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Posted by arsepuppy, 16:58, 20th October 2003:
 
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www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.php?pagename=...
Posted by Victor Menendez, 17:16, 20th October 2003:
 
Thats a quality article.
Posted by Grim..., 17:24, 20th October 2003:
 
I'd have put RPG's a little higher on the list.

Notice that programming didn't appear...
Posted by WarHead, 23:04, 20th October 2003:
 
Probably because the list was compiled (no pun intended) by a programmer.
Posted by Grim..., 13:39, 21st October 2003:
 
Hang on, train spotting wasn't on there either...
Posted by arsepuppy, 13:36, 22nd October 2003:
 
Nowt wrong with spotting trains....



/anorak
Posted by Mr.Nishi, 16:39, 22nd October 2003:
 
Well programming isn't a past time as it has some actual value. Gaming (and comics and CCG's) has no marketable use as I lamentably know. Unless you are looking to work in that industry that is.

Also i feel that RPG's are excessivly over rated for geekyness, they use them in theatrical training, management courses and an oodleplex of other places. Most of the anti agruments and associated hate/dislike comes from mis-informed opinion and a general unwillingness to accept other ideas and opinions. This doesn't stop the d20 system fellating bovines.
Posted by arsepuppy, 16:41, 22nd October 2003:
 
Yeah! Fuck the d20!


what's the d20?
Posted by arsepuppy, 16:43, 22nd October 2003:
 
Programming's a skill rather than a hobby, that's why it isn't there. Still doesn't negate it's inherent geekiness though ;p
Posted by tommorris, 16:48, 22nd October 2003:
 
d20 is a dice with twenty sides.
Posted by arsepuppy, 16:49, 22nd October 2003:
 
Crikey. Is six not enough?
Posted by tommorris, 16:52, 22nd October 2003:
 
Unfortunately not. For further information watch the episode of Futurama starring Gary Gygax. He has a strange belief that you can solve all of the worlds problems with many sided die.
Posted by arsepuppy, 16:53, 22nd October 2003:
 
"Orc takes 20 hit points"

"Odin gains 30 experience points"

"You sunk my battleship"

Never understood all that really.
Posted by tommorris, 16:54, 22nd October 2003:
 
Just to explain, in RPG terminology (I'm told), a dice is referenced as a xDy. x being the number of dice, and y being the number of sides of that dice. Therefore it's quite possible to have 2D6 as a variable that something in the game relies on - A happens if 2D6 > 6 and B happens if 2D6 < 6. That sorta thing.
Posted by plindoe, 16:55, 22nd October 2003:
 
Hattrick aint on there either, woohoo!!!
Posted by arsepuppy, 16:56, 22nd October 2003:
 
*none the wiser*

;)
Posted by Victor Menendez, 16:56, 22nd October 2003:
 
I notice the 'Y' starts working when you get on your high horse.
Posted by tommorris, 16:58, 22nd October 2003:
 
Hit points? Doddle - each instance on the field has a certain maximum, then when they are attacked, HP = HP-damage.

Experience points? When someone is defeated in a fight, there is a set number of points that kill is worth. As someone gets more exp they get advantages like their HP increases or strength or any other number of variables.

(Disclaimer: the extent of my RPG geekery is playing Final Fantasy 7-10, which rule)
Posted by tommorris, 17:00, 22nd October 2003:
 
Furries should have been #1.
Posted by arsepuppy, 17:01, 22nd October 2003:
 
FF7 annoyed me. One one hand, you had such an amazingly beautiful world to explore with good plotlines, good music, lovely graphics and so on, but the whole geeky "materia" shite put me off in a big way. A massive shame. Ditto FF8. That had a wonderful trailer but the game ultimately left me cold.
Posted by arsepuppy, 17:01, 22nd October 2003:
 
I wasn't even aware of the furries thing :/
Posted by tommorris, 17:05, 22nd October 2003:
 
Furries scare the shit out of me. I can just about understand most fetishes - but people impersonating animals whilst having sex with each other is mindfuck.
Posted by Mr.Nishi, 17:05, 22nd October 2003:
 
Nope it's the ctrl+v (unfortunately my e and 0 are giving up the ghost aswell):-P

Hit points = how much slagging a givern object (human, orc, harmless peasant etc...) can take before it breaks/dies.

Experience = how much you learn from slagging other things.

Try this I post as %&#*%$*&% it should help anone interested*...



*Who am i kidding
Posted by arsepuppy, 17:06, 22nd October 2003:
 
Tommorris - In that case, can you understand the whole "nullo" fetish? Scary shit, that.
Posted by arsepuppy, 17:08, 22nd October 2003:
 
For some reason, I imagine Chay being a Furry. Dressing up as a red panda, for example.
Posted by Mr.Nishi, 17:09, 22nd October 2003:
 
Nullo?
Posted by arsepuppy, 17:10, 22nd October 2003:
 
You'll have to look it up on Google. I won't explain.

*ick*
Posted by tommorris, 17:15, 22nd October 2003:
 
Yes, Extreme Body Modification:
www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/7/25/221540/...

Weird, weird shit.
Posted by arsepuppy, 17:17, 22nd October 2003:
 
Or simplification, to use a more fitting term.
Posted by tommorris, 17:19, 22nd October 2003:
 
Heh.
Posted by Mr.Nishi, 17:22, 22nd October 2003:
 
A link i'm having to pass on...amusing if slighly vexing
Posted by tommorris, 17:28, 22nd October 2003:
 
Oh, and that link is safe for work, sort of, but some of the links from that page most definitely aren't.
Posted by arsepuppy, 17:29, 22nd October 2003:
 
HAHA THEY GOT NO B@LLZ!!!11 LOL OMG!! THEY R SO GAY!!!!11 etc.
Posted by Mr.Nishi, 17:36, 22nd October 2003:
 
I found the arm/leg etc, slightly more disconcerting...that and the idea of forced/unwilling castration.
Posted by arsepuppy, 17:40, 22nd October 2003:
 
You get used to it. You can buy smaller pants for a start.
Posted by Sul, 17:42, 22nd October 2003:
 
you could buy fancy girl pants!
Posted by arsepuppy, 17:47, 22nd October 2003:
 
Damn straight.
Posted by Sul, 17:52, 22nd October 2003:
 
nah it's still a bit gayerish even if you dont have owt to fill 'em.
Posted by tommorris, 17:57, 22nd October 2003:
 
You'll never get a 'labial split' though...
Posted by arsepuppy, 17:59, 22nd October 2003:
 
Imagine the disappointment of buying crotchless pants and not having the ability to feel the pleasant gush of air that'd happen.
Posted by tommorris, 18:01, 22nd October 2003:
 
You wouldn't have a problem with cycling shorts though.
Posted by Mr.Nishi, 18:01, 22nd October 2003:
 
Camels hoof print is the tech term....and I'm sure that the Thai's have proceedures that could help the asthetics...
Posted by Mr.Nishi, 18:02, 22nd October 2003:
 
For some people (those who own socks) ccling shorts aren't a problem...
Posted by arsepuppy, 18:03, 22nd October 2003:
 
Cameltoe, ak-shurely.
Posted by Mr.Nishi, 18:08, 22nd October 2003:
 
Indeed it is, thanks for weilaying me mildl concern that i was the only person with a veri sketchi lexicon and knowledge of things best left unsaid in polite compani.
Posted by Mr.Nishi, 18:13, 22nd October 2003:
 
Just re-read that list, i am sooo sooo Geeki.....active involvement in #'s:-10,9,7,5 and 1.

I will dispute the #1 place thou as i met me GF at such and event.

[Stands back and waits for witti comments]
Posted by tommorris, 18:20, 22nd October 2003:
 
I don't care, as long as it's not #2. They're not just 'geeky' but actively freaky.
Posted by Mr.Nishi, 21:19, 22nd October 2003:
 
indeed :-0
Posted by tommorris, 13:44, 23rd October 2003:
 
All furries are nullos.
Posted by Mr.Nishi, 16:10, 23rd October 2003:
 
And you know this how :-s, also i think it goes against the idea. Animals have rather obvious male reproductive organs, so wouldn't the be wanting to emulate that aswell?
Posted by Victor Menendez, 16:13, 23rd October 2003:
 
Do female animals have obvious reproductive organs?
Posted by Mr.Nishi, 16:42, 23rd October 2003:
 
They are usuall internalized, some animals do have more obvious female reproductive organs but i can't think of any to hand, and nothing a furry would be interested in (I hope).
Posted by Victor Menendez, 18:34, 23rd October 2003:
 
Bah, I neglected to include the word 'male' there, Rather ruining the point i was trying to make. That'll learn me eh?
Posted by cruelemort, 19:46, 23rd October 2003:
 
Ah you gotta love Dungeons and Dragons :)
Posted by Sul, 20:26, 23rd October 2003:
 
Yeah :) What was that cute little unicorn's name again?
Posted by cruelemort, 22:53, 23rd October 2003:
 
Dunno, i was talking about the RPG :) cos i am that sad.
Posted by Redmaiden, 22:57, 23rd October 2003:
 
Uni