BrooklynKnight
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doesnt wisconsin typically get subsero temps in jan? 
Wil Wheaton in Dungeon Magazine [merged]
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Ranger REG
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Feh. The cold day have come for me, now that Poly has ended. After #113, I'm dropping it and spending my time under the Hawaiian sun.EricNoah said:
Sorry but not even Wil Wheaton nor the devoted Greyhawk column can convince me of Dungeon's worth.
EN World Gamer is where I'll be spending my Dungeon money for now.
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James Heard
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Honestly though, can more celebrity notice be bad for D&D? It's like art, sure there are people out there that studiously avoid mainstreaming completely but there's plenty of room (and I think it's better for everyone involved honestly) when people who get noticed start into with things. I don't know how many players I owe completely over to that short, stupid scene in ET. Wil Wheaton writes books and people buy them because he was on Star Trek and in some movies, if he writes about D&D the worst that could happen is that we could turn him away because we're too snobbish to allow for the fact that all sorts of people have been and will be involved with the hobby.
And for that matter, if you sense of being 'special' is wrapped up in whatever geeky qualities you associate with D&D to the extent that an absence of that geeky quality might mean a lack of self esteem or ...whatever, that's sort of scary. At least self-limiting, it's a hobby or a career but it shouldn't be ALL that you are even in the bowels of ENWorld where all of us hardcore "must have access to the thousands of voices of D20" sorts might congregate. I'm not even sure D&D should be a clique even, it's just something that people DO. Casting ominous warnings about people damaging the hobby by their presence just seems..bigoted is the only word that I can think of, but you get my drift. Popular people play D&D, unpopular people play D&D. Just because that's outside of someone's experience doesn't mean squat.
And for that matter, if you sense of being 'special' is wrapped up in whatever geeky qualities you associate with D&D to the extent that an absence of that geeky quality might mean a lack of self esteem or ...whatever, that's sort of scary. At least self-limiting, it's a hobby or a career but it shouldn't be ALL that you are even in the bowels of ENWorld where all of us hardcore "must have access to the thousands of voices of D20" sorts might congregate. I'm not even sure D&D should be a clique even, it's just something that people DO. Casting ominous warnings about people damaging the hobby by their presence just seems..bigoted is the only word that I can think of, but you get my drift. Popular people play D&D, unpopular people play D&D. Just because that's outside of someone's experience doesn't mean squat.
BrooklynKnight said:
If you read his blog and the comments from his fans, you'll notice at least one girl/woman who has already mentioned that she's started learning how to play D&D just b/c Wil talks about it so much on his site.
BrooklynKnight said:I'd like to see how Vin stated Melkor. Is he a min/maxer? etc etc etc.
Same for Wil
Don't know about Vin, but I believe Wil is playing a Tiefling, and last I heard he was trying to decide between a Psion, Psychic Warrior, or Soul Knife. It's a point-buy system using 78 points, distributed however one wants, max 18 and min 3 before racial bonuses/penalties. I don't know how he's distributing his points. I do know that he's really excited to play and was enjoying the new XPH.
dreaded_beast
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From reading his blog, Wil seems like a nice guy.
I never really wondered or even cared what happened to "Wesley Crusher" until I happened upon his website.
After reading his experiences after STNG, I feel for the man. I'm glad that he has landed a job writing for Dungeon and look forward to reading his column. He's a gamer and has writing ability, so in my opinion, that is enough credentials I need for him to write a column in Dungeon.
When I read articles from Dragon or Dungeon, half the time I have no idea who the author is and could care less. I either like the article or I don't. The only difference here is that I know who Wil Wheaton is, which I think is a good thing.
*On a side note, this reminds me of around the time Quake 2 came out and one of the video game magazines (Electronic Game Monthly I think) gave a column to one of the best Quake 2 players, just because he was one of the best Quake 2 players.
I never really wondered or even cared what happened to "Wesley Crusher" until I happened upon his website.
After reading his experiences after STNG, I feel for the man. I'm glad that he has landed a job writing for Dungeon and look forward to reading his column. He's a gamer and has writing ability, so in my opinion, that is enough credentials I need for him to write a column in Dungeon.
When I read articles from Dragon or Dungeon, half the time I have no idea who the author is and could care less. I either like the article or I don't. The only difference here is that I know who Wil Wheaton is, which I think is a good thing.
*On a side note, this reminds me of around the time Quake 2 came out and one of the video game magazines (Electronic Game Monthly I think) gave a column to one of the best Quake 2 players, just because he was one of the best Quake 2 players.
MeepoTheMighty
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I know. I might as well stop gaming now that I can no longer play Scooby Doo d20, or have access to helpful things like a map of a McDonalds.Ranger REG said:
