laugh out loud......then I'd laugh when I decimated his Orc Boar Boys with my Wardancers, and crippled his goblin regiment will my archers..........hee hee, it brings back memories...... wow i played Van-Saar too!!!!!!!!!! this is getting freaky.
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