It the style of MAD Magazine's "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions"...
Thread: I just made my first Traveller character
Reply A: I went poopoo in the potty!
Reply B: I'm so proud of you!
Reply C: Did he die in chargen?
Thread: Why does the Hero System get treated badly?
Reply A: Because it's evil, and needs to be eradicated.
Reply B: GURPS Cabal. 'Nuff said.
Reply C: It's a Hero. It can take a little abuse.
Thread: New Transhuman game?
Reply A: I wasn't finished with my human games yet!
Reply B: Is there a Transhuman market yet?
Reply C: Putting a question mark after a phrase doesn't make it a sentence.
Thread: Non-standard dice question
Reply A: What's the standard dice question?
Reply B: That's a statement, not a question.
Reply C: Non-standard dice answer.
Thread: [Looking for a system] A detailed, crunchy system that isn't tactical
Reply A: Without no seams nor needlework...
Reply B: Is this one of those "Impossible Things before Breakfast?"
Reply C: Exalted!
Thread: W:tF + nWoD's Armory + nWoD's Shadows of Mexico = What?
Reply A: I give up! What?
Reply B: Three men who have never been in my kitchen?
Reply C: White Wolf's dream consumer!
Thread: [Exalted] Social Combat: Throw me a fricking bone
Reply A: I doubt bones are used for social combat, even in Exalted.
Reply B: I doubt bones are used for fricking, even in Exalted.
Reply C: Exalted!
-clash
Every time I see that abbreviation for current Werewolf I think : "Who named a game What The Fuck?"
- Ed C.
Quote from: KoltarEvery time I see that abbreviation for current Werewolf I think : "Who named a game What The Fuck?"
- Ed C.
Whenever I see it written out, I read "Werewolf: The Foreskin."
-clash
What? No mocking of the spider photo moderation thread?
Seanchai
Quote from: SeanchaiWhat? No mocking of the spider photo moderation thread?
Seanchai
That would be in a forum I don't go into for fear of my SAN score, yes? :O
-clash
Quote from: flyingmiceReply B: Three men who have never been in my kitchen?
I miss Cheers....
That response was always my standard when I couldn't answer a question in TriBond when the gf and I were big on trivia games a few years back....
Quote from: KenHRI miss Cheers....
That response was always my standard when I couldn't answer a question in TriBond when the gf and I were big on trivia games a few years back....
I was hoping someone got the reference, Ken! :D
-clash
Quote from: flyingmiceThat would be in a forum I don't go into for fear of my SAN score, yes? :O
Maybe. But because of your hesitancy, you missed the thread where they make it against the rules to post pictures with spiders in them because a forum member stumbled upon such a post and got a'scared.
Seanchai
Quote from: SeanchaiMaybe. But because of your hesitancy, you missed the thread where they make it against the rules to post pictures with spiders in them because a forum member stumbled upon such a post and got a'scared.
Seanchai
Oh my....you're not kidding? Are you.
Its the section that us Ban-ned types can't view - right?
- Ed
Quote from: SeanchaiMaybe. But because of your hesitancy, you missed the thread where they make it against the rules to post pictures with spiders in them because a forum member stumbled upon such a post and got a'scared.
Seanchai
To quote the great Pepe LePeu: "Le sigh!"
-clash
Quote from: SeanchaiMaybe. But because of your hesitancy, you missed the thread where they make it against the rules to post pictures with spiders in them because a forum member stumbled upon such a post and got a'scared.
Seanchai
(http://www.sps.gov.uk/MultimediaGallery/0e470449-b76f-4044-b917-be69c9423c76.jpg)
Okay, Seanchai. I...I know you're not kidding. Right? Right?
I mean...right?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a383/Rotwang/spidar-1.jpg)
That is fucking hilarious...
Quote from: flyingmiceI was hoping someone got the reference, Ken! :D
-clash
Cliff and I, there's some kind of connection, like Charles-Burrows-Charles looked at me on a Saturday and said, "That annoying pretentious ass right there...that's what we want our Postal Worker guy to be!"
And I just read the spider thread because I couldn't resist. Seriously, I'm not one for the cross-board hijinks, but...wow. This might replace boardgamegeek's Magic Girl vs. Candyland Girl debate as the most pathetic ever....
Hey! WTF!
Those spiders WERE FUCKING SCARY!!!
Even before I was drunk.
I think it's that the thread sounded like advice or perhaps commiseration, and some of us are pretty major arachniphobes. Yeah, I said us, although I didn't complain.
A little warning is nice, that's all. Sorta like above where I *knew* some smart-ass (as per thread title) would drop a spider picture in here. *shudder*
Quote from: shewolfI think it's that the thread sounded like advice or perhaps commiseration, and some of us are pretty major arachniphobes. Yeah, I said us, although I didn't complain.
A little warning is nice, that's all. Sorta like above where I *knew* some smart-ass (as per thread title) would drop a spider picture in here. *shudder*
But the spider has a
PINK TIE! :O
-clash
Quote from: KenHRCliff and I, there's some kind of connection, like Charles-Burrows-Charles looked at me on a Saturday and said, "That annoying pretentious ass right there...that's what we want our Postal Worker guy to be!"
And I just read the spider thread because I couldn't resist. Seriously, I'm not one for the cross-board hijinks, but...wow. This might replace boardgamegeek's Magic Girl vs. Candyland Girl debate as the most pathetic ever....
I didn't do this to dig at tBP. I'm still a contributing member there, and I've got no hate on. I just...
I have this urge to post these replies when I see those type of thread titles,
every time, and I know I'll get into trouble. That little devil on my left shoulder tells me "POST! POST!" while the little angel on my right says "NO! NO! HE'S TRYING TO TRICK YOU!" This way, I get to vent them...
The spider thing is just sooooo sad.
-clash
More!
Thread: I want to play cthuluhu
Reply A: Is that a combination of CoC and Wraeththu?
Reply B: Buy the sheet music or fake it like everyone else, then!
Reply C: Cthuluwhat?
Thread: [Photoshop] Rpg motivational posters [NSFW] Reborn
Reply A: Gag! Gak! spew...
Reply B: By "reborn" you mean it clawed its way out of the crypt? Again?
Reply C: This time I burn the body!
Thread: [MongTrav]Ship Armor too strong?
Reply A: How could armor be too strong? I don't understand...
Reply B: Then tell Ship Armor to shower more frequently.
Reply C: Then we need more powerful weapons!
Thread: [Exalted] starting character builds of excess
Reply A: Exalted? Excess? How could that be?
Reply B: Amazing! Your language looks so much like English!
Reply C: Back in my day, we didn't "build" characters, we rolled 'em up! And we LIKED it!
Thread: Exalted+: Upgrading lunars to solar power.
Reply A: Then they run out of juice on cloudy days!
Reply B: Upgrading? You insult my play preference???
Reply C: What about eclipses?
What about all the other phobias (http://phobialist.com/)?
Seems a bit unfair that all those people have to suffer but the ones with arachnophobia get special treatment.
:raise:
Quote from: StuartWhat about all the other phobias (http://phobialist.com/)?
Seems a bit unfair that all those people have to suffer but the ones with arachnophobia get special treatment.
:raise:
Well, if you want to turn this thread into yet another tBP smackdown, Stuart, I can't stop you. Here's the key to the thread. It's all yours.
-clash
Q: "I'm looking for a supers game. What system should I use?"
1. Something old (MSH, V&V, etc.)
2. Something new (M&M, Hero, etc.)
3. Your momma
Every time I see this question, I want to fucking scream. You'd figure they'd have stickied something addressing this by now, but noooooo.
Same thing goes for science fiction games too.
As an aside, there seems to be a whole helluva lot of "sell me on," or "please help me pick between this and that," on the boards I frequent [Note: Thankfully, not on this board]. Is that just me, or has indescision reached epidemic proportions?
Quote from: StuartWhat about all the other phobias (http://phobialist.com/)?
Seems a bit unfair that all those people have to suffer but the ones with arachnophobia get special treatment.
:raise:
Yeah, what am I supposed to do about my pteromerhanosuriphobia?
Quote from: DangerQ: "I'm looking for a supers game. What system should I use?"
1. Something old (MSH, V&V, etc.)
2. Something new (M&M, Hero, etc.)
3. Your momma
Every time I see this question, I want to fucking scream. You'd figure they'd have stickied something addressing this by now, but noooooo.
Same thing goes for science fiction games too.
As an aside, there seems to be a whole helluva lot of "sell me on," or "please help me pick between this and that," on the boards I frequent [Note: Thankfully, not on this board]. Is that just me, or has indescision reached epidemic proportions?
I'm not sure. I started a poll on that, to see what everyone thinks.
Quote from: flyingmiceWell, if you want to turn this thread into yet another tBP smackdown, Stuart, I can't stop you. Here's the key to the thread. It's all yours.
I'm not sure what you mean...
Will this affect my Catagelophobia?
Quote from: flyingmiceI didn't do this to dig at tBP. I'm still a contributing member there, and I've got no hate on. I just...
I have this urge to post these replies when I see those type of thread titles, every time, and I know I'll get into trouble. That little devil on my left shoulder tells me "POST! POST!" while the little angel on my right says "NO! NO! HE'S TRYING TO TRICK YOU!" This way, I get to vent them...
The spider thing is just sooooo sad.
-clash
Oh, hell, I'm in total agreement with you here! I still read a lot of threads at rpg.net, and the temptation to say something is at times overwhelming! :)
Quote from: Dr Rotwang!Okay, Seanchai. I...I know you're not kidding. Right? Right?
I mean...right?
No, but I think the rule is that you have to appropriately label all your threads that contain pictures of spiders so that folks who are afraid of spiders won't accidentally run across them. Either way, though...
Seanchai
All kidding about 1001 phobias aside -- what about Snakes? Are more people afraid of spiders than snakes?
Okay, I can't resist now...I keep thinking up smartass replies to thread titles over there...I apologize for doing this up-front....
Thread: Game setting for Rome
A. How about Rome?
B. I'm partial to a Bezel myself.
C. Have you tried My Life With Master or The Mountain Witch?
Quote from: StormBringerYeah, what am I supposed to do about my pteromerhanosuriphobia?
Perhaps we should start a support group? It's bad enough to see one or find droppings. The thought of being strafed terrifies me.;)
Quote from: StuartAll kidding about 1001 phobias aside -- what about Snakes? Are more people afraid of spiders than snakes?
Get your motherfucking snake off my motherfucking spider.
Quote from: Leo KnightPerhaps we should start a support group? It's bad enough to see one or find droppings. The thought of being strafed terrifies me.;)
I have an unreasoning panic that I may run across one on the internet, and I would totally lose my shit. Complete freak out.
In the forum attached to a review of Cthulhu Dark Ages, I remember one poster complained that they had pictures of spiders dotted randomly through the book (it was mood art basically), which they considered inappropriate and thoughtless. They noted they had a spider phobia, and the inclusion of lots of spider pictures in a horror book had been unexpected (which I suppose to be fair is right, I hadn't expected spiders to be used as motif art) and thus should have been omitted (and there we parted company).
TBP has many fine features to it, and is also an arachnophobe-safe environment.