How nerdy are you?This week Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died. A whole generation of pasty dice-obsessed nerds owes him big time. Me included.
So, in his honour, how nerdy were you? Are you still sunlight-averse? What are the sad little things you do that nobody else understands?
As an example, a B3ta regular who shall remain nameless told us, "I spent an entire school summer holiday getting my BBC Model B computer to produce filthy stories from an extensive database of names, nouns, adjectives, stock phrases and deviant sexual practices. It revolutionised the porn magazine dirty letter writing industry for ever.
Revel in your own nerdiness.
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chthonic, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:32)
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Deep unrelenting shame1) I'm a fanboy of obscure British indie bands, such as Marion. I've got all my records signed.
2) I've played Warhammer, TMNT, D&D and Call of Cthulu. And I'd do it again, gladly.
3) Created my own rock and roll roleplay system with my brother. It was excellent.
4) Still have some of the dice.
5) I've watched The Lost Boys 50+ times.
6) Which is about as many times as I've watched
the Matrix.
7) I watched Buffy and Angel. When they didn't show the final series of Angel on terrestrial, I bought the box set.
8) I'm now reading the comic books of both.
9) My memory for phone numbers is pretty good. I can remember my girlfriends mums phone number from 15 years ago.
10) I still make mixtapes. And 'hand craft' the covers.
11) When people call tapes obsolete, I remind them of the difference between that term and obsolescent.
12) I play Football Manager (aka Spreadsheet Manager) on the pc, surely the darkest nadir of Nerdishness.
13) I've read everything William Gibson ever put into print and wrote my dissertation on cyberpunk literature.
14) I literally can't walk past a Streetfighter machine of any sort. I've completed 1,2, and Alpha 2 with all the characters. I consider 3D Streetfighter games to be heresy.
Length? Haven't had any complaints.
(, Wed 12 Mar 2008, 19:33, 5 replies)
is your role-playing systemon the net anywhere?
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Roleplay gameNope, this is the only mention of it in the world to date. We developed it in... 1994.
I remember how detailed the background to the game was. We researched instruments, venues, touring costs, worked up scenarios. Great fun. It was a really easy system too, which we played exclusively on A5. Sexy.
(, Wed 12 Mar 2008, 20:08, closed)
MarionHa! It must be you who nicked my copy of 'this world and body'! I haven't seen it since about 1996...
(, Wed 12 Mar 2008, 20:40, closed)
you could turn it into a pdfand sell it on the web: there are a few websites that sell pdf's of role-playing games.
(, Wed 12 Mar 2008, 22:10, closed)
Apeloverage!! Apeloverage!! Apeloverage!!Somebody really serious is logged in on your username!!
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