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Who are the most interesting Old School Forum Posters?

Started by _kent_, May 05, 2012, 09:39:06 PM

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Marleycat

#30
May 06, 2012, 07:56:45 PM Last Edit: May 06, 2012, 07:59:00 PM by Marleycat
Either cover works for me. I'm just going to confirm for myself that it's as toolkit as you guys say before buying it. Sci-fi games aren't usually my thing so I usually ignore them. But any game as toolkit as Traveller perks my ears up. Once again thanks Jeff. :)
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Fiasco

#31
May 06, 2012, 08:44:24 PM
Quote from: Marleycat;536884Either cover works for me. I'm just going to confirm for myself that it's as toolkit as you guys say before buying it. Sci-fi games aren't usually my thing so I usually ignore them. But any game as toolkit as Traveller perks my ears up. Once again thanks Jeff. :)

SWN is awesome and Kevin Crawford is one of the best writers/game designers out there.

misterguignol

#32
May 06, 2012, 08:48:25 PM
Quote from: Marleycat;536884Either cover works for me. I'm just going to confirm for myself that it's as toolkit as you guys say before buying it. Sci-fi games aren't usually my thing so I usually ignore them. But any game as toolkit as Traveller perks my ears up. Once again thanks Jeff. :)

I also think Stars Without Number is awesome.  I'm not too big on sci-fi, but it makes me want to run a sci-fi game--which is the biggest recommendation I can give it.

Black Vulmea

#33
May 06, 2012, 08:52:15 PM
Quote from: DestroyYouAlot;536820The obvious answer is Richard / Blue Light / Blue Blaster / Arlo
phasedoor / elemental awe, AKA Richard Stincer.
I'd forgotten about Blue Blaster. And it's not a welcome memory.

prespos at Dragonsfoot is cut from similar cloth, but even he isn't as risible as Blue Blaster.
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_kent_

#34
May 06, 2012, 10:06:25 PM
You know, you sci-fi chatterers are just proving my point. You are a boring bunch of lads who would make your best contribution as silent forum lurkers. If guys like you did shut up then there would be no need to use search engines to find the good threads on forums.

A more damning observation from overhearing your nervous babble, irrelevant to this thread, is that the psychological frailty of the typical gamer is again exposed for all to see. Ive never met a gamer online who didn't think he was much smarter than he had any right to believe. This is an enduring nerd trait. What a waste of a life to be withdrawn, socially awkward, unlovely, immature, and an intellectual day-dreamer and yet be unintelligent. What horror!?

Vanity. You boring dullards can't abide anyone being singled out for being interesting and you are so vain you can't bring yourselves to mention anyone either.

jeff37923

#35
May 06, 2012, 10:13:43 PM
Quote from: _kent_;536921You know, you sci-fi chatterers are just proving my point. You are a boring bunch of lads who would make your best contribution as silent forum lurkers. If guys like you did shut up then there would be no need to use search engines to find the good threads on forums.

A more damning observation from overhearing your nervous babble, irrelevant to this thread, is that the psychological frailty of the typical gamer is again exposed for all to see. Ive never met a gamer online who didn't think he was much smarter than he had any right to believe. This is an enduring nerd trait. What a waste of a life to be withdrawn, socially awkward, unlovely, immature, and an intellectual day-dreamer and yet be unintelligent. What horror!?

Vanity. You boring dullards can't abide anyone being singled out for being interesting and you are so vain you can't bring yourselves to mention anyone either.

Then why are you bothering with us dullards? Could it be an exercise in your own vanity to prove that you are so much cooler and smarter than everyone else?
"Meh."

VectorSigma

#36
May 06, 2012, 10:20:02 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;536926Then why are you bothering with us dullards? Could it be an exercise in your own vanity to prove that you are so much cooler and smarter than everyone else?

Yes, probably that.

I can only presume that Kent would count himself amongst the small number of strong, useful, reliable, contributing posters on any given board?  Y'know, since he's so smart and all.
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Dog Quixote

#37
May 06, 2012, 10:21:36 PM
Quote from: _kent_;536921Ive never met a gamer online who didn't think he was much smarter than he had any right to believe. This is an enduring nerd trait. What a waste of a life to be withdrawn, socially awkward, unlovely, immature, and an intellectual day-dreamer and yet be unintelligent. What horror!?

Vanity. You boring dullards can't abide anyone being singled out for being interesting and you are so vain you can't bring yourselves to mention anyone either.

I'll tell you what.  There's an easy solution for you.  If someone appears to be a boring vain dullard, put them on your ignore list.

I'm doing it right now.

StormBringer

#38
May 06, 2012, 10:25:24 PM
Quote from: VectorSigma;536930Yes, probably that.

I can only presume that Kent would count himself amongst the small number of strong, useful, reliable, contributing posters on any given board?  Y'know, since he's so smart and all.
Awesome.

Quote from: Dog Quixote;536932I'll tell you what.  There's an easy solution for you.  If someone appears to be a boring vain dullard, put them on your ignore list.

I'm doing it right now.
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Marleycat

#39
May 07, 2012, 12:26:40 AM
Quote from: _kent_;536921You know, you sci-fi chatterers are just proving my point. You are a boring bunch of lads who would make your best contribution as silent forum lurkers. If guys like you did shut up then there would be no need to use search engines to find the good threads on forums.

A more damning observation from overhearing your nervous babble, irrelevant to this thread, is that the psychological frailty of the typical gamer is again exposed for all to see. Ive never met a gamer online who didn't think he was much smarter than he had any right to believe. This is an enduring nerd trait. What a waste of a life to be withdrawn, socially awkward, unlovely, immature, and an intellectual day-dreamer and yet be unintelligent. What horror!?

Vanity. You boring dullards can't abide anyone being singled out for being interesting and you are so vain you can't bring yourselves to mention anyone either.
Try harder you're disappointing me given your reputation. I at least thought you would keep me from boredom.
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Philotomy Jurament

#40
May 07, 2012, 12:37:40 AM
Quote from: Ladybird;536878Crawford's explanation for the monster cover is that he was advised it would help the game sell better in stores; I do think the starfield looks more striking, but if a redesigned cover helps it in the mass market, so be it.
I find the star field cover to be much more evocative and striking, and far superior to the "monster" cover, which I think looks like crap, especially in comparison.

I guess I'm not representative of the "mass market."
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Philotomy Jurament

#41
May 07, 2012, 12:48:48 AM
Posts by certain people pretty much always get my attention.  Off the top of my head: T. Foster, Matthew (I think he's Matthew-, on Dragonsfoot), Melan.  grodog, especially if it has anything to do with Greyhawk.  If you're searching old stuff, Evreaux at DF is worth checking out.  Mythmere.  

That's a non-exhaustive list, and all forum-related.  I don't find myself reading blogs much at all, lately.
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_kent_

#42
May 07, 2012, 03:10:54 AM
Quote from: Philotomy Jurament;536976If you're searching old stuff, Evreaux at DF is worth checking out.
Evreaux' classic module reviews at DF were outstanding.

Fiasco

#43
May 07, 2012, 03:43:21 AM
I would add Philotomy to the Awesome list and Kent to the Asbergers list.

crkrueger

#44
May 07, 2012, 06:16:11 AM
Quote from: Marleycat;536884Either cover works for me. I'm just going to confirm for myself that it's as toolkit as you guys say before buying it. Sci-fi games aren't usually my thing so I usually ignore them. But any game as toolkit as Traveller perks my ears up. Once again thanks Jeff. :)

It's a toolkit in the most useful way, one that doesn't just say "here's the tools, come up with something to build with it"(like BRP), but is also a game, in that it comes with a default campaign setup that is more detailed then most toolkits and yet designed to be the foundation that you lay a sandbox on.
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