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  1. dpmcalister

    Where is the best place for a newbie to start a Greyhawk game

    I'm biased (as I'm a player and webmaster for the new Onnwal website), but I'd go with Onnwal. Prior to the Gen Con UK 2005 Specials, there's lots of rebellion plots, post Gen Con UK 2005 Specials, there's the clean up and rebuilding of the country... imagine all that treasure that the Scarlet...
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    Player schticks that grind your gears

    As a player who's done that very same thing... is it really that bad? Maybe I've been missing some obvious signals from my old group (only old in the sense that I moved away recently - they didn't kick me out ;)) Oops... me again! Err... do I have a problem...? ;)
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    Buccaneers and Bokor Issue 6

    Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! I've got to wait another week... no, that's not fair!!! Seriously, thanks for the heads-up. I'm really looking forward to this one :D
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    What do Enworlders do in real life?

    I spent 13 years in the Royal Air Force before leaving to look after my newly born son in 2003 (but managed to get a freelance writing job in at the same time ;)). Have recently been appointed as the Marketing Manager for Gen Con UK 2007.
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    Let Me Tell You About My Character...

    Yes :( It's one of the reasons I've lost my enthusiasm for D&D, too many players at my old club who created stats and not characters. I'm not asking for pages of background story, nor am I saying that you need to play a useless character. Just have something you can roleplay (my own D&D...
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    Firefox Rant

    The problem is that too many website designers code for Internet Explorer (which isn't standard's compliant) rather than follow the w3 standards. Firefox follows the standards so doesn't render page correctly on sites that don't. It's not Firefox's fault, it's the fault of Microsoft (for mass...
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    Did You Marry a Gamer?

    My wife's not a gamer and, in fact, can't stand it! She doesn't mind me gaming though and I even get let out to a couple of events a year ;)
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    Buccaneers and Bokor Issue 6

    Well I never knew that. Thanks :D
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    Buccaneers and Bokor Issue 6

    Excellent news... I'm waiting with baited breath.
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    OGC Wiki?

    Hmm... I was under the impression that you couldn't just republish someone else's OGC material without first adding new OGC material. Perhaps I have misread things...
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    OGC Wiki?

    Emphasis mine. This is, IMHO, the root of the problem. It's not the fact that the material is, or isn't, OGC, it's the fact that the creators of an OGC Wiki would be making the material available for free. Material that other people, for better of worse, have paid for. As I said before, just...
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    OGC Wiki?

    I pay £50.20 a year (around $87.30) for php shared-hosting (for Modus Operandi). That includes 350MB of space and 10GB of traffic a month - among a lot of other features.
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    OGC Wiki?

    Just because it's OGC doesn't mean it should be free. I think that's where people get confused. An OGC Wiki is, in effect, giving away hours of work that you would otherwise have to pay for. Personally, I don't agree that an OGC Wiki is needed, although I would love for the publishers to put...
  14. dpmcalister

    Sims 2

    My wife bought it, played it for 2 days, sold it and went back to Sims 1!
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    Bumper Sticker Winner

    Congratulations Kamikaze Midget :)
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    Opinions on gmail?

    I've been using Gmail since the first beta invites got sent out and I wouldn't do without it. Pros? Threaded e-mail viewing :) Cons? None yet ;) Reliable? I've only once not been able to access my e-mail (the downtime lasted a day). Ads intrusive? Not a all... but then I cheat... I use Firefox...
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    The coolest looking genre?

    Pirates. You can't get much cooler looking than pirates :D
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    3.0 must have books

    A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe (Expeditious Retreat) Quite simply the best resource around for helping to create your own medieval campaign. Black Flags: Piracy in the Carribean (Avalanche Press) Only 64 pages, but full of extremely detailed, and interesting, background material as...
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    Who do that voodoo?

    Thanks, I think Skull & Bones is just what I'm looking for :D
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