[OT sorta] Dang weird

[jester47]

This question appeared in the recent update to the 3.5 info on the WotC site (sorry rowed for an hour and fourty min in zone this eve so I am kind of out of it, so if my typing is off...). While it looks sort of wierd, it is understandable that they create a satirical situation to frame the question in.

Q: Will this revision eventually lead to updated versions of Oriental Adventures, Manual of the Planes, Epic Level Handbook, Forgotten Realms, or any of the other hardcover books that I bought in lieu of food and life-saving medication?

However, is it me, or is this answer just whacked? Even if it is satire, I think I have met these people...

A: I knew people who used to sell blood to pay their rent. When they went to Gen Con, they'd debate whether to pay rent that month or buy the newest game releases. I expect they eventually got kicked out of their apartment. Oh, well -- you can play games pretty much anywhere.

Aaron.

 

[Alzrius]

That answer would be whack (I've always wanted to say that) if it were the entirety of the answer, but it's just the humorous first half. Sadly, he probably isn't kidding there.

 

[WayneLigon]

I've known a couple people that would routinely debate whether or not to bother paying rent that month or live in the car (again). One of them eventually joined the Army so he'd be provided with a place to live :/

 

[Mark CMG]

Hella Whack, J47. They have manged to use Dodge, Mobility and Spring Attack to avoid that question. If I had to guess, they will likely monitor any discussion online about the prospects of that, watch the sales numbers of the revised books when they come out, and determine if some sort of effort should be made in those areas.

 

[Mercule]

It was actually a subtle marketting ploy.

They never told us we _should_ buy their products even if we must hock our own bits for the money, but the _idea_ is there now. It's a way to maintain sales levels in a rough economy.

 

[megamania]

~~~~~~groaaan~~~~~~~~~

'course I have paid bills late in order to but new stuff.....NOW

 

[Nail]

It was actually a subtle marketting ploy.

They never told us we _should_ buy their products even if we must hock our own bits for the money, but the _idea_ is there now. It's a way to maintain sales levels in a rough economy.

Sure.

I routinely sell my wife into slavery for gaming money. I've tried to sell th' kids too, but no deal: I've got to pay 'em too much to take th' troublesome tykes.

Now, wit' th' bad economy, all this selling isn't making as much as it used to. Time to sell body parts, I guess. I'm thinkin' I'll start low, and work my way up.

 

[barsoomcore]

Time to sell body parts, I guess. I'm thinkin' I'll start low, and work my way up.

Huh. I'm thinkin' I'll start with YOURS, and work my way around the room...

 

[Mark CMG]

Huh. I'm thinkin' I'll start with YOURS, and work my way around the room...

How odd... I was going to lock both of you in my basement, harvest your blood regularly for spendin' cash and keep you revitalized with fluids by hooking up an I.V. slaved to my sump-pump...

 

[Henry]

Oh, BTW, sorry about that kidney harvest a few months back, Mark -- the dog needed his shots, and my wife had a new dress she needed, but - hey, I hope I left you enough ice in the tub?