All, I heard something interesting on the news yesterday, and I thought I would share. The CEO of Tyson Chicken has started a policy encouraging employees to...
Starlight Storyteller
starlight_storyteller...
Aug 1, 2000 1:22 pm
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All, I just had to share this, both because I am happy and because of the strange circumstances surrounding this answered prayer. It really is one of those...
Starlight Storyteller
starlight_storyteller...
Aug 11, 2000 12:44 pm
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Hey, thats strange, its actually not rare anymore. My boss Cathy has it and potentially the other secretary I work with. If you could get the information for...
Amy Talkington
spinme69@...
Aug 11, 2000 3:53 pm
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My girlfriend thinks that Dungeons and Dragons is satanic because Characters cast spells and worship false gods within the gaming system. What does everyone...
matt@...
Aug 13, 2000 10:34 pm
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Does she also consider The Hobbit to be satanic? It falls under the same conditions. That's what the original D&D was based on. Or how about Alice in...
Christopher Weible
chris@...
Aug 13, 2000 11:14 pm
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It may suprise those who know me on this list, that when I first started playin' RP's I wouldn't play a spell caster. I played fighters and thieves(hmmm) only...
Turretrat
Turretrat@...
Aug 14, 2000 12:02 am
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Matt, My opinion on this might be a little biast (sp?) as I am a D&D player as well as a LARPer. However... I think that possably some of the problem is all of...
Wes Davis
kodiak018@...
Aug 14, 2000 8:28 am
233
D and D is a LAME combat system. And Its just a GAME. So if she is narrow minded enough to think it will make you worship the Prince of darkness because the...
FIRESQUID44@...
Aug 14, 2000 1:06 pm
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Everyone, Wow, never thought of gaming as satanic, but I do believe it has some undertones for psychological evaluation. Ill explain: Generally (READ ...
Amy Talkington
spinme69@...
Aug 14, 2000 1:28 pm
235
hmmmm, If I said that I thought it wrong I would be a hypocrite. I used to think that D&D was bad, but since then I have played it. What makes D&D bad or...
Raven Montgomery
ravensmile@...
Aug 14, 2000 1:39 pm
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Do you realize that the same generalizations can be extrapolated to apply to anyone who plays *any* game a lot, or who watches a lot of sports, or does...
Christopher Weible
chris@...
Aug 14, 2000 1:44 pm
237
This really, really depends on how you play RP and what you are hoping to get out of it and what type of person you are to begin with. RP can be both good and...
Starlight Storyteller
starlight_storyteller...
Aug 14, 2000 1:52 pm
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... This is very true. Obsessing over anything, be it work or gaming or drugs, to escape from some situation you don't like instead of standing up and...
Starlight Storyteller
starlight_storyteller...
Aug 14, 2000 1:53 pm
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... On a different (related) subject to the previous one: Alot of us enjoy RP for just that reason. Why is it that we want to be something that we can't be in...
Starlight Storyteller
starlight_storyteller...
Aug 14, 2000 1:56 pm
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I believe I stated WHY I rp. I like to act number one. I like to act because Im melodramatic anyway, I may as well get away with it somewhere. And I enjoy...
Amy Talkington
spinme69@...
Aug 14, 2000 2:25 pm
241
... *nod* We're going to try to have an OOC event for Starlight in September. (Weekend AFTER the Wild West game, not the weekend of. :) ) I personally (and I ...
Starlight Storyteller
starlight_storyteller...
Aug 14, 2000 2:45 pm
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Hmm, I was wondering if a topic like this would come up, because I've had problems with certain brothers and sisters about this before. But I think that...
vejitto@...
Aug 14, 2000 3:06 pm
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One thing that you can do to promote people learning some tolerance for gaming is to invite them to a game. Very, very rarely will someone who is criticizing...
Starlight Storyteller
starlight_storyteller...
Aug 14, 2000 3:23 pm
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That's a good idea :o) I'm kind of new around here and I was looking through past posts. Was someone talking about gaming sessions held by all of you? I also...
vejitto@...
Aug 14, 2000 5:42 pm
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There are several people on this list from the same gaming Vampire: LARP based in Dallas, Texas, but by no means all of us. :) Calinda ... ===== "The wisdom of...
Starlight Storyteller
starlight_storyteller...
Aug 14, 2000 5:56 pm
246
... "The reason we loved the old Narnia is that sometimes it reminded us a little bit of /this/..." -- Jewel the Unicorn, on the New Narnia This world is not...
Adam Cerling
abc8518@...
Aug 14, 2000 11:16 pm
247
It's been a long time since I've seen any activity on this list. I'm Rodney, and I'm the Chaplin for the Christian Gamers Guild, a Pastor (Seminary Grad doing...
The Game Master
rebarnes@...
Aug 15, 2000 12:39 am
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... I don't know... I like being able to expound and be clever. Play aspects of myself that I don't know too much about-- and even afterwards... I contemplate...
shooman
hsu@...
Aug 15, 2000 5:11 am
249
... Actually, a good deal of the time, there's one of two reasons I play a particular character. I usually have 5 or 10 concepts running around in my head as...
Starlight Storyteller
starlight_storyteller...
Aug 15, 2000 12:33 pm
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(All the points I snipped out, I am in total agreement with.) ... I am SO in agreement with this. If there is something that makes you uncomfortable in a world...
Starlight Storyteller
starlight_storyteller...
Aug 15, 2000 1:00 pm
251
... Calinda and I have talked about this Garou matter. I totally understand her views of the matter... but I wanted to air out my view points. I guess part of...
shooman
hsu@...
Aug 15, 2000 2:07 pm
252
Okay, so I was on the phone with the NY MIS support for work. I started this semi-frienship with a co-worker in NY. My co-worker who actually sits next to me...
Amy Talkington
spinme69@...
Aug 15, 2000 2:44 pm
253
Communicate clearly with those involved--and ask them. Tell your friend on the phone, "My co-worker here says I flirt with you. Do you think so? How do you...
Adam Cerling
abc8518@...
Aug 15, 2000 3:05 pm
254
Amy, I don't think you are flirting. In today's world, being friends with someone of the opposite sex raises all kinds of allegations of flirting or cheating...
Starlight Storyteller
starlight_storyteller...
Aug 15, 2000 3:15 pm
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I think I am pretty clear, my husband laughs when I tell him I flirt with this guy in NY, and the guy in NY thinks that my co-worker is on crack. So... I've...
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