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The_Gootch
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posted November 02, 2006 07:08 PM bonus applied.
Edited by The_Gootch at 07:14, 23 Feb 2007.

HC Vampire

Inspired by Lith's confession about his 10-sided dice...

Cast

RedSoxFan3    
Aculias          
GuitarGuy        
Iris    
MigtyMage      
The_Gootch      
Tnt_Addict      
Kookastar  
Lith-Maethor  
Violent_Flower  
FriendofGunnar  
Consis  
William        
Vlaad            
Lord_Woock      
Antipaladin
Trogdor        
Pandora          
Binabik          
Russ  
Dragon_Slayer


[The scene opens with everyone grouped up in a smoky basement.  Several tables of different sizes have been pulled together hastily.  Half empty 2 liter bottles of Coke, Diet Coke, Mountain Dew, and Jolt Cola litter the table as well as a gajillion source books.  Bags of chips are scattered by people's seats]

RedSoxFan3:  Right.  So.  Welcome everyone to our inaugural Vampire:  The Masquerade game.  Me and MightyMage here are going to run the Chronicle and Co DM with each other.  I honestly didn't expect to see this many people here today, so please bear with us while we deal with this logistical nightmare.

[murmers of understading escape from the crowd]

[whispers to MightyMage]  The hell did you put on the invite?

MightyMage[whispering back]:  I told most of them that if they came Gootchie would be here and they could each take a turn speed kicking him in the jaw.

RedSoxFan3: [whispering] Ah.  [Returning to a normal voice]  So this is going to be a Camarilla campaign.  However, if you've got a pretty good idea and want to discuss it in private with either of us we'll listen.  So with that in mind, [claps his hands together]  Any questions?  Who wants to be what?

Lith-Maethor:  I'd like to be a Gangrel.

Lord_Woock:  Gangrel?  There's a surprise.  

Lith-Maethor:  What?  I like the Gangrel.

Lord_Woock:  You're always a Gangrel!  Can't you pick something else for a change?!

Lith_Maethor:  Well, when I LARPed I played a Toreador goth rocker...  That was different.  But I want to play a Gangrel now.

Lord_Woock:  Let me guess.  You want to have a wolf as a companion.

Lith_Maethor:  Of course...

Trogdor:  I want a wolf too!

William:  No way man!

Trogdor:  Why not!?

William:  Zomg you're such a cheater!  Last time you had a wolf companion you tried to turn him into a Rank 7 Red Talon that you rescued from the pound!  And you had a sidecar for him too! You know how gay sidecars are on Harleys?

Trogdor:  And I would've gotten away with it too if you hadn't a told on me!  Buddies don't tell GMs to count dots!  You're a little snitch Will!

William:  Say that again.

Trogdor:  You're a stoolie.  A canary.  

William:  That does it.  I'm making a character just to kick your a**!  
*starts scribbling furiously*

Trogdor:  Not if I do it first! *Starts jotting down his character*

Lith-Maethor:  What are you thinking about Woock?

Lord_Woock:  Dunno.  I'm torn between Freddie Mercury and a Nosferatu named Norbert.  *scratches head*

MightMage:  Woock's got a point Lith.  Didn't the Gangrel leave the Camarilla?

Lith-Maethor:  Not all of them...

The_Gootch:  What's the point of playing a loner as part of a large party anyway?

Lith_Maethor:  *looks at William and Trogdor*  The loners tend to live.
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Antipaladin:  But I wanted to be Gangrel too!  

Lith_Maethor:  Noone's stopping you...

Antipaladin:  It's not the same!  You don't understand!  I wanted to be different!

Lith_Maethor:  Don't we all.

Binabik [shaking his head]:  Teenagers...

Violent_Flower:  I've never played this game before baby.  What're we going to be?

The_Gootch:  Eh?  You mean you want to play?  I thought you just wanted to, you know, provide refreshments.  

Violent_Flower:  Baby!  Come on!  You know I can still do all of that while participating!  

The_Gootch:  Ain't happening.  I don't date women who play RPGs.  I've got standards you know.

[About 10 4-sided dice comes racing at The_Gootch's head]

The_Gootch:  Ow!

Violent_Flower:  What's that say about me?  I swore I'd never date a game geek.

The_Gootch:  Yeah well.  I'm a gamer who hates other gamers.  Go to GenCon sometime.  You'll see what I mean.

Violent_Flower:  Well I'm playing.  Either you help me or I'll ask one of the other guys here!

The_Gootch:  Ok!  All right!  I just saw the preview for 300.  It kicks a**!  I'm thinking Brujah and Leonidas.

Binabik:  Spartan?  Don't you mean you want to take it in the...

The_Gootch:  Hey there funny guy.  Why don't you do something besides brag to the rest of us about how great 1st edition D & D was!  

Binabik:  And I still have the original Dungeon board game too!  Groovay!

Violent_Flower:  So what about these Brujah.

The_Gootch:  Well, they kick a**.

Lith_Maethor:  So do Gangrel.

The_Gootch:  And they wear leather.

Lith_Maehtor:  So do Gangrel.

The_Gootch:  And they have rants.

Lith_Maethor:  Gangrel not only have their own rants but they go to the Brujah ones as well.  Needless to say ours are better.

The_Gootch: ...

Violent_Flower:  Ooh!  Leather!  Are we gonna have bikes?

The_Gootch:  ?  Sure.  

Violent_Flower:  All right!  I want a pink one!

[All the men mutter under their breath]:  That is soooo gay.

Violent_Flower:  And you're going to ride on the back of it too!  Won't you baby?

The_Gootch:  I will not!  ride backseat to you.  I'm going to have my own bike.

Violent_Flower:  Yes you will!  And you will like it!  Don't challenge me!  So how do you fill one of these things out anyway...

MightyMage:  Your first time?  Here, let me show you.  By the way Gootch, Leonidas is out.  8th gen is too young to have lived in the time of B.C.

The_Gootch:  pfft...I hope your shop burns down.

Kookastar:  Why are you in a cast Vlaad?

Vlaad:  Football game.

Kookastar:  Oh! I'm so sorry!  One of your students?

Vlaad:  Hell no!  I tell the students if I get tackled I fail them.

Kookastar:  So what happened?

Vlaad:  Eh, on a cross my teammate's header met my ankle.  He's got a hard head; a really hard head.  He's in the group pic you know.  The one on the far left.

Russ:  The guy who looks like Rooney's neanderthal ancestor?  Ow man!  That's gotta suck!

Kookastar:  So what're you going to be Vlaad?  

Vlaad:  Lasombra antitribu.  I was thinking along the lines of an infernalist hunter.

Antipaladin:  Too cool.

MightyMage[muttering under his breath]:  There goes my bad guy...

RedSoxFan3[whispering to MightyMage]: Is Stiven still our bad guy?

MightyMage[whispering back]:  Yeah

Vlaad:  So Kookastar.  How about you?

Kookastar:  Me?  Oh I'm not sure if I'm going to play.  I just wanted to meet all of you.  I'm really excited to be here today!

TnT_Addict:  C'mon.  Make a character.  It'll be fun, .  We could play a couple you know.

Kookastar:  I just might.  FoG, what were you thinking about?

Guitarguy:  I've got an idea!!

Russ:  What's this idea of yours?

Guitarguy:  Let's make a band!  I can be the lead guitarist.

Russ:  Dude.  I study Muay Thai...doesn't mean I want to make Ong-Bak.  Ever consider trying something different?

Guitarguy:  It was just an idea...[voice trails off]

TnT_Addict:  That's actually a pretty good idea!  You can be on drums Russ.  I can do the bass.  FoG on the keyboard.  And Kooka, Iris, and Pandora can be the hot backup singers!

Iris, Kookastar, and Pandora[in unison]:  Backup singers?!

Aculias:  Ain't nothang but a thang inna chicken wang.  Told ya these tossers was all click.

Binabik[to noone in particular]:  You mean he speaks the way he spells?

Iris, Kookastar, and Pandora[in unison]:  Backup singers?

Russ:  I dunno...

Guitarguy:  That would be awesome!  C'mon girls!  Please!  

Iris:  Ok.  I'll give it a shot.

Kookastar:  I dunno...

Pandora:  Uh...I'll take a pass.  Thanks though.

Tnt_Addict:  Drat!  Oh well, .  At least we've got you two, .  Ok.  I want to be the lead singer.

Guitarguy:  You can't be the lead singer.  I play lead guitar.  I'm going to be the lead singer.

Tnt_Addict:  Uh-uh.  I convinced everyone to do this.  I get to be the lead singer.

Guitarguy:  You're the bass player.  Bass players aren't ever the lead singer.

Tnt_Addict:  I want to be the lead singer Guitarguy.  If that means I play another instrument, fine.  But I'm going to be the lead singer.

Guitarguy:  Why don't we put it to a vote?  

Tnt_Addict:  Sure.  But if I get outvoted I'm quitting.

FriendofGunnar: ...

Kookastar:  ...

Iris: ...

Guitarguy:  ...

Russ:  Noone else gonna say anything?  Dude.  Tnt.  You're such a freaking *****.  Thanks for reminding me why I don't ever wanna hang with you again.  I ain't doing the band or anything else you're gonna be a part of.

Tnt_Addict:  This was a dumb idea anyway.  I'm outta here. [Leaves]

The_Gootch:  Don't let the...damn.  He's already gone.

FriendofGunnar[whispers to Kookastar]:  Gettin' kind of stuffy in here.  Care to go for a walk?

Kookastar:  Do I ever!  

FriendofGunnar:  Hey.  We're gonna step outside for a bit.  Anyone need anything?

Aculias:  Yeah.  Gimme a pack o' Philly's.

Trogdor:  How many points of Finance do I need to be able to get Dragonsbreath rounds?

Lith-Maethor:  3, but you didn't hear from me

[Sound of muffled voices and the door opening and closing]

Dragon_Slayer:  Hey!  Sorry I'm late guys!  You wouldn't believe who I just ran into!  I just ran into my old sex ed teacher!  Man!  I used to have the biggest crush on her!

Pandora[laughing]:  Silly.  That was Kooka.

Dragon_Slayer[blushing]  Oh?  Who was the guy standing next to her?  Her husband?

Iris:  Lol no!  That was FoG.  They went to get some things from the store.

Dragon_Slayer:  Like what?  They needed to buy some alone time?!

Pandora:  Sssshhh.  This is how rumors get started you.  You leave those two alone.

RedSoxFan3:  You're late.  Grab a character sheet.  Coats go on the bed in the bedroom.

Dragon_Slayer:  Right.  

Binabik[staring at Consis]:  Hey.  Mr. Mom.  What're you thinking about making?

*************************************************

Violent_Flower:  Ooh!  How about you remake that necromancer Consis!  You wrote 10 pages about him!  I feel as if I already know him!

Consis: Hee-hee.  It's not easy to say this but no.  He's retired.

Violent_Flower:  Awww!  [puppy dog eyes]  Why not?

Consis:  That was a different time in my life and a pretty emotional one.  It's best to leave him in the ol' memory banks.  No.  I think I'll do something different.  I played a Toreador once before...

Violent_Flower:  What's that?

RedSoxFan3:  Hey MightyMage.  Why don't you let me take over?  You go and take care of something else.  Here Violent_Flower, Toreador are one of the seven major Camarilla clans....

MightyMage:  Like what?

The_Gootch:  Like coming clean about Iris beating you in Soul Caliber.  Isn't it true you let her win because you thought it would help you score?

MightyMage:  No I didn't!

The_Gootch:  I could've sworn you said that before you edited your post.

MightyMage:  You think you're so tough why don't you play me!

The_Gootch:  When I'm done with this guy.  Don't worry.  I'll school you once someone tells me who the Eddy Gordo of that game is.

Iris:  Did he really say that?

The_Gootch:[crosses his fingers] as god as my witness.  Nah.  I'm just messing around.  Yeah yeah yeah.  All you tarts get upset when you think guys throw the games.  Is it true he tried to impress you with yo-yo tricks?

Violent_Flower:[punches The_Gootch in the arm]  Be nice!

Iris:[rolls eyes]

[Enter Tnt_Addict]

The_Gootch:  You're back!?  Didn't have e---

Binabik:[interrupting]  Hey man.  Ease up.  It ain't easy to swallow pride.[turning to Tnt_Addict]  Welcome back.

Pandora:  Yes.  Welcome back love.

Tnt_Addict:  So..uh..about that character idea.

Guitarguy:  ?  What's up.

Tnt_Addict:  Mind if we speak alone?

Guitarguy: Let's go.

Vlaad:  Either of you of age?

Tnt_Addict:  Yeah.  What's up?

Vlaad:  This chips and soda deal is nice for a 7th grade dance.  Some of us would like some booze though.  While you're negotiating with each other, think you can make a store run?

Consis:  I dunno.  There are some teenagers here.

Vlaad:  eh?  Oh that's right.  Drinking age in your country is 30.  It ain't that big a deal here.

Tnt_Addict:  No prob.  What chu need?

Lith-Maethor:  Ouzo

Vlaad:  Lol no.  I dunno.  Some Pilsner would be nice.  And vodka.

Here you go.[hands Tnt some money]

Guitarguy:  Anyone need anything else?  Cigarettes?

[All the Europeans raise their hands]

[Guitarguy and Tnt_Addict exit]

Lord_Woock:  Anyone else going Nosferatu?  Noone?  Ok.  That's what I'll go with then.

Aculias:  Done!  I'm done!  

MightyMage:  Let me check your sheet.

Aculias:  You go ahead.  Who wants to play me in some pool!?

Violent_Flower:  Ooh!  Me!!  Me!  

Aculias:  I don't play girls.  

Violent_Flower:  I'll kick your ass you don't play girls!  I used to play in league!

Aculias:  yeah.  That's cause all teams need a girl to fetch drinks for the real playas.

Violent_Flower: Rack'em b****!!

RedSoxFan3:  Hey.  What about this character?

Violent_Flower:  Oh.  You go ahead and make me whatever you think will work.  It's too confusing to explain to me right now.  I'd have to really sit down with the books and that's not going to happen.  We'd be here all night.

The_Gootch:[under his breath]She gave me this line about D2.

Violent_Flower:  What was that?

The_Gootch:  Nothing babydoll.  Good luck!  

RedSoxFan3:  Oh?  Okay....  You'll still need to figure on a name.

Violent_Flower:  Ok, [smiles]

*to be continued*

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posted November 02, 2006 08:08 PM

It Was Fun

I played back in Vegas. I was a Toreador with high charisma and everything else sucked. L.A.R.P. is especially fun for actors and actresses.
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posted November 02, 2006 08:20 PM

Can't wait for more...

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posted November 02, 2006 10:06 PM

uh...

not that i object, mind you... but can we move on to the new WoD? (ie: Vampire the Requiem, instead of Vampire the Masquerade) and yeah, i do play a Gangrel... Ordo Dracul to be exact
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posted November 03, 2006 03:12 PM

no fair,im either gangral either capadocian
gootch i didnt know ur a fan of whaite wolf,who else is?
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posted November 03, 2006 03:46 PM

Too bad the new kids don't get the Norbert joke
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Edited by friendofgunnar at 19:37, 03 Nov 2006.

Oh so this is what you're talking about.


I also found this funny bit in the FAQ's when the creator of the game starts talking about the feedback from his fans.


In MET, how do I--

Hold it right there. I don't answer MET questions, because I don't know the system well enough.

I imagine you probably have to wear a cape or some sort of makeup, for what it's worth, because I see a lot of that at LARPs. Exactly who some "vampire" with a face full of Crow makeup and a velvet cloak thinks he's fooling with his "Masquerade" is a bit sketchy, but it seems to be part of the thing.

Then again, dressing in those boss costumes is part of the appeal. Just remember, enthusiasts of Victoriana, that hunters are trained to look for anachronisms. Don't blame me when the Society of Leopold burns down your havens at one in the afternoon. I warned you.

I want to play a Highlander Immortal, or a Demon, or a member of Clan Nuketheworld or some other Web-published mania.

I guess the 30+ clans and bloodlines and their kewl powerz don't do it for you, eh? Okay; it's not my position to judge.

However (ha!), White Wolf does not make a practice of keeping track of Web, Usenet or other Internet material. I suggest a Web search. Here's a hint, for those who like such things: Search for "B.J. Zanzibar." There's actually some good stuff at that site, too, amid all the piles of God-smiting Disciplines and stultifying adaptations of "Xena Warrior Princess in the WoD," so it's worth a look even if you're a bitter, spiteful bastard like me.

Aargh! How come you left the [pet bloodline here] out of the revised edition?! I am the elder of the [pet bloodline here] in [city here] and my coven of bloodwyne-drinking childer is very upset!

Sigh.

Okay. The revised edition covers the 13 clans. Bloodlines are not clans. Just because they're not in the main rulebook doesn't mean they've been written out of the continuity. The Daughters of Cacophony weren't in the second edition rulebook, either, were they? Jesus, calm down.

Some of these questions answer themselves, if you think about 'em. The Daughters, Samedi and Salubri appear in the Vampire Storytellers Companion.

Okay, smartmouth, what's the difference between a clan and a bloodline?

Clans have founders of the Third Generation. Bloodlines are little wrinkles in clan consanguinity, usually. Somewhere in the past, something weird happened with a given member of a clan and all those who descended from her share the same anomalous Traits.

Yes, this means the Salubri are now a bloodline. Happy?

What happens when a pregnant woman gets Embraced?

Hey! Use a grammatically correct question, willya?

"What happens when a vampire Embraces a pregnant woman?"

Well, two distinct possibilities exist.

First, and most likely, the pregnancy terminates immediately, causing a miscarriage, infant stillbirth, whatever, depending on how far along the mother had progressed in the pregnancy. Incidentally, this is also what happens when a pregnant (and nonrevenant) woman becomes a ghoul.

The second, less common event is a bit more horrific. The fetus dies, as the mother dies to become a vampire, but remains forever in the mother's womb, a dead, static thing. Gross. It may even become a monstrous little vampire-fetus itself, perhaps gnawing its way from its mother's guts in a disgusting display of primal survival-urge. It will not grow, however; if it for some reason survives (some pervy vampire takes it an feeds it blood, whatever), it will be a mindless little beast-fetus-thing, creeping the hell out of whoever looks at it. Yuck. Just stomp on it and put it out of its misery.

A pregnant woman, if Embraced, will not yield Blade. Certain rumors circulate in these Final Nights about vampires of extremely high generation (14th and 15th) actually bearing children, but I don't believe it for a second.

I have a movie proposal/a tech question/a MUD I want sanctioned/been looking for the Vampire CD-ROM/been looking for the Limited Edition/ cooties. Can you help me?

As much as I'd love to, no.

Media and licensing is handled by Mike Tinney.

We don't deal with tech -- Acrobat's not our software and neither is your browser. If you have a website issue, talk to Chris but be patient, 'cause we get thousands of hits each day and he's not just the webmastah.

The CD-ROM is out of print, out of stock, and there are no current plans to do one for the revised edition (yet; we'll see).

The Limited Edition is long sold out.

Cooties may be eliminated by eating four one-gallon institutional cans of peanut butter.

To keep it simple, I work on continuity and development only. If you have a mechanical question, a question about the world, or a concern about a book's content, I'm your guy. If it's any more esoteric than the property itself, I don't handle it.

I saw you at a convention and you're not a goth.

That's not a question, and I'm not an anything.

For the record, Vampire is not a game about being a goth. Vampire is a game with a gothic mood and setting, which is quite different. It's also a horror game, but no one seems to have any problem with me not being a bloody, screaming skeleton.

If you're talking straight numbers, more vampires aren't goth than are. Most vampires follow mortal trends, and the whole goth scene isn't the rage it used to be. Granted, it is easy to feed and to pass relatively unchallenged among the goths if you legitimately do look dead. If I was a hunter, though, I'd board up a gothic nightclub, burn it to the ground and let God sort 'em out.

To all you goths out there, I'm just kidding. Relax; even Bauhaus knows how to laugh at themselves. I played several goth tunes at the GenCon party for you, by the way, so I'm not as antagonistic as I'm pretending to be. Who loves ya, baby?

Why are you so goddamn cranky?

It's part and parcel to the job. I bust my ass to make quality, exciting books that expose various malignant elements of the World of Darkness for a fraction of what Hollywood knuckleheads get paid to do the same thing with less depth and attention to detail. The only thing I have other than an ulcer, a DUI and several thousand dollars in debt is a festering yet undeniable love for Vampire and its sense of brooding, gothic horror. Every time some illiterate mongrel sends me a shrill, rabid e-mail demanding that he be allowed to play a Dragon/Angel Archmage and obliterate the city of Compton with the Level Sixty power of BlowsnowUpus, it makes me want to put a gun to my head. Every whiny letter that complains how such-and-such clan used to be so cool but we snowed it up in the revised edition brings me one step closer to serial murder. Every poorly punctuated missive from a one-eyed high-school cave dwarf decrying me for how much better he could do my job makes the extinction of the human race all the more appealing.

If you like crossover games, fine. I don't. If you like Immortals, fine. I don't. If you like amassing millions of dots in Discplines and descending into the depths of hell to slay the Archduke of Tartarus, fine. I don't. I have a pretty purist viewpoint concerning Vampire and I pour every bit of love I can muster from my wretched, black little heart into my books. I hope you enjoy them. If you don't, I'll gladly accept that, but I hope you can take the pieces you do like and make them into something rewarding for you.

There's no "right" way to play Vampire. I bring all of the material in line with my vision, but who says who have to use my vision? Likewise, your vision isn't "right," either. As long as you're having fun, the game works and fulfills its purpose: entertainment. I think I do a pretty good job of making Vampire a sublime game of horror, mystery, moral ambiguity and passion, but if you'd rather do something else with it, that's cool, too. WoD bibliophiles, self-avowed experts, arrogant pundits and other fascists of ideas make me sick; there are a lot of them out there, and they never hesitate to send e-mail in my direction. By the time the 400th idiotic question finds its way to my mailbox, and it's sitting next to a six-page dissertation on why I should be fired for allowing a vampire to be Embraced from the Ugaritic Sub-Saharan Huns when their cultic religion so clearly prevents them from drinking blood, I get a bit disgusted. By the time I see my 3,000th Celtic Gangrel, merry Ravnos trickster or wacky, teddy-bear carrying Malkavian, I wonder why I even bother thinking about these books, when so many people seem to want the same old pap and stupidity each month. I may as well print pictures of my ass and write, "The Followers of Set are EEEEEEEEEEEEEVIL. Marilyn Manson Rules!" on the last page; people would buy it.

But I don't want to do that. To me, Vampire is vastly more than that. I'm gonna catch a snowstorm for the apparent "arrogance" of this little diatribe from people who can't read any deeper than the surface, but whatever. God help me, I want Vampire to be the cool, edgy, hip thing it was when it first burst on the scene seven years ago. It's all I can to do to keep that edge; Vampire, to some people, is just another game, just another fantasy-role-playing power trip in which they can beat up on orcs-- er, anarchs and rob the king-- er, Ventrue prince blind. We have indeed become the Generation of Swine, even in our little roleplaying pond. I don't want that either, so I make Vampire my valediction and my bastion of expression.

Then someone e-mails me with a request for a list of kickass guns for his character.

That's why I'm so goddamn cranky.

And by the way, Baba Yaga's dead.

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posted November 03, 2006 07:39 PM

Yup

That's right on par with the game, it's group of fans, and the philosophy as I've known them. Nice article . . . it sure brought back a lot of fun memories of masquerade parties.
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posted November 03, 2006 08:26 PM

for those interested..

...in roleplaying in a WoD setting and are older than 18, feel free to check the site in my sig
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posted November 04, 2006 11:00 AM

why is the 18 rule?
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posted November 04, 2006 12:19 PM

So's they don't get sued for corrupting your soul.
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posted November 06, 2006 07:26 AM

So do you think that the movie "Underworld" ripped off this game?

allright they probably did, the question is how much....

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posted November 06, 2006 07:46 PM

Oh me please I want my part, OH PLEASE, PLEASE….

*Anticipating role, tapping foot, drumming fingers impatiently, and throwing fit*

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posted November 10, 2006 12:35 AM

*bump*

In the interest of continuity I'm adding to the story right at the beginning as opposed to creating a separate response.
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posted November 10, 2006 01:07 AM

Hey, I want in too!

I gave you the star, doesn't that count for someth...oh wait, forgot who I was talking to - the stars don't cut it as currency with you do they?

Damn, how to bribe the Gootch? I want in too!


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posted November 10, 2006 01:44 AM

Quote:
Trogdor
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Russ



So I guess being listed in the cast doesn't count for much, does it?  Don't you worry!  I've got special plans for you!  And it involves a marriage!!  And a snow plow!!  And an 8-pointer!
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posted November 10, 2006 01:49 AM
Edited by the_gootch at 01:49, 10 Nov 2006.

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the stars don't cut it as currency with you do they?



You must be thinking of Hamsi.  I've never met a qp of mine I didn't like.  I might have scratched my head at times because it seemed the qp was given arbitrarily to, I dunno, make up for lost time or correct possible oversights from previous mods.  

I don't pretend to understand the machinations for the giving or earning of them.  I think Terje put it the best way.  Too bad the bugger doesn't show his ugly mug around here these days.  

Nor will there be anymore discussion about qps here.  Please refer qp issues to the Turban Tribunal.

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posted November 10, 2006 05:30 AM

   That’s right a pink bike and everything! ZOMG, I know that I said I would never date a gaming geek; they have that funny gaming smell to them. Their fingers are callus from the controller (not from hard manly work.) They have flat asses because they sit all day staring into a never ending screen that brings them pleasure on so many levels; a women just can’t touch that… They daydream in the middle of that important conversation about bringing the child to the ER because there is a knife that has impaled their leg.  Goody for gamers, you have to love them.  
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posted November 10, 2006 08:27 AM

Welcome to the world of HC where about 80% of the people on here are geeks
The other 10% just look like geeks.
the last 10% are tight
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posted November 10, 2006 08:33 AM

out of curiosity...

violent_flower ...just how many "gaming geeks" have you met? ...cause the ones i know happen to be the same people that are into sports (and not as watchers mind you) and generally are a different species from couch potatoes that better fit your description of them... unless things are entirely different on your side of the globe, i think its time for you to reconsider...


...and i still say we should switch to Requiem ...Masquerade reads far better than it plays
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