Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>
> > I'm out of my depth here.
>
> Tell me about it. I thought "dungeons and dragons" was a TV series...

no Blizzard, no Stallman, no D&D... tsc, tsc, your geeks points keep getting
low... :P

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Warp wrote:
> Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> Tell me about it. I thought "dungeons and dragons" was a TV series...
> 
>   I'm amazed how you again and again succeed in showing your ignorance
> about basic things all computer and other nerds know.

Wait, dude... what the HELL does D&D have to do with computers? I'm 
seriously puzzled now...

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>> Tell me about it. I thought "dungeons and dragons" was a TV series...
> 
> Well, there is a spin-off cartoon series (ok) and 2 movies (terrible)

I saw the cartoon series. It was OK, although I didn't really understand 
it greatly. (But then, who does? When you're a kid, all you know is it's 
a cartoon. And that makes it cool. Somehow.)

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Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >> Tell me about it. I thought "dungeons and dragons" was a TV series...
> > 
> >   I'm amazed how you again and again succeed in showing your ignorance
> > about basic things all computer and other nerds know.

> Wait, dude... what the HELL does D&D have to do with computers? I'm 
> seriously puzzled now...

  D&D has to do with nerds, and I would say that at least 99.9% of D&D
nerds are also computer nerds.
  Moreover, D&D has been very influential in computer gaming. Many RPG
computer games have been influenced by D&D (in some cases so far that
the computer game more or less strictly uses D&D or AD&D rules). Most
western RPG games (including MMORPGs such as WoW) are inspired by D&D.

  Thus it's strange if a computer gamer has never heard of D&D or knows
what it is.

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nemesis wrote:

> no Blizzard, no Stallman, no D&D... tsc, tsc, your geeks points keep getting
> low... :P

OK, let's get this right out of the way now...

- I think Star Trek sucks.
- I have only watched about 3 episodes of Babylon 5. The only cool thing 
about it was the graphics being done on an Amiga.
- I never completed Doom.
- I have never even *seen* Wind Commander.
- I don't know what a VAX is. (I thought it was a kind of carpet cleaner...)
- I haven't read the BSD license terms. (I've read the GPL ones.)
- I can't remember who's behind BluRay or HD DVD. (And I have no idea 
which one is currently "winning".)
- I have no idea how to wire up a null modem cable.

Are we done yet?

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>> Wait, dude... what the HELL does D&D have to do with computers? I'm 
>> seriously puzzled now...
> 
>   D&D has to do with nerds, and I would say that at least 99.9% of D&D
> nerds are also computer nerds.

And therefore 99.9% of computer nerds are also into D&D?

>   Moreover, D&D has been very influential in computer gaming. Many RPG
> computer games have been influenced by D&D (in some cases so far that
> the computer game more or less strictly uses D&D or AD&D rules). Most
> western RPG games (including MMORPGs such as WoW) are inspired by D&D.
> 
>   Thus it's strange if a computer gamer has never heard of D&D or knows
> what it is.

Perhaps you'll recall that I also don't know what an RPG is? (I prefer 
FPS or puzzle games.)

I should perhaps clarify: I am vaguely aware that the cartoon series I 
spent my entire childhood watching is loosely based on a game of the 
same name. I know nothing about that game. I also have a vague idea of 
what terms like RPG and MMORPG mean - as in, the textbook definition. I 
have no idea what it would be like to *play* such a game. And so I feel 
I don't "really know" what these terms are.

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Gail Shaw <initialsurname@sentech sa dot com> wrote:
> > Tell me about it. I thought "dungeons and dragons" was a TV series...

> Well, there is a spin-off cartoon series (ok) and 2 movies (terrible)

  I'm not completely sure how they can say that a TV series or a movie is
based on D&D, given that D&D is not, AFAIK, a story. If I'm not completely
mistaken, D&D is basically just a set of rules of gameplay. The story itself
is invented by the DM and the players as they go. The rules don't specify
how the story should go (only how playing the game should go).

  Thus a "movie based on D&D", to me, sounds like saying "a movie based
on chess". The latter would be a movie about chess players, chess tournaments
or something like that, not a movie based in an imaginary world which uses
the rules of chess.
  Likewise a "movie based on D&D" would be a movie about D&D players, them
playing D&D RPG games, D&D tournaments, etc.

  If by "a D&D movie" they mean a movie situated in an imaginary setting
resembling European medieval ages, with magic, wizards, elves, dragons and
other such (tolkienish) fantastic elements, that's a movie of the fantasy
genre. What that has to do with D&D (other than it's a popular, although
AFAIK not an exclusive subject of typical D&D games) is beyond my
comprehension.

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Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> nemesis wrote:

> > no Blizzard, no Stallman, no D&D... tsc, tsc, your geeks points keep getting
> > low... :P

> OK, let's get this right out of the way now...

> - I think Star Trek sucks.

  That's different from not knowing what Star Trek is. At your rate I wouldn't
even have been surprised if you had said you don't.

> - I have only watched about 3 episodes of Babylon 5. The only cool thing 
> about it was the graphics being done on an Amiga.

  Yet you know what B5 is?

> - I never completed Doom.

  Yet you know what Doom is?

> - I have never even *seen* Wind Commander.

  But do you know what it is?

> - I don't know what a VAX is. (I thought it was a kind of carpet cleaner...)

  There are limits on how old-school you have to be to be considered a
"computer nerd". Not knowing what a VAX is, is one thing, but not knowing
what D&D is, is another.

> - I haven't read the BSD license terms. (I've read the GPL ones.)

  But you know what it is?

> - I can't remember who's behind BluRay or HD DVD. (And I have no idea 
> which one is currently "winning".)

  But you know what they are?

> - I have no idea how to wire up a null modem cable.

  Do you know what's the idea behind it?

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Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Are we done yet?

ever heard of this Asimov guy?

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"nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> > Are we done yet?
>
> ever heard of this Asimov guy?

hmm, long time, no answer. seeking wikipedia... ^_^

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