Typers or Writers?

talysman · July 25, 2016, 03:33:40 PM

Quote from: talysman;909717For dungeon and wilderness keys, I usually do it by hand.

For dungeons or adventures I intend to release to the public, I type.

For things like new classes or house rules, it change from time to time. I still have some notebooks with handwritten houserules for AD&D 1e. But these days, I type it. I used to use Emacs for my primary text program, but in the past year, I was using TED Notepad or Stackedit. Lately, I've been using Notepad++.

I've been thinking of switching to speech to text, though, using Google Docs and/or the Android voice input system. Not sure what you'd consider that. Typing with your tongue?

Quote from: PrometheanVigil;909784DevOps or old-school codeminer? The Emacs, of course.

I just wanted something truly plain text, but with lots of features. In particular, Emacs has the ability to cut arbitrary rectangles of text, so that you can cut and paste columns of text to rearrange them, a feature other plain text editors either don't have, or can't do easily. I also did hand-coding of HTML, so there's that, too, I suppose.

I'm not really a programmer, but I do some Perl scripts from time to time, so there's that, too. In fact, right now, I happen to be working on some scripts specifically for formatting my RPG stuff.

RPGPundit · August 01, 2016, 12:41:46 AM

Largely typing for the last decade or so.

Rincewind1 · August 01, 2016, 05:32:54 AM

Typing - can't remember a game I've had that I did not utilise a laptop at very least in past 5 years.

GameDaddy · August 01, 2016, 08:17:11 AM

My best maps are hand drawn then scanned and digitized.

For stories, adventures, encounters, and tables mostly I'll write that out by hand first, and if it is really good, then type it up in a desktop publishing app like Publisher or LibreOffice.

For random tables I use an app called Inspiration Pad Pro for Windows available free from Nbos software here; http://www.nbos.com/

Coffee Zombie · August 01, 2016, 09:49:05 AM

If I'm having a rough time getting my creativity flowing, I will go back to handwriting. I write fast and very legibly, and am proud of my handwriting - but then I have to copy it again into digital notes. Most of my material I end up sharing with the group nowadays, and it's easier to share typed materials. Since I picked up a laptop, I've been typing almost everything I do. For maps, etc, I will typically draw these on my tablet.

Ronin · August 03, 2016, 07:48:02 PM

Before a game or working on setting and material, I mostly type. During a game, it is all hand written.

Old One Eye · August 05, 2016, 06:21:10 PM

Print rather than writing, but everything is hand, pencil, and lined or graph paper. All stuffed in 3 ring binders.

The only thing I use a computer is searching for pictures, maps, and of course pdfs of adventures or whatever. Anything used is printed out and stuffed in the binder.

carpocratian · August 07, 2016, 04:05:34 AM

I type 80+ words a minute and my handwriting sucks, so I type everything.

When I'm GMing, I put most of my stuff into Scrivener these days. If I'm a player and just taking notes, I use Word, Wordpad, or something like that.

RPGPundit · August 12, 2016, 09:57:07 PM

Quote from: Ronin;911275Before a game or working on setting and material, I mostly type. During a game, it is all hand written.

Well yeah, like little scribbles or notes or stats or whatever. I assumed the OP meant prep and campaign material.

Harlock · August 14, 2016, 08:31:40 PM

I love the written word. I collect and use fountain pens in fact. For gaming, my prep, ideas, brainstorming - that is to say rough draft and inspiration - is hand written. If I develop concrete campaign additions, it gets typed into a formal campaign document.

Spinachcat · August 14, 2016, 08:45:06 PM

Everyone knows you gotta scrawl Cthulhu scenarios in bloody fecal finger paint.

I hate paper with lines. Hate.hate.hate.

So I scribble on sketch pads and translate into an Open Office doc. I recently downloaded LibreOffice to try that out. Not a fan of MSWord.