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Chemical_Penguin 11-17-04, 03:51 AM	Just curious, because I have never seen a D&D game take place IRL, I was curious if maybe there was a link anyone had to make a short video of a part of a D&D game taking place showing the DM and Players conversing through a few rounds or so, or maybe even a transcript online of a D&D game? Any help woudl be appreciated!
Antigone 11-17-04, 09:42 AM	NPR ran a story on D&D for the 30th anniversary in which they "listened in" on a game. Here's the link: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3858560 I'd just like to point out though, since it seems you're new, that every group runs things their own way. For example, we joke around a lot more than this group did, and no one uses fake voices or accents.
Winsome 11-17-04, 10:15 AM	That's really funny. You'll never get the same result, even if you videoed (is that a word?) every D&D game on earth. WHY do you want to see one? There's no set formula for a game, even the rules are more like guidelines sometimes.
EatFlan 11-17-04, 10:23 AM	I know there was a decent one in the Dungeon Masters Guide in 3.0 I'm sure they kept it for 3.5. It's about 1.5 - 2 pages long and it is good b/c it covers some action as well as role playing as well as character specific actions. read it up!
Fixxxer 11-17-04, 05:52 PM	That's really funny. You'll never get the same result, even if you videoed (is that a word?) every D&D game on earth. WHY do you want to see one? There's no set formula for a game, even the rules are more like guidelines sometimes. Because sometimes it helps to see how other people do things. Antigone, when exactly did this take place? I listen to NPR at work every morning, but my boss turns it off when we get into the thick of things and needs to be able to hear each other. I hate to think I missed it.
krichaiushii 11-17-04, 06:23 PM	There is a regularly updated audio thing involving a group fighting through the World's Largest Dungeon from AEG. Couldn't tell you the link though. I read about it at enworld.org.
Vharuck 11-17-04, 07:08 PM	www.rpgmp3.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=14 (http://) The link to the audio session. bandwith's too high right now and can't listen to it, but I'm going back later. This NPR game's pretty funny, reminds me of 8-bit. Omg, the lizard men impressions are so funny.
nekrolog 11-17-04, 07:43 PM	Does anyone else's game sound entirely *not* like the one on NPR? :D
funnymanmike 11-17-04, 08:03 PM	not sure if this helps, or if its crap Dungeon Majesty www.dungeonmajesty.com/ what kind of power does that dood have to get decent looking chicks to a) play d&d in the first place and b) dress up and video tape it. well, its cool and un-cool at the same time. let me know if this helped at all.
Antigone 11-17-04, 09:36 PM	Antigone, when exactly did this take place? I listen to NPR at work every morning, but my boss turns it off when we get into the thick of things and needs to be able to hear each other. I hate to think I missed it. It was right around the anniversary, so sometime in the last half of October. (Yeah, I know that really narrows things down.) I'm an NPR junkie myself, and I almost choked on my coffee when I heard it. They go from talking about the (at the time) upcoming election to talking about lizardmen. I immediately emailed the link to all my players, not one of whom appreciated it. *sniff* And yes, nekrolog, our game sounds almost, but not entirely, completely unlike the one on NPR. I couldn't decide if it made the game look sweet and innocent or too geeky for words. But it did seem to be the sort of thing Chemical_Penguin was looking for.
Edymnion 11-17-04, 09:44 PM	My old group always ended up sounding like a Dead Ale Wives skit. I'm serious, first time I played that for them all those years ago, we all just died laughing for nearly a half hour, because we actually had a kid in the group that sounded like the "I wanna jilt them!" guy, and thats about how he played.
nekrolog 11-17-04, 11:31 PM	I couldn't decide if it made the game look sweet and innocent or too geeky for words. Hmm... too geeky for words. I'll give the guy with the thick accent props for staying in character, but why are goofy accents (albeit good ones) necessary to roleplay a character? I'll never get that... I'll also never understand why people adopt the pseudo-archaic mode of speech that seems to fade in and out as they forget to use it. Eh, not my game.
Fixxxer 11-18-04, 12:34 AM	Does anyone else's game sound entirely *not* like the one on NPR? :D To be honest, I think the news picked a group from a list based on who sounded the most stereotypically traditional (geeky).
Dreaming_in_the_void 11-18-04, 01:36 AM	I can't believe I downloaded Realplayer for that. No, my group doesn't sound like that. Usually they're rolling for initiative (and occasionally to hit) before I get the description finished. Alternatively, they're throwing dice at one another to prompt the passing of the cheetos.
nekrolog 11-18-04, 01:39 AM	To be honest, I think the news picked a group from a list based on who sounded the most stereotypically traditional (geeky). Yeah, that's probably true. That D&D coffee table 30th anniversary book generated a lot of media. The few tribute articles written by columnist-gamers were very accurate, and depicted the game as is. Every other piece of coverage has basically spooned on the stereotyping pretty thick... I guess RPG's are still under the radar for mainstream sheeple.