Bo-ring

[unforth]

So class today includes such topics as opening files and searching directories. It blows my mind that there college educated people in the modern day that can't do these things. So I'm sitting here, very bored, and thus there is only one solution: more memorable games! (though I'm almost out of them, in truth!)


Forgotten Realms - GMed by Jason, this was my first exposure to the world of D&D, and also one of my only one-on-one gaming experiences (though only was that for a few sessions). It was started because, at the time, I really wanted to play D&D but for no readily apparent reason, none of the people we normally gamed with seemed to have any interest in it. Hence, I rolled myself up a fighter girl and decided to explore the world. This is a game where I always preferred my character to, say, interacting with the other PC's - for no reason I've determined, it was very roleplay light. That said, though, it was very combat heavy, and I was playing a fighter (with a couple levels in other stuff) with power attack, great cleave, and improved Two Weapon Fighting. I also had managed, with magical aid, to get my strenght over 30. I once did more than 150 points in a round, when I was about 15th level. While this may not be much to people used to playing high powered games (I really don't know if it's a lot, objectively speaking), when you consider that I normally deliberately weaken my characters, it was a whole shit load for me.
My favorite aspect of this game was my pursuit of an unfortunate NPC. When I met him, he was higher level then me, a member of the Purple Dragon Nights in Suzail in Cormyr, and I got sort of a thing for him. When I returned to Suzail after basically walking back from Calimshan - long trip - I was about 10 levels higher, and he'd only gained like two, and so I much so much bigger than him, and he found me sort of intimidating (or at least that's how it seemed) but I still thought he was awesome and powerful...it was kind of funny.
This was another game that was killed when I told a particular individual what a moron I thought they were.



Forgotten Realms - GMed by Jason. A prime example of my crippling myself, my character for this game was blind, and I was given no particular advantage to compensate for this problem. Still, it was very fun to play her, and I also had a very enjoyable romance with another PC (I was playing a ranger/divine champion type who worshipped Lurue, and was playing a druid who was devoted to Mielikki, so it sort of made sense).
I don't have a particular favorite moment, but I enjoyed this game a lot. Another one that died due to the afore mentioned declaration of stupidity.


Hmm...as I suppose was inevitable, I can't think of any other games that I really, really liked right now. It's worth noting, I've played in dozens of different games, most of which were one shots, in the time I've been a gamer. I've played multiple editions of D&D, I've played GURPs and Palladium/Rifts, and a variety of White Wolf's, I've played Dead Lands, Call of Cthulhu, Castle Falkenstein, and a bunch of other stuff. But, well, most games aren't epic. Many one shots, for example, are excellent, but the criteria that I used for picking the games I've talked about was that they be games I would look forward to playing all week, and one shots by necessity fall outside that definition.

At the moment, I do look forward to all the games I play, to varying degrees. It's a nice feeling.

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[nekomata.livejournal.com]

I think the whole purpose of L401 is for people who have been out of school for multiple years. Of course we can't single those people out, so everyone must suffer! And, hey, one day you might wake up and realize that you don't know how to use a computer/have forgotten HTML and UNIX/don't remember where files go when you save them or how to find them. Then you'll look at your L401 notes and remember everything! Not that you'll have any notes...