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General Category => RPGs => : Kelkesh123 February 21, 2011, 05:23:34 PM
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So I walked into a Half-Priced Book's store the other day and just wandered around, staring at ridiculous deals (please give me money for this HPB), when I found the RPG book section.
Stooping down, I searched through the books, looking for whatever suited my fancy.
Found a copy of Rift's, stared at it, and promptly put it down. Then found a copy of Shadowrun 2nd Edition, and started reading it.
A girl walking by stops and starts a conversation with me, giving me her number as she leaves so I can play a game with her.
I made my way over to the water fountain, GURPS book in hand (I had never gotten ahold of one, so it felt like it was time), and started a conversation with a girl there about GURPS.
She gave me her facebook and cellphone number.
At this point a little bewildered (and a little afraid my girlfriend might have a few choice comments about me returning home with multiple girl's numbers), I approached the checkout counter, where I again talked to a woman about roleplaying games and left with a number.
Now either I'm some sort of pimp, or women have started outnumbering male roleplayers in my area.
Any similar experiences?
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Can't either confirm or deny this for my area, but I do have to profess my envy at you having a HPB near you. I checked one out while on vacation over the summer and it has amazing deals and is a great place to get cheap books (especially RPGs)...
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I've had similar things happen but only with guys. The RPG section of my local HPB is by the bathrooms, halfway down a hallway right next to the manga so it isn't as well traveled. I suppose there's women who want to play RPGs around, I do see then in the actual gamestore that I go to, but none of them have ever approached me.
I think you might just be a pimp, man.
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Hell, I've never had random gamer conversation at the book store. Arizona is rather lame like that I guess.
However, I think thanks to RPPR, many of our encounters with Rifts boiled down to just staring at it, then putting it back on the shelf.
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However, I think thanks to RPPR, many of our encounters with Rifts boiled down to just staring at it, then putting it back on the shelf.
You do? There's a bunch of Palladium books at our store that never move from their shelf and I've considered buying some of them to use as source material but never worked up the nerve.
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DO IT
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DO IT
But their old, and made from 80s paper, and the artwork is strange, and every random page I flip to is a "what the fuck" moment, either because of the things begin talked about or the mechanics attached to them. They frighten me.
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DO IT
But their old, and made from 80s paper, and the artwork is strange, and every random page I flip to is a "what the fuck" moment, either because of the things begin talked about or the mechanics attached to them. They frighten me.
PALLADIUM CARES NOT FOR YOUR COWARDICE. PALLADIUM GAMES ARE THINKING MAN'S GAMES. BUY THEM OR PROVE YOUR STUPID COWARDICE.
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DO IT
But their old, and made from 80s paper, and the artwork is strange, and every random page I flip to is a "what the fuck" moment, either because of the things begin talked about or the mechanics attached to them. They frighten me.
PALLADIUM CARES NOT FOR YOUR COWARDICE. PALLADIUM GAMES ARE THINKING MAN'S GAMES. BUY THEM OR PROVE YOUR STUPID COWARDICE.
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k312/karrakeer/CHALLENGEACCEPTED.jpg)
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PALLADIUM GAMES SHIT OUT GENRE EXPLOSIONS OF ACTION AND IDEAS - ONLY FOOLS CARE IF SAID EXPLOSIONS ACTUALLY MAKE SENSE
PALLADIUM GAMES WERE UP BEFORE DAWN CHOPPING FIREWOOD AND KILLING POST APOCALYPTIC MUTANT BANDITS - WHAT WERE YOU DOING?
PALLADIUM GAMES SERVED FIVE TOURS OF NAM AND MADE A RPG ABOUT IT
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PALLADIUM GAMES ARE BASED ON THE REAL LIFE ADVENTURES OF TONY DANZA
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srsly tho palladium games are pretty silly
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Incredibly.
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srsly tho palladium games are pretty silly
Speaking of which, whatever happened to the Eliminators game?
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Would like to point out that only 5 posts in and the thread was quickly derailed...
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That's because we solved the problem.
Kelkesh123 = Pimp.
Next topic!
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Would like to point out that only 5 posts in and the thread was quickly derailed...
You are treating this as though it is an uncommon occurance.
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So I walked into a Half-Priced Book's store the other day and just wandered around, staring at ridiculous deals (please give me money for this HPB), when I found the RPG book section.
Stooping down, I searched through the books, looking for whatever suited my fancy.
Found a copy of Rift's, stared at it, and promptly put it down. Then found a copy of Shadowrun 2nd Edition, and started reading it.
A girl walking by stops and starts a conversation with me, giving me her number as she leaves so I can play a game with her.
I made my way over to the water fountain, GURPS book in hand (I had never gotten ahold of one, so it felt like it was time), and started a conversation with a girl there about GURPS.
She gave me her facebook and cellphone number.
At this point a little bewildered (and a little afraid my girlfriend might have a few choice comments about me returning home with multiple girl's numbers), I approached the checkout counter, where I again talked to a woman about roleplaying games and left with a number.
Now either I'm some sort of pimp, or women have started outnumbering male roleplayers in my area.
Any similar experiences?
Well, at the very least you got yourself a gaming group. I figure best case scenario you got yourselves three girlfriends.
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Or three Rules Lawyers.
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Would like to point out that only 5 posts in and the thread was quickly derailed...
You are treating this as though it is an uncommon occurance.
Oh, certainly not uncommon, I guess more of a gleeful pointing out of something that should be praised (or not, I'm not sure whether it's a good or bad thing)...
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Would like to point out that only 5 posts in and the thread was quickly derailed...
You are treating this as though it is an uncommon occurance.
Oh, certainly not uncommon, I guess more of a gleeful pointing out of something that should be praised (or not, I'm not sure whether it's a good or bad thing)...
It's more like a black hole. We're not sure if it's benevolent or malicious, but by god it's there.
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Would like to point out that only 5 posts in and the thread was quickly derailed...
You are treating this as though it is an uncommon occurance.
Oh, certainly not uncommon, I guess more of a gleeful pointing out of something that should be praised (or not, I'm not sure whether it's a good or bad thing)...
It's more like a black hole. We're not sure if it's benevolent or malicious, but by god it's there.
And all we can do is flee it or let it consume us...
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And all we can do is flee it or let it consume us...
It looks like they couldn't *SUNGLASSES* SATE HER HUNGER
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH
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Hey guys, I think we answered by the gamer chicks like Kelkesh and not the rest of us. Here's a hint: the answer is in this topic, but it isn't the topic.
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Hey guys, I think we answered by the gamer chicks like Kelkesh and not the rest of us. Here's a hint: the answer is in this topic, but it isn't the topic.
Awww...
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I got lucky. My girl LOVES her some Palladium games, because she likes playing Tank Girl style characters that smash and blow shit up. It's because of this that I rarely run them. Lawlz.
Having said that, I always kinda brace myself about female gamers. I'm not sexist but I've had some waaaaaaay bad experiences. Half of the female gamers I've met here in Arizona are tied to the LARP scene, which means some very bad, bad, bad psycho hambeast things. I still have nightmares about some of the LARP scene girls I've met here in town.
So fess up, though. Did this "giving out of the phone number" seem more of a flirty thing or a game thing? Because that sucks for you if it was a "game" thing. Ugh, imagine that? You get a chick's phone number and she goes "Oh wait, hold up. No, I didn't give you that number because I wanted to go out with you. I wanted to get into the GURPS game you were going to run."
I don't know if I could recover from being told that, personally.
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"Oh wait, hold up. No, I didn't give you that number because I wanted to go out with you. I wanted to get into the GURPS game you were going to run."
I don't know if I could recover from being told that, personally.
Remember your dude lessons: it's never really "no" until one of you is dead. As long as she has a pulse there's always the chance that down the line you'll look more appealing. Be like the spider. Spin your web and wait.
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Remember your dude lessons: it's never really "no" until one of you is dead. As long as she has a pulse there's always the chance that down the line you'll look more appealing. Be like the spider. Spin your web and wait.
Wuthering Heights would argue on this point...
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That's because we solved the problem.
Kelkesh123 = Pimp.
Next topic!
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