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Old Geezer Q&A

Started by Drohem, July 05, 2012, 12:36:56 PM

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Drohem

July 05, 2012, 12:36:56 PM
In light of all the crazy admin stuff happening over at TBP, I hadn't been there in a long while.  Drinking my coffee this morning I wandered over into the D20 section and found this gem, IMO. :)

Love him or hate him, Old Geezer is back and opened up a Q&A thread of sorts that I found interesting.  Some of the issues that have spawned mega-threads here are touched upon in the thread.  Anyone who is interested in the early days of the hobby and how OD&D was approached by the first generation of gamers should give it a glance.

Old Geezer Q&A Thread.

Benoist

#1
July 05, 2012, 12:40:43 PM
He's got an account here. Somebody invite him to answer our questions and thereby pimp his upcoming book with us too.

thedungeondelver

#2
July 05, 2012, 12:42:45 PM
I'd love it if OG posted regularly here.  Or anywhere else than BTP.  Primarily because when people start asking him colossally stupid things and he points out the colossal stupidity of it, he won't get fucking banned for a month or two.
THE DELVERS DUNGEON


Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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crkrueger

#3
July 05, 2012, 12:43:13 PM Last Edit: July 05, 2012, 12:50:00 PM by CRKrueger
Here's the money shot.
Quote from: Old GeezerBut in this old fart's opinion, things took a turn for the worse when the zeitgeist of the game went from "Anything not forbidden is permitted" to "Anything not permitted is forbidden."


He's Kickstarting a book, anyone want to start a pool on how much he'll rake in?  The winner gets to use the Batslap with impugnity.
Even the the "cutting edge" storygamers for all their talk of narrative, plot, and drama are fucking obsessed with the god damned rules they use. - Estar

Yes, Sean Connery\'s thumb does indeed do megadamage. - Spinachcat

Isuldur is a badass because he stopped Sauron with a broken sword, but Iluvatar is the badass because he stopped Sauron with a hobbit. -Malleus Arianorum

"Tangency Edition" D&D would have no classes or races, but 17 genders to choose from. -TristramEvans

thedungeondelver

#4
July 05, 2012, 12:48:07 PM
Quote from: CRKrueger;556861Here's the money shot.

For me, it's this:

Quote from: Old Geezer"Evil" campaigns. Because the people who wanted that thought "evil" meant explicit torture and explicit rape. And it wasn't one or two people; EVERY time Gary got a request or submission involving "evil" PCs that's what you got. As Tim Kask said, "these people are fucking sick."

...because it puts paid to the two pieces of fucking garbage being published today, which I won't even stoop to mention the names of.
THE DELVERS DUNGEON


Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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Astrophysicists are reassessing Einsteinian relativity because the 28 billion l

Exploderwizard

#5
July 05, 2012, 01:08:09 PM
Quote from: thedungeondelver;556865For me, it's this:



...because it puts paid to the two pieces of fucking garbage being published today, which I won't even stoop to mention the names of.

There is an awful lot of garbage out there. Only two really?
Quote from: JonWakeGamers, as a whole, are much like primitive cavemen when confronted with a new game. Rather than \'oh, neat, what\'s this do?\', the reaction is to decide if it\'s a sex hole, then hit it with a rock.

Quote from: Old Geezer;724252At some point it seems like D&D is going to disappear up its own ass.

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;766997In the randomness of the dice lies the seed for the great oak of creativity and fun. The great virtue of the dice is that they come without boxed text.

thedungeondelver

#6
July 05, 2012, 01:12:55 PM
Quote from: Exploderwizard;556873There is an awful lot of garbage out there. Only two really?

I'm thinking of two specific ones.
THE DELVERS DUNGEON


Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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Astrophysicists are reassessing Einsteinian relativity because the 28 billion l

Marleycat

#7
July 05, 2012, 01:14:48 PM
Quote from: Benoist;556859He's got an account here. Somebody invite him to answer our questions and thereby pimp his upcoming book with us too.

I would but he doesn't know me at all. Do you think a PM mentioning you guys would help?
Don\'t mess with cats we kill wizards in one blow.;)

beeber

#8
July 05, 2012, 01:15:27 PM
any link for the kickstarter?  i just want to watch it and see if it reaches T5/rappan athuk/etc. levels of ridiculousness.

Benoist

#9
July 05, 2012, 01:18:51 PM
Hasn't been announced yet.

More stories from Mike @ http://blogofholding.com/?p=4912

Drohem

#10
July 05, 2012, 01:19:12 PM
Well, I don't know him either, but I extended an invitation for him to come here and start up a thread. :)

Benoist

#11
July 05, 2012, 01:20:18 PM
Quote from: Marleycat;556878I would but he doesn't know me at all. Do you think a PM mentioning you guys would help?

Sure. Just tell him that if he feels like talking some more about the good ol' times he can do it here as well.

crkrueger

#12
July 05, 2012, 01:38:23 PM
Quote from: Benoist;556883Sure. Just tell him that if he feels like talking some more about the good ol' times he can do it here as well.

and he won't get banned for telling Pundit to go fuck himself. :D
Even the the "cutting edge" storygamers for all their talk of narrative, plot, and drama are fucking obsessed with the god damned rules they use. - Estar

Yes, Sean Connery\'s thumb does indeed do megadamage. - Spinachcat

Isuldur is a badass because he stopped Sauron with a broken sword, but Iluvatar is the badass because he stopped Sauron with a hobbit. -Malleus Arianorum

"Tangency Edition" D&D would have no classes or races, but 17 genders to choose from. -TristramEvans

jeff37923

#13
July 05, 2012, 01:41:23 PM
If you are going to invite Old Geezer over here to talk about the early days of D&D, do it because of the quote below.

Quote from: Old GeezerI do have nostalgia for other things, though. I miss the days before sitting around a table drinking beer and talking about pretending to be an elf became SERIOUS BUSINESS!!!
"Meh."

Marleycat

#14
July 05, 2012, 02:02:14 PM
The site crashed for me. Maybe I'll try later.  But Drohem sent him a PM already so if he wants to show up he will.
Don\'t mess with cats we kill wizards in one blow.;)
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