Håvard
--Ray.
Such as who?
--Ray.
Well, you I have figured out already Ray ;)
Some people I can think of off-hand are:
Traianus
Zendrilion
Hugin (Were you ever on the MML pal?)
Haldemar
OldDawg
I'm sure there are others too...
Not sure it would be fair to ask anyone to "out" anyone else, but I'm still curious...
Håvard
Incidentally, one of the things I like about our community is that we tend to use our real names rather than perpetually hiding behind Internet nicknames. It's one of the things that makes us special, and gives us such a good atmosphere for discussion. It's much easier to have respectful discussions, and to agree to disagree, with a real name.
Why don't we just ask for anyone who doesn't mind to reveal themselves in this thread? :D
Yeah, that was sort of what I wanted
Incidentally, one of the things I like about our community is that we tend to use our real names rather than perpetually hiding behind Internet nicknames. It's one of the things that makes us special, and gives us such a good atmosphere for discussion. It's much easier to have respectful discussions, and to agree to disagree, with a real name.
Well, it is a small community. And when you've have a few discussions with people, you feel like you get to know them. And others, who've been around for a long time feel like old friends. The Mystara community has kept surprisingly friendly over the almost 10 years I've been part of it, and its always nice to see old faces show up again, as well as newcomers who have refreshing and sometimes different ideas.
Håvard
Well, it is a small community. And when you've have a few discussions with people, you feel like you get to know them. And others, who've been around for a long time feel like old friends. The Mystara community has kept surprisingly friendly over the almost 10 years I've been part of it, and its always nice to see old faces show up again, as well as newcomers who have refreshing and sometimes different ideas.
I quite agree, compared with some forums, ours is indeed very friendly.
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Did something happen that I missed?:embarrass
Edit: Should I be afraid to ask?
"Canon", "Alphatia vs. Thyatis" and 3E conversions seem to be the most flamable topics within the community.
Håvard
"Canon", "Alphatia vs. Thyatis" and 3E conversions seem to be the most flamable topics within the community.
Håvard
I hadn't noticed to much flamming from these of late, but maybe I'm not paying close enough attention...
Regards
Gary
How should the canon "Alphatia vs Thyatis" struggle be represented in a 3.5e conversion?
Regards
Gary
Hugin (Were you ever on the MML pal?)
Just once or twice within the last year or so. I used the name hugin there too. My distain of email outweighs my desire to participate in the discussions, and I really enjoy many of them. I do read everything though.
If you spot any of my works on Pandius you'll find my name is Sheldon ;) and I live in Ontario, Canada. Actually, there's a few of us from here. One of the things I find so cool about this forum is the diversity of locations people are in. We're everywhere!
Incidentally, one of the things I like about our community is that we tend to use our real names rather than perpetually hiding behind Internet nicknames. It's one of the things that makes us special, and gives us such a good atmosphere for discussion. It's much easier to have respectful discussions, and to agree to disagree, with a real name.
True. For some reason, it appears that anonymity reduces respect. Shame really.
Did something happen that I missed?
Edit: Should I be afraid to ask?
It was isolated in a single topic that, to be honest, wasn't Mystara specific IMHO. Although I do still find it very interesting.
And for my money Alphatia vs Thyatis always lead to the worst arguments!! For some reason Ethengar vs The Northern Reaches never roused the same tempers :-)
gordon
And for my money Alphatia vs Thyatis always lead to the worst arguments!! For some reason Ethengar vs The Northern Reaches never roused the same tempers :-)
In my campaign Ethengar moved a full scale war to Glantri, McGregor (having some fun in Skullhorn) throw a discharge and destroyed the whole amry.
My players were Ylari, allied with Ethengarians in the great war, and all their troups was lost in the first combact round...
It was a flame: players vs DM!!!!!
Why don't we just ask for anyone who doesn't mind to reveal themselves in this thread? :D
My name is Giovanni, I live in Rome, I play in Mystara since 1983 (also if I discovered it was called Mystara only later: I called it "Known World").
I started playing D&D as a cleric, a generic PC who did not know his god name.
Then I started DMing and I became addict... unable to think like a DM!
I'm 34 years old, I'm viciously single, I work as biologist in a hospital.
I discovered this treasure forum thanks to Thorfinn, asking him to draw some internal boundaries in Darokin map...
I choose Irila Kaze avatar becouse she is very Mystaran!
And what's about you, guys?
Ok you've convinced me - what I was thinking of was... economics - specifically releated to dominions. Don't say I didn't warn you. Well actually I didn't but that doesn't really matter.
Regards
Gary
Ouch... I remember those threads... I think they should stay buried
Now to the original point of this thread:
My name is Jamie and I'm an architect in Virginia. I started playing D&D in 1986. I still think the Gazetteer Series and Almanacs were one of the best and useful RPG ideas ever. My group's current campaign is on hiatus until much of our beloved Mystara and our additions to it are converted to 3.5e.
--Ray.
But in interest of full revelation, I am wombat on the MML right now and back when I had my school account, I was Ranma al' Thor there.
I've been gaming since 1982, when we first ran Keep on the Borderlands.
Not sure it would be fair to ask anyone to "out" anyone else, but I'm still curious...
No problem Havard!
My name's Simone and I live in Firenze, Italy. I'm 27 years old and I work as teacher of history and philpsophy at secondary school.
I started playing Mystara in 1988, and I master the same party since 1992 (lately we've been playing infrequently, however
). I appear in this forum only occasionally, but I'm an active writer on the Italian MMB.I LOVE Mystara becouse I consider this campaign setting (along with Birthright, my second choice) the most "historical", so to say (you know, we have a Roman/Byzanthine Empire, Viking nations, Renaissance countries, etc.).
Sorry to delude you, but - even if I read sometimes the MML - I've never registered myself in. ;)
Anyway, I'm Colin from the UK if you really want to know.
I was on the MML some years back then fell off when I moved house, changed job, got married etc...
Started up again recently and also email Marco quite a lot but then we have similar interests.
Cheers, LJ (C).
My name is Geoff Gander; I've been a non-recovering gaming addict for 22 years. Currently I play a lot of GURPS, but my favourite gaming period was when I ran a Mystara campaign from 1995-ish to 2001-ish. I divide my time between the Boards here and the MML, although, due to work and family commitments, my presence has been cut back quite a bit compared to the old days.
Evil Secret:
When my son, Ansel, is old enough, I plan to expose him to gaming as well, using copies of the older, simpler version of the OD&D game - you know, the one that required only a d6, etc. Then, I will move to the RC - bwah hahahaha!
Still looking for two things:
1) One of the TMs. I think I have the Western Countries but I need the Eastern Countries.
2) A massive printing press so that I can finish printing all of the web-Almanacs. That's been a goal for about 9 years at this point, and procrastination has won out.
My last Mystara campaign was set in Karameikos.
I too own all of the OD&D and AD&D products as .pdf's. I am not sure about the trail maps but there are many good maps of Mystara by Geoff and Thib out there. We have a copy machine at my work and I have bought my own copy paper and made copies of all the original stuff that I didn't have physically in my collection. There is just something about actually reading it on paper instead of on the pc. :D
I guess the Mystara 3.5/d20 petition has helped you out a little. ;)
Regards
Gary
When my son, Ansel, is old enough, I plan to expose him to gaming as well, using copies of the older, simpler version of the OD&D game - you know, the one that required only a d6, etc. Then, I will move to the RC - bwah hahahaha!
If you can find a copy of the board game "Dungeon!" it would be worth it. Simple game play, and gets them thinking about elvses, wizardses, and magic swordses.
But anyway, Maltese, in Japan, just got back online today, so that should give you some idea of teh desparate levels of my Mystara addiction. I've been an avid fan of it for years, but RPG is a lost art here, so I probably won't find any gamers for miles around.
I actually suspected more of the "anonymous" posters here to be known MML posters, but now I see that they are not. This is a good thing, since it means we have more resourceful fans spread between the two forums than I thought.
Thanks to everyone who has responded to this thread so far. It is always interesting to learn a few facts about the people you are having discussions with
Håvard
I started playing mystara in 1987 but, until recently, I never tought about subscribing myself in any OD&D forum. I have never been a member of the MML, but I'm quite an active poster on the italian MMB. I always use the same pseudonym in any OD&D related discussion on the Web, so it is really easy to recognize me.
In my italian MMB profile there is also a photo of mine. If you are curious, here is the link:
http://www.25edition.it/forum/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&id=3390
Unluckily, due to poor web linking to this forum from my position, I reduced a lot my postings here. But I still follow these threads about once a month. I hope I'll be able to add some new contributions in a not too far future...