Quote from: Thanatos02Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?

It was the apple-seller! Get her!*


* J, of signature fame around here, was in a production of Romeo and Juliet as, well, the other non-Romeo Capulet in that scene. During a dress rehearsal of that scene, rather than "I do bite my thumb, sir", the other player ab-libbed that and rushed over to an extra playing a street merchant, who played along and collapsed to a gentle shove, allowing him, J, and the guy playing Tybalt to pretend to beat her while the stage director howled.

Quote from: Thanatos02Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?

No, but I do bite my thumb.

I found this site on wikipedia, actually.  I was looking for sites that do the whole "play by post" thing, and it has a link, right below rpg.net, for this site.

I'm a old guy who remembers player old-school 1st edition DnD, then second edition in college.  I had left the gaming for awhile while I was in the military, and revisited it when I moved to my current home.  So, I started lurking on RPG.net, and found it, quite frankly, to be reprehensible.

I am a geek, and freely admit it, and I checked at the time three boards daily, a text-based sports sim site (I'm a HUGE football fan and enjoy Sports Sims), a general sports site called Operations Sports, and RPG.net.  I've posted in all three, and honestly I expected to "fit in" the best on RPG.net, and I found that it was the complete opposite.  Seemingly any deviation from the popular opinions will get you warned.  I mentioned I didn't like Grant Morrison in a comics thread, wound up getting warned.  Mentioned I didn't really care for Doctor Who, got warned for that.  Eventually, I just stopped going to the site.

This site has rational people who act mature (for the most part) even though they don't have to.  I've been lurking for awhile, and find that the postings here are very well though, and I've learned quite a bit from them.  It's a great alternative.

Now, I need to figure out this whole "3rd edition" thing ...

Quote from: WVUFanI found this site on wikipedia, actually.  I was looking for sites that do the whole "play by post" thing, and it has a link, right below rpg.net, for this site.

I'm a old guy who remembers player old-school 1st edition DnD, then second edition in college.  I had left the gaming for awhile while I was in the military, and revisited it when I moved to my current home.  So, I started lurking on RPG.net, and found it, quite frankly, to be reprehensible.

I am a geek, and freely admit it, and I checked at the time three boards daily, a text-based sports sim site (I'm a HUGE football fan and enjoy Sports Sims), a general sports site called Operations Sports, and RPG.net.  I've posted in all three, and honestly I expected to "fit in" the best on RPG.net, and I found that it was the complete opposite.  Seemingly any deviation from the popular opinions will get you warned.  I mentioned I didn't like Grant Morrison in a comics thread, wound up getting warned.  Mentioned I didn't really care for Doctor Who, got warned for that.  Eventually, I just stopped going to the site.

This site has rational people who act mature (for the most part) even though they don't have to.  I've been lurking for awhile, and find that the postings here are very well though, and I've learned quite a bit from them.  It's a great alternative.

Now, I need to figure out this whole "3rd edition" thing ...

Welcome to theRPGsite!  You got a couple of warnings at RPG.net?  Sounds like you'll fit right in!  


TGA

Welcome, WVUFan!

I, too, am old enough to remember dice that you have to color the numbers on and when "wizards" and "sorcerors" were only Magic Users. I think there are quite a few of us here, actually.

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Just started yet another new thing for me, a "Play By Post" game.  Hope it'll work out.

Any of you played in those style of games before?

Yup. They tend (in my experience) to peter out after awhile if the GM isn't right on top of things. I hope that I'm the exception and not the rule, because its a good chance to play in some games I might otherwise miss.

Whatcha playing?

Doing a modified version of the World's Largest Dungeon.

Quote from: WVUFanDoing a modified version of the World's Largest Dungeon.

That's a very ambitious PbP.  I hope it goes well!

Quote from: KrakaJakSo...why did you come to the rpgsite and why do you stay here?

My old friend KrakaJak sent me a link to a post here, and after reading it I asked him two questions:

• What the fuck is a Traveler?
  
• Is it always like this here?

And that's why I stayed (well, I suppose "lurked" is a better verb to use).  Because I hear about games here that I would have never even known existed, and I enjoy the verbal back-and-forth of the folks here.  The users here are passionate, and that goes a long way in my book.

Also, people here possess a sense of humor, which I find exceptionally refreshing.  Every time Dr. Rotwang makes an '80s pop culture reference, it brightens up my day.

So, KrakaJak, I blame you.

Quote from: Arsenic CanaryAlso, people here possess a sense of humor, which I find exceptionally refreshing.  Every time Dr. Rotwang makes an '80s pop culture reference, it brightens up my day.

The Sun always shines on TV, and...uh...your computer monitor is like a TV.  So I have some help.

Quote from: Arsenic CanaryMy old friend KrakaJak sent me a link to a post here, and after reading it I asked him two questions:

• What the fuck is a Traveler?
  

WEL-THEFUCK-COME

Quote from: Arsenic CanaryAlso, people here possess a sense of humor, which I find exceptionally refreshing.  Every time Dr. Rotwang makes an '80s pop culture reference, it brightens up my day.

oh.. for God's sake, another 80's cheeseball.

Welome to the site!

Quote from: Mcrowoh.. for God's sake, another 80's cheeseball.

Welome to the site!

WE. ARE. LEGION.

Quote from: Thanatos02WE. ARE. LEGION.

You all can see what happens when we don't ban these guys out of hand.  Now they're collecting here!  


TGA [secretly hiding his Duran Duran fan shame]