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Proof that old school DMs were basically cruel and evil.

Started by J Arcane, August 29, 2008, 02:38:15 AM

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#15
August 29, 2008, 03:09:44 PM
Quote from: Kellri;241564I think Madeleine l'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time was the inspiration for that Dragon article. I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it.
Well, and probably Heinlein's And He Built a Crooked House, referenced in the article. Also highly recommended.
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#16
August 29, 2008, 03:19:34 PM
On film, it would look something like this?
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#17
August 29, 2008, 03:21:13 PM
Quote from: GrimJesta;241723Math makes Baby Jesus weep. Don't post math shit here. Last time Baby Jesus wept his Dad fucked up the people of Canaan. The dude got no sleep from the kid's crying and well, going to work in a bad mood... y'know.

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Well, GJ, one is not going to deal well with a tesseract if one freaks over a little basic math. :D

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#18
August 29, 2008, 03:21:52 PM
Quote from: James J Skach;241810On film, it would look something like this?

Probably not, but thanks for reminding me that I need to see those movies.

Pseudoephedrine

#19
August 29, 2008, 03:37:56 PM
Quote from: Elliot Wilen;241813Probably not, but thanks for reminding me that I need to see those movies.

Just the first one, if you value your time and sanity.
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#20
August 29, 2008, 03:44:04 PM
Quote from: J Arcane;241556http://zip.4chan.org/tg/res/2454977.html

It takes a sick mentality to put players through something like that.
You're damn straight.  If I didn't have at least one player in tears by the end of a session, I felt like a failure as a DM.  :)
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#21
August 29, 2008, 04:22:03 PM
Quote from: J Arcane;241556It takes a sick mentality to put players through something like that.

It does?  My players tended to enjoy stuff like that. And they loved the alien starship they found in a Traveller campaign whose hold was a type of tesseract.
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#22
August 29, 2008, 05:47:51 PM
Tesseracts are kind of cool, really. I think the sick mentality of old school DMs is best summed up by the love of puns supposedly shared by so money of them.
You are posting in a troll thread.

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#23
August 29, 2008, 06:23:24 PM
I had (actually have, it's still around, here) an article on using Tesseracts in RPGs in my old RPG webpage. I regularly got comments about it.

One of the coolest was a kid who wrote me thanking me for writing my article, because his parents had been criticizing him for gaming under the presumption it was stupid, but when they saw my article, they changed their thinking and started to consider a somewhat intellectual pursuit.

I was flattered.

Incidentally, I hadn't seen this article when I wrote mine.
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#24
August 29, 2008, 06:42:46 PM
Quote from: Aos;241879I think the sick mentality of old school DMs is best summed up by the love of puns supposedly shared by so money of them.
That's rich!

flyingmice

#25
August 29, 2008, 06:55:58 PM
Quote from: Aos;241879I think the sick mentality of old school DMs is best summed up by the love of puns supposedly shared by so money of them.

You did intend this, Right? Say yes, Aos! :D

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#26
August 29, 2008, 07:12:20 PM
The more things change...
You are posting in a troll thread.

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arminius

#27
August 29, 2008, 08:28:29 PM
Sorry, I don't have any change.

Kellri

#28
August 29, 2008, 09:43:38 PM
QuoteI think the sick mentality of old school DMs is best summed up by the love of puns supposedly shared by so money of them.

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#29
August 31, 2008, 12:18:12 PM
Quote from: Caesar Slaad;241897I had (actually have, it's still around, here) an article on using Tesseracts in RPGs in my old RPG webpage. I regularly got comments about it.

Shit, my eyes glazed over again! Will I ever find an article on this thing that I can read through? Granted, I *am* on Morphine 24/7 so I have an excuse.

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