I think it would be a nice ideas to know where we live. Somehow, it might help us to find friends to play Darksun. Here is the link and of course, I am the only one at this moment on the map
http://www.frappr.com/darksunnetcommunity
It will be the HUGIEST!
:bounce:
I wonder how many west side people we have in the states, heh.
Throw me on there as well.
Not seeing you. Did you add yourself?
Anyway, I have put also my birthplace Barcelona.
Not seeing you. Did you add yourself?
I just did.
I'm in. I just wanted to enter Torino(Italy), the city where I live, but it doesn't appear on the map. By mistake, I have put Tokyo! instead.
Anyway, I have put also my birthplace Barcelona.
I will see if I can delete Tokyo then.
Btw, there is no need of taking just a main city, you can go through all the map and pinpoint right where you live.
As an example, the map have Riviere-du-Loup, but doesnt have Saint-Arsene in the bank. BUT if you go to Rivière-du-Loup and scan for your real location, you will find it on the map.
Cool site. Just added myself. Only one in the UK so far - please say that it ain't so!
Nope, just added me in, all the way North of the Border
Two Norwegians thus far. We're strongly represented corrected for population size.
Is that exactly where you live jon? That's nice, you have the picture of your city, but not the street name. As for myself, I dont have a nice picture of my surrounding, but at least I have the street names.
:evillaugh :invasion:
Is that a ponytail, Kam?
That's a manly hairstyle to you, capiche?
Is that a ponytail, Kam?
It is indeed. Very metal ;)...
It is indeed. Very metal ;)...
\m/
I'm giving you the horns baby, I'm giving you the horns!
\m/ \m/
Well since my name is Kirill and i live in Saint-Petersburg i think answer is yes. There is there is another Kirill playing Dark Sun here
That's like that old Lewis Black Starbucks joke.
It's the end of the universe as we know it!
Get me from here!
If you don't want your info known by all just make something up (as long as where you are located is true, who cares), but it would be cool to know how dispearsed and big we really are.
:bounce:
And I am not exactly a nerd btw, I thought that was the definition of a computer guy, before the matrix came with sentient programs.
My sister lives in south africa together with her boyfriend now, but I think I prefer Brazil.
Perhaps Brazil. I have been there 3 times before, speaks portuguese and really likes the climate and people there.
My sister lives in south africa together with her boyfriend now, but I think I prefer Brazil.
Yay! The more DS players here the better!
We need to know where everyone is so that we can be sure that the cleansing is complete.... ur... because its neat. :D
come on peoples! anyone in the ny/nj hudson area???
Your co-operation is much appreciated.
That makes me number 50 ! :D
flindbar
It's like they say I guess, "No one expects the spainish inquisition!" :D
We need to know where everyone is so that we can be sure that the cleansing is complete.... ur... because its neat. :D
We know that Kalak was known as Ogre Doom and Dregoth was the Ravager of giants... What title does the champion coming after us get?
I have not yet had the privilage of playing in the Dark Sun setting but I plan to run an Athasian campaign sometime soon. It will be my first time to do much more than trade places with my groups regular DM for more than a session.
We know that Kalak was known as Ogre Doom and Dregoth was the Ravager of giants... What title does the champion coming after us get?
I AM RULES LAWYER: THE GAME DESTROYER!!!!! :evillaugh :evillaugh
No pictures, maybe later.
One more for Brazil here.
If you're new (or haven't put yourself on the map yet) put yourself on the map found by following the link on the 1st page.Oh, and Nyt, I've seen those starbucks, it's really scary... I only live like 30 minutes away from em... (1 hour on a day with bad traffic...)
I'm the only Darksun player in Texas, *sigh* I guess i'm forever doomed to not be a player in Athas...
No, I'm there, too, we just live about five hours apart...why'd they make Texas so big, anyway? :D
No, I'm there, too, we just live about five hours apart...why'd they make Texas so big, anyway? :D
Stupid Annexed former country...
ya, to damn far apart, but hey, I'm gonna run a game once a month starting this summer, interested? You could crash at my place for the weekend n' such!
I appreciate the offer, but the drive would really play havoc with my back and the wife would have a fit if I left her alone with the kids for a weekend or whatever. My own DS campaign is on hold at the moment while I iron out some wrinkles and scout the area for new players...
I'm the only Darksun player in Texas, *sigh* I guess i'm forever doomed to not be a player in Athas...
Oh, and Nyt, I've seen those starbucks, it's really scary... I only live like 30 minutes away from em... (1 hour on a day with bad traffic...)
Woah
Suddenly there are people sprouting up from Texas, now we know the world is coming to an end.
/me runs
(I know where Pasadena is too. Damn you Texas! I want that 16 years of my life back!!!)
I'm the only Darksun player in Texas, *sigh* I guess i'm forever doomed to not be a player in Athas...
I really am the only player in Missouri. It's like an island... a lonely, completely land-locked island of no-Athas.
I really am the only player in Missouri. It's like an island... a lonely, completely land-locked island of no-Athas.
Be glad you don't live in Iceland, that actually is an island.
Be glad you don't live in Iceland, that actually is an island.
Or Norway!! Cuz...its Norway! :D
Be glad you don't live in Iceland, that actually is an island.
I don't know why people say that, Iceland is a wonderful place :D although it's in the middle of the north atlantic...but it never get's dark in the summer :D
Where do you guys live anyway?
I don't know why people say that, Iceland is a wonderful place :D although it's in the middle of the north atlantic...but it never get's dark in the summer :D
Where do you guys live anyway?
I was talking to his perspective. I don't have anything against Iceland... I hear that it's much nicer than Greenland :P
Be glad you don't live in Iceland, that actually is an island.
At least if you really are on an island it's normal to feel like you're on an island, lol
It's just that I'd thought that there would be someone even remotely close that played Dark Sun. It kind of surprised me. The closest in any direction is deep in Iowa.
I just noticed I never posted in this thread, so...
I live in beautiful Ostfriesland, which is located in the most northwestern part of Germany, very close to the dutch border.
Enjoy!
Cool. I think I've been through there. When I was in Germany, I was in Wiesbaden for 2 years, and Baumholder for 2 years. In both cases, I'd get away over the weekend to go around Germany and the surrounding regions. I don't really remember everywhere I had visited, but that picture you have looks familiar (doesn't necessarily mean much when many German towns really do look very much alike, however).
I was talking to his perspective. I don't have anything against Iceland... I hear that it's much nicer than Greenland :P
It's okey, I just really had to say it :D
I think Greenland is nice, although it's really cold. The beauty makes up for that ;)
I just noticed I never posted in this thread, so...
I live in beautiful Ostfriesland, which is located in the most northwestern part of Germany, very close to the dutch border.
Ostfriesland's coat of arms:
The people living in Ostfriesland are famous for drinking lots of tea, more than eleven times as much as the average German and even more than the average British
Oh yes, when I say tea, I mean real tea, no green p***.
I even learned my job in Ostfriesland's biggest tea company. ;)
Here's picture of the city I live in, Leer.
Enjoy!
Hey that's just near Schleswig-Holstein, I grew up there in Henstedt-Ulzburg!!
Hey that's just near Schleswig-Holstein, I grew up there in Henstedt-Ulzburg!!
Indeed. The Bundesland (state) I live in is Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Schleswig-Holstein is our neighbor in the north (it is Germany's northernmost Bundesland).
How does it come that you grew up there? How long did you live there? Sprichst Du Deutsch?
I live in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of the Province of Quebec, in Canada.
Quebec's coat of arms and flag:
We have a traditional meal, which is really a modern invention and downright fast food: the poutine! Its basically french fries with sauce and added bits of cheese.
Here's picture of the city I live in, Rimouski. 100k inhabitants. Our economy is based on services and students, which we attract in large numbers due to our big schools - secondary, collegial, and a university - and an institute of marine sciences.
Our college, for some kind of student rally. Most of our huge buildings, like our college and university, are former religious instititutions, why the strict architecture. The whole province is like that.
The old but refurbished waterfront museum.
My own house dates from the 1850s. Most of the rest of the city burned in the big '50 fire. Only a few houses from the time before remain intact.
Here is a link to photos of the fire: http://rimouskiweb.com/photorim/FeuHtm/
And here is an french audio archive of the news event, reported by the national radio, Radio-Canada: http://archives.radio-canada.ca/IDC-0-13-1286-7320-20/index_souvenirs/desastres_tragedies/incendie_rimouski
Indeed. The Bundesland (state) I live in is Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Schleswig-Holstein is our neighbor in the north (it is Germany's northernmost Bundesland).
How does it come that you grew up there? How long did you live there? Sprichst Du Deutsch?
Ja mann! 'Türlich! Mein Vater kommt aus Deutschland und meine Mutter aus Island.
When I was 6, my parents moved to Germany from Iceland. I went to school there and when I was 11 I moved to my grandparents in Iceland. My dad's from Lübeck and I partly grew up there, because all our relatives live there and that's where we moved first. From there we moved to Henstedt-Ulzburg, because my dad got a job at NDR (Nord-Deutscher Rundfunk) in Hamburg. I've been back and forth from Germany to Iceland since...
Or Norway!! Cuz...its Norway!
I´ll have you know I made an NPC wizard with your nick, and he was brutally mutilated in our latest game. That´s what you get for dissing Norway. :P
I´ll have you know I made an NPC wizard with your nick, and he was brutally mutilated in our latest game. That´s what you get for dissing Norway. :P
I will be sending you a bill for my royalty payment due to the usage of my name.
I will be sending you a bill for my royalty payment due to the usage of my name.
I have toilet paper, thank you.
I've relocated back to Buffalo, NY. D&D is still played a bit here, but a lot of people are getting into those lame World of Darkness games (Werewolf, Vampire and Mage). I guess more than one type of dice is just too complex a concept for many people in this lame, destitute city!
Hey now, don't be dissing WoD just because it only uses one dice. That's not lame, that's just simpler.
Besides, as much as I like D&D, I like WoD better when it comes to actually trying to get people to roleplay, whereas D&D is built more for hack n slash, which can be fun too at times.
Hey now, don't be dissing WoD just because it only uses one dice. That's not lame, that's just simpler.
Besides, as much as I like D&d, I like WoD better when it comes to actually try and get people to roleplay, whereas D&D is built more for hack n slash, which can be fun too at times.
I have to agree with Nyt. The WW systems are much more roleplaying oriented, and the simplicity of a point-buy non-level non-class based system is quite appealing. With D&D, not only are the book written with generally low-quality fluff, but they can't keep their incharacter and out of character references straight. On top of that the preponderance of rules makes it difficult for the Players and DMs to focus on other aspects of the game because they are so busy trying to figure out how to optimize their characters, or looking up spells, or make the best tactical decisions in battle, etc.
Most D&D books are 50% or more rules. Most WW books are 75% or more setting/plot information and what is there is much higher quality as well.
Now don't get me wrong. I love D&D, but I wish they could get their act together over at WotC and get some better writers, because I'm sick of seeing sh-it like the Raptorans and Illuminians were it looks like they had a twelve year-old write the descriptive text.
rules can be a lot of fun... and the settings for D&D offer a much more light hearted atmosphere to constrast with the unrelenting darkness of most WW games. WW's biggest flaw is definately their panchent for darkness and pervertion. In comparision D&D is much more wholesome and doesn't have a corrupting influence on children like the WoD games can.
Nice save, Sage. :D
/me watches the black helicopters turn around and depart for now
Saved by the bell
:heeheeIf little Timmy became the b!tch of a charismatic older guy at the local vampire bar, and oh look little Timmy's only going out at night now and he wants to be adressed to as Vajran the Immortal, what would be the chances the game the kid had been playing for years beforehand was D&D? Corrupting influence? Sage is right. ;)
And in english that means?
Sage wrote WW's biggest flaw is definately their panchent for darkness and pervertion. In comparision D&D is much more wholesome and doesn't have a corrupting influence on children like the WoD games can.
So I wrote in turn a cautionnary tale about the quintessential american kid who becomes a wanna-be vampire and screws up his life.
Then I asked what game he played before it happened: D&D or the aforementioned game?
But if little Timmy leaps out of the window from the 3rd floor thinking he´ll only take 3d6 points of damage, he´s been playing D&D.
I actually said this to a non-roleplayer whom (Ral have mercy upon her) had been exposed to RPG stories and humour for three hours at a birthday party with mostly geeks and/or roleplayers. She said she would leap out the window in case of a fire. I said "Ok, you´ve been exposed to too much roleplaying for one evening, when you think you can leap out a 3rd-story window and only suffer 3d6 hit point damage." Needless to say, it was the joke of the evening and even she got it.
But if little Timmy leaps out of the window from the 3rd floor thinking he´ll only take 3d6 points of damage, he´s been playing D&D. :P
Sage wrote WW's biggest flaw is definately their panchent for darkness and pervertion. In comparision D&D is much more wholesome and doesn't have a corrupting influence on children like the WoD games can.
D&D does have that book with explicit content, though. What´s it called again? Oh, yes, the Book of Exalted Deeds. ;)
But if little Timmy leaps out of the window from the 3rd floor thinking he´ll only take 3d6 points of damage, he´s been playing D&D. :P
Timmy could just be one HD too. Still certain instant death.