You know you're a Gamer if...

[Syberdwarf2]

I know that there have been similar threads on other boards, and similar off topic tangents on other threads, but...

You know you're a Gamer if...

If, when you roll for attack damage, you have to prepare your cup with the words 'Biggie Size' on the side...

[TheEmerged]

...you actually know what 5d6 EB NND AF5 means

...if you own more gaming CD's than music CD's

...if you can explain why EverQuest isn't a true RPG in mechanical terms instead of "feeling" issues

...if you spend more than 30 seconds afterwards explaining why, by that definition, most computer "RPG's" aren't true RPG's either

...if you can discuss the strategies behind a game like Aggrevation or Trouble

[Vondy]

Your two year old can identify "3d6"

[Starwolf]

...You spend your non-game time creating game stats for every day items...like pencils, and cotton balls.

[Thirdbase]

... Your posting on this board at 5:00 AM.

[Syberdwarf2]

If your collection of game stuff weighs more than your car.

If you've ever had to use a butter tub to hold your dice.

If you've ever bought a bottle of Crown Royal just for a dice bag.

....and that still wasn't enough.

[Syberdwarf2]

If you've ever ended a sentence with "...and we are looking for shrubbery!"

If you know why that's funny. :D

[slikmar]

...You have ever read and understood(much less heard of) the RPG Aftermath(what fun those rules were to get through when they were not written sequentially and would send you scurrying back and forth through the three magazine style books)

...You can correctly pronounce H^arn.(sorry, dont know how to get the symbol above the a)

[Mark Taylor]

...you buy a new table to fit your new battlemat.

[Starwolf]

<...You have ever read and understood(much less heard of) the RPG Aftermath>

LOL...IMNSHO, Aftermath was one of the all time classic RPGs. I ran a campaign using the Aftermath rules that rocked the pillars of Heaven. It was based on the post-apocalyptic novel series "The Guardians". The group consisted of an elite team of spec forces (two from each branch of service). Their mission was to safeguard the president in case of nuclear war. The president refuses to go with them and instead entrusts the vice president to them. The president then boards Air Force One and is promptly blown out of the sky by the soviets. The groups first mission is to escort the vice president to an underground bunker half way across the US. And they must go overland. Enroute they have to encounter, roving Soviet invaders, roving bandits, wanna be warlords, religious fanatics, paniced civilians, and natural obstacles (i.e. terrain, radiation, disease, weather, etc.)

[Catacomb]

You go to an l5r tournament dressed as Hida Yakamo.

[Thirdbase]

Originally posted by slikmar
...You have ever read and understood(much less heard of) the RPG Aftermath(what fun those rules were to get through when they were not written sequentially and would send you scurrying back and forth through the three magazine style books)

... if you realize why there should be :D after the next sentence.
Hey Aftermath is one of the all time great RPGs.
I really enjoyed the 5-10 minutes it took to trace through the combat flow chart to determine if you hit and did damage.

In the one campaign I played in we managed to destroy two of the three US survival programs before the campaign ended

[Trebuchet]

...you watch "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and think "My martial artist could take all of them."

[Catacomb]

...You can have an in depth theological discussion about the Imperium's religion in Warhammer 40k.

[Syberdwarf2]

If you can do point costs for powers in your head, but have trouble understanding a 1040EZ.

[Catacomb]

...Mountain dew and Lays misquite Bar-B-Q chips are an actual meal that you eat during the day.

[Mark Taylor]

...you mutter comments like "owww... rolled a crit" when watching action movies.

[Catacomb]

If you analyze the LOTR movies based on MERP and Rolemaster knowlkedge...Look at Gandalf cast Cracks Call as the Balrog approaches on the Bidge of Kazad-Dun.:D

[Dynamo]

You might be a gamer if...

...you can translate any given real-world circumstance into at least three rule systems.

...you built a custom table to fit your battlemat.

...you alter your diet to buy food in containers easily modelled into pieces for a miniatures battlefield.

...your coffee table has on it a large glass bowl labelled "Leave a die, take a die."

...you learn new programming languages by constructing character-managers and die-rollers.

...you understand the relationship between Brian VanHoose and Alexis...
...and don't see the problem.

...you hated the Dungeons & Dragons movie, but went back to see it four more times.

...you listed two or more game books in the bibliography of your senior thesis.

[Dynamo]

from Catacomb's sig
"We are United States Marines. We are labeled 'Break glass in case of failed diplomacy, failed last chances or general stupidity on the part of our enemies.' The glass is shattered gentlemen... Semper Fi."
-My brother to his command 3/17/03I would really like to use this quote and properly attribute it. Do you think your brother would mind? Yes, I can wait until he gets back to find out.

[oracle]

You know you are a gamer if you read and can relate to the comic "Knights at the Dinner Table."

[Catacomb]

Originally posted by Dynamo
I would really like to use this quote and properly attribute it. Do you think your brother would mind? Yes, I can wait until he gets back to find out.

Cpt. Jason Jones 1st Marine Force Recon

[SCUBA Hero]

Originally posted by oracle
You know you are a gamer if you read and can relate to the comic "Knights at the Dinner Table."

Or "Dork Tower" :D

[Mark Taylor]

...you try to "out-gamer" other gamers by taking their "You know you're a Gamer if..." suggestions to new extremes. :D

[Catacomb]

BTW what site are you putting my big-bro's quote on?

[Crusader108]

You know you are a gamer if you read and can relate to the comic "Knights at the Dinner Table."

...if you read "Knights of the Dinner Table" and realize you ARE one of them.

(I'm Dave...what can I say) :D

[Catacomb]

Ugggghhhh Hackmaster +12

[Dynamo]

Originally posted by Catacomb
Cpt. Jason Jones 1st Marine Force ReconThanks.
Catacomb
BTW what site are you putting my big-bro's quote on?It's a damn good quote, potentially a quote-heard-'round-the-world, so it deserves a prominent posting. Unfortunately, I'm not in charge of any prominent websites. :) It'll get a home on my personal website at www.telisphere.com/~davidl (http://www.telisphere.com/~davidl), plus I have a few friends around the world who would appreciate receiving these words in their inboxes, and several of those are likely to forward them on to other appreciative parties...

[Catacomb]

Well looks cool and have fun.

[EAfenris]

That would gain your brother a possible +2 Reputation w/armed forces. Of course he could gain a negative -2 Reputation w/Hippies. But then again he has the Force Recon package making him a formidable opponent...

...what can I say.. I'm a gamer... ;)

[MarkusDark]

Still love the game Aftermath.

Anyway...

You know you're a gamer if someone says "AP" with no other information and you intuitively know whether he is referring to Active Points or Armor Piercing.

[Catacomb]

That's really bad Markus..really bad.:D

[MarkusDark]

Originally posted by Catacomb
That's really bad Markus..really bad.:D

I only mention it because it confuzzled the hell out of me when people would keep saying that all of their attacks needed to be 60AP and I was like "a 12d6 armor piercing flash attack???" And I was going nuts trying to figure out how to make a 30AP defence. "A 15/15 ARmor Piercing Force Field? How the hell does a FF pierce armor?"

:p

[Syberdwarf2]

Originally posted by MarkusDark
I only mention it because it confuzzled the hell out of me when people would keep saying that all of their attacks needed to be 60AP and I was like "a 12d6 armor piercing flash attack???" And I was going nuts trying to figure out how to make a 30AP defence. "A 15/15 ARmor Piercing Force Field? How the hell does a FF pierce armor?"

:p

An Armor Piercing FF? How about Area Of Effect Telepathy bought with No Range?

B.O.T......
If you can quote the entire Star Wars series of movie word for word....as the lines are said.

[JohnOSpencer]

...you just got off work(at games workshop) bought $30 dollars of discount miniatures you have little or no use for and the first thing you do when you get home is check this board with a Nesquick Chocolate milk and hostess cupcakes.

John Spencer

[Killer Shrike]

Originally posted by Dynamo
I would really like to use this quote and properly attribute it. Do you think your brother would mind? Yes, I can wait until he gets back to find out.

My personal favorite was always:

MARINE: Muscles Are Required Intelligence Not Essential ;)

Followed by:

MARINES: My @$$ Remains In Never Ending $#!^

[Killer Shrike]

Originally posted by JohnOSpencer
...you just got off work(at games workshop) bought $30 dollars of discount miniatures you have little or no use for and the first thing you do when you get home is check this board with a Nesquick Chocolate milk and hostess cupcakes.

John Spencer
uh...seek help my friend, before its to late ;)

[Worldmaker]

Losing your dice bag would be a serious financial blow.

You could paper you bathroom in character sheets.

You could paper your bathroom in different versions of just one character.

You talk about your characters as if they are real people.

You have more entertaining "no-shi'ite-there-I-was" game stories than you do anecdotes about your family.

You alternate between referring to your characters in the first and the third person.

... And none of your friends gets confused.

You foam at the mouth when a newbie can't grok the difference between a munchkin, a powergamer and a rules lawyer.

You foam at the mouth when a newbie can't grok the proper way to use a d4.

You didn't flinch at all over the word "grok", either of the times it was just used.

You've ever spent a significant fraction of your life modifying game rules that you didn't like.

... And, as soon as the system worked to your satisfaction, discarded it.

When someone says "the blue books," you don't automatically picture the kind that they give you during a college final exam.

You either worship idols of Gary Gygax in your basement or burn Gary Gygax in effigy in your back yard.

You will not buy comic books with the Dragon Strike® logo on the back.

You will hit anyone who calls you a munchkin. In the mouth. And kick them when they're down.

You've ever seen the old AD&D TV series.

You hang out with people you actively dislike because they give good roleplay.

You've ever gotten into a screaming match over something that happened in a game.

You've ever neglected to buy the new edition of your favorite game because you already have three.

Your body has been specially conditioned to go without sleep for three nights running, thanks to those Memorial-weekend-cons.

You sneer at Goths because they remind you of those pretentious LARPers.

You were one of those LARPers.

You didn't flinch at all over the word "LARPers".

You have heard a dozen disparaging nicknames for collectible card games.

You openly wept when TSR was bought out by WOTC.

You openly wept at the news that WOTC was bought out by Hasbro.

... But you openly cheered at the news that Hasbro was bought out by Lucasfilm, because this means that maybe a well-supported Star Wars Roleplaying Game is coming!

You have spent over one week on a character portrait.

You eventually submitted the character portrait for your college art final, and then had to spend an hour explaining the character's background to the art teacher.

You have ever thrown dice at another player. And they threw more dice back.

... And then everyone was throwing dice.

... And were using two handfuls. At the same time.

You have ever lost track of time while gaming by 12 hours or more.

Gaming is the only reason you've ever witnessed a sunrise.

You have gained extensive real-life scientific knowledge as a side effect of character background research.

... You know all about Satanism for the same reason.

... Ditto for Catholicism.

You learned martial arts so that you would know what was "realistic" and what wasn't, and demonstrate moves and strikes to make your point while arguing with the GM.

... It didn't occur to you that the GM would feel threatened by this.

... And he wasn't.

You have more than one photocopied bootleg of a gaming text.

You keep old characters around just in case someone might run that system again. (Never mind that its TS: SI)

You knew what I meant when I said TS:SI.

You have a PhD in manipulating point systems to the best effect, even though you failed high school geometry.

You're still reading this list.

You can consume your body weight in junk food in one gaming session.

You consider Altoids, salt-&-vinegar chips, and blue teeni hugs a balanced diet. (Or even an acceptable combination.)

You have been known to drive to far away places where you paid enormous amounts of money for the privilege of sleeping on floors, eating crap, buying little pewter statues of Gandalf, and meeting dozens of psychopathic members of the alternate (or similar) sex who will follow you around for months, merely for the pleasure of playing with gamers you don't know.

... And then once there signed up en masse with all of you friends to play in games with game masters who you've known since high school.

You own your own weight in gaming books.

Your character stands a better chance of getting a job than you do.

Your character sheets are longer than your resume.

Whenever you do something that makes you look like a klutz you say "Must have failed a Dex check."

... And your friends laugh knowingly in reaction.

You know the difference between magic, witchcraft, and sorcery.

You've had arguments about the difference between magic, witchcraft, and sorcery.

You've tried converting your favorite comic book hero over to your favorite superhero game format...

... And then quit in anger because you had to break several rules to make them fit into said game format

You've had passionate discussions with your friends about what you'd do in real life with 10 points of Champions powers.

Neither you nor your friends ever start a sentence with the phrase "I wish" just in case you own an item that contains wishes...

... And the above statement applies both in and out of character.

You complain when the GM won't let your character speak more than six languages even though in real life, after two years of foreign language training, you haven't mastered the vocabulary of an eight year old.

The owners of local hobby stores take your checks without ID because they know where you live.

... because they go there every gaming night.

You can do AD&D money conversions in your head.

You considered the demise of What's New With Phil & Dixie a blow to great literature.

You consider the resurrection of What's New With Phil & Dixie the one redeeming feature of Magic: The Gathering.

You've ever designed your own character sheets.

You can be more that three NPCs at the same time without generating more than reasonable confusion in your players.

You've ever tried to explain gaming to a school counselor, parent, or other PWOC.

You understood that PWOC meant "person without a clue".

The PWOC understood gaming once you were done, and wanted to try it.

You've played Talisman more than once.

You've finished a game of Talisman.

... More than once.

You've mistaken a d12 or a double d10 for a d20 while playing AD&D and had a THAC0 low enough to hit the 8HD monster, anyway.

You understood that last one.

You've ever discovered, after gaming with your significant other, that you like their character better than you do them.

You spend more money on dice than on food.

You have ever played a character who had sex before you did in reality.

Your first response to any frustrating situation is, "I bash it with my axe."

You know a lot of gaming jokes that used to be funny once.

Your non-gaming friends feel very left out of all of your conversations.

You have more gaming books than the local hobby store.

You've discovered that spare dice make good beanbag filler.

You knew that that last question was a ringer. Who has more dice than they can use?

You're still reading this list.

You have a copy of "Dark Dungeons" kicking around somewhere because: a) You thought it was funny, or: b)
Your parents got concerned that you were becoming a Satanist.

You've been gaming for more than half of your life.

You still laugh when someone says "Hey, Dave, I think the barbarian in the corner wants another beer."

The phrase "Collect Call of Cthulhu" brings back fond memories.

You can quote the whole "Trolls! Mutants! Trolls! Mutants!" Strip from What's New With Phil & Dixie.

You've thought of four or five additions to this list.

Someone is attempting to explain the floorplan of a building to you and you immediately start thinking in terms of 10x10 squares.

... Or 6'x6' hexes.

Your first though upon walking into a friend's domicile is to reflect on where you'd put the machine-gun nest.

You've ever gotten weird looks from other customers at places like Denny's or IHOP because of the nature of your conversations.

You've ever argued against a combat rule based on your experience in the SCA/military/police, etc.

You have a dozen things in mind for when you come across a magic lamp.

When you talk about the "good old days" you mean when games cost $12 and came with their own dice.

You can cite the differences between "official" Star Trek, FASA Star Trek, and Star Fleet Battles.

You remember when games gave you tips on "inking" dice with crayon.

You can give no fewer than six different speeches on "What is Roleplaying?", verbatim, from the introductions to different games.

There is virtually no game for which you cannot name the genre, company, or country of origin.

You remember when all games referred to characters as "he".

You've written character histories that are longer than most novels...

...for paranoia characters.

... You understand why the last one is funny.

You own copies of dragon magazine that are numbered below 100.

You remember when White Dwarf was an AD&D magazine.

While you have a number of close acquaintences, your only true friends are gamers.

You've ever personally written a letter or an email to a game designer.

... And they replied.

From where you are now, sitting in front of your computer, you can look around and see all or most of your gaming material.

You find yourself teaching new players the ropes so often, you now have a down-pat speech, readily translatable to any game system for newcomers.

You search the internet nightly for cool gaming software for your PC.

...and you found this list by doing that!

... And you add to this list, to keep the spirit of gaming alive!

You learned more about space, physics, and other sciences from playing Traveller than you did watching watching Cosmos, hosted by Carl Sagan.

You were around when SPI was.

You even know what SPI was.

You not only know who SPI was, but you still have some of their games around.

You were around when the only games out were Dungeons and Dragons, Metamorphosis Alpha, Gamma World, and Traveller.

...and you bought 'em, cause they were "what the cool grown-up college kids were playing."

You remained loyal thorough the right-wing religious anti-gaming crusade.

You know what to say (delicately, without sloppy missionary fervor) when someone says, "Oh, you don't play that "Dungeons & Dragons thing, do you?"

You know the real tragic truth about Dallas Egbert.

...and you learned it by reading the book on it, "The Dungeon Master."

You met your spouse at a game.

You've said, "roll initiative" more times than you've sung your countries' national anthem.

You're still reading this list!

You're really thinking of adding to this list, now.

You read the issue of What's New With Phil & Dixie which included the quote "Hey, the phone is circular-metal-banding!"

...and you thought it was funny.

... and you knew why it was funny.

... And you're remembering it now, and how funny it was.

You've played Raistlin.

You've played mages far more powerful than Raistlin.

You know what the heck I'm talking about when I mention Raistlin.

You're getting more and more worried the further you go down this list, because it's getting closer and closer to reality.

...or you weren't worried before, but after reading the above, you are now.

You watched the film The Fifth Element and knew the answer to the final puzzle straight away.

... And so did everybody you went to see it with.

You can remember the uproar over Mazes and Monsters.

You were upset when Wormy disappeared, even if you didn't understand what the hell it was about.

You thought the pictures in Tomb of Horrors enhanced the experience of the module... Even the "sliding into the burning pit" picture.

Your character actually has a well paying job., But you have never held a steady job for more than a week.

You tell your friend that spending $4500 to fix up his car was a waste of money, then go home to your $6000 dollars worth of RPG books.

You're still reading this list!

You have finally reached the end of this list, and can think of a few things to contribute to it.

[Catacomb]

Nice list...ahhhhhhh Raistlin Majere. WIMP!!!

Just kidding I'm not that big of a munchkin.

[Syberdwarf2]

....your treasure list looks like an investment portfolio.

....you constantly complain you have no money, but every payday, your first stop is the FLGS or comic shop.

[wcw43921]

. . .You know the difference between magic, magik, and magick.

You boast that your character could beat (insert name of famous fantasy, SF, superhero, secret agent, or other action/adventure character) in a fight.

Your character actually CAN beat (insert name of famous fantasy, SF, superhero, secret agent, or other action/adventure character) in a fight.

You complain that too many episodes of Star Trek's successor series were set on the holodeck--yet if holodecks existed in Real Life, you would have to be dragged away from them kicking and screaming.

You wish holodecks existed in Real Life.

You spend all your non-gaming time studying computers, virtual reality, and laser physics so you can invent a Real-Life holodeck.

You've ever cried over the death of your character.

You've ever cried over the death of another player's character.

You've ever sworn bloody, white-hot revenge for the death of a player-character, yours or someone else's.

You've ever sworn bloody, white-hot revenge for the death of a non-player-character.

You've ever enacted bloody, white-hot revenge for the death of a character (PC or NPC).

You've enacted such revenge on a player's character.

You've enacted such revenge on a player.

Your idea of healthy eating at a con is breakfast cereal three times a day eaten straight out of the box by the handful. ("But it's got eight essential vitamins and minerals!")

[Wolfgar]

...if replacing your library would cost more than replacing your car.

...if you actually refer to it as a "library".

...and people don't disagree with you.

...if you have ever tried to codify unknown laws of physics in your game world.

...if you you write charts for fun.

...if you learned a spreadsheet program just to crunch numbers faster.

...if you have ever played a game that you thought absolutely sucked just because it was the only thing everyone else was playing.

...if you've ever called your GM at an obscene hour to talk about your character.

...if you own any novelty dice.

...and you figured out how to use them in your own custom system.

...if you have several hundred half written game systems lying around.

...if you've ever included people you don't like from real life as monsters in a game.

...if you've ever assigned classes to characters in movies.

...if you can name the make and model of any handgun you see in an actiuon movie even though you've never actually held a gun.

...if your Mom has ever cursed you out for the death of her character.

...if you pretend restuarant menus are GM screens.

...if you have ever used dice to decide whether to call in sick.

...if you have ever made plans to live in a post-apocalyptic society.

...if you have ever drawn up a plane for what to do if a dragon attacks the airport.

...If you buy more miniratures even when you have boxes and boxes of unpainted ones at home.

...if you've wondered why there are so many Steves in role-playing.

[Worldmaker]

Yikes... I think I started something!

[Lord Mhoram]

Originally posted by wcw43921

You boast that your character could beat (insert name of famous fantasy, SF, superhero, secret agent, or other action/adventure character) in a fight.


If you have ever used the official conversion rules from the liscened games of the famous character to convert said character over to the game your character was in, just to prove it.

(Guilt on that one- Converted Karate Kid strait across from DC heroes and Black Cat could kick him six ways from Sunday. Heh)

[Captain Obvious]

...you play games.

What did you expect? I'm Captain Obvious, for crying out loud.

[Syberdwarf2]

...you cringe at any mention of "The 700 Club".

[Bazza]

you flunked english class at school, but speak fluent orcish

[Cap'n D]

...you ask your neighborhood game store if they can keep your "frequent buyer punch card" on file at the store, so that you can stop worrying that your wife will find it in your wallet and see how much you've spent there.

...they say 'ok'.

...you wonder if this is how it feels to be the kind of husband who worries about their wives finding lipstick on their collars.

...you see that punch card on the floor at home and you panic, stashing it in your wallet.

...only to find it isn't your's, it's HER'S!

8)

(fixed typo)

[FTJoshua]

...you would have more than enough dice to play a quick session if only you'd lift up the couch and sweep them all into a pile.

...you've soaked your dice in (liquid substance) overnight for tomorrow's game to "charm" them.

...your first character sheet is laminated or otherwise fully protected from the elements.

...you or a friend has dressed as your/their PC for halloween.

...or for the Major Motion Picture you were all going to make.


~~By the way, I wasn't sure I qualified for the "Gamer" moniker until I read this thread, laughed out loud at work, and though, "My god, Bones, what have I done?"

[aylwin13]

Originally posted by Worldmaker
You have ever lost track of time while gaming by 12 hours or more.
Actually, a buddy of mine and I were at a convention and played for 24 hours straight, got 2 hours sleep on another friend's living room, and then went back for another 6 hours of another game. God, it was wonderful to be young! :D

And you very well might be a gamer if you have a gaming session from 5 pm until midnight, then decide to go to the local Denny's for munchies.... and game at the table for another 3 hours. :cool:

[Syberdwarf2]

The most commonly heard phrase in your home is "Okay, so you're in a bar..."

[MarkusDark]

You have nothing better to do than to post over a dozen definitions of "You know you're a gamer if..."

[Cap'n D]

Originally posted by MarkusDark
You have nothing better to do than to post over a dozen definitions of "You know you're a gamer if..."

...or if you have nothing better to do than read over 6 dozen definitions!
;)

ultimately, I don't know which is more embarrassing... the number of them that make me laugh out loud, or the number that I would be ashamed to admit to!

[SCUBA Hero]

Originally posted by Worldmaker
Whenever you do something that makes you look like a klutz you say "Must have failed a Dex check."

You have tried to figure out what your Dex check roll was

... in more than one system

You were successful

... in more than one system

You have written yourself up as a character

... in more than one system

[Crimson-Hawk]

Originally posted by Worldmaker
You sneer at Goths because they remind you of those pretentious LARPers.

Pretentious? PRETENTIOUS?!? I'll let you know, Mister, that we LARPers aren't pretentious! We just pretend to be gothy Vampires and angsty Werewolves, and oppressed Faeries and... wait, if we're pretending to be those things, we're pretentious, huh? Nevermind! :D

To add to the list:

-- If you've ever gone to a gaming convention you've waited several months for in order to talk to Hero Gamers from around the country, found out it only had only one room with six gaming tables and four merchants selling only D&D stuff (with a separate room for those pretentious LARPers). And you just shrugged and had fun running your LARP game anyway. :D

-- If you've learned that your gaming friends couldn't care less how much money you owed them, but their S.O.'s are keeping accounting books just for that purpose.

-- If you've ran a network cable downstairs to your living room from your home network hub for the sole purpose of playing Everquest on your laptop while you're also playing D&D with your friends.

-- If you've ever heard Everquest called "Evercrack," understood the reason why it's called "Evercrack," and got into playing it anyway because most of your D&D friends play it as well.

-- If you've got into Everquest with just the Classic Everquest program, telling yourself that would be all you needed, and then broke down and got the Gold Edition so that you could enjoy all the bells and whistles.

-- If you've got into Everquest, then started accidentally using EQ slang during your D&D game. "You mean the gnoll just conned red to me? Okay, I'm casting SoW and pulling it to zone. The rest of you finish buffing. Charlie, your cleric done medding yet?"

-- If you just read the quoted remark in the last entry and understood exactly what I just said.

-- If you've continued to be a fan of a company when they completely changed their roleplaying system because you liked how the new system worked, even though saying so would cast you in league with the Anti-Christ in the eyes of many.

-- If you used said reviled system to try to write a tabletop RPG based on a popular video game RPG, only to never finish it because you're too busy gaming. :D

[Thirdbase]

... you've called in sick to work to game.

... you've skipped a class to game, bonus points if there was test that day.

... your boss let you call in sick to game because he's the GM.

... you know what your friends mom looks like in the morning, because you have gamed all night and she made you breakfast.

... you've walked through a forest preserve and noted the places where the orcs should have hiding to ambush you.

[Supreme]

Dang, Worldmaker! That was one funny list! And...


You have ever played a character who had sex before you did in reality.

hit a little too close to home!

[Worldmaker]

Originally posted by Supreme
Dang, Worldmaker! That was one funny list! And...

hit a little too close to home!

LOL! Yeah, me too.

I've been maintaining a list of this sort on my Guardians site for three years now. <G>

[Space Cadet]

Originally posted by Starwolf
<...You have ever read and understood(much less heard of) the RPG Aftermath>

LOL...IMNSHO, Aftermath was one of the all time classic RPGs. I ran a campaign using the Aftermath rules that rocked the pillars of Heaven. It was based on the post-apocalyptic novel series "The Guardians". The group consisted of an elite team of spec forces (two from each branch of service). Their mission was to safeguard the president in case of nuclear war. The president refuses to go with them and instead entrusts the vice president to them. The president then boards Air Force One and is promptly blown out of the sky by the soviets. The groups first mission is to escort the vice president to an underground bunker half way across the US. And they must go overland. Enroute they have to encounter, roving Soviet invaders, roving bandits, wanna be warlords, religious fanatics, paniced civilians, and natural obstacles (i.e. terrain, radiation, disease, weather, etc.)

Minor Glitch Advisory: there were only four members in the
Guardians -- a Marine Force Recon sergeant who was the
team commander, a Navy commander who was the team rifle-
man/grenadier, an Army Special Forces sergeant who was the
team medic and an Air Force officer (can't remember his rank
at this time) who was the vehicle specialist of the team.

Space Cadet :cool:

[death tribble]

Some of these are so close to home it is just not true.
Thank the Lord I am not alone in this.

When you put your gaming books etc in piles, they are taller than you.

Several times over.

You have specific dice for specific games.
And back up sets.

You get nostalgic about your past characters. And what they achieved.

You imagined what they could achieve.

You bought artwork from an artist because the artwork was in a gaming book or supplement.

[Citizen Keen]

- you use your old RPG books as book ends for your new RPG books.

- you are watching Frodo in combat and all you can think is "Roll your DEX mod"

- you turn down a date with twins who want to go see X2 because you can't miss tonight's session because tonight the group's going to find out who's behind Zolar the Enchanter's plot to overthrow the king.

[Citizen Keen]

- you use your old RPG books as book ends for your new RPG books.

- you are watching Frodo in combat and all you can think is "Roll your DEX mod"

- you turn down a date with twins who want to go see X2 because you can't miss tonight's session because tonight the group's going to find out who's behind Zolar the Enchanter's plot to overthrow the king.

[starblaze]

You have all three character generators for champions on your computer and you still use them.

You spend time looking for on-line character generators for games you never play.

You argue about different game systems with the same vehemence that some people argue about politics and sports.

[Peregrine]

Originally posted by Citizen Keen
[B - you turn down a date with twins who want to go see X2 because you can't miss tonight's session because tonight the group's going to find out who's behind Zolar the Enchanter's plot to overthrow the king. [/B]

That's not a gamer, that's an idiot. :)

[DocMan]

That depends on what the twins look like. And if they want more than just a free trip to the movies.

There's always new ways to be an idiot...

Doc

[Peregrine]

If it's an issue (gaming vs. the date), then the twins are at least worth spending time with. :)

[Catacomb]

...you don't think that this thread has gone on waaaaayyyy too long.

[Catacomb]

...you don't think that this thread has gone on waaaaayyyy too long.

[tmutant]

If you've ever seen a character destroy a starship. With an axe.:D

If you spend more time researching for a campaign than for your thesis.

If you've ever continued roleplaying without dice or sheets while walking down the sidewalk to Dairy Queen after spending the past 12 hours playing.

If you don't think this thread has gone on too long!:eek: :D :D

[Maccabe]

If I have to keep buying new bookshelves for all my gaming books because all my old ones collapsed due to excessive weight.

[Thirdbase]

If the largest room in your house is dedicated to gaming.

[Syberdwarf2]

Originally posted by Maccabe
If I have to keep buying new bookshelves for all my gaming books because all my old ones collapsed due to excessive weight.

...if the hardware rep at the local Kmart knows you because you buy shelves from there on a regular basis.

...if the hardware rep at Home Depot knows you because the local Kmart keeps running out of shelves, and you've decided to build your own.

[Bazza]

Originally posted by Syberdwarf2
...if the hardware rep at Home Depot knows you because the local Kmart keeps running out of shelves, and you've decided to build your own. ...if you local hardware rep gives you discount on materials to build your own shelves.
... if you get that hardware rep to become a gamer
... your next character has shelf building as a skill

[DocMan]

... you play in multiple gaming groups. Every week.

... you identify your friends by the gaming group they belong to.

... your "wierd friends" are the ones that don't game.

... you know more about your friend's character than you do about your friend.

... you like your friend's character better than your friend.

... you've done non-gaming activities (dinner, bowling, softball), in character.

... you don't understand the last one because you don't know what "non-gaming activities" means.

Doc