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Gnat the Beggar
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Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:51 am

If I was to place a bet, I would take the Packers and I would give the 3 points.

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Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:11 pm

History tends to indicate that the Steelers will win.

People talk about the Green Bay offense, which is funny because whenever I see them play their defense saves them...like it did against both philadelphia and Chicago.

I would guess that the Seelers are in line to win their seventh* Super Bowl.

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Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:29 pm

FormCritic wrote:People talk about the Green Bay offense, which is funny because whenever I see them play their defense saves them...like it did against both philadelphia and Chicago.

Take it from a NFL North guy, it is no secret up here that the reason the Pack wins is because nobody takes their defense seriously. They think it is all offense. The ugly truth is that when the Pack wins, they do with a solid running game and a completely under-rated defense. But it is the 75-yard TD bomb that gets all the credit. What people miss is that GB was probably ripping the opponent on the ground and their safeties had to creep up for run support. And, the GB defense let GB get a lead and the other team starts to gamble in order to recover. That is the secret of those F...k..g Packers. Combine that with a QB that manages a game well, and you get another superbowl Pack team. I hate them, but I have this feeling they are going to beat the Steelers this time around. I am not sure the Steelers are a what we would call the Steelers of old. And like I said in my previous post, the Jets are Frauds so that win does not mean much to me.

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Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:51 pm

I won't deny the Packers defense saves them time and again, it's like the offense scores often then doesn't realize adjustments happen and the score is never safe. It will be an interesting Superbowl, and those damn commercials better be good this year too

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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:15 am

Gamers are some of the greatest people. Without getting into details, I sold something on ebay that I later found (while getting the order together) I have misplaced and could not longer locate. It was not a $10 item either; it was a little pricey. I informed the buyer of the mess up, said I would refund them and pay their shipping. I also suggested if he was patient maybe the item would turn up or I could get him a replacement. He not only told me no worries, take my time, a replacement would be fine, but said he would order some more stuff from me to help me out a bit since I was on the hook for the cost of his item. Took a huge load off me. I find in our hobby 90% of the people are like this, making up for the 10% asshats that don't have a clue (cough Coug cough).

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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:31 am

I've only ever had to give one negative rating for a seller on Ebay.

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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:59 pm

Damn, I'm REALLY going to try and stay out of prison now.

:lol:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/01/ ... latestnews

After I saw those photos posted from last year's NTRPG con, I thought some of you looked like gang members. Especially the ones from Texas

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Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:57 am

misterspock wrote:Damn, I'm REALLY going to try and stay out of prison now.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/01/ ... latestnews

After I saw those photos posted from last year's NTRPG con, I thought some of you looked like gang members. Especially the ones from Texas

We all have matching tats, too.

Mike B.

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Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:01 pm

Although I don't feel sorry for those potentially affected by this, it is rubbish.

Did they think of doing a case study on real-world gaming groups? This is not hypothetical or theoretical...

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Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:05 pm

While I disagree with the assumptions, I cannot disagree with the prison officials for the decision they made.

The issue in prison is not what is true or even what is right or wrong. It is what the officers in charge feel they need to keep order.

I disagree with the silly statements about how a dungeon master gives commands. I would not interfere with the people running the prison.

The same things happen in schools all the time. Outsiders second guess school officials when they don't know the issues at all.

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Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:28 pm

I like receiving packages from people who are somewhat lazy in their packing. For example, people who use old eBay shipping labels provide me with the materials for the game called "Do I Recognize Any Names?"

Today I scored one out of fourteen for the shipping labels. I scored another point for the seeing Kynan's name on a used shipping envelope.

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Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:09 pm

FormCritic wrote:While I disagree with the assumptions, I cannot disagree with the prison officials for the decision they made.

The issue in prison is not what is true or even what is right or wrong. It is what the officers in charge feel they need to keep order.

I disagree with the silly statements about how a dungeon master gives commands. I would not interfere with the people running the prison.

The same things happen in schools all the time. Outsiders second guess school officials when they don't know the issues at all.

I hear tell from pastors that their newsletters have begun being banned in prisons. Must be promoting gang activity.

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Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:55 pm

FormCritic wrote:It is what the officers in charge feel they need to keep order.

That's how I feel about politics, society, & the world in general. Also personal relationships.

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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:23 am

JohnGaunt wrote:I like receiving packages from people who are somewhat lazy in their packing. For example, people who use old eBay shipping labels provide me with the materials for the game called "Do I Recognize Any Names?"

Today I scored one out of fourteen for the shipping labels. I scored another point for the seeing Kynan's name on a used shipping envelope.

LOL
I have received repacked materials in the past.
Some of the repacked names I knew.

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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:55 pm

JohnGaunt wrote:I like receiving packages from people who are somewhat lazy in their packing. For example, people who use old eBay shipping labels provide me with the materials for the game called "Do I Recognize Any Names?"

Today I scored one out of fourteen for the shipping labels. I scored another point for the seeing Kynan's name on a used shipping envelope.

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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:05 pm

JohnGaunt wrote:Today I scored one out of fourteen for the shipping labels. I scored another point for the seeing Kynan's name on a used shipping envelope.

I had a package from Australia a little while back that had a padded envelope with Al's (Killjoy's) name on it. I forget who's package I ended up shipping it with - it might have gone back to Australia. It must have been one of the most traveled envelopes. As a reused piece of bubble wrap it went from UK->Australia->Canada->Australia

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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:59 am

Thorny Dice?
http://www.shapeways.com/model/126266/t ... tml?gid=rg

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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 7:01 am

mbassoc2003 wrote:Thorny Dice?
http://www.shapeways.com/model/126266/t ... tml?gid=rg

I would not want my players using those.

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Player: "WHAT!" *Throws dice at DM.*
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