Timewaster's Guide Archive

out of interest, where would everyone say that vampire : masquerade and D20 cthulu fit in here? both are intended for mature audiences yet there is nothing stopping young people from buying them.

*sigh*
this is why i make certain not to discuss tabletop, video games or roleplaying games with highly religious people. it just isnt worth the effort.
oh and what is the comic book code?

you guys wont know about this, but last year 8 british tourists were put in jail for photographing some planes. they were planespotters and the planes were civilian.  there was a big outcry in britain - did nothing. the greek dont give a flying f*** about the international community by the looks of it. besides, nobody said they were particularly bright. all their stuff happened millenia ago, and they went for sciences and philsophy - not the most common sense of subjects are they? besides, they were all gay. believe me on this one. small boys and old men went along well together in ancient greece.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2001-08-31&res=l
this is an old penny arcade strip about War3 adverts. good fun.
oh and saying that you dont like a game due to losing online is a bit silly.your going to get that in any game until you get good (since the 12 yr olds are generally crap) so just practice and then the problem will disappear.

aol style

argh! i meant age of empires here.
if the skirmish against the computer isnt anything special then i think that i will pass for now. thats the mode that i will play the most.

i just spotted this at the bottom of the google site :

Searching 2,469,940,685 web pages

eep!

hmmm. i agree with tage here.
thoughts :
1) "use of non tolkien weaponary" - this is common sense. if you are fighting cavalry, crossbows work better due to how they fly. arrows go up, so miss. crossbow bolts go along, so the cavalry ride into them. makes sense to me.
2) "elves at helms deep" - good change. it fits in with the theme, despite what the author guy says - it shows the elves, small in number though they are, using their supperior skills and abilities to affect the outcome of the battle, and therefore the war. the idea of the elves sitting in rivendell and twiddling their thumbs has always annoyed me. besides, it says it in a way that makes it seem like only 20 elves are going. 20 elves, against 10,000 orks, are not going to make a overwhelming difference.
3) "legolas using two knives". pfffff. get real.
4) "legolas using a shield as a surfing board" - please no. this violates the air of the books.
5) "no ent draught" - pffff. ill live.
6) "sauruman and death spikky thing" - this i dislike. hopefully that pic is a fake. or a cutting room reject.
7) "This line is an invention of the filmmakers and does not represent Tolkien’s work." - this person really needs to look at other film/book conversions. it is expected. LoTR is not some holy book, whose writ is unchangeable. watching a 7 hour perfect copy of fellowship is not my idea of a good time. as jackson has said : "this is my take on the books. that is what i am filming. i can only hope that others agree with me and like my film."
"The filmmakers may portray Gandalf’s resurrection in a way different from how Tolkien would have visualized it." - huh? this seems to be a far far better method - and to be honest, who cares what tolkien envisaged? as long as they stick reasonably close to the description in the books, it should be pretty much the same anyway.
9)"Éowyn and Aragorn Cross Swords" - dont like this. seems unneeded.


wowsa. sorry about the long post guys. just my multiple pennies.