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Scrivener
Noble Knight
Joined: 20 Jun 2002
Posts: 223
Location: Australia |
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Has your gaming knowledge ever been useful in real life? For example, impressing someone that you know what a glaive is, or something like that?
A while ago I picked up a metaphor in a book where the two sides of a character's family were called "La Motte" and "Bailey" - a reference to moat and bailey castle design that I knew from gaming. That impressed a couple of people. (Maybe they were easy to impress.)
You also tend to pick up a lot of knowledge about mythology from AD&D. Dragon magazine had some very erudite contributors, too... |
Tue Jun 25, 2002 7:55 am |
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HiddenX
The Elder Spy
Joined: 20 Jul 2001
Posts: 749
Location: NRW / Germany |
Most people only give me a strange look when i tell them stories about beating an rpg in 300 hours of gameplay. 
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Tue Jun 25, 2002 8:17 am |
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Scrivener
Noble Knight
Joined: 20 Jun 2002
Posts: 223
Location: Australia |
But when I was in high school in the Eighties, I never would've believed that AD&D could be as "mainstream" as it is now, with all those millions of copies of Baldur's Gate having been sold.
We all would've cut off an arm before we mentioned role-playing to a girl in those days!
A few years ago I saw a couple of trendy secretaries in a magazine store looking for a solution to some problem in Banjo Kazooie - I knew then that times had definitely changed. |
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Tue Jun 25, 2002 8:58 am |
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Mattias Kreku
Magister of the Light
Joined: 13 Jun 2002
Posts: 387
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Well, since most RPGs I play are in english I've impressed a lot of my friends with my english vocabulary, knowing words like "morning star", "bastard sword", and "halberd". The problem I have right now is finding girls who are impressed by guys who can name 100 medievial weapons in english. |
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Tue Jun 25, 2002 3:31 pm |
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XeroX
The MasterCopy
Joined: 13 Dec 2001
Posts: 7125
Location: The Netherlands |
mostly my inglish is improved.
I think rpgdot helps the most.
Maybe solvig problems, u can use the game method, going right for the problem no delays.
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Tue Jun 25, 2002 3:52 pm |
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Moonslash
Celestial Guardian
Joined: 04 May 2002
Posts: 1378
Location: California, USA |
Games? Extended the size of my vocab capacity. 
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Do you go right? Or do you go left? A simple decision, yes? No ambiguities. Only the dream of the path not taken! And so one might stand in this place and contemplate for a long while. What will I miss if I go left? What will I lose if I go right? And in my indecision, have I chosen a worse fate? |
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Tue Jun 25, 2002 11:58 pm |
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TheLonePaladin
Mighty Warrior
Joined: 27 Feb 2002
Posts: 1808
Location: San Francisco, CA |
rpgs haven't helped me any more than watchin hour after hour of tv, only they're a little more stimulating 
maybe they've watered the seed of scitzofrenzia in my blood planted genetically by my grandmother, but i'm not sure if that's a good thing....
*sits in his room, talking to Jaheira...* 
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Wed Jun 26, 2002 2:12 am |
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Roach
SBR Belfry Bat
Joined: 20 Jan 2002
Posts: 3233
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I'm writing a novel that takes place at a medieval times technology level; gaming has helped me just a little. Mostly with different types of weaponry and their usage.
And if I'm going to sit and talk with a character from a game it would be Annah from Torment. I've always felt more comfortable with people that others think are slightly crazy. |
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Sat Jun 29, 2002 7:09 pm |
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corwin
On the Razorblade of Life
Joined: 10 Jun 2002
Posts: 8376
Location: Australia |
Annah's the best ever. I'm the reverse of most of you. I bring the real world to gaming since I have a degree in Ancient and Mediaeval history. I still find young people are amazed that someone of my advanced years enjoys playing computer games, so it is a point of contact and converstion starter.
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Tue Jul 02, 2002 1:14 am |
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Gig
Southern Spirit
Joined: 20 Feb 2002
Posts: 3226
Location: NFG Headquarters |
quote:
Originally posted by TheLonePaladin
rpgs haven't helped me any more than watchin hour after hour of tv, only they're a little more stimulating
It's possible that RPG's have helped more than you think. I read an article several weeks ago called "Should I let my child play video games?" or something like that. There was a study done, apparently, that measured brain activity in people engaged in various pursuits. Activities like watching television, movies and playing board games were distracting but didn't achieve a deeper level of concentration than just general vegitating. Things like reading for pleasure, listening to a favorite song or playing a video game or card game, achieved a deeper state of concentration and relaxation. The deepest level of concentration was achieved with activities like studying, playing a musical instrument, playing a sport or playing chess.
So you see... it's possible that playing an RPG has more in common with reading a book than it does with watching television.
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Tue Jul 02, 2002 2:39 pm |
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XeroX
The MasterCopy
Joined: 13 Dec 2001
Posts: 7125
Location: The Netherlands |
On this game you even combine a few things.
Your reading post
Writing your own post.
Talking about games you are playing.
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Tue Jul 02, 2002 3:19 pm |
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ButtOfMalmsey
Village Idiot
Joined: 07 May 2002
Posts: 785
Location: Mississippi |
Gaming has always put me in touch with very intelligent people. Gaming with these people has sharpened my intellect, improved my social skills, and ultimately helped form my ideas. The game is not necessarily the thing; I have always thought that the social aspect of gaming in general was the most useful aspect. This is why, when I'm with a group of gamers, I always suggest board games or card games or pnp RPGs, rather than LANning.
Gaming also made me a much better poker player.
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