Quote from: CavScout;290432LAN party.. get friends, try it.

I have done it. It is fun. Although i was on the fast computer so it was more fun for me. Plus I got to yell a Mike Crow about Scott's Fireball policy...

Quote from: CavScout;290432LAN party.. get friends, try it.

...and when the power goes out??

You can still play pen & paper RPGs by candlelight, lantern light, and even sunlight.
On a calm day its possible to play an RPG at a picnic table and get decent sunburn on the arms while doing so.


- Ed C.

Quote from: Koltar;290444...and when the power goes out??

You can still play pen & paper RPGs by candlelight, lantern light, and even sunlight.
On a calm day its possible to play an RPG at a picnic table and get decent sunburn on the arms while doing so.


- Ed C.

Ahem, UPS...Ahem...

Quote from: mhensley;290406I wish rpg's were as popular as model railroads.  They at least still have two or three in print magazines for sale at every bookstore.

Ouch!

Quote from: RPGPundit;290414Especially since, unlike say Model Railroading, our hobby actually depends on not just two but THREE OR FOUR people at the very minimum being able to find each other and game together.

THIS is the big problem.   You can be a hardcore model railroad dude who never meets another fan of your hobby.   If you love RPGs and you can't gather a group, you are most likely going to seek out WoW or internet substitutes.

Quote from: shalvayez;290430OTOH, if the publishers of Shadowrun, Dark Heresy, Vampire, etc wanted to, what's stopping them from making MMORPGs of their own?

Twenty million dollars in development costs.

Quote from: Koltar;290444...and when the power goes out??

You can still play pen & paper RPGs by candlelight, lantern light, and even sunlight.
On a calm day its possible to play an RPG at a picnic table and get decent sunburn on the arms while doing so.

Perhaps it is because I don't work for minimum in a game shop but I pay my electric bill and so do those I hang with.

Oh, and if you have a hard-on for playing outside, you can always grab a wireless card or play in a WiFi spot.

Quote from: CavScout;290470Perhaps it is because I don't work for minimum in a game shop but I pay my electric bill and so do those I hang with.

Oh, and if you have a hard-on for playing outside, you can always grab a wireless card or play in a WiFi spot.

You stupid fuck, the power goes out for more than just "not paying the bill", weather can cause that shit as well.

You know, when the oil runs out there will be no more plastic. And then what will we do for dice?!?

Quote from: droog;290482You know, when the oil runs out there will be no more plastic. And then what will we do for dice?!?

They were made from bone before, so they will again...

Quote from: droog;290482You know, when the oil runs out there will be no more plastic. And then what will we do for dice?!?

:teehee:

Quote from: shalvayez;290478You stupid fuck, the power goes out for more than just "not paying the bill", weather can cause that shit as well.

Were you hit so hard on the head that you actually buy into the argument that the dangers of losing electrical power is a reason not to play a computer based game with friends?

Quote from: CavScout;290488Were you hit so hard on the head that you actually buy into the argument that the dangers of losing electrical power is a reason not to play a computer based game with friends?

Why not? It's obvious that you buy into the argument that "not paying the bill" is the only way to lose power.

Quote from: shalvayez;290496Why not? It's obvious that you buy into the argument that "not paying the bill" is the only way to lose power.

Naw, that's just my way of telling Koltar he is a dumb ass and that his objection was lame. So I ask again, were you hit so hard on the head that you actually buy into the argument that the dangers of losing electrical power is a reason not to play a computer based game with friends?

The way I look at it, electronic RPGs are like this.  Follow my handy chart!

We shall say a quality tabletop RPG is like good sex.

Now a solo electronic RPG is basically masturbation.  It might be scratching the itch, but its just not the same.

MMOs are cybersex.  Its just masturbation with a live person on the other end.

Outside of a few Tangency/GBS asexual wierdoes I think most of us would rather be getting IT ON WOOO as opposed to spanking the monkey/petting the kitty.

(I'm not sure what LARPing would be.  Orgies maybe?  Full contact S&M clubs?  Bath Houses?  Which would mean Boffer LARPs are prison.)

Interestingly enough I prefer solo RPGs to MMOs.  No dealing with stupid people.  Its my own little fun on my own terms.

(Anyone who has tried to roleplay online kinky or just RP knows how many fucking nitwits there are out there.  And some of these people are.. SCARY.  1/1d10 SAN loss at least!)

And yeah, the industry is going downhill.  No shit.  RPGs require multiple people who are available at the same times, who can find each other, want to hang out with each other, play the same damned game, and like the style of game played.

Add in the highway robbery some of these books cost (yes yes print runs I am aware.  I still don't give a shit.), the fact it requires some reading (a quickly dying art, though the preteen novels genre might help the next generation.  Even if it is ass like Twilight and Eragon type books), and the willingness to look for this stuff and its a disaster waiting to happen.

And laptops burn through batteries pretty quick, especially when wifi is on.  Hell, even the iPod Touch/iPhone, PSP, and Nintendo DS burn through them.  You aint playing outdoors all day long on one.  Shit, most times it SUCKS ASS playing one of them in daylight!  Not to mention most Wifi is not free, or its limited.  (You can play a DS free at McDonalds, but you gotta pay to use a web browser on a computing device.  Sucky considering we pay 20-50 bucks a month or so for our home connections.  Why pay more to use it in public?)

DU SANG DE LA CHIQUE ET DU MOLARD !

Come on guys, meet IRL, stage a fight, shoot a video and post it on the forum. At least it would be exciting ! But a virtual catfight about power shortage ? You gotta be kidding.

Quote from: boulet;290501But a virtual catfight about power shortage ? You gotta be kidding.

Everyone knows that Y2K was a plan by hard-core table-top RPGers to elevate their games to the premier hobby of the world... damm over-paid code fixers ruined everything! Now they've turned to the instabilities of the power grid!