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Found a cool notebook

Started by Mystery Man, September 22, 2006, 08:27:43 PM

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fonkaygarry

#15
September 23, 2006, 10:39:02 PM
At thirteen bucks, it's the same as the moleskine I use as a diary.  It's also cheaper than an Applebee's steak dinner.

Piss on the hate, I'm buying one after the first.  I'll submit a review after a month or so.
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ColonelHardisson

#16
September 23, 2006, 10:52:04 PM
Quote from: Mr. AnalyticalA vulgar and tasteless trinket thrown up by an increasingly moribund industry desperate to wring a few final cents from its easily manipulated and witless customer base.

Sounds like a lot of hyperbole to me. I mean, really, the truly "vulgar and tasteless" thing I'm seeing here is the unnecessary insulting of anyone who, y'know, might actually like the look of the thing. It's the kind of thing that gives gamers the image lampooned by the shamefully-absent-from-this-board's-smileys image below. The name isn't bad, unless one is ashamed to admit one games. The faux-leather cover isn't that bad either, from the looks of it. Paizo has thus far produced nothing but quality, so I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
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cnath.rm

#17
September 23, 2006, 11:02:16 PM
Quote from: jrientsSpare me the flowery talk and give me the actual dimensions of the book, please.
Not sure the actual dim on it, but the ad copy for Dragon 347 says the pic is actual size, and it looks just a bit smaller then a normal mass market paperback book.

Quote from: ColonelHardissonPaizo has thus far produced nothing but quality, so I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
I just the hardcover of the first Adventure Path and it rocks, they have given me nothing but good service, and fast responce from customer service too.

I'm not a huge fan of the red and I wish they offered other colors, but I don't have a huge prob with it.

GameMastery is the name they have given to the line of products that they put out themselves, so it only makes sense to put it on thier notebook.
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Mr. Analytical

#18
September 24, 2006, 03:29:11 AM
Quote from: ColonelHardissonThe faux-leather cover isn't that bad either, from the looks of it. Paizo has thus far produced nothing but quality

  I think those two are mutually exclusive and if you think my opinions about the book are insulting to the people who like it then I compliment you on your perspicacity, sir.

  Anyone with a jot of taste would be repulsed by such a gaudy and over-priced piece of nonsense.  The OP's notebook is simple and yet luxurious, the Paizo one is vulgar and garish and "Gamemastery" is a horrible neologism anyway you cut it.  "Camptain Notes" would have been far less silly.

Mystery Man

#19
September 24, 2006, 08:40:38 AM
Quote from: Mr. AnalyticalThe OP's notebook is simple and yet luxurious....

Well, I don't know about luxurious. I mean I won't be rubbing it all over my glorious naked body or taking it with me to a 5 star restaurant. :D  I would call it sturdy and functional without a bunch of fluffy stuff I won't be using. I wouldn't want to turn this into a Paizo bashing contest. It looks like their trying to provide something useful to their customer, it just seems they didn't think things through far enough. Too bad they didn't ask me. :cool:

Personally, it does seem a bit overpriced for a hundred pages. And if the photo really is actual size it would be way too small, I can barely read my own handwriting as it is.
 

Caesar Slaad

#20
September 24, 2006, 09:20:58 AM
Re: The Paizo notebook. The NPC sheets and grids sounds like a pretty cool, useful combo. I would find the world map nigh useless, though. I'm totally on board the technology express when it comes to world mapping.

I'd buy the notebook in the OP, but it would certainly be only if I still had some money left in my gaming budget after game books I am interested in. That's not likely to happen any time soon.
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fonkaygarry

#21
September 24, 2006, 03:21:55 PM
If you're in the US, Slaad, you can pick up grid notebooks in any Barnes & Noble in their Moleskine display.
teamchimp: I'm doing problem sets concerning inbreeding and effective population size.....I absolutely know this will get me the hot bitches.

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