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    Grandmaster Greytalker

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    Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:46 pm  

    Anna, nobody who has seen your maps could ever accuse you of having a lack of fantasy. Smile
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    Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:56 am  

    Name: Dean or Dino

    Age: 42

    Loc : Rochester ,New York moved around the states a lot now back in Canadaigua ,NY

    Started ? Not sure the day. Me and my BF at the time were bored one day and went to his Aunt and Uncles house,he was in a little room panting little men. I asked whats up, he showed me the D&D figures he was painting i was awww struck. ( i was 11 or 12 ) I said i had heard of it and all ways wanted to play,he laughed and took us to his DEN. He had a topic graphical map he had made of his D&D world (cities,castles and countries ) in great detail .
    I was pretty poor growing up so i saved for some time buying the AD&D sets ,i read them over and over (it was really sad) It was also hard to find other full time players at 1st.
    D&D lost out to females and sports after a time,more so the females.

    NICKs: Prymus- a god of the dead (forget where i read it) it just felt right Tarrasque- that monster was just badass Happy
    Arumm- just need a another nick once in a while EQ,ect...
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    Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:31 am  

    DarkHerald - Rory 38
    SirXaris - Skip 41
    Rasgon - Rip 33
    Rol-Oeste - Sergio 43
    Flint - Jeff 37
    WildCoaster - David 43
    Vonbek - Mark 44
    Ragr - Richard 44
    ChaoticPrime - Wes 29
    Chevalier - Joe 38
    Grodog - Allan 41
    Smillan_31 - Scott 45
    Warlock - Darrel 39
    Maldin - Denis 51
    MToscan - Michele 34
    The_Colorless_Mage - Carlos 41
    Garnak - Tony 38
    Thorvald - Andreas 48
    Dungeonmeister Fred 49
    Rockhaven - Damon 39
    Artalian - Jon 42
    Blakeryan - Blake 36
    Illustr8or - Shane 37
    Icarus - Krisoph 38
    Shadrach - Matt 31
    Hieden - Dave 41
    Aurdraco - Casey 37
    Mystic-Scholar - Tony 51
    Cyrusalthantas - David 40
    Rossik - Rafael 30
    Raymond - Raymond 40
    Cpip - Chris 31
    Anna - Anna 45
    Prymus - Dean 42
    Katerek - Jay 36
    TT - John 49
    Jacko - David 41


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    Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:26 am  

    Just for the record I am 44
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    Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:31 am  

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    Just for the record I am 44


    Thanks Mark, list updated.

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    Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:50 am  

    DarkHerald wrote:
    Maldin - Denis 5?
    ...
    Mystic-Scholar - Tony 5?


    Funny, but out of respect, you might want to change this to "50?" or "50ish". Wink

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    Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:22 am  

    SirXaris wrote:
    DarkHerald wrote:
    Maldin - Denis 5?
    ...
    Mystic-Scholar - Tony 5?


    Funny, but out of respect, you might want to change this to "50?" or "50ish". Wink

    SirXaris


    Happy ..... Wink
    GreySage

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    Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:05 am  

    SirXaris wrote:
    you might want to change this to "50?" or "50ish".


    Laughing Laughing Laughing

    Okay, Skip! Denis and I spoke and are willing to admit it, we're "only" 51-ish years "young." (And really looking forward to Medicare and Social Security!) That help you any?

    (Skip - {only} 41) Kids! What can I say? Evil Grin

    Love ya', Skip! And I'm just having fun with you. Wink

    (Glad you like my story, by the way.)

    Laughing Laughing Laughing
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    Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:09 am  

    Do I need to chnange the TXT to big PRINT for you guys? Laughing

    Changes made.

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    Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:11 am  

    Not yet . . . our glasses aren't much more than a half inch thick. Wink

    The doctor says he can still make them a little thicker. Evil Grin

    Right Denis? Laughing
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    Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:27 am  

    So............10 years to go and it's "Subtract 2 points of Strength, 2 points of Dexterity and 1 point of Constitution". Still, you gain a point of Wisdom. Bargain. Happy
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    Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:47 am  

    Damn Ragr! You're gooooood! Laughing Laughing Laughing

    But . . . don't you think we need 1 point of Wisdom and the experience points to get us half way to the next wisdom point? Evil Grin

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    moved recently from Sweden where I grew up


    See! She's a blonde haired, blue eyed bombshell! Va-va-voom! Evil Grin
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    Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:28 pm  

    Mystic-Scholar wrote:


    See! She's a blonde haired, blue eyed bombshell! Va-va-voom! Evil Grin


    Unfortunately I'm not blonde, but I'm blue eyed Wink

    //Anna
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    Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:07 pm  

    Anna wrote:
    Unfortunately I'm not blonde . . .


    Okay, but you didn't deny being a "bombshell." Evil Grin

    *Don't worry, our mutual friend isn't talking* Laughing Laughing Laughing
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    Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:58 pm  

    LOL! Well, not 51ish yet. But getting close. Lets call it 50-ish. hehehe
    (For both Mystic and myself)
    Do Mystic and I win a prize? Hmmm, wonder if we get to roll for minions!
    ...errr... I mean henchmen. ;)
    Bwaahahahahaaaahahaaa!!!!

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    Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:22 pm  

    Mystic-Scholar wrote:
    Okay, but you didn't deny being a "bombshell."

    I've known Anna longer than anyone here, and do remember her blonde years as an "advertising mascot". Happy

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    Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:10 pm  

    Damn, I thought it was all forgotten! Wink

    //Anna
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    Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:45 pm  

    I think I've figured out which one is Anna . . . and I was right! Surprised

    VA-VA-VOOM! Evil Grin

    Anna! You GO girl! Laughing Laughing Laughing

    Thanks Maldin! Wink

    Been "Google-ing:" When Anna was on the "Swedish Swim Team" ( Wink ) she appeared in the American, Australian and Hungarian issues of . . . Playboy! Woo-hoo!

    (Insert whistling and cat-calls here!) Evil Grin Laughing Laughing Laughing

    Move over Aphrodite! Happy

    *Yes, I know, at our age Maldin and I should be ashamed . . .

    . . . get over it! Laughing
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    Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:55 am  

    Mystic-Scholar wrote:


    *Yes, I know, at our age Maldin and I should be ashamed . . .

    . . . get over it! Laughing


    And mindful of the fact of reduced CON. Wink
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    Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:10 am  

    Bump!

    Come guys gives your names. Any Chance we can get the list stickied?

    I promise we wont have any control of you if we know your TRUE name! Razz
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    Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:12 pm  

    First Name?
    Kirt

    Age?
    40

    Location?
    Mt. Pleasant, Utah

    When you started playing D&D?
    5th grade...1981 or 1982(?)

    What rules you started with?
    Red Book Basic for all of junior high. Switched to AD&D for my high school friends but went Expert-Companion with my uncle.

    Where does your Forum Nick come from?
    My name.
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    Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:32 pm  

    First Name: Dave

    Age: 45 in a few days

    Location: Logan Utah

    When you started playing D&D: When I was 13, 1981 I believe. I lived in a pretty rough neighborhood but this game kept me and my friends occupied instead of going down the wrong paths other people our age were taking.

    What rules you started with: Basic D&D.. the Red Bookm but we quickly advanced to AD&D 1

    where does your Forum Nick come from:
    When I was a kid, I hung out with a group of friends, and we called ourselves 'Dymond Dave and his disciples of Lust'. The Dymond part kinda stuck.
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    Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:52 pm  

    dymond wrote:

    When I was a kid, I hung out with a group of friends, and we called ourselves 'Dymond Dave and his disciples of Lust'. The Dymond part kinda stuck.


    Yes, I recall seeing you at the Rainbow Bar And Grill in '82, supporting The Crue. Laughing
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    Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:07 pm  
    Re: A Couple of Questions

    DarkHerald wrote:
    I dont know if a thread like this has been started before, but I would like to know a couple of things about the people that I chat with on the forums.

    First Name?
    Age?
    Location?
    When you started playing D&D?
    What rules you started with?
    where does your Forum Nick come from?


    I never noticed that we had so many people from the UK or the RSA here.

    Anyway:

    1) James;

    2) 44;

    3) Clarksville, TN;

    4) March 1981;

    5) Blue Book (just the book, no box...), then went back to Greyhawk, Blackmoor, Eldritch Wizardry, and Swords and Spells;

    6) A lack of originality... Wink
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    Sun Apr 24, 2011 10:13 pm  
    Re: A Couple of Questions

    First Name?
    Jay

    Age?
    35

    Location?
    Little Rock, AR - or as the wife and I call it The Cesspool

    When you started playing D&D?
    '88 or '89 my sister started dating this punk that I now call bro-in-law. His best friend was a heck of a DM, excellent at spinning a story but completely ignoring rules. We gamed every weekend for about 6 months until he was arrested and sent to the big house. I took over as the primary DM from there and have never looked back.

    What rules you started with?
    AD&D, which sadly had its name posthumously changed to 1e.

    where does your Forum Nick come from?
    I was a poor puppy in college. I was down to one disposable contact lens, and not being able to afford a new box of 'em, I went for a week or two only having sight in one eye. The fellas called me One Eye Jay. I started using it as my go-to name for video game avatars and such. Over the years, One Eye gained personification as a crusty old bastard separate from my own identity, hence Old One Eye or Ole One Eye. I use it on all message boards I join, so if you see Old One Eye elsewhere - it is me.
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    Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:30 pm  
    Re: A Couple of Questions

    DarkHerald wrote:
    I dont know if a thread like this has been started before, but I would like to know a couple of things about the people that I chat with on the forums.



    First Name: Kynewulf (yes, really), but my friends just call me Kyn.

    Age: 36... until October.

    Location: Staug (St. Augustine), Florida, USA

    When I started playing D&D: c. 1987


    What rules I started with: While I got the Basic Set (with Keep on the Borderlands) as a Christmas present from my Mum (she thought it looked neat) in 1981 or 1982, I didn't start playing until 7th grade when I was indoctrinated in Mentzer-era basic D&D rules (and its lovely Elmore line art) by some classmates.

    [More info than originally asked for:] Less than a year later my friends and I were playing AD&D (the local library had a few of the AD&D books stocked) and then 2nd edition caught us all without warning. I was always of a divided opinion about 2e; while it brought some good changes and fixes, it also took away things (some of which just to bow before the puritanical idiots that made ludicrous and unfounded claims), made some unnecessary rule changes, and trashed settings with unnecessary cataclysmic upheavals to explain away changes in the rules, etc. (hence, my group chose to play "1.5 edition"). Eventually, I became very dissatisfied and annoyed with 2e AD&D's kludgier aspects as I became more and more familiar with other game systems and went into D&D hiatus in about 1994 or 1995. I came back to the fold when I started seeing rumors online of a 3rd edition and watched raptly as Eric Noah's website became the de facto place for getting 3e rumors. I became an "early adopter" and continued into 3.5. (which is what I continue to use to this day).

    Where does my Forum Nick come from: Azzy1974 is "Azzy" (the nick I used on the original EN site and have continue to use just about everywhere since) plus the year of my birth. Azzy derives from "Azazel", and while Azazel may have been some pre-Hebrew deity or a demon (as it's usually portrayed), my inspiration comes from the traditional mistranslation of "Azazel" as "scapegoat". Rather than having the name misconstrued, I "cutesified" Azazel into Azzy. Smile [/url]
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    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
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    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.
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    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).
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    Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:00 pm  

    All right...

    Cody

    thirty-one

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    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.
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    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...
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    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'!

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    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.
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    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...

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    Actually, old timers Maldin and Mystic are 2e fans. ;)
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    Perhaps we will bolster their ranks!

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

    Hahahahaha!

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    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

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    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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    (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.

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    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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    BW,

    Confucius says nice philosophy, Witch is good! Laughing

    Later

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    Rumek wrote:
    First Name: Austin
    Age: 21 (22 in August)...

    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...


    -From what I can tell, you're the youngest poster here.

    By an age margin over 2:1, in some cases. Laughing

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    -Huzzah!
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    Rumek wrote:
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    Age: 21 (22 in August)...

    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...


    -From what I can tell, you're the youngest poster here.

    By an age margin over 2:1, in some cases. Laughing

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    -Huzzah!
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    Dark_Lord_Galen wrote:

    Thanks to Jamesdglick for "Resurrecting this thread"


    -Actually, thanks for the resurrection goes to Rumek, who was born a few months before I bought the Blue Book... Wink

    BTW, I can't figure out how to get rid of the double post. Sorry 'bout that... Razz
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    <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.

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    Lanthorn wrote:

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

    Oh I haven't ...but got to "wean those youngsters" slowly or have them think the milk soured.... hhehehe
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    Omega9999 wrote:
    First Name: Nicola
    Age: 21

    what month is your birthday Omega?

    jamesdglick wrote:

    rumek wrote:

    Rumek wrote:
    First Name: Austin
    Age: 21 (22 in August)...
    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...


    -From what I can tell, you're the youngest poster here.

    By an age margin over 2:1, in some cases.


    Reason I ask is you may have wrestled away the hairling title away from Rumek Wink
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    I will be 22 in May Razz
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    Omega9999 wrote:

    I will be 22 in May
    Dark_Lord_Galen wrote:
    Omega9999 wrote:
    First Name: Nicola
    Age: 21

    what month is your birthday Omega?
    jamesdglick wrote:

    rumek wrote:

    Rumek wrote:
    First Name: Austin
    Age: 21 (22 in August)...
    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...

    -From what I can tell, you're the youngest poster here.
    By an age margin over 2:1, in some cases.


    Reason I ask is you may have wrestled away the hairling title away from Rumek Wink

    Ewww Close! hehehe but nay.... Rumek is still the Hairling King

    Beware Rumek there may be a plot to overthrow and usurp the crown!! mamwaahaaaa
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    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.
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    Omega9999 wrote:
    So i Bought the Gazeteer(the italian one) and then i found the wiki, and this site.

    Well IMO Greyhawk is the peak of the mountain, Realms had some passive interest, but HERE in GH is where it all began and continues to grow. It was fortuitous that the lack of funds brought you to the diamond!
    As for CF, Welcome and wade into the deep end of the CF pool, you will find a lifetime supply of camaraderie, knowledgeable Sages and information on the first, and the best "realm".
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    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!
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    Beware Rumek there may be a plot to overthrow and usurp the crown!! mamwaahaaaa


    Blast! I shall have to up the guard post around here then...
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    First Name? Rafael.
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    where does your Forum Nick come from? From Walter Scott's classic novel, "Ivanhoe".

    Wow, I sound exciting.
    ...Perhaps I am.
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    ...Or perhaps, yes.
    ...Or perhaps, no.
    ... Or, yes.
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    ...Nah, crap.
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    No kidding.

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

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    Embarassed Embarassed Embarassed My apologies. My sense of humor, it is rather whacky...
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    That's why you're exiled in Blackmoor. Wink
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    Laughing Too funny.

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

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

    Editing to ensue...


    -That's the edited version? Now I'm curious to see the original... Razz Laughing

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

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    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.

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    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
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    Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:14 pm  

    Huzzah! Another 2e convert! Happy Welcome aboard, JonJon!

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    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.

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    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.
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    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

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    Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:56 pm  

    Argon wrote:
    Hey DrassustheGaunt,

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


    Many thanks!

    I'll def check out the chat.

    Yes, I joined a long time ago but fell right out (life's been rough - but who can't understand that, these days, right?)

    I gave a longer intro titled "I owe Larry Elmore money" if you feel like checking it out:

    http://www.canonfire.com/cf//modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=51476#51476


    Again, thanks for the warm welcome. Smile
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    Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:23 am  

    DrassustheGaunt wrote:
    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.


    ...and we're not too tired to sleep.

    I knew that tagline was familiar, but I had to look it up... Happy
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    Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:30 am  

    jamesdglick wrote:

    ...and we're not too tired to sleep.

    I knew that tagline was familiar, but I had to look it up... Happy


    Cool.

    Glad someone caught it. Cool
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    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..
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    Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:08 am  

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

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    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.
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    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,

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    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

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    Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:15 pm  

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


    Lanthorn wrote:
    Someone actually listened to me?! Shocked


    So are we supposed to be re-introducing ourselves again, then? ;)

    Good to see you again, Marc! :D
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    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
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    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.
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    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 \

    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!

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