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Mars
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Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:36 pm

ashmire13 wrote:well, it goes back a way in these discussions and the actual tattoo has taken 8, 4 hour sessions over the course of about 8 months, but today it was finally finished.

A nice piece of work. Can I ask how much a tat that size cost?

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Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:38 pm

I've tried not to keep count.... but it's somewhere in the region of £1500.

I know. I probably could have bought a woodie for that! :lol:

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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:03 am

Kinda hobby related, I'm off to a place called Blackmoor on Monday for my work. Wonder what I may see there....

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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:12 am

ashmire13 wrote:Kinda hobby related, I'm off to a place called Blackmoor on Monday for my work. Wonder what I may see there....

Watch out for the vampiric rose bushes.

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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:52 am

FormCritic wrote:
Watch out for the vampiric rose bushes.

Crap.

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ashmire13
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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:21 am

Well, made it back without a hint of vampirism... :lol:

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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:34 pm

hey guys...am kinda back now....just got back from south africa just this morning.

i went and did the Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon...a 237km jaunt in the kalahari ...... awesome experience and i must go there again - it was just such an amazing place.

hope y'all are well and i see the jets had a crappy 3 game losing streak while i was away. see i go off the radar for 3 weeks and look what happens..... sheesh

Alan

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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:45 pm

Welcome back Al!

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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:43 pm

killjoy32 wrote:hey guys...am kinda back now....just got back from south africa just this morning.

i went and did the Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon...a 237km jaunt in the kalahari ...... awesome experience and i must go there again - it was just such an amazing place.

hope y'all are well and i see the jets had a crappy 3 game losing streak while i was away. see i go off the radar for 3 weeks and look what happens..... sheesh

Alan

Welcome back. The Jets should not have picked Mark Sanchez in my opinion. He's good but over-rated and not ready. Rookie QB's have historically not done well overall. Matt Ryan and Joey Flaco are relatively rare exceptions. And I think Matthew Stafford will be O.K. this year and worth the top draft pick over time.

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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:06 pm

welcome back, and goodness that's a long ways to run

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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:10 pm

thanks guys

brute: i only run a portion of that distance, power-walk the rest. but am hoping to improve on that though!

feet did very well this time round. i prepared very well. so barring a few blisters and a dodgy left little toe again, i fared very well indeed - extremely happy with things.

will have all the photos sorted next week so will pick out a few choice ones for y'all

as for the jets...well my start of season hope that they would do well has vanished....think its going to be a same old same old season now....can only hope sanchez improves we shall see.

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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:40 pm

Just some random observations about 4th ed. Take out of this what you will.

Went to the local convention recently. The fellow who DMed our session is involved with a good sized gaming club from out of town. He was the only one left running 3.5 D&D, all the other sessions were 4.0.

We got to talking during a break, and I mentioned how my group tried 4th and did not like it much so we're sticking with 3rd for now and that's why we signed up for his game. (Well, that and also he's a really good DM) I found that several of the other players had the same sentiment. The general consensus from the table of players that day was that 4th Ed wasn't a bad game system- it just doesn't feel like D&D. And that was a sampling of 8 people from different parts of the region.

The DM then confided to us that his club had considered switching from 3rd to 4th Ed, but that all his DMs threatened to quit if they did that. He also told me that he had heard that RPGA membership has suffered since they switched to 4th. (Hearsay, I know. I can't confirm or deny this rumor.)

I hadn't thought about this much since the con, but today I got a flyer in the mail from my FLGS. This month one of the specials on the flyer is this:

All 4th Edition D&D Books 40% off!!

Wow! Guess they really want to move those.

Anyway, all this put together makes me wonder how well 4th edition is really doing.

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JohnGaunt
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:40 pm

Agent Cooper wrote:The general consensus from the table of players that day was that 4th Ed wasn't a bad game system- it just doesn't feel like D&D. And that was a sampling of 8 people from different parts of the region.

With the other tables playing 4E, the 3.5 table is in the minority. Just stick to your guns and play what is fun for you.

All 4th Edition D&D Books 40% off!!

Now that is something to which Hasbro should pay attention. When the FLGS needs to move product with that kind of a sale, someone (Hasbro, FLGS, whoever) has screwed up.

I wish my FLGS had a sale like that; I'd buy PHBs, PHB 2s, and Dungeon Tiles in the off-chance that they are worth money in 10 years.

Anyway, all this put together makes me wonder how well 4th edition is really doing.

Only Hasbro knows.

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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:45 am

I have a standard ongoing search for "Rolemaster" in Australia only. It has always worked fine, but two weeks ago, it suddenly decided to include "remaster", so now I get a daily email showing me hundred of records and cassette tapes.

Anyone else experienced this?

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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:05 am

HermitFromPluto wrote:I have a standard ongoing search for "Rolemaster" in Australia only. It has always worked fine, but two weeks ago, it suddenly decided to include "remaster", so now I get a daily email showing me hundred of records and cassette tapes.

Anyone else experienced this?

The eBay "alternate spelling" in searches has been a bit of a pain in the ass.
I was watching for Chaosium's Big Rubble for a friend of mine and I constantly have to wade through all sorts of Barney Rubble (Flintsones) memorabilia. :lol:

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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:34 am

I'll have to try and reset the search and see if there are advanced options.

Just went out this evening and saw 'District 9' - loved it.

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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:35 am

Agent Cooper wrote:All 4th Edition D&D Books 40% off!!

Wow! Guess they really want to move those.

Anyway, all this put together makes me wonder how well 4th edition is really doing.

Yeah. It also makes me wonder how much longer FLGSes (the few remaining, that is) can survive, since for most of them D&D 4e is now currently the bread-and-butter of the business. My local store is in a college town and long ago diversified into fantasy clothing and kitsch, which along with M:tG is how they made it through the late nineties.. But what now? Are there any other big sellers that might be their salvation? Hopefully I'm out of touch; I'd be really sad to see FLGS go away.

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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:25 pm

MetamorphosisSigma wrote:
Yeah. It also makes me wonder how much longer FLGSes (the few remaining, that is) can survive, since for most of them D&D 4e is now currently the bread-and-butter of the business. My local store is in a college town and long ago diversified into fantasy clothing and kitsch, which along with M:tG is how they made it through the late nineties.. But what now? Are there any other big sellers that might be their salvation? Hopefully I'm out of touch; I'd be really sad to see FLGS go away.

Yugioh has become a staple at many FLGS stores. If it hangs around much longer, it might just become a game that hangs on for a lot longer. Pokemon effectively died after five years or so. Mage Knight lasted about three years. Other games died even quicker. MtG has lasted way longer than I thought it would, and Yugioh may surprise as well. I realize Yugioh is not an RPG, but it does provide some revenue, life, and corresponding store visits for the FLGS, and may tide them over the economic downturn.

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