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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7650499" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>[h=3]EN World News[/h]</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We're half way through the seven days of EN World's <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?336477-It-s-The-EN-World-7-Day-RPG-Contest!-1000-Prize!" target="_blank">$1000 7 Day RPG Competition</a>!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Our bi-weekly boardgaming column, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?820-Do-Not-Pass-Go-7" target="_blank">Do Not Pass Go</a>, takes a look at the perfect gamer.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong><a href="http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/publishers-you-only-have-one-more-week-to-submit/" target="_blank">ENnies Deadline Approaches</a>!</strong> To all publishers: If you haven’t submitted anything yet, please remember that you only have one more week to do so. According to the rules any package with a postmark past May 8th, 2013, will not be accepted. Any e-submission received after May 8th, 2013, will also not be accepted. So get those submissions in so you have a chance!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Talking of the ENnies, Thanks to everyone who bid in the ENnies Publisher Karaoke! In the end, we raised $1160 to go towards paying for the ceremony this year. And your 'winners' are…</li> </ul><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rone Barton – <em>“I Spock the World and Meld with You</em>”</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Leonard Balsera (Evil Hat Productions) – “<em>Take on Me</em>”</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Stan! – “<em>Sweet Transvestite</em>”</li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Don’t forget to come to the ceremony on the evening Friday, August 16, in the Grand Hall of Union Station to hear them sing their hearts out!</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></p><p>[h=3]Dungeons & Dragons News[/h]</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The table of contents for the May issues of <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/TOC.aspx?x=dnd/4new/drtoc/423" target="_blank">DRAGON</a> and <a href="http://t.co/wrZwaGKjka" target="_blank">DUNGEON</a> magazines have been posted.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You can now vote in WotC's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dungeonsanddragons/app_166013376782265" target="_blank">character sheet contest</a>. Winning entries will be published in an upcoming "D&D Next publication" to be released in mid to late 2013.</li> </ul><p></p><p>[h=3]The Dungeon Bastard on Men Playing Women[/h]</p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[video=youtube;_Lh1WEhlGi4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lh1WEhlGi4&amp;sns=em[/video]</p><p></p><p></p><p>[h=3]RPGs are STILL Evil![/h]</p><p>Apparently. This time it's a Brazilian newspaper which claims RPGs incite murders and satanic rituals. There's a rough translation below, thanks to Claudio Pozas!</p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]107977[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #ff8c00"><strong>RPG: </strong><strong>What it is</strong></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #ff8c00">Roleplaying game defines a type of game where people assume the roles of their characters, creating narratives, stories and a plot guided by one of them, usually called gamemaster.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #ff8c00"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #ff8c00"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #ff8c00"><strong>Signs</strong></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #ff8c00">Parents must be vigilant and observe if the game is nothing but a simple passtime or if became an obsession.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #ff8c00"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #ff8c00"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #ff8c00">The red light goes on if the player displays a change in behaviour, specially if it involves aggressiveness and a lack of motivation for other activities, like going to school.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #ff8c00"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #ff8c00"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #ff8c00">This game is not recommended to those experiencing emotional problems, since they have difficulties in differentiating fantasy from reality. There have been cases of murders incited by this game, in association with satanic rituals.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7650499, member: 1"] [h=3]EN World News[/h] [LIST] [*]We're half way through the seven days of EN World's [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?336477-It-s-The-EN-World-7-Day-RPG-Contest!-1000-Prize!"]$1000 7 Day RPG Competition[/URL]! [*]Our bi-weekly boardgaming column, [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?820-Do-Not-Pass-Go-7"]Do Not Pass Go[/URL], takes a look at the perfect gamer. [*][B][URL="http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/publishers-you-only-have-one-more-week-to-submit/"]ENnies Deadline Approaches[/URL]![/B] To all publishers: If you haven’t submitted anything yet, please remember that you only have one more week to do so. According to the rules any package with a postmark past May 8th, 2013, will not be accepted. Any e-submission received after May 8th, 2013, will also not be accepted. So get those submissions in so you have a chance! [*]Talking of the ENnies, Thanks to everyone who bid in the ENnies Publisher Karaoke! In the end, we raised $1160 to go towards paying for the ceremony this year. And your 'winners' are… [/LIST] [LIST=1|INDENT=2] [*]Rone Barton – [I]“I Spock the World and Meld with You[/I]” [*]Leonard Balsera (Evil Hat Productions) – “[I]Take on Me[/I]” [*]Stan! – “[I]Sweet Transvestite[/I]” [/LIST] [INDENT]Don’t forget to come to the ceremony on the evening Friday, August 16, in the Grand Hall of Union Station to hear them sing their hearts out! [/INDENT] [h=3]Dungeons & Dragons News[/h] [LIST] [*]The table of contents for the May issues of [URL="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/TOC.aspx?x=dnd/4new/drtoc/423"]DRAGON[/URL] and [URL="http://t.co/wrZwaGKjka"]DUNGEON[/URL] magazines have been posted. [*]You can now vote in WotC's [URL="https://www.facebook.com/dungeonsanddragons/app_166013376782265"]character sheet contest[/URL]. Winning entries will be published in an upcoming "D&D Next publication" to be released in mid to late 2013. [/LIST] [h=3]The Dungeon Bastard on Men Playing Women[/h] [CENTER] [video=youtube;_Lh1WEhlGi4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lh1WEhlGi4&sns=em[/video][/CENTER] [h=3]RPGs are STILL Evil![/h] Apparently. This time it's a Brazilian newspaper which claims RPGs incite murders and satanic rituals. There's a rough translation below, thanks to Claudio Pozas! [CENTER] [ATTACH=FULL]107977[/ATTACH] [/CENTER] [INDENT][COLOR=#ff8c00][B]RPG: [/B][B]What it is[/B][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=#ff8c00]Roleplaying game defines a type of game where people assume the roles of their characters, creating narratives, stories and a plot guided by one of them, usually called gamemaster.[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=#ff8c00] [/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=#ff8c00][B]Signs[/B][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=#ff8c00]Parents must be vigilant and observe if the game is nothing but a simple passtime or if became an obsession.[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=#ff8c00] [/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=#ff8c00]The red light goes on if the player displays a change in behaviour, specially if it involves aggressiveness and a lack of motivation for other activities, like going to school.[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=#ff8c00] [/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=#ff8c00]This game is not recommended to those experiencing emotional problems, since they have difficulties in differentiating fantasy from reality. There have been cases of murders incited by this game, in association with satanic rituals.[/COLOR][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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