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<blockquote data-quote="SpringPlum" data-source="post: 2067814" data-attributes="member: 10318">*Kinda Ranty*Our DM uses a laptop and that's all well and good.&nbsp; It really helps him keep organized, plus it's also how he does the music for the game.But two (out of five) of our players also use laptops.&nbsp; And so far we haven't had any problems with web surfing or looking up SRDs to find out monster weaknesses.&nbsp; No, they just use the laptops to take notes.&nbsp; And they do take notes, lots and lots and lots of notes.Everytime the DM introduces a new piece of information it begins a string of conversation something like this:DM: You've just arrived at the city Greenhollow.&nbsp; The mayor comes out to greet you. &quot;Hi, I'm Talis Bertram.&quot;Laptop-user 1: Wait, how do you spell Talis. One L or two?&quot;DM: OneLaptop-user 2: Uhh, is Bertram spelled b-e-r-t-r-A-m or b-e-r-t-r-E-m?DM: Spell it however you want, there won't be a quiz later.Laptop-user 1: *typing furiously* Is this important? Is Talis e-s or i-s?Laptop-user 2: What'd you say the name of the city is again? *typing what sounds like paragraphs of text*Non-laptop users: *facepalm*Laptop-user 1: Huh? What's this McAfee virus scan update thing? Is that important?Seriously, the notes are nice to have for later but when rp stops for everytime something new happens so they can type it all in, it gets very frustrating for the others.&nbsp; Especially since one of the laptops is mine but I was asked to loan it to one of the players during games so he could use it since I wasn't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SpringPlum, post: 2067814, member: 10318"] *Kinda Ranty* Our DM uses a laptop and that's all well and good. It really helps him keep organized, plus it's also how he does the music for the game. But two (out of five) of our players also use laptops. And so far we haven't had any problems with web surfing or looking up SRDs to find out monster weaknesses. No, they just use the laptops to take notes. And they do take notes, lots and lots and lots of notes. Everytime the DM introduces a new piece of information it begins a string of conversation something like this: DM: You've just arrived at the city Greenhollow. The mayor comes out to greet you. "Hi, I'm Talis Bertram." Laptop-user 1: Wait, how do you spell Talis. One L or two?" DM: One Laptop-user 2: Uhh, is Bertram spelled b-e-r-t-r-A-m or b-e-r-t-r-E-m? DM: Spell it however you want, there won't be a quiz later. Laptop-user 1: *typing furiously* Is this important? Is Talis e-s or i-s? Laptop-user 2: What'd you say the name of the city is again? *typing what sounds like paragraphs of text* Non-laptop users: *facepalm* Laptop-user 1: Huh? What's this McAfee virus scan update thing? Is that important? Seriously, the notes are nice to have for later but when rp stops for everytime something new happens so they can type it all in, it gets very frustrating for the others. Especially since one of the laptops is mine but I was asked to loan it to one of the players during games so he could use it since I wasn't. [/QUOTE]

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