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Dhruin
Stranger In A Strange Land
Joined: 20 May 2002
Posts: 1825
Location: Sydney, Australia |
| Don't Roleplay the Bugs @ The Escapist |
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If you haven't heard of <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/" target="_blank">The Escapist</a>, do yourself a favour and head over if you have an interest in quality writing about games in general. This last edition has an amusing and insightful piece on an attempt to recreate the good ol' days of PnP gaming using NWN, titled <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/4/32" target="_blank">Don't Roleplay the Bugs</a>. Here's a snip:<blockquote><em>MMORPGs are, in fact, what has led us here, to Neverwinter Nights, to my second module. Jon, Brian, Scott, Newton, and I used to all game together, in high school and college. Now this is back before D&D got dumbed down. We had to keep track of weapon speed factors and "to hit versus armor" adjustments. There was an entirely separate rules system just for pummeling. I mean, you had to be dedicated to be a gamer back then. And we were.
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<br>Years later, some of the band gathered together on the PvP server of Asheron's Call in a noble attempt to recapture these halcyon days. That experience was, shall we say, less than successful. Jon still bears the scars, unable to speak in complete sentences or roleplay for more than five seconds. Scott refuses to play characters who aren't chaotic-evil. Brian keeps the online strategy guides handy to ensure he always has the optimal build for his dual-wielding dark elf paladin/ninja. Newton is the only one of us who stayed whole, because he stayed away from MMORPGs.</em></blockquote> |
Tue Aug 09, 2005 3:00 am |
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Frustrating to say the least. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't try to kill everything I see in a module. |
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Tue Aug 09, 2005 3:02 am |
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Ryuken
Village Dweller
Joined: 26 Nov 2004
Posts: 4
Location: Belgium |
Not a bad article indeed. Somewhat comparable to that other article of Max Steele : http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/3/17 . Great magazine it seems idd.  |
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Tue Aug 09, 2005 4:44 pm |
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