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Is this for real?!?!?!?

Started by Cylonophile, July 30, 2010, 11:45:06 PM

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Cylonophile

July 30, 2010, 11:45:06 PM
http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Walk_of_a_Thousand_Caltrops

Well, anyone ever see this, or do it?
Go an\' tell me I\'m ignored.
Kick my sad ass off the board,
I don\'t care, I\'m still free.
You can\'t take the net from me.

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ggroy

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July 30, 2010, 11:53:31 PM Last Edit: July 30, 2010, 11:58:28 PM by ggroy
Quote from: Cylonophile;396730http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Walk_of_a_Thousand_Caltrops

Well, anyone ever see this, or do it?

Not quite this.

I do remember back in college some geek type freshman students pledging for a frat, ended up doing stuff like punching out a junior or senior frat member, for suggesting all kinds of weird ridiculous or humiliating stuff.  It was sort of amusing at the time, watching two "high functioning" autistic or borderline geek types, physically beating the shit out of one another.

I don't remember the greek letters of the particular frat offhand, but IIRC it was some frat which attracted geeky types such as engineering majors.

EDIT:  Never quite understood how these guys were able to party every night and play D&D for long sessions almost every day, while still managing the heavy work load which was typical of engineering majors.

Tommy Brownell

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July 31, 2010, 01:09:48 AM
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MarionPoliquin

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July 31, 2010, 01:56:03 AM
As far as I know, this "ritual" is taken directly from Knights of the Dinner Table. Whether it ever happened for real or not, I don't know.
 

Cylonophile

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July 31, 2010, 02:05:40 AM
Quote from: MarionPoliquin;396757As far as I know, this "ritual" is taken directly from Knights of the Dinner Table. Whether it ever happened for real or not, I don't know.

Thanks. I never was into KotDT, so I didn't get that.

BYW dude, whatever was pissing you off when you took your avatar picture, I hope it's better now.
Go an\' tell me I\'m ignored.
Kick my sad ass off the board,
I don\'t care, I\'m still free.
You can\'t take the net from me.

-The ballad of browncoatone, after his banning by the communist dictators of rpg.net for refusing to obey their arbitrary decrees.

DKChannelBoredom

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July 31, 2010, 02:05:52 AM
Quote from: MarionPoliquin;396757As far as I know, this "ritual" is taken directly from Knights of the Dinner Table. Whether it ever happened for real or not, I don't know.

KotD sounds like a reasonable source. If stuff like this actually happened, well...  no, it must be a joke, seriously.
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July 31, 2010, 04:35:21 AM
Yes I do it to all my new game group members.
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July 31, 2010, 09:53:39 PM
Quote from: MarionPoliquin;396757As far as I know, this "ritual" is taken directly from Knights of the Dinner Table. Whether it ever happened for real or not, I don't know.

Yeah, it's KoDT.  I wouldn't be surprised if some Hackmaster groups did it.  I know of at least one that does the "Hubcap of Shame".
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Cylonophile

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July 31, 2010, 10:23:08 PM
I could see a ritual like this backfiring in some cases:

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/3240/image2826u.png
Go an\' tell me I\'m ignored.
Kick my sad ass off the board,
I don\'t care, I\'m still free.
You can\'t take the net from me.

-The ballad of browncoatone, after his banning by the communist dictators of rpg.net for refusing to obey their arbitrary decrees.
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