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Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue

A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.

PLEASE TO WHITEFONT SPOILERS for video games, RPG modules or anything for which foreknowledge of events might lessen one's enjoyment of whatever gaming experience.


Connie Neil - Jun 03, 2008 8:02:38 am PDT #862 of 26132
brillig

I need to find our complete set of Arabians, see if it's still complete and if there's any money to be had for it.


Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jun 03, 2008 4:04:49 pm PDT #863 of 26132
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd

ThomasW, yes, it begins with V.

I didn't know there was so many Magic geeks here.

Connie, a complete set of Arabians - in good condition - should pull a nice little sum.


Laga - Jun 03, 2008 5:53:44 pm PDT #864 of 26132
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I am not a Magic geek but I have been roped into many a game when my nephew comes to visit. He has the most Magic cards I've ever seen in one place.


Polter-Cow - Jun 04, 2008 9:22:59 am PDT #865 of 26132
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Liberty City Police Face Allegations Of Incompetence, Brutality:

Since the surge in crime, which began on April 28 at midnight, more than 830,000 civilians have been murdered—nearly one-tenth of Liberty City's total population. In addition, 35,000 vehicles have been reported stolen, many of which were then driven illegally over sidewalks and pedestrian walkways before plunging into the nearby Humboldt River. And according to startling figures released by local community action group Citizens for a Safer City, drug trafficking has become rampant and prostitution has increased by 800 percent.

The police respond!

"We are only equipped to pursue a suspect within a small radius on a very basic half-centimeter radar screen," the officer said. "If we were allowed to seek criminals who escaped this radius for more than 15 seconds, our results would improve dramatically."


megan walker - Jun 04, 2008 9:35:13 am PDT #866 of 26132
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I am not a Magic geek but I have been roped into many a game when my nephew comes to visit. He has the most Magic cards I've ever seen in one place.

I wouldn't consider myself a Magic Geek. I only have the set because I am a completist who had time on her hands and needed distraction.

I started playing when I lived in France and played with my sister a decent amount. And then my nephew, who couldn't yet read, but had memorized the cards by watching us.

Someone once asked my sister if she was worried that the WCN (world's cutest nephew) was into Magic. She responded with "How cool can he think it is, he learned watching his Mom and his Aunt."

Although maybe it is a gateway drug, as I'm sure what he is most excited about with his upcoming visit is playing WoW on my housemate's account.


Volans - Jun 04, 2008 1:02:45 pm PDT #867 of 26132
move out and draw fire

I started playing Magic with the first edition, and quit about the time the Arabians started coming out. Too many choices! No longer fun.

By that point we had something like 2000 cards.

During that period of my life I was teaching high school, and giving Magic cards away as performance rewards.

I picked it up again later, when my boss was a two-time national M:TG champ. He mandated that me and another guy would sit down and get our asses handed to us every day at lunch.


CaBil - Jun 04, 2008 2:25:47 pm PDT #868 of 26132
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.

Pete

Like I said, I picked up most of my knowledge from science magazines and the like, but I am told that Vernor Vinge's Rainbows End has a good depiction of AR...


Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jun 04, 2008 3:22:49 pm PDT #869 of 26132
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd

CaBil, it wasn't just AR, but all the other terms you were using too. I've used wikipedia to look up a few since then, so some of them were not particularly useful beginners' guides...


CaBil - Jun 04, 2008 4:20:49 pm PDT #870 of 26132
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.

Anything you are still uncertain about?


Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jun 04, 2008 8:05:35 pm PDT #871 of 26132
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd

Oh plenty, but I will do more digging when I have time, and pose questions as and when.

Okay, one, do you have a simple explanation of Cloud Computing?