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  1. Calico_Jack73

    Advice needed - buying a new PC

    I also had to replace my PSU on my Dell. Not because it went bad but because I got a AGP card that needed more power. I found out about the propietary PSU but the guy at Microcenter helped me out. I bought a little tool called a "Nibbler" which I used to cut out part of the sheet metal which...
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    Advice needed - buying a new PC

    For me it comes down to two things... cost and service. Cost - This is probably the most minor of the two to me. I always buy the most powerful system I can (within reason) because it will be just that much longer before I have to replace it. I bought a P4 2Ghz Dell in 2001 and I just...
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    What is your favorite coffee?

    Oh how I love my morning coffee. Even after switching to decaf I still NEED it every morning. I used to go to the Starbucks which just happens to be downstairs from my office (one of the reasons I took this job... that and the Barnes & Noble across the street) but now I brew my own and bring...
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    How I loved Photon!

    Somehow I got on the subject of Laser Tag with one of my coworkers and I immediately dove into telling him about the granddaddy... the Dallas Photon. The Dallas location opened when I turned 11 and I had many birthday parties there. I got all nostalgic for it especially when I found this site...
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    Favorite cigarette?

    Back when I used to smoke I'd have said Lucky Strike (filtered) or Winston. Nothing too exotic for me. That said I've been smoke free for over a year and would never go back. :)
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    December '08: What are you playing?

    Still chugging away at a Space Marine campaign in Dawn of War: Soulstorm. I have one more territory to take before I can take out the Dark Eldar. Thank god!!! They are one of the more annoying races. The Infiltrated Mandrake Squads are probably the biggest nuisance. Thank goodness the...
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    PDF Book Printing/Binding

    I checked them out. When using the cost estimator do you use the total number of pages in the PDF or the number of physical pages that will be in the book? For example... if I have a PDF that is 402 pages do I use that value or 201 for double sided? Even at 201 pages the cost was a little...
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    "Bulk" rules are needed

    This isn't an edition rant but 3E got so many players used to the idea that there is a rule for everything that they take a dim view of "Rule 0". When I brought it up to my player he even told me a story about a player in a game that had a dwarf who carried an anvil and many other ridiculous...
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    PDF Book Printing/Binding

    There are a couple of PDF books that I'd love to get printed and bound since I am not one to read a full book while sitting at my computer (I'm always too tempted to boot up a game). What is the best way to get PDF books printed? Please consider the following: Quality Price Service...
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    Tell me about Runescape

    I've begun hearing murmurings about this MMORPG that is browser playable. I'd like to hear what some of the players think about it.
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    "Bulk" rules are needed

    Okay... enough is enough. Encumberance rules are fine and good but I think even more needed are rules for "Bulk". IMG one of my players is running a shooty elven ranger and is walking around with 20 quivers of arrows. How on earth does someone run around with all of the usual adventuring gear...
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    Which edition would best fit my playing style?

    Personally I'd go with Palladium FRPG. There is very little if anything in the books that you'd need to reference during a game. It doesn't pretend to be balanced... play the class and race that you want, just don't bitch that the Wolfen Knight is more powerful than your Goblin Vagabond. The...
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    Playtest: The Druid (merged)

    I'm not crazy about the new Barkskin. It only lasts until the end of your next round? Seems fairly worthless to me for an encounter power. At least the Wizard's Shield spell is an interrupt ability so you can turn a hit into a miss.
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    Blood bowl!!!!

    Check it out! www.bloodbowl-game.com I'll have to get a copy for my PC and for my DS.
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    What should be turned into a RPG?

    I always loved that show and wondered why it never got published into a campaign setting, especially during the time when TSR was cranking out settings left and right.
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    What should be turned into a RPG?

    I've played a few games of "Beyond the Supernatural" using their victim rules that felt like that. I think we started playing as the parents of teenagers. When they died we played teenage babysitters or their significant others. When they died we played the children they were babysitting...
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    What should be turned into a RPG?

    Come on... you all know that you REALLY want a "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" RPG ;) spoiler alert Just kidding... bet you thought there was a scoup on a real Captain Planet RPG. I'd love to see a Starblazers RPG. Don't know how it would work out since the action pretty much revolved...
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    What should be turned into a RPG?

    Sam's psychic abilities aren't supernatural? If anything Sam would be in line to join the Lucifuge conspiracy. Dean was singled out to be retrieved from Hell for some purpose and we know that Angels have been told to obey his commands. Sounds pretty supernatural to me. :) Truth be told...
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    What should be turned into a RPG?

    I'd absolutely love to see Transformers and GI Joe!!! Hell, I'd be first in line for the GI Joe RPG. Another toy/cartoon series that would be awesome as an RPG would be HE-MAN and the Masters of the Universe.
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