Quote from: flyingmice;378894I'm sorry, Tim! I didn't mean to derail the thread.

Here - I'll try again:

I'm clash. I wrote a metric ton of games. Nobody has heard of them. I'm writing more. Nobody particularly cares. I'm old as dirt, have no illusions, and am not afflicted with nostalgia. I'm a gamer. So is my wife, and so is my son. I try not to be a dick. I'm cheerful, like people, and am socially apt. I am a professional writer. I get paid a nice wage to sit at a computer and write. I'm extraordinarily happy with my life, and with my gaming. It's far better now than it has ever been, and I've been gaming since 1977. I don't run any form of D&D - I did that for 20 years and I never will again - but I occasionally play it if someone in my group wants to run it. I have neither a particular hatred nor the slightest interest in it, which means I fit in here like a jellyfish on Pike's Peak.

Better?

-clash

I've heard of 'em. Really like SC2 in fact.

Quote from: Sigmund;378911I've heard of 'em. Really like SC2 in fact.

Thanks, Sigmund, but that's not what I was getting at. I'm not saying this because I'm all depressed about it - that's not my nature. I'm saying it because it's the truth. By nobody I mean 99.9% of gamers. I assume no-one has ever heard of me, and I am almost always correct in that assumption. Places like the RPG Site are anomalies. Even tBP is an anomaly. Most RP gamers do not read internet fora, they just play their games. Of those that do, most don't even see anything that they are not already interested in. Of those that do see things they are not already interested in, most disapprove of it all. Of those that don't disapprove of it all, most have different tastes. Of those that do have similar tastes, most already have something they like that does the same thing. The 0.1%, like you, are what makes it all worthwhile.

-clash

I am Alexander J Bateman

I am a Gamer

Quote from: flyingmice;378914Thanks, Sigmund, but that's not what I was getting at. I'm not saying this because I'm all depressed about it - that's not my nature. I'm saying it because it's the truth. By nobody I mean 99.9% of gamers. I assume no-one has ever heard of me, and I am almost always correct in that assumption. Places like the RPG Site are anomalies. Even tBP is an anomaly. Most RP gamers do not read internet fora, they just play their games. Of those that do, most don't even see anything that they are not already interested in. Of those that do see things they are not already interested in, most disapprove of it all. Of those that don't disapprove of it all, most have different tastes. Of those that do have similar tastes, most already have something they like that does the same thing. The 0.1%, like you, are what makes it all worthwhile.

-clash

That's cool, was just saying is all It's the same with me and my photography. I'm a decent commercial photographer, and also a decent wildlife/nature photographer, but I couldn't make a living off it anymore, and I'm certainly nowhere near famous for my photos. I enjoy the hell out of it though. We rock and it's ok if only we know about it

I am who I say I am, as much as I am any other name that names me.  

And that's all you get to know.

Quote from: flyingmiceThe 0.1%, like you, are what makes it all worthwhile.

-clash

Amen to that!

And yes, clash, you derailer. He was trying nicely to get everyone to (re)introduce themselves and you had to get all ephemeral, sparking a wave of posters trying to "out-hip" each other.

And cheerful? Like people? Bah.  Troublemaker, I say.  I mean, what else could you be with a name like clash.

Pete

Quote from: pspahn;378943Amen to that!

And yes, clash, you derailer. He was trying nicely to get everyone to (re)introduce themselves and you had to get all ephemeral, sparking a wave of posters trying to "out-hip" each other.

And cheerful? Like people? Bah.  Troublemaker, I say.  I mean, what else could you be with a name like clash.

Pete

Hah, Pete! At my age going ephemeral is standard procedure. It has to do with senility, but I'm afraid to ask exactly how. The only hip I care about has the word "replacement surgery" tacked on the end. And who says one can't be a cheerful troublemaker?

-clash

Quote from: flyingmice;378944Hah, Pete! At my age going ephemeral is standard procedure. It has to do with senility, but I'm afraid to ask exactly how. The only hip I care about has the word "replacement surgery" tacked on the end. And who says one can't be a cheerful troublemaker?

-clash

Ephemeral or ethereal? I mean you're down right becoming a wee leprechaun trouble.

I am more of  a theoretical gamer. I haven't actually gamed in ages. But I still collect, read and review games. I post said reviews on my YouTube channel.

I'm the Pundit.

RPGPundit

Quote from: Silverlion;378946Ephemeral or ethereal? I mean you're down right becoming a wee leprechaun trouble.

I tend to think of it as "Going Emeritus".

-clash

I'm Iain. I'll play any edition of D&D you're running a game for, and I'll run 4E for you if you like. I self-published some hacky d20 stuff a few years ago, and some of it was pretty well-received. I'm also an accountant and tax specialist, and try to work that into the conversation as much as possible.

Quote from: Fifth Element;379153I'm Iain. I'll play any edition of D&D you're running a game for, and I'll run 4E for you if you like. I self-published some hacky d20 stuff a few years ago, and some of it was pretty well-received. I'm also an accountant and tax specialist, and try to work that into the conversation as much as possible.

So you're saying that you are the Louis Tully (Rick Moranis) character from GHOSTBUSTERS??

Okay.


- Ed C.

Quote from: Koltar;379166So you're saying that you are the Louis Tully (Rick Moranis) character from GHOSTBUSTERS??

[canon Nazi] Technically, Louis Tully was a tax attorney, not an accountant. [/canon Nazi]











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