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Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died tuesday morning.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/04/obit.gygax.ap/index.html
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Gail Shaw wrote:
> Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died tuesday morning.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/03/04
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Gail Shaw wrote:
> Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died tuesday morning.
Suddenly it makes much more sense...
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/03/04/dnd-kitteh-morns-loss-of-gary-gygax/
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And lo on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:07:12 -0000, Gail Shaw sa dot com>
<"<initialsurname"@sentech> did spake, saying:
> Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died tuesday morning.
http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2008-03-04
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Gail Shaw schrieb:
> Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died tuesday morning.
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/04/obit.gygax.ap/index.html
>
>
I just saw it on wikipedia. There goes my childhood and many weekend and
nights ...
Boy I am gettin old.
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"Marc Schimmler" <mar### [at] web de> wrote in message
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> Gail Shaw schrieb:
> > Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died tuesday morning.
> >
> > http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/04/obit.gygax.ap/index.html
> >
> >
> I just saw it on wikipedia. There goes my childhood and many weekend and
> nights ...
> Boy I am gettin old.
What does getting old have to do with D&D? I have a game on this sunday.
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Gail Shaw schrieb:
> "Marc Schimmler" <mar### [at] webde> wrote in message
> news:47cee986@news.povray.org...
>> Gail Shaw schrieb:
>>> Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died tuesday morning.
>>>
>>> http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/04/obit.gygax.ap/index.html
>>>
>>>
>> I just saw it on wikipedia. There goes my childhood and many weekend and
>> nights ...
>> Boy I am gettin old.
>
> What does getting old have to do with D&D? I have a game on this sunday.
>
>
Getting old means that all the idols you had as a boy die one by one and
you notice that your boys have reached the age you started playing AD&D.
I had not the time in the last ten years to play any roleplaying games
but I still have all the old stuff. Some of them already valuable.
I plan to play a game in the next during the easter holidays with my
boys. Lets wait and see.
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On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:50:35 +0100, Marc Schimmler wrote:
> Some of them already valuable.
Ain't that the truth. I've seen copies of the 2E Monster Manual and
Fiend Folio that were worth a couple hundred bucks each.
One that I loved playing when I was in about 6th grade was Chainmail - we
usually only used the jousting element during recess, but it was a great
way to kill time in the library.
Jim
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Gail Shaw wrote:
> Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died tuesday morning.
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/04/obit.gygax.ap/index.html
I heard. My reaction was, "What, someone told him about D&D 4.0?"
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Gail Shaw wrote:
> Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died tuesday morning.
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/04/obit.gygax.ap/index.html
He failed his saving throw.
Regards,
John
(Come on, somebody had to say it.)
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http://www.xkcd.com/393/
Apparently this is, like, BIG NEWS!
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On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:54:42 +0000, Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>http://www.xkcd.com/393/
>
LOL :-)
>Apparently this is, like, BIG NEWS!
It is? It would be Bigger News if he didn't die :)
Regards
Stephen
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Stephen wrote:
> It is? It would be Bigger News if he didn't die :)
Or if he came back. Maybe as a different character class.
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"It's the Age of Channelwood."
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"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message
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> Stephen wrote:
> > It is? It would be Bigger News if he didn't die :)
>
> Or if he came back. Maybe as a different character class.
Or as a Lich.
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On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 22:52:11 +0200, "Gail Shaw" <initialsurname@sentech sa dot
com> wrote:
>
>"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message
>news:47d197bc$1@news.povray.org...
>> Stephen wrote:
>> > It is? It would be Bigger News if he didn't die :)
>>
>> Or if he came back. Maybe as a different character class.
>
>Or as a Lich.
>
I'm out of my depth here.
Regards
Stephen
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On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:52:11 +0200, Gail Shaw wrote:
> "Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message
> news:47d197bc$1@news.povray.org...
>> Stephen wrote:
>> > It is? It would be Bigger News if he didn't die :)
>>
>> Or if he came back. Maybe as a different character class.
>
> Or as a Lich.
Actually, I think his soul probably is trapped in a gem of holding...
Jim
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Stephen wrote:
> I'm out of my depth here.
Tell me about it. I thought "dungeons and dragons" was a TV series...
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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.)
--
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"Stephen" <mcavoysATaolDOTcom@> wrote in message
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> >Or as a Lich.
> >
> I'm out of my depth here.
When in doubt, ask wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lich
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"Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> Stephen wrote:
>
> > I'm out of my depth here.
>
> 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)
You grew up in the 80's. How could you have missed all the 'satanic'
Dungeons and Dragons news?
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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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nemesis wrote:
> "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... ^_^
Eating my lunch, fruitloop! :-P
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"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
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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,
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).
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"Vincent Le Chevalier" <gal### [at] libertyALLsurfSPAMfr> wrote in
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> 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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Orchid XP v7 escribió:
> - 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
--
- Warp
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Warp escribió:
> 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
>
Maybe your definitions of 'geekiness' are too tied to a particular
generation. For example, my parents didn't even know each other when D&D
came out. The first computer I saw was already a PC (I have never seen
an Amiga, Atari, Commodore64, etc. or maybe I did but I was way too
young to remember now). According to Wikipedia, Wing Commander was
released the year I was born.
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Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:
> Maybe your definitions of 'geekiness' are too tied to a particular
> generation.
Not really. "Real" geeks know the latest development in technology and
software as well as the most important history of it, even if that history
happened before they were born, and especially if that history has lasted
to these days (as is the case with D&D, although not the case with VAX).
What I'm probably doing is tying "geekiness" to a rather particular
form of geek: A computer/gaming geek. One whose geeky hobbies consist
mostly of computers, computer programming, computer gaming and role-playing
(and sci-fi, and anime, and...)
Of course there may be other types of "geeks" out there, specialized in
slightly different things. :)
--
- Warp
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On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:03:32 +0000, 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.
So do I.
>- 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've probably seen about 3 in six halves
>- I never completed Doom.
Only using God Mode
>- I have never even *seen* Wind Commander.
I've seen it but only because my cabin mate playes it when it came out. BTW Wing
Commander.
>- I don't know what a VAX is. (I thought it was a kind of carpet cleaner...)
I worked with one and PDP11's :)
>- I haven't read the BSD license terms. (I've read the GPL ones.)
Nor I for either.
>- I can't remember who's behind BluRay or HD DVD. (And I have no idea
>which one is currently "winning".)
But you could find out if you were interested, I assume :)
>- I have no idea how to wire up a null modem cable.
Why would you want to?
>Are we done yet?
No! Why not come for a drink in London on the 22nd with Dr John and me. Then you
could meet with people that might have an interest in common. No pressure Andrew
or do you prefer Andy?
Regards
Stephen
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On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:51:31 -0200, Nicolas Alvarez
<nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:
> The first computer I saw was already a PC
The first computer I saw was an analogue one driven by valves.
Regards
Stephen
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Stephen escribió:
> On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:51:31 -0200, Nicolas Alvarez
> <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:
>
>> The first computer I saw was already a PC
>
> The first computer I saw was an analogue one driven by valves.
See. Different generations :)
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Warp escribió:
> What I'm probably doing is tying "geekiness" to a rather particular
> form of geek: A computer/gaming geek. One whose geeky hobbies consist
> mostly of computers, computer programming, computer gaming
So far so good.
> and role-playing (and sci-fi, and anime, and...)
Nope.
(of course I'm interested in other stuff, just not from that list...)
> Of course there may be other types of "geeks" out there, specialized in
> slightly different things. :)
Yes there are :) http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html#type
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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.
Next he'll be telling us he never heard of Colossal Cave.
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> 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?
That's why WoW is such a hit, methinks. All the asocial nerds who'd
otherwise be playing D&D can now WoW with folks in other countries.
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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Gail Shaw wrote:
> Well, there is a spin-off cartoon series (ok) and 2 movies (terrible)
http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?cat=14
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:03:32 +0100, Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> - I never completed Doom.
Neither did I. Not without cheating anyway.
You did play it though, right?
> - I have never even *seen* Wind Commander.
Nor learned to spell its title...
...or did you mean one of these:
http://www.angelfire.com/ma3/evermorepointers/apollo.html
http://www.bananawind.us/Commander.htm
> - I don't know what a VAX is. (I thought it was a kind of carpet
> cleaner...)
It is, among other things.
> - I can't remember who's behind BluRay
Sony et al.
> or HD DVD.
Toshiba et al.
> (And I have no idea which one is currently "winning".)
Bluray won.
> Are we done yet?
We will not cease until we have fully explored the depths of your
ungeekiness. Like it or not, you have become a public figure of sorts.
Scrutiny and criticism are part of the package.
--
FE
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