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Post by VemuKhaham on Feb 17, 2009 8:32:10 GMT -5
Hey there Bergin, good to see you've found us here, I hope you'll soon get into the swing of things, join or even start a few games, and enjoy. I'm sure there are open spots in various games, so just drop a line with the DM of any game you're interested in, and you'll be settled in soon enough.8
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Post by Yakumo on Feb 17, 2009 10:07:57 GMT -5
Hey, great to see you and a new player for that matter. Unfortunately CoC has just been put to pasture for inactivity, but seeing as it is my favorite game here, I'll be trying to revive a game of it as soon as the boards pick back up. so if you can last that long, you'll have a game to play. Until then, I'm sure you can find something to entertain yourself here.
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Post by TheUdjat on Feb 17, 2009 10:45:37 GMT -5
Welcome Bergin! And Brindle, if you're still around. New blood is always good. CofC did indeed get canned, at least for the time being, though prevalent interest tends to drive what games we run. If a bunch of people are clamoring for CofC, I'm sure somebody will step up to the plate and run it. Unfortunately mine was that one that crashed, so I'm not an exceptionally likely candidate.  At least not until Dark Sun ends and I'm wondering what to run next. There are a bunch of games around that could use new players, so please, jump on in!8 |
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Post by Bergin on Feb 17, 2009 23:02:13 GMT -5
Thanks for the warm welcome. I'll keep on poking around to see if anything piques my interest. I'm a total n00b when it comes to D&D, so the learning curve could be steep (and I is a bit slow  ). I am finishing up two really big story arcs on my freeform game this month. After that I'll be looking more in earnest. |
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Post by VemuKhaham on Feb 18, 2009 14:28:17 GMT -5
Care to tell us about your freeform game and what's happening a.t.m.?
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Post by Bergin on Feb 18, 2009 17:53:44 GMT -5
It's all very tragic at the moment. The first story is a horror tale set in a colonial American village, circa 1790. The short version: a woman was horribly wronged by the town constable, and the town government covered it up, blaming (and executing) a slave instead. The wronged woman decided to get her revenge by killing the man's young son, butchering him, and feeding him (unknowingly) to the town at a village feast. The cannibalism, however, brought with it a horrible curse (the slaves tried to warn her), and the eaters began going quite mad. Mass debauchery and horror ensued. At that point the story's point of view switched from the "primaries" (the man, the woman, the accused slave, the mayor) to four (written by the same 4 players who wrote for the "primaries") of the pious young people in the town (friends of the boy who was murdered). They are now trying to escape the carnage. We all decided that a tragic end where the lovebirds die and the boy and girl who didn't get along at all would be the ones to escape. They have just fled the town into the woods (and snow). One more "big escape" scene and the death of the lovebirds, and we should be done. The second tale is my own version of "The Masque of the Red Death." It isn't going nearly as well as the first, because I keep having to find replacement players for the primaries. The mysterious guest is about to reveal himself . . . so they can all die and I can plagiarize Poe for my ending: "And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all." |
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Post by TheUdjat on Feb 19, 2009 8:07:15 GMT -5
I see why you like CofC, though you seem to take to the subject matter of a lot of his predecessors rather than HPL himself. Certainly very morose and dark subjects, which is fine by me. You're lucky to be able to find such willing accomplices, too. It can be hard finding players in an medium, but especially so in freeform, where plot can get dangerously off-track. Bravo! |
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Post by Bergin on Feb 19, 2009 16:30:33 GMT -5
I have to admit--and I feel like such a barbarian saying so--I don't get Lovecraft at all. I am perfectly willing to concede that it is over my head . . . but i don't get it at all. The whole cosmic horror, malicious universe, insanity thing just doesn't scare me.  My loss, I'm sure. I'm scared by far more mundane things. My scare-o-meter is low-brow, I guess. |
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Post by TheUdjat on Feb 20, 2009 8:35:02 GMT -5
I have to admit--and I feel like such a barbarian saying so--I don't get Lovecraft at all. I am perfectly willing to concede that it is over my head . . . but i don't get it at all. The whole cosmic horror, malicious universe, insanity thing just doesn't scare me. My loss, I'm sure. I'm scared by far more mundane things. My scare-o-meter is low-brow, I guess. This is a dangerous topic for me, because I could talk about the relative merits and failings of Lovecraft for hours if allowed to. I'll say this, though--the kind of fear Lovecraft aims to evoke is not the same kind of fear one commonly associates with horror nowadays, and it does require a great deal of imagination and inference. The things Lovecraft specifically conjures up, though revolutionary in his own time, are kind of 'ho-hum' to us now because they genre has advanced so much from that point. What I like is the level of ingenuity he put into his stories, with some of his ideas residing so far outside the box. It's respectable, at least to me. The cosmic horror he aims for basically amounts to a realization of how little humanity and all its aspects matter to the universe as a whole, and how trivial and insignificant we are. But it's not just that--it's that combined with the second realization that there are other things around us all the time that we are too blind to perceive which are so much more powerful than us that they are liable to accidentally destroy us. Then there's the third aspect of Lovecraftian horror that, to me, seems to get overlooked by a lot of critics--what those two realizations can do to people of all different walks of life. Lovecraft tends to write from the perspective of the intelligent, imaginative, and analytical, which gives his stories a certain flavor--but it's always interesting to see how common laborers, regular people, the police, and others react to the very same things (though you have to filter his stories for the inevitable racism inherent in them). Like I said, I can go on and on. I don't feel much of the stuff I write or even run game-wise actually comes close to what Lovecraft set out to make. But I do feel all of my stuff is quietly influenced by it, as I'm constantly dreaming of impossible and incomprehensible things, places, creatures, and so on. Your style of horror is another of my favorites, incidentally--a study of human nature. At least, that's what I perceive to be your favored type of horror. I see lots of degeneration of human nature, of civilization, and so forth in the face of overwhelming adversity, which is a fascinating topic. I tend to be a bit more optimistic about it, but a depressing end here and there is still rewarding in its way. I tend to prefer very bitter-sweet resolutions. Nobody should win all the time--or lose all the time. |
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Post by Bergin on Feb 20, 2009 16:04:01 GMT -5
I'm afraid I don't think nearly as deeply about this as you have. I tend to feel my way through it. I have spent a lot of time alone with my own thoughts, so I know what scares me. When I hit on something that really shakes me, I start trying to flesh it out into a story, poem, or game idea. If anyone ever found the notebooks piled under my bed, filled with my craziness, they'd lock me up. |
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Post by tork8342 on Apr 11, 2009 2:12:50 GMT -5
well I'm new here and I've never play online at all before and only a little experience in in-person campaign's although i did make a couple hundred bucks over the past few years coming up with creative, cooky, spooky, crazy, bland, or any other kinda character my friend needed to put in his campaign.
I'm a big guy 6'8 290,
I play bass in a christian band that travels pretty much every weekend,
I don't think dnd is of the devil like most of my relatives,
I'm pretty chillaxed,
I love food....preferably any good food but cheap and fast are alright to.
Variety is the spice of life, and i'll try pretty much anything once, especially foods (see above.)
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Post by TheZebraShakes™ on Apr 11, 2009 2:58:47 GMT -5
Hello
It's always a pleasure to see a new name around here. We won't be paying you, but if you get the urge to draw up a character and stick around for a game I can definately offer up a few good recipes worth trying out in the kitchen.
Around my house we cook with a lot of spices. Mostly curry dishes and anything else that we can throw a crazy amount of flavor into for great taste.
Enjoy your time here, even if it's just to share your thoughts on food and music, as lovers of both frequent these boards.
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Post by tork8342 on Apr 11, 2009 18:52:21 GMT -5
haha thanks and all recipes and/or food delivery are greatly accepted and appreciated as i love food.
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Post by TheUdjat on Apr 13, 2009 7:29:49 GMT -5
haha thanks and all recipes and/or food delivery are greatly accepted and appreciated as i love food. I may take you up on that. I'm a lover of food, myself. Welcome to the boards! I see you're already working on getting settled in, which is excellent. Look forward to seeing you in some games. |
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Post by TheZebraShakes™ on Apr 15, 2009 1:50:36 GMT -5
We made some great lamb tonight.
cut it up and browned it in a wok
threw in some onions, garlic, ginger, jalapenos, carrots, broccoli, and Kale
Then a mix of spices
I couldn't stop eating it.
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Post by tork8342 on Apr 15, 2009 2:05:05 GMT -5
Kale? i've never heard of that?? but it sounds amazing  7.0 |
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Post by menatkhufu on Apr 15, 2009 2:56:08 GMT -5
Something cabbage-like.
Also it has nice flowers.
I dont like to eat it, but they look good with their flowers on them. =)
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Post by TheZebraShakes™ on Apr 15, 2009 3:00:08 GMT -5
It's a green, kinda like spinach but without such a strong taste as spinach.
I love the way it tastes with a nice blend of spices on it or a light stir fry sauce
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Post by tork8342 on Apr 15, 2009 7:16:17 GMT -5
oh ok i see now. something like turnip or collard greens. sounds good I just made lasagna for my girl friend. nothing to special but she loved it.7.0
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Post by TheUdjat on Apr 15, 2009 8:12:16 GMT -5
oh ok i see now. something like turnip or collard greens. sounds good I just made lasagna for my girl friend. nothing to special but she loved it.7.0 Hard to go wrong with Italian, I always say. I've been meaning to try Kale for a while. I'm a big fan of the leafy greens (or pretty much any greens), so there's an obvious appeal. And one can't have spinach with everything... Almost everything, but not quite. Haven't made lamb yet, either. Another to-do. What spices did you guys use, Shakes? |
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At least not until Dark Sun ends and I'm wondering what to run next.
). I am finishing up two really big story arcs on my freeform game this month. After that I'll be looking more in earnest.
My loss, I'm sure. I'm scared by far more mundane things. My scare-o-meter is low-brow, I guess. 
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