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post Sep 14 2005, 11:39 AM
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QUOTE (Grinder)
Oracle is living roughly one hour drive away, so it would be possible that he joins my group. ;)

Actually it wouldn't be. Because I got no drivers license. ^^
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post Sep 14 2005, 11:40 AM
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Take the train, won't take you much longer. And a good ED session is woth one hour train ride. Escpecially when facing Drop Bears during the game, eh? :D
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post Sep 14 2005, 11:44 AM
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I don't think the drop bears would have much fun while dropping on me. I used to play a blood elf nethermancer. That would be at least as painful for them as for me...
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post Sep 14 2005, 12:00 PM
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What about Blood Drop Bears? Queen Alachias special unit?
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post Sep 14 2005, 12:14 PM
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Not yet, as far as I know. But it sounds like a reasonable idea. I will bring the matter to her majestys notice as soon as possible. Spikey death from above will hit all those creatures of minor races trying to trespass the borders of our beloved and most beautiful home. *crazygiggling*
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post Sep 14 2005, 12:37 PM
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Blood Drop Bears would even be noticed between all the other scary'n'strange critters living in Blood Wood, i'm sure.
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post Sep 14 2005, 12:42 PM
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What is wrong with giant carnivorous red squirrels? ;)
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post Sep 14 2005, 12:50 PM
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They are scary, but not as scary as our Master Blood Drop Bears! ;)
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post Sep 14 2005, 03:37 PM
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How bad am I if I only log onto DS to check the drop bear thread?

Is that bad?
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post Sep 14 2005, 03:40 PM
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Don't be afraid, young padawan.

The people who don't pay attention thos this thread are the bad ones, the fools!
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post Sep 14 2005, 04:32 PM
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They will never know the true power of the drop bear ordo maximus panda conspiracy...

Damn, you made me say too much!

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post Sep 14 2005, 05:04 PM
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QUOTE (hyzmarca @ Sep 11 2005, 05:07 PM)
What your group needs are 4 talking ninja drop bears named after Renaissance musicians in color-coded masks terrorizing the sewers.

hyzmarca:

No offense meant, but I believe that the characters of whom you are thinking were named after early- or High Renaissance artists.

Donatello (1386-1466) was a sculptor. Michelangelo (Buonarroti) (1475-1564) was a sculptor and painter. Leonardo (da Vinci) (1452-1519) was a painter/inventor. Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio, 1483-1520) was a painter.

Although I was never a fan of the series (either the cartoons or the films), I did while away quite a bit of time watching them when I had nothing better to do--which doesn't say much for my taste in diversionary entertainment, I suppose.

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post Sep 14 2005, 05:39 PM
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QUOTE (Foreigner)
QUOTE (hyzmarca @ Sep 11 2005, 05:07 PM)
What your group needs are 4 talking ninja drop bears named after Renaissance musicians in color-coded masks terrorizing the sewers.

hyzmarca:

No offense meant, but I believe that the characters of whom you are thinking were named after early- or High Renaissance artists.

Donatello (1386-1466) was a sculptor. Michelangelo (Buonarroti) (1475-1564) was a sculptor and painter. Leonardo (da Vinci) (1452-1519) was a painter/inventor. Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio, 1483-1520) was a painter.

Although I was never a fan of the series (either the cartoons or the films), I did while away quite a bit of time watching them when I had nothing better to do--which doesn't say much for my taste in diversionary entertainment, I suppose.

:P

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Of course. I just suggested naming them after musicians to avoid copyright complaints and liscensing problems. Why plagiarize someone's work when you can change a single word and call it your own?
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post Sep 14 2005, 06:06 PM
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hyzmarca:

Gotcha.

I just wasn't sure if that "slip" was accidental or deliberate.

You know the old saying about making assumptions.... ;)

Besides, the idea of a "ninja lawyer" is very intimidating.

The only thing worse would be hearing a knock on your door, and answering it to find a very large, heavily muscled man--wearing motorcycle leathers--whose dark glasses couldn't quite conceal the GLOWING RED EYES behind them....

:eek:

EDIT: Although I can't seem to fathom the idea of an Awakened-Metahuman-or-critter-turned-shadowrunner/superhero going by the Street Name "Liberace"....

<SHUDDER>

Although, come to think of it, the white tuxedo and sequins would DEFINTELY qualify such an individual for the "Distinctive Style" flaw.... :P

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post Sep 14 2005, 07:21 PM
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The only thing worse would be hearing a knock on your door, and answering it to find a very large, heavily muscled man--wearing motorcycle leathers--whose dark glasses couldn't quite conceal the GLOWING RED EYES behind them....

What about:
[GM] You hear a knock on the door.
[PC] "Who is it?"
[GM] "Landshark..."

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post Sep 14 2005, 07:36 PM
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QUOTE (Foreigner @ Sep 14 2005, 01:06 PM)
Besides, the idea of a "ninja drop bear lawyer" is very intimidating.

fixed.

I know of a few lawyers who are black belts in their respective martial arts. It's kinda scary. You really don't want to mess with them in or outside the courtroom. lol.
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post Sep 14 2005, 08:17 PM
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For all your Ninja Lawyer Training needs.
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post Sep 14 2005, 10:00 PM
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On that note...
Where can I find Drop bear sized power suits and briefcases?

And on an unrelated note, Why hasn't anyone made "Boxercases"?
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post Sep 14 2005, 11:43 PM
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QUOTE (Apathy @ Sep 14 2005, 02:21 PM)
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The only thing worse would be hearing a knock on your door, and answering it to find a very large, heavily muscled man--wearing motorcycle leathers--whose dark glasses couldn't quite conceal the GLOWING RED EYES behind them....

What about:
[GM] You hear a knock on the door.
[PC] "Who is it?"
[GM] "Landshark..."

Street Sam: My landlord finally rented out the apartment next door.

Rigger: What are they like?

Sammie: A family of three, a wageslave, a homemaker, and their teenage daughter. They're from France. They're some wierd European metatype. They look like humans except for the tops of their heads.

Rigger: Who is that?

Sammie: Their heads are pointed, like cones.

Rigger: I've never heard of a metatype like that.

Sammie: Neither have I. When I asked them about it they just said "We're from France." I guess their metatype is common in France. They seem a little paranoid, especially when I asked them about their experience immigrating. I think their SINs are fake but I doubt they'll make any trouble.

Rigger: So... having cone shaped heads would make them immune to drop bear attacks, right?

Sammie: I'm going to see my street doc tommorrow and see what kind of cyberskulls he has.

Rigger: I'll drive.
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post Sep 16 2005, 03:46 AM
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How bad am I if I only log onto DS to check the drop bear thread?

Is that bad?

bad!? BAD!? JJ... JJ, JJ, JJ ..... I just don't know what to say. I'm just.... so .. dissapointed.... *tear drop*


BTW, why the cow angst?
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post Sep 16 2005, 12:50 PM
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Well, first of all, they aren't drop bears. Then there is all the cud.

Need I say more?
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post Sep 16 2005, 06:49 PM
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Umm.. well... yeah. *curious*
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post Sep 16 2005, 07:44 PM
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Look, you guys need to understand. Cows and I have a history, and it isn't a pretty one either.

Back when I was a boy, living in south western Wisconsin near the Kickapoo River, we had cows. Not just cows mind you, but dairy cows.

Now everyone will tell you that dairy cows are some of the most placid, stupid beasts in the world, but they are WRONG! Those conniving bastard took my woman, they killed my family, and they took my SWOOOOOOOORD!

Sorry, I think I just channeled Conan for a minute there. Ahem, sorry.

Anyway, growing up in south western Wisconsin, particularly near the Kickapoo River, we had some of the most content cows you will ever find. That is until my family decided it would be a good idea to double the herd. With doubling the herd we needed to get more pasture, and it had to be adjacent to our land, otherwise it would be pointless. Luck would have it that our neighbor had some decent bottomland adjacent to our land, so we took it off his hands for a fair price and put up some fence, all the way down to the Kickapoo River.

If any of you have been to south western Wisconsin, particulary near the Kickapoo River, you know that there are a lot of sandstone bluffs and loose sand slopes as you approach the river, and the land we bought is no exception. So putting up the fence was simultaneously easy (the digging) and perilous (the bluffs and loose soil near the bluffs).

While we were out installing the fence I was watching the cows to make sure that none of them wandered away or fell off a cliff. Let me tell you, that was an easy job. The cows are not as stupid as you might think, and they had figured out that falling to their deaths was bad, so the cliffs were not a problem. On the other hand, they like to eat grass, and there was a lot of grass around us. Problem was, not all of it was on our land. So I was mostly running around every half hour or so and herding the cows back to the land we owned.

Well, one cow in particular was dead set on eating the neighbor's grass, not ours. She wouldnt move if you paid her. So there I am, standing on a sandstone bluff in south western Wisconsin, within a stones throw of the Kickapoo River, trying to talk a cow in to eating grass way over there instead of the perfectly good grass right here.

Reasoning with a cow, even the intelligent ones that have figured out gravity and not dieing being good, is never a winning strategy. All they do is chew their cud and look at you. This can be a pleasant way to spend the afternoon if you aren't at all emotionally invested in the outcome, and aren't too bright yourself. Unfortunately for me, I am not a complete moron and I took the outcome seriously.

At this time the rest of the cows are taking it pretty easy, eating the correct grass, not falling to their deaths, etc. So I don't have too many worries about them. But this one cow is starting to give me the eye, all the time chewing her cud and not going where I want.

It has been maybe a half an hour and I am starting to get a bit frustrated, so I start immagining the meals I could make out of such a fine cow as this. Ribs, steaks, burgers, sausage, you name it. And I told her all about it while I tried to move her.

Like I said before, cows aren't as dumb as you might think, they just take a bit longer to pay attention. And when they start paying attention you had better watch out! This cow inparticular was bright, I could tell by the look in her eyes that she had an idea of what I was talking about, and she did not like it one bit

So in the span of time that it takes me to finish telling you this story, that cow got me good. I was pushing on her butt to get her to move, and she cuts loose with a cow pie the size of a Buick and walks away. I fall face first into said Buick/steaming dung heap, and the cow then decides to wander over to the rest of the heard.

Now here comes the part where I let you in on why I hate the cows to this day...As she was walking away, she turned her head to look back at me, chewed her cud exactly three times, and winked at me.

So there I sit, in my neighbor's pasture, on top of a sandstone bluff, within a stones throw of the Kickapoo River, eating a cowpie, and taking sass from the cow that made it for me.

And that is why the cows and I have never spoken to each other since.

I swear to you that this entire story never actually happened.

That and they are not drop bears. :D
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post Sep 16 2005, 08:20 PM
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QUOTE (Jrayjoker)
near the Kickapoo River...

You had some of us laughing at this line. Cute story, though.
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