Quote from: trechriron;825993...and that only certain Dance Routines Man Was Not Meant To Know (tm) can weaken said horrors enough that regular arms can destroy them.

Everybody cut Everybody cut...
Everybody cut Everybody cut...
Everybody cut Everybody cut.
Everybody.
Everybody cut... Footloose!

Actually, I'm pretty sure dancing like that will summon a 'worm....

Quote from: Xavier Onassiss;826005Actually, I'm pretty sure dancing like that will summon a 'worm....

Only if you walk without rhythm.

But if you walk without rhythm, heh, you'll never learn.

Quote from: Gwarh;824937Yes

The World of Darkness craze in the Mid 90s. Emo Goths were a major turn off for me. I want action and excitement not a Group Encounter to explore mah feelz.

You should have played Vampire with our group, then!  100% exciting, adrenaline-fueled content, without all the needless angst.

Quote from: DMK;826040You should have played Vampire with our group, then!  100% exciting, adrenaline-fueled content, without all the needless angst.

Yeah, yeah but what about the NEEDED angst? What did you do with that?

Quote from: GeekEclectic;825721Even as someone whose groups regularly have at least 50% women, I have to admit that the local LARP did have an overwhelmingly large percentage of women when I attended(70%+ most weeks). That was about 13 or 14 years ago. No clue if that was typical for the time, or if it was just a local oddity.

Is this at the old Komics Kastle or the old Comics Plus?  I may or may not have lived in you neck of the woods back in the 90s.

Cheers!

WOD peaked with The Matrix.

It crashed with The Matrix 2.

It died with The Matrix 3.

It was buried again and again by Underworld 2,3,4,...

All of that being said, I was at a Comic convention in ATL back in 00-01 that had a sister Goth/WOD/Sex/Bondage Con going on nearby.  My artists friends and I (one or two were WW artists) went over to the Goth con on the Saturday night.  Let me tell you, the Goth con was a complete and utter disgrace on every level imaginable.  With nothing cool/sexy/freaky that I could see (maybe I was missing something) and a whole bunch of pathetic pathetics doing pathetic.  Oh boy, I am glad I am not exposed to that scene anymore, and happy that it faded away.

Quote from: Teazia;826081Goth/WOD/Sex/Bondage Con

am i missing something here or is that a very odd combination

Quote from: Teazia;826081WOD peaked with The Matrix.

It crashed with The Matrix 2.

It died with The Matrix 3.

It was buried again and again by Underworld 2,3,4,...

All of that being said, I was at a Comic convention in ATL back in 00-01 that had a sister Goth/WOD/Sex/Bondage Con going on nearby.  My artists friends and I (one or two were WW artists) went over to the Goth con on the Saturday night.  Let me tell you, the Goth con was a complete and utter disgrace on every level imaginable.  With nothing cool/sexy/freaky that I could see (maybe I was missing something) and a whole bunch of pathetic pathetics doing pathetic.  Oh boy, I am glad I am not exposed to that scene anymore, and happy that it faded away.

Sounds like they did something very wrong. But the Con sounds like it was all over the place and non-committal. Also, something about lots of heavy black and/or latex in Atlanta humidity just sounds... unappealing.

However plenty of goths are still around in the SF Bay Area. The "elders" (snort!) are retiring to gingerbread Victorians and having children, a la Addams Family. But then the weather is so much more accommodating, too.

And San Francisco definitely knows a thing or two about 'cool/sexy/freaky' (like don't have a Con like that in the first place, do an exotica-erotica ball instead). Maybe Atlanta just had way too many ingénue flooding in trying too hard. I mean, it was next to a comic convention!

Quote from: tuypo1;826090am i missing something here or is that a very odd combination

Not in WoD...

Quote from: 3rik;826115Not in WoD...

Do you know something I don't know?

Quote from: trechriron;826064Yeah, yeah but what about the NEEDED angst? What did you do with that?

Tied it up in a canvas sack and threw it off the bridge.  After that, no one seemed to need angst any more.  

Quote from: DMK;826180Tied it up in a canvas sack and threw it off the bridge.  After that, no one seemed to need angst any more.  

Good show.

Quote from: Teazia;826075Is this at the old Komics Kastle or the old Comics Plus?  I may or may not have lived in you neck of the woods back in the 90s.

When I tried the LARP, it was already 2000, maybe 2001. I'd rather not name names because I just don't think that'd be polite, especially since my experiences weren't good and I don't think any of them are here to give their POV. I recall at the time that there were at least 3 LARPs being run in Macon through the official channels(Camarilla, I think). But I only tried the one a couple of coworkers invited me to.

True story: Comics Plus is the store I got my GURPS 3rd Edition Basic Set Revised book from back in '96. It was the first RPG product that didn't disappear on me. I had an AD&D 2nd Edition player's guide before that, but it disappeared one day. I don't know if I misplaced it, or if my mom threw it out. She had some misgivings about grown boys playing make-believe.

Quote from: trechriron;826194Good show.

Again, here I am in the middle of two extremes.

ok, read the whole thread and a couple things.
1) what is TPB?
2) magnetic fingertip implants, I think they are kinda neat, and I want one.  if I could find a place in town that did it I'd probably get one.  not because I'm edgy or cool, but because I think the idea of them is cool.
3) anti-vaxxers. I am completely 100% behind this.  I had to use the VMS computer system in college, and let me tell you anyone who has had to use one of those will be anti VAX.  (or is there a different vax you are talking about?)

that being said.

fan base.  well.
Vampire: prior to going to college I had read about the new (at the time) Vampire RPG that had come out, one of my friends knew some people who played it. So we went to the meeting, this was an initial meet up, before actual play started.  We chat and talk about our ideas for characters, and only one guy in the group has a copy of the rules, and is not letting anyone look at them.
then after about an hour or so he says, "ok sounds like a good group. let's do this." and we all agree.
then he pulls out a knife and bowl and says , now we are all going to cut our hands, bleed into a bowl, let the blood mix, and everyone takes a drink."
the only there wasn't a me shaped hole in the wall was because my friend got out before I did.

it was a year or so before I actually got to read the book and know that wasn't actually part of the game. (despite the GMs insistence otherwise)

d20 Star Wars (silver spine edition): was invited, along with a couple of others to be in a new group.  set up was easy, we were new to the rebellion, and were going to be the squad that stole the Death Star plans.  no jedi allowed. was going to be a simple hack and slash to get a feel for combat. the guys I went with kept pulling the "we are the Pros from Dover" and telling the GM how he should run the game. how rather then us killing stormtroopers left and right, we should be sneaking around.  We were not invited back. (them for their behavior, me because I got a ride from them)

D&D: have been told by many MANY people that if I am in a hack and slash game I'm playing the game wrong. One of these people who said that actually said "I've played Tekumel with Barker as GM, so I think I know what I'm talking about."  (I have since talked to people from that particular group who all said he was an idiot)

Rifts: I have had 1 friend from college who told me about the campaign he was in, that made me want to play the game.  then he put the story of the campaign up on the newly formed world wide web. no references to any Rifts IP other then a "this is the system we are using".  Kevin S sued him.
(oh wait you said fan base not creators.  my bad.)