Ok, not really RPG related, but not really Media related, but completely Fuck You, You Cocksmocks, Wrap Yourself Around a Phone Pole related.

So, yeah, I've been kinda under the weather lately (physically and mentally), but everyone at work decides to cut out a bit early today and go to a local bowling alley to spend some fun time together. Sweet, yeah?

Went. Bowled. (good, considering how long - 176, 169), played some video games (including the original Missile Command - yar!!). Good times had by all.

Come out to head home, and some Princes of Princes had decided to smash in the rear passenger side window of my 4Runner and see what they could grab.

What'd they get? My black satchel full of game books (HAH fuckers, no laptop worth $1500 for you - put THAT in your crack-pipe and smoke it!)...

Yes, they struck at my very heart.

What's worse - it was full of Warhammer 1st and 2nd edition books I was reading for my future GMing pleasure. Yup. They went there.

Most of the books are ones I had picked up on eBay (courtesy of a recent posting by one of our regulars), but the biggest hit was the 2nd Edition core book, 2nd edition Realms of Sorcery, and 1st Edition Shadows Over Bogenhafen - all three of which belonged to my Sunday GM. Fortunately, they left the 1st Edition core book that the bag was sitting on, but still...

And my dice bag. And my memory stick with game-related files on it. And my Earthdawn character for Sunday.

Not asking for anything but lots of Black Bug Room sympathy and a few curses thrown the way of those fucking morons. Seriously, if you are running a game this weekend, have a couple of petty thieves turned inside out by some vile Dark Elder God for me.



.... fuck.

Yeah man, that sucks.

Just a few months ago, the chap that runs Palladium round these parts had his books an comic stollen out of his moms garage.

Quote from: Werekoala;414586.... fuck.

What a bunch of motherfuckers. Sorry to hear that.

The books'll probably just get thrown away, too.

Quote from: Cole;414592The books'll probably just get thrown away, too.

Oh, no doubt. Pearls before swine and all that...

Nastiest theft I came across over the years, were Sun Sparcstations machines being stolen from the university's computer labs.  They're the size of a medium pizza box and can fit into a briefcase.

Try to log on to a particular Sun Sparc computer, and find out later that it's been stolen.  :banghead:

Quote from: Cole;414592What a bunch of motherfuckers. Sorry to hear that.

The books'll probably just get thrown away, too.

Or used as paper to burn in a fireplace.

I think we should bring back public whippings.

Quote from: Cranewings;414600I think we should bring back public whippings.

Public beheadings.  Bringing back the guillotine as a form of capital punishment. :rolleyes:

Quote from: ggroy;414601Public beheadings.  Bringing back the guillotine as a form of capital punishment. :rolleyes:

I'm not kidding. It would save the state a ton of money if instead of tossing people in jail, you get your ass kicked. No prison based criminal training program, and little lost work.

Edit--plus it is a little funny.

Quote from: Cranewings;414603I'm not kidding. It would save the state a ton of money if instead of tossing people in jail, you get your ass kicked. No prison based criminal training program, and little lost work.

Edit--plus it is a little funny.

Wonder if it is cheaper to just throw someone in jail for life, than to put them on death row.  In many places, there's a lengthy appeals process which can go on for years before an inmate on death row can be executed.

I suppose if all appeals on death sentences are eliminated, in principle it would be cheaper.  Not so sure, when appeals can go on for many years or decades.  All those attorneys, judges, etc ... have to be paid eventually.

Funny thing, a friend had all his gaming books in a bag, too, and got his car broken into and it all taken in one grab.

I think I'd rather lose my laptop than one-of-a-kind stuff, even if the latter is nominally replaceable more cheaply.

I guess the moral is not to put books in a booksack anymore, let 'em slide around freely. Thieves don't take books, I guess.

"Funny" thing is, if they had taken just about anything else it wouldn't have bothered me as much. 1st problem- stealing things I had borrowed from someone else. 2nd problem - stealing RPG books. 3rd problem - being hellspawned crack-sucking ass masters.

You wouldn't want that here. In the us we put away a fucking lot of innocent people. Another reason why I like the public ass kicking - once it is over you can go back to normal life. So many innocents go to death row, they need a chance for it to be overturned.

Quote from: Doom;414605Funny thing, a friend had all his gaming books in a bag, too, and got his car broken into and it all taken in one grab.

I think I'd rather lose my laptop than one-of-a-kind stuff, even if the latter is nominally replaceable more cheaply.

I guess the moral is not to put books in a booksack anymore, let 'em slide around freely. Thieves don't take books, I guess.

A buddy of mine recently had his car broken into while he was in the bank. The crook got his bag with a borrowed, shitty old beater laptop, but missed the 2000 dollar one the bag was sitting on.

Quote from: Doom;414605I guess the moral is not to put books in a booksack anymore, let 'em slide around freely. Thieves don't take books, I guess.

Anecdotally, I've noticed some types of book are more often stolen by thieves.  For some reason, thieves were interested in guitar tablature books (of popular metal or grunge cds) and/or books about vampires.  No idea why.