Rhun's Greyhawk ALPHA OOC Thread (ToEE) - CALLING MY PLAYERS!

[Leif]

So you're posting in every game that Leif is in? Why don't you just email him?

I agree 100%! I've been having to deal with DeWar in EVERY thread that I'm in! Criminy, I thought it was bad enough to have to deal with him in the ones where we both play or one of us plays and the other DMs. I don't even know how he managed to find out every thread that I post to, and I really don't want to know. Notice that I have not *mentioned* him in this post. And hey, Rhun, why aren't you playing in JA's The Dark Is Rising game?? I expected you to be first in line to join.

 

[Rhun]

And hey, Rhun, why aren't you playing in JA's The Dark Is Rising game?? I expected you to be first in line to join.

Well the main reason is that with the new game I'm starting I wasn't sure I'd have time for one of JA's time-intrusive games.

The second reason is (and I love JA, and his DMing style) but I've kinda been let down by the fact that every game I've been in of his has ended prematurely. There have been at least five games of his that I've gone through character creation for, and not a single one of those is still going. One never officially started, two of them ended shortly after start, one ended just when things were really getting interesting, and one ended after several years and much time invested.

 

[Leif]

Well the main reason is that with the new game I'm starting I wasn't sure I'd have time for one of JA's time-intrusive games.

The second reason is (and I love JA, and his DMing style) but I've kinda been let down by the fact that every game I've been in of his has ended prematurely. There have been at least five games of his that I've gone through character creation for, and not a single one of those is still going. One never officially started, two of them ended shortly after start, one ended just when things were really getting interesting, and one ended after several years and much time invested.

Ahhh. Understood.

 

[Legildur]

Hey Leif, you might enjoy this, I just spent 5 days away doing our Military Self Defence course (non-lethal close quarter fighting). I had to mix it with regular army guys up to 20 years younger and sometimes up to 45 pounds heavier - I'm still sore some 6 days later, but hell, it was worth it!!! The soreness is no surprise for a middle-aged guy who is a 5-day-a-week keyboard operator.

But I must have done something right as they've invited me back to do the instructors course. I certainly surprised some of the younger guys and a couple of instructors.

My main complaint? The Officers' Mess only had instant coffee..... not even percolated. Very disappointing.

 

[Leif]

Hey Leif, you might enjoy this, I just spent 5 days away doing our Military Self Defence course (non-lethal close quarter fighting). I had to mix it with regular army guys up to 20 years younger and sometimes up to 45 pounds heavier - I'm still sore some 6 days later, but hell, it was worth it!!! The soreness is no surprise for a middle-aged guy who is a 5-day-a-week keyboard operator.

But I must have done something right as they've invited me back to do the instructors course. I certainly surprised some of the younger guys and a couple of instructors.

My main complaint? The Officers' Mess only had instant coffee..... not even percolated. Very disappointing.

Very Impressive, Sir! Kudos on the thrashings you dealt!

See, my experience with hand-to-hand training in the army was very different: The one day of basic training upon which we received basic instruction with that instrument of mayhem called the "pugil stick" I was ordered to report for KP. Seems like there were a lot of us skinny fellows slinging hash that day...

And it was always my understanding that the ** Officer's Mess ** was a 5-Star catered affair and that only NCOs and grunts were fed reconstituted hog bile for breakfast!

 

[Legildur]

And it was always my understanding that the ** Officer's Mess ** was a 5-Star catered affair and that only NCOs and grunts were fed reconstituted hog bile for breakfast!

Oh the rest of the facilities were at least 4-star, with servile waiters and everything. But the coffee, people! How hard is it to buy a decent coffee machine for general use?

 

[Leif]

Oh the rest of the facilities were at least 4-star, with servile waiters and everything. But the coffee, people! How hard is it to buy a decent coffee machine for general use?

I feel certain that somewhere there was a Mess Sergeant sipping his gourmet coffee while laughing down his sleeve at his officers. Perhaps you should take it upon yourself to rise early and brew some suitable Officers' Coffee??

Seriously, though, why don't you ease over into the NCOs mess for your coffee sometime? Call it, 'just checking up on the quality of the mess services the men are getting' or something if you have to do so. But if I know Sergeants, and I should because I was one, there is nothing lacking from the coffee that they are drinking. Most every Sergeant I encountered during my service knew instinctively and innately where the nearest coffee pot was, and how long had passed since a fresh pot was brewed there. And what, praytell, is this 'decent coffee machine' of which you speak? Why we sergeants could brew our coffee in the field with nothing but an MRE, a canteen cup, and some tinder for fuel! Ok, that's not quite true -- my service was before the MREs came with a packet of Greek Fire handily included in the envelope next to the toilet paper, so we had to be near a campfire as well.

 

[Scott DeWar]

mre's and ranger browniers: yummies!

 

[Leif]

mre's and ranger browniers: yummies!

WHATever, dude! Hey, Rhun, the lurkers are back - time to call the exterminator again!

 

[Scott DeWar]

aaaaaiiiiieeeeeee!*lurks away*