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[chaosium] possessed site?

Started by beeber, August 07, 2007, 06:43:43 PM

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beeber

August 07, 2007, 06:43:43 PM
is it just my computer, or does the chaosium web address not work anymore?  i get some sort of birth classes site when i go to http://www.chaosium.com

example:
A Change to The Doula School

The Doula School will not be offering Birth and Postpartum Doula Trainings for the time being. Treesa Mclean, the founder and director of The Doula School is currently studying to become a Certified Professional (CPM) Midwife, Liscened Midwife (LM). As such she is enrolled in the Midwives College of Utah and is working with Rosanna Davis CPM, LM.

Treesa is looking forward to offering on-going professional education to Doulas, childbirth educators, and other birth professionals in the form of advanced workshops and individual mentoring.

is this some sort of code?  does nyarlathotep teach at the doula school?  :raise:   :what:

Rezendevous

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August 07, 2007, 06:59:32 PM
Quote from: beeberis this some sort of code?  does nyarlathotep teach at the doula school?  :raise:   :what:

"Doula" sounds kind of Lovecraftian, in a way.

beeber

#2
August 07, 2007, 07:05:03 PM
doesn't it?  i'd poke around the site more, but be afraid of finding a "whateley" in there somewhere. . . . :eek:

ColonelHardisson

#3
August 07, 2007, 07:23:31 PM
Weird. I was able to get to the online store via Google, though.
"Illegitimis non carborundum." - General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell

4e definitely has an Old School feel. If you disagree, cool. I won\'t throw any hyperbole out to prove the point.

beeber

#4
August 07, 2007, 07:37:30 PM
true, colonel!  thanks for the tip.  i think maybe they've changed their site address to http://catalog.chaosium.com/ now?  i'll change my bookmark.

beeber

#5
August 07, 2007, 07:41:52 PM
so of course i have to stumble around in there.  and i discover. . . this!



Worlds Beyond presents a flexible and comprehensive character generation system. Four diverse species and eight different occupations enable players to create an endless variety of adventurers. The fast-paced combat system provides for realistic, exciting, and potentially-deadly encounters.
Included are:

    * Over 20 inhabited worlds, history and culture on each.
    * Star system generation
    * A comprehensive buyer's guide of tech items
    * Personal weapons, body armor, vac-armor
    * Optional hit location rules
    * Detailed starship deck plans and construction rules
    * Space combat and weaponry
    * Robot/Android creation rules
    * A scenario to start your journey!

These are the last remaining copies from the 1989 first (and only) printing, straight from the printer's carton.

sounds like future world!

arminius

#6
August 07, 2007, 08:15:07 PM
The same thing happened on Chaosium's web site a while back. Apparently they share a server with the Doula folks, or something like that, so it's most likely some maintenance gone wrong.

beeber

#7
August 07, 2007, 08:18:32 PM
come to think of it, you're right.  i wasn't sure if i had already experienced such a thing, or just wrote it off as a drunken hallucination.  

since the catalog link still works okay, i just changed it to that in the appropriate folder.  of course, now i'm intrigued about this "worlds beyond" book, especially with spacequest back-burner'ed.

TheShadow

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August 07, 2007, 09:30:40 PM
It might be viral marketing for Chaosium's upcoming Doula: the Birthing.
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