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WOTC Cracking down on posts at ENWorld

Started by Joethelawyer, April 29, 2010, 08:21:37 PM

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Windjammer

#75
May 01, 2010, 08:44:58 AM
Quote from: Doom;377700Who's the wrestler on the right? I grew up in Tampa, and he sorta looks like Mike Jones, but my memory is fuzzy.

Are you fucking kidding me? That's Andre the Giant. Now, ordinarily, I wouldn't insult you for your ignorance of the matter, but when the guy co-starred in the - for D&D fans - most important movie ever, 'tis a sad day, truly.
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Windjammer

#76
May 01, 2010, 08:49:50 AM Last Edit: May 01, 2010, 08:56:32 AM by Windjammer
Quote from: Benoist;377566Classic. You get used to it, or you just give up on them.

As for Albert Camus' The Rebel, I'm thinking this is a translation of L'Etranger, and if so, it's an awesome book. But also very depressing, if you're not paying attention/missing the story's actual point. Have a good read, dude.

EDIT - actually no. L'Etranger is The Stranger, and The Rebel is L'Homme Révolté, which I haven't read, but should, some day.

I've read it, it's easily one of my favourite Camus books (and I've read nearly all). It's not fiction, so already very different to the Outsider (@Benoist, that's how the English publishers prefer to translate L'Etranger) on that account. It's very much like his mature philosophical work, whereas Sisyphos was his young effort. Very, very different, much more serious, less poetic in tone*, the reasoning more long winded (iirc, he starts off on the death penalty etc) like his later political essays. It's really hard to not see a fundamental shift in tone and attitude when comparing it to the Sisyphos. Basically, looking at the two works I've always got less the feeling of the two Goldberg var. recordings by Gould - and more that of Wittgenstein's transition from Tractatus to Philosophical Investigations.

* Though the bits on the Mediterranean mentality which top it off are the most poetic he ever wrote. You absolutely must co-read this with his short prose "Summer in Algiers". Basically, Sisyphos + Outsider are as perfect a match as are Man in Revolt and Summer.

Edit. Not sure anyone would care, but I always liked the cover art for the German translation (which I read, as I don't read French):



PS. Joe, I've got no idea why you ordered the book. If it was merely on the whim for its catchy title (which I wouldn't put beyond you), I'd rather recommend the Steve McQueen movie Papillon. :D
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Joethelawyer

#77
May 01, 2010, 11:35:17 AM
QuotePS. Joe, I've got no idea why you ordered the book. If it was merely on the whim for its catchy title (which I wouldn't put beyond you), I'd rather recommend the Steve McQueen movie Papillon. :D


More for an exploration of the philosophical beliefs contained therein.  Other readings of late lead me to it.
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Benoist

#78
May 01, 2010, 11:45:03 AM
Quote from: Windjammer;377930PS. Joe, I've got no idea why you ordered the book. If it was merely on the whim for its catchy title (which I wouldn't put beyond you), I'd rather recommend the Steve McQueen movie Papillon. :D
Awesome movie, by the way. :)

The Butcher

#79
May 03, 2010, 04:44:23 PM
Quote from: Benoist;377970Awesome movie, by the way. :)

The book's not half bad, either.

Benoist

#80
May 03, 2010, 06:31:35 PM
Quote from: The Butcher;378377The book's not half bad, either.
Haven't read it, personally. :)

The Butcher

#81
May 03, 2010, 09:04:06 PM
All this talk of Papillon makes me want to run a game set in prison.

Expect a thread on the subject to pop up soon.

Narf the Mouse

#82
May 03, 2010, 10:08:58 PM
...Sounds fun. Like getting spikes shoved into your brain.
The main problem with government is the difficulty of pressing charges against its directors.

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Benoist

#83
May 03, 2010, 10:51:12 PM
Quote from: The Butcher;378439All this talk of Papillon makes me want to run a game set in prison.

Expect a thread on the subject to pop up soon.
Yeah! Misery tourism! :D

Peregrin

#84
May 03, 2010, 11:01:52 PM
Quote from: The Butcher;378439All this talk of Papillon makes me want to run a game set in prison.

Expect a thread on the subject to pop up soon.

Poison'd would work great for that.
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The Butcher

#85
May 03, 2010, 11:37:09 PM
Well, good or bad, the idea has a thread of its own. Go there and discuss. :D

Koltar

#86
May 04, 2010, 12:01:33 AM
Quote from: Benoist;378452Yeah! Misery tourism! :D

Maybe, Maybe not - all depends on how its statted out and such things like that.

After all, classic TRAVELLER did have an adventure called PRISON PLANET that had some pretty good ideas in it for adventures and starting campaigns.


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Settembrini

#87
May 04, 2010, 02:56:29 AM
Koltar wins the thread. Prison Planet bascially is the end all be all of Prison gaming. Nothing else needed.
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Koltar

#88
May 04, 2010, 03:07:53 AM
Quote from: Settembrini;378494
Koltar wins the thread. Prison Planet bascially is the end all be all of Prison gaming. Nothing else needed.

Yeah - but it looks like Jeff had the similiar or same thought and he posted basically the same kind of comment in that other thread.

Heck, even SJG did a take on a "Prison Planet" for GURPS: TRAVELLER. It wasn't quite the same but it also had very much usable stuff and maps.


- Ed C.
The return of \'You can\'t take the Sky From me!\'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUn-eN8mkDw&feature=rec-fresh+div

This is what a really cool FANTASY RPG should be like :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-WnjVUBDbs

Still here, still alive, at least Seven years now...
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