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Feb 27, 2012 5:52:01 GMT -5
Post by Razor on Feb 27, 2012 5:52:01 GMT -5
Hey everyone!
It's strange to look back here and see how old some of these topics are. It's good to see that some folks still show up and post around here...
I suppose I'd just like to catch up with everyone!
I'm an uncle twice over now...Sinim's got two kids, smart and healthy. Unemployed and looking for work, can't even find a temp job and frustrated about it, but it seems like that's the world we're in right now.
I do a lot of RPGs now, and it's nice to come and look back at my roots. If it weren't for you guys, I wouldn't be the storyteller I am today.
Cheers. Hope to hear from you all!
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Feb 27, 2012 12:03:16 GMT -5
Post by Draxas on Feb 27, 2012 12:03:16 GMT -5
Wow, long time no see. Considering it's mostly just been Nick & I bantering back and forth about games for quite a while, I was starting to wonder if anyone else was ever going to pop back in.
Having been an uncle myself for almost 2 years now, I can say it's great fun. You get to spoil the kid and be the fun one, without having to worry about stuff like actual parenting. You also get to see all the things that you swear you will never do when raising your own kid (that you will undoubtedly do when raising your own kid). 8)
Are you talking pen & paper stuff with a game group, or online RP? If there's a site, I'd take a peek.
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Feb 29, 2012 3:15:50 GMT -5
Post by Razor on Feb 29, 2012 3:15:50 GMT -5
Both, actually. I'm in a few tabletop groups during the week, and I run a Pathfinder game of my own on Sundays. Then I'm involved in a number of games online as well, though those are all done over IRC.
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Feb 29, 2012 11:59:38 GMT -5
Post by Draxas on Feb 29, 2012 11:59:38 GMT -5
Ah well, so much for that idea.
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Mar 3, 2012 2:04:42 GMT -5
Post by Razor on Mar 3, 2012 2:04:42 GMT -5
Ha, yeah...never was able to get everybody interested in moving the ol' PDBA group onto IRC. I'd still love to do that...
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Mar 3, 2012 14:35:41 GMT -5
Post by N3B on Mar 3, 2012 14:35:41 GMT -5
It's good to hear from you Razor. Nice to see people still remember the old times and can manage to find their way back here. The arenas were a big part of my youth, and probably helped spark some of my writing skills, while providing a nice outlet for fostering creativity. You guys were great, and I think I can safely say the community of the PDBA left a positive impact on most of our lives, even if it was only of small significance. Now I'm starting to sound as old as Draxas. Let's see, I'm still jobless and feeling some frustration at the fact that my Bachelor's degree has been completely unable to get me a job in my field. I majored in psychology, and it turns out virtually every life-sustaining job in that field requires at least a Master's degree, or 5 years of "specialized training and experience." The only gigs I've been able to get have been unpaid work with research labs, solely in order to enhance my resume. It's now looking like I'm either going to have to go back to school (either for a MD, or for training in another field), or resign myself to settling for unskilled labor that wouldn't really do justice to my education. I'm about to audition for musician positions with Busch Gardens, hoping that my extensive experience playing tuba in marching and symphonic bands will make me desirable for their various ensembles. I started a video game blog as a platform for me to review and complain about the games I've been playing, while discussing other thoughts and opinions about the industry. It's attracted some modest interest over the last 7-8 months, and traffic keeps increasing every month, so that's a somewhat reassuring trend. If you scroll down a little on this page you can click the "Best of 2011" articles for compilations of some of my more interesting articles. And don't forget to tell all your friends, especially those whom are talent agents and are looking for salaried writers for their video game publications >.<
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Apr 7, 2012 1:53:02 GMT -5
Post by sinim on Apr 7, 2012 1:53:02 GMT -5
Interesting that Razor and I felt nostalgic around the same time. Man, would I love to see something get going here again. A forum RPG is probably the only type of online game i'd be able to have time for these days. Especially when I could post from my ohone like I am right now, feeding my 9 week old at 3AM.
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Apr 7, 2012 1:56:19 GMT -5
Post by sinim on Apr 7, 2012 1:56:19 GMT -5
Also, I forgot I have 2 logins and it would seem I picked the wrong one.
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Apr 7, 2012 17:02:42 GMT -5
Post by Draxas on Apr 7, 2012 17:02:42 GMT -5
Congrats, Sinim.
I would also love to see something happen here again as well, but who would come? It's pretty much just me and Nick posting every month or so, occasionally Niff or Notey pop in but they don't actually post anything.
If someone wanted to get something started, I'm totally game for it though. Even if it is just me.
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Apr 10, 2012 0:31:24 GMT -5
Post by N3B on Apr 10, 2012 0:31:24 GMT -5
Well, there is this, which has been waiting for a new post for four years. Any takers?
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Apr 17, 2012 11:16:14 GMT -5
Post by sinim on Apr 17, 2012 11:16:14 GMT -5
You know, I don't think it would take much for us all to go read it, get caught up again, and continue on. Part of the frustration of these lulls is starting over. So yeah, let's just go ahead, reacquaint ourselves, and start posting to it again.
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Apr 19, 2012 12:30:51 GMT -5
Post by N3B on Apr 19, 2012 12:30:51 GMT -5
As I recall, that thread fizzled out while we were waiting for Razor to post the next step. As I wrote then: Incidentally, I woke up this morning planning to re-read this and ponder how I might be able to further it. There're certainly things that I can do with my character(s), but I'd have to take some liberty with other parts/characters to "bring everyone along" so to speak, which I would rather leave up to the rest of you guys (since they're your characters and your plot devices, after all). It's at a point where I'm somewhat hesitant to post anything without fear of stepping on people's toes. I'm not even quite sure what I had planned for my own character -- pretty sure I was just winging it and planning to bounce off what other people were doing. I guess I could write a scene for the helicopter ride or arriving at the base for my own guy, but the rest would be up to ya'll.
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Apr 19, 2012 20:35:24 GMT -5
Post by Draxas on Apr 19, 2012 20:35:24 GMT -5
That was my problem with it as well, since I had no idea where we were planning to roll with the plotline. Seemed like Razor definitely had something in mind, and I was wondering what that would be, and that's pretty much where we left off.
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Apr 20, 2012 5:23:41 GMT -5
Post by Razor on Apr 20, 2012 5:23:41 GMT -5
Hmmm...well I certainly have lots of free time. Perhaps...we will see some surprises in the near future. n.n
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Apr 20, 2012 8:56:49 GMT -5
Post by sinim on Apr 20, 2012 8:56:49 GMT -5
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