Canonfire! Forums-viewtopic-The "Introduce Yourself" Thread

Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:30 pm Re: A Couple of Questions

Only cause Mystic told me to. ;P

First Name? Chris
Age? 22
Location? Currently Boise, soon to be elsewhere
When you started playing D&D? Freshman year of HS... 2002ish
What rules you started with? 3.5
where does your Forum Nick come from? Good Question...
LtGreeneyes; used it since WC3 originally came out.
Llurendt; a newer name used for RP-style stuff rather than Strategy

Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:35 pm

Name - Mandie
Age - 25
Location - Dallas, Texas
Started - High School
Rules - 3.5
Forum Nick - I get asked this a lot because of the nature of my name. Unfortunately I've never been able to pen the tale from which I drew the name to my satisfaction, so I'll give a 'short' explanation here.

I had a dream when I was fourteen. In the dream I was eighteen (this embarasses me because it's sappy and silly and girly, all things I usually try not to be overly much) and had 'never' found love (nevermind that eighteen is young, at the time I was fourteen).

I died and went to Heaven where God gave me a choice to stay in Heaven or save other people as an angel on Earth. I chose the latter. As an angel who could not be seen by living people I went around helping them. I fell in love with one person in particular who was particularly good spirited and helpful. I was sad because he didn't even know I existed.

One night while I was watching over said person I walked out on their balcony and cried to God about my troubles. A few of my tears turned to crystal on the balcony, but the wind blew most of them away before morning. When the man woke up he found a single tear still present and he took it and put it on a leather cord which he wore as a necklace from that day forward.

He knew me through that tear, and we eventually lived (okay, maybe not lived since we were both in the afterlife) happily ever after.

There, it's gushy and silly, and the tale is told.
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Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:36 pm

First Name: Billy

Age: 24

Location: Dallas, Texas

When you started playing D&D: 1998* (Sort of), 2001

What rules you started with: AD&D* (Sort of), Mostly 3.0

Where does your Forum Nick come from: It came from a World of Warcraft character. Crystaltears my better half suggested a name to me. I changed some letters around, and presto you get my current screen name.

*Now I just want to amend that the reason I say sort of is I played in a single AD&D game with a father years ago (1998 in fact), and I hated it. A few years later 3.0 came out, and my best friend got me to play in it. The rest is so we say history.

Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:46 pm

First name: John

Age: 50

Location: Shippensburg, PA

When did you start playing: 1981

What I started playing: AD&D

Nickname: Tigger and Tom were two of my first cats, had them 17+ years each
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Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:49 pm

First Name? Daniel
Age? 45
Location? Summerfield, NC (pop. 7,000), within driving distance of Wilson's Grocery. The proprietor, Shorty, is considered by many to be the "internet of Summerfield".
When you started playing D&D? 1979... the same year I got my first computer ( Apple ][+ ).
What rules you started with? Basic D&D (chits rule!). I "borrowed" the unopened box set from my oldest brother's closet. He was always going from hobby to hobby to hobby, so it was not missed (little brothers ALWAYS pilfer).
where does your Forum Nick come from? When I was a freshman in college, I did a paper on the Greek wind god Aeolus. I combined it with aeolian, to make my first AOL screen name, when I signed into the service in 1985 (it was still AppleLink:PE, then).

Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:00 pm

All right...

Cody

thirty-one

Minneapolis

Started playing 2E in 1990. Got into GH in 1993. Started tracking down 1E books and modules in the mid-nineties. Currently catching up with the 3E GH lore I ignored.

Nickname: When I was fifteen I realized my internet handle "vesparian" (from the CoG box) was really dorky. I switched to "vestcoat" because it sounded meaningless and funny, but kind of similar.

Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:04 pm

DarkHerald, you are onto something here! And here I thought that I had some "fun" posts. OK, I'll join in:

First Name: Jason (like the Greek hero...don't think that I didn't, clumsily, use that as a pick-up line...ask my wife) Happy

Age: 38 (not happy with it)

Location: SW Washington, just above Portland, Oregon

When started: If you read my Intro, you know this. I was about 8 yrs old, living in Cincinnati, when an older kid named Paul introduced me to the game. I've been hooked ever since.

What rules did I start with: boxed set, whatever that was, then 1st edition. I am now an avid 2nd edition dude who also likes the Options stuff too.

Forum name: Lanthorn is the nickname of my bladesinger, Lanathian Celdor, although his 'real name' (read the Complete Guide to Elves) is a secret until you prove that you are a real friend! Maybe some day I will share that with one of you...

Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:22 pm

Holy Crap; another 2nd Edition fan...I thought I was the only one! :) Yay for Lanthorn!

Okay; name: Max Vale

Forum Nick: See above + year of birth

Age: 35

I began playing D&D in '86 when my cousins introduced me and my older sister to the AD&D 1st Edition; I immediately loved it and soon went to KB Toys with money I made from cutting grass to buy the Mentzer Red-Box set with the Elmore picture....I have only recently learned that when most people say "Red Box"; they are NOT referring to this set but to the earlier Moldvay set!

My cousin ran a truly EPIC T1-4 campaign for his brother (my other cousin); my sister and I; and this really hooked me into the Greyhawk stuff. At about this time (late 80s, early 90s); the various Greyhawk boxed sets and numerous sourcebooks were coming out; and I absolutely fell in love with Sargent's stuff. I was aware of the earlier Gygax set; but didn't own it until much later; and so while I certainly understand why many were upset at the "upheavals" in the setting; it never bothered me that much. It was only WAY later that I learned of the initial Gygax/Kuntz version of GH that they played before pretty much ANY version of D&D was out; and how much the world had changed in its various iterations.

When 3rd came out; I flat out hated it....I hated the art; hated the prestige class; and REALLY hated the "feats"....to me; it was nothing more than trying to put a computer game down on paper; though I certainly understand WHY the game companies did this.

4th doesn't bother me nearly as much as I see it as a return to the game's roots; i.e. miniature war-gaming; but it doesn't appeal to me.

For me; I like 2nd...and I'm starting to get into BECMI rules a bit more.....I don't mind 1st either.

Anyway; that's pretty much my story...and for Anna from several posts back...please, please, please, PLEASE, never be-moan the fact that you're not a blonde! As perhaps the only man on the planet who really doesn't care for blondes and LOVES brunettes and dark-haired women.....if I was made out of money, I would give a 100 smackers to every chick I saw walking around who didn't dye/lighten/bleach/streak/etc. her natural dark hair!

(Okay...I'll get off my lonely-**** pulpit now! :) )

Keep gamin'!

-Max

Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:43 pm

Ok I'll bite!

First Name: Dennis

Age: 39

Location: Jersey City, NJ The state in which the Statue of Liberty actually resides. The city with a park called Liberty State Park I wonder why?

When did you start playing D&D? Yesterday... Just kidding actually 1986 with some guys I met in High School and the carnival.

What rule system did you start with? AD&D 1st edition had some D&D stuff but started with AD&D, never looked back. Then 2E until maybe 2008 then 3.5 E with 2E influences.

Where does your forum nick come from? None of your damn business! I kid I kid.. Argon was the first character I created he was a Trollborn Barbarian from the Thillonrian Peninsula. He made it to tenth level in about ten years since after the third session of playing I took over the DMing duties and rarely got to play him. Though my first DM Eddie was pretty good and Argon was gifted his moniker weapon the Silver Moon Battleaxe by a race of cloud giants. Yes I made it to a cloud city me fifth level surrounded by 10th -12th level characters still holding my own.

Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:12 pm

Maxvale, you and I...we will hold the lines for 2nd edition and garner more troops to bolster our ranks!!! Happy

Argon, don't fret about the 'low lvl character.' In ALL the years I have played, the HIGHEST lvl my characters have achieved fall short of your own PC. Dirk, my ranger, is but 7th lvl, Lanthorn (bladesinger) is 6/7 (fighter/mage), and my bard (retired) is 7th. I have others who are catching up, though...
Levels don't make the character (I keep saying this to myself in a fetal position, rocking back and forth). Embarassed

This thread has been HIGHLY successful! Props to our author. The bar has been sight very high for my next 'fun' post...

-Lanthorn the Impressed

Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:16 pm

Actually, old timers Maldin and Mystic are 2e fans. ;)
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Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:23 pm

Perhaps we will bolster their ranks!

Embarassed

Wed Aug 31, 2011 6:55 am

WHOO-HOO! 4 fans of 2nd Edition.....that's AWESOME! We can now form the 'nerd clique' of the GH community on Canonfire! (Thankfully, I've allready found a sucker-of-a-wonderful-woman and married her; otherwise, after statements like that; I'd NEVER find another woman to put up with me! :) )

Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:05 am

Maldin, two cuckoos have escaped from their clocks and want to join our club, what do you think?

Hahahahaha!

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Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:08 am

Max,

Sounds like you and I are cut of the same cloth. In other circles, I proudly proclaim my status as a nerd. Like yourself, too, I found a very accepting woman to marry me (though I keep telling her she's a closet gamer at heart) and put up with my antics.

Cool

-Lanthorn

(check your PM...that goes for a few of you, actually!)

Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:22 am

Like I said . . . weird.

Except for the 'marrying a good woman' part.

Hahahahahaha

Glad to have you guys with us.

(Wait a minute! Lanthorn didn't send ME a pm!) :P

Hehehehe

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Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:39 am

(Check now, M-S. Happy

)

Weird, indeed! Plan to keep it that way! There's nothing more tragic to me than being "normal," whatever that is.
Tis a pleasure to be 'aboard!' Again, thanks for all the warm welcomes and the like.

-Lanthorn the Weird

Tue Sep 06, 2011 5:12 am

First Name: Brian
Age: 41
Location: Southern California
When you started playing D&D: 1978
What rules you started with: OD&D just a bit, then Basic & Expert D&D
Where does your Forum Nick come from: Cebrion- the name of my favorite Monty Haul character, a Gray Elf F 21/M 28/T 23. Shocked

The name is pronounced SEE'-bree-un.

I first got into collecting medieval miniatures(knights to be exact) in 1978, and that quickly bled over into fantasy miniatures of all types(I probably have near to 15,000 minis at this point, and that is after getting rid of at least 6,000 of them over the years Shocked

). That led to the pamphlet books(Chainmail, Swords & Spells, Eldritch Wizardry, Greyhawk, Blackmoor, etc.), and then to OD&D which a friend had, and then to Basic and Expert D&D boxed sets which my brother and I received for Christmas. That quickly led to AD&D 1E and 83' World of Greyhawk boxed set(snuck some Chaosium Call of Cthulhu in there too for good measure), which then led to AD&D 2E. My most active period of playing encompassed the 1E and 2E eras of the game.

Many other games were played from 1992 to 2000, including Warhammer 40,000, Warhammer Fantasy Battle, and Warhammer Ancients(being true to my miniature collecting roots); CHAMPIONS, Fantasy HERO, Ars Magika 5E, a few other RPGs, many more sets of miniature wargaming rules(DBA, DBM, Sword and the Flame, Retinue, and many others I can't recall), and a host of fun games(O.G.R.E., Kill Doctor Lucky, WizWar, Munchkin, Ninja Burger, Zombies!, Politics as Usual card game, Illuminati card game, M:tG card game, V:tM card game, and many others besides).

In 2000 I started up D&D 3E(and picked up the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer of course), which turned into D&D 3.5, and I pretty much stuck with that until 2007. I was rather pleased with the effect that the OGL had on the gaming industry as a whole, and was mostly pleased with the offerings of Necromancer Games, Sword & Sorcery((White Wolf's offerings), and Goodman Games. Paizo's stuff didn't suck too bad either. Laughing

And so I am mucking about with Pathfinder now. While 4E is a fine RPG system, its lack of compatibility with the metric crap ton of 1E through 3.5E/PF products that I have has turned me from that path. Yeah, WotC probably would have had even more of my money if they hadn't changed things so drastically(suckers!). Laughing

I do own the D&D 4E core rulebooks though, as I have a habit of studying rule sets and like to stay up on things at least a bit.
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Tue Sep 06, 2011 1:34 pm

Tue Sep 06, 2011 7:04 pm

BW,

Confucius says nice philosophy, Witch is good! Laughing

Later

Argon

Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:57 pm

First Name: Andrew

Age: 42

Location: southern shore of Lake Erie

Start: 1981. My brother got the Basic D&D box set for Christmas. He didn't think much of it and then gave it to me. Best hand-me-down I every got. Have moved through AD&D, AD&D 2nd and to D&D 3 and 3.5. Stopping at 3.5 and will loot Pathfinder at my whim.

Forum Nick: A spell in Treasures of Greyhawk, Andrui's Baneful Backfire, has played a significant role in the Greyhawk campaign I have been running with friends from college since 1988. [/i]

Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:19 pm

First Name: Austin
Age: 21 (22 in August)
Location: Mesa, Arizona in the United States.
When you started playing D&D: Age 14, about 2004
What rules you started with: I started with 3.0
where does your Forum Nick come from: Was a legendary character "Talrumek" in a short story I was writing when I was a teen. Forgot the story, but kept most of the name. Rumek is just short for Talrumek.

Now, I'm a young guy. I call myself a "Neo-Grognard" because I started with later editions, but found I prefer older editions and had an overall more 'oldschool' taste.

My favorite edition is 2e with select supplements (depending on the type of game), but 1e and 0D&D are close seconds. (I own every major edition of D&D released, so I've seen the gamut)

Anyway, I hope to continue on my never ending quest of preaching the truth of the old ways to the newer generation.

Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:35 am

Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:35 am

Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:06 pm

First Name: Mark
Age: 43
Location: Roseburg Oregon
When you started playing D&D: Age 8, about 1976
What rules you started with: the original blue box/ red box
Where does your Forum Nick come from: I was born with it. the story goes that i would kick so hard that i would wake my dad up. at the same time the Bambi movie had just come out, and the kicking reminded him of the rabit Thumper.

Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:08 am

First Name: Matthew
Age: 41
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Started playing: Age 11
Rules: Started with 1st Edition
Nickname: I was on the boards as Phalastar Greycloak which was a character name. My current nickname was given to me as a joke from my last two trips to the UK where I spent a good deal of time checking out a large number of castles.

A friend at primary school once tried to explain the game his older brother taught him. I didn't quite get it - I kept asking where these very exciting dungeons were. A couple of years later, friends at school were playing Boot Hill (western role playing) and I joined in, then moved to D&D.

Enjoyed all editions of the game, thought 3rd and 3.5 pathfinder were close the the pinnacle. Lost me on 4th. Open mind on 5th but predicting something close the 3rd edition with a million optional rules.

I also enjoyed answering questions not asked (apparently).

Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:24 am

First Name: George
Age: 47
Location: Deer Park Texas (aka Houston for those that don't know Texas Cartography..... its about 40miles south east of houston)
When you started playing D&D: about 1979-80 depending on what you want to call D&D
What rules you started with: I started with chainmail. Yea. I said it.. chainmail.. hehe... I was originally drawn to the game via table top wargaming (avalon hill stuff, like Third Reich, Squad Leader, Flat Top, Wooden ships Iron men, etc) a group of friends in HS and I picked them up ( the original white then blue box/ red box ) and we began from there. I started DMing about 2 years later when we lost our DM to college, and that has been my preferred play style ever since. Die hard 2e fan, but between work demands and life "we retired our campaign" in 2001. Recently (oct2011) I returned permanently from out of country work and was urged by my son and old players to perform a Resurrection of the campaign. My only challenge as an old school guy has been converting to 3.5e (since its the preferred of 4/6 of my new players).
Where does your Forum Nick come from: Was the first PC I rolled up. (I died or did I hehe just incase my players are peaking in) DLG has since evolved into a PC nemesis.
Thanks to Jamesdglick for "Resurrecting this thread"
And Thanks also to DH for posting this thread!! learned alot about all those I've been conversing with! and as all dark lords know.. where there is knowledge there is power.... Mawaahahaa

Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:41 am

Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:15 pm

<Who do you think "encouraged" our new friend to post?>

Wink

Yes, I must tip my cap to DarkHerald for this very successful, popular, and enlightening thread. It has been one of my favorites since I first joined, and I thoroughly enjoy reading updates as people add to it.

Thanks to all of you who have posted.

-Lanthorn (Jason)

P.S. DLG, don't give up on 2e or its fans. WE STILL EXIST. Happy

Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:45 pm

Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:52 am

First Name: Nicola
Age: 21
Location: Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy
Started Playing: 2005(Age 15)
Rules: Dungeons & Dragons 3.5
Nick Comes from: Omega Weapon, Final Fantasy VIII toughter boss battle, 9999 it's the maximum point of damages a character can do in FFVIII. I Invented this nickname when i was 12, before even knowing what was D&D.

Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:05 am

Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:21 pm

I will be 22 in May Razz

Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:02 pm

Tue Feb 14, 2012 5:08 am

Hahahah XD, BTW I've been DMing Greyhawk for about 3 years now, I found it searching for a setting for my games. And I had not enough money to buy a setting like the Realms. So i Bought the Gazeteer(the italian one) and then i found the wiki, and this site.

Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:18 am

Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:57 am

I Know, I know! I absolutely love this setting! and even my players now love it! one of my players is even now running a campaign in GH!(in which i'm a Player) and now we're stuck in the Crypt of Lizandred the Mad!

Sat Feb 25, 2012 6:12 pm

Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:27 am

First Name? Rafael.
Age? 29.
Location? Madrid, Spain.
When you started playing D&D? ...Uhm, 1991. Played more other games, though.
where does your Forum Nick come from? From Walter Scott's classic novel, "Ivanhoe".

Wow, I sound exciting.
...Perhaps I am.
...Not gonna tell you.
...Or perhaps, yes.
...Or perhaps, no.
... Or, yes.
...Yeah, I am a pretty exciting person.
...I smell good, and stuff.
...Also, I have nice tattoos.
...Even some fantasy themed.
...To be honest, I think sometimes, I like Thieves World more than D&D.
...Nah, crap.
...<3 D&D, <3 Greyhawk.

I think I am gonna eat a muffin now.
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Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:56 pm

Name: Nathan
Age: 39
Location: Ithaca, NY
When I Started Playing D&D: Complicated answer. Variously, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991.
Rules: Started with 1e; played through 2e & 3e, stopped just before 4e.
Forum Nick: Derives from my real name. Nathan Ellis Irving = N. Ellis Ir. = Nellisir

Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:42 pm

Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:29 am

No kidding.

Try and resist the urge to post a page or more of...nothing, folks. Confused

Editing to ensue...
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Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:56 am

My apologies. My sense of humor, it is rather whacky...
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Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:12 am

Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:41 am

Too funny.

Just keep it on topic, that being member profiles/backgrounds. Wink

Also, just to let everyone know, everyone has a journal function in their member profile to put up more detailed information on themselves.
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Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:06 pm

Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:17 pm

Name - Shane
Age - 27
Location - Northeast Arkansas, USA
Started - 1997
Rules - AD&D 2nd Edition
Forum Nick - A play on my last name, and one that I like to use for characters when I actually get a chance to play :D

Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:00 pm

Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:58 pm

First Name? Hauke.

Age? 39.

Location? Flensburg, Germany. Right on the border to danmark.

When you started playing D&D? 1984/85

What rules you started with? D&D Basic, Red box by Frank Mentzer; first german printing

Where does your Forum Nick come from? AD&D 2nd Forgotten Realms. I really liked the novels featuring cyric.

Tue May 08, 2012 4:43 pm

Sorry, I thought I had already replied to this.

First Name? Stephen (prounced with 'v', but spelled with 'ph')
Age? 43, but will turn 44 in November of this year
Location? Purvis, Mississippi, in the Grand Ole US of A
When you started playing D&D? 1986
What rules you started with? AD&D (1st)
where does your Forum Nick come from? Ah. Arminas was the name of my very first D&D character, a lawful evil monk. His story can be found on these boards here: http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=4981

Master Arminas

Mon May 14, 2012 2:35 pm

First Name?
Mark

Age?
41

Location?
San Francisco

When you started playing D&D?
1980

What rules you started with?
Basic (the boxed set with the big red dragon on it)

where does your Forum Nick come from?
Name of an olven NPC I had in a campaign some time ago.

Mon May 21, 2012 3:50 pm

First Name? Josh

Age? 37

Location? Grovespring, Missouri, USA

When you started playing D&D? 1989 or 1990

What rules you started with? AD&D 2e

Where does your Forum Nick come from? It came from a character I made but never got to play. I liked the name so I use it.
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Thu May 31, 2012 7:39 pm

First name: Greg
Age: 35
Location: Northern Virginia, USA
When you started playing D&D? 1988 - I was in 6th grade and I played a gnome thief named Worg. We were attacked by giant ants. Somehow I got a pet pseudodragon.
What rules you started with? AD&D 1E
Where does your Forum Nick come from? Short for Nerd Cavalry

Thu May 31, 2012 8:13 pm

Heya nerdcav, welcome to Canonfire!

Fri Jun 01, 2012 3:58 pm

First Name? Ty
Age? 43
Location? Indy area, USofA
When you started playing D&D? 1979ish
What rules you started with? Basic--blue box. Played it all wrong, and it was so right. Tremendous fun.
where does your Forum Nick come from? My name. I'm one of those 'middle name guys.'

Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:38 pm

Hello again nerdcav and welcome.

jtylerk, it's great to meet you here on Canonfire! Hope you feel comfortable posting your questions and input in our forums.

Both of you are hereby invited to join us for Greytalk Chat on Thursday nights. The link is to your left under the Greyhawk Wiki link.

SirXaris

Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:09 pm

First Name? Jon
Age? 40.
Location? Midwest, USA.
When you started playing D&D? 1983.
What rules you started with? Red Boxed-Set but quickly moved to 1rst Ed. Advanced. However I stuck with 2E since it came out and just continue to tweek that set.
Where does your Forum Nick come from? My most-powerful Greyhawk character

Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:14 pm

Huzzah! Another 2e convert! Happy

Welcome aboard, JonJon!

-Lanthorn

Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:30 pm

Hello JonJon! We're glad to welcome you to Canonfire! Hope to see more of your posts soon.

SirXaris

Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:03 pm

First name: Charles

Age: 39

Location: Southern New Jersey [USA]

When you started playing D&D? Yeesh... 1984, if memory serves.

What rules you started with? Expert set with some older kids in Philadelphia, PA [USA]. Sure, we played it ½ wrong but I fell in love with the game, regardless.

Where does your Forum Nick come from? A character I played in the original Against the Giants series.

Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:53 pm

Hey DrassustheGaunt,

Its nice to meet a fellow Jersey person in here. Welcome aboard!

I can see you joined a while ago why don't you join us for the Thursday nights chat. All you have to do is follow the link to your left and your ready to join the Greytalk chats.

Jon Jon and Jtylerk your welcome as well! Nerdcav perhaps we will see you again on the chat this Thursday.

Later

Argon

Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:56 pm

Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:23 am

Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:30 am

Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:32 pm

First name: Thomas

Age: 33

Location: Emilia Romagna, Italy

When you started playing D&D? Ahhmmm... maybe 1993!!

Red Boxed-Set 1rst Ed. I love 2E and I'm still playing this ed with my friends.

Where does your Forum Nick come from? True name of the Justicar.. maybe..

Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:08 am

Welcome to Canonfire Evelyn! Feel free to jump right into the forum conversations. Smile

SirXaris

Sat Jul 28, 2012 1:32 pm

Hey folks. Lanthorn encouraged me to post here, so here goes.

First Name? Marc, but nowadays I normally go by Marc-Tizoc (first and middle names, which are from the French and Nahuatl languages, the latter being of the indigenous Mexica or Aztec people). (My grandparents all immigrated to the U.S. from México during the Mexican Revolution.)

Age? 37.

Location? Miami, Florida (nearby).

When you started playing D&D? Trying to answer this question accurately stumped me as I tried to stroll down memory lane, led me to study the Acaeum (which was fascinating), etc.

My best answer is that I was probably introduced to AD&D in 1982 or '83 by a neighborhood friend who was five years older than me (and whose older brother had introduced him). By '85, I had received as gifts (or purchased with carefully saved allowance) all of the extant hardcover AD&D books but very few modules because my initial purchases included the World of Greyhawk boxed set, which sparked and fed many an adventure for my friends.

I quickly became our regular DM and designed my own dungeons, towns, etc. far more often than I bought a module. Although I read the few that I bought with interest, as well as the few that Dragon published, I didn't collect Dungeon for many years -- for the same reason of enjoying immensely the creation of my own adventures / stories / situations. (I did find the adventure cards from City of Greyhawk and From the Ashes helpful in sparking ideas for me to develop.)

What rules you started with? AD&D, aka 1e. I transitioned to 2e having never played Basic D&D and resparked DMing in GH with the publication of Carl Sargent's From the Ashes with which I introduced a whole new group of players to GH who had previously played mostly in the Forgotten Realms setting.

After several years of 2e gaming, I moved away from my hometown and hence stopped gaming regularly until the launch of 3e (and its evolution to 3.5e), which I used to play new GH campaigns. (Over the years I also played numerous other RPGs published by Chaosium, FASA, Games Workshop, Hero Games, R. Talsorian Games, Steve Jackson Games, White Wolf, etc.)

I found the online Greyhawk community in 1998 when I came across the GREYALL.txt file and the old TSR folder on AOL. After lurking briefly, I began posting, and by 1999, I was GreyTalking regularly on the old listserv. (Lament the loss of Morgan Olden's GreyTalk Archives!) I also sometimes posted on GH-L, and once 3e launched I engaged the WotC fora too, as well as ENWorld a little. (Wow, I just found the GH-L archive, http://oracle.wizards.com/archives/greyhawk-l.html!) Sometime in 2000 I started helping with the second volume of the Oerth Journal. I can't believe how many issues the community has produced since! Of course, I joined Canonfire! immediately upon learning of its launch. Cool

I merely dabbled in LGH, so once the Living Greyhawk Journal stopped being published, I started falling behind the times and instead focused on my own campaigns (The Fall of Prym, set in the southern Wild Coast before the Greyhawk Wars, and Shadows on the March, set in Sterich after the GH Wars and based on Greg Vaughan's Dungeon adventures).

(I played 4e a few times with some former players in my last GH campaign but found the system lacking and inhibiting what I enjoy about RPGs.)

Where does your Forum Nick come from A simple acronym from my initials; I sometimes also post under Tizoc or Tizoc the Olman Scribe, after a long ago GT list discussion, where Gary Welsh responded wrly (in-character) to one of my queries on his posts about Night Hags of the Pomarj.

PS - I left the online GH community in 2006 and only returned tentatively to CF! last December, as evidenced in masterarminas's thread, I have returned!, but first the holidays and then work quickly ebbed my effort to return to the hobby. Now it looks like I'm here to stay -- though I'm unlikely to make a Thursday 'chat and likely will post less often once the academic year begins in a couple of weeks.

Sat Jul 28, 2012 6:50 pm

Someone actually listened to me?! Shocked

Welcome back to the proverbial fold, our Olman immigrant. I assume...hope?... your patron Power must be Quetzalcoatl, and that you are not secretly a yuan-ti pureblood. Wink

I enjoyed reading your very extensive, informative background, particulaly your fascinating ethnic roots. Too, I glean that you must be a scholar.

Glad you are back among us, granted, of course, that you are not one of the 'snake-men' of the equatorial jungles... (don't get me wrong, though, I love reptiles)

yours in Oerth,

-Lanthorn, Summoner of mtg

Sat Jul 28, 2012 7:02 pm

mtg,

I was trying to remember whom you were. You have contributed some articles to the site as well from what I remember. Though I remember your Tizoc handle more than the current one your holding. Welcome back to the site. It's great to have you back.

Later

Argon

Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:15 pm

Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:44 am

Hey Allan! Yes, there original poster asked five questions, and folks have elaborated on them somewhat since.

Thanks Argon and Lanthorn. I'm definitely enjoying the return to CF! and the hobby of the imagination in general.

Lanthorn, I never developed the Tizoc the Olman Scribe character in detail but imagined he might be a wizard / cleric of Queztalcoatl. I'll have to think more about the yuant-ti pureblood angle ... Evil Grin

Wed Aug 08, 2012 6:03 am

First Name: Sander
Age: 30
Location; The Netherlands
When you started playing D&D? June 2003
What rules you started with? D&D 3.5 (which we are still playing) with some houserules such as Tier-system and many closed feats, classes and spells.

Wed Aug 08, 2012 7:36 am

Wow ... it's really neat to go back to look at all of these newer posts ... it seems like forever that this thread opened up. Shocked

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mtg ... you know, I'd always assumed that it was "Magic: The Gathering". Hm. Learned something new.
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Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:02 am

We can credit DarkHerald (where the Hades is he these days?!) for this growing, comaraderie-building, informational, and ingenius thread. I encourage all new posters, whenever I come upon them (rarely before Argon or SirXaris, it seems), to add to this list.

Perhaps we should have a separate thread, along these same lines, about where we are headed, or updates???

Look back at the earlier posts, and see how far we've come and grown.

thanks Rory!

-Lanthorn (Jason)

Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:14 am

Welcome to Canonfire!, Sander_Kaa! We're glad you found us and hope you jump right into the discussions.

SirXaris

Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:23 pm

The Dark Herald has his infernal responsibilities to the Abyss. When he is ready the mantle of darkness will rein once again. Sander_Kaa nice to see your post here. Once again welcome to the boards.

Later

Argon

Thu Sep 27, 2012 2:02 pm

First name: Andy
Age: 45
Location: Cornwall, UK
When you started playing D&D? 1983 - My first character was a Magic User called Mehdros who started in Hommlet.
What rules you started with? AD&D 1E
Where does your Forum Nick come from? It's Cornish for Flour Mill & is the name of the cottage I live in

Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:14 pm

Welcome to the boards melyndhowr!

Hope to see some more from you and feel free to join in on the Thursday night chats . Just click on the link to your left and you can Greytalk with the rest of us.

Later

Argon

Sun Oct 07, 2012 7:50 pm

First name: Neil
Age: 43
Location: Luseland, saskatchewan, canada
When you started playing D&D? 1984
What rules you started with? Basic to Expert to AD&D 1e with the arcana and the 2nd players handbook
Where does your Forum Nick come from? hit it! i'm gonna rock right now. I'm neilk i came to get down.

Sun Oct 07, 2012 7:54 pm

Welcome to Canonfire! melyndhowr and mcneilk! We're very glad to have you as participating members of our community.

Please feel free to join in on any of the forum threads you are interested in. We appreciate your opinions. Smile

SirXaris

Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:46 pm

Welcome to the boards, mcneilk!

Rob Base wants his song back! Wink

If your interested you can join us for Thursday night chats at Greytalk. Just click on the link to your left. Then you can chat with Java.
Happy

Though it's not coffee. Cry

Look forward to seeing you on the boards.

Later

Argon

Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:20 am

First Name - Mike
Age - 35 (oops I forgot to put this in the first time!)
Location - London
Occupation - Illustrator
When you started playing D&D - 1987
What rules you started with - AD&D 2nd edition & MERP

Hey everyone, this is kind of a re-introduction!

I used to post on the forums years ago and then kind of stopped for various reasons (apologies to anyone whose email I never replied to!) and then the other day I remembered Canonfire and thought I'd pop back and get re-aquainted!

I've just started a 2nd ed group up as a lot of my friends missed out on that style of gaming and had gotten too cosy (and lazy) with the 3.5 / Pathfinder systems. I'm currently running for them The Temple of Elemental Evil which was the first Greyhawk game I ever played in.

I look forward to catching up on all the posts!

Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:48 am

Welcome back to the boards Mike.

We look forward to your feedback and your resurrection of old threads.

Later

Argon

Tue Nov 13, 2012 3:00 pm

Hurray! Another 2nd edition player!!! Cool

Welcome aboard, good sir. Come, join us in the 2e boards. We can always use more respondents!

-Lanthorn, 2e fan

Tue Nov 13, 2012 3:39 pm

It's great to have you back, Wolfling. Hope you stay long enough to make Canonfire! your internet home. Smile

And, don't forget Thursday night chats!

SirXaris

Tue Nov 13, 2012 4:21 pm

I knew Lanthorn would be overjoyed to hear another 2nd edition fan joined the boards. See what happens when you use a 2nd edition light source! Wink

Later

Argon Laughing

Wed Nov 14, 2012 1:35 am

Thanks for the warm welcome back guys!

Wed Nov 14, 2012 5:10 am

hello mike. i am still a newbie on the board and just happy to be here. ToEE is great fun and quite the dungeon crawl. I would be interested to hear how you played it.

Wed Nov 14, 2012 6:51 pm

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Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:24 pm

Lanthorn,

If the Highlander theme is true then I would be Ramirez, You would be Connor and Cebrion would be the Kurgan. Shocked

Damn it I was just getting use to keeping my head. Wolfling I guess you'll have to post more to become Duncan.

Later

Argon

Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:01 am

I wonder how much Quickening we'd get from Cebrion... Evil Grin

-Lanthorn

Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:49 am

Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:59 pm

Since Cebrion is the purple lighting, I think we could get some big time quickening.

DLG,

You have a way to go for Methos. He's retired in a manner of speaking but still when you were one of the four horsemen you don't forget how to kill.

So we need a new topic Highlander of Oerth.

Later

Argon

Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:41 pm Re: The "Introduce Yourself" Thread

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