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nemesis wrote:
> "nemesis" <nam### [at] gmail com> 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... ^_^
Eating my lunch, fruitloop! :-P
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"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
news:47d28245@news.povray.org...
> 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,
Apart from the fact they were both named "Dungeons and Dragons"?
In the cartoon, there were 4 people that were identical to the character
classes. Right down to naming. Also, if I recall they were children from
this world pulled into a fantasy world. Been a while since I watched them.
As for the movies, they were named Dungeons and Dragons: The movie. Other
than that, not really. they were also really, really, really bad.
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Warp a écrit :
> 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).
If I'm not mistaken there are two things in D&D, one are the rules, the
other is a more or less accurate description of the universe (what
monsters you can possibly encounter and so on). The rules are probably
somewhat specialized for the universe described.
So the films and series actually build up on the background universe of
D&D, which happens to be (tolkienish) fantasy. But the description of
dwarves, orcs, elves and so on, is based on what D&D says (which by the
way is a bit different from what Tolkien says, I believe).
--
Vincent
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"Vincent Le Chevalier" <gal### [at] libertyALLsurfSPAMfr> wrote in
message news:47d2a03f$1@news.povray.org...
> If I'm not mistaken there are two things in D&D, one are the rules, the
> other is a more or less accurate description of the universe (what
> monsters you can possibly encounter and so on). The rules are probably
> somewhat specialized for the universe described.
What equipment is available, what character classes there are, what magic is
done
> So the films and series actually build up on the background universe of
> D&D, which happens to be (tolkienish) fantasy. But the description of
> dwarves, orcs, elves and so on, is based on what D&D says (which by the
> way is a bit different from what Tolkien says, I believe).
It is. In D&D rules, goblins are short bown-skinned critters the live in
tribes, orcs look kinda like Neatherthals with grey skin. They're fond of
axes. Elves are shorter and more slender than humans. They have pale skin
and dark hair and live in forests. Dragons come colour-coded (red dragons
breath fire, white dragons breath frost)
There are certain things that 'define' a world based on D&D rules. Equipment
is one thing, common weapons and armour. Monsters have certain appearences
and behaviour. Magic takes a certain form (fire ball, magic missile,
invisibility, lightning bolt, fly, ...). Different character classes have an
expected appearence and behaviour (Fighter - plate armour, greatsword.
Ranger - leather armour, bow or twin weapons. Cleric - plate armour, mace
and healing spells. Wizard - no armour, no weapons and lots of destructive
magic)
Also the D&D rules include a couple of well-defined worlds. Greyhawk,
Forgotten Realms, Eberron.
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Warp escribió:
> 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.
>
> (No, I have never played D&D, and I don't even know the rules almost
> at all. The closest thing I have ever been to D&D is that I own Baldur's
> Gate 2. Yet I know perfectly well what D&D is.)
I knew D&D was a "tabletop role-playing game". I had no idea what
exactly a role-playing game was until reading wikipedia yesterday. And
looks like something I wouldn't be interested in.
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> - I think Star Trek sucks.
Watched it very few times.
> - I have only watched about 3 episodes of Babylon 5. The only cool thing
> about it was the graphics being done on an Amiga.
Only heard of Babylon 5 on the geek code website
(http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html#b5). I don't think it was ever
broadcasted on any channel that reaches my house. :)
> - I never completed Doom.
I never saw Doom. Well maybe in screenshots. Definitely never played it.
> - I have never even *seen* Wind Commander.
Wind what?
> - I don't know what a VAX is. (I thought it was a kind of carpet
> cleaner...)
VAX is... an old computer. Well, not old. More like ancient.
> - I haven't read the BSD license terms. (I've read the GPL ones.)
I have. I have also read GPL, but I only remember the broad terms and
concepts, not all the legalese details...
> - I can't remember who's behind BluRay or HD DVD. (And I have no idea
> which one is currently "winning".)
Sony is one, Phillips is the other. I think. Dunno which is which.
However I could explain you a lot about how HDDVD DRM works, from stuff
I read on forums. I don't care about who wins, DVD is good enough for me.
> - I have no idea how to wire up a null modem cable.
Never needed one.
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Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:
> I knew D&D was a "tabletop role-playing game". I had no idea what
> exactly a role-playing game was until reading wikipedia yesterday. And
> looks like something I wouldn't be interested in.
I find that to be a bit akin to saying "I didn't know what POV-Ray is
all about until reading wikipedia yesterday, and I don't think it's something
I would be interested in".
Brief descriptions can be deceiving.
--
- Warp
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On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:15:52 +0200, "Gail Shaw" <initialsurname@sentech sa dot
com> wrote:
>
>"Stephen" <mcavoysATaolDOTcom@> wrote in message
>news:qmd3t3t5os382gqi5bg7matg4hldhatklp@4ax.com...
>
>> >Or as a Lich.
>> >
>> I'm out of my depth here.
>
>When in doubt, ask wiki
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lich
>
You're confusing me Gail, possibly with Andrew <g>
It's not that I didn't guess that Lich are unburied dead it is just that my
experience of D&D is limited to the Colossal Cave Adventure played on a
mainframe and a buggy CD of Baldur's Gate. Did you notice how I cleverly turned
Jim Henderson's comment about replicating spiders to a music theme using
replicating brooms :-)
Regards
Stephen
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Warp escribió:
> Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:
>> I knew D&D was a "tabletop role-playing game". I had no idea what
>> exactly a role-playing game was until reading wikipedia yesterday. And
>> looks like something I wouldn't be interested in.
>
> I find that to be a bit akin to saying "I didn't know what POV-Ray is
> all about until reading wikipedia yesterday, and I don't think it's something
> I would be interested in".
>
> Brief descriptions can be deceiving.
I don't know anyone (personally, and in the same country as me) who is
geeky enough to know about D&D anyway. So even if it sounded interesting
to me (which it doesn't), who would I play with?
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Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:
> > - I have never even *seen* Wind Commander.
> Wind what?
He probably meand Wing Commander. Not that it probably makes any
difference to either of you, though. :P
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- Warp
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