Hardcore gamers

[Old One]

Which NERO chaper was that Old One? Wasn't Ashbury was it? Sounds really familiar.

I too was pretty hardcore in my NERO day's. Working night shifts at the time, I would knock off of work at 8:00 am friday, shower (maybe) and collect friends, drive to the site, and if we were early enough help set up. Then NPC (play as monsters) all weekend, not sleeping mind you, drive home sunday afternoon, and work from 11:00 sunday to 8:00am monday.

It was the Wildlands South (WLS) campaign, which was affiliated with the NERO Atlanta chapter. It was an off-shoot of the Harkenwood campaign from somewhere up north. It was set-up as a 5-year campaign and kind of fizzled in year 4 due to some leadership issues. It only had 4 events per year and was much lower power than a standard NERO campaign due to restrictions on buying "blankets" and builds. I played steadily for 3 years (about 10 sessions total, IIRC) and ended up at 5th or 6th level. It was far more enjoyable, IMO, than the regular Tyrangel campaign. Much smaller player base (~ 75 or so), but we had a PC:NPC ratio of about 2:1, so we had great events.

The events were all held at state parks around Atlanta and our "team" - a group of friends from the Charlotte, NC area - used to caravan down on Friday afternoons (about 5 to 5.5 hours), play to the wee hours of Saturday AM (usually around 4 - 5 AM), be up at 9 AM to cook the "House Argellan" breakfast for the camp, run all day Saturday and late into the night (usually around 3 - 4 AM), be up on Sunday for the "big" Sunday battle and then pile in the car around 12 noon to drive back. Add to that the fact that most of us are a bit more "seasoned" (I was the oldest at 39, the balance were in their early 30s). Needless to say, we were some tired puppies by the end of the weekend!

It was a ton of fun...but I am now officially retired...even though another Wildlands chapter is opening up in KY for play this year!

~ OO

 

[Evilhalfling]

All must bow before The Thread That Would Not End.

At least not until Kuma fesses up with his "Twincest" story...

I checked the last page - the wash my brain with bleach comment really sums up the experiance I had reading through it. ( a couple of months ago.) The only thing that gives me hope is beleiveing that it has become a BS contest. *chanting* its not real, its not real, its not real.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

I checked the last page - the wash my brain with bleach comment really sums up the experiance I had reading through it. ( a couple of months ago.) The only thing that gives me hope is beleiveing that it has become a BS contest. *chanting* its not real, its not real, its not real.

Thank you, thank you. I'm proud my first post on rpg.net was so memorable... LOL...

That thread is seriously wrong on so many levels, but it's like picking a scab... you just keep going back to it.

 

[lordbasl]

Thank you, thank you. I'm proud my first post on rpg.net was so memorable... LOL...

That thread is seriously wrong on so many levels, but it's like picking a scab... you just keep going back to it.

I just went over there, just to check out the horror stories. OMFG. I thought the whackjob gun nut who used to drink whiskey and put a loaded .44 Magnum revolver on the game table, as a subtle hint to the DM (an incident deom my own past) and the legions of the Great Unwashed ("IT BURNS! LIKE HYGIENE!") were bad...but incest twins and psycho stalker jerks?

It's like a wreck. I'm reading it to the end. Loki have mercy on me...

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

I just went over there, just to check out the horror stories. OMFG. I thought the whackjob gun nut who used to drink whiskey and put a loaded .44 Magnum revolver on the game table, as a subtle hint to the DM (an incident deom my own past) and the legions of the Great Unwashed ("IT BURNS! LIKE HYGIENE!") were bad...but incest twins and psycho stalker jerks?

It's like a wreck. I'm reading it to the end. Loki have mercy on me...

Sadly, the twincest story appears to be complete ruse. That was first hinted at over a year ago, and it's never appeared.

 

[Three_Haligonians]

Hmm..

Wow,

I guess I'm not as hardcore as I thought which is... good? The best I can come up with is that I used to lead 12-14 hour sessions (from about 7 pm to 7 or 9am the next day), everyday for a week or so. For a couple of weeks at a time...

maybe I am afterall? I dunno..

Of course, being Canadian, I game to keep warm.

J from Three Haligonians

 

[lordbasl]

Of course, being Canadian, I game to keep warm.

Its been six years since I've sailed away,
And I just made Halifax yesterday...
J from Three Haligonians

I once ran a Traveller adventure based on the song whose lyric Three Haligonians quotes above, with the heroes starring as the crew of the unfortunate starship _Antelope_.

Among the best things to ever come from Canada: Stan Rogers' music.

For the uninitiated -- http://www.stanrogers.net

Canadian folk music . . . gooooood stuff!

 

[Quasqueton]

I was about to start a thread sort of on this subject, and then I remembered I already had.

Quasqueton

 

[TheYeti1775]

I was about to start a thread sort of on this subject, and then I remembered I already had.

Quasqueton

So why bring it back after its been dead for a year.
????

 

[Crothian]

To talk about Hardcore gamers!! I would be a lot more hardcore if I had the chance. But I just don't know others that can game as often.