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<blockquote data-quote="thedungeondelver" data-source="post: 4542524" data-attributes="member: 34865"><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">I give you: Talkin' Seattle Game Blues...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">hey hey, my my </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">D&D will never die</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">dumb it down, to your surprise</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">you'll make a million dollars</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">Well I was at WotC makin' money fast</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">thought we'd buy TSR 'cause they'd gassed</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">so one day we took the plunge</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">moved 'em all to Seattle to reinvent fun</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">washingon state that is</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">redmond</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">Microsoft</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">frasier's funny</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">now to publish fast we went to work</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">yanked stuff out until it hurt</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">we had a new attitude and what's more</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">when you play you gotta buy random minis at the store</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">wowee</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">pretty clever</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">how expensive</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">how totally financial</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">now to fit in with the gamer scene</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">you gotta write somethin they ain't never scene</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">so thinking up a 5e gimmick one day</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">we decided to publish blank rulebooks to play</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">for the new edition</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">blank pages</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">gaming's original alternative</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">whoo fun!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">well we spread the word at Gencon how</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">we'd be selling the greatest edition around</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">the Hasbro guy came out to talk to us one day</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">and just like always there were no rules to play</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">it knocked him out</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">he said he loved our work</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">he said he loved our work but he wasn't sure if he could sell rulebooks</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">with nothing in them</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">I said hell we've been doing that since 1999</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">He advanced us two and a half million dollars</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">hey hey, my my </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">D&D will never die</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">dumb it down, to your surprise</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">you'll make a million dollars</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">we did a youtube video but that wasn't tough</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">cuz' we just filmed ourselves not playin' stuff</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">it was kinda weird 'cause we had no rules</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">but the ennies guys said it was super cool</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">the kids went wild, the kids went nuts</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">rpg.net gave us a five star review said it was the first edition to have guts</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">we're scorin' chicks and takin drugs</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">then enworld asked us to podcast upload</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">you should've seen it</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">we sat right there and refused to read live the </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">print rules we had refused to type up in the first place</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">then we sold 'em minis</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">well we blew 'em away at the gencon show</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">by refusing to demo and refusing to go</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">and then just when we thought fame wouldn't quit</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">along came these rules that'd never been in print</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">now that's alternative gaming</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">hell that's alternative to alternative</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">that's an attack of opportunity</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">per encounter</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">well our writers got fired and that ain't funny</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">'cause we can't write for <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> and we're out of money</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">so the other day I called 'em up and</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">said boys I've taken all I can</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">shave off your goatees</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">pack the van</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">we're movin' back to Lake Geneva.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thedungeondelver, post: 4542524, member: 34865"] [FONT=century gothic] I give you: Talkin' Seattle Game Blues... hey hey, my my D&D will never die dumb it down, to your surprise you'll make a million dollars Well I was at WotC makin' money fast thought we'd buy TSR 'cause they'd gassed so one day we took the plunge moved 'em all to Seattle to reinvent fun washingon state that is redmond Microsoft frasier's funny now to publish fast we went to work yanked stuff out until it hurt we had a new attitude and what's more when you play you gotta buy random minis at the store wowee pretty clever how expensive how totally financial now to fit in with the gamer scene you gotta write somethin they ain't never scene so thinking up a 5e gimmick one day we decided to publish blank rulebooks to play for the new edition blank pages gaming's original alternative whoo fun! well we spread the word at Gencon how we'd be selling the greatest edition around the Hasbro guy came out to talk to us one day and just like always there were no rules to play it knocked him out he said he loved our work he said he loved our work but he wasn't sure if he could sell rulebooks with nothing in them I said hell we've been doing that since 1999 He advanced us two and a half million dollars hey hey, my my D&D will never die dumb it down, to your surprise you'll make a million dollars we did a youtube video but that wasn't tough cuz' we just filmed ourselves not playin' stuff it was kinda weird 'cause we had no rules but the ennies guys said it was super cool the kids went wild, the kids went nuts rpg.net gave us a five star review said it was the first edition to have guts we're scorin' chicks and takin drugs then enworld asked us to podcast upload you should've seen it we sat right there and refused to read live the print rules we had refused to type up in the first place then we sold 'em minis well we blew 'em away at the gencon show by refusing to demo and refusing to go and then just when we thought fame wouldn't quit along came these rules that'd never been in print now that's alternative gaming hell that's alternative to alternative that's an attack of opportunity per encounter well our writers got fired and that ain't funny 'cause we can't write for :):):):) and we're out of money so the other day I called 'em up and said boys I've taken all I can shave off your goatees pack the van we're movin' back to Lake Geneva. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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