Posted by Aresem on 07 January 2012 - 10:42 PM in Introductions

Well helloooo there. I'm ol' Aresem, we all know that, and I'm a nerd (we also know that)

You can find me all over the pleasure end of the nerd spectrum, which is basically everything but academics.

My biggest, wink wink, nerd trait would have to be my love of the supernatural. I'm into superhero comics, paranormal sci-fi, and all the forms of fantasy flowing out of Tolkiens grave. I'm big into gaming, computer or tabletop, and the second you mention dice I'll be rolling up character sheets.

That's me in a nutshell, you'll figure the rest out as you go

Posted by Aresem on 15 January 2012 - 11:40 PM in Announcements

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Posted by Aresem on 27 January 2012 - 11:39 PM in Tabletop Games

If I can figure it out, and if we both actually pay for accounts of our own instead of using a friends like I do now, we could hopefully get a one-off game made up of a few simple encounters set up to get you familiar with the game. I know at least my brother and 2 of his friends have subscriptions.

Who knows, if you liked it we might be able to get weekly games running and everything. That'd be really damn cool, Spleen, really damn cool. An official Nerdforum D&D campaign

edit: Turns out you don't even need to be a subscriber for the time being, only the host needs an account.

Posted by Aresem on 04 February 2012 - 10:38 PM in Tabletop Games

Posted by Aresem on 05 February 2012 - 08:31 PM in Tabletop Games

I was under the impression that a geek was a performer who did vulgar things in a sideshow, and that people started using it as a derogatory term in reference to awkward or unappealing folks, and that it was eventually adopted by the intellectuals and/or fanboys who were tired of letting the term get used against them because they weren't popular.

I'd say what you're describing is an otaku. But then again these are all just slang terms that don't mean anything. In fact, I'm going on Urbandictionary and defining a geek as an individual with wide hips with narrow shoulders.

And it'll be true

Posted by Aresem on 28 January 2012 - 07:42 PM in Tabletop Games

Posted by Aresem on 27 January 2012 - 08:31 PM in Tabletop Games

So it would appear Wizards of the Coast is working up a virtual D&D table like we were talking about a while back. It's already open for testing, but I'm not sure if it requires a subscription for every person using it. I know for one thing you can only access the character builder with an account. >_>

Regardless, with voice and text chat, tiles, dice and the like, this could be a really interesting development in the world of D&D. So far it seems pretty cool but it definitely needs a bit of cleaning up visually. Could be a good way to get gaming sessions in on days that aren't Monday. By the way, we'll likely have our first podcast in forever recorded uploaded by Tuesday, so it'll be posted here. Expect it to suck, we haven't gotten together to play in a while

Posted by Aresem on 30 January 2012 - 02:31 PM in Announcements

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Posted by Aresem on 22 January 2012 - 02:31 PM in Fantasy

Posted by Aresem on 21 January 2012 - 09:57 PM in Fantasy

See, that's what I meant by expensive It looks cool, and it'd feel cool using it, but in the end you'd still be out $150 for it

...that leather grip sure is awesome though.

http://www.thinkgeek...lectibles/e847/ <-- Also relevant

Posted by Aresem on 16 January 2012 - 01:21 AM in Fantasy

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Posted by Aresem on 16 January 2012 - 01:02 AM in Fantasy

I'm sure by now most people are familiar with LARP, if not just google it.

Anyway, here's where I stand: If the focus is primarily on combat, not so much on the actual roleplaying, it's fun as all hell.

Seriously, everybody wants to engage in melee combat. Don't lie to yourself. Ever since you first saw an axe and a sword in the same place, you wanted to have a bladefight.

And I mean, hell, you can even make/buy bows for that crap, with padded arrows. THIS IS THE LOGICAL NEXT STEP IN NERF, PEOPLE.

...WHY DO NONE OF MY FRIENDS WANT TO DO THIS

Posted by Aresem on 30 January 2012 - 09:56 AM in Sci Fi

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