A story passed around the Internet for about two decades now about a GM who killed a player character because of his player's architectural ignorance: Not knowing what a "gazebo" was, the player decided to attack it rather than, say, ask what it was. After numerous attacks with no effect, the player decided to leave, at which point the GM announced, "It's too late. You have awakened the gazebo. It catches you and eats you."
Morning.
The long form version of this is better.
Eric comes quite close to being a computer. When he games, he
methodically considers each possibility before choosing his preferred
option. If given time, he will invariably pick the optimum solution.
It has been known to take weeks. He is otherwise in all respects a
superior gamer, and I've spent many happy hours competing with and
against him, as long as he is given enough time.
So... Eric was playing a neutral paladin (Why should only lawful, good
religions get to have holy warriors? was the rationale) in Ed's game.
He even had a holy sword, which fought well and did all those things
holy swords are supposed to do, including good or evil (by random die
roll). He was on some lord's lands when the following exchange
occurred:
ED: You see a well-groomed garden. In the middle, on a small hill, you
see a gazebo.
ERIC: A gazebo? What color is it?
ED: (Pause) It's white, Eric.
ERIC: How far away is it?
ED: About 50 yards.
ERIC: How big is it?
ED: (Pause) It's about 30 feet across, 15 feet high, with a pointed
top.
ERIC: I use my sword to detect whether it's good.
ED: It's not good, Eric. It's a gazebo!
ERIC: (Pause) I call out to it.
ED: It won't answer. It's a gazebo!
ERIC: (Pause) I sheathe my sword and draw my bow and arrows. Does it
respond in any way?
ED: No, Eric. It's a gazebo!
ERIC: I shoot it with my bow (rolls to hit). What happened?
ED: There is now a gazebo with an arrow sticking out of it.
ERIC: (Pause) Wasn't it wounded?
ED: Of course not, Eric! It's a gazebo!
ERIC: (Whimper) But that was a plus-three arrow!
ED: It's a gazebo, Eric, a gazebo! If you really want to try to
destroy it, you could try to chop it wih an axe, I suppose, or you
could try to burn it, but I don't know why anybody would even try.
It's a @#%$*& gazebo!
ERIC: (Long pause - he has no axe or fire spells) I run away.
ED: (Thoroughly frustrated) It's too late. You've awakened the gazebo,
and it catches you and eats you.
ERIC: (Reaching for his dice) Maybe I'll roll up a fire-using mage so
I can avenge my paladin...
At this point, the increasingly amused fellow party members restored a
modicum of order by explaining what a gazebo is. This is solely an
afterthought, of course, but Eric is doubly lucky that the gazebo was
not situated on a grassy knoll.
A story passed around the Internet for about two decades now about a GM who killed a player character because of his player's architectural ignorance: Not knowing what a "gazebo" was, the player decided to attack it rather than, say, ask what it was. After numerous attacks with no effect, the player decided to leave, at which point the GM announced, "It's too late. You have awakened the gazebo. It catches you and eats you."
Morning.
The long form version of this is better.
Eric comes quite close to being a computer. When he games, he
methodically considers each possibility before choosing his preferred
option. If given time, he will invariably pick the optimum solution.
It has been known to take weeks. He is otherwise in all respects a
superior gamer, and I've spent many happy hours competing with and
against him, as long as he is given enough time.
So... Eric was playing a neutral paladin (Why should only lawful, good
religions get to have holy warriors? was the rationale) in Ed's game.
He even had a holy sword, which fought well and did all those things
holy swords are supposed to do, including good or evil (by random die
roll). He was on some lord's lands when the following exchange
occurred:
ED: You see a well-groomed garden. In the middle, on a small hill, you
see a gazebo.
ERIC: A gazebo? What color is it?
ED: (Pause) It's white, Eric.
ERIC: How far away is it?
ED: About 50 yards.
ERIC: How big is it?
ED: (Pause) It's about 30 feet across, 15 feet high, with a pointed
top.
ERIC: I use my sword to detect whether it's good.
ED: It's not good, Eric. It's a gazebo!
ERIC: (Pause) I call out to it.
ED: It won't answer. It's a gazebo!
ERIC: (Pause) I sheathe my sword and draw my bow and arrows. Does it
respond in any way?
ED: No, Eric. It's a gazebo!
ERIC: I shoot it with my bow (rolls to hit). What happened?
ED: There is now a gazebo with an arrow sticking out of it.
ERIC: (Pause) Wasn't it wounded?
ED: Of course not, Eric! It's a gazebo!
ERIC: (Whimper) But that was a plus-three arrow!
ED: It's a gazebo, Eric, a gazebo! If you really want to try to
destroy it, you could try to chop it wih an axe, I suppose, or you
could try to burn it, but I don't know why anybody would even try.
It's a @#%$*& gazebo!
ERIC: (Long pause - he has no axe or fire spells) I run away.
ED: (Thoroughly frustrated) It's too late. You've awakened the gazebo,
and it catches you and eats you.
ERIC: (Reaching for his dice) Maybe I'll roll up a fire-using mage so
I can avenge my paladin...
At this point, the increasingly amused fellow party members restored a
modicum of order by explaining what a gazebo is. This is solely an
afterthought, of course, but Eric is doubly lucky that the gazebo was
not situated on a grassy knoll.
^^ be sure to take that to the minute mark, to really see the hit ^^
Remember that with, like, 6 sacks in one game? All of them brutal hits? I loved that. It was a very memorable and entertaining game in the Elki household.
Do you understand?
... no? Don't people get tackled in football? Isn't that part of the game?
But I get it, schadenfreude. It's something from your circle of experience that isn't part of mine, so you have an awareness of it that I don't. I guess what I'm really wondering is how this guy and his bomb movie came into your circle of experience. Will you share?
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ugh
I am sick to hell and back right and i don't want to take this exam ;oihfoighrghjdgj
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^^ be sure to take that to the minute mark, to really see the hit ^^
Remember that with, like, 6 sacks in one game? All of them brutal hits? I loved that. It was a very memorable and entertaining game in the Elki household.
Do you understand?
... no? Don't people get tackled in football? Isn't that part of the game?
But I get it, schadenfreude. It's something from your circle of experience that isn't part of mine, so you have an awareness of it that I don't. I guess what I'm really wondering is how this guy and his bomb movie came into your circle of experience. Will you share?
i'm unsure if tvtropes is a brilliant index dissecting the artifice and foibles of media or a clever way of slowly destroying any enjoyment I get out of it
It's the most addictive wiki in existence is what it is.
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Someone should push Elendil and Elldren into each other so they can do that thing from the end of Timecop.
i'm unsure if tvtropes is a brilliant index dissecting the artifice and foibles of media or a clever way of slowly destroying any enjoyment I get out of it
Understand how a pastry is made doesn't make it less tasty. It just lets you know where lesser pastries erred.
i'm unsure if tvtropes is a brilliant index dissecting the artifice and foibles of media or a clever way of slowly destroying any enjoyment I get out of it
Understand how a pastry is made doesn't make it less tasty. It just lets you know where lesser pastries erred.
So I am approaching the anniversary of my stroke. October 15th. This past year will be the longest time I have been unemployed since I entered the workforce ten years ago.
yay: get to say home today
boo: because I actually am sick.
Everyone collectively in western washington is ill. I swear I've not run into someone currently up here who doesn't have some form of illness or another.
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I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
So I am approaching the anniversary of my stroke. October 15th. This past year will be the longest time I have been unemployed since I entered the workforce ten years ago.
This is extremely depressing.
What you need is a stroke cake. One side will be normal and the other side will be lopsided and runny.
yay: get to say home today
boo: because I actually am sick.
Everyone collectively in western washington is ill. I swear I've not run into someone currently up here who doesn't have some form of illness or another.
yay: get to say home today
boo: because I actually am sick.
Everyone collectively in western washington is ill. I swear I've not run into someone currently up here who doesn't have some form of illness or another.
The illness is liberalism.
the cure is Glenn Beck
Disgustingly enough he's from this area, he was born in Mount Vernon, or lived there for a while.
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I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
So I am approaching the anniversary of my stroke. October 15th. This past year will be the longest time I have been unemployed since I entered the workforce ten years ago.
So I am approaching the anniversary of my stroke. October 15th. This past year will be the longest time I have been unemployed since I entered the workforce ten years ago.
This is extremely depressing.
What you need is a stroke cake. One side will be normal and the other side will be lopsided and runny.
this is a wonderful idea.
My plan for the actual anniversary day itself is to have myself surgically removed from the gene pool.
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This is terrifying.
I'll never think of gazebos the same way again.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/09/olivia-munn-something-something
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G4 is decently amusing.
I like to watch Attack of the Show because they seem to actually have a lot of fun doing it.
... no? Don't people get tackled in football? Isn't that part of the game?
But I get it, schadenfreude. It's something from your circle of experience that isn't part of mine, so you have an awareness of it that I don't. I guess what I'm really wondering is how this guy and his bomb movie came into your circle of experience. Will you share?
I am sick to hell and back right and i don't want to take this exam ;oihfoighrghjdgj
FUCKING
FUCK
GERMS
FUCK
NNID: Hakkekage
Cover your mouth when you type, dammit. I don't need your swine flu.
It's an instance where "is it in yet?" is really pretty warranted.
Ahh David Vitter you fucking idiot.
pleasepaypreacher.net
Yes, like fraternity members.
Like Liberals and Vegetarians.
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envy might be more appropriate
boo: because I actually am sick.
It's the most addictive wiki in existence is what it is.
Understand how a pastry is made doesn't make it less tasty. It just lets you know where lesser pastries erred.
Form the beast with two backs?
Cakes, lies, etc.
Camden?
This is extremely depressing.
Everyone collectively in western washington is ill. I swear I've not run into someone currently up here who doesn't have some form of illness or another.
pleasepaypreacher.net
What you need is a stroke cake. One side will be normal and the other side will be lopsided and runny.
The illness is liberalism.
the cure is Glenn Beck
I've never seen Timecop so I'm unsure if this is a joke or not.
then we could be Elkendrill
Disgustingly enough he's from this area, he was born in Mount Vernon, or lived there for a while.
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Wasn't your vasectomy today?
No, but learning that phrase totally justified reading Othello.
this is a wonderful idea.
My plan for the actual anniversary day itself is to have myself surgically removed from the gene pool.
I wonder what next year will be like!
every once in a while he hits the mark