I loved the PVP and Penny Arcade game play podcasts, and was little disappointed by the last two attempts at celebrity D&D.
I think the big problem is they need PERFORMERS.
Thus I submit to you all, please post here and help hype up the idea of getting WOTC to bring in the cast of the GUILD along with Wil Wheaton to play a campaign!!!
Please post here and help get this going!!
Come on WOTC!! Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day & the rest of the cast of the Guild!!
not celebrities in the Tom Hanks or Justin Beiber fashion, but in videogame circles their names carry a decent amount of clout. between hosting their own charity (Child's Play), their own games expo (PAX) and being one of the oldest webcomics out there (noting that Gabe's artwork has appeared in not just comics, but also videogames and RPG books), they have a good following.
that and they seem to be pretty stand-up & decent guys.
Never heard of them.
I am sure that they have never heard of you either.
Is that a witty come back?
It might be if I claimed some sort of celebrity status.
A witty comeback? No. Of course not. It was a joke. (That big smiley face at the end of my comment more often than not denotes a joke on the internet.)
Great way to completely derail the point of this post.
I should've known it was too much to hope that people might want something fun and good, when they have an opportunity to just bicker.
Welcome to the off-topic tavern life!
Fix'd.
Seriously, though, it's important to remember that being amazed with our own ideas is never sufficient inspiration for the rest of the world to find similar amazement. It's very possible that the people here simply don't think the idea is all that swell.
Welcome to the off-topic tavern life what-passes-for-life-for-people-unable-to-act-this-way-in-real-life!
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OP: Pearls Before Swine, my friend.
Fixed.
Huh? Plenty of people act this way in real life. Meet me in a bar sometime and tell me all about your D&D character (or any number of other topics you find interesting that I do not). See how I respond. ;) Like I said, just because you find yourself enamored with an idea of your own creation does not mean the rest of the world will react in the same fashion. Taking offense when they don't is quite silly.
EDIT: Put simply, you are not as important as you like to think. Neither am I, of course, and it's something we all frequently struggle with remembering.
i would rather serve in the BBQ land, then rule in the Salad bar.
bleck.
Edit: Seriously. The catering company I work for caters at a local warehouse for a large online store. They give each shift a salad bar and hot food. My company does the salad bar every day and the hot food 3 times a week. I hate the job but it's good money.
I am the overlord of a salad bar. With a sneeze guard. It sucks.
Edit: Seriously. The catering company I work for caters at a local warehouse for a large online store. They give each shift a salad bar and hot food. My company does the salad bar every day and the hot food 3 times a week. I hate the job but it's good money.
how could you hate that? do you know what I do!?!?!? I'm a plumber's apprentice and a major league gamer. uh I'de make a salad any day of the week!!!!!!!
Of course if you really want you can always quit and apply for a job making salad... there's probably openings.
Never heard of them.
The loss is truly yours.
I wouldn't know, but work that is hard is generally more rewarding (both in money and satisfaction) so you'll probably be happier in the long run
Of course if you really want you can always quit and apply for a job making salad... there's probably openings.
Actually, plumbers make pretty good money. God forbid you have to call one after hours for some emergency. The rate can be harsh on your wallet.
Actually, plumbers make pretty good money. God forbid you have to call one after hours for some emergency. The rate can be harsh on your wallet.
Isn't that what I said? Plumbers paying much better then salad bar employees?
work you enjoy is rewarding. hard work is just hard.
i've had a job called "event coordinator". it was a fancy term for groundskeeper/security at a festival. when i say i disliked that job i emphasize the "dislike" part.
no i didn't like the long hours in the heat.
no i didn't like doing the yardwork.
no i didn't like doing the repairs done by the vandals.
no i didn't like doing security in the rain.
but a broke college student does what needs to be done to pay the bills.
now that doesn't mean i dislike physical labor. my dad is a lobster fisherman. i helped him load up the heavy gear and 200+ traps (a fully wooden lobster trap, with the cement weight is just... ugh). the long hours painting hundreds of buoys and fixing nets. i had no problem doing that, it was hard, but it was rewarding.
not because it was hard, but because i genuinely wanted to help my dad.
and honestly, i found sitting in a back room, wrist deep in a computer swapping parts, looking at someone's account information for inconsistencies (or at least telling them they're typing it in wrong) or just telling some technologically impaired person to turn their monitor on FAR more personally rewarding.
while i find the drudgery of phone tech support generally unrewarding, it's a much better alternative to the physical labor that i find entirely unrewarding.
do the job you like and you'll be rewarded.
eh... i'm not a big believer in the "Hard work is more rewarding" philosophy.
work you enjoy is rewarding. hard work is just hard.
i've had a job called "event coordinator". it was a fancy term for groundskeeper/security at a festival. when i say i disliked that job i emphasize the "dislike" part.
no i didn't like the long hours in the heat.
no i didn't like doing the yardwork.
no i didn't like doing the repairs done by the vandals.
no i didn't like doing security in the rain.
but a broke college student does what needs to be done to pay the bills.
now that doesn't mean i dislike physical labor. my dad is a lobster fisherman. i helped him load up the heavy gear and 200+ traps (a fully wooden lobster trap, with the cement weight is just... ugh). the long hours painting hundreds of buoys and fixing nets. i had no problem doing that, it was hard, but it was rewarding.
not because it was hard, but because i genuinely wanted to help my dad.
and honestly, i found sitting in a back room, wrist deep in a computer swapping parts, looking at someone's account information for inconsistencies (or at least telling them they're typing it in wrong) or just telling some technologically impaired person to turn their monitor on FAR more personally rewarding.
while i find the drudgery of phone tech support generally unrewarding, it's a much better alternative to the physical labor that i find entirely unrewarding.
do the job you like and you'll be rewarded.
amen my brotha!!!
Actually, plumbers make pretty good money. God forbid you have to call one after hours for some emergency. The rate can be harsh on your wallet.
Isn't that what I said? Plumbers paying much better then salad bar employees?
you are correct. I should have said they make way more than a salad bar attendee.
Come on WOTC!! Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day & the rest of the cast of the Guild!!
While I don't think this is necessarily practical, or affordable from WotC's viewpoint in terms of the value it would yield, for those who haven't heard of "The Guild", it's a dramatic series shown over the Internet. Episodes are available on YouTube as well as through the official Guild site on MSNBC.
I took a look at it, and so far haven't started following it, but I heard about it from a pointer to the music video made by the cast of "The Guild" called Do You Want To Date My Avatar, which I thought was both amusing and enjoyable.
not celebrities in the Tom Hanks or Justin Beiber fashion, but in videogame circles their names carry a decent amount of clout. between hosting their own charity (Child's Play), their own games expo (PAX) and being one of the oldest webcomics out there (noting that Gabe's artwork has appeared in not just comics, but also videogames and RPG books), they have a good following.
that and they seem to be pretty stand-up & decent guys.
Never heard of them.
I am sure that they have never heard of you either.
Is that a witty come back?
It might be if I claimed some sort of celebrity status.
A witty comeback? No. Of course not. It was a joke. (That big smiley face at the end of my comment more often than not denotes a joke on the internet.)
Great way to completely derail the point of this post.
I should've known it was too much to hope that people might want something fun and good, when they have an opportunity to just bicker.
Welcome to the off-topic tavern life!
Fix'd.
Seriously, though, it's important to remember that being amazed with our own ideas is never sufficient inspiration for the rest of the world to find similar amazement. It's very possible that the people here simply don't think the idea is all that swell.
Welcome to the off-topic tavern life what-passes-for-life-for-people-unable-to-act-this-way-in-real-life!
Fixed.
OP: Pearls Before Swine, my friend.
Fixed.
Huh? Plenty of people act this way in real life. Meet me in a bar sometime and tell me all about your D&D character (or any number of other topics you find interesting that I do not). See how I respond. ;) Like I said, just because you find yourself enamored with an idea of your own creation does not mean the rest of the world will react in the same fashion. Taking offense when they don't is quite silly.
EDIT: Put simply, you are not as important as you like to think. Neither am I, of course, and it's something we all frequently struggle with remembering.
i would rather serve in the BBQ land, then rule in the Salad bar.
bleck.
Edit: Seriously. The catering company I work for caters at a local warehouse for a large online store. They give each shift a salad bar and hot food. My company does the salad bar every day and the hot food 3 times a week. I hate the job but it's good money.
I am the overlord of a salad bar. With a sneeze guard. It sucks.
Edit: Seriously. The catering company I work for caters at a local warehouse for a large online store. They give each shift a salad bar and hot food. My company does the salad bar every day and the hot food 3 times a week. I hate the job but it's good money.
how could you hate that? do you know what I do!?!?!? I'm a plumber's apprentice and a major league gamer. uh I'de make a salad any day of the week!!!!!!!
Of course if you really want you can always quit and apply for a job making salad... there's probably openings.
Never heard of them.
The loss is truly yours.
I wouldn't know, but work that is hard is generally more rewarding (both in money and satisfaction) so you'll probably be happier in the long run
Of course if you really want you can always quit and apply for a job making salad... there's probably openings.
Actually, plumbers make pretty good money. God forbid you have to call one after hours for some emergency. The rate can be harsh on your wallet.
Actually, plumbers make pretty good money. God forbid you have to call one after hours for some emergency. The rate can be harsh on your wallet.
Isn't that what I said? Plumbers paying much better then salad bar employees?
work you enjoy is rewarding. hard work is just hard.
i've had a job called "event coordinator". it was a fancy term for groundskeeper/security at a festival. when i say i disliked that job i emphasize the "dislike" part.
no i didn't like the long hours in the heat.
no i didn't like doing the yardwork.
no i didn't like doing the repairs done by the vandals.
no i didn't like doing security in the rain.
but a broke college student does what needs to be done to pay the bills.
now that doesn't mean i dislike physical labor. my dad is a lobster fisherman. i helped him load up the heavy gear and 200+ traps (a fully wooden lobster trap, with the cement weight is just... ugh). the long hours painting hundreds of buoys and fixing nets. i had no problem doing that, it was hard, but it was rewarding.
not because it was hard, but because i genuinely wanted to help my dad.
and honestly, i found sitting in a back room, wrist deep in a computer swapping parts, looking at someone's account information for inconsistencies (or at least telling them they're typing it in wrong) or just telling some technologically impaired person to turn their monitor on FAR more personally rewarding.
while i find the drudgery of phone tech support generally unrewarding, it's a much better alternative to the physical labor that i find entirely unrewarding.
do the job you like and you'll be rewarded.
eh... i'm not a big believer in the "Hard work is more rewarding" philosophy.
work you enjoy is rewarding. hard work is just hard.
i've had a job called "event coordinator". it was a fancy term for groundskeeper/security at a festival. when i say i disliked that job i emphasize the "dislike" part.
no i didn't like the long hours in the heat.
no i didn't like doing the yardwork.
no i didn't like doing the repairs done by the vandals.
no i didn't like doing security in the rain.
but a broke college student does what needs to be done to pay the bills.
now that doesn't mean i dislike physical labor. my dad is a lobster fisherman. i helped him load up the heavy gear and 200+ traps (a fully wooden lobster trap, with the cement weight is just... ugh). the long hours painting hundreds of buoys and fixing nets. i had no problem doing that, it was hard, but it was rewarding.
not because it was hard, but because i genuinely wanted to help my dad.
and honestly, i found sitting in a back room, wrist deep in a computer swapping parts, looking at someone's account information for inconsistencies (or at least telling them they're typing it in wrong) or just telling some technologically impaired person to turn their monitor on FAR more personally rewarding.
while i find the drudgery of phone tech support generally unrewarding, it's a much better alternative to the physical labor that i find entirely unrewarding.
do the job you like and you'll be rewarded.
amen my brotha!!!
Actually, plumbers make pretty good money. God forbid you have to call one after hours for some emergency. The rate can be harsh on your wallet.
Isn't that what I said? Plumbers paying much better then salad bar employees?
you are correct. I should have said they make way more than a salad bar attendee.
Come on WOTC!! Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day & the rest of the cast of the Guild!!
While I don't think this is necessarily practical, or affordable from WotC's viewpoint in terms of the value it would yield, for those who haven't heard of "The Guild", it's a dramatic series shown over the Internet. Episodes are available on YouTube as well as through the official Guild site on MSNBC.
I took a look at it, and so far haven't started following it, but I heard about it from a pointer to the music video made by the cast of "The Guild" called Do You Want To Date My Avatar, which I thought was both amusing and enjoyable.